💯This... Super disappointing season so far, & I've seen some low pts watching since a kid. Very weak lineup of hosts so far: Jalen Brunson, Dakota Johnson, & Shane Gillis & his predictable pervy dudebro schtick. Lorne needs to make a red phone call to Adam Driver & Tom Hanks & hire some new writers.

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No doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative.

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Five years ago, when a Seattle burger chain raised employee wages & benefits the Reicht wing lost their minds, screaming the result would be $20 burgers & the company would end in bankruptcy. Today, the chain is even more popular than ever. Never let them try to tell you a living wage can’t work.

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Moreover, last year’s adjustment to Big Data didn’t automatically mean higher ratings across the board! Sometimes shows go DOWN between panel-only and with Big Data included. Some are spinning that more recent Nielsen tweaks could be leading to lower live sports ratings; I’ve no opinion on that

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Ratings for last season were arguably “inflated” when compared to public-facing data for ‘24-25 season, as ‘24-25 public numbers didn’t include Big Data (though Nielsen and its clients knew those numbers and made comparisons to them last season.) But comps between this season and last are exact

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