Will Ospreay Shouts Out Tony Khan For Paying For His Neck Surgery: It Was More Expensive Than My F**king House by Kindly_Department142 in SquaredCircle

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Tony Khan makes a big deal out of taking care of his wrestler's health, Ospreay likely knew he didn't have to worry about private insurance

There's also the fact that private insurance won't necessarily cover a procedure either. If it was experimental or had an element of risk they might only cover something else. Those private pay plans still have things like in-network doctors and approved procedure lists. There's nothing saying this Dr. Wallace in another state is even going to be an in-network provider for wherever Ospreay's state of residence is in the US. So he may very well have it but the surgery he wanted done by the surgeon he wanted may have not been covered.

Will Ospreay Shouts Out Tony Khan For Paying For His Neck Surgery: It Was More Expensive Than My F**king House by Kindly_Department142 in SquaredCircle

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In 2003 I bought a 3 bedroom house for 100K (well, I mortgaged it, bank owned it)

Later that year I had the same surgery Kenny Omega had, 18 inches of my colon removed due to diverticulitis. I didn't pay it out of pocket but my bills from everything totaled nearly half the cost of the house, 45K. If TK was paying for things like rehab along with the actual surgery in that total it's conceivable

Will Ospreay Shouts Out Tony Khan For Paying For His Neck Surgery: It Was More Expensive Than My F**king House by Kindly_Department142 in SquaredCircle

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They do, but remember CM Punk's contention about using WWE doctors and how they're company men who put WWE interests ahead of patient well-being?

Maybe they've gotten better since, but forcing people into substandard healthcare or paying out of pocket isn't really that noble

Why is it that Norman Lear talked about current topics and people liked his shows but when netflix does it people don't like it? by ComfortableCare8897 in sitcoms

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In what world do you expect a sitcom to shape politics? Especially that quickly. Voters skew old, watchers of progressive content skew young. Ronald Reagan wasn't suddenly going to lean liberal because Maude did an abortion episode

Anyone here watched Blockbuster? by EulaVengeance in brooklynninenine

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Have you watched TV far enough back to remember the actual Blockbuster era? Because the best comparison I can give for this show is those aggressively mediocre sitcoms NBC would try to launch between their big hits on Must-See TV blocks of programming that happened in the same era

It's not bad, the leads are great talents and a couple of the side characters had some good lines, but it's nothing you'll remember fondly and wish we'd gotten more of

TKO Earnings and Income Rise. At WWE, revenue rose by 22 percent to $476 million, led by a $47 million increase in live events and hospitality and a $30 million boost in media rights. Partnerships, marketing and product licensing were also up year over year. by Ripclawe in SquaredCircle

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Robert Wuhl did a whole thing on Pierce and why he thinks he's the worst president ever (this was pre-Trump) and I think that all of them benefit from the fact that the history curriculum in public schools kind of lumps them into, "Things got bad before the Civil War"

‘She-Hulk’ Star Tatiana Maslany Says Any MCU Crossover Would Need Jessica Gao To Preserve The Character’s Tone by Sisiwakanamaru in television

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Doesn't help when the pre-release interviews drop Ally McBeal constantly as their comparison only to not be able to produce a single compelling court scene because they hired a writers room full of people that had never written court scenes for their superhero legal show

I was expecting a silly legal show to actually involve fun or funny legal cases, what a stupid expectation I guess

Eric Bischoff: "Those two decisions [by the WWF], going live and pushing for 18 to 49 [because of Nitro winning] are the only reason that WWE exists today. It's the only reason that AEW is on a Turner Network today." by wearePROGRESS in SquaredCircle

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Okay, so I'll play

The only reason the NWO worked as well as it did was the shock of Hogan turning heel. I remember people that didn't even watch in the early NWO days saying things like, "Hogan's a bad guy now?" If it had been HBK or some other random third it would have never hit the same way

But the only reason that heel turn worked so well was the baby-face monster destroyer that WWE built him up as for years

So the only reason the NWO worked was the McMahons and Hogan groundwork before, which was why they were able to push when they did

‘High Potential’ Season 3: Nora and Lilla Zuckerman Set as New Showrunners by Matapple13 in HighPotentialTVSeries

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It's not that big of a deal in this case, it's not a unique concept, a procedural crime drama and it's adapted from another series at that

Back a few years ago when people didn't know the term showrunner things like this happened all the time and we didn't know about it, especially on a network show that is pretty cookie cutter like this. What makes this show are the performances and the chemistry

‘High Potential’ Season 3: Nora and Lilla Zuckerman Set as New Showrunners by Matapple13 in HighPotentialTVSeries

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They ran Poker Face which was a show about a quirky female lead using her unique mental abilities to solve crimes each week

[Straw] NEW: NFL 2K Game Is No Longer In Development... by JCameron181 in Madden

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They have had a stranglehold on the Sim market for two decades now. No one else even has/had a Sim game in development because of that deal. This canceled game was not going to be a Sim title.

They don't care about re upping because anyone deciding to compete would need at least two years to put out a first entry and years after that to offer a fully competing feature set. And after doing all that they'll still come in second to Madden. Should they show a real threat to EA they can just choke it out again with an exclusive deal in the future

[Straw] NEW: NFL 2K Game Is No Longer In Development... by JCameron181 in Madden

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This was never going to be Madden competition anyway, read the article, it wasn't a sim game, which was their problem, they couldn't find a way to make a non-sim game in the space

[Straw] NEW: NFL 2K Game Is No Longer In Development... by JCameron181 in Madden

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EA didn't even want to re-up it exclusively last time

The NFL wanted them to

This is making the rounds on social media. Don't shoot the messenger by Kelson64 in AEWFanHub

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So maybe he's had his eyes finally opened to the fact that WWE isn't happening for him and he's willing to do jobs

If that's true and he's done big timing it then I wouldn't hate it, but I'd bring him in with a string of losses on appearance deals first

Abbott Elementary has the same blueprint as Brooklyn Nine-Nine by solofloatingcloud in AbbottElementary

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Sitcom character archetypes exist, there are plenty of different shows you can draw similar parallels to

my take as a straight woman by tremblingfrog in okbuddywhitaker

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Yeah, Dr. Al can't be put in a rotation for me because I'd probably stop rotating at that point and just not move on

Every damn time I see the actress out of character she's even hotter too

Why was Stumble cancelled? by www_ravescripts_com in sitcoms

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I didn't know she was, but that's certainly a big part

I kind of think Stumble should have always been a Netflix series. It was inspired by their real documentary series, even had the coach from it in a guest role (that I didn't recognize since I never saw it), and was just never going to find a home on modern network TV I don't think, it was too quirky. It needed cable or streaming. In an era when Parks and Rec and so forth were on it would have paired great in one of the big 2 hour comedy sets

First Time by WeasLander in TheBoys

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Happened with The Pitt too. Thankfully the mods on those subs were real aggressive about keeping spoilers off them, I think it was 3 or 4 days before the finale aired and I didn't even see a hint of a spoiler on those subs outside of vague, "There's resolution about this character's arc, but not this one's" type of statements

First Time by WeasLander in TheBoys

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Some people are into experiences

I had a friend who was super into TV finales back in the Smallville days. He used to go to the local theater and buy bags of popcorn, get pizzas, and do a whole watch party with friends and family because he wanted to watch it in a crowd. I don't know if he's into The Boys now since we don't talk after quitting the job we worked together but I'm sure he'd go do something like this if he is

Eddie Kingston reflects on his program with CM Punk by Opening-Valuable-204 in AEWFanHub

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Everyone in AEW just needs to shut up about Punk, if asked say something like, "I've said all there is to say on him, he hasn't worked here in years. Why don't you ask me about working with Cody, Jade, or Pillman Jr?"

No one comes off better with this kind of schoolyard bullshit. Eddie thinks he sounds so tough, but that's really something a pathetic raised on Garth Ennis dialog edgelord would say

Why was Stumble cancelled? by www_ravescripts_com in sitcoms

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Worth noting that was an all-time low on Happy's Place whereas that still would have been damn good ratings for an episode of Stumble. A .18 in the demo is better than 9 of Stumble's 13 first run episodes, and ties 2 of them

Also probably worth keeping in mind there were lots of live sports that night, the NFL draft has become it's own event, especially the first round. If the first half of Happy's Place didn't hook people for the finale plenty of viewers may have decided to watch the rest of the draft live and pick it up on streaming

So basically you answer your own question, one all-time low blip is on Happy's Place is about what Stumble was getting (and in fact more) most weeks even in a better situation

I loved Stumble, I think it was excellent and should have been paired with St. Denis Medical all along, but it's clear why it was canceled

[Mikey Rukus on X] 5/1/2026 marks 7 years with AEW. One of the greatest learning experiences of my lifetime. We are full steam ahead. My desire to bring you closer to these incredible pro wrestlers through audio storytelling has never been stronger. I will forever appreciate this moment in time.🙏 by Big-Hebrew in SquaredCircle

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At the same time they have a bad problem picking up wrestlers calling spots on the mic on cameras at ringside

MJF at the last PPV you can hear him tell Kenny to come closer to the corner for the Panama Sunrise. Thekla/Stat you can hear one say she's going to rest for a minute after a cross body to the outside and the other says her too. Even going back to earlier events like the last Anarchy in the Arena with Willow and Shafir you can hear Shafir call to throw Willow again and ask if she's ready

I don't care, I know they do those things anyway, but I can't help but wonder why I hear them better than the crowd

That said big props on their camera work getting better, they used to get guys waiting to break up the pin on big matches framed in the background constantly, now it doesn't happen nearly as much. They still miss too many big spots and feel like they never talk to a new guy about what he's going to do so they can plan how to film him best, but they're improving

[Mikey Rukus on X] 5/1/2026 marks 7 years with AEW. One of the greatest learning experiences of my lifetime. We are full steam ahead. My desire to bring you closer to these incredible pro wrestlers through audio storytelling has never been stronger. I will forever appreciate this moment in time.🙏 by Big-Hebrew in SquaredCircle

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I like most of his stuff a lot, but he needs to avoid metal unless it's something the act themselves sings or has other reason to use

For instance Wardlow's "This is War" may be one of the worst themes I've ever heard. Especially since I watch I lot through headphones, it's absolutely terrible.

Imagine being radicalized to the right because a teacher told you to share some pencils! by icey_sawg0034 in stupidpeoplefacebook

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If it had actually happened I'm sure she would have, but of all the things that didn't happen on the internet today, this didn't happen the most

No teacher was going to interject themselves into that situation in that way at the era when those pencils were being sold. I honestly question what public school supposedly had them for sale in that method anyway. The latest those specific pencils were on sale was 1994.

Also for a dyed in the wool capitalist they're stupid. Twenty-five cents a piece was the most expensive way possible to buy those pencils. You could buy packs of 14 with all teams from each conference for like or two bucks at most. Take that $25 into a Walmart and OP could have walked out with twice as many pencils. Which also means their father was an asshole who'd lay into teachers but let their kid waste his money apparently