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AFT #87: Tornado Coverage, ‘Office’ Finale, ‘Elementary,’ ‘Scandal’ and More

by Joel Keller May 23, 2013 Podcasts

We started our discussion this week by talking about how Jason was able to see the embargoed season finale of Mike & Molly, and it spiraled from there: The big tornado in Oklahoma sent the news networks into a frenzy. We talk yet again about whether the constant over-covered bad news is giving us tragedy [...]

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AFT #86: Upfronts-a-palooza, ‘HIMYM’, ‘New Girl,’ Seth Meyers and More

by Joel Keller May 17, 2013 Podcasts

There was so much news this week, we think we forgot a lot of stuff: We started with this week’s upfronts (except for the CW), talking about the networks’ scheduling decisions, the concepts and trailers for some of the new shows (Will Arnett may have struck out again with The Millers), why certain shows, like [...]

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AFT #85: New FOX Dramas, ‘The Voice’, Tiny Mother-Daughter Age Differences and More

by Joel Keller May 9, 2013 Podcasts

We waited a half hour to record the podcast so we could watch the results show of The Voice, and while we were doing that, a little news broke: FOX announced the first new series pickups of upfront season. We talk about the new FOX dramas (more info on the rest of the pickups, renewals [...]

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AFT #84: NBC renewals, ‘Mad Men’ mumbling, our mistakes, music on reality shows, ‘New Girl’ relationships and more

by Joel Keller May 2, 2013 Podcasts

We spent the first twenty or so minutes of the podcast addressing a note we got from a listener, telling us about our mistakes. It was a good way to start talking about some of the interesting news of the week:

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AFT #83: American Idol’s near switcheroo, Mad Men’s caustic characters, Top of the Lake, Rectify, Amazon pilots, Boston manhunt coverage and more

by Joel Keller April 25, 2013 Podcasts

Jason’s house almost got flooded last week, so he didn’t watch any of the Boston manhunt coverage last week; he was too busy moving all of his belongings to his bedroom. We talk about the news coverage and other topics of the week: The Boston manhunt coverage was strange because it had a lot of [...]

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AFT #82: Tributes to Allison Waldman and Pat Summerall, Boston coverage, Awkward vs. Suburgatory, Defiance, reality fakery and more

by Joel Keller April 18, 2013 Podcasts

We start the podcast with some sad news. Our former TV Squad colleague (and guest of our old podcast) Allison Waldman passed away earlier this week, and we talk about her friendship, her writing, and her devotion to Barbra Streisand. We then go on to the news of the week: We start with the coverage [...]

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AFT #81: Mad Men premiere, a tribute to Roger Ebert, Alec Baldwin in late night, IFC and Syfy, Cougar Town, why there are no “national” TV critics and more

by Joel Keller April 11, 2013 Podcasts

It’s the “death by a thousand cuts” edition of the podcast, as we spend two hours largely talking about lots of little stuff in the world of TV. But we kick it off by talking about Joel sitting in on Tom Scharpling’s Best Show on WFMU (he’s doing a story about Scharpling) and the subsequent [...]

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AFT #80: Walking Dead finale, Game of Thrones, Mad Men secrecy, Doctor Who, FX’s new networks and more

by Joel Keller April 4, 2013 Podcasts

We recorded this podcast before Roger Ebert — who meant as much to TV as he did to the movies — passed away. We’ll talk more about him next week. For now, though, lots of stuff to chat about: We start by taking two whole minutes to discuss NBC telling America what it already knows: [...]

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AFT #79: The Voice, Revolution, Top of the Lake, Walking Dead, CBS renewals, our big House of Cards spoilerfest and more

by Joel Keller March 28, 2013 Podcasts

This one was an epic: 2 hours and 17 minutes full of talking TV and having a ton of Skype problems. But no fear; if you haven’t watched House of Cards, then the podcast is only 1 hour and 28 minutes long: We start by talking about Top of the Lake, the thick accents, the [...]

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AFT #78: Girls finale, The Americans, Walking Dead, Top of the Lake, Bates Motel, Leno and Fallon and more

by Joel Keller March 21, 2013 Podcasts

March Madness started today, and we talked about how the first two days of the NCAA basketball tournament are one of the craziest days of sports on TV. Then we get to the important TV stuff this week: We talk the “controversy” over the “Obama look-alike” playing Satan on The Bible, and why we all [...]

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