Always at least scan your spam folders, folks, lest you miss something like this extremely poorly targeted phishing attempt that I will not be able to stop thinking about for a while for its stratospheric levels of cringiness.

And here it is. Help a dude out and click that subscribe link in the quoted post, won’t you? (No particular side to “Off Campus” btw. It’s just the most recent example of what I’m talking about here)

72-14 against the rest of the league. I mistakenly included their wins in this series at first.

If I’m doing this math right, the Thunder were 75-14 vs. the rest of the NBA this season, including the playoffs, and 4-8 against the Spurs.

And so it is written.

Didn’t want to post before the buzzer but is this anything: LukeBron Korjames.

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Just finished watching season 1 of “The Good Place” with my 14 year old and 1. What a great show and 2. She was appropriately blindsided by the finale. Man that was fun to experience with her.

SeatGeek email: "World Cup prices have dropped 🚨" It has one (1) group stage game with any ticket listed under $200: Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia on June 26 in Houston. So, yeah. "Dropped."

Bleakly hilarious (though not if you work there) that CBS News leadership is all “we have to disrupt ourselves!” in a moment where a bunch of the tv business is realizing/remembering that some long-standing ways of doing things got that way because they worked really well.

My joke about the pope and "The Fugitive" has been fact-checked, but now I'm intrigued about the pope and "The Talented Mr. Ripley."

The 35-day, all-in ratings for (most of) the just completed TV season have "Stranger Things" on top, duh, but also a lot of network shows in the top 25.

Cool idea bro, no major thing happening in North America anytime soon, like from June 11-July 19, that might bring lots of people from other continents here.

Luv even more too get a PR call from someone I don't know who then 20 minutes later CALLS MY WIFE to try to reach me. She doesn't work with me, or in journalism anymore (hasn't since before we married), but apparently her number was connected to mine in some database or other. Fuuuccckk that noise.

Luv too call a customer service number because the website is borked and get a 2-minute recording about how to use the website.

This Tom Hardy-"Mobland" business sounds like a job for Ray Donovan, since the show was originally conceived as a spinoff to "Ray Donovan."

I’m no expert but having your spacetime-altering defensive force chasing guys a foot shorter than him around the arc doesn’t seem like the best way to go.

I had a good time at "The Mandalorian and Grogu," is my hot take. Maybe because I saw it with two very excited 11-year-olds, maybe because my expectations weren't super high given the reviews. But I enjoyed it as a not terribly high stakes adventure.

Happy anniversary to the GOAT baseball blooper

Going out singing back-up for a Beatle on the very same stage on which he performed 62 years ago? A pretty fucking good final act.

An excerpt from an NPR interview with Stephen Colbert, in which Colbert describes why he loves Elvis Costello's "Jump Up," performed tonight on the last Late Show.

Pulling a pseudo-Tommy Westphall to end not just your show but 33 years of a franchise that was wiped out to grease a merger deal feels weirdly right.

Looks like I need to scrap the few paragraphs I just wrote about Colbert ending with a mostly normal episode. I'm good with that.

Fuck ICE and may the malicious prosecution suits flow like water.

Absolutely hell yes.

Important addition to the Emily show list, which fortunately for me does not change the initial assertion.

"Emily in Paris," the longest-running series ever with the name Emily* in its title, will end with season 6. *Emily in Paris: 6 seasons, 60ish episodes Emily Owens, MD: 1 season, 13 episodes Emily's Reasons Why Not: canceled after a single episode

Perhaps the hottest take I have ever put my name to.

Gotta get the local angle.

[P] quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap

The last time NBC led a TV season in total viewers, "Friends" and "ER" were the No. 1 and 3 shows on TV.

I stand by this dumb joke but yeesh. Great stuff from Brunson mostly but just a full-on whiff by the Cavs.

He definitely did. Rewound and it was “Ba - in and out!”

Just me or did it sound like Mike Breen started a “Bang!” and had to pull it back on the last Cavs shot?

KATs do not land on their feet I guess.

Also of note: Shonda Rhimes is co-writing at least the first script, which as far as I know is her first writing credit on "Grey's" or a spinoff in like 10 years. No change to her huge Netflix deal though.

We have another "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff, this one set in rural West Texas, which could be an interesting backdrop for a medical show.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone block a tip-in? Goodness this is fun

As was foretold.

Fronk-en-steen.

F yeah "Lanterns" actually using the ring in a new trailer. The DC/HBO show also has a specific premiere date, Aug. 16.

At this very moment, about 37,000 people are watching an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” on Netflix or Hulu. I did a VERY wonkish dive into on-air and streaming ratings to figure out that and some other things about the show - up now on The Data Stream. Sign up here: www.thedatastream.tv?modal=signup

At this very moment, about 37,000 people are watching an episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” on Netflix or Hulu. I did a VERY wonkish dive into on-air and streaming ratings to figure out that and some other things about the show - up now on The Data Stream. Sign up here: www.thedatastream.tv?modal=signup

Your final "Late Show" guests include Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne and Bruce Springsteen, plus some TBA.

There are ~ 31 million adults in CA, so the $20 million taxpayers are on the hook for w/this program is like 65 cents per person. 400 diapers cost maybe $100-$120, so that's at least a slight lowering of the cost of living for a family with a newborn. Did I do it right? Did I make it make sense?

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Got some data from Nielsen comparing s2 vs. s1 of "The Pitt," and yes of course this season was way bigger, but the week to week comps are pretty wild.

"The Lincoln Lawyer" will end with season 5 at Netflix, with that announcement coming a week or so after "The Night Agent" calling it a wrap after 4 seasons. Both are pretty big shows for Netflix, so I'm guessing cost cutting is at play here.