Behind the Line

Joy Behar and the women of the View returned for their season premiere on ABC Tuesday morning. It didn't take long for the embarrassing moments to begin...as Joy Behar explained why Whoopi Goldberg was absent from the season premiere.

We review and react to the season premiere of The View. We discuss the explanation given by Joy Behar on the absence of Whoopi Goldberg...and explain why Joy Behar gave this explanation. We also question the audience of The View...and wonder why women relate to this show.

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The ongoing carriage dispute between ESPN and Spectrum is sending shockwaves throughout the television industry. Executives at Spectrum admitted to their investors that the business of linear television is no longer profitable. What does this mean for cable news...and more specifically CNN?

We discuss the impending demise of CNN...and explain how CNN could cease to exist by 2030. We explain why the future of CNN looks grim...and why there could be no solution to their problem. We also discuss the impact this could have on veteran anchors like Anderson Cooper and Jake Tapper...and how their exorbitant salaries could be a thing of the past.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert promised her players back in February...that the WNBA would pay for chartered flights throughout the WNBA Playoffs. Over the weekend...Cathy Engelbert revised the WNBA flight policy...which caused WNBA players to complain on social media.

We reveal and react to the revised WNBA flight policy...and the complaints from WNBA players. We applaud Cathy Engelbert for making a smart business decision...and explain how WNBA players can attain the chartered flights they so badly want.

Jemele Hill did her best to ruin the opening weekend of the college football season. Most college football fans were celebrating the success of Deion Sanders on Saturday...after he led Colorado into TCU and pulled off the upset. Jemele Hill claimed to be disturbed by the "coded language" during the broadcast of Colorado/TCU.

We reveal and react to a series of tweets from Jemele Hill. We also react to the postgame press conference of Deion Sanders. We explain why we're disappointed in the commentary of Deion Sanders...and dispute the mythical narrative promoted by Jemele Hill.

ESPN had college football fans excited Thursday night for the official start to football season. But for Spectrum cable subscribers on the West Coast...ESPN cut their feed right as the game between Florida and Utah kicked off. Due to a carriage dispute with Spectrum...ESPN has now lost another 15 million subscribers.

We discuss the carriage dispute between Spectrum and ESPN...and the impact it could have on the future of ESPN. We explain why Spectrum has most of the leverage...and compare this situation with ESPN to what happened with regional sports networks. We also discuss the bleak future of ESPN...and how ESPN could cease to exist by 2030.

Stephen A Smith has often credited Skip Bayless for saving his sports media career...and rightfully so. Skip Bayless offered Stephen A Smith an opportunity at a time when Stephen A Smith was essentially banished from sports media. Now that Stephen A Smith is partnering with Shannon Sharpe...his opinion of Skip Bayless seems to have changed.

We reveal and react to a recent clip of Stephen A Smith...where he blames Skip Bayless for Shannon Sharpe leaving FS1. We discuss the hypocrisy behind Stephen A Smith blaming Skip Bayless...along with other delusional statements made by Stephen A Smith. We also claim Skip Bayless appears to be defeated...and question whether his sports media career could be coming to an end.

Jimmy Kimmel has fallen out of the mainstream media spotlight this summer...due to the ongoing writer's strike in Hollywood. Earlier this week...Jimmy Kimmel finally generated media headlines by admitting that he was contemplating retirement.

We react to Jimmy Kimmel contemplating retirement...and explain why we believe Jimmy Kimmel made this announcement for publicity. We discuss the bleak future of late-night television...and predict who could eventually replace Jimmy Kimmel at ABC.

Keith Olbermann is notorious for expressing misery and fake outrage on social media. Wednesday afternoon...Riley Gaines tweeted her support for recent legislation in Nebraska while also calling out Nebraska State Senator Megan Hunt. For some reason...Keith Olbermann decided to inject himself into the conversation and proceeded to publicly humiliate himself.

We reveal and react to the exchange between Riley Gaines...Keith Olbermann and Megan Hunt. We commend Riley Gaines for leading this movement and figuring out a way to monetize this movement into a lucrative media career.

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CNN announced on Wednesday that they were hiring veteran media CEO Mark Thompson...and giving him the task of saving the network. The hiring of Mark Thompson could be a last-ditch effort to save CNN...as CNN ratings and employee morale have reached record lows.

We reveal and react to recent CNN ratings. We also react to a report from Mediaite...which claims morale amongst employees at CNN is at an all-time low. We explain how Mark Thompson could save CNN...but question whether Mark Thompson would be willing to implement this strategy. We also question what happens with CNN...if Mark Thompson is unable to save the network.

Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA conducted a survey asking WNBA players for their suggestions to improve the WNBA. Instead of WNBA players suggesting ideas that could improve revenue and quality of play...WNBA players gave Cathy Engelbert a list of self-serving demands not based in reality.

We reveal and react to this WNBA survey of player demands. We explain why suggestions like chartered flights and higher salaries are unreasonable. We also discuss the possibility of WNBA players going on strike in 2025...and explain why it's unlikely to happen.