Of course, being "too long" was the whole point, and five minutes of Kellyanne Conway would fit that gag perfectly.

The year 2025: "Remember how innocent we all were, thinking Kellyanne Conway was a deceptive flack?

The Simpsons gets in there on football inflation weeks. The Goldbergs/Speechless/Black-ish are in the top 15, they're all normally ahead of TGI.

"Why should people seek out relationships when the risk of pain is so high and the reward is so low?"

No, not at all. He was having a lot of fun with Roisin, so maybe that distracted him from Rachel this time.

So on the five networks tonight, we have no fewer than nine new hours of scripted programming, six of which are certain to get below a 1.0, and all of which might be beaten by Shark Tank and cartoon reruns.

"Lesson one: Win a lot of money on The $25,000 Pyramid."

Yeah, that scene where Al Pacino as Beaver snorted cocaine with Larry Mondello was so upsetting that it only aired once.

Not everything is "so-called". Some things are "little", "low-energy", "crooked", "lyin'" etc.

But more importantly, I see that Once Upon A Time is proudly supported by the LA Kings. Which means something to somebody, or they wouldn't have written it all over that wall.

Absolutely. The rage industry is very profitable all across the political spectrum.

At this point, you could have cleaned up on a bet that Cheers would wind up being renewed while Square Pegs would be cancelled.

Don't two-parters across different series screw up syndication? That could be a reason.

There is some ratings suspense at 8 - will the MacGyver rerun beat new episodes of Grimm and Rosewood? Place your bets!

Police Squad! was yanked after four episodes, with ABC entertainment president Tony Thomopoulos infamously explaining the show's fatal flaw:

Odd Couple - absolutely, no question about it. Didn't get the back nine. Dead as a doornail.

Brits can do numerous hilarious panel shows while Americans can't, so they've got something different going on in regard to comedic sensibilities.

On a national level, Cuyahoga isn't commonly used, so while it was incorrect, they'll be more lenient and give every benefit of the doubt. For the names of states, they wouldn't let a similar mispronunciation slide.

The hacks themselves didn't, because there was nothing of substance in the emails that would have influenced the outcome. The media blowing them out of proportion in the name of false equivalency was the issue.

Sadly, NBC thinks that for a game show to be a prime time hit, it has to go overboard with building "drama", which just leads to excessive padding.