Network TV is back in a big way this week, with most of The CW’s programming returning and giving us a very full week in TV. First, Noel and Kate look at a few of the week’s comedies, including the entire first season of Angie Tribeca. Then they take on a gargantuan week in genre, including a preview of The X-Files’ new miniseries and looks at the premieres of The 100, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Agent Carter. Last up are the dramas, including the premieres of London Spy and War and Peace. Afterward, Les Chappell of The A.V. Club returns to the DVD Shelf to talk the globetrotting action series Strike Back.
Errata: In this episode, Kate states that Ray Wise is a supporting cast member on Idiotsitter. This is incorrect: The character in question is played by Stephen Root. The Televerse regrets the error!
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DVD Shelf: Strike Back with Les Chappell (1:29:43)
Our Week in Comedy
black-ish (9:18)
Adventure Time (13:12)
Idiotsitter premiere (15:09)
Man Seeking Woman (16:32)
Younger (19:37)
Angie Tribeca Season 1 (20:10)
Our Week in Genre
Preview The X-Files miniseries (30:16)
The 100 premiere (38:03)
Heroes Reborn finale (40:20)
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow pilot (42:03)
Agent Carter premiere (48:22)
Supergirl (55:50)
The Flash (1:01:06)
The Shannara Chronicles (1:06:40)
Our Week in Drama
London Spy premiere (1:10:09)
War and Peace premiere (1:13:35)
Limitless (1:19:07)
The Good Wife (1:23:56)
Music Featured: Angie Tribeca Theme song; “Love Will Keep Us Together” by Captain and Tennille; “Rich Girl” by Hall & Oates; Strike Back Theme song
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At the expense of being one of those people, I do believe it’s Stephen Root who’s the rich father on Idiotsitter, not Ray Wise.
You’re absolutely right! Thanks for the correction.
Hey The Televerse,
Another great episode. I wanted to offer up my answer to the question of the week about favorite X-Files Monster (quite apropos to the upcoming episode btw) I think the obvious answer is perhaps the Flukeman as he is the most iconic X-Files monster that truly looks monstrous as opposed to really creepy (ie Tooms), but I’m going to go with, as my definitive answer, the monster from season seven episode “Hungry” Rob Roberts (or as I like to call him “the monster from Hungry”) played by Chad Donella. He’s given a lot of pathos in the episode but he is ultimately a monster by the end. I always thought he looked kind of cool with the black eyes, bald head, and sharp teeth. And I want to give Donella credit because after his role here I would notice him anytime after he would show up on my screen, such as in the first Final Destination film, and in Smallville TV series, strangely also playing a monster role, as Greg Arkin the Bug Boy.
Also I just wanted to ask you both (Kate & Noel) if either of you are familiar with the short-lived series Nightstalker 2005? Why I bring it up is because it actually relates to the upcoming X-Files episode “Mulder and Scully meet the Were-Monster”. Before the series was cancelled Darin Morgan wrote a script for episode 12 of that series that was never produced called “The M Word” which is so great that after I read it I was so saddened that the TV viewing world would be robbed of seeing this on their screens. Well I’m guessing simply based on the title, that the upcoming episode by Darin Morgan is a somewhat re-purposed version of that script. Have you two read it? If you haven’t I would recommend that you do if you’re interested, here’s a link to the pdf :
http://leethomson.myzen.co.uk/Night_Stalker/Night_Stalker_1x12_-_The_M_Word.pdf
Anyway, thanks for your TV insight every week, I love this podcast!