Plus Clinton did poorly among Obama democrats in key places. Had she held on to them vs. going after Republican voters, she would have won.

Clinton's messaging was very light on policy. Watch any of her ads that were released in the last month or two of the election. She hit much more on character/temperament than policy, which was a fatal mistake.

It is bizarre that the Internet Discourse (TM) has reached a point where a gay man not wanting to lick a vagina is transphobic.

"Deep fractionals" - The Neighbors had a 0.8 three times. Every other data point was 0.9 - 1.2. It averaged a 0.95 in its time on Fridays with a 1.33 lead-in. Its last three data points were a 1.1 out of a 1.4, a 0.9 out of a 1.4, and a 0.9 out of a 1.2.

Yeah, I think the combination of poor scheduling (Castle or Nashville really should have been moved), ABC having a solid season in terms of renewals (Agent Carter, American Crime, Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, Galavant, How to Get Away with Murder, and Secrets and Lies all made it), and studio politics doomed…

I think it was less "giving it a pass" and more "realizing that The CW makes its renewal decisions in ways that defy conventional logic."

It's not premiered yet. It makes its CMT debut in early January.

Hilarious that you think everybody is ~so enlightened~ these days and that knowing someone who's gay is the magic cure all for homophobia. I'm guessing you're a straight dude from a liberal family in some metropolitan area?

A lot of NBC's comedy woes seem self-inflicted. I know that they had plenty of brand confusion, but they definitely could've done better than this. Three misarranged new shows in betwixt two okay performers on what had become a troublesome night for them? Terrible.

I love "Need a Boss" - Shareefa had the fire of early Keyshia Cole without the issues. A shame that things didn't work out for her.

They replaced the showrunner not long ago, so this reading makes sense.

Because it doesn't have ASP's name on it. If nobody knew about the showrunner change, I don't think it'd be as maligned.

Honestly, it has such a specific voice and rhythm that you really just have to try it out yourself. Normally I'm a fan of shows like Gilmore Girls, but I can't stand the way ASP writes dialogue, so I couldn't make it through the show.

Well, The Flash was the worst lead-in it could've gotten and it goes against a monster in This Is Us that goes after similar demo. This would be like if they premiered Crazy Ex-Girlfriend after Arrow or something ludicrous like that.

IMO, the only "bad" decision there is the first preemption for the presidential debate, but even then, putting a serialized political drama up against the behemoth that was the 2016 election would've been suicidal. They couldn't have premiered it 10/26 because of the CMAs 11/2 and premiering it 11/9 would've given it…

I think it'll be Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. It's holding okay in the ratings and it's The CW's only Emmy contender.

What's worrying in that regard is that Crazy dropped its nom at the Critics' Choice Awards. If Rachel Bloom doesn't get back in at the Globes, Crazy might be vulnerable since the only other big TV awards (TCA, Emmy) it got nominated at announce their nominations in the summer.

Yeah.

Zorn and Good Place are capped at 13 episodes this season.

IMO, the 9:00 hour suffered from a lower lead-in, creative challenges, and a 10:00 show with substantially lower buzz. Modern Family fatigue (both in terms of awards and some of the show's choices/tendencies) was starting to become a very real thing, Suburgatory took a massive step back in season two, and Nashville…