March 2012

AFT #30: Mad Men, The decline of the recap, Smash, Game of Thrones, Alcatraz and more

by Joel Keller March 28, 2012 Podcasts

This week had some interesting TV news (and non-TV news, namely the Trayvon Martin case), but for the most part the week has been Mad Men, Mad Men and more Mad Men, and that’s what we lead off with: We talk about the Mad Men season 5 premiere and wonder if the critics lathered praise [...]

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AFT #29: Walking Dead, The Killing, Luck, Mad Men, DWTS woes, Rosie, Community and More

by Joel Keller March 21, 2012 Podcasts

We never think we’re going to talk for an hour and a half, but we end up doing it anyway, mainly because we’re both so damned talkative. Anyway, lots of stuff to talk about this week, so the 90 minutes is justified: We talk about CBS’ renewals, and why we don’t talk about procedurals on [...]

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AFT #28: Walking Dead and Desperate Housewives deaths, Mad Men’s spolier policy, SNL, The Voice and more

by Joel Keller March 15, 2012 Podcasts

After Joel had some “issues” last week, we’re back and talking about more fun and games from the world of TV: It feels like there’s so much more pilot news than there used to be, right? Or is it more pilots? We wonder why networks (besides CBS) are holding out for their development season to [...]

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AFT #27: Oscars, DWTS, Smash, FX comedies, Walking Dead and more

by Joel Keller March 1, 2012 Podcasts

We geek out at the start of this week’s podcast by talking about our old IT days and what a waste of time and money getting certifications was (how we got on that topic makes for an interesting listen), but then we get on to the business of TV: Yes, the Oscars sucked and Billy [...]

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