8/24 She Got Canceled, Renewed, and Promoted — All Before Her Trial Date

Tonight on The Monday After: Taylor Frankie Paul was too messy for network television in March. By November, apparently, she’s exactly messy enough — ABC has resurrected her long-buried Bachelorette season, and somehow she’s also locked in a new deal for Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Eight months ago this woman was radioactive. Now she’s got two shows. We’re asking the question nobody at Disney wants asked out loud: what, precisely, changed? (Spoiler: nothing changed. The calendar did.)Then we go somewhere heavier — and somewhere the internet has strong, deeply unqualified opinions. Lindsay Clancy is on trial for killing her three children, and while the actual courtroom sorts out actual evidence, TikTok’s wine-mom commentariat has appointed itself judge, jury, and character witness — for Patrick. Ryan’s not interested in the astrology-chart theories. He’s got his own read on what happened in that house, and he’s saying it flat, no hedge, no “allegedly.”Plus: Ashton’s grab bag (a fraud professor, a womanhood debate nobody asked for, and a farewell nobody wanted to write), and the return of Burn Line — new number, zero excuses not to use it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themondayafter2025.substack.com/subscribe