June 2012

AFT #42: The Newsroom, Sorkin fatigue, Snooki & JWOWW, Reality show fakery, FX comedies, Some fall pilots and more

by Joel Keller June 28, 2012 Podcasts

We keep it under 90 minutes this time around, mainly because we stretched things out so much last week, but also because there’s not a ton going on: We start by talking about the premiere of The Newsroom, and whether it’s bad or not that the show is basically a mix of Aaron Sorkin’s previous [...]

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AFT #41: The Killing finale, Bunheads again, Dallas, Girls, Cord-cutters and HBO GO, and more

by Joel Keller June 21, 2012 Podcasts

It’s amazing how, during a summer when “nothing” is going on, we’re doing our longest podcasts ever. This one clocks in just short of an appalling two hours. But what we talk about is worth it: We start by talking about the disappointing season finale of The Killing, where we finally find out who killed [...]

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AFT #40: Our first anniversary! Plus Bunheads, Auteurs leaning on what works, Mad Men, The Killing, Hate-watching and more

by Joel Keller June 13, 2012 Podcasts

A year ago this week, we uploaded our first test podcast to iTunes, so Jason and Joel opened things this week by talking about what they’ve learned about doing this podcast for the last year. Then we get into the stories of the week: We start by talking about Bunheads on ABC Family, which is [...]

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AFT #39: Cable upgrade woes, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Girls, Richard Dawson, Aaron Sorkin, Hatfields and McCoys and more

by Joel Keller June 7, 2012 Podcasts

We took a week off because Joel was too busy celebrating his birthday, so we have a lot to catch up on: We start with some complaining about cable company customer service, as Joel talks about the saga of trying to upgrade his service, We then talk about the record ratings of the History miniseries [...]

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