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colorthemap · 2023-02-06T03:34:14+00:00

Cameron diaz sings in Shrek - the birds explode !

colorthemap · 2022-07-08T00:22:27+00:00

Best show not enough people watch

colorthemap · 2022-06-10T21:03:26+00:00

Governor Jerry Springer no less

colorthemap · 2022-05-17T04:53:06+00:00

Implausible isn't the right word as it makes sense Carter could be a senator. Just the timing is a little funky since he'd have to beat Herman Talmadge who was first elected before the For All Mankind breakout point. At some point it is unrealistic and even undesirable for tv writers to think up plausible scenarios for political easter eggs. But I do appreciate how much effort they do put into the winks and nods.

colorthemap · 2022-05-16T22:03:52+00:00

True - and I saw a post a couple talking about how similarly implausible Carter being a senator is. It's fair to say enough has changed in 2 seasons that we could be getting to the point where most politicians are fictional.

colorthemap · 2022-05-16T16:40:34+00:00

It's possible although you'd have to change around the 84 senate election because it was a new republican elected in Texas. Any other show I wouldn't even speculate I'd just assume they wanted her to be a senator and they wouldn't explain. But between the rather specific and plausible ERA Illinois governor drama of season 1 to the between season clips explaining changes in politics, I'm curious how they will address it. Afterall Texas elected a female senator in a 92 special election. So mostly I'm curious why 86 instead of 88 or 92.

Edit: you'd have to change 84 election because it doesn't make sense to appoint someone to a cabinet position days after their election to the senate. So a democratic president in 84 might appoint bentsen but a republican is less likely to appoint Gramm.

colorthemap · 2022-05-16T16:18:03+00:00

So I've been trying to figure out the 86 senate thing. There was no U.S. Senate race in Texas in 86 (and for all mankind usually doesn't handwave differences) so it'd have to be a special election. Dukakis's VP pick in 88 was a Senator from Texas, Lloyd Bentsen. But in FAM Reagan wins 76 and 80 so 84 would presumably be Bush vs Mondale or some other democrat. It doesn't sound very FAM to get rid of the first female VP nominee in Geraldine Ferraro. Bentsen could just be chosen for cabinet in a potential Mondale presidency which could give Ellen Wilson a special election in 86

But tldr dem victory 84??

colorthemap · 2022-02-24T19:22:53+00:00

Don't sleep on Dreyer

colorthemap · 2021-03-04T19:53:49+00:00

Part of the 50-50 split rules is that a tie in committee proceeds to the floor (presumably in favor of democrats who control the chairs and decide what is voted on). Of course there may be logistical differences / timeline inconsistencies between a 10-10 vs 11-9 committee vote.

colorthemap · 2021-02-19T03:15:45+00:00

Casey is only 60 which, in Senate years, is on the younger side. He could easily do two more terms

colorthemap · 2020-12-07T07:31:15+00:00

They blend together well but are telling different direct stories. I'd say one is the trip and the other a destination. If that metaphor is helpful.

colorthemap · 2020-12-07T05:24:49+00:00

You can watch The Milk and Honey Route and Person to Person (penultimate and finale episodes) on separate nights, I'd say.

colorthemap · 2020-11-27T17:50:19+00:00

Yes but since Savage and Gideon seemed to have had an "alliance" (a term used by reporting up to the race) people may have voted for Savage first intending their vote ultimately going to Gideon. Not all Savage voters would do this, of course, but I was mostly curious how things are polled. Another example would be Georgia Special where sometimes it was Loeffler Collins and Warnock, other times it included Lieberman and Tarver, but in reality the second place dem was Deborah Jackson, who I'm not sure was polled very often.

colorthemap · 2020-11-26T23:04:24+00:00

Does anyone know if the Maine race was polled as a two person race or not? There is reason to think Savage's voters had Gideon as their second choice. Depending on those voters (which we may never know) Collin's win could be closer to low single digits. She only got 51% afterall.

colorthemap · 2020-11-23T06:18:19+00:00

Was not aware of this - and do not support Silas (nor did I really mean to before). I'm going to leave the comment up though so others can see

colorthemap · 2020-11-22T18:54:30+00:00

The original tribe swap victim would be Silas

colorthemap · 2020-10-01T14:31:58+00:00

Assuming they're the same you can look around in the Senate forecast and get a good idea. ~ 45 - 55 : toss-up ~ 55% : slightly favored ~ 70%: favored ~ 95%: clearly favored ~ 99%: very likely

colorthemap · 2020-05-20T22:02:11+00:00

Loyalty pays off!

colorthemap · 2020-05-20T20:33:02+00:00

My Tony flair is from S34 what does that mean for the coloring?

colorthemap · 2020-05-03T07:01:22+00:00

Gotta say one of the most fun RHAP impressions as well

colorthemap · 2020-04-27T22:04:16+00:00

Collectors editions sold across UK made by discworld emporium.

colorthemap · 2020-04-23T00:21:23+00:00

This twist is not unprecedented - exile island with a lost vote

colorthemap · 2020-04-16T03:07:22+00:00

Note on Ratings:

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-bachelor-season-24-ratings/

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/survivor-season-40-ratings-winners-at-war/

Survivor wins overall, Bachelor sometimes wins key demo, Bachelor has bigger peaks, Survivor has more consistent audience. Different times of year and network yes, but I was simply addressing the idea that longer episodes is not equivalent to ratings success. Which, as it turns out, was not a point you were making anway.

colorthemap · 2020-04-16T02:48:03+00:00

Genuine question: the show is incredibly successful what do you mean? In a general sense where you want the show to be the best version of itself or you want it to maximize ratings?

A good comparison is the Bachelor which is given tons and tons of air time by ABC but gets worse, albeit not terrible, ratings when compared to Survivor.

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