December 2012

AFT #66: Doctor Who, AMC’s showrunner revolving door, X Factor, TV in 2012 and more

by Joel Keller December 27, 2012 Podcasts

We thought we didn’t have much to talk about, but we end up going for almost two hours because we just can’t shut up: We talked about the Doctor Who Christmas special, the new companion, and why the Brits air Xmas specials while we in the States have to put up with repeats on Dec. [...]

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AFT #65: Homeland finale, The Voice finale, How TV handled the Newtown shootings, HIMYM, Golden Globes and more

by Joel Keller December 20, 2012 Podcasts

A surprisingly busy week in the world of TV was overshadowed by the shootings in Newtown, CT, and that’s where we turn our attention to first: We talk about how, even though the TV news media was relatively restrained in Newtown, they were still very intrusive, especially when they talked to kids. We also talked [...]

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AFT #64: Homeland, The Voice, Lena Dunham, Survivor and more

by Joel Keller December 13, 2012 Podcasts

We recorded this week’s podcast on the “magical” date 12-12-12, while the massive 12-12-12 charity concert was playing all over TV, so we start things there: We talk about charity concerts and telethons like 12-12-12, and how annoyed we’d be if we called in a pledge and got Andy Dick on the phone instead of, [...]

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AFT #63: Walking Dead, The Voice, and the big mid-season review!

by Joel Keller December 6, 2012 Podcasts

Our friend Will Harris joined us (eventually) for our mid-season review, but we had a few things to talk about first (sorry, no timestamps this week): We start by talking about Homeland without really talking about it, considering Jason hasn’t caught up and Will doesn’t watch it. So, despite last week’s crazy episode, you’ll have [...]

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