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There May Be Hope For The U.S. Yet: Caitlyn Jenner's Reality Show "No Ratings Bonanza"

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While (hopefully) not high on the agenda of readers more interested in what Janet Yellen will say tomorrow (and thus leak today) one of the more anticipated media events of recent days was Caitlyn Jenner's new reality TV show "I am Cait" which premiered last night on E! and which supposedly chronicles former Bruce Jenner's adjustment to life as a woman and transgender spokesperson.

And while many were expecting blowout numbers from an America addicted to brain candy and passive-aggressive exhibitionism, the results were enough to inspire confidence that there may be some hope yet left for the United States.

On one hand, TVline reports that "I Am Cait" topped Sunday cable rating with 2.7 million total viewers and a 1.2 demo rating - on par with Keeping Up With the Kardashians‘ most recent season premiere and leading the night in the demo (tying Adult Swim’s 11 pm Family Guy rerun).

On the other, according to Reuters, despite its impressive Sunday-night cable topping viewership, the number of people who tuned in was a vast drop from the 17 million people who watched the former Olympic champion come out as a transgender woman in an April TV interview.

It adds that "the first episode was no ratings bonanza. According to Nielsen data, almost three times as many Americans watched "Celebrity Family Feud" on ABC that night. The audience for "I am Cait" also suffered a marked drop from the almost 8 million people who watched the ESPY awards show on television two weeks ago on which Jenner, 65, was presented the Arthur Ashe courage award."

Not surprisingly, according to Nielsen Talent Analytics, which surveys about 1,000 Americans on a weekly basis, Jenner's transition has not been universally welcomed, especially among older Americans. Then again using shock value to further a (well paid) personal agenda is nothing new: Donald Trump is currently using it with great effect and crushing the presidential primary field where nobody is quite sure how to respond to what some have said is the biggest trolling of the country by a presidential candidate in history. Which considering how broken the left-right political model is, may have come just on time to force America to re-evaluate just how applicable a "representative" political model that mainly panders to corporations and bankers actually is.

And back to Bruce, pardon Cait, her "offensiveness" rating has gone from 16 percent to 26 percent since the initial coming-out interview in April, according to Nielsen, although those under 34 years old were more likely to consider Jenner successful (38 percent to 42 percent) and a role model (13 percent to 19 percent) now than a year ago.

So maybe not hope for all, but some hope still.

But don't cry for Bruce: his show is sure to eventually become a monetary goldmine rivaling that other exercise in celebrity trolling, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." According to Business Insider, a 30 second ad spot in the premiere cost between $90,000 and $200,000, approaching the $344,000 which category killer "Big Bang Theory" charges for 30 seconds of its ad time.

This means that Caitlyn's take home from each episode is certainly in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not higher.

 

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Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:08 | 6364880 JoWazzoo
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S/H/it does have nice tits though.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:13 | 6364897 Crocodile
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Just as perverted as the rest.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:09 | 6364885 falak pema
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caitlyn is in a win win situation if all his windows function and if the rod of god still has a spark of lightning in it. 

What a golden parachute; he is niagara down below and viagra all the way up! 

I'm sure his wife must be asking herself if she should head "north".

I'm sure they will find  a role for him in Mad Men. 

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:12 | 6364891 Crocodile
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Going from a decathlon champion (Olympic) to a complete pervert does takes real something, but not courage.  I thought that award was for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award, which is an accolade presented to recognize individual and team achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding the given annual ceremony.  Guess they have gone the way of the Nobel Peace Prize; in the toilet.

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Americans love a good "freak-show" as 17 million tuned in for the "big unveiling interview".  The direction of the nation is very predictable and it cannot be stopped apart from total destruction and that will be the end for most.

 

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:36 | 6364979 knukles
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Do we really need MOAR Kardashian Cow Bell?
Aaaaaaarrarraaggaggagghhhhhh!

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:44 | 6365007 Manipuflation
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YES and you need MOAR of this too:

Tom Brady Bunch

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:36 | 6364983 Downtoolong
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I predict by the end of the third episode it will be:

“Um, look Caitlyn, you know it’s all  about ratings, right? So, ah, management was just kinda wondering, you know, just a suggestion, no pressure, if you could maybe transform into a black lesbian now too. And, it wouldn’t be any problem for us if you claimed to be pregnant with Donald Trump’s baby and started waving a Conferderate Flag now and then either. Just saying man.“

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 20:03 | 6365091 SirBarksAlot
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If you look up the number of gay people in the USA, it will probably be about 2.7 million.  

So, they need to contact Trojan Man and let him cover their expenses, if you follow me, heh, heh, heh.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 20:08 | 6365116 knukles
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Do we really need all this bullshit about gays, lesbians, trannys', etc., when they are indeed such a small percentage of the total population and most people in any case don't give a rats ass about whether somebody's of any persuasion anymore anyhow?
Just more Progressive dopamine.
Fuck all this shit.  Seriously.  Gonna wind up with a Racial Backlash like the Progressives have already installed with their shrieking and swooning.

BTW, if you got any Progressive buds, have you heard them stalking the racist blame game of late?  No.  Didn't think so.  Me neither.  They know they fried the circuits.

And no, I am not homophobic, racist any of that ilk.  I'm just getting so ever fucking tired of the crap.  That's all.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 23:29 | 6365737 Anunnaki
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How about 69ing Moochelles's swizzle stick on the floor of the Oval (pun intended) Orifice

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:39 | 6364992 dsty
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lets be honest

every one of you guys wished you could be a pretty little teenage girl

hairy rectum and all

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:43 | 6365003 Able Ape
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Wish I was a fly on the wall when Bruce was picking out titties...

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:54 | 6365040 Vinividivinci
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Madame Ambassador to the United Nations, Caitlyn Jenner !
There ! The brainworm has been planted...

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 20:09 | 6365119 knukles
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Blaaaaarrrrrrrrrarghqahahahahahahhhh!   You deserve to rot in hell for that, Goddammit!

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 19:57 | 6365061 SirBarksAlot
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So, was that Arthur Ashe Award for courage presented to Cait because he had the courage to live with the dominatrix for so long?  Or was it because he finally had the courage to leave her?

Let me just say that I came here for some comic relief in my hour of need, and you delivered.

Thank you, commentors.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 20:31 | 6365227 Promethus
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We must be almost to the bottom. I hope a new America rises like a phoenix from the ashes.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 20:36 | 6365250 Tribulation Blues
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Read the Obama Antichrist prophecies... the nightmare is just beginning....

http://revelation12.ca

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 22:47 | 6365649 Jeffersonian Liberal
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OB1

I understand what you're saying and agree completely that this delusion is rooted in mental illness.

But to be fair, and to counter the statistics, I doubt that it is the surgery itself that leads to feelings of "regret" and the suicide rate.

I rather think that the mental illness is systemic and that the entire "need" to undergo the surgery and the inevitable regret of any unnatural decision the individuals make is rooted in and is systemic to the mental illness.

In short, people that are so confused regarding their sex or their race are so mentally ill that, despite whatever action they take to "fullfill" their identity, they are on the road toward life-threatening suicide and often suicide itself.

We, as critical thinkers, must stand strong and speak boldly against playing into the mass delusion of accepting these alternate identities, which is, after all, nothing more than the logical extension of psychotic Political Correctness.

Like him or hate him, Ben Shapiro said what needed to be said when conftonted by that "woman" with the man hands, the man arms, the man neck, the man jaw, the man facial hair, the man voice and the penis and testicles that was claiming to be a woman.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 22:47 | 6365651 Jeffersonian Liberal
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OB1

I understand what you're saying and agree completely that this delusion is rooted in mental illness.

But to be fair, and to counter the statistics, I doubt that it is the surgery itself that leads to feelings of "regret" and the suicide rate.

I rather think that the mental illness is systemic and that the entire "need" to undergo the surgery and the inevitable regret of any unnatural decision the individuals make is rooted in and is systemic to the mental illness.

In short, people that are so confused regarding their sex or their race are so mentally ill that, despite whatever action they take to "fullfill" their identity, they are on the road toward life-threatening suicide and often suicide itself.

We, as critical thinkers, must stand strong and speak boldly against playing into the mass delusion of accepting these alternate identities, which is, after all, nothing more than the logical extension of psychotic Political Correctness.

Like him or hate him, Ben Shapiro said what needed to be said when conftonted by that "woman" with the man hands, the man arms, the man neck, the man jaw, the man facial hair, the man voice and the penis and testicles that was claiming to be a woman.

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 23:14 | 6365712 Kina
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I'm still mystified why the Kardashians are ever news in the USA. You couldn't get any more irrelevant or worthless people than the Kardashians. 

 

In fact the Kardashians are breathing my oxygen, tell them to stop for christ sake.

 

This jenner crap is also a total crock of shit. Who in the world gives a fuck about yet another person of millions becomes a tranny. Who cares ffs?

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 23:27 | 6365729 Anunnaki
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I might think he/she was deserving of acourage award if he/she had the surgery and lived a life of quiet dignity out of the public eye

Otherwise it just looks like another crass marketing scam from a family of airheads scraping bottom of the barrell

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 00:33 | 6365856 cornflakesdisease
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I'm glad that E! has woken up to programing that is of interest to 7 or 8 people.

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 01:57 | 6365957 putbuyer
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This needs to be tested, I'm not sure this will work with any case, but it seems to be fine. The red 3 is the number of times you want to repeat. Just fill down all

the way and it should automatically fill in the parts that it needs.

Code:

=IF(ROWS(A$1:A1)<=COUNTA(A:A)*3,OFFSET($A$1,MOD(ROWS(A$1:A1)-1,COUNTA(A:A)),0),"") works repeat 10 pink to black

=IF(ROWS(A$1:A1)<=COUNTA(A:A)*3,OFFSET($A$1,MOD(ROWS(A$1:A1)-1,COUNTA(A:A)),0),"")

same
Cell B1
=IF(ROWS($B$1:$B1)>ROWS($A$1:$A$10)*$D$1,"",INDEX($A$1:$A$10,IF(MOD(ROWS($B$1:$B1),ROWS($A$1:$A$10)),MOD(ROWS($B$1:$B1),ROWS($A$1:$A$10)),ROWS($A$1:$A$10))))
and copy down.

where:
A1:A10 is a range of your data
D1 is a cell with a number of repeat

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=IF(OFFSET($A$1,ROUNDUP(ROWS($1:1)/10,0)-1,0)="","",OFFSET($A$1,ROUNDUP(ROWS($1:1)/10,0)-1,0))

For every cell in column A, copy value of cell and incert 9 rows below, then paste value into those cells

    ??
=IF(OFFSET($A$1,ROUNDUP(ROWS($1:1)/10,0)-1,0)="","",OFFSET($A$1,ROUNDUP(ROWS($1:1)/10,0)-1,0))  works great 10 pink 10 green

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For every 10 consecutive values in a column, copy and paste(append) x number of times

    Try this:
    Code:

    Sub Test()
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim LastrowA As Long
    Dim LastrowB As Long
    LastrowA = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
    LastrowB = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row
    answer = InputBox("How Many Times")
        For i = 1 To answer
            Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(LastrowA, 1)).Copy Cells(LastrowB, 2)
            LastrowB = Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row + 1
        Next
    End Sub

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 02:27 | 6365993 Sam.Spade
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I can't see why anyone would have so much interest in the activities of some guy who intentionally cuts off his dick just to be better able to dress in drag.

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 02:08 | 6366170 IronForge
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I concur with this Johns Hopkins ex-Staffer on the subject
http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/06/15145/

Which reminded me of some songs sung by a Bard on Comedy Central years ago.

Too Soon?

Several NSFW Songs for people in similar Categories...Hermaphrodite...by Steven Lynch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRYMtBT6knk

BONUS.  I make no comment on Mr/Ms Jenner's past, present, or future Sexual Acts or Preferences; but since I linked up a Steve Lynch Video, here's another one that describes yet another alternative lifestyle practice.  I'm against Cruelty to Animals; and do notice that we never see any Gerbils, Hamsters, or Lizards up for Adoption on the Local TV Morning Shows...

Where's the SPCA on this?
Gerbil....by Steven Lynch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Pw9N4DhLI

Radio Show (Self Censored) Version of Gerbil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=136cNGNd7Yg&list=RD136cNGNd7Yg

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