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CNN Trump Travesty Cost Fox News Viewers: Kayleigh McEnany Guest Spot Dropped by Another 50,000

It hasn’t been a great week for Kayleigh McEnany.

Donald Trump’s former press liar has been hosting the 8pm slot on Fox News where Tucker Carlson used to peddle his conspiracy theories and fabrications.

On Monday, Kayleigh had a very low 1.55 million viewers, which was 50% off Carlson’s old top numbers.

Last night, while Trump was bloviating and spewing pure fiction on CNN, Kayleigh dropped to 1.349 million. She was down 50,000 viewers from Tuesday. I’m amazed anyone watched her at all since the CNN circus brought in 3 million.

CNN got what they wanted, which was Fox News viewers. But in the long run that may not serve them well. All day long on social media people have said they’re exiting CNN to watch MSNBC, myself included. I will not relive 2016 when CNN gave Trump such a large presence he was able to grab the electoral vote.

Will you?

Can CBS’s Canceled “East New York” Find Life Elsewhere: Producers, Stars Think So — And it Should

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The producers and stars of CBS’s just cancelled “East New York” think it has a chance of finding a new home.

It should. This kind of series in the past would run on CBS Sundays for five or six years. It had an average of 5 million viewers a week. It was just edgy enough without being offensive. The actors, like Jimmy Smits and Richard Kind, were endearing and engaging. The writing was very good.

In the old days. a Warner Bros produced series on CBS was a no brainer. Before running CBS, Les Moonves ran WBTV. The two were hand in glove and the result was very likeable network fare.

But CBS is telling all its shows that budgets are too high. They cancelled “SWAT” then changed their minds the next day after star Shemar Moore threw a temper tantrum on social media. So something had to go, and it was “East New York.”

Let’s hope one of the many other platforms pick it up. It happened a couple of years ago for “Manifest,” cancelled by NBC then picked up by Netflix.

Three Million People Watched CNN Trump Travesty, Tripling (Or More) Network’s Numbers: Viewers Rubbernecked Accident

Three million people watched Donald Trump rape CNN last night in a media travesty no one will forget.

The number doubles or triples CNN’s very best numbers on any given night. Why so many people? It’s called rubbernecking. It’s what people do when there’s an accident going the opposite way on the parkway. Everyone slows down to look at the accident, then pull away.

CNN’s Chris Licht will take the three million as a sign that he snagged the Fox audience. But what he really attracted was a group of hate-watchers who were already aligned to CNN. They will not return for more of this. Fox viewers didn’t come, trust me. And if they did, it was one night only.

I, along with many CNN holdouts, will now move over to MSNBC in disgust. And if Kaitlan Collins gets CNN’s 9pm slot, the network will get what it deserves.

Sad News: Jackie Zeman, Star of “General Hospital, Dies at Age 70, Mourned by Fans and Castmates

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Jackie Zeman was one of a bunch of actors brought into the ABC soap opera “General Hospital” around 1977 to liven things up. They were all so popular they stayed, coming and going but always returning. Most of them are still on the show now.

Zeman passed away Wednesday at age 70 after a short battle with cancer, accordingto ABC.. She played nurse Bobbi Spencer, who was a major part of the show for four decades. Unlike a lot of scene chewers on daytime TV, Zeman had a light touch that endeared her to fans. She started out as a bad girl but became a heroine in the 1990s. Along the way she picked up four Daytime Emmy nominations.

Zeman was married three times, and had two daughters with her third husband. But I always thought it was cool that her first husband, from 1979 to 1981, was Murray the K aka Murray Kaufman, one of the most famous radio disc jockeys of the early rock and roll era. He was 31 years her senior. I’m sorry she didn’t get to write a book about that, the best of all her soap opera plots, no doubt.

Zeman’s real life death is in stark contrast to a soap opera death. On those shows characters often “die” only to return via science fiction like stories. A real death of an actor and a character is harder to take. Reality sucks.

Condolences to Zeman’s leagues of fans, her friends, and family.

Fatuous Donald Trump Allowed to Lie, Lie, Lie on CNN, Runs Roughshod Over Network’s Kaitlan Collins

There will endless talk about what happened tonight.

CNN, now way behind Fox News and MSNBC, gave him a forum and put the overmatched Kaitlan Collins in the moderator’s seat. They put uneducated hicks from New Hampshire in the audience. The result was a mess.

Collins could not control Trump, and it was painful to watch. He talked and talked and talked, bloviating, lying, patting himself on the back. No one offered a rebuke to any of his idiocy. This was two days after the former president became the first to be found guilty of sexual abuse and defamation. He called Nancy Pelosi “crazy” at least twice. He slagged Joe Biden and promoted Vladimir Putin.

Prior to the town hall, CNN offered a bunch for former Trump cronies who have never appeared on the network before. This was a blatant attempt by CNN to grab the Fox News audience. It was a mistake. This will turn whoever was with CNN against the networks. I can’t imagine what Wolf Blitzer was thinking when he had to talk these ignoramuses.

What this audience should do, by the way, is mobilize Democrats. You are seeing the Trump base. They’re a cult,. and the make bricks look like Albert Einstein.

Collins is said to have been offered a prime time slot by CNN. Ha ha. Just try it. I hope the other anchors have saved their money. They should just leave. This was disgraceful.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 34 Year Run on Broadway Will End June 4th When “Bad Cinderella” Closes

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Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has been represented on Broadway with some show since 1979.

But that will end June 4th when his flop musical, “Bad Cinderella,” closes. The musical played only to 54% capacity last week after receiving no Tony nominations. Reviews have been extremely negative. No one is going.

The end of Lloyd Webber’s run follows the recent closing of “Phantom of the Opera” after 35 years.

From “Jesus Christ Superstar” to “Phantom” to even a good show like “School of the Rock,” ALW has been a force to reckon with on Broadway. He may yet return with a new hit show. But for now, an era is over.

Fox News Snooze: Kayleigh McEnany Second Night Replacing Tucker Carlson Falls Another 10%

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Kayleigh McEnany is the enemy as far as Fox News viewers go.

Replacing Tucker Carlson at 8pm for the second night, McEnany fell in the ratings by another 10%. She went from 1.55 million viewers to 1.4 million. The numbers are dropping quickly at 8pm.

McEnany is annoying, and Fox News doesn’t care. This way, whoever gets the spot eventually will be written as “a big improvement” over Kayleigh. So that’s funny.

I’m told the permanent replacement for Carlson will “a safe choice,” no one explosive, for the time being. That could be Brett Baier, maybe. Another place holder until someone really crazy and bigoted rises to the top.

Beatlemania: George Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun” Hits 1 Billion Streams on Spotify, Only Classic Era Song on List

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It’s no surprise, but the Beatles are now the only classic rock group or artist to have a song with 1 billion streams on Spotify.

The song is “Here Comes the Sun” by George Harrison, and it hit the market yesterday.

No other classic era artist can boast this. Not Pink Floyd, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, or even Elvis Presley.

Many contemporary artists have 1 billion, but their careers from the Spotify era. Older purchasers of music bought their records a long time ago. If they’re refreshing their collections, it’s on CD or vinyl, and in box sets.

It’s a little ironic that of the four Beatles, George is the winner. Lennon and McCartney wrote most of the songs. They didn’t really take Harrison’s songs until the second half of their time together. When the Beatles disbanded, George then became a force in his own right with a lot of hits starting with “My Sweet Lord.”

“Here Comes the Sun” comes from the Beatles’ “Abbey Road,” the band’s best selling album.

12 Years a Documentary: Steve McQueen’s Non Fiction Film About Amsterdam During Nazi Occupation is Over 4 Hours Long

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The schedule for Cannes 2023 is here, and it’s very exciting.

The Festival has bricked in Saturday night, May 20th, with Martin Scorsese’s three hour “Killers of the Flower Moon,” followed by Todd Haynes’s “May December.” It’s basically a six hour evening.

There’s an hour in between for a croque monsieur and a splash of wine.

On the 22nd, HBO is screening Sam Levinson’s “The Idol,” starring The Weeknd, at 10:30pm. It’s late, but at least it’s actually on the weekend.

And there’s Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City.” This may be known as 12 Years a Documentary. It’s over four hours long. “Occupied City” won’t be uninteresting. It’s about the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam during World World II– you know, what was going on outside while Anne Frank, her family, and friends were inside. It sounds more like a four hour series, a la McQueen’s “Small Axe,” which really comprised five films including the magnificent “Mangrove.”

It’s unclear if there’s an intermission, or snack and bathroom time. Pillows are optional.

Kayleigh McEnany Takes Over Fox News 8pm Slot and Loses 700,000 Viewers from Lead in Jesse Watters

On Monday at 8pm, former Trump mouthpiece and inveterate liar Kayleigh McEnany took over the 8pm slot on Fox News. That was Tucker Carlson’s show.

Total viewers for this ridiculous person: 1.5 million. Total viewers for the preceding show, hosted by bloviator Jesse Watters: 2.2 million.

McEnany lost 700,000 viewers the minute she arrived on the air.

Her show did some damage to Sean Hannity, who followed at 9pm with 1.9 million. Even though 400,000 people returned to Fox after Kayleigh’s show, Hannity was down again from pre-Dominion reveal highs. Hannity’s audience has been eroded and he’s now regularly losing to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. But Fox News 8pm has been destroyed.