Did you watch Medium?

You chose LAX over… CSI: Miami!?

Huh.
The hospital donated $10,000 to fund the local fireworks show

Fireworks became legal in Iowa last week.
I don't have a strong political feeling on this one, but I am skeptical it happened when Republicans took over.
Is there some seedy underbelly here like Big Tobacco or Big Pharma where Big Firework has paid off my state politicians?

Speaking of PBS. I was a bit put out that my affiliate didn't air The Story of China tonight. But I guess they always air Washington D.C. Fireworks.

Reviewing Historical Schedules: NBC Monday Fall of 2004

Yes. July 5th return date.
It did so poorly (two .3's) that CBS moved to to 9 PM for most of its burnoff and a 48 Hours rerun did tons better

A No DOUBT Ratings Flop

That is an interesting theory.
Weird matter is that across the pond, it is down around -9% this season.
Guess UK fans are more loyal

Something non-political and non-TV related:

The Cultural Revolution is some scary shit

This season of Doctor Who on BBCAmerica has been down a staggering about. -46% to be exact.
I know millennials love chord cutting and hate linear TV, but seeing as last season only was down -4% this is huge.
Spinoff class didn't break a .10 most weeks even.

"MSNBC fires Geta Van Susteren, replaces her with liberal host" - FOX News

Reviewing Historical Schedules: NBC Sunday Fall of 2004

I expect part 1 to just fill in for Designated Survivor again.
But I'm hoping for Novemeber pulling of Ten Days in the Valley so I can have an AFHV, TTTT, Shark Tank, Match Game lineup

Yeah, they martryed the Ten Commandments.

Match Game got a season 3 today. Starts filming in October

There are. What racial or ethnic group did you think watched the 35 white Bachelor(ette)s before in large numbers?

USA Today had article today about how the black Bachelorette is making the show more diverse.
They note that the African-American audience is up +72% from last season.
They also note that the White audience is down -17%.
At the time of writing, the show was down -16% in total, so…
My conclusion is there were only like 5…

ABC somehow decided to changed their July schedule TODAY. Very quietly.
Last week they cancelled Still-Star Crossed, which was doing unimaginatively bad after the now struggling Bachelorette.
Then they aired a Celebrity Family Feud rerun and got a 200% increase.
Still Star-Crossed was already scheduled to eventually be…