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Mentioned in tonight’s email: Ryan Murphy, Shonda Rhimes, J.J. Abrams, Dana Walden, J.R.R. Tolkien and Jeff Bezos. But first…

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Nielsen reported last week that The Rings of Power’s first two episodes amassed 1.25 billion minutes watched, or some 9.5 million completed views, according to my calculations. (Amazon noted that the series “attracted more than 25 million viewers globally” on its first day.) That’s decidedly less than the combined