Behind the Line

Women's college basketball season has officially begun on ESPN. Last week...ESPN broadcast a couple of games featuring the Iowa Hawkeyes without their former superstar player Caitlin Clark. As to be expected without Caitlin Clark...the ratings were atrocious.

We reveal and react to women's college basketball ratings without Caitlin Clark. We discuss this critical season in women's college basketball...and how the results could foreshadow the future of the WNBA. We explain what we believe could be going on between the WNBA and Unrivaled...and how TNT could be looking to get revenge on the NBA.

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Saturday Night Live has experienced decades of success...with some of the most watched show of SNL happening during the election cycle. Unfortunately for Lorne Michaels...the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was disastrous for SNL ratings.

We reveal and react to SNL ratings. We discuss the decline of Saturday Night Live...and highlight one major problem with the current era of SNL. We also explain why Lorne Michaels is a problem for NBC...and highlight a commonality between Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show.

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Stephen Colbert unleashed a tirade Thursday night against Donald Trump...after Trump announced Robert Kennedy Jr. as his choice for Secretary of Health. Unfortunately for Stephen Colbert...fewer and fewer people are seeing his emotional tirades because late-night ratings have plummeted to near record lows.

We reveal and react to ratings for Stephen Colbert...Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon. We discuss the decline of late-night television...and explain why the trio of hosts are the main problem. We also discuss the declining revenue in late-night...and question how long the genre will be sustainable for the networks.

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ABC is looking to diversify their voices on The View...in the aftermath of Donald Trump defeating Kamala Harris. According to the New York Post...ABC is suddenly looking to add conservative voices to The View. Which means some of the current panelists like Alyssa Farah Griffin and Whoopi Goldberg...could be let go by ABC.

We react to this article from the New York Post. We explain the real reason that ABC...is suddenly looking to diversify the voices on The View. We discuss the overall panic in the woke media...and explain why crashing ratings at CNN and MSNBC are the reason for this sudden shift.

WNBA players Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart are launching Unrivaled in January...a new women's basketball league that will be broadcast on TNT. Unrivaled has offered to make Caitlin Clark the highest paid player in the league...but Caitlin Clark has yet to accept Unrivaled offer.

We discuss the potential of Unrivaled...with and without the star power of Caitlin Clark. We explain how Unrivaled could eventually compete with the WNBA...but they need Caitlin Clark to succeed. We question whether Caitlin Clark will accept Unrivaled offer...and provide a possible reason why Caitlin Clark could decline Unrivaled.

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Blaire Fleming was looking forward to competing in the Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament in two weeks. Unfortunately for Blaire Fleming...the Mountain West tournament could be canceled due to lack of participation...as young women have filed a lawsuit against San Jose State and the Mountain West Conference.

We react to Brooke Slusser and young women...filing a lawsuit against San Jose State. We question why it took legal action...for San Jose State to take the complaints of these young women seriously. We commend Brooke Slusser for her courage...and question whether the Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament will take place.

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NBA ratings continued their steep decline during the second week of the season. While Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors continue to draw good ratings...the rest of the NBA is struggling. We reveal and react to declining NBA ratings.

We discuss the variety of issues that are negatively impacting NBA ratings. We also explain why injuries are the biggest problem right now in the NBA...and provide a possible reason as to why the NBA is dealing with so many injuries.

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Joy Reid and the rest of the mainstream media...has been struggling since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris. CNN could be letting go of hundreds of employees...and Joy Reid has lost a million viewers at MSNBC in primetime. According to Megyn Kelly...Joy Reid could also be losing her job at MSNBC.

We reveal and react to Joy Reid MSNBC ratings...and the possibility that MSNBC could fire Joy Reid. We explain why Joy Reid is struggling...and how it's highly unlikely that Joy Reid will be able to recover her mainstream audience.

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CNN is preparing for another round of layoffs...but this time the layoffs at CNN could impact on-air talent. According to the Daily Mail...CNN is preparing to let go of hundreds of employees and on-air talent...as CNN looks to appeal to a younger demographic.

We react to CNN potentially firing on-air talent. We discuss the future of stars like Anderson Cooper...Jake Tapper and Wolf Blitzer. We explain why Kaitlan Collins is likely to be unaffected by the layoffs...and the potential direction that CNN could go with replacement talent.

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Although ESPN refers to Mina Kimes as an NFL analyst...there's always been doubt that Mina Kimes was qualified for the position. Monday afternoon on Twitter...Mina Kimes furthered those doubts with her analysis of the current NFL product...and was even politely called out by Scott Van Pelt.

We reveal and react to Mina Kimes claiming that...quarterback play in the NFL is the best it's ever been. We refute this claim from Mina Kimes...and commend Scott Van Pelt for calling her out. We also question the future of Mina Kimes at ESPN...with the network shifting away from identity politics.

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