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For the Season 21 section of the page, for the sentence that talks about the premiere date, delete the "21" and add the word "the" between "that" and "season". Can you please fix that? Please. 2601:40A:8400:5A40:EDEE:269D:D288:9EE2 (talk) 12:12, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 14:04, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Hellooo, so I was planning on adding every director that has been on the show and I also wanted to move them down to production instead of being on the top so it doesn't look like a huge long list of all these directors before the rest of the cast. But let me know if I can move directors under the Production section in the info box so I can add in every director that's been there. If I can't then I totally understand. TypicallyRyan (talk) 21:58, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]