TVLine Asks: What Did Taylor Swift's Emmys Message Mean? Should Idol Change Its Catchphrase? Will DWTS Push More Product? And More
We've got questions, and maybe you've got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we're lobbing queries left and right about Taylor Swift at the Emmys, "American Idol," "Dancing With the Stars," and more!
1 | Did the U.S. Open have a fan of spicy-hockey-romance-novel-adaptations working in the VIP ticketing office? Because somebody seated "Heated Rivalry" star François Arnaud and "Off-Campus" lead Belmont Cameli one row away from each other at the men's finals.
2 | On "The Walking Dead: Dead City," was Hershel's perfectly calibrated rope swing across a city street and through a window the most ridiculous piece of TV physics we've seen since Max Cady's infamous roof jump in the Cape Fear finale? Didn't Dillard's turn from amiable weirdo to psycho killer happen awfully quickly? And are you rooting for a Season 4, if only so we can find out what this job is that Maggie has for Negan?
3 | Was "Big Brother" houseguest Drew attempting to pull a Kramer with his entrance during Sunday's Head of Household competition?
4 | After finishing Season 2 of "The Paper," would you pay Peacock extra to get a version of the show that edits out all the scenes featuring the supremely obnoxious Esmeralda and Ken?
We'd like to know...
5 | Alright, Swifties, it's time to decode Taylor Swift's dialogue — "Saccharide, Aries, from the vineyard, north or south" — in the Emmys' pre-taped "Law & Order: SVU" sketch. Are those song titles? A coded message? Swift simply mocking us all, because she knows we'll go down this rabbit hole?!
6 | Following Conner Leavitt's elimination from "Dancing With the Stars," how relieved do you think co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough are, now that they don't have to make a dozen announcements about voting for Conner L. or Connor W.? Also, after that Paris Baguette-sponsored routine on Night 1, are you kind of dreading how much product placement we'll see via dance this season?
7 | "You're going to Hollywood!" already lost most of its meaning when "American Idol" started doing Hollywood Week in Nashville, but with "Idol" now reportedly moving production to Georgia, is it time to officially stick a fork in the show's once-iconic catchphrase?
8 | The titular pair in "Tommy & Tuppence" went from "maybe we should check things out in regard to this murder" to "going undercover with accents and costumes" real quick, didn't they?
9 | Isn't it incredibly frustrating that "The Challenge" continues to DQ players for breaking the code of conduct only to then... not explain what specifically happened or show us anything whatsoever?
10 | On this week's "Ted Lasso," did the scene where Keeley helped Ted fill out his Bantr profile drag on wayyyyyy too long? Did Roy really need Dr. Beaumont to help him see that he's still in love with Keeley? And after Dani Rojas' agent showed up in Rebecca's office, were you surprised we didn't get an appearance from AFC Richmond's happiest striker?
We're also wondering...
11 | As pointed out by TVLine reader "TD," did Hallmark mess up putting "Ed" star Tom Cavanagh in its Lori Loughlin Christmas movie "What If Christmas," and not "Winter Wonderlanes," about a restaurateur's efforts to save a beloved bowling alley?
12 | "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" fans, how hard did you laugh when Mr. Freeze first appeared and slipped on a giant iceberg of his own making? And while we never expected Stuart to fall out of his own comic book store into a void of nothingness and die, were you touched that Kripke, of all people, held out his arm out to prevent Stuart from falling?
13 | Did the "Heated Rivalry" casting of Nick Stahl as the dad of a fully adult professional hockey player make any other Gen Xers feel a certain kind of (bad) way?
14 | Which of "The Traitors: New Blood" accomplices do you hope squeaks by next week: Katie or Xavier? And thoughts on Kriste's wildly inaccurate accusation at the roundtable, anyone?
15 | Genuine query: Is anyone having a better time on TV right now than Helen Mirren playing Maeve Harrigan in "MobLand"?
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16 | "Outlander: Blood of My Blood" fans: Given that we know Julia can pass through the stones, what are your current theories about why the Beauchamp family's group travel didn't work, only for Henry to go through without trying moments later?
Hit the comments with your answers and any TV Qs of your own!