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Goldberg is coming over from Skydance, where she's been since the company was founded in 2010. I don't think she'll be going anywhere.

As for Cheeks...I guess it's a vote of confidence that he's staying at all, but being in charge of linear TV in 2025 seems like a pretty thankless task.

In all honesty, if I were calling the shots, I'd probably move Trek away from CBS Studios and over to Paramount Television. It makes more sense in terms of the divisions' mission statements, and Paramount TV is under the same leadership as Paramount Pictures, which could make it easier to coordinate a feature film with whatever's going on on the TV side.

The downside to that is losing Cheeks, who seems to have done right by Star Trek. Instead it would be overseen by Goldberg and Matt Thunell, who was President of Television at Skydance. I have no reason to believe either of them would be bad for the franchise, but...there's always a risk when you're leaving the devil you know in favour of one that you don't.

For sure - the remaining former co-CEO is George Cheeks, who will be "Chair of TV Media."

His focus is supposed to be focused on linear TV, but Star Trek remains under his watch for now (though the article says, "the decisions are expected to be made on a case-by-case basis, with [Paramount Television co-chair Dana] Goldberg and Cheeks currently in discussions about where the different pieces would land."

Since the deal officially closes tomorrow, and today was mostly focused on the exits, I would imagine we're going to start seeing news about the future plans soon.

Edit: And if Cheeks sounds familiar, it may be because his name is amongst those on the wall in the recent Starfleet Academy trailer.

From a Star Trek fan's perspective, it's interesting that only of the three co-CEOs who's staying with the company, and he oversees CBS Studios, which produces all Trek series.

At the same time, the new ownership has resurrected Paramount TV as a separate division. It's supposed to be the home of streaming services, so there's a chance they'll decide to move the franchise over there, in which case there will be a new boss to deal with.

We'll probably get some clarity in the near-ish future...

This year’s Labour Day Classic will mark the first of three meetings between the Roughriders and Blue Bombers this season and will be the only one played in Regina. The game will also mark Saskatchewan’s first sellout of the season. The team is averaging 27,096 fans per game so far this year.

All right, I've acquired the box set, so I think we'll try to at least finish out the season and re-evaluate at that point.

Last week was encouraging, but the skepticism in Winnipeg runs deep, especially in light of the last two outings against the Stamps.

The big "WTF" story here is Dylan Mitchell. They signed him in January with some real fanfare, making an appearance with the media and getting a $63,000 signing bonus.

He played in the preseason, and hasn't been seen since, and is now on the practice roster. Mike O'Shea is adamant that he isn't well-suited to play slot back, even though he did just that a few times with Edmonton. Instead, the Bombers are starting a rookie.

There seems to be a story here, but no one seems quite sure what it is...

New Who just got dropped by all major streaming services here without warnin

Here, too, and I suspect globally outside the UK. I'm going to take some time to consider whether we should put this little project on hiatus - it's not likely that anyone else will join the party when the barriers are so significant.

It’s not fair to compare anybody, anywhere to Harrison Ford, but as much as he might like to be, Jack Harkness is no Han Solo.

Shame on me for not thinking of the best, most obvious comparison.

even the holodecks on Enterprise D can’t do the same thing until the Binaries enhance them.

I think this is a little different from what the Bynars did - La'An had to wear the brain scan thingie for the day for the computer to get a sense of her personality, while the enhanced TNG holodeck was able to do it on the fly.

In the US, most games are available on the leagues kind-of-shitty-but-at-least-it's-free streaming service, and a handful are on the CBS Sports Network.

We do try to maintain some conversation about the week's games in the weekly thread. There's not a lot of us, but quality > quantity.

Family commitments kept me from watching all but the final minute of TOR @ WPG, so naturally the Bombers were able to pull out a win.

The highlight reel was impressive, with the two massive kick returns. The local media were very unimpressed with Streveler's end zone pick.

Very disappointed in the Als for not being able to do more against the Riders.

The kid who ran away says “there was a man” and I never clocked this when I was watching this as a kid, but re-watching as an adult, it says everything without going into unnecessary graphic detail.

Yes, this was worth pointing out, so thanks for that.

In this episode he comes across as very unlikeable.

I think you really need an actor who's an 11/10 on the charisma scale to make that work - like, RDJ as Tony Stark charisma - and Barrowman just doesn't have that.

Welcome to the party, Steven Moffat.

The improved quality of this episode is immediately apparent. The script is tight and quippy, and the titular child is creepy as hell.

It's tough to comment solely on a Part 1, but there's a lot to like in this. The gag of the Doctor asking the crowd at the cabaret whether they've seen anything falling from the sky before realizing he's landed in the middle of the London Blitz is great. The production quality is generally excellent - it really feels like a specific time and place.

Following on that, Nancy is an immediately compelling character - sympathetic, and very authentic-feeling to the setting. Richard Wilson is also very good as Dr. Constantine.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think the weakest part of the episode by far is the subplot with Rose and Captain Jack Harkness, who we meet for the first time here. It feels incongruous with the horror vibes of the A-plot, and I don't actually think John Barrowman (scandal noted) is as charming as the script needs him to be.

I gave this one a rewatch, and not only is it much better when you're not half-asleep like I was the first time 'round, I think it also works better when you know the Spock twist in advance.

Setting aside the silliness of the simulation, the actual story worked better for me once I realized that the re-creation room was manipulating La'An the entire time, planting the false Spock from the very beginning, and using the various characters to needle her about her feelings - both that she has them at all, and how she's afraid people might take her less seriously in her job as a consequence of them.

Not-Uhura's speech is about the "Amelia Moon" stories La'An grew up with just as much as it's about Star Trek itself.

And Christina Chong turned in a really great performance throughout, too - this one should definitely go in her audition reel.

Amazing - I've sometimes thought about making a sticker or something for conventions, but this is better.

That was a pretty fun bit of silliness - low-calorie, but it looked like the cast had a good time.

The La'an/Spock storyline is unexpected, but damned if Ethan Peck and Christina Chong don't have chemistry.

Obviously continue to watch something you dislike, despite there being many other things you can do with your life.

What part of any of this was boys will be boys?

What part of any of this was hockey related?

Are those serious questions?

But [the case] also revealed the existence of a secret Hockey Canada fund, which the organization eventually admitted it had specifically created to pay settlements in sexual assault cases against players – apparently lifting the lid off a long-simmering culture of abuse and cover-ups extending far beyond the case at hand.

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree. I'm not against puppets, but a TAS-style adventure would have been fun.

Yeah, I think it's pretty uncontroversial at this point to say the Disney deal was a dud.