May 2012

AFT #38: Community shake-up, The rise of the showrunner, CBS fall schedule, House, Rules of Engagement and more

by Joel Keller May 24, 2012 Podcasts

Joel and Jason started the podcast this week by somehow connecting The Celebrity Apprentice to PBS. If you really follow the thread along with them, though, it makes complete sense. We then get into the big issues (TV-wise) of the week: Dan Harmon is out as Community’s showrunner, and we try to decide if the [...]

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AFT #37: AGT and Howard Stern, New Fall Schedules, HIMYM, The Offfice, Parks and Rec, and more

by Joel Keller May 16, 2012 Podcasts

It’s finales and upfronts time, so there’s a whole lot for Jason and Joel to talk about, even as a massive thunderstorm raged outside of Joel’s window, making his network speeds completely inconsistent. But we soldiered through and talked about all the news: We started with America’s Got Talent and its new judge, Howard Stern. [...]

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AFT #36: The Voice finale, Howard Stern on AGT, Cougar Town to TBS, Mad Men and more

by Joel Keller May 10, 2012 Podcasts

Joel did not watch American Idol like he promised last week, so Jason had every right to call him names. They did, however talk about a certain singing show that ended this week, along with a whole bunch of TV-related stuff: We started with The Voice finale, and how it became more about Christina Aguilera [...]

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AFT #35: How Being a Critic is Like Being in High School, The Voice, 30 Rock, Community, Girls, Fantasy Island and more

by Joel Keller May 3, 2012 Podcasts

Jason and Joel are joined this week by friend of the ‘cast Will Harris of The AV Club and elsewhere, and we start things by asking him about his favorite Random Roles interviews… mainly because he’s done a lot of them lately. We then go on to talk about the stories of the week: We [...]

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