The good news is it's Friday and this is the last edition of "TV Watch" authored by me. The bad news is I'm going to begin with a personal anecdote.

"The big news this month is the breakout performance by the Roku channel, which was hovering just under 1.0% for the past couple of months, but is now going to be included" in Nielsen's ratings.

Seacrest's appointment as "Wheel's" new host dominated the TV industry news cycle. My advice to the producers: Give Vanna a raise if you want to keep the show around the house.

According to a "TV Watch" analysis of the most-covered TV industry news stories of the past 24 hours, MTG's theory that her TV is spying on her ranks No. 1 by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 over the next-biggest story, "The Price Is Right" leaving its long-running home on the Bob Barker Stage at CBS' Television City studio.

Is The Daily Caller Tucker Carlson's new/old post-Twitter home?

Is it an HBO shocker that it might be selling TV shows to Netflix, according to one report in "Deadline?"

You want to get Amazon Prime Video -- but not all Amazon's online shopping add-ons? You'll have to work to do it.

ESPN+ is not ESPN. It doesn't have all the more valuable live programming its legacy cable TV network cousin offers. ESPN says: "ESPN+ has thousands of exclusive live events, original studio shows, and acclaimed series that aren't on the ESPN networks." Yes. And not exactly.

Projections and estimates from agency holding companies, stock market analysts, and other interested parties always have some revisions -- sometimes major ones. Just think of what life was like in the days just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

One key area that has been a non-starter for years is getting exposure on competing broadcast network channels, now with sister premium streaming platforms.