The Televerse #443- Spotlight on Next in Fashion with Emma Fraser

Life is stressful right now; let’s talk about fashion. This week on the podcast, Kate welcomes back friend of the show Emma Fraser of Primetimer, SyFy Fangrrls, Vulture, Collider, and more to discuss the first season of Netflix’s fashion reality competition show, Next in Fashion. Before we focus in on the fashion, though, there’s a full week of TV to discuss. Noel and Kate kick things off with the comedies, including the premiere of It’s Personal with Amy Hoggart, the series finale of Fresh Off the Boat, and a catchup with Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Then we move to reality for a bit, to talk RuPaul’s Drag Race’s season 12 premiere and catch up with HBO’s McMillion$, and we round out the week with some superhero TV, Black Lightning, The Flash, and Supergirl’s big 100th episode. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on Next in Fashion, the week’s TV, and the shows you’re using to destress in this tense world.

By |2020-02-29T12:07:13-06:00February 29th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #440- Spotlight on The Good Place

The premieres and finales just keep rolling, and this week on the podcast, we’re diving in with a big one. The Good Place wrapped up its four season run last week, and this episode, Noel and Kate give it its due, spotlighting the finale with a lengthy chat before looking back on the final season and the series as a whole. Before that, though, there’s a full week of TV to discuss. We kick things off with the comedies and some reality, including the Brooklyn Nine-Nine double premiere, Fresh Off the Boat, Schitt’s Creek, and a few thoughts from Kate on the Superbowl LIV Halftime Show. Then we move over to drama and genre and look at the premieres of Briarpatch and The Sinner, Stumptown, Doctor Who, The Flash, and a delightfully musical DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on The Good Place, the Superbowl, and anything else catching your TV fancy.

By |2020-02-08T13:28:41-06:00February 8th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #439- Spotlight on Arrow with Allison Shoemaker

January has traditionally been a quiet time for TV, with many shows on hiatus and few dramatic premieres and TV events. Not so any more, and this week in particular was massive. Just one of the big finales this week was Arrow, which among other things, transformed superhero TV and The CW as a whole. Of course we had to spotlight it, and we’re excited to welcome back friend of the show Allison Shoemaker (The A.V. Club, Podlander Drunkcast, Debating Doctor Who, Hall of Faces, and more) to dive in with us, looking at the finale, the final season, and the series as a whole. Before that, though, there’s a whole lot more TV to discuss. We kick things off with the comedies, including the Miracle Workers: Dark Ages premiere, Fresh Off the Boat, and a few spoiler-free thoughts on The Good Place finale. Then we move over to genre, catching up with Star Trek: Picard, some spoiler-free talk about the Evil finale, and closer looks at the Emergence finale, Supergirl, and a monumental Doctor Who.

By |2020-02-01T11:20:19-06:00February 1st, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #435- 2020 Winter TV Preview

2020 is here, bringing a whole slew of new TV series as well as plenty of returning favorites. That means it’s time for Noel and Kate’s yearly winter TV preview, talking through the next several months’ upcoming scripted series. From utterly confounding to intriguing and overdue, there’s a lot of TV headed our way, and fortunately at least some of it looks promising. Before we dive in with our preview, though, we have three weeks of TV to catch up with. We kick things off with comedy, including John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, Fresh Off the Boat, Carole & Tuesday Part 2, and Infinity Train, then move over to genre, including the Doctor Who premiere, Kate’s catch-up with Lucifer, the Watchmen finale, Steven Universe Future, and the finale of The Mandalorian. Take a listen, then reach out with your picks for the returning and debuting series you’re most interested in.

By |2020-01-04T09:02:23-06:00January 4th, 2020|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #431- Spotlight on Sugar Rush Christmas

Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means the holiday baking season has officially begun. What better way to celebrate than with a new, holiday-themed season of one of the Televerse competitive baking favs, Sugar Rush? First, however, Noel and Kate kick things off with their week in TV, including a Who Wants to be a Millionaire?-themed Fresh Off the Boat, a catch-up with The Mandalorian, a thin, but fun Black Lightning, varying amounts of Crisis prep on Batwoman, Supergirl, The Flash, and Arrow, and a twist-filled Watchmen. Then we head over to the spotlight section and dive in with the aforementioned Sugar Rush Christmas. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts!

By |2019-12-07T15:02:25-06:00December 7th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #423- Spotlight on Dark Season 1

The second wave of fall premieres is here, with the return of most of The CW’s lineup, giving us even more to talk about this week on the podcast. We kick things off as always with Our Week in TV, starting with comedy and reality, including Fresh Off the Boat, black-ish, Superstore, The Good Place, and The Great British Bake Off. Then we move over to genre and drama, and dive in with the premieres of Batwoman, Supergirl, The Flash, and Black Lightning. Afterward, it’s time for the spotlight section, and this episode we explore the twisting first season of Netflix’s German genre thriller, Dark. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on the week’s TV and more.

By |2019-10-12T12:48:57-06:00October 12th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #422- Spotlight on Undone

We survived (the first) fall premiere week, but new TV just keeps coming. We kick things off as always with Our Week in TV. First up are a few more premieres—Fresh Off the Boat, Bob’s Burgers, and SNL—then we catch up with Derry Girls and talk The Good Place and Superstore. Kate has a highly specific rant brewing about Perfect Harmony, and Noel continues his The Terror: Infamy catchup, plus there’s plenty to say about Evil and The Great British Bake Off’s controversial “Roaring ’20s Week”. Afterward, we head to the spotlight section and dive in with Amazon Prime’s introspective animated limited series, Undone. Which premiering and returning series are you sticking with? Which Netflix series should we catch up with next? And are you hoping for more Undone, or should it end at that sunrise? Take a listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your own.

By |2019-10-05T17:18:19-06:00October 5th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #398- Spotlight on The Tick Season 2

The first of the spring finales are upon us, giving us plenty of TV to discuss this week on the podcast. First up, Noel and Kate talk through the week’s TV, including the aforementioned finales of Fresh Off the Boat and Speechless, Bob’s Burgers, What We Do in the Shadows, RuPaul’s Drag Race, The Good Fight, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Then we head over to the season spotlight section and dive in with season two of Amazon’s charming The Tick. Has the show worked out its tonal issues? Will we ever see Chairface Chippendale? All of this and more, on this week’s Televerse. Spoon!

By |2019-04-20T15:41:04-06:00April 20th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #396- Spotlight on Hanna Season 1

Kate’s on location once again, so it’s another truncated podcast this week. After a brief discussion of Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop casting announcements, Noel and Kate kick things off with their week in TV. Veep is back for its final season, black-ish still has a Dre problem, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is riding high heading into its series finale, and Fresh Off the Boat gets in on the musical fun. Then there’s the dramatic final episodes of Terrace House: Opening New Doors, an Olympic-themed RuPaul’s Drag Race, wrestling-centered episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and, in its midseason premiere, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and a statuary-centered Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Afterward, we move to the spotlight section, diving in with season one of Amazon Prime’s adaptation of the teen assassin movie Hanna.

By |2019-04-06T11:00:12-06:00April 6th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #392- Spotlight on Leaving Neverland and After Neverland

HBO’s new documentary Leaving Neverland dominated pop culture conversation this week, bringing overdue attention and support to Wade Robson and James Safechuck. Both men allege that Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were children and have come forward to share their stories. It’s an intense documentary, but one well worth discussing, so Noel and Kate dive in for this episode’s spotlight, along with Oprah’s hour-long after-show/special, After Neverland. Before that, though, we had a full week in TV. First we look at the comedies, including Fresh Off the Boat, SNL, Bob’s Burgers, grown-ish, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Then we talk reality, genre, and drama, including RuPaul’s Drag Race, Black Lightning, The Flash, and the finale of I Am the Night. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on Neverland, I Am the Night, and more.

By |2019-03-09T22:46:54-06:00March 9th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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