Katie Joplin is an American sitcom created by Tom Seeley and Norm Gunzenhauser that aired for one season on The WB Television Network from August to September 1999. Park Overall plays the title character, a single mother who tries to balance her job as a radio program host with parenting her teenage son Greg (Jesse Head). Supporting characters include her boss, played by Jay Thomas (pictured), her niece (Ana Reeder), and her co-workers (Jim Rash and Simon Rex). The series was optioned as a mid-season replacement for the 1998–1999 television season, but was delayed for a year after production issues. Katie Joplin received the lowest ratings for any original program The WB aired in its time slot. Of the seven episodes filmed, only five were aired. Critics recommended Katie Joplin prior to its premiere and discussed the delay in its airing. Retrospective reviews of the series were negative.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1870:

Louisa Swain became the first woman in the United States to vote in a general election. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Swain

1963:

The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the Vietnam War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krulak%E2%80%93Mendenhall_mission

1976:

Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hakodate, Japan, declaring his intention to defect to the West. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Belenko

2018:

The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_India

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bray: 1. (intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry. 2. (intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray. 3. (transitive) To make or utter (a shout, sound, etc.) discordantly, loudly, or in a harsh and grating manner. [...] 4. (transitive, archaic) To crush or pound, especially using a pestle and mortar. 5. (transitive, Britain, chiefly Yorkshire, by extension) To hit (someone or something). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bray

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

There are eras of human history in which the channels of thought have been too deeply cut and no change was possible, and nothing new ever happened, and "best" was a matter of dogma, but that is not the situation now. Now the stream of our common consciousness seems to be obliterating its own banks, losing its central direction and purpose, flooding the lowlands, disconnecting and isolating the highlands and to no particular purpose other than the wasteful fulfillment of its own internal momentum. Some channel deepening seems called for.   --Robert M. Pirsig https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_M._Pirsig