TV Ratings: ‘Mr. Mayor’ Opens to Solid Numbers

WWE star Bianca Belair is eyeing up more WrestleMania glory – and the chance to make history at Elimination Chamber in Saudi Arabia this weekend. The EST of WWE is one of six stars ready to battle it out in a Chamber match at the Jeddah Super Dome in Jeddah.She’ll go up against Rhea Ripley, Nikki A.S.H, Doudrop, Liv Morgan and Alexa Bliss to see who’ll wrestle for the Raw Women’s Championship at WrestleMania in April.Their collision is one of three marquee female bouts at Saturday afternoon’s event, which takes place just four years after the company staged The Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia without any women on the card.Belair, who also had a prominent role in last October’s Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, has admitted excited at ‘making history’ as WWE’s female stars continue to make strides in the nation.In an interview with WWE UK, she commented: “I’m always excited to visit Saudi Arabia, my first time was for Crown Jewel!“To be visiting now with all the new developments that are happening for women, being part of that and being able to look out into the audience and see women, men, boys and little girls, it’s really special.“It’ll be my first Elimination Chamber match too and I’m all about being a part of huge moments and continuing to make more history.”The 32-year-old is relishing the chance to perform at WrestleMania again having won the SmackDown Women’s Championship from Sasha Banks at the showpiece occasion last year.WWE’s call to have her drop the title to Becky Lynch in a matter of seconds last summer wasn’t popular with fans, but Belair says she’s taken the madness of the last year in her stride.“I know what it feels like to be at WrestleMania,” she added.

Tottenham head coach Antonio Conte has revealed he has been told by club chiefs not to do any more interviews with Italian media.It comes after the fiery Italian boss appeared to criticise the Spurs board’s decision-making in a controversial interview with Sky Sports Italia earlier this week.Conte suggested his squad had been weakened after allowing four “important” players to leave in the January transfer window, while recruiting just two replacements who were not ready to make the side competitive.And after facing criticism for his comments, Conte hit back on Friday by stating the English media were out to “cause a problem” between he and chairman Daniel Levy.Conte said: “I don’t understand why someone wants to create a problem with me; not only me but also coaches in the past.“I read a lot of stories in the past about the club and it creates a problem with the coach and the chairman.“The chairman knows very well my thoughts. If I have to speak with him, I go to speak with him.

@nickybeezer filmed at Nobu Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, people are screaming at pointing at the sky.A distant silvery object is getting closer and, as it soars above their heads, you can see it is fragmented pieces of what could be a meteor or metallic structure."What the f*** is that?" says a man, over and over again.A woman says: "What is it, what is it?" and then laughs when it passes overhead and out of sight.The video has been watched more than 4 million times since it was uploaded on February 4 and people were split on what it might be, although a NASA employee had a plausible answer.Astrobiologist Lena Vincent said: "That is almost certainly one of the @SpaceX Starlink satellites that didn't make it to their proper orbit because of a geomagnetic storm!"Someone else commented: "Imagine being drunk out of your mind at a Mexican beach and you see this in the sky."A third user wrote: "Their reaction is so warranted, I saw this last summer and LOST MY MIND! What a crazy experience.

pubs and cafes and even churches and health centres to allow their WCs to be used by non-customers.Mr Martin said: “Lots of councils up and down the country are trying to keep the toilets as best they can with very, very limited resources.“We’re worried about people.“Families with young children, older people, people with disabilities, and you’re talking to 20million people who fall into that register.“They all need toilets if they’re going to go about their daily business.”As government funding for public toilets comes from other budgets and is not specifically ringfenced, councils are realising their duty to keep them open is only a moral one.The cost of running a toilet can reach up to £15,000 every year.There were believed to be just 4,500 public toilets in the UK in 2018, down from 5,100 in 2010.

Chris Willman Music WriterKanye West has not lost his competitive streak, as should be obvious from recent social media posts, when he proudly noted that he was trending above the Super Bowl — on Super Bowl weekend. Yet he seems to not be prioritizing having his upcoming album, “Donda 2,” debut at No.

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has disagreed with Ralf Rangnick's claim that a fourth-place finish is the best Manchester United can hope for in the Premier League this season.

Manchester City still plan to sign a marquee striker in the summer transfer window, with Erling Haaland their top target.

Pep Guardiola opened up on Manchester City's uncertainty after their efforts to sign Harry Kane in the summer transfer window were rejected.

The upcoming third season of FX’s popular “Atlanta” series, due March 2022, was written in early 2019, but the show almost came to a close at the end of season two, creator/star/writer/exec Donald Glover recently revealed at the FX Winter Television Critics Association (TCA) tour (via Variety). Instead, they soldiered on and wrote and shot seasons three and four back to back—though significantly delayed because of COVID.

nearly 18 years ago, both Aniston — and her fans — have long cherished the recipe for the hardy, protein-packed salad.Aniston’s co-star Courtney Cox, now 57, revealed the factoid during a 2010 interview while describing the daily lunch ritual of the three leading ladies, including Lisa Kudrow, 58.“It was a Cobb salad that Jennifer doctored up with turkey bacon and garbanzo beans and I don’t know what,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “She just has a way with food, which really helps.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has revealed the hosts for its coverage of Sunday’s Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics — and two of them have been in the news this week.

immediately said yes,” Moynihan, 43, tells The Post. Airing Thursdays at 8 p.m. — and co-created by Fey and Robert Carlock (“30 Rock”) — the new comedy series follows Neil Bremer (Ted Danson), a retired billboard mogul who’s new to politics but finds himself in the position of serving as LA’s clueless mayor. Moynihan co-stars as his bumbling communications director, Jayden Kwapis, with Holly Hunter co-starring as deputy mayor Arpi Meskimen.

ABC’s series debut of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune topped the ratings Thursday in primetime with a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.83 million viewers, pacing a night that saw a slew of debuts across the Big 4 as they continue to roll out their new season fare. That list included series premieres for NBC’s Ted Danson-starring comedy Mr. Mayor and ABC’s game show The Chase along with the Season 19 premiere of Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen and the Season 9 debut of Fox’s Last Man Standing.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticLate last year, a potential heir to “30 Rock” debuted on a largely unheralded streaming service. “Saved by the Bell,” Peacock’s reboot of the 1989-93 teen staple, traded its forerunner’s clunkiness for a fleet and jazzy willingness to push past absurdity.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNews coverage of the riot that engulfed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeDespite their immediate on-screen chemistry as comic foils on the new NBC comedy “Mr. Mayor,” Ted Danson and Holly Hunter didn’t know each other prior to working on the show.“I run in shallower circles then Holly,” Danson jokes.

The Good Place's demonic Shawn who said he took the form of a white man for a reason: He could "only fail up." Ted Danson is a long way from the Good Place in NBC's Mr. Mayor, but he plays a man who has definitely failed up.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Season 2 premiere of “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” held up well compared to the Season 1 premiere last year, with the show hitting a new viewership high in the overnight ratings.The Season 2 premiere of the NBC musical series averaged a 0.5 rating in adults 18-49 and approximately 3 million viewers, airing at 8 p.m. That is down a little over 15% in the key demo from the series premiere but up just over 10% in viewers.

NBC has a winner on its hands with “Mr. Mayor.”The sitcom, written and created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, premieres with back-to-back episodes Thursday at 8 p.m.

For the past decade and a half, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s shows have been synonymous with Manhattan. After meeting on Saturday Night Live, the longtime writing partners collaborated on 30 Rock, named after the Midtown landmark, then co-created Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which contrasted the tony Upper West Side with the rapidly gentrifying (and fictional) neighborhood of East Dogmouth.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Bachelor” settled for new lows in the overnight ratings with the debut of Matt James on Season 25 on Monday night.In the Live+Same Day ratings, the long-running ABC dating show pulled in a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 5 million viewers from 8-10 p.m. That is the lowest ratings for a season premiere of the series to date, with the previous record low coming in 2019.