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The Scandal Episode w/ Katie Lowes & Guillermo Diaz Feb 22, 2023

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Gladiators Unite! Ashley’s Scandal episode is here with special guests Katie Lowes & Guillermo Diaz straight from their new podcast Unpacking the Toolbox. Ashley asks Katie aka ‘Quinn Perkins’ and Guillermo aka ‘Huck’ about their favorite Scandal moments, life on and off set during that time and their hopes for future Shondaland collaborations (Shonda, we need a horror thriller with Guillermo, STAT!). Have you always wanted to know the table read cast reaction when they realized Olivia Pope was about to beat a man in a wheelchair to death with a chair? This is the episode for you!

What We Watched:

Scandal

Inventing Anna

Weeds

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Judging the Superbowl w/ Lauren Lapkus & Paul. F. Tompkins Feb 14, 2023

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For Super Bowl Sunday, Ashley is joined by the world’s best (newly appointed) TV Commercial critics, comedians & podcasters: Lauren Lapkus and Paul F. Tompkins! It’s the TV event with the most viewers from around the world and the stakes and tensions are high! Did we have too many celebrities in the commercials? Has Reality TV jumped the shark? Do we always and forever love Rihanna?

What We Watched:

Superbowl

Homework:

The Last of Us

Animal Control

Below Deck

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way

Velma

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Peacockin’ w/ Sam Sanders & Zach Stafford Feb 08, 2023

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This week, Ashley is joined by journalists, cultural commentators and wannabe HBO Girlies: Sam Sanders & Zach Stafford! The trio get right into whether The Last of Us is good TV or great TV, Murray Bartlett’s strawberries and which network is killing it at the moment. From everyone’s favorite Saturday Night Live performer to which streamers are supporting black creators and respecting black audiences, this episode will give you some hot TV takes and leave you surprised with who supports capitalism (it’s Sam).

What We Watched:

The Last Of Us

Looking

Physical

Welcome to Chippendales

Reboot

Love Without Borders

Poker Face

Traders

Homework:

Bad Sisters

Fleishman’s in Trouble

Shrinking

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They Hate To See It w/ Imani Hakim Feb 01, 2023

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This episode is giving post apocalyptic scaredy cats! It’s giving stand out child actor stars and it’s giving perfect comic timing with a couple of TV exclusive scoops! Join Ashley Ray to talk about where Imani got her comedy chops (Everybody Hates Chris) and her return to comedy all these years later (Mythic Quest!) and there’s a special guest reviewer: Ashley’s Mom Sharon tells you why she LOVES her new favorite show Poker Face!

What We Watched:

The Last of Us

Poker Face

Mythic Quest

Everybody Hates Chris

Selling Sunset / Tampa / The OC

Bling Empire

Abbott Elementary

That’s So Raven

Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Boy Meets World

Scandal

How To Get Away With Murder

Euphoria

Homework:

Poker Face

The Last of Us

Extraordinary

Extreme Sisters

90 Day Fiance: The Other Way

Below Deck: Adventure

You

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Hot TV Takes w/ Nicole & Sasheer Jan 25, 2023

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Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata are two TV greats, and they’re both in Ashley’s fave network TV sitcoms Grand Crew and Home Economics. They join TV Club to share what they’ve been loving on TV lately (if it’s a teenager in high school with some troubles, we’re all in), as Sasheer debates which TV anti-hero is the most irredeemable character while Nicole dishes the smoothest and hottest hot TV takes about Drag Race and 90 Day Fiance.

Listen to Nicole & Sasheer on their podcast Best Friends!

What We Watched:

Wednesday

Heartstopper

13 Reasons Why

Fleishman is in Trouble

The Patient

Velma

Yellowjackets

Drag Race

Gossip Girl Reboot

That 90s Show

Home Economics

Grand Crew

Nailed It!

The Goldbergs

Homework:

90 Day Fiance: The Other Way

Darcey & Stacey

Mythic Quest

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TV Moms are Horny Too! w/ Debra Jo Rupp Jan 18, 2023

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We’re revisiting the 90s and getting super nostalgic about the 70s, with Ashley’s guest Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show, That 90s Show and WandaVision). Debra Jo and Ashley connect over The Challenge and get wistful about Reality TV Game Shows over the years but find out what role has been Debra Jo’s favorite (An Actor’s Dream!) but more importantly which TV Show set had the best catering. Ashley also tells Debra Jo all about the Grey’s Anatomy Scammer controversy.

That 90s Show airs on Netflix on January 19.

What We Watched:

The Last of Us

Velma

Ginny & Georgia

Paul T. Goldman

Below Deck

Sort Of

That

Acapulco

Harry & Meghan - Documentary Series

Mare of Easttown

Real Housewives

The Challenge

Survivor

Grey’s Anatomy

Friends

Family Matters

Homework:

Love Without Borders

Home Economics

L Word: Generation Q

Mythic Quest

Velma

Extreme Sisters

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After

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The Below Deck Episode w/ Captain Sandy Yawn Jan 11, 2023

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Below Deck’s Captain Sandy joins Ashley to chat about the charter boat cast and crew members, and the challenges of working and sleeping in such a tight space all the while having TV cameras in your face. Hear why Captain Sandy calls out Bravo as the best TV network, why she needs pirate training and which role on the boat would suit Ashley.

An actual inspiring leader and quite possibly the best reality tv personality, we can all learn something from Captain Sandy! Her new book “Be The Calm or Be The Storm: Leadership Lessons from a Woman at the Helm” is out NOW.

What We Watched:

I Hate Suzie

Surviving R. Kelly (Part 3)

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

Ginny & Georgia

Paul T. Goldman

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After

The L Word: Generation Q

Below Deck

Below Deck Mediterranean

Below Deck Adventure

The Gilded Age

The First Lady

Sea Disasters

Homework:

Koala Man

Velma

The Goldbergs

The Drop

The Last of Us

Miracle Workers: End Times

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2022’s Underrated TV Hits w/ Jason Mantzoukas (Part 2 of 2) Jan 04, 2023

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Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?, Star Trek: Prodigy) returns for Part 2 of his gabfest with Ashley about the Underrated TV Hits of 2022 where they recommend a mockumentary horror series with moron versions of Mulder and Scully (Wellington Paranormal), a travel show about healthy adult male friendships (101 Places To Party Before You Die), an anime where a 10-year-old boy lives alone in his own apartment (Kotaro Lives Alone), and much, much more. Plus, Jason outlines his method for how to begin watching Dr. Who and Ashley pitches that the best way to save Grey’s Anatomy involves time traveling 50 years into the past.

2022’s Underrated TV Hits (Part 2)

Killing It

Girls5eva

Rutherford Falls

Wellington Paranormal

I Love That For You

Digital Addiction

Tuca & Bertie

Five Days at Memorial

Paper Girls

Love Off The Grid

101 Places to Party Before You Die

The Thing About Pam

Home Economics

Flatbush Misdemeanors

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Star Trek: Prodigy

Kotaro Lives Alone

Reservation Dogs

Watchlist

Welcome to Chippendales

Below Deck

Homework

Below Deck Mediterranean

Chicago Party Aunt

Paul T. Goldman

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2022’s Underrated TV Hits w/ Jason Mantzoukas (Part 1 of 2) Dec 28, 2022

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To close out the year with a bang, Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?, Star Trek: Prodigy) joins the TV Club for a marathon TWO-PART episode about the UNDERRATED TV hits of 2022. Get outta here giant IP-driven shows that have dominated the discourse all year! We’re talkin’ about the lesser-known shows that deserve love too. But first, Jason discusses landing his first big TV roles on The League and Enlightened, he reveals what TV shows he’d still love to appear on (Law & Order?!), he bonds with Ashley over their mutual egg allergy, and chats about what shows he’s currently watching—hint: he’s got a thing for “Dad TV.”

2022’s Underrated TV Hits (Part 1)

This Fool

Julia

Shoresy

Maggie

Starstruck

American Auto

Somebody Somewhere

Watchlist

Alone

My Strange Addiction

Slow Horses

Yellowstone

White Lotus

Sex Lives of College Girls

Rick and Morty

South Side

Letterkenny

Young Rock

High School

Sprung

1899

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The Prince of Christmas w/ Matt Rogers Dec 21, 2022

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If you yearn for a holiday special where Martha May Whovier sings “I’m the only hot Who in Whoville, men know if their wife won’t, I will” then don’t sleep on Matt Rogers’ (Las Culturistas) new Showtime musical special Have You Heard of Christmas? Matt tells Ashley how the capitalism of Christmas inspired the project, breaks down the misogyny in the shocking Survivor season finale, talks secret hot nerd bodies in White Lotus, and gives fans of Showtime’s I Love That For You an exclusive update on the status of season 2.

What We Watched:

I Love That For You

Survivor

White Lotus

Project Runway

RuPaul’s Drag Race

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Flatbush Misdemeanors

Bob's Burgers

The Great North

Saturday Night Live (Cecily Strong’s farewell)

Below Deck

South Side

Sex Lives of College Girls

Young Rock

Mythic Quest

With Love

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