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Chloe East

MP, I know at some point were "watching" this article. I'm dropping by just to let you know that a couple of editors have tried to expand it today. I'm still not particularly satisfied with the quality of the sourcing here, though. But it's probably a good idea if a few of us keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get "padded" with Fancruft. Pinging Geraldo Perez and Amaury as well. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:12, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

List of Game Shakers episodes

I'm thinking it's time for semi-protection. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:08, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: With the disruption I'm seeing there, persistent adding of the end date to season two without any source by multiple users in the last couple of days, it's reaching that point - except that two of those making the disruptive edits are autoconfirmed and semiprotection won't stop them from editing. MPFitz1968 (talk) 01:43, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Survivor: China

Hi, MPFitz1968, I noticed your revert and do not quite understand. That is the text which is on the website. Lotje (talk) 15:41, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

@Lotje: Yeah, I had to look closely at what I reverted, as what I saw for the ref info looked out of place after my revert. I then checked the link at MTV, and sure enough, the title was in all caps. Generally, when I see all caps and the text that was there, I'm inclined to believe it's vandalism which is why I reverted (and normally IPs and new users are behind that, which is another reason I was scratching my head when I saw I was not reverting one of them). MPFitz1968 (talk) 16:19, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Andi Mack S2 premiere

I just thought something. Andi Mack is a series that airs in chronological/production order because of its stories and story arcs, like Degrassi—if you've ever seen that series. We know that the first season had 13 production episodes, but that episode 113, the original season finale, was held over to be the season two premiere. Disney ABC Press is reporting a production code of 201, and there's currently no production code listed on The Futon Critic. I notice on the wikia that it's listed as 113–201. While I know it can't be used as a source, I don't think it's necessarily wrong, either. I'm guessing this will be another thing like the series premiere, where it's two separate episodes, but Disney Channel made their own version of a special. It's not premiering for another 55 minutes for me, but did you notice if at the halfway point, the characters suddenly looked and sounded a little older? I don't think Disney ABC Press is completely accurate as it reports 201 for "Stuck in the Waterpark – The Movie" and 301 for "Coopers on the Run" when they're actually 201–202 and 301–302 according to The Futon Critic. Amaury (talk | contribs) 02:05, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: (edit conflict) I wasn't aware of the part of their sounding a little older in the second half. Guess I don't catch those on first watch (note, when it aired on Disney Channel is the first time I caught the episode). I was aware while the end credits were running that they showed "Hey, Who Wants Pizza Part 1" and "Hey, Who Wants Pizza Part 2". Perhaps the "Part 1" may be the original last part of the first season, while the "Part 2" is where the season two filming began. MPFitz1968 (talk) 02:14, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
Okay, so, unlike the series premiere, the season two premiere is a true double-length special and not just Disney Channel's own version of one like what Geraldo mentioned about the series premiere on Talk:Andi Mack. See [1]. Pinging Geraldo Perez, Nyuszika7H, and IJBall just to make them aware in case we get people trying to corrupt the numbering.
The production code still needs to be figured out because I don't trust Disney ABC Press—at least not completely—based on the examples I gave above regarding K.C. Undercover and Stuck in the Middle. "Hey, Who Wants Pizza?" is either all 113, making "Chinese New Year" 201, or the first half is 113 and the second half is 201. I'm thinking it might be 113–201 because their appearances did seem slightly different during the second half, though it might have just been their clothes, and I think Cyrus' voice sounded a tiny bit more deep. I'm not sure, though. I know for sure, though, that the first half is 113 as everyone looks and sounds the same as in the rest of the season one episodes. It could all be 113 just as well. We'd need to compare them to how they look and what they sound like in the promo for the next episode to probably have a better understanding. Amaury (talk | contribs) 16:56, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
This is, again, from Wikia, so take this with a grain of salt, but under the Trivia section: [2] This was a 1-hour special that combined the original Season 1 finale (113) and the first episode produced for Season 2 (201). Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:17, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Summaries

Just curious if you're you planning on continuing writing summaries for the series like you did with Stuck in the Middle when season two premiered, at least until you're not able to anymore because of your upcoming changes to your TV stuff? The current summary is ugly. Too many sentence fragments or otherwise clunky sentences that just sound ugly. Amaury (talk | contribs) 16:38, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Yeah, I noticed the summary and I plan to clean that one up. There are a bunch of details in the premiere that I'll have to sift thru before I can write a good summary for that one (or figure what in the current mess of a summary belongs and what doesn't). I've already watched the episode four times and only am now trying to grasp the gist of the storylines.

BTW, Andi Mack and Stuck in the Middle, I still plan to buy episodes of those on Amazon even after I cut the cable TV out. Still unsure about other current Disney series at this time. MPFitz1968 (talk) 17:00, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Can't wait to see what you have cooked up. I'm sure it'll be awesome. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:25, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Good Evening

can you please add Teen Titans Go where it says Step by Step was acquired by Hulu? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jesusacosta 3050 (talk • contribs) 03:12, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

@Jesusacosta 3050: The reason I took that show out (my revert of your edit here) is that it appeared not to fit the other examples of TV shows mentioned in that sentence. One of Wikipedia's policies is that it is not an indiscriminate collection of information (see this essay describing what indiscriminate is); in other words, in this case, the examples shown in the article are meaningful since they are related TV series with a similar demographic that aired on the ABC network in the United States around the same time as Step By Step, during the 1990s. Teen Titans Go is a much more recent show and is not an ABC show, so it doesn't fit with the other examples given. MPFitz1968 (talk) 08:13, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Disney Channel

I'd say Andi Mack is certainly keeping good momentum for the channel. It's been doing well since the second season premiere, and not just with Andi Mack. Amaury (talk | contribs) 01:59, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Ratings project

Do you remember that ratings project of mine? I recently got back into it, and while creating the one for Raven's Home, I decided to try a change to the layout so that the percentages have their own column. I also did some other minor changes: User:Amaury/sandbox/Television ratings/Raven's Home. I'll end up retroactively updating the other pages I have if I end up liking this. What do you think? Here's the other layout for comparison: User:Amaury/sandbox/Television ratings/Andi Mack. Amaury (talk | contribs) 07:14, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

School of Rock and List of School of Rock episodes

I'm having problems with a user who I now consider disruptive. I've been verifying guest star credits for the show since I did this mass-adding on May 24 last year (I think before then is when I was still only adding director and writer credits). They're claiming that Ivan Mallon first appeared in "Video Killed the Speed Debate Star" (104) and that the list is incomplete, so therefore he should be listed first on the parent article. Considering I've been verifying the guest star credits myself, I'm pretty sure they're wrong. It's been a long time, but if he did appear in the first season, he was most likely just a co-star and was therefore not a guest star until "Brilliant Disguise" (202). However, before I or somebody else reverts them, I figured it'd be a good idea to double-check. (They're also not following proper protocol by discussing it on the talk page.) Would you or Nyuszika7H be able to check this? Nickelodeon doesn't seem to have all the episodes on their website, but thankfully they have the one in question: [3]. Thanks. Amaury (talk | contribs) 16:23, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Mallon was credited as a co-star in "Video Killed the Speed Debate Star", and I reverted the edit at the LoE article. MPFitz1968 (talk) 16:53, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
This leads to an interesting question then – how should Mallon be handled at School of Rock? I'm inclined to say he should be listed as "recurring" for any episode in which he received any sort of crediting. So, if he did indeed get credited for "Video Killed the Speed Debate Star" (even as a "co-star"), then he should be listed as "(seasons 1–3)" for recurring purposes. P.S. Was Mallon credited as a "co-star" in any other season #1 episode?... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:03, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
@IJBall: Thankfully, all the season one episodes are available on the Nick site other than possibly what I said below, so that'll be easy to check. He was definitely never credited as a guest star, though, in the first season. This reminds me of Timmy on Bunk'd, which he had a discussion on on your talk page a long time ago. For his appearances prior to his first guest star appearance in the second season, he was either a co-star or not credited. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:23, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
The difference was, IIRC, Timmy was only "guest credited" once, and all his other appearances were non-speaking (and, also, I think he only had 3–4 appearances total, so he was likely not "recurring" no matter how you slice it). In the case of Mallon, though, he's had a speaking role since his first appearance, and if he's been full "guest credited" since season #2, there is no reason not to count his season #1 appearances as well as part of his "recurring" status. P.S. Once all of his season #1 appearances have been determined, a topic on Mallon should be put on Talk:School of Rock, just so all of this is recorded there... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:28, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
@IJBall: For reference, User talk:IJBall/Archive 6#A small favor to ask. And yeah, in this case, Ivan Mallon has appeared in enough episodes as a guest star that he qualifies as recurring, anyway, but just to further support it, co-star appearances would be very useful. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:34, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Michael, IJBall, I've just left them a warning based on their latest edit. You guys are welcome to provide additional feedback if you have any, but I'm not going to. They clearly don't understand how things work. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:09, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
Sorry to bother you guys again, but could one of you (IJBall) take a look at their response on their talk page? I don't know how much clearer Michael or I could have been in our edit summaries. Amaury (talk | contribs) 04:51, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Thanks. That's what I figured. I knew I remembered right! And I completely understand if you'd rather hold off on the parent article in that regard. I will as well for now, other than re-applying the episode count update they disruptively removed.
If the Nickelodeon site worked for me, I could have checked this myself. It used to, but that changed when we moved from DirecTV to Charter. Whenever I log in with my mom's Charter login information to try to view a locked episode, it gives me an error stating that Nick Jr. isn't part of our package and something something. That's correct that we don't have Nick Jr. on our current package, but I'm not trying to view locked videos on the Nick Jr. site, I'm trying to view locked videos on the Nickelodeon site. LOL! It's something on Nickelodeon's end, though, not Charter's, oddly enough.
Right now I don't think there's a need to double-check the other season one episodes unless the editor tries to claim he appeared in some of those, too. All of the season one episodes appear to be available looking at it again, though I say appear because "Come Together" and "Cover Me" are one video of 32:50 on the site even though they're two separate episodes and premiered as two separate episodes on two separate dates. I don't know why the Nickelodeon site is doing that. Looking on Amazon, both episodes are 22 minutes, so something's off on the Nickelodeon site. That can't be both episodes in one video. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:23, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

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Nickelodeon and Disney Channel

Michael, IJBall: Not including shows that have already been announced as either renewed (and haven't started their next season yet) or ending, of the current Nickelodeon and Disney Channel shows, what do you guys personally think will be renewed and not renewed? If you'd like, you can include both your personal thoughts and thoughts from a neutral point of view. Feel free to skip any shows you're not familiar with. Just interested in seeing your guys' thoughts.

Nickelodeon:

Disney Channel:

In parentheses is the current season.

For Disney Channel, using ratings is probably not the most accurate way of trying to take a guess due to Disney Channel taking a dip last year and only now appearing to starting to recover with Nielsen's earlier annual updates. For example, both Bunk'd and Stuck in the Middle were renewed and their averages for their second seasons are not the best, and they would have been not renewed in earlier years with those ratings. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Since I've kept an eye only on the Disney Channel shows, I'll tackle those. I think Andi Mack will get a third season; the second has gotten off to a pretty good start ratings-wise, and the story overall continues to be solid along with how it has so far positively impacted Disney Channel with what had been considered taboo topics on that network. K.C. Undercover will likely end at three; wasn't there word that Zendaya was leaving Disney Channel somewhere? (If she's in fact gone, I don't see how they continue the show without her.) Bizaardvark is a toss-up on whether it'll be renewed or cancelled; Jake Paul's departure will likely be felt in the appeal of the show, but I could see that either hindering its future or improving it. MPFitz1968 (talk) 02:38, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Yeah, there are mixed feelings on that. However, unlike Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Bizaardvark is a show that could continue despite Jake Paul's departure. It's just up to Disney Channel whether they renew it or not. While he was a main cast member, he wasn't mandatory to the stories since he was more of a secondary main cast member, if that makes sense, since the stories are more focused on Madison Hu and Olivia Rodrigo's characters. DeVore Ledridge and Ethan Wacker are also secondary main cast members. Mostly involved in the sub-plots. In the case of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, however, Mace Coronel was one of the quads and was essential to the show. It's not like they can suddenly start calling the show Nicky, Ricky & Dawn. Although, like I told IJBall, most shows on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel last only three seasons on average. Getting a fourth season is already really big thing, and Disney Channel specifically has a four-season "rule." It's just a shame Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn didn't get an extension like seasons two and three did so season four could have had 20+ episodes and a proper series finale.
As for K.C. Undercover, yeah, that's what I heard as well. The only problem is that nothing official has been announced by the network or showrunners, so until that point, or a year has passed since the last episode in the absence of that, we have to assume there's more to come. Amaury (talk | contribs) 03:18, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

...the second has gotten off to a pretty good start ratings-wise... With regard to Friday, well, then... By technicality Friday wasn't a holiday, but there was also competition from Nickelodeon if you take a look at the link, though it wasn't anything spectacular. While The Loud House did fine, though it should have been higher given the special night, the Hey Arnold! movie tanked. Disney Channel also made a bad scheduling decision. Their scheduling changed entirely in 2017, and even when they went back to primetime hours in June, they kept everything on Fridays. They're airing a bunch of episodes in a short time frame and then going on long hiatuses instead of spacing out their shows so there are at least one or two new episodes from each show a month. For example, last year with Stuck in the Middle when it began airing in its normal slot, we had March 11, 18, 25, April 1, April 8, and then suddenly a hiatus before returning on April 29, and so on. Pre-2017, we also had shows with 20+ episodes per season; now they're ordering small 13-episode seasons for whatever dumb reason with the new shows like Andi Mack and Raven's Home, at least with the first seasons. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:28, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

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Bizaardvark: "A Killer Robot Christmas"

So, this episode has been pushed back a week and will instead air after Stuck in the Middle's "Stuck at Christmas – The Movie" on December 8. (It makes sense, too, since they're both Christmas-themed.) If you jump to December 1 on the general Zap2it schedule for Disney Channel, you can see that there's just a general holiday special after Andi Mack's "I Wanna Hold Your Wristband." Then if you jump to December 8, you can see Bizaardvark's "A Killer Robot Christmas" is airing after Stuck in the Middle's "Stuck at Christmas – The Movie." The only problem is that the episode guide for Bizaardvark still has December 1 listed; therefore, there's no "NEW" listed next to it for the general schedule on December 8. Although if you check the upcoming times for Bizaardvark, "A Killer Robot Christmas" only displays starting on December 8. The Futon Critic also has December 1, so I'm guessing this was a last-minute scheduling change. And Disney ABC Press has nothing. How should we handle this? Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:44, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: This is a tough call, especially since Zap2it doesn't mark the episode as "NEW" on the first airing. I'd probably wait to see if any changes take place in the sources, or if a promo from Disney Channel about that Bizaardvark episode shows up. Certainly not the first time Zap2it has presented contradictory info about the premiere date of an episode. If December 1 comes and goes without any update, we could certainly strike out the date in the LoE until the sources come in line regarding the correct premiere date. (Will ping Geraldo Perez and IJBall to see if they have any other ideas.) MPFitz1968 (talk) 19:13, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
Zap2it has a pattern of not correcting the early info they get, they mostly talk of future plans but are not a historical record of what really happened unless things go according to plan. If a date passes without the ep airing and Zap2it still says it did then we can pretty much ignore Zap2it but we still need a better source. Geraldo Perez (talk) 19:28, 26 November 2017 (UTC)
The Futon Critic has now stricken it through, but has not updated it with December 8. Amaury (talk | contribs) 08:40, 29 November 2017 (UTC)
Michael, Geraldo Perez, Disney Channel promotion commercial is saying December 8. Amaury (talk | contribs) 14:23, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

A follow-up

While it is, without a doubt, not a reliable source for anything, the Bizaardvark Wikia is showing production code 220 for "A Killer Robot Christmas," which matches up with how it was done for the Christmas episode in season one, with "Agh, Humbug!" having production code 120.

If 220 is the production code, I'm surprised Jake Paul is in the credits and they didn't revamp the credits. Or at least remove the portions with Jake Paul and do some minor editing and then revamp the credits in season three, should the series be renewed, as I can see it being a little weird to revamp the credits mid-season—airing-wise. When I asked Geraldo Perez, As we know, a perk of being a main cast member, which is reflected by what's shown during the opening credits sequence or during the credits after the cold opening if there isn't one, is to get paid all the same even if an actor is absent from an episode since they're still listed in the credits. Unless they change the opening credits sequence for Bizaardvark beginning with the first episode he doesn't appear in due to leaving the series—something that's not common as new opening credits sequences are usually only at the beginning of a new season—will Jake Paul still get paid for those episodes? when we were discussing this at User talk:Geraldo Perez/Archive 11#Re: Bizaardvark, he answered with, That is for normal situations. It looks like Jake Paul negotiated an exit after he was basically fired for cause and the terms of whatever happened modify the initial contract. Unless they say, we won't know. It will be interesting if they modify the opening credits to reflect his exit. They very well might.

We should wait until/if the production code for this episode shows up on our reliable sites, of course. (I say if because, for some reason, both The Futon Critic and Disney ABC Press only have some season two production codes, whereas with season one, they didn't seem to be missing any.) But if he is indeed still in the credits for the remaining episodes, I wonder if he is still getting paid despite being fired, or if he's not getting paid and he's just still in the credits for whatever reasons.

On an unrelated note, it's possible there might be a new main cast member. See the Trivia section of the general season two page. This is, again, from the Wikia, so take it with a complete grain of salt. While we can't use Wikia to source anything, definitely nothing wrong with discussing contents of interest from the Wikias of various series. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:28, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Andi Mack

With Andi Mack on holiday hiatus until January—or Mack-u-ary! —other than Stuck in the Middle next week, you have all of December to work on that episode summary for the first episode of the second season! Amaury (talk | contribs) 16:36, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Indeed, and I plan to. I will continue to watch Andi Mack and Stuck in the Middle thru Amazon, as I'm about a little over a week away from cutting the cord and going to Internet only. (Just got my December bill from Comcast ... shot up from $145 in November to $177 ... after all fees/taxes have been added in; was expecting the increase as the discount I've been getting for 12 months has ended.) Might be a little delayed until the cut, as I'll also be watching a few other shows on Watch Disney in these last few days, like Wizards of Waverly Place (checking guest star credits there).

After next week's Stuck in the Middle and Bizaardvark Christmas specials, with what's going to happen, I will not be able to use Watch Disney (to preview any more episodes ahead of their airing, among other things), nor catch them on Disney Channel when they air, so I will leave you (and other editors) to update the credits for the Disney shows. MPFitz1968 (talk) 16:59, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

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After we first we moved to Charter on April 15, other than the first payment for obvious reasons, we were paying $133.20/$133.21 a month. Then it went up to $134.75/$134.76 for reasons I can't remember, which is what we're paying now. I'm not sure of the reasons for the one-cent difference. Maybe the number of days in the cycle/month? In April 2018, that will go up—we currently don't know by how much—since the low price is only for a year. We'll still have a little bit of a discount, though. Then the following year—2019 in our case—it will go up to regular price. (At least that's how it worked on DirecTV.)
Now there's an offer with DirecTV, where we can get a $300 gift card to come back to them, and, as far as we know, we don't have a contract with Charter to stay with them for a certain number of years. Unlike with DirecTV, though as part of the bundle deal, Charter offered a contract buyout. After my mom got upset that our DirecTV bill kept going up even though we were supposed to be at the regular price, she renewed the initial discount with DirecTV which, in turn, also renewed the contract. (This was quite a while before we moved.) Anyway, that would make our Internet with Charter go up from $30~ dollars a month to $60~ dollars a month since right now we have a bundle: cable, Internet, and landline phone. (When we inquired about getting rid of the landline to save money, we were told the bill would go up, which is dumb if you ask me. Why is it cheaper as a bundle than without one of the items in the bundle?) Our Internet before moving to all Charter in April was $64.99 a month, so it'd probably be that again. It used to be $59.99 a month for the longest time, but prices went up in February, I think, when something else went up for Charter. But for one year, our DirecTV bill would be $19.99—plus taxes, so more like $21.63—a month for the Select package. Not including the DirecTV installation fee, we'd be looking at $86.62 a month with the two. $64.99 for Charter Internet and $21.63 for DirecTV satellite, saving us $48.13/$48.14 a month, give or take, from what we're paying now. Of course that'll only be for a year, but that makes a huge difference. Charter bundle: $134.75/$134.76 * 12 months = $1,617.00/$1.617.12. Charter Internet, DirecTV satellite: $86.62 * 12 = $1,039.44. So we would save $577.56/$577.68 in a year, give or take, of course, since there's no consistency in the one-cent difference. For the second year, it would go up from $19.99 a month to $43.99 a month. With taxes, that would be $47.60 a month, and in total, that would $112.59 a month, which still saves us about $22.16/$22.17. Of course we have to take into account the amount we've paid before our Charter bill went up by about $1.55. Most of this has been a hypothetical example if we had been paying $134.75/$134.76 the entire time. The actual timeline of our time with the Charter bundle only:
April May June July August September October November Total
$151.85 $133.20 $133.21 $133.21 $133.21 $134.76 $134.75 $134.75 $1,088.94
I'll confirm details with my mom later, but the April one was that because we paid both the Internet and cable installation fee, I think, at once.
Back on DirecTV, my favorites list consisted of ABC, Spike, Lifetime Movie Network, History, OWN, Disney Channel East, Disney XD, Nickelodeon East, Nickelodeon West, Nicktoons, TeenNick, ION East, ION West, Freeform, Hallmark, MTV, MTV2, UP, and IFC. Unfortunately, we would later have to downgrade to save money, making me lose Lifetime Movie Network, OWN, Nicktoons, ION East, ION West, UP, and IFC. (And of course my mom lost channels as well, but I'm only focusing on my favorites, though some are also my mom's favorites.) IFC was one I really liked because it was rerunning Malcolm in the Middle. Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish watching the series—I think it was on the last or second to last season—because that's around when we downgraded. I'd seen it all before, but I still. I also removed them from my favorites since there was no point. When we moved to Charter, we regained ION, but lost TeenNick. Everything else stayed the same in that we either still have it or still don't have it after the move. My favorites will probably be changing soon again, though, as I don't even really watch LMN, for example.
With the Select package on DirecTV, for my favorites, I would have: ABC, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, Freeform, Hallmark, History, ION Television, MTV, MTV2, Spike, and TeenNick. Channels like ABC are always there since they're local channels.
I will not be able to use Watch Disney (to preview any more episodes ahead of their airing, among other things), nor catch them on Disney Channel when they air, so I will leave you (and other editors) to update the credits for the Disney shows. Doesn't feel very good, does it? In fact, that's probably why it went up. To punish you for stealing my job. Does it feel good now that you've stolen my job all this time? Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:08, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

I've officially cut the cord

@Amaury: Follow-up in this topic, since I brought it up here. As of about an hour ago, I no longer have cable TV with Comcast and have made the switch to Internet only (I actually had Xfinity voice with the package but I dropped that, too - I never use it anyway, and can rely on my cell phone for now). Decided to keep my current Internet speed, and should see my monthly bill drop from $177 to $94. MPFitz1968 (talk) 18:46, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Whoo-hoo for lower prices! And also now control is mine again! Now you have to wait for me to update to see how something works out. Mwhahahahaha! Amaury (talk | contribs) 19:13, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Re: Trivial Stuck in the Middle note addition

The IP was wrong on so many levels. If Ronni Hawk wasn't in the credits, then she can't be absent. Additionally, with regard to main cast members, on top of Ronni Hawk for seasons 1–2, both Jenna Ortega and Isaac Presley have been present in all episodes, not just Jenna Ortega. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:51, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Wow, I forgot for a moment that Presley was in every episode, too. But no doubt the IPs addition was trivia, and certainly the word "officially" ticked me off (especially when they were wrong about their statement). MPFitz1968 (talk) 18:57, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
(Saw this earlier, just didn't think of a reply until now.) It's a possibility that you got mixed up with the shorts, where he was absent for #4, but those aren't part of the series, if that makes sense—they're part of the series, but they're also not—so we of course don't count/include them. Amaury (talk | contribs) 20:55, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
By the way, what do you think we'll see for Stuck in the Middle and Bizaardvark? We managed to get 2.13 million total viewers for the season two premiere movie. We should be able to get at least that much for the Christmas movie since Disney Channel seems to be doing slightly better than it was earlier this year. Also, anything advertised as a movie generally seems to get higher ratings, so... Amaury (talk | contribs) 04:40, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
@Amaury: I think the ratings for both should be respectable. I'm not thinking 2 million+ for "Stuck at Christmas", although with the first appearance of Abuela in the series, it could be decently above their average viewership - at least 1.5 million. On the other hand, don't know how Bizaardvark will fare. It did have "Stuck at Christmas" as its lead-in, although there was the Descendants animated Christmas short in between. Perhaps near or slightly above its season-to-date average of 1.16 million. Then again, if "Stuck at Christmas" gets past 1.5 million, I'd see the Bizaardvark Christmas episode with even better numbers. The overall viewership difference between the two episodes I'm thinking will be less than 0.2 million, with Stuck in the Middle coming in higher. MPFitz1968 (talk) 09:17, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Regarding ratings, what's kind of interesting is that it's Nickelodeon now that appears to be struggling, and this started in July. I mean, look at School of Rock season three. Its highest rated episode? 1.32 million total viewers, which is an okay rating by itself, but that followed 2.00 million total viewers for Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, so 0.68 million—or 34% of—people tuned out after Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn. If you want to compare, check out List of Paradise Run episodes. Look at seasons one and two and then season three so far.
Between July and now, other than Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn's season three finale and Henry Danger—although it even had that "bad day" with a season premiere low of 1.41 million total viewers—Nickelodeon has scoring in the range of terrible–okay. Even that last episode of The Thundermans was only okay. Some think Henry Danger's recent crossover did bad for what it was, but if you include TeenNick and Nicktoons ratings, since it was simulcast, it received 2.48 million total viewers, which is awesome. And Nickelodeon looks at all of that, not just the ratings on Nickelodeon alone. Although the 1.91 million total viewers it received on Nickelodeon alone wasn't too shabby, either. As long as specials get two million total viewers or more, or at least close to that, I consider them awesome.
Remember when even reruns were getting two million total viewers on both Nickelodeon and Disney Channel? I miss those days. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:02, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

I wanna cry. Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:40, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

Hello MPFitz1968: My name is Norman Guzmán, from Caracas, Venezuela. Same as you, I think, I appreciate and follow closely all about music, cinema & entertainment topics. I understand perfectly about that change in the data compilation, to make airplay singles visible at last into the chart... Now I have a question... In which place we might say "I'm your Angel" (R-Kelly & Celine Dion) "debut" in the chart?. In Dec. 5, 1998 Billboard Hot 100 chart, appears two previous positions from at lesat two umpublished test chart, with three more of theese test charts in existence, it seems. Thinking about that, six charts/weeks in a row dated as Oct. 31, 1998 the "entry" of that single, but in which position we can say it enters?... Or we have to make a sort of disclaimer, based in information from the magazine and let it go?... That's my doubt. Sorry if I'm looking so accurate, I managed two music pages on Facebook and it's all about the kind of info we gave to people interested like me in this sort of things... Greetings and thank you. Norman1971 (talk) 14:51, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Girl Meets Rileytown

Just wanted to drop a quick thanks here for fixing the two typos in my edits to the "Girl Meets Rileytown" summary. I had planned to reread my revision diffs again after I had finished reading over all the summaries and just hadn't gotten to it quite yet :) Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 01:17, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

K.C. Undercover

See [4].

I have my doubts as Zap2it is currently showing more believable air dates, but something to keep an eye on in case we start seeing edits of the nature being made. Amaury (talk | contribs) 02:11, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:List of The Lodge episodes#Using thousands instead of millions to represent the viewership data

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of The Lodge episodes#Using thousands instead of millions to represent the viewership data. Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:26, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

List of Austin & Ally episodes: Seasons 2–4

I'm in the process of doing a major cleanup to the article that I started a while ago here: User:Amaury/sandbox/Television ratings/Austin & Ally. (In the past, I did it on the article itself, but this way I can take breaks and don't have to do it all at once. Also, that page is meant for the ratings project that I do, but I figured I'd save space since using it for the cleanup is temporary.) I notice that for seasons 2–4, the episodes with more than one writer have a line break to separate the writers. I don't know if you kept a record of what you changed, but since I know you went through this quite a while ago and corrected the credits, do you remember if they were actually like that or if they were separated with the ampersand (&), but you just left them with a line break because of what I had done in my first cleanup of the article? Thanks in advance. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:25, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

I do remember you said one of the episodes in season three has story and teleplay, by the way. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:29, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
@Amaury: Where there are two writers listed, I'm pretty sure the "&" is used. Going thru my edit summaries there, I sometimes corrected the order of the writers' names, which were reversed from the order in which they were credited ... so there won't be any need to fix the order. That one season three episode with the four names ("Directors & Divas") had both story and teleplay credits, and I distinguished them with hidden notes in this edit. The only episode that I didn't completely check is "Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year", though when checking the Jessie episodes last month (before it ended on Netflix), I do remember about seeing only the Jessie half of another crossover episode (with Good Luck Charlie) and asking about how the credits should be listed. MPFitz1968 (talk) 06:46, 21 December 2017 (UTC)
Thank you. Amaury (talk | contribs) 06:50, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Merry Christmas 2017!


Merry Christmas


This user wishes you a very Merry Christmas.

Amaury (talk | contribs) 08:15, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Amaury. :) MPFitz1968 (talk) 08:23, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

"Trey Sartorius"

This "Trey Sartorius" is a WP:SPI or WP:LTA case, right? Do you know the details? I'm thinking we should just always forward these ones to WP:AIV as the fraudulent credit is a consistent type of vandalism. But I'd like to be able to tie it to a specific SPI or LTA case when I do. Pinging Geraldo Perez in case he knows any of the details of this one... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:10, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

@IJBall: I don't know about whether this is a SPI or LTA case, but I've seen those bogus credits (with the name) keep popping up across a number of articles, I think mainly TV and film ones but not sure. MPFitz1968 (talk) 20:14, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Got it: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Trey Sartorius. So the original account was literally named "Trey Sartorious"... But, yeah, from now on, we should just report these IPs to WP:AIV, citing this SPI. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:19, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
 Done – reported to WP:AIV. I'd like more Admins to become aware of this. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:23, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Pops up all the time on Wikipedia, IMDb and other web sites inserting himself in cast lists. Pure vandalism. Goal seems to create a presence on one of them to support adding to others. Usually catch him pretty quickly here and I generally notice when he pops up. Geraldo Perez (talk) 22:21, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Happy New Year 2018!

Happy New Year!

MPFitz1968,
Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.
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Project Mc2

I've already requested page protection here. I would just let it go now until the page is protected – there's no point in filling up the article history with a bunch of revisions to this vandal. FWIW... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:08, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

OK, IJBall. I'm hoping your WP:RPP report and my one recent reversion may be enough to have the admins check it over. MPFitz1968 (talk) 16:11, 28 December 2017 (UTC)
All an Admin needs to do is look over the protection history, and the revision history at the article, to see that it's exactly the same disruption as before. I'm not too worried that this one will be declined... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:13, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

@IJBall: Follow-up. The same IP who made the familiar disruptive edit at the article last week attempted to do the same not too long ago, but instead decided to remove that pending-changes padlock from the article (which they likely are not aware that it doesn't remove the pending-changes status of the article). After reverting them the first time, I warned the user that article edits by them are subject to review, and they just kept removing the padlock (mere seconds after I reverted each time), so I reported them to AIV. That IP is blocked temporarily (31 hours), but given the history of the article, wouldn't surprise me if another IP comes in and continues this crap. So definitely gonna continue watching Project Mc2, though I don't know at what point we should be going back to the admins to get this upgraded to semiprotected. I'll hold off on that for now (it'll take more IPs/block evaders doing this). MPFitz1968 (talk) 17:12, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

If they keep up the repetitive reversion history, I think we should just go back to WP:RfPP, and ask for semi-protection on top of Pending changes protection. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:21, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Girl Meets World

Could you take a look if you're willing? Thanks. Regardless that it's a compromise, they are still failing to follow WP:BRD and actually discuss the matter. I acknowledge it's over a trivial thing in the long run, but still, they are failing to follow the proper procedure. Also, there is a grammar rule that a comma always follow a year. Unfortunately, I can't remember what it's called, but I know it exists and I've read it. For example, "I watched the movie Movie 1 on December 1, 2017, late at night." However, the comma can look awkward with many words, especially "to" since you don't normally use commas before those words. For example, "The Movie aired from December 1, 2017, to December 2, 2017." Awkward, right? As such, I always word it so if the year doesn't end the sentence and it's not possible to change it, like here, "and" or "or" always follow the year since we often place commas before those words and they therefore don't look awkward. Thanks again in advance. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:53, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

@Amaury: "The Movie aired from December 1, 2017, to December 2, 2017." issue has come up before, and I believe the conclusion among us was reached that, as per MOS:DATERANGE-esque thinking, there should be no comma in that specific case and that it should be "The Movie aired from December 1, 2017 to December 2, 2017." IIRC. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:00, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
Also, FTR, I think I prefer the new wording there over the previous... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
@IJBall: I wish I could remember the exact rule, because the year is considered separate from the actual date. In any case, if more people agree with the new wording, which is surprising coming from you since you usually prefer the previous wording (), I'll drop it, unlike other people. Amaury (talk | contribs) 19:04, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
I've started a discussion at Talk:Girl Meets World#Lead wording following stubbornness earlier this morning, should anyone be interested in commenting. (Geraldo Perez, IJBall, Nyuszika7H.) The whole point of their original edit was to remove repetition, right? Well, I apparently thought that, too, but I guess not. I changed the wording slightly so a comma could be used after the year without being awkward since a discussion a while ago elsewhere, as IJBall pointed out, mentioned it could be removed when using words like "to." (Following that, I updated a bunch of other ended series to remove repetition.) So basically, it's okay for them to try a compromise, but not me? Or in other words, it's okay for them to claim that my wording is "clumsy," but not me? This is one of the mentalities I hate around here, in that Person A is expected to just accept whatever from Person B without complaints, but the minute Person A "retaliates," all hell breaks loose, for lack of a better term. In the case of my edit last night, I didn't even revert them and had completely let that last little "incident" go. I was just improving things after I saw how the lead was worded on Mighty Med (since I haven't gotten around to cleaning that up again yet) and figured, "Hey, that's some nice wording!" I'm almost positive that's what they were thinking as well when they made the very first edit, but apparently, again, only they can do that. Like I mentioned on the talk page, the article should honestly just be returned to the status quo on December 24 last year, but I'm leaving that alone now because I can at least agree the original wording was repetitive now, but there is absolutely zero reason to deny improvement edits from other legitimate editors, and that's why I let this go at the beginning of the month. This will be my only revert, though. If they revert and are perfectly fine with silencing other editors, then so be it. And I don't expect you guys to help me out on something like this and will just leave that to your own accord. In the grand scheme of things, it's a petty thing that's not worth getting into a big thing over. It's more so the stupid mentality behind it that's making me upset. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:56, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
Who is 'they'? I do have a username, and I have a talk page where you could have raised this. I really think you need to let this go. If you really think a couple of reverts counts as 'all hell breaking loose', I don't know what you'd do in the face of a genuine problem. You seem to think that this is your article - it isn't. You're making a fuss over nothing. Smurfmeister (talk) 21:49, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
I was going to reply to this with a well-thought-out reply, but your reply tells me everything I need to you know. It's not worth my time to make a serious reply to that. Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:07, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Just Add Magic

When they say "Guest starring" at the Just Add Magic (TV series) article, do they actually mean "Recurring"? I don't think guest stars should be listed at an article like that (esp. not without including the titles for the episode(s) those people appeared in!), and only 'Recurring' cast should be included. So, do you know if those 3 are actually recurring cast?... Thanks. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:25, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

@IJBall: "Recurring" should be how that part of the Cast and Characters section is labeled. Without getting into episode counts of those three, I'd say they are all recurring for now. I definitely know Chuck is, since he was the main nemesis during part one of season two, up to "Just Add Rose". RJ plays a part in part two of that season, though he also appeared in at least one or two of the s2p1 episodes as well. I've gotten thru the first six episodes of s2p2 (stopped at "Just Add Attention") and caught RJ in only one or two of the episodes in that group, so not sure yet how many more he appears in. The Traveler has appeared in a few episodes across the series, up to "Just Add Rose" (s2p1 ending), but I don't have a count. The episode list doesn't show guest starring credits per episode, but I'm not sure I'll be WP:BOLD about putting those in (as not every TV LoE/season article has to have them). MPFitz1968 (talk) 16:55, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

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