Approval/Disapproval Polls

[Centerpiece]

Producer and creator of The Apprentice.

Also, producer of Survivor, Shark Tank, and more.

All the TV I never watched. Not a single episode of any of them.
And I’m rather proud of that fact.

 

[Centerpiece]

Try this @Centerpiece @nycfan

https://wapo.st/3UgaoFf

While I may agree with their conclusions, for me, that was a terribly written piece. Nonsense headline. Meandering "story". It was written like an animated adventure for preteens. They could've probably made a much more convincing argument with half the words. Or maybe that's just me.

Conclusion: People voted based on emotional appeals to their culture (think ideology not ethnicity). Minorities (in the US, UK, and Canada) who are more conservative in their ideology moved toward the conservatives based on culture-war arguments. Not necessarily pro-trump; more anti-woke.

ETA: Except for Bezos, I really like wapo. I really, really like data analysis. I'm fascinated by why people vote like they do. I should be the center of their target market for that piece. All that being said, it was a frustrating read. Maybe I'm just old.
Get off my lawn.

Thanks. Without reading a word, my supposition is validated.

 

[Centerpiece]

But we do watch Grantchester. Is that bad?

 

[Zoo_View]

Of course it was/is - and NBC has already gone on record as regretting they aired it. If not NBC execs themselves, the producers and directors and support staff that help put that show on the air have expressed their chagrin.

I was replying to this post by you.

Mark Burnett is THE producer and creator of The Apprentice.

I don’t think he’s expressed regret or chagrin. IIRC, he’s helped uphold NDA’s and legal agreements that keep people from exposing what a buffoon Trump is……threatening to kill careers……he’s “Mr. Reality TV;”. which makes him supremely powerful.

 

[Centerpiece]

I was replying to this post by you.

Mark Burnett is THE producer and creator of The Apprentice.

I don’t think he’s expressed regret or chagrin. IIRC, he’s helped uphold NDA’s and legal agreements that keep people from exposing what a buffoon Trump is……threatening to kill careers……he’s “Mr. Reality TV;”. which makes him supremely powerful.

And I admitted I’m ignorant. My wife says I’m an asshole. I’m an ignorant asshole that doesn’t watch reality TV.

But let’s not derail the thread any further. The latest Gallup poll shows Trumps approval rating (from June 2025) is at its lowest (40) in his 2nd term. His lowest rating in his first term was 34.

But his poll does not reflect the latest Epstein kurfuffle.Gallup polling shows that Trump's approval ratings at the six-month mark in both of his terms are lower than any other modern president at the same time in their administrations, at 38% and 40% for each term respectively. The average since John F. Kennedy in 1961 is 52%, according to the polling firm.

 

[finesse]

All the TV I never watched. Not a single episode of any of them.
And I’m rather proud of that fact.

Same for me in all aspects.

 

[donbosco]

All the TV I never watched. Not a single episode of any of them.
And I’m rather proud of that fact.

Happy to be in that same club.

 

[korgguy1971]

I was replying to this post by you.

Mark Burnett is THE producer and creator of The Apprentice.

I don’t think he’s expressed regret or chagrin. IIRC, he’s helped uphold NDA’s and legal agreements that keep people from exposing what a buffoon Trump is……threatening to kill careers……he’s “Mr. Reality TV;”. which makes him supremely powerful.

Burnett is currently Trump's US Special Envoy to the UK, so I'm guessing he could give two shits as it seems to have worked out for him quite well.

I've also never seen an episode of The Apprentice, or any other episode of so-called "Reality TV." In the same way I never found Bill Cosby funny, I never saw the appeal of Reality TV.