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But will Wilhelm want to publicly do this? Make no mistake, I'm sure he has no intention of letting Eitel Freidrich anywhere near the court again, but (especially in a time of war) airing the dirty laundry of the Hohenzollern court in public can only encourage enemies of both Germany and the...

I'm fairly sure that you have no plans to kill Wilhelm off, but unless you find him a wife who bears him an heir(and the Grafin zu Reventlow - even after having rescued His Royal and Imperial Majesty - is probably out of the question), Eitel Friedrich is still, as least in a legal sense, the...

Glad to see this back, Dathi. I hope things continue to improve for your son. TB-EI

Quite. The butterflies are certainly going to come thick and fast now; even with BB's planned 1986 cut-off date, the impact of no SNL on pop culture is going to be immense. Looking forward to seeing what he does with it. TB-EI

Intriguing ... But seriously, well done; I can't really comment on the specifics, having no real interest (positive or negative) in Doctor Who. Looking forward, though: Obviously Laverne & Shirley is probably butterflied away. We have Movin' On Up and Captain Miller, but is there an...

Speaking of Eitel Friedrich, is he now married to Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg as per OTL? If so, is the marriage any happier? TB-EI

But if you look at the ads broadcast during golf games, and ignore the ads for golf equipment, vacations, etc., you will notice (or at least I did) that an overwhelming percentage of the remainder are for products that are marketed almost exclusively to that older demographic and not for the...

I'm not in the industry (or even anywhere close) but my understanding is that advertisers have concluded that older viewers have locked in their preferences, so advertising targeted at them is less effective. Not sure it's entirely correct, but I can see why they might think that. TB-EI

It would be highly ironic if the war party, through unsavory motives and acting against the intent of the (indisposed) Kaiser, causes Germany to be (somewhat) better prepared for the upcoming war ... TB-EI

Intriguing ... Idle speculation follows: If - as you've said - Eitel Friedrich is going to be the "villain" of the piece, might we see him, acting as regent, refuse to believe the (factual) non-involvement of the French government? And imposing an ultimatum similar to the OTL...

ITA. While Wilhelm does not appear to be a proponet of blood and soil nationalism, I'm not sure that he wouldn't think that given time, his future subjects in the Baltics would reconcile themselves to the enlightened rule he plans to provide. Plus, I'm not entirely convinced that the...

How true; when I was young, I always wondered why the PBS station shown on cable in Calgary (KSPS) made a point of saying pledges / donations were accepted in American & Canadian dollars; it wasn't until I was somewhat older that I realised that Calgary and Edmonton, combined, were eight times...

But doesn't this contradict what you were saying earlier? TB-EI

Not to give anyone false hope by bumping this, but: Dathi, any chance things that have improved enough that you'd be inclined to pick this up again? TB-EI

IMO, there are four basic Canadian accents (among Canadians with English as a first language): Newfoundland, Maritimes, Central Canada, Rural Prairies; Central Canadian is fairly difficult to distinguish from "Broadcaster" American English if (like me) you have problems hearing the "aboot"...

Actually, I'm pretty sure that Blankety Blank was an Australian remake of Match Game. TB-EI

He may be referring to Ted Rogers... I could never get into Little Mosque; the sneering contempt the creators had for the Prairies - at least, in the portions I watched - turned me off almost immediately. Wikipedia (insert disclaimer here) says for TV, 60% overall / 50% primetime CanCon...

Actually, let me revise and extend; in order to get things actually cross-fertilizing, instead of just having the UK as a second source of imported programs, perhaps the following might be better: Overall: At least 45% must be CanCon an additional 5% may be British or CanCon an additional 5%...

Which is another factor; if the arrangements are somewhat reciprocal (i.e. Canadian programming is given a special allowance in Britain, Australia & New Zealand), then there is less incentive to have a "generic" setting in shows which have export potential; these audiences would be more used to...

What I meant by temporary is: Is it within the capabilities of the Army Corps of Engineers to restore the flow channel once Old River Control has failed? If so, would it be too expensive to fund? TB-EI