📺 "Murphy Brown" Three Shirts to the Wind | CBS

Watched "Murphy Brown" Three Shirts to the Wind from CBS
Directed by Don Scardino. With Candice Bergen, Twinkle Burke, Tyne Daly, Nik Dodani.
This would have been better/stronger if the “Bannon” character had been a bit bigger and more combative. There could have been more drama in the confrontation and the politics could always be more subtle and less on-the-nose.

📺 "Murphy Brown" #MurphyToo | CBS

Watched "Murphy Brown" #MurphyToo from CBS
Directed by Don Scardino. With Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Grant Shaud. After enduring a boring workplace workshop on sexual harassment, Murphy Brown remembers a time when she was in college and her professor tried to take advantage of her. She confides in Bartender Phyllis who unwittingly gives useful advice.
While mildly comedic and vaguely entertaining, this show is somehow addictive despite the fact that it seems like it’s stuck in the 80s/early 90s show while still covering modern day topics and politics.

I can’t image that it will continue on unless it broadens out its politics a bit.

📺 “The Great British Baking Show” Patisserie: The Semi Final | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Patisserie: The Semi Final from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. It's week nine of The Great British Baking Show, and it's the semi-final, where only four bakers remain. It's Pâtisserie week! To kick-start things in the signature challenge, the bakers are once again butter bashing and folding their pastry to achieve perfect lamination for this difficult French pastry. In the technical challenge, Paul has set the bar high, testing the bakers' pâtisserie prowess...
Watched on my Kindle 8″.

📺 “Star Trek: The Next Generation” Homeward | KVEA

Watched "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Homeward from KVEA
Directed by Alexander Singer. With Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn. In an attempt to preserve a race of people on a planet being bombarded by storms that would kill them, Worf's foster brother violates the Prime Directive, leaving the Enterprise crew in a difficult position.
Interesting turn by Paul Sorvino as Warf’s brother.

📺 “Star Trek: The Next Generation” The Pegasus | KVEA

Watched "Star Trek: The Next Generation" The Pegasus from KVEA
Directed by LeVar Burton. With Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn. Riker finds out his former commander from the starship Pegasus has orders that entail more than what is revealed to Picard, who thinks the Enterprise is en route to recover the lost ship. And Riker is ordered to secrecy.

📺 “The Great British Baking Show” Advanced Dough | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Advanced Dough from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. It's the quarter-finals of the competition and only five bakers remain. Mary and Paul up the ante to see which bakers will rise to the challenge. The competitors must make enriched sweet fruit loaves for their Signature, followed by a Technical challenge that stretches them to the limit. Finally, the bakers must make 36 showstopping doughnuts, demonstrating skills and ideas that take baking to a ...

📺 “The Great British Baking Show” Pastry | Netflix

Watched "The Great British Baking Show" Pastry from Netflix
Directed by Andy Devonshire. With Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, Mary Berry, Paul Hollywood. The bakers must make a dozen savory parcel pastries, kouign-amann, and two dozen éclairs.

📺 School Segregation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | YouTube

Watched School Segregation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) from YouTube

Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation.

📺 Saudi Arabia: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | YouTube

Watched Saudi Arabia: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) from YouTube

Following the alarming disappearance of a Saudi journalist and political dissident, John Oliver examines America's uncomfortably comfortable relationship with Saudi Arabia.

📺 “Cooks Country” Spaghetti House Classics | PBS

Watched "Cooks Country" Spaghetti House Classics from cookscountry.com
Test cook Christie Morrison makes host Julia Collin Davison the perfect Hearty Beef Lasagna. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Bridget Lancaster to a tasting of block mozzarella. And finally, test cook Lan Lam makes Bridget a new weeknight favorite—Chicken Scarpariello.

📺 “Blue Bloods” Mind Games | CBS

Watched "Blue Bloods" Mind Games from CBS
Directed by John Behring. With Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou. Danny investigates a case involving a woman who shot her husband while she was drunk; Anthony defies Erin's orders to drop an assault case; Frank holds an emergency drill for his inner circle.
Interestingly this show seems to be getting a tad more interesting… Perhaps the cast shuffling has opened up some new avenues for better plot?

📺 Face the Nation 10/14: Marco Rubio, Chris Van Hollen, Ben Sasse | CBS

Watched Face the Nation 10/14: Marco Rubio, Chris Van Hollen, Ben Sasse from CBS

This week on Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson interviews Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, and Sen. Ben Sasse. Plus, our CBS News' Elections and Surveys Director Anthony Salvanto shares some new insights from our Battleground Tracker polling.

Ben Sasse segment plugging his new book was quite nice. We all need to get back to our communities. This reminds me that I need to go back to reading more local news.

📺 “The West Wing” 2162 Votes | Netflix

Watched "The West Wing" 2162 Votes from Netflix
Directed by Alex Graves. With Alan Alda, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney. WHO WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE? - It's the Democratic National Convention and the race to become the Democratic Presidential candidate has narrowed to three candidates: Russell, Baker and Santos. Also, Bartlet must wrestle with the decision to launch the super-secret defense shuttle to rescue the astronauts trapped at the space station and risk national security or let them die.

📺 “The West Wing” Things Fall Apart | Netflix

Watched "The West Wing" Things Fall Apart from Netflix
Directed by Nelson McCormick. With Alan Alda, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney. While Vinick and the Republicans deliver a flawless albeit predictable convention, the Democratic convention looks to be more like a pie fight as there is no clear favorite. Russell tries to preempt the floor vote by hinting offers of the vice presidential nomination to both Santos and Governor Baker of Pennsylvania. Charlie and Zoey's relationship is becoming more serious, resulting in different...

📺 “The West Wing” Ninety Miles Away | Netflix

Watched "The West Wing" Ninety Miles Away from Netflix
Directed by Rod Holcomb. With Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Joshua Malina. Rumors circulate in Washington yet again about the state of Fidel Castro's health. As C.J. begins to look into the issue she uncovers some dark secrets regarding the United States' relationship with Cuba which appear to involve Leo, the President, and Kate Harper. Despite how closely guarded and potentially explosive this information is, a startlingly large number of government agencies and ...