Sabato Theories, Fox’s Football Fix, A Hollywood Cautionary Tale

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon roundup of Puck’s best new reporting.

First up today, Peter Hamby untangles an unexpected, generational shift emerging in national presidential polls: While young men and Gen X are moving to the right, Kamala Harris is banking on boomers—and older women, in particular—to close the gap in the race to 270.

Plus, below the fold: Lauren Sherman shares intel from Milan about Gucci’s looming restructuring. John Ourand examines Fox’s fixation on a longtime dead zone—Friday nights—to expand its college football imprint. Scott Mendelson unpacks how Transformer One became the latest Hollywood cautionary tale. On Fashion People, Becky Malinksy and Lauren debate the fate of Gucci designer Sabato De Sarno. On The Powers That Be, Peter is joined by Dylan Byers to discuss the latest on l’affaire Olivia Nuzzi. And on Somebody’s Gotta Win, former Trump adviser Sam Nunberg joins Tara Palmeri for a saucy, politically incorrect conversation about the unsteady state of the Trump campaign in its final days.

PETER HAMBY

Democrats generally pin their hopes on a surge of young voters in order to blunt the G.O.P.’s historic advantage among the olds. But something different is happening this election cycle: While young men and Gen X are moving to the right, Harris is banking on boomers—and older women, in particular—to close the gap.

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LAUREN SHERMAN

News and notes from fashion week in Milan: what Gucci’s restructuring means for Sabato De Sarno, Blazy’s ‘Working Girl’ world at Bottega Veneta, Bellotti’s pretty-slash-nasty looks at Bally, and why everyone is talking about Dolce & Gabbana.

JOHN OURAND

As the Big Ten expanded, Fox tried to extend its successful noontime programming strategy to another traditionally uncompetitive dead zone: Friday nights. So far, it’s working.

SCOTT MENDELSON

Despite some incredible prerelease buzz around ‘Transformers One,’ the latest entry in the toy franchise proved to be another cautionary tale about what happens when a studio keeps exploiting franchises past their sell-by date.