Five women accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a New York Times report published Thursday.

The accusations span from the late 1990s to 2005.

Three women said the comedian masturbated in front of them in person, while one woman said he masturbated while talking to her on the phone. Another woman said C.K. asked to masturbate in front of her but that she declined.

C.K. declined to respond to the Times regarding the allegations on Thursday.

"Louis is not going to answer any questions," Lewis Kay, C.K.'s publicist, told the Times.

Kay responded to Business Insider's request for comment on Friday, saying, "In the coming days, Louis will issue a written statement." 

Here are all the women who have accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct: 

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Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov

Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, a Chicago-based comedy duo, told the Times that Louis C.K. invited them to his hotel room while attending the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado, in 2002.

They said that as soon as they got to his room, C.K. asked them if he could masturbate in front of them. They said they thought it was a joke.

"And then he really did it," Goodman told the Times. "He proceeded to take all of his clothes off, and get completely naked, and started masturbating."

Goodman and Wolov said that they told others about the incident, and heard that C.K.'s manager, Dave Becky, was upset that they were talking about it. They told The Times they feared a backlash against their careers.

Rebecca Corry

Rebecca Corry, a comedian, actress, and writer, told The Times that C.K. asked her if he could masturbate in front of her while the two were appearing on a television pilot in 2005. 

Corry said she declined, and that C.K.'s "face got red, and he told me he had issues."

The Times report said the show's executive producers, Courteney Cox and David Arquette, were informed about the incident.

In an email, Cox told The Times she felt "outrage and shock." She added that they had discussed shutting down production but that Corry decided to continue.

Abby Schachner

Abby Schachner, a writer, illustrator, and performer, told The Times that she called C.K. in 2003 to invite him to one of her shows. She said that during the phone conversation, she could hear him masturbating as they spoke.

She said that the conversation started out personal before turning to "unprofessional and inappropriate" subject matter. She said she then realized that he was masturbating.

Schachner told The Times that the call went on for several minutes.

"I definitely wasn't encouraging it," she said. "You want to believe it's not happening."

• Netflix has confirmed that it will not be producing a previously planned standup special with comedian Louis C.K.
• The cancellation follows accusations of sexual misconduct from five women against the comedian in a New York Times report.

Netflix has dropped Louis C.K.'s upcoming standup special.

Following accusations of sexual misconduct against the comedian in a New York Times report on Thursday, Netflix has confirmed to Business Insider that it will not be moving forward with a previously planned second standup special.

"The allegations made by several women in The New York Times about Louis C.K.’s behavior are disturbing," a Netflix spokesperson wrote to Business Insider on Friday morning. "Louis's unprofessional and inappropriate behavior with female colleagues has led us to decide not to produce a second stand up special, as had been planned."

The decision from Netflix is part of a series of consequences for C.K.

The Orchard, the distribution company that bought C.K.'s film, "I Love You, Daddy," canceled the theatrical release of the film, which was scheduled to open next weekend.

HBO also removed all of C.K.'s specials from its catalog, and removed him from the line up of the "Night of Too Many Stars" on November 18.

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• Sexual harassment doesn't just affect the Hollywood elite or major tech companies.
• Allegations of sexual harassment have impacted most industries.
• A new poll from MSN shows just how far-reaching the issue is.

Sexual harassment in the workplace isn't an industry issue. Nor is it a toxic workplace issue. It's an issue that affects literally everyone. 

A number of industries have been implicated in the wake of producer Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct, including Hollywood, politics, and sports. Before that, sexual harassment at work made headlines with tech's "bro-culture" problem. Before that, it was the media industry with Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly's oustings. And the list goes on.

When pretty much every industry out there is involved, it's naive to simply point the finger at these institutions and damn them for perpetuating a systemic issue.

To be sure, toxic workplace cultures are partially to blame — companies with these values are far more susceptible to sexual harassment.

But don't let these characterizations lull you into a false sense of security. Sexual harassment is a problem that affects everyone — not just those in high-profile positions or industries.

Sexual harassment is more rampant than you want to think

Overall, about one in three people (31%) in the US admit to having been sexually harassed at work, according to a poll from Business Insider's partner, MSN.

MSN polls its readers and then uses machine learning to model how a representative sample of the US would have responded, using big data, such as the Census. It's as accurate as a traditional, scientific survey.

For women, the situation is drastically more dire.

Overall, 45% of women polled said they have been sexually harassed at work. This translates to about 33.6 million women in the US.

The group that experienced the most harassment were women between the ages 30 and 44 — almost half (49%) said they had been sexually harassed at work. Not far behind, 47% of women ages 45 to 64 said they were sexually harassed at work, followed by 41% of women ages 18 to 20, and finally 40% of women 65 or older.

Sexual harassment at work doesn't just affect women.

While 15% of men said they had been sexually harassed at work, a higher proportion of men between the ages of 30 and 44 said they had been sexually harassed in the workplace: 22%.

Speaking up rarely ends well for the victim 

Former Fox News Channel host Gretchen Carlson stunned the media world when she filed a sexual-harassment lawsuit against Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes in 2016.

In her lawsuit, Carlson said Ailes repeatedly sexually harassed her, and that she was fired from her job of 11 years for turning down his sexual advances.

The lawsuit ultimately led to Ailes' resignation from the network, which he had run since its founding in 1996, and Carlson settled the suit for a reported $20 million in 2016.

But Carlson did not walk away from the accusation unscathed.

At Fortune's Most Powerful Women (MPW) Summit in October, the TV journalist said she faced concentrated backlash on social media when she came forward, and many people close to her distanced themselves. "You find out who your friends are in a big way," she said. "It can be a very alone experience."

Carlson also said that, for many people who confront sexual harassment head-on, the fallout can often be steep:

"First of all, if you do come forward, you'll be labeled a 'troublemaker' or a 'bitch.' More importantly, you won't be believed. And, some people have even suggested that you do it for money or fame."

Carlson said it takes courage to put your career on the line and report sexual harassment in the workplace.

"When you know that that's the culture that we still live in ... it's the most important decision of your life to dig deep for that courage, to know that you might torpedo everything that you've worked so hard for," she said.

It's unsurprising, then, that 73% of the women who said they had been sexually harassed at work also said that they never reported it. Of the men that said they were sexually harassed at work, 81% said they never reported it.

Sexual harassment can happen anywhere, anytime, and be perpetrated by anyone

Certain factors may make organizations or institutions more susceptible to instances of sexual harassment.

A 2015 report from researchers at Kent State University and the University of Texas at Tyler found that the "prevalence of male norms in the male-dominated environment may result in a more hostile workplace for women who are perceived by men as violators of the gender norms."

But as Adam Bear and Joshua Knobe wrote in The New York Times, when normally inappropriate or unacceptable actions continue unabated, people tend to adapt their mindset, and sexual harassment becomes normalized and seen as less worthy of outrage.

This could happen literally anywhere — and in many places, it seems that it already has.

When asked to rate their employers' efforts against sexual harassment, 42% of the people MSN polled overall said their employers have done enough, while 26% said they haven't.

But when you ask women, who are disproportionately more likely to experience sexual harassment at work, the number of people satisfied with their employers' approach to sexual harassment at work drops to 36%, while 33% of women say their employers haven't done enough.

What's more, with 31% of the American workforce reporting they've been sexually harassed at work, if you work at a company with at least three people, odds are either you or one of your coworkers has been sexually harassed at work.

While this means you may not be affected directly, you are undoubtedly affected indirectly by the financial and emotional damage sexual harassment's causes.

According to Working Woman Magazine, a typical Fortune 500 corporation blighted by sexual harassment incidents can expect to lose $14.02 million adjusted for inflation annually from absenteeism, lower productivity, increased health-care costs, poor morale, and employee turnover.

And it cannot be good for any employer's bottom line when sexual harassment settlements and legal fees themselves cost the company tens of millions of dollars.

In fact, thanks to the growing number of allegations, Business Insider's Lauren Lyons Cole reports that some companies are purchasing employee practices liability insurance to protect against the financial risk of sexual harassment.

These policies have become a multi-billion dollar industry, with companies collectively paying over $2 billion in EPLI premiums last year.

"Claims are so common now that it's more or less part of the cost of doing business," New Jersey employment lawyer Stephanie Gironda told Business Insider.

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• Eminem released a new single, "Walk on Water," and it features Beyoncé.
• It's the lead single from his upcoming ninth album, which is rumored to be titled "Revival."

Eminem has released the first single from his upcoming ninth album, and it features Beyoncé.

"Walk on Water" is the lead single from the album, which is rumored to be titled "Revival."

Eminem has cryptically teased the LP with an advertisement campaign for a fake prescription drug called "Revival."

"Walk on Water" features self-deprecating verses from Eminem and a soaring chorus from Beyoncé.

It's Eminem's first song in two years, and his first album single since the release of 2013's "Marshall Mathers LP 2."

Listen to the 5-minute song below:

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After numerous women accused the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault or harassment, similar accusations against several famous and powerful men have surfaced.

Some people have become emboldened by the voices of Weinstein's accusers and are coming forward with allegations of sexual misconduct in what is being referred to as the "Weinstein ripple effect."

Here's a list of men who have been accused of sexual misconduct since news of the Weinstein allegations broke:

SEE ALSO: The company Harvey Weinstein built has been hit with its first new lawsuit accusing it of enabling sexual abuse

Ben Affleck

The actress Hilarie Burton accused Ben Affleck of groping her breast during a 2003 interview.

Burton tweeted a video of the interview and wrote: "Girls. I'm so impressed with you brave ones. I had to laugh back then so I wouldn't cry. Sending love."

Affleck tweeted an apology to Burton, saying he had "acted inappropriately."

The makeup artist Annamarie Tendler in a tweet also accused Affleck of groping her during a Golden Globes party in 2014.

Affleck has not responded to Tendler's tweet.

A representative for Affleck declined a request for comment from Business Insider.

Roy Price

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the film producer Isa Hackett alleged that Roy Price, the former head of Amazon Studios, sexually harassed her while they were promoting the series "The Man in the High Castle" in 2015.

Hackett worked as an executive producer on the series based on her father's book.

Hackett said she met Price on July 10, 2015, at San Diego's Comic-Con to promote the series with him and that he invited her to an Amazon staff party that evening. She and Price shared a cab to the party, where Hackett said Price told her, "You will love my d--k."

Hackett said she declined Price's advances but that the inappropriate behavior persisted throughout the evening.

Hackett said she reported Price's behavior to Amazon immediately.

After the interview was published, Amazon suspended Price indefinitely, and he resigned soon after.

Price has yet to publicly address either the allegations or his resignation.

Bob Weinstein

Amanda Segel, the former executive producer of "The Mist," accused Bob Weinstein of consistently making unwanted advances on her in an interview with Variety.

Segel said that while working with Weinstein on the TV series, he continued to ask her out to dinner despite her repeatedly telling him she was uninterested in a romantic relationship. Segal said his advances stopped only once she told The Weinstein Company, which was producing "The Mist," that she would leave the series if his behavior continued.

"'No' should be enough," Segel said. "After 'no,' anybody who has asked you out should just move on. Bob kept referring to me that he wanted to have a friendship. He didn't want a friendship. He wanted more than that. My hope is that 'no' is enough from now on."

Weinstein's lawyer, Bert Fields, released a statement to Variety denying Segel's allegations.

"There is no way in the world that Bob Weinstein is guilty of sexual harassment, and even if you believed what this person asserts, there is no way it would amount to that," Fields said.

Weinstein did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Jacob Sartorius, age 15, spends more time than most teenagers staring into his phone's selfie camera. He uses the app Musical.ly to record himself mouthing the words to songs — drawing hearts with his hands and "smizing" — and shares the video with his 18.9 million followers.

Musical.ly is the social-media platform of choice for Generation Z. The app launched in 2014 and has racked up an impressive 215 million users— or "musers," as they're known. Teens post 15-second clips of themselves lip-syncing, dancing to popular music, and pulling stunts.

More than 150 million people, mostly teens, have registered for the service, and its growth has caused others to take note.

On Thursday, Chinese social-media giant Toutiao announced it had purchased Musical.ly in a deal valued up to $1 billion, according to TechCrunch.

I talked with a handful of middle schoolers for Musical.ly tips and entered the mysterious world of teen tech to see what the buzz is about. Here are the basics.

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When you open the Musical.ly app, it defaults to a feed of featured videos.

These are often the coolest, most liked videos of the day. The Featured feed is also a good place to find inspiration.

Users, or "musers," include the hashtag #featureme in their posts to help their chances of being discovered by the app's curators.

The Follow tab shows you videos from the musers you follow.

A majority of teens I talked to said they prefer the Follow tab to Featured. Here, they can easily see what content comes from their friends, as opposed to strangers on the internet.

Being at least 10 years older than most musers, I don't have many friends on the app, so I mostly followed mainstream celebrities like Selena Gomez, Jason Derulo, and Ariana Grande.

Here's what a typical Musical.ly video looks like.

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Identical twins Lisa and Lena, from Germany, have gained about 24 million followers on Musical.ly and are the third most followed people on Instagram in Germany.

The 15-year-olds joined Musical.ly in December 2015, and their videos have surged in popularity and production quality, thanks to professional-grade lighting, their synchronized dances, and matching outfits from the girls' own clothing line.

• Netflix is falling after Disney talked about its new streaming service on its earnings call.
• Disney plans to price its streaming service lower than Netflix.
• Netflix is going after new, original content to keep its customers from jumping ship.
• Watch Netflix's stock price move in real time

Netflix's stock was down 2.07% at $189.89 a share on Friday after Disney CEO Bob Iger reiterated to investors that his company's soon-to-be streaming service will be priced on the low end in order to compete with Netflix.

"That is in part reflective of the fact that it will have substantially less volume," Iger said on the company's earnings call. "It'll have a lot of high quality because of the brands and the franchises that will be on it that we've talked about. But it'll simply launch with less volume, and the price will reflect that." 

Netflix shares have a tendency to slide every time Disney talks publicly about its new service, which is expected to start in 2019 when Netflix's contract for Disney content runs out. Netflix shares were down following Disney's initial announcement of a new streaming service, and down again when the company originally announced its lower price point.

Netflix isn't sitting still. The company bought up comic book company Millar World and poached Shonda Rhimes away from ABC in order to provide a boost to its original content offerings.

Disney is reportedly in talks to acquire parts of 21st Century Fox, which it could use to add breadth to its streaming service. The company bought a majority stake in BAMtech for $1.58 billion in order to build out the technology for its new services.

Netflix is up 48.92% this year.

Read more about Disney's earnings results.

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• Most people think about the Switch console when they think of modern-day Nintendo.
• The company is placing a big priority on other platforms too, like mobile.
• Mobile could be the next big driver of growth for the company.
• Click here to get a live stock price for Nintendo.

 
Nintendo released its Switch console in March with just one major title, a new Zelda game.

The company has slowly been releasing new games for the console, adding new Rabbids and Mario Kart games since its launch, but that's just one aspect of Nintendo's multi-platform video game strategy.

"It is on mobile that Nintendo can reach billions of users,"Atul Goyal,, an analyst at Jefferies, said in a recent note to clients. "No other platform gives Nintendo that reach."

Goyal said that too many analysts are under-appreciating the large number of potential monetization platforms for Nintendo's popular characters. The Switch is getting most of the attention, but the company just announced its new Animal Crossing game for mobile.

Nintendo's mobile strategy has been refined over time, starting with the relatively poor performance of Super Mario Run, which was monetized with a one-time purchase. The company's Fire Emblem game did better with the popular "freemium" model, but lacked enough content to keep players engaged.

Goyal thinks that the upcoming "Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp" is an even further improvement over previous releases by the company and really demonstrates Nintendo's continued prioritization of all of its platforms. The timing of the new Animal Crossing game is another hint towards Nintendo's multi-platform strategy.

"It has staggered the IP launch at different times," Goyal said. "And before one IP is launched, it communicates the next IP launch," exactly as it has with "Super Mario Oddysey" and "Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp."

Goyal says that Nintendo's mobile games will continue to improve and grow in sales. The Switch will be the company's main driver of revenue for the next three to five years, but mobile could outpace the Switch in the long term.

"Nintendo is staggering its game pipeline across platforms, impressively," Goyal said. "Nintendo is not focusing on one platform or another. Nintendo will monetise its intellectual property treasure trove on various platforms."

Nintendo is up 80.31% so far this year.

Read more about Nintendo's mobile strategy here.

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This week, Eminem collaborated with Beyoncé on his first single in two years, and Wilco shared a previously unreleased song.

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Eminem — "Walk on Water" (feat. Beyoncé)

Eminem's latest single features an anthemic chorus from Beyoncé that feels out of place next to the rapper's stilted and self-deprecating verses. "Walk on Water" is the first single from Eminem's upcoming ninth album, which is rumored to be titled "Revival."

Vulfpeck — "Tee Time"

Vulfpeck, a Michigan-based funk band, puts together an intricate and frenetic instrumental dance piece on "Tee Time," an album cut from the group's new LP, "Mr Finish Line."

Saba — "360"

Chicago rapper and Chance The Rapper collaborator Saba brings his versatile flow and melodic talents to a polished, electronic beat on "360," the latest track for Adult Swim's singles program.

• FX announced that the network will be ending its relationship with Louis C.K. 
• C.K. was an executive producer on multiple shows including "Better Things" and "Baskets," and was the creator and star of "Louie."
• C.K. has been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, which he publicly apologized for Friday.

On Friday, FX announced that it would end its relationship with Louis C.K., amid stories of sexual misconduct that the comedian apologized for, and admitted were "true."

"We are cancelling the overall deal between FX Productions and his production company, Pig Newton," FX said in a statement. "He will no longer serve as executive producer or receive compensation on any of the four shows we were producing with him – 'Better Things,' 'Baskets,' 'One Mississippi' and "The Cops.'"

With "Louie," FX helped launch Louis C.K.'s successful career in television. Before taking a shot with FX, C.K. had tried with "Lucky Louie" at HBO and failed. "Louie" also helped FX go into more creative programming, which it's known for today. "Louie" won multiple Emmy awards throughout its run, and paved the way for a deep relationship between FX and C.K.

"Louis has now confirmed the truth of the reports relating to the five women victimized by his misconduct, which we were unaware of previously," FX wrote. "As far as we know, his behavior over the past 8 years on all five series he has produced for FX Networks and/or FX Productions has been professional. However, now is not the time for him to make television shows. Now is the time for him to honestly address the women who have come forth to speak about their painful experiences, a process which he began today with his public statement."

This announcement came after Netflix canceled its upcoming standup special with C.K., HBO removed his standup from its catalog, and The Orchard canceled the release of his new film ("I Love You, Daddy").

Lewis Kay, C.K.'s publicist, also announced that he had ended his relationship with the comedian, as did his management company, 3 Arts.

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• Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen met through a friend back in 2006 — and it was pretty much love at first sight.

• The couple married in a tiny wedding ceremony in 2009.

• Today, the quarterback and the supermodel largely live outside of Boston with their two children.

Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen give new meaning to the word power couple.

The Patriots quarterback is the only NFL player to win five Super Bowls playing for the same team. The Brazilian supermodel has frequently ranked on lists of the wealthiest and most powerful women in entertainment.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, the couple is worth a total of $540 million. NESN.com and The Week reported Bundchen often out-earns her husband by a margin of millions.

Here's a look inside their eight years of marriage:

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The two met through a friend back in 2006. For Bundchen, it was pretty much love at first sight.

Source: Vanity Fair, PopSugar

"The moment I saw him, he smiled and I was like, 'That is the most beautiful, charismatic smile I've ever seen,'" Bundchen told Vanity Fair.

Source: Vanity Fair

The pair spoke for three hours that night, and they haven't stopped since. "From the first day we met, we've never spent one day without speaking to each other," Bundchen said.

Source: Vanity Fair

The second season of Netflix's "Stranger Things" introduced viewers to Bob Newby (played by Sean Astin) a naive, tech geek and love interest of Joyce Byers. There's one scene that likely took viewers by surprise. We spoke wth Sean at the launch of the Sharper Image pop-up shop in Times Square to ask about the moment and how much he is like the character in the show. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. Following is a transcript of the video.

Sean Astin: Demodogs in "Stranger Things" are not well-trained. And they don't feed them. So that when it's time for them to eat an actor, there like genuinely hungry.

I didn't know what the exact fate of my character was. I knew that it wasn't going to be good. But I don't think they knew when I signed on how old Bob Newby was going to meet his fate. Meet his end.

But, no, when I finally read it, it was episode 8 that that happens. When I finally read that, it was it felt good, because it was sad that I was going to get killed off the show, but it was good, because it was like this is a heroic death, facing down the demodogs, rescuing everybody, and then dying a little.

You know, you can't see it when you're watching it, but they put kind of a baste on the costume. That really attracts them. They have incredible sense of smell.

So to be compared with Barb is a good thing, because it means that you're ... people have affection for you. You instantly liked her. She was the moral center with her relationship. And then you don't know what happens to her.

I was a card-carrying #JusticeforBarb foot soldier. Bob, on the other hand, gets to, he has a full range of experience, and it's it's no surprise what's happened to him. It's sad, so I don't think Bob Needs justice. It's nice to be remembered. I'm more of a Bob Newby superhero hashtag guy, personally, but it's not really up to me.

Am I good at brainteasers in real life?

You don't mean answering questions, you mean puzzles.

No. Hahaha ... I love them though! I love them

My dad used to have "Eyeball Benders." And other kinds of magazines that would test you and stuff. And when you finally get good at something, there's nothing more satisfying in the world. But unlike Bob Newby, I do not have the instant acuity to excel in that way.

I used to dream about the idea of something that could fly that would take pictures. When I was a little boy, 7 years old,  I dreamed about that. And now you can come to Sharper Image, and there's like little ones, and big ones and ones that hold digital cameras.

Chris Snyder: Have you flown a drone before?

Sean Astin: I have flown drones. Have I flown a drone? Yes, I have flown drones. I have flown drones into my aunt at Thanksgiving. That wasn't good. But now they have a feature in the drones that has automatic takeoff and landing, which I don't need. But it might be good to have.

I've raced drones with my kids in my house till they cry, because I will win.

Will we ever see Bob again? I don't know. He's pretty good and dead. But anything's possible in a series. So you never ... uh ...

I've heard some interesting theories. About how he's not really dead. About how he's actually a demogorgon himself. But I think that maybe a little ... It's very nice that people are trying to keep me around.

I told my daughter, who is a huge fan of the show, my 12-year-old daughter, Bella, I said, "What are you looking for in season 3?"

She said, "Oh, I don't know."

I said, "Well Bob will  just be watching from heaven."

And she goes ...

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It's that time of year. Not the holiday season, although that's coming up.

Right now, it's the time of year when we learn which freshman TV shows will survive, and which are destined to die. 

This year the pickings were weak, which means only a few will survive. So we rounded up the shows with the highest risk of getting canceled. And you might be watching some of them. 

If you're in love with one of the shows on this list, tune in while it's live on the air. Maybe you'll be the one to save it from cancellation! 

Here the new fall TV shows that will probably get canceled:

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8. "The Mayor" — ABC

Unfortunately, "The Mayor" debuted with mediocre ratings, which have gotten even worse since. A season two order is a long shot, but we're rooting for it, since it's an absolute delight, and one of the best new shows of the season. 

7. “Ten Days in the Valley” — ABC

As a limited series, ABC probably wasn't planning on ordering a second season for this series anyway, but it's one of the lowest rated new shows, and struggled so much in its Sunday night time slot that it was moved to Saturday nights (aka TV wasteland). Not even the amazing Kyra Sedgwick can save this show from getting the ax, which is sad because she's very good in it. 

6. "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World" — ABC

"Kevin (Probably) Saves the World" didn't have good ratings from the start, and they have dropped since the premiere. Kevin (probably) won't be saving the world much longer. 

The time is finally right to buy a 4K/HDR television — the next step up after HD.

I just bought one, which is saying something — I despise buying electronics, and that goes doubly so for TVs.

I'm not a videophile, and I don't buy bleeding-edge tech. I only considered the concept of buying a 4K/HDR TV because I had to review the newest Xbox One, which exists solely to provide 4K/HDR visuals.

After spending an inordinate amount of time digging in, I was convinced: It finally makes sense for the average person to consider buying a 4K/HDR TV. Here's why!

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1. The prices are finally reasonable.

I started looking for a new TV with a price in mind: I wouldn't spend over $1,000. If I couldn't buy a good 4K/HDR TV for $1,000 or under, then I would wait another year.

Turns out that was no problem whatsoever — I actually ended up spending well below $1,000.

I started by reading up on TVs at my favorite review-focused publications: CNET and The Wirecutter. I spoke with colleagues who know more about displays than I do. (Thanks, Tony and Jeff!) I went back and forth over whether to wait for OLED TV prices to come down. I watched a bunch of videos on YouTube.

In the end, I went with the TCL P-series you see above. It's Wirecutter's highest-rated TV, period.

"It's the best value we have ever seen in a TV," Wirecutter's Chris Heinonen said. "It produces images with more detail, brightness, and color than most TVs that cost hundreds more. Even when viewed side-by-side with TVs that cost 250 percent more, our viewing panel picked the TCL."

I've had the TCL set for nearly a month, and I love it so far. It cost $599.99 plus tax — significantly under the budget I set for a TV that's received universal praise from critics and buyers alike.

2. From Apple TV to Roku to Fire TV, the newest version of every set-top box comes with support for 4K and/or HDR.

If you're buying one of the newest set-top boxes, like the Apple TV, you've already got a device that's capable of powering a 4K/HDR television. You can download films and TV, and then watch them in 4K/HDR on your new TV. 

Perhaps you prefer Amazon's Fire TV stick, or Roku's various devices? There are 4K/HDR options from every set-top box maker at this point, and plenty of content to boot.

3. Streaming services are all there already.

Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video all offer streaming video in 4K, with HDR support, right now. Netflix charges a bit more for the ability to watch the higher quality stream, which is unfortunate, but it offers a ton of content for streaming in 4K/HDR. Even YouTube has 4K content.

HBO Now/Go, unfortunately, does not — it's one of the few big streaming video services that still lacks support.

• Kevin Spacey will be replaced by Christopher Plummer in the movie "All the Money in the World."
• It will cost an added $10 million-plus to cut Spacey from the movie.
• Director Ridley Scott doesn't plan to use any visual effects to replace Spacey.

It’s hard to ignore the title of the movie Kevin Spacey will be cut from: “All the Money in the World” — because it’s going to take a lot to delete the embattled actor from it.

Ridley Scott’s crime drama about the 1973 kidnapping of then 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his mother (played by Michelle Williams) to convince her son’s billionaire grandfather J. Paul Getty to pay the ransom to get him back will keep its December 22 release date despite the sexual assault and harassment allegations surrounding Spacey, who plays J. Paul Getty in the movie.

Or did.

It was announced on Thursday that Spacey would be replaced by Oscar-winning actor Christopher Plummer, even though the movie is already wrapped.

It’s a move that is unprecedented in Hollywood, and could cost over $10 million to pull off, according to Variety.

The trade asked around and that’s the expected price tag following the expected eight to ten shooting days with Plummer (who will cost between $250,000 to $400,000 to take over the role), which will include Williams and costar Mark Wahlberg to return. Their involvement will cost more if they had already done the two weeks of scheduled reshoots that were put into their contracts. Then there’s also the added cost for post production and new marketing material.

Scott, and the movie’s financiers Imperative Entertainment, feel it’s a gamble worth taking, according to the trade, as they want to get the movie out before the FX series “Trust” airs in January, which also looks at the Getty kidnapping.

Surprisingly, Scott will not be doing the Plummer reshoots with digital effects, according to Variety.

When the news broke of Spacey being replaced most believed Plummer would be thrown in front of a green screen and pasted into Spacey’s scenes. However, Scott and the movie's producers believe it will be more economical to reshoot the scenes, which are mostly either of shots of the character by himself or with only a few other actors.

Shooting will be done in the next two weeks, according to Variety.

Though there are numerous movies in the past that suddenly had to bring in a new actors in the middle of production for various reasons — Martin Sheen replaced Harvey Keitel in “Apocalypse Now,” Michael J. Fox replaced Eric Stoltz in “Back to the Future” — this is the first time an actor has been replaced due to an off-screen scandal.

Spacey was fired from his hit Netflix show, “House of Cards,” earlier this month after several men accused the Oscar-winning actor of sexual harassment or assault. The show’s sixth and final season has since halted production.

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• Rebel Wilson tweeted on Saturday about being sexual harassed.
• Once was by a "male star" another time was by a "top director."
• She vows to "no longer be POLITE" if she witnesses behavior like this going forward.

Rebel Wilson is the latest actress to share her experience of being sexually harassed in Hollywood. 

The "Pitch Perfect" star took to Twitter on Saturday and fired off tweets about what she has gone through in her career. Once with a "male star" in a "position of power," and then also a "hotel encounter" with a "top director."

"As you guys know, I'm a pretty strong and confident person but even I have a story to tell," Wilson wrote in her first tweet. 

"A male star, in a position of power asked me to go into a room with him and then asked me repeatedly to stick my finger up his a--," Wilson went on to tweet. Adding that the actor's male friends were also there and tried to record the incident on their iPhones. She refused and was able to get out of the room. 

Wilson said she was later "threatened" by one of the star's representatives to "be nice" and support the male star. She has since told others to stay clear of the male star.

Wilson also tweeted: "Earlier in my career, I also had a 'hotel room' encounter with a top director. I thought we were there to talk comedy. Nothing physical happened because the guy's wife called and started abusing him over the phone for sleeping with actresses."

The actress closed her tweets by stating that going forward she would "no longer be POLITE" if she witnessed this type of behavior again.

"Interpret that as you will," she tweeted.

Here are Wilson's tweets on being sexual harassed:

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What is eSports? History & Rise of Video Game Tournaments

Years ago, eSports was a community of video gamers who would gather at conventions to play Counter Strike, Call of Duty, or League of Legends.

These multiplayer video game competitions would determine League of Legends champions, the greatest shooters in Call of Duty, the cream of the crop of Street Fighter players, the elite Dota 2 competitors, and more.

But today, as the history of eSports continue to unfold, media giants such as ESPN and Turner are broadcasting eSports tournaments and competitions. And in 2014, Amazon acquired Twitch, the live streaming video platform that has been and continues to be the leader in online gaming broadcasts. And YouTube also wanted to jump on the live streaming gaming community with the creation of YouTube Gaming.

eSports Market Growth Booming

To put in perspective how big eSports is becoming, a Google search for "lol" does not produce "laughing out loud" as the top result. Instead, it points to League of Legends, one of the most popular competitive games in existence. The game has spawned a worldwide community called the League of Legends Championship Series, more commonly known as LCS or LOL eSports.

What started as friends gathering in each other's homes to host LAN parties and play into the night has become an official network of pro gaming tournaments and leagues with legitimate teams, some of which are even sponsored and have international reach. Organizations such as Denial, AHQ, and MLG have multiple eSports leagues.

And to really understand the scope of all this, consider that the prize pool for the latest Dota 2 tournament was more than $20 million.

Websites even exist for eSports live scores to let people track the competitions in real time if they are unable to watch. There are even fantasy eSports leagues similar to fantasy football, along with the large and growing scene of eSports betting and gambling.

So it's understandable why traditional media companies would want to capitalize on this growing trend just before it floods into the mainstream. Approximately 300 million people worldwide tune in to eSports today, and that number is growing rapidly. By 2020, that number will be closer to 500 million.

eSports Industry Analysis - The Future of the Competitive Gaming Market

Financial institutions are starting to take notice. Goldman Sachs valued eSports at $500 million in 2016 and expects the market will grow at 22% annually compounded over the next three years into a more than $1 billion opportunity.

And industry statistics are already backing this valuation and demonstrating the potential for massive earnings. To illustrate the market value, market growth, and potential earnings for eSports, consider Swedish media company Modern Times Group's $87 million acquisition of Turtle Entertainment, the holding company for ESL. YouTube has made its biggest eSports investment to date by signing a multiyear broadcasting deal with Faceit to stream the latter's Esports Championship Series. And the NBA will launch its own eSports league in 2018.

Of course, as with any growing phenomenon, the question becomes: How do advertisers capitalize? This is especially tricky for eSports because of its audience demographics, which is young, passionate, male-dominated, and digital-first. They live online and on social media, are avid ad-blockers, and don't watch traditional TV or respond to conventional advertising.

So what will the future of eSports look like? How high can it climb? Could it reach the mainstream popularity of baseball or football? How will advertisers be able to reach an audience that does its best to shield itself from advertising?

Robert Elder, research analyst for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled an unparalleled report on the eSports ecosystem that dissects the growing market for competitive gaming. This comprehensive, industry-defining report contains more than 30 charts and figures that forecast audience growth, average revenue per user, and revenue growth.

Companies and organizations mentioned in the report include: NFL, NBA, English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, NHL, Paris Saint-Germain, Ligue 1, Ligue de Football, Twitch, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, ESPN, Electronic Arts, EA Sports, Valve, Riot Games, Activision Blizzard, ESL, Turtle Entertainment, Dreamhack, Modern Times Group, Turner Broadcasting, TBS Network, Vivendi, Canal Plus, Dailymotion, Disney, BAMTech, Intel, Coca Cola, Red Bull, HTC, Mikonet

Here are some eSports industry facts and statistics from the report:

• eSports is a still nascent industry filled with commercial opportunity.
• There are a variety of revenue streams that companies can tap into.
• The market is presently undervalued and has significant room to grow.
• The dynamism of this market distinguishes it from traditional sports.
• The audience is high-value and global, and its numbers are rising.
• Brands can prosper in eSports by following the appropriate game plan.
• Game publishers approach their Esport ecosystems in different ways.  
• Successful esport games are comprised of the same basic ingredients.
• Digital streaming platforms are spearheading the popularity of eSports.
• Legacy media are investing into eSports, and seeing encouraging results.
• Traditional sports franchises have a clear opportunity to seize in eSports.
• Virtual and augmented reality firms also stand to benefit from eSports.  

In full, the report illuminates the business of eSports from four angles:

• The gaming nucleus of eSports, including an overview of popular esport genres and games; the influence of game publishers, and the spectrum of strategies they adopt toward their respective esport scenes; the role of eSports event producers and the tournaments they operate.
• The eSports audience profile, its size, global reach, and demographic, psychographic, and behavioral attributes; the underlying factors driving its growth; why they are an attractive target for brands and broadcasters; and the significant audience and commercial crossover with traditional sports.
• eSports media broadcasters, including digital avant-garde like Twitch and YouTube, newer digital entrants like Facebook and traditional media outlets like Turner’s TBS Network, ESPN, and Canal Plus; their strategies and successes in this space; and the virtual reality opportunity.
• eSports market economics, with a market sizing, growth forecasts, and regional analyses; an evaluation of the eSports spectacle and its revenue generators, some of which are idiosyncratic to this industry; strategic planning for brand marketers, with case studies; and an exploration of the infinite dynamism and immense potential of the eSports economy.

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• "Saturday Night Live"  opened Saturday with a sketch lampooning the recent sexual misconduct allegations facing Alabama senator candidate Roy Moore
• In the sketch, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, played by Kate McKinnon, tells Moore that he is "too Alabama" for him

'Saturday Night Live' took on the recent sexual misconduct allegations facing Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Alabama senator, in a sketch Saturday.

The skit, which opened the program, begins with cast member Beck Bennett, as Vice President Mike Pence, telling Mikey Day's Moore that he needs to drop out of the Senate race. Bennett makes a joke that he is unsure the recent allegations will be enough to sway Alabama voters to not vote for Moore.

Allegations surfaced Thursday after The Washington Post published a bombshell report alleging that Moore pursued sexual encounters with teenage girls, including one 14-year-old, nearly 40 years ago.

Moore asks Bennet's Pence to call "the Boss," to which Pence replies that he won't call Vladimir Putin.

After Bennet leaves the sketch, McKinnon as Attorney General Jeff Sessions enters to tell Moore that he is "used to being the creepiest one in the room," but that Moore outdoes him. He then tells him that he is "too Alabama" for him.

The sketch also made a reference to the recent sexual misconduct allegations facing comedian Louis C.K., who admitted that the "stories are true" in a recent statement.

Here's the skit:

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Netflix has won over critics with a number of its original series, but the company has had its share of critical flops, too.

But critical reception can often mean next to nothing to the everyday viewer, who will flock to shows that critics have condemned, like the Netflix original comedy "Friends From College."

To find out which critically panned Netflix series are still beloved by audiences, we turned to the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to see which shows had significant discrepancies between their "critic" and "audience" scores.

We then ranked the shows by their audience scores, and we used the larger discrepancies to break any ties.

Here are 13 Netflix original shows that critics really hate, but audiences love:

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13. "Hemlock Grove"

Critic score: 38%

Audience score: 70%

Difference: 32%

Netflix description: "Secrets are just a part of daily life in the small Pennsylvania town of Hemlock Grove, where the darkest evils hide in plain sight."

12. "Girlboss"

Critic score: 32%

Audience score: 70%

Difference: 38%

Netflix description: "Rebellious and broke, Sophia stumbles into creating an online business and learns how to be the boss. A comedy inspired by the best-selling memoir."

11. "Between"

Critic score: 22%

Audience score: 71%

Difference: 49% 

Netflix description: "After a mysterious disease kills every resident over 22 years old, survivors of a town must fend for themselves when the government quarantines them."

• "Thor: Ragnarok" easily wins the box office for a second-straight week with $57 million.
• The Disney/Marvel movie now has a global gross of over $600 million.
• "Daddy's Home 2" edges out "Murder on the Orient Express" to take second place.
• "Bad Moms Christmas" has the strongest second weekend hold of any comedy this year with only a 31% drop from its opening weekend.

Disney/Marvel's latest hit "Thor: Ragnarok" had no trouble winning the domestic box office for a second-straight weekend as it took in an estimated $57 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter, to bring its North American total to $209 million and over $600 million globally.

But it was the title that took second place that was interesting to watch over the weekend.

It came down to two titles that overachieved: 20th Century Fox's "Murder on the Orient Express" and Paramount Picture's "Daddy's Home 2."

Both came in with low scores on Rotten Tomatoes (58% for "Orient Express" and 16% for "Daddy's Home 2") but that didn't seem to matter as the movies, both playing on over 3,000 screens, have had almost identical figures going into Sunday.

"Orient Express," the latest movie version of the Agatha Christie murder mystery novel that includes an all-star cast (Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kenneth Branagh, who also directed the movie) took in $10.7 million on Friday (including $1.6 million in Thursday previews).

While "Daddy's Home 2," the Will Ferrell/Mark Wahlberg comedy that brought on John Lithgow and Mel Gibson for the sequel, earned $10.9 million ($1.5 million in previews).

"Daddy's Home" edged out "Orient Express" to take second place this weekend with a $30 million total versus $28.2 million, respectably.

However, both exceeded industry projections, which is puzzling seeing "Orient Express" catered to the 30+ crowd and "Daddy's Home 2" is a sequel to a somewhat forgettable original. But it looks like the star power in both titles helped get people to the theater.

Both titles should find more coin as they head into the Thanksgiving holiday.

Around the top 10 this weekend, STX Films' "Bad Moms Christmas" had a very strong second weekend, only dropping 31% (strongest second weekend hold of any comedy this year) with a $11.5 million take. And A24's "Lady Bird" looks to have the potential of being a big earner. Expanding to 37 screens this weekend, it had a $33,000 per-screen average taking in $1.2 million.

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