He actually got half the time those hosts did.

And again - the idea that the “public tryouts” were ever, for anyone, being done as a good-faith analysis of actual talent or skill at the job is constantly accepted as read when everything we know about the gimmick stunt tells us otherwise.

So not only was he not good in…

Was Levar Burton the top pick of the fans? Or just the top pick of a loud minority on Twitter? People forget that Twitter and entertainment blogs like this have very little correlation to what the average person believes.

If it was just a lack of practice thing, I’d love to see him get another chance and I really wanted him to get it when he first threw his hat in the ring, but now I’m sort of ambivalent.

Everyone wants the guy
The guy is completely non-controversial
The guy can do the job (provided you, you know, give him time to practice it with producers for more than 48hrs tops)

At some point you’d imagine someone would press Sony on why it is they’re legitimately refusing to consider the fans’ easy top pick (a Black…

It makes zero sense why anyone involved with the production honestly still believes the stunt of “trying out” hosts publicly is meaningful. It was a stunt, and a very good one, but trying to front like it was an actual meritorious analysis of potential talent is like pro wrestling promoters forgetting their storylines…