Spring premieres are underway in a big way, giving us lots of TV to break down. First we look at the comedies and some reality, including the return of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the premiere of The Detour. Next up are the genre offerings, including the premieres of Outlander and Fear The Walking Dead and the finale of iZombie, and we round out the week with the dramas, including the premiere of The Girlfriend Experience and catchups with Underground and The Path. Afterward, David Bax of Battleship Pretension and Hey Watch This! returns to the DVD Shelf to talk HBO’s epic WWII miniseries Band of Brothers.
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DVD Shelf: Band of Brothers with David Bax (1:45:37)
Our Week in Reality and Comedy
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2 (13:08)
The Detour premiere (19:48)
The Amazing Race (23:35)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (28:51)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (31:12)
Our Week in Genre
Outlander premiere (35:16)
Fear The Walking Dead premiere (40:07)
iZombie finale (45:01)
The 100 (52:02)
Legends of Tomorrow (1:00:19)
Our Week in Drama
The Girlfriend Experience premiere (1:09:56)
The Americans (1:17:23)
Elementary (1:19:37)
Underground (1:22:44)
The Path (1:29:38)
Music Featured: “I Gave You a UTI” and “Oh My God I Think I Like You” from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; “Carry You Into the Light” from The Path; Theme from Band of Brothers
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I only made it through the first few episodes of “Band of Brothers” on my first attempt – but this conversation made me want to start it again. Thanks for discussion- it was awesome sauce.
The Wire is the greatest show of all time, so I was at first surprised when you made the comparison, but on further thought, I think it’s a fair one (although the Wire had much more time and scope). Band of Brothers really is fantastic. It actually ruined the Battlestar Galactica reboot for me, because I watched that next and they seemed like absolutely idiotic incompetents in comparison to Easy Company. I like the “anyone can die” ethos of storytelling which has become more popular in the wake of Game of Thrones, but I don’t think many contemporary shows (which need similarly large ensembles to pull that off) fare as well as the Wire or Band of Brothers.