Welcome back to What I’m Hearing. Half of Hollywood seems to be in Paris for the Olympics (more below)—which, even with all that poop in the Seine, still seems a lot less stinky than Hall H at Comic-Con. Thoughts and prayers to those enduring the seventh ring of marketing hell in San Diego.

Caption contest winner!: Thanks to all who submitted captions for Monday’s silly pic of an exuberant Wendi Murdoch with Lauren Sánchez. Many made me smile, only one made me LOL, and it was…

“You’re gonna make it after all!”

Yeah, a 50-year-old reference to the theme song from Mary Tyler Moore, a show I’ve never watched, is our winner. Tom O’Neill is getting some Puck merch, congrats!

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Let’s begin…

• Silver dunks on Zaslav: No, I don’t know how the Warner Bros. Discovery lawsuit against the NBA will play out—they haven’t even sued or initiated arbitration yet. This “appropriate action” (Warners’ words), if it’s ever filed and not just a threat for a go-away payment, could be decided privately, depending on the contract. It’s not a great fact for David Zaslav that Warners invited...