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Episode 310: Good One Bad One, Fall 2021 Edition Sep 23, 2021

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This year's crop of fall shows is small but potent. Look forward to watching each of these good and/or bad shows with us over the next few weeks. This is an episode that MOST of us came prepared for. SHOW NOTES: Y: The Last Man on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/y-the-last-man-9fb2d79b-1280-48be-b185-f989b9c9519a Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol on Peacock: https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/dan-browns-the-lost-symbol Foundation on Apple TV+: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3 La Brea on NBC: https://www.nbc.com/la-brea The Big Leap on Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-big-leap-f6dc6023-2033-491e-a336-b9920735fb26 The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-problem-with-jon-stewart/umc.cmc.4fcexvzqezr25p9weks6sxpob

Episode 309: A Ted Lasso S2 mid-season roundtable Sep 16, 2021

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Although Margaret could not be with us for this episode, when it was time to check in with season two of Ted Lasso we knew that we'd be in capable hands with our friends Christina Tucker and Sophie Brookover. They join us this week for a conversation about the ups and downs of both Ted Lasso and Ted Lasso discourse, and they have a couple recommendations for what to watch. We cover such topics as: Sam! Whether this show has conflict! The experience of watching serial television! And, alarmingly, we attempt to discuss sports.

Episode 308: Only Podcasts in the Building Sep 09, 2021

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We're back, glory be! On this week's episode we're discussing a shocking revelation in the world of children's TV programming, the debatable delights of Doc McStuffins, and the absolutely established joys of Hulu's new original series Only Murders in the Building (with its gloriously Ephronian setting).

ATV Rerun: Someone made Andrew watch Dr. Facehands Sep 02, 2021

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There is also a second segment to this episode, in which Andrew, Margaret and Kathryn all pitch imaginary TV shows about good journalism, and as per usual Margaret has an eerie number of truly fantastic TV ideas. But the main event here is that a patron forced Andrew to watch a truly awful TV show called Do No Harm aka Dr Facehands, and it was magnificent.

ATV Rerun: TV Chemistry Fight Fight Fight! Aug 26, 2021

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Andrew and Margaret return to the skeptical and often controversial Kathrynth Circuit Court for a TV versus TV debate: what duo has the most TV chemistry? Kathryn makes a decision sure to infuriate truly everyone; please know that your hate mail will be received calmly and disregarded quickly.

They then turn to a discussion of how chemistry works on TV, who has it and who does not. Many things are agreed upon, except for Kathryn's ruling.

ATV Rerun: Dickinson Creator Alena Smith Aug 19, 2021

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With five weeks of Ted Lasso remaining and no new Schmigadoon to watch, we suspect many of you might be looking for some new way to make the most of your Apple TV+ subscription. So, for our first Summer Hiatus Rerun, we're sharing the interview we did with Dickinson creator Alena Smith in January, 2020. Consider this our pitch for letting a little corseted chaos into your life.

Episode 307: Evil, Feel Good Book Club Finale, and a summer hiatus Aug 12, 2021

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We take a brief detour into the wacky world of Robert and Michele King to talk about how Evil Season 2 is going, then we do some fantasy casting of Broadway actors in Kings' projects before wrapping up our Feel Good TV Book Club.

Also: we're taking a break! We'll be posting some reruns over the next few weeks and we'll see you all in September.

EVIL on Paramount+: https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/evil/

Feel Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80241545

Episode 306: Which one of us would suck least on Survivor? Aug 05, 2021

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This is episode two of our Feel Good book club, where we discuss episodes 3 and 4 of season one. Serious topics are considered, including: does George still suck as much, what is Mae's stand-up actually like, and also how is Lisa Kudrow *this* good at her job?

But before we get there, we bring up a topic that requires careful, detailed thought. Which one of us would suck the least if we were contestants on Survivor?

Episode 305: Screaming Services & Ted Lasso Jul 29, 2021

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On this week's episode, we introduce a new segment (name TBD) where we tell you how to get the most out of one month with any minor league streaming service. In honor of Ted Lasso's season 2 premiere last Friday (a glorious event to which we devote some time and attention), we've focus our first session on Apple TV+. Come for the earnest advice, but stay for the absolutely harrowing fuck-marry-kill the discussion occasions.

Episode 304: Feel Good, Pt 1 plus Hot Q's and Cool A's Jul 22, 2021

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On this week's episode we begin our TV Book Club on Netflix's Feel Good, a show where extremely charming queer people make exceptionally poor decisions, but first: we answer some questions from our Tumblr ask box. Margaret goes long on the subject of library school, we all discuss the scam of terminal master degree programs (recently documented more thoroughly by Anne Helen Petersen), and then-- the true highlight-- we each share an embarrassing story we've not previously told on the podcast.

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