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Greys Anatomy & Station 19 Give ABC Thursday Win; CBS Tommy Steadiest Among Week 2 Shows – Deadline

The one-two punch of Station 19 and Greys Anatomy made ABC the top-rated network in primetime Thursday, a night that saw the second week of midseason offerings Indebted on NBC and Katy Keene on the CW fall from their premieres, and CBS Tommy starring Edie Falco hold steady.

It was CBS with the nights most-watched and top-rated program however in Young Sheldon, which drew a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 8.84 million viewers and was steady with last week. It launched a comedy that helped the network to the top spot in overall viewers, with The Unicorn (0.8, 6.04M), Mom (0.8, 6.26M) and Carols Second Act (0.6, 4.87M) all up a tenth leading into Week 2 of Tommy (0.4, 4.41M).

The police drama was steady with last weeks debut in the demo; it saw a slight dip in viewers but still won the 10 PM hour in the metric. Among the new shows it saw the biggest Live+3 lifts, adding three tenths in the demo and 2.31M viewers (both up by 48%).

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Station 19 (0.9, 5.98M) was even with last week, while Greys (1.0, 5.55M) dipped a tenth but rose in viewers, as did A Million Little Things (0.6, 3.70M).

NBCs comedy lineup included the return of newly renewed Superstore (0.6, 2.34M) after last week giving way to the season premiere of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Last night, the cop comedy (0.5, 1.79M) was off two-tenths from its season bow but even with the second episode that followed. Will & Grace (0.4, 1.96M), off a tenth, led into the second week of the Fran Drescher-toplined Indebted (0.3, 1.53M) which fell in both the demo and total viewers. Law & Order: SVU (0.7, 3.32M) was the top-rated show at 10 PM, up a tenth.

Foxs new comedy Outmatched (0.5, 2.17M) dipped a tenth last night but topped Brooklyn in total viewers in their 8:30 PM time slot. It was bookend by Last Man Standing (0.6, 3.68M), off two tenths, and Deputy (0.5, 3.38M), down a tenth.

The CWs second week of Katy Keene (0.1, 560,000), its Riverdale spinoff with Lucy Hale, also dropped in both ratings metrics. Legacies (0.2, 620K) was steady.

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Greys Anatomy Fans Are Accusing the Show’s Writers of "Assassinating" Alex Karev’s Character – Yahoo Lifestyle

From Good Housekeeping

Brace yourselves, Grey's Anatomy fans: After weeks of wondering what will happen to Dr. Alex Karev following Justin Chambers's exit from the show after 16 seasons, it looks like we finally have some answers but it's not exactly a heartwarming send-off like we'd hoped.

Since Justin's departure, his character's absence has mainly been addressed in off-screen references and passing mentions that he was in Iowa taking care of his sick mother. But the latest episode, entitled "Save the Last Dance for Me," gave us even more information: Alex is still in Iowa, but is not responding to phone calls from his wife, Jo (Camilla Luddington).

The upsetting update was revealed in a conversation between Jo and Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone)."He says that he's going through something and he needs time, and if I didn't know better, I would think he was getting revenge for when I needed time. But I know he would never do that, so ... I'm sorry. I'm anxious," Jo tells Amelia during the episode.

Wait, so does this mean that Alex is ghosting the love of his life? Needless to say, Grey's fans are definitely not happy with this update on Alex and what it means for his relationship with Jo. Some are even fearing that a divorce between the couple is the way the writers are wrapping up Alex's storyline.

"How are you really going to send Alex off with a bad ending? really #GreysAnatomy? really?" one fan tweeted. "Karev deserves better than becoming the distant husband who will eventually file for divorce," wrote another Twitter user.

Meanwhile, many other fans are enraged at the inconsistencies of this storyline with the character, pointing out that Alex would never suddenly abandon his wife with no explanation. After all, as longtime Grey's fans might remember from the many character exits in the show, Alex himself suffered through a painful divorce after his past love interest and ex-wife, Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), abruptly left him.

"Alex wouldn't just take off. He knows how much that hurts because Izzy [sic] did that to him. He loves Jo too much to just disappear," one fan wrote on Reddit. Many other viewers expressed the same sentiments on Twitter, conveying their frustrations over what they believe is a major step backwards for Alex's character development:

By the sounds of it though, there might be more to Alex's story after all, as showrunner Krista Vernoff revealed in a recent interview with Variety.

It was a very careful threading of a needle, where we are giving a little bit of information and pain to Jo, she explained. Were, episode by episode, illuminating the story of where Alex is. And it takes us quite a few more episodes to get there and to give the audience clarity.

Krista also promised that the show's writers have dealt with Alex's character "as carefully as [they] could." Does this mean there's still a chance that Alex can get the happy ending he deserves? We'll have to find out in the next few episodes, but our fingers are definitely crossed.

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Nature up close: A giraffe’s anatomy is a study in superlatives – the tallest terrestrial animals on Earth, with a neck six feet long, and strong legs…

By "Sunday Morning" contributing videographer Judy Lehmberg.

I come from a pretty small family, so when my father married a South African woman with a large extended family, I was delighted. They are an interesting bunch: Russian Jews, some of whom survived the German concentration camps during World War II, and some like my step-mother's father, who fought in that war and lived to be 98 years old. Not long after I first met him, he asked me about the animals in Yellowstone National Park which they had visited on one of their trips to the U.S. He knew I was a biologist, so he asked where all the large animals were in the park.

I had to think a minute. Didn't he see the bison, elk, moose, pronghorn antelope, mule deer, two species of bears and the wolves? Yes, he said he say them, but where were the rest of them?

Then it hit me. Those are the only large animals in Yellowstone, and he was comparing them to his experiences in Kruger National Park and other African parks and reserves.

He was right. The continental U.S. has a measly 490 species of mammals, while Africa has 4,700. Granted the continent of Africa is huge by comparison, but that is almost ten times the number of mammal species than are in the U.S.

Africa has 90 species of antelope; the U.S. has zero. (Contrary to their name, American pronghorn are not true antelope.) We fair better in the bird department with a little more than 2,000 species in all of North America, which is similar to the total number in all of Africa. But Kenya alone has over 1,100 species, and Africa has the Sahara Desert where very few birds live full time. And then there are the strange-looking animals like elephants, rhinos, hippos and giraffes animals that are pretty difficult to explain strictly from an evolutionary standpoint. They all look like they were made by committees that couldn't agree on anything.

The giraffes are the most graceful of the "committee" species. They move almost as if they are trying to hold an invisible stack of books on their head. They aren't all that graceful-looking when they lean down to get a drink of water, but even just standing still and eating Acacia leaves, they seem to emit a graceful, peaceful air. How they eat those leaves is hard to understand when you notice the plant's three-inch-long thorns, but they don't seem to bother the giraffes a bit. They must have really tough tongues.

Their general anatomy is a study in superlatives. They are the tallest terrestrial animals on Earth. Even though they only have seven neck, or cervical, vertebra (the same as humans), their neck is six feet long and weighs 600 pounds. Their legs are six feet long, and their feet are 12 inches across, which along with strong leg bones helps them support their immense weight (in males, that's up to 3,000 pounds). Their heart is about two feet long and weighs around 25 pounds, and their lungs can hold up to 12 gallons of air.

Although males can be aggressive towards each other (more on that in a minute), they don't defend a territory or even live in consistent family groups. Sometimes a group of giraffes is all females and their young, sometimes they are all male, and sometimes the group is a mix of ages and both sexes. They are more fluid than many species, as group members tend to come and go from one group to another. No one seems to know what triggers them to move, or to return.

No one really knows why a giraffe's neck is so long. Before Charles Darwin proposed his theory of organisms inheriting characteristics (what we now know as genes) from their parents, some people thought animals acquired characteristics during their lifetimes and then passed those characteristics to their offspring. For several thousand years, that theory was believed by everyone from Hippocrates and Aristotle to, most famously, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, and became known as "Lamarckian evolution." Lamarck used giraffes as an example. He believed they stretched their necks to reach higher leaves, and passed those stretched necks to their offspring. He was wrong. For many years biology teachers have taught that giraffes who happened to be born with slightly-longer necks could reach higher leaves, thereby outcompeting their shorter-necked friends and relatives and successfully pass those genes on to the next generation.

That may very well be true, as the fossil record shows giraffe necks have elongated, especially in the last seven million years. But it is virtually impossible to say why their necks got longer. Maybe it was because longer-necked individuals could reach higher leaves. But there could be at least one other explanation.

Male giraffes sometimes fight to win the right to mate with a female. They all fight the same way, by swinging their necks and hitting the other giraffe, usually trying to knock it off balance, causing it to fall, which can result in their death. They can also do a good bit of damage with their horns if a blow lands hard enough. I've never seen them fight to the death, but I have seen fights that lasted several minutes and didn't always have an obvious winner. Maybe males with longer, thicker necks are more successful at mating, and therefore pass those genes on to their offspring?

My favorite thing about giraffes is that they attract oxpeckers, birds that land on giraffes and other herbivorous animals in Africa, and pick parasites off them. I have no idea why, but oxpeckers seem particularly attracted to giraffes. I love to watch them run their beaks systematically through a giraffe's fur like a single-tinged comb, feeling for ticks and other parasites. Sometimes the giraffe will twitch its skin and the oxpeckers fly off, but sometimes they will hold their ears really still so an oxpecker can go in and grab whatever parasites are in there.

Judy Lehmberg is a former college biology teacher who now shoots nature videos.

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‘Married to Medicine’ star Dr. Jackie Walters reveals what every woman should know about the male anatomy – Yahoo Lifestyle

If youre looking to make a big splash in the bedroom this Valentines Day, Jackie Walters, PhD, has a few tips to consider before diving headfirst into romance.

I describe the man as the King P, the Married to Medicine star says. We have the Queen V. We have the King P and there are things about the King P that all women need to know before the two connect, she adds.

An OB-GYN for over 20 years, Walters recently published The Queen V: Everything You Need to Know About Sex, Intimacy, and Down There Health Care a book that breaks down how to plan a trip to his nether-regions and which must-see sights to take in once you arrive.

In honor of Valentines Day, Yahoo Lifestyle talks to Walters about what to know before meeting the King P.

It is important to know whether your male has been circumcised or not, because men who have not been circumcised still have that skin on the glans, Walters explains.An uncircumcised man must pull back the foreskin to clean properly; otherwise, bacteria, cells, and oil can build up and cause odor and inflammation.

A lot of things can hide behind that covering, so you really want to know that theres not a herpetic lesion or genital wart or anything that you may miss, she adds.

The penis may look small when its not stimulated and erect, but it grows, assures Walters. You can certainly get creative if its not as endowed as you want it to be. There are certain positions and things you can do to still enjoy your partner if its not the biggest king youve ever seen.When encountering a King P with less length, she suggests having sex doggie style with a deep curve in your back or reverse cowgirl for maximum penetration.

If theres a concern over too much length, she recommends cowgirl or facing each other on your sides, both of which put the woman in control.

While Walters recommends doing a thorough investigation of the King P using sight, touch, and smell before having sex, the one sense she leaves out is taste.Do not put your mouth on it until you have all of the STIs back, Walters warns, Touch but dont taste.

Gonorrhea, syphilis, HPV and other STIs can be transmitted orally.

When planning a trip to his nether regions, it helps to have a map of where you want to go.

The scrotum is different from the testicle. The scrotum is the sac that holds the testicles, Dr. Walters breaks it down. The glans is the head of the penis while the shaft is the rest of the length, and the frenulum is where the foreskin meets the underside of the penis.

If you see something, say something. Know your mans anatomy, know if it doesnt look right or smell right, ask questions, she urges.

The penis has a brain too. Now we sometimes think its located there, Walters laughs. But men have feelings just like women, so be careful what we say. A little praise can go a long way.

This Valentines Day, mind these five rules and the King P and the Queen V can have their own happy, healthy ever after.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Fans Are Threatening to Quit the Show For 1 Frustrating Reason – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

In many ways, its hard to believe that Greys Anatomy is still on the air. Its been running for 16 seasons, with at least one more still to go. For millions, the show has become habit-forming. For some fans it has also become a habit to complain about it a lot.

Often its the unexpected exits of actors like Sarah Drew and Jessica Capshaw, and now one of the originals, Justin Chambers has departed as well. But now the problem is that Greys Anatomy has spun off a show called Station 19, people dont like being forced to watch it to keep up with Greys.

Many shows that have been on the air for more than nine seasons produced spin-offs. Sometimes they work out, like Cheers leading to Frasier. Other times they dont, with Happy Days spawning Joanie Loves Chachi. So far, both of Greys broadcast spinoffs have had decent runs.

The first, Private Practice, ran from 2007 to 2013 and focused on Kate Walshs character, Addison Montgomery, who left Seattle Grace to form her own practice. Although the move allegedly displeased some other Greys cast members, the show hung around for a solid run until season six, when Walsh decided to move on.

Station 19, which started in 2018, focuses on a fire station in, of course, Seattle. Since fire departments and hospitals commonly work together, the spinoff made sense thematically, but gauging fans reactions, the Greys Anatomy habit has stuck while Station 19 has not.

Fans generally prefer not towatch a show they skip to understand a show that they do watch. With an overabundance of viewing options out there, fans feel like they dont have time to keep up with everything, and some resent having to do homework to follow their favorite show.

A topic starter on Reddit groused, Im just incredibly angry that Im being manipulated to watch Station 19 to find out whats happening with the Greys characters and storyline. I should have DVRd this crap so I could fast forward thru the boring firehouse stuff.

Another fan concurred, saying Its more of the fact that were being forced to watch (Station 19) that makes it suck. A third commenter said, I dont have two consecutive hours to dedicate to TV, especially when I have no interest in half of it. Or more than half of it-at this point.

How well crossovers fare can depend on how theyre framed. The CWs superhero shows make an event out of it, with one week of shows per year where the heroes and villains of the different programs visit each others worlds.

Sometimes the story in the crossover had little to do with the main episodes, but more recently, Crisis on Infinite Earths had dramatic impacts on the individual series, because, one of them, Arrow, is going away.

Either way, the CW has gotten people to watch the crossovers by making them an event. Fans feel the showrunners have not done that with the medical/fire dramas.

This is hardly the first time Greys Anatomy has tried crossovers it was done while Private Practice was still running. The difference now seems to be that fans feel that watching Greys Anatomy is becoming less fun because its turning fun into work.

Companies like to boast that viewers have to watch one show to understand another. Disney has been saying that fans will need Disney+ to keep up with the Marvel movies because the Marvel TV shows will feed into them. It will be interesting to see how fans take a crossover when it moves from the theater to the TV, or vice versa.

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Live+3 Weekly Ratings: ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and Series Premiere of ‘Lego Masters’ Top All Telecasts in Adults 18-49 Lifts – Programming Insider

68 Whiskey (PAR, Wed., 2/5/20 10:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.410 million viewers 0.121 million adults 18-49 (0.09 adults 18-49 rating) 0.186 million adults 25-54 (0.15 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.146 million viewers 0.253 million adults 18-49 (0.20 adults 18-49 rating) 0.412 million adults 25-54 (0.34 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.736 million viewers (+179.51%) +0.132 million adults 18-49 (+0.10 rating; +109.09%) +0.226 million adults 25-54 (+0.19 rating; +121.51%)

Avenue 5 (HBO, Sun., 2/9/20 10:02 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.275 million viewers 0.112 million adults 18-49 (0.09 adults 18-49 rating) 0.140 million adults 25-54 (0.12 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.622 million viewers 0.253 million adults 18-49 (0.20 adults 18-49 rating) 0.307 million adults 25-54 (0.25 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.347 million viewers (+126.18%) +0.141 million adults 18-49 (+0.11 rating; +125.89%) +0.167 million adults 25-54 (+0.14 rating; +119.29%)

Awkwafina is Nora From Queens (Comedy Central, Wed., 2/5/20 10:30 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.399 million viewers 0.221 million adults 18-49 (0.17 adults 18-49 rating) 0.243 million adults 25-54 (0.20 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.766 million viewers 0.419 million adults 18-49 (0.32 adults 18-49 rating) 0.481 million adults 25-54 (0.40 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.367 million viewers (+91.98%) +0.198 million adults 18-49 (+0.15 rating; +89.59%) +0.238 million adults 25-54 (+0.20 rating; +97.94%)

The Bold Type (Freeform, Thu., 2/6/20 9:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.147 million viewers 0.067 million adults 18-49 (0.05 adults 18-49 rating) 0.072 million adults 25-54 (0.06 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.348 million viewers 0.177 million adults 18-49 (0.14 adults 18-49 rating) 0.193 million adults 25-54 (0.16 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.201 million viewers (+136.73%) +0.110 million adults 18-49 (+0.08 rating; +164.18%) +0.121 million adults 25-54 (+0.10 rating; +168.06%)

Briarpatch [P] (USA, Thu., 2/6/20 10:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.528 million viewers 0.118 million adults 18-49 (0.09 adults 18-49 rating) 0.147 million adults 25-54 (0.12 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.100 million viewers 0.209 million adults 18-49 (0.16 adults 18-49 rating) 0.297 million adults 25-54 (0.25 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.572 million viewers (+108.33%) +0.091 million adults 18-49 (+0.07 rating; +77.12%) +0.150 million adults 25-54 (+0.12 rating; +102.04%)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, Sun., 2/9/20 10:31 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.441 million viewers 0.160 million adults 18-49 (0.12 adults 18-49 rating) 0.201 million adults 25-54 (0.17 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.090 million viewers 0.420 million adults 18-49 (0.32 adults 18-49 rating) 0.497 million adults 25-54 (0.41 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.649 million viewers (+147.17%) +0.260 million adults 18-49 (+0.20 rating; +162.50%) +0.296 million adults 25-54 (+0.24 rating; +147.26%)

Doctor Who (BBC America, Sun., 2/9/20 8:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.405 million viewers 0.127 million adults 18-49 (0.10 adults 18-49 rating) 0.173 million adults 25-54 (0.14 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.785 million viewers 0.263 million adults 18-49 (0.20 adults 18-49 rating) 0.329 million adults 25-54 (0.27 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.380 million viewers (+93.83%) +0.136 million adults 18-49 (+0.11 rating; +107.09%) +0.156 million adults 25-54 (+0.13 rating; +90.17%)

Everythings Gonna Be Okay (Freeform, Thu., 2/6/20 8:30 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.144 million viewers 0.042 million adults 18-49 (0.03 adults 18-49 rating) 0.047 million adults 25-54 (0.04 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.230 million viewers 0.093 million adults 18-49 (0.07 adults 18-49 rating) 0.098 million adults 25-54 (0.08 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.086 million viewers (+59.72%) +0.051 million adults 18-49 (+0.04 rating; +121.43%) +0.051 million adults 25-54 (+0.04 rating; +108.51%)

Good Trouble (Freeform, Wed., 2/5/20 10:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.217 million viewers 0.107 million adults 18-49 (0.08 adults 18-49 rating) 0.107 million adults 25-54 (0.09 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.501 million viewers 0.268 million adults 18-49 (0.21 adults 18-49 rating) 0.273 million adults 25-54 (0.23 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.284 million viewers (+130.88%) +0.161 million adults 18-49 (+0.12 rating; +150.47%) +0.166 million adults 25-54 (+0.14 rating; +155.14%)

grown-ish (Freeform, Thu., 2/6/20 8:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.355 million viewers 0.158 million adults 18-49 (0.12 adults 18-49 rating) 0.165 million adults 25-54 (0.14 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.594 million viewers 0.313 million adults 18-49 (0.24 adults 18-49 rating) 0.308 million adults 25-54 (0.25 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.239 million viewers (+67.32%) +0.155 million adults 18-49 (+0.12 rating; +98.10%) +0.143 million adults 25-54 (+0.12 rating; +86.67%)

The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN, Tue., 2/4/20 9:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 1.520 million viewers 0.364 million adults 18-49 (0.28 adults 18-49 rating) 0.531 million adults 25-54 (0.44 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 2.098 million viewers 0.553 million adults 18-49 (0.43 adults 18-49 rating) 0.768 million adults 25-54 (0.63 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.578 million viewers (+38.03%) +0.189 million adults 18-49 (+0.15 rating; +51.92%) +0.237 million adults 25-54 (+0.20 rating; +44.63%)

Homeland [P] (Showtime, Sun., 2/9/20 9:03 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.600 million viewers 0.172 million adults 18-49 (0.13 adults 18-49 rating) 0.219 million adults 25-54 (0.18 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.258 million viewers 0.314 million adults 18-49 (0.24 adults 18-49 rating) 0.431 million adults 25-54 (0.36 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.658 million viewers (+109.67%) +0.142 million adults 18-49 (+0.11 rating; +82.56%) +0.212 million adults 25-54 (+0.17 rating; +96.80%)

Kidding [P] (Showtime, Sun., 2/9/20 10:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.120 million viewers 0.035 million adults 18-49 (0.03 adults 18-49 rating) 0.053 million adults 25-54 (0.04 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.251 million viewers 0.079 million adults 18-49 (0.06 adults 18-49 rating) 0.116 million adults 25-54 (0.10 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.131 million viewers (+109.17%) +0.044 million adults 18-49 (+0.03 rating; +125.71%) +0.063 million adults 25-54 (+0.05 rating; +118.87%)

Kidding (Showtime, Sun., 2/9/20 10:30 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.085 million viewers 0.035 million adults 18-49 (0.03 adults 18-49 rating) 0.051 million adults 25-54 (0.04 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.195 million viewers 0.057 million adults 18-49 (0.04 adults 18-49 rating) 0.087 million adults 25-54 (0.07 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.110 million viewers (+129.41%) +0.022 million adults 18-49 (+0.02 rating; +62.86%) +0.036 million adults 25-54 (+0.03 rating; +70.59%)

The Magicians (SYFY, Wed., 2/5/20 10:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.338 million viewers 0.187 million adults 18-49 (0.14 adults 18-49 rating) 0.209 million adults 25-54 (0.17 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.788 million viewers 0.417 million adults 18-49 (0.32 adults 18-49 rating) 0.478 million adults 25-54 (0.39 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.450 million viewers (+133.14%) +0.230 million adults 18-49 (+0.18 rating; +122.99%) +0.269 million adults 25-54 (+0.22 rating; +128.71%)

Miracle Workers: Dark Ages (TBS, Tue., 2/4/20 10:30 PM) Live+Same Day: 1.100 million viewers 0.468 million adults 18-49 (0.36 adults 18-49 rating) 0.602 million adults 25-54 (0.50 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.734 million viewers 0.750 million adults 18-49 (0.58 adults 18-49 rating) 0.948 million adults 25-54 (0.78 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.634 million viewers (+57.64%) +0.282 million adults 18-49 (+0.22 rating; +60.26%) +0.346 million adults 25-54 (+0.29 rating; +57.48%)

The New Pope (HBO, Mon., 2/3/20 9:02 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.198 million viewers 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.04 adults 18-49 rating) 0.072 million adults 25-54 (0.06 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.309 million viewers 0.069 million adults 18-49 (0.05 adults 18-49 rating) 0.108 million adults 25-54 (0.09 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.111 million viewers (+56.06%) +0.022 million adults 18-49 (+0.02 rating; +46.81%) +0.036 million adults 25-54 (+0.03 rating; +50.00%)

Our Cartoon President (Showtime, Sun., 2/9/20 8:30 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.188 million viewers 0.045 million adults 18-49 (0.03 adults 18-49 rating) 0.056 million adults 25-54 (0.05 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.273 million viewers 0.063 million adults 18-49 (0.05 adults 18-49 rating) 0.078 million adults 25-54 (0.06 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.085 million viewers (+45.21%) +0.018 million adults 18-49 (+0.01 rating; +40.00%) +0.022 million adults 25-54 (+0.02 rating; +39.29%)

The Outsider (HBO, Sun., 2/9/20 9:02 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.792 million viewers 0.285 million adults 18-49 (0.22 adults 18-49 rating) 0.371 million adults 25-54 (0.31 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.500 million viewers 0.546 million adults 18-49 (0.42 adults 18-49 rating) 0.722 million adults 25-54 (0.60 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.708 million viewers (+89.39%) +0.261 million adults 18-49 (+0.20 rating; +91.58%) +0.351 million adults 25-54 (+0.29 rating; +94.61%)

Party of Five (Freeform, Wed., 2/5/20 9:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.236 million viewers 0.140 million adults 18-49 (0.11 adults 18-49 rating) 0.141 million adults 25-54 (0.12 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.422 million viewers 0.220 million adults 18-49 (0.17 adults 18-49 rating) 0.215 million adults 25-54 (0.18 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.186 million viewers (+78.81%) +0.080 million adults 18-49 (+0.06 rating; +57.14%) +0.074 million adults 25-54 (+0.06 rating; +52.48%)

Power [F] (Starz, Sun., 2/9/20 8:05 PM) Live+Same Day: 1.185 million viewers 0.556 million adults 18-49 (0.43 adults 18-49 rating) 0.668 million adults 25-54 (0.55 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.541 million viewers 0.763 million adults 18-49 (0.59 adults 18-49 rating) 0.875 million adults 25-54 (0.72 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.356 million viewers (+30.04%) +0.207 million adults 18-49 (+0.16 rating; +37.23%) +0.207 million adults 25-54 (+0.17 rating; +30.99%)

Project Blue Book (HIST, Tue., 2/4/20 10:03 PM) Live+Same Day: 1.126 million viewers 0.234 million adults 18-49 (0.18 adults 18-49 rating) 0.366 million adults 25-54 (0.30 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 2.020 million viewers 0.428 million adults 18-49 (0.33 adults 18-49 rating) 0.636 million adults 25-54 (0.52 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.894 million viewers (+79.40%) +0.194 million adults 18-49 (+0.15 rating; +82.91%) +0.270 million adults 25-54 (+0.22 rating; +73.77%)

Schitts Creek (POP, Tue., 2/4/20 9:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.364 million viewers 0.185 million adults 18-49 (0.14 adults 18-49 rating) 0.211 million adults 25-54 (0.17 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 0.858 million viewers 0.492 million adults 18-49 (0.38 adults 18-49 rating) 0.545 million adults 25-54 (0.45 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.494 million viewers (+135.71%) +0.307 million adults 18-49 (+0.24 rating; +165.95%) +0.334 million adults 25-54 (+0.28 rating; +158.29%)

The Sinner [P] (USA, Thu., 2/6/20 9:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.882 million viewers 0.244 million adults 18-49 (0.19 adults 18-49 rating) 0.299 million adults 25-54 (0.25 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.930 million viewers 0.588 million adults 18-49 (0.45 adults 18-49 rating) 0.717 million adults 25-54 (0.59 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +1.048 million viewers (+118.82%) +0.344 million adults 18-49 (+0.27 rating; +140.98%) +0.418 million adults 25-54 (+0.34 rating; +139.80%)

Tyler Perrys Sistas (BET, Wed., 2/5/20 9:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 0.961 million viewers 0.371 million adults 18-49 (0.29 adults 18-49 rating) 0.420 million adults 25-54 (0.35 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 1.402 million viewers 0.583 million adults 18-49 (0.45 adults 18-49 rating) 0.664 million adults 25-54 (0.55 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +0.441 million viewers (+45.89%) +0.212 million adults 18-49 (+0.16 rating; +57.14%) +0.244 million adults 25-54 (+0.20 rating; +58.10%)

Vikings [F] (HIST, Wed., 2/5/20 10:00 PM) Live+Same Day: 1.035 million viewers 0.233 million adults 18-49 (0.18 adults 18-49 rating) 0.369 million adults 25-54 (0.30 adults 25-54 rating) Live+3 Day: 2.235 million viewers 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.43 adults 18-49 rating) 0.811 million adults 25-54 (0.67 adults 25-54 rating) Gains: +1.200 million viewers (+115.94%) +0.321 million adults 18-49 (+0.25 rating; +137.77%) +0.442 million adults 25-54 (+0.36 rating; +119.78%)

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Anatomy

‘Grey’s Anatomy’-‘Station 19’ crossover: Angry fans slam Shonda Rhimes for ‘shoving it down their throat’ – MEAWW

It's been four weeks now that fans have been trying to bear with the ultra dull and boring 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Station 19' crossovers. It all started after the "car in the bar" fiasco.

Following the winter break, when 'Grey's Anatomy' came back with Episode 10 'Help Me Through The Night', the showrunners mashed it up with 'Station 19' Season 3 premiere.

For that one particular episode, it seemed to make sense as the firefighters pulled the car out of the bar and the doctors treated the injured patients. But, why has that crossover continued for all these weeks?

With every new episode, the makers are trying to introduce a 'Station 19' character to the 'Grey's Anatomy' world or vice versa. As if the two couple crossovers, Ben Warren-Miranda Bailey and Jackson Avery-Vic Hughes, were not enough.

Miffed with Shonda Rhimes, fans cannot take it anymore. Social media is abuzz with tweets about how they should totally stop!

"Can y'all stop forcing cross-overs? If I wanted to watch #Station19 I would. Stop inserting extra characters that no one is interested in. This isn't going to make Stations 19 a hit but it sure as heck is going to alienate #GreysAnatomy viewers," one tweet read.

Another said, "I am so sick of these #GreysAnatomy and Station 19 crossovers!!!"

"First, they tried to force Amelia and Owen on us, then Jackson and Maggie, and now they are forcing an entire show on us with all of these Station 19 crossovers," one viewer wrote.

Another said, "Okay I get #GreysAnatomy and #Station19 has the same showrunner now and are in the universe/city but is every single week going to pretty much be a crossover now? Because by the previews it looks like it will. Sometimes its okay but every week now?"

Many fans are angry. Really angry. "I haven't sat through 16 seasons of rollercoasters for station 19 to be shoved down my throat like a toddler with its vegetables #GreysAnatomy," one tweet read.

Another said, "Why are they shoving station 19 down our throats? Im still not gonna watch it!!" One even labelled it as "criminal" and said, "It's criminal how they sent off Karev on #GreysAnatomy and for Pete's sake stop trying to force #Station19 on us. No one likes it."

Slamming Rhimes, one fan wrote, "What's with all the #Station19 #GreysAnatomy crossovers? It's like being in a relationship for 16 yrs then finding out they an illegitimate child & now youre stuck w both of them. Like, I didnt sign up for this sh*t."

Are the show creators listening? Will they stop with the crossovers? No one has a clue. But they really do need to put a lid on melding the plotlines of 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Station 19' together for no reason at all.

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Cell Biology

Researchers from Houston and Newark awarded $1 million each to tackle major challenges in heart disease treatment and stroke prevention – Associated…

( NewMediaWire ) - February 14, 2020 - DALLAS - A Newark, N.J., researcher studying a new way to prevent heart injury and eventual heart failure and a Houston physician-scientist working to better understand and prevent stroke risk transmission from mother to child are the most recent American Heart Association Merit Award recipients. Each researcher will receive $1 million in funding from the Association, the worlds leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health and research.

Junichi Sadoshima, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of cell biology and molecular medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Louise D. McCullough, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of neurology at McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will receive $200,000 a year for five years.

The American Heart Associations annual Merit Award aims to fuel highly promising, novel research that has the potential to move cardiovascular science forward.

With the Merit Award, we are searching for researchers with fresh ideas and the potential to make a huge impact, which is in line with the American Heart Associations mission to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, said American Heart Association President Robert Harrington, M.D., FAHA, an interventional cardiologist and chair of the department of medicine at Stanford University in California. These exceptional scientists are asking the questions that havent been asked and are looking for answers in what we may consider to be nontraditional places. In the end, their work could transform cardiovascular and stroke science.

Sadoshimas research addresses the major public health problem that many people who have a heart attack or stroke die from heart failure or other complications within a few years after their first event. He and his colleagues are studying how inhibiting a previously uncharacterized type of cell death in the heart might prevent weakening of the heart and brain after a heart attack or stroke.

Just like we replace broken or worn-out parts in our cars to make them run better, our cells discard old or broken materials every day through a process called autophagy. While autophagy is a fundamentally important mechanism to maintain the function in the heart, the process can sometimes go awry and actually promote cellular suicide. This cell death triggered by excessive autophagy is termed autosis, Sadoshima said. Our goal with this award is to develop treatment to make the heart stronger when patients have a heart attack or stroke by understanding how autosis is stimulated and how it kills heart and brain cells.

Sadoshima said focusing on this previously uncharacterized form of cell death in the heart may have a significant impact on the future treatment of patients with reduced blood supply to the heart and brain.

McCulloughs research also looks at a big public health issue, stroke, in a new way.

It has been known for some time that health problems that occur during pregnancy, such a mothers high blood pressure, obesity or diabetes, can cause changes leading to obesity and hypertension in the child shes carrying. Initially, it was thought that a lot of this was genetic but there also are epigenetic factors outside factors that can change the genes to increase risk, McCullough said.

Prior research led McCullough and her colleagues to believe the mothers microbiome, the collection of microorganisms that reside in the gastrointestinal tract and are passed during childbirth to the child, might modify genes and increase later stroke risk in offspring. The health of the microbiome tends to change with age, becoming more likely to cause inflammation.

Were studying whether a mothers unhealthy microbiome can be manipulated and improved with diet or supplements, perhaps, to reduce stroke risk in her offspring, she said. If successful, these findings could have huge health ramifications for many generations to come.

Funding research such as the annual merit awards is a cornerstone of the American Heart Associations lifesaving mission. The Association has funded more than $4.6 billion in cardiovascular research since 1949, making it the single largest non-government supporter of heart and brain health research in the U.S.

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Cell Biology

Cell biology storm provides a view of the choreography of life – ABC27

Credit: National Institutes of Health

Researchers found the key settings to provide a dynamic view of a cytoskeletal storm

The experimental system was designed to use cells from the African clawed frog. The movie which is represented in the GIF above begins with microtubules (red) radiating outward in an apparent effort to prepare for cell division. The microtubules adjust their lengths with the help of the protein EB-1 (green) at their tips. As the microtubules grow and bump into the walls of a lab-generated, jelly-textured enclosure (dark outline), they buckleand the whole array then whirls around the center.

Cells are constantly on the move and before a cell divides it undergoes a process called mitosis. As part of this process, microtubules, which are structural proteins that help make up the cells cytoskeleton, reorganize the newly copied chromosomes into a dense, football-shaped spindle.

The cytoskeleton is made from protein structures called microtubulesthe wispy threads surrounding the purple DNA-containing nucleusand filaments of a protein called actin. Both actin and microtubules are critical for growth and movement.

Abdullah Bashar Sami, a Ph.D. student, shot the movie as a part of his basic research to explore the still poorly understood physical forces generated by microtubules. The movie won first place in the 2019 Green Fluorescent Protein Image and Video Contest sponsored by the American Society for Cell Biology.

Like many movies, the setting was key to this videos success. The video was shot inside a microfluidic chamber, designed in the Jesse Gatlin Lab at the University of Wyoming, to study the physics of microtubule assembly just before cells divide.

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Cell Biology

Williston alum receives recognition for international award | Education – Williston Daily Herald

Williston native and University of Colorado Boulder Professor Kristi Anseth has received one of the most prestigious recognitions in the life sciences: a LOreal-UNESCO For Women in Science award.

Anseth, a distinguished professor and Tisone professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is being recognized for her outstanding contribution in converging engineering and biology to develop innovative biomaterials that help tissue regeneration and drug delivery, according to UNESCO.

She is one of only five women in the world, and the only recipient in North America, to receive the recognition this year.

I am tremendously honored and feel so very fortunate to be part of the broader University of Colorado community, Anseth said. However, I must first acknowledge that this is a shared honor. I have the pleasure of mentoring an amazing group of undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral associates in my laboratory, and these individuals have contributed tremendously to the basis for this recognition. I am so thankful to them for their dedication and CUs commitment to supporting not only the education of these individuals but their transition to future leaders.

Anseth said shes eagerly anticipating the opportunity to celebrate women scientists and engineers and to play a more visible role for the next generation. The mother of a 12-year-old daughter, Anseth said she hopes her daughters generation is inspired to pursue careers in STEM and that girls see no bounds to their possible careers.

She also commended her colleagues in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the BIoFrontiers Institute for their support.

I am fortunate to work in an environment with such brilliant colleagues who work tirelessly to advance our fields and educate students to develop technologies and ideas for supporting the well-being of people, society and the planet, Anseth said.

Anseth, who is also the associate director of the BioFrontiers Institute, has a long and storied career in applying the principles of chemical engineering to the biomaterials field, authoring over 330 papers of extensive, highly impactful research and earning numerous awards and recognitions. She is one of only a handful of individuals worldwide elected to all three national academies: the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. She also has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Inventors and the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering.

Professor Anseth has proven time and again, through her stellar career of research and achievement, as well as her teaching and mentoring, that she is a world-class scientist and engineer, said Keith Molenar, interim dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science. The LOreal-UNESCO For Women in Science awards recognize the best of the best, and she is absolutely deserving of that honor. Were proud that she calls the CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science home, as she brings immeasurable value to the research and education happening here.

Kristi Anseth has been a leader in cutting-edge biomaterials research for over two decades, said Charles Musgrave, chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Her work in the tissue engineering and drug delivery fields has led to the development of key technologies that will have an incredible impact on regenerative medicine and drug delivery. I cant think of anyone more deserving of this award than her. My colleagues and I are proud of her many accomplishments.

Anseth is a graduate of Williston High School and attended UND-Williston before earning her doctoral degree in chemical engineering from CU Boulder in 1994 and joining the faculty shortly thereafter, focusing her research on developing biomaterials for medical applications.

Rob Davis, dean emeritus of the College of Engineering and Applied Science and Tisone endowed chair in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, nominated Anseth for the award. He cited her unparalleled research accomplishments in biotechnology and cell biology and the translation of her technologies into medical products, including in-situ-forming materials for enhanced bone regeneration, hydrogels for chondrocyte delivery and more.

He also emphasized her dedication to her students, recalling his first observation of her after she completed her PhD. She had volunteered to teach an 8a.m. undergraduate course, winning over the sleepy and skeptical students with her enthusiasm and passion for the material.

Support for the nomination also came from other distinguished leaders in academia, including professors Paula T. Hammond and Robert Langer of MIT, Provost David A. Tirrell and Professor Mark E. Davis of the California Institute of Technology, and Professor Nicholas A. Peppas of the University of Texas at Austin.

Anseth and the other awardees will be honored at a ceremony March 12 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Each award recipient will receive 100,000 (about $109,000). The awards seek to increase the representation and awareness of women in science and their achievements to inspire more women to consider careers in the sciences.

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