Stay ConnectedTV critics Alan Sepinwall and Kathryn VanArendonk get together once a week to talk about all the things they love (and some of the things they don’t) on television. They talk about new releases, old favorites, TV curiosities and whatever’s happening in the wide wide world of how people watch TV these days.
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This week, Alan & Kathryn find much to love about NBC's latest attempt to make it 2008 again through science or magic, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins. The natural fit for a past show? Two episodes of Tina Fey's career-making masterpiece, 30 Rock.
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Housekeeping: See Alan & Kathryn in Maplewood!
02:45 See Alan at the Paley Center, NYC
03:19 Community running away with the Patreon poll
05:02 A preview of future episodes
06:20 The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
37:06 30 Rock
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This week sees the return of Julian Fellowes' costume drama The Gilded Age, and Alan and Kathryn have very different feelings while basically agreeing on its overall quality. Then we move from one Mr. F to another, as the pair dive into a broad overview of the masterpiece Arrested Development.
00:00 Introduction
01:16 Housekeeping: Station Eleven on Patreon
03:09 Holiday episodes - Thanksgiving vs. Christmas
05:12 Ad-free feeds, coming soon
05:55 The Gilded Age
33:33 Arrested Development
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In this month's Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, Alan and Kathryn revisit the century's greatest show with the worst timing, Station Eleven.
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Alan and Kathryn reunite to discuss the fourth season of Keri Russell's political thriller The Diplomat, with topics including the awfulness of Hal and the brilliance of Allison Janney. Then, in the least surprising pairing of all time. the pair go back in time to rewatch The West Wing's most famous cliffhanger. In a bonus third segment celebrating his Rod Serling book's publication, Alan takes us through one of his all-time favourite Twilight Zone episodes.
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Housekeeping: Welcome back Alan!
04:16 The nanopants mystery solved
06:18: You can rent The Good Lord Bird
07:00 Revival corner: The X-Files, Glee, and... Coach
13:35 The Diplomat
34:40 The West Wing
01:04:37 The Twilight Zone: Monsters are Due on Maple Street
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Kathryn is joined by her Vulture colleague Roxana Hadadi to discuss the return of The Lowdown, Ethan Hawke's neo-noir. Can the excellent first season possibly be improved upon? Spoilers: yes! Then, the pair trade Tulsa for Stars Hollow as they re-examine the ups and downs of the beloved Gilmore Girls.
00:00 Introduction
01:28 Housekeeping: Alan's absence
02:02 Serling book event rescheduled
02:46 What's Roxana's deal?
07:35 The return of Girls
17:51 The Lowdown
44:21 Gilmore Girls
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With Alan out of action, Kathryn brings in The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg to discuss a pair of future-focused legal dramas. First, Robert and Michelle King's latest legal drama Cupertino, featuring the return of Mike Colter, the grand arrival of Busy Phillips into the Kings universe, some typically delightful weirdo TV judges. Then they consider the long-forgotten science fiction procedural series Century City, which includes an aging boy band, biotech panic, and one fateful pair of nanopants.
00:00 Introduction
01:44 Housekeeping: Alan's absence
03:33 Postponed events
04:50 Introducing Dan
09:06 Cupertino
39:34 Century City
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Alan and Kathryn are discussing one of The Simpsons' classic Halloween anthologies this month on our special Patreon-exclusive episode. But first, some hot takes on the New York Times' latest list of superlatives.
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Alan and Kathryn return to discuss the highly anticipated East of Eden adaptation by Zoe Kazan starring Florence Pugh - but would you believe an even greater performance bowls them both over? Then the pair take a tour through the original Lonesome Dove miniseries and its many, many sequels.
00:00 Introduction
00:51 See Alan & Kathryn live
01:41 Treehouse of Horror on Patreon
02:50 Ninety seconds of Love is Blind: Boston
04:50 East of Eden
32:04 Lonesome Dove
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With the advent of fall TV upon us, Alan & Kathryn break from their format to run down several of the biggest shows on the horizon. Then, the pair are joined by journalist and author Lynette Rice to discuss her new book: "ER: The Oral History".
Purchase Lynette's book at https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250399588/er/
00:00 Introduction
01:20 Housekeeping: Alan wrote a book! Live appearances abound!
03:20 October's Patreon episode
04:40 Fall TV Preview
40:00 Lynette Rice Interview
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All characters great and small come under the microscope this week, as Alan & Kathryn reach first for Reacher (and the new Reacherverse spinoff Neagley) before hailing themselves a Taxi back to the 1970s.
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Housekeeping: See Alan & Kathryn live in New Jersey!
2:19 The Emmys: great winners, garbage production
11:01 October's Patreon episode revealed
12:36 Renewal news: P-Valley and Slow Horses!
15:35 Reacher
35:07 Neagley
44:55 Taxi
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