The Televerse #434- Best of 2019 Smorgasborgy

2019 is winding down, so it’s time for the Televerse’s annual Smorgasborgy, our massive Best of the Year roundup of the highlights, lowlights, and most memorable moments of the year’s TV. Noel and Kate go through their picks for each of the categories below, as well as a few digressions along the way. Take a listen, then reach out with your picks! Spoiler Warning: Noel and Kate have a wide-ranging, spoiler-filled discussion about the year’s TV, and that means spoilers for many of the biggest shows of the year, including Game of Thrones, Watchmen, Steven Universe, Veronica Mars, and more. If you're worried about being spoiled for these or any other series from this year, this may not be the episode for you.

By |2019-12-28T16:44:03-06:00December 28th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #418- Spotlight on Steven Universe: The Movie

After months of waiting, one of our most anticipated TV events of the year has come: Steven Universe: The Movie! Before we can dive in, though, we have a full week of TV to discuss. We kick things off with the comedies, including part one of Carole & Tuesday, the Younger finale, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, the return of DuckTales, and Given, and we round out the week with the premiere of The Great British Bake Off, The Terror: Infamy, and the penultimate Queen Sugar. Afterward, we head to the spotlight section and break down the long-awaited musical Steven Universe: The Movie. Did the movie live up to your expectations? Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts.

By |2019-09-28T09:21:49-06:00September 7th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #412- SDCC 2019 TV Wrapup with Maggie Kulzick

The tents are stowed, the con funk washed away, and the sunburns starting to heal; 2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego has come and gone. Noel and Kate welcome back friend of the show Maggie Kulzick to break down another sunny and TV-filled Comic-Con, looking at Maggie and Kate’s 2019 high- and low-lights. Before that, though, Noel and Kate talk through another full week in TV. We kick things off with the comedies, including grown-ish and Drunk History, Kate rounds up some drama, including the Big Little Lies finale, Claws, and Pose, and we round out the week with a little genre and reality, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and Queer Eye season 4. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on the week’s TV, your Comic-Con experiences, and more.

By |2019-07-27T19:24:24-06:00July 27th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #386- Spotlight on Steven Universe, “Battle of Heart and Mind”

Steven Universe is back with a bang, and we have plenty of thoughts. First though, Noel and Kate talk through the week’s tv. We kick things off with reality and genre, including RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, A Discovery of Witches season one, and Supergirl. Then we move over to comedy, including Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the premiere of Broad City, Grace and Frankie season five, black-ish, The Good Place finale, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Afterwards, we head to the spotlight section to dive in with Steven Universe’s beautiful season finale, “Battle of Heart and Mind.”

By |2019-01-26T16:20:57-06:00January 26th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #384- 2019 Winter TV Preview

We’re well into January, 2019, which means we’re overdue for our 2019 Winter TV preview. Fortunately, it seems this year there will be a bit more breathing room than usual. Before we dive in with our preview of the next few month’s returns and premieres, however, there’s a full week of TV to discuss. We kick things off with comedy, including the premieres of I’m Sorry and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and the return of The Good Place. Then we move on to the genre offerings, including Steven Universe and Marvel’s Runaways season two, and we round out our week with a handful of reality programs, including part five of Terrace House: Opening New Doors, Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly, and the dramatic “Jersey Justice” episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars.

By |2020-01-03T20:40:23-06:00January 12th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #383- Spotlight on Angie Tribeca Season 4

Happy New Year, everyone! We’re newly into 2019, but despite that, there’s plenty of TV to discuss, as a number of series and specials kept airing through the holidays. We kick things off by talking through our weeks/winter break in TV, starting with the comedy and reality entries, including the premiere of grown-ish, the finale [...]

By |2019-01-05T20:55:10-06:00January 5th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #358- SDCC 2018 TV Preview

It’s that glorious time of the year once again, San Diego Comic-Con! Noel and Kate kick things off with their week in TV, starting with comedy and reality, including DuckTales, Younger, SYTYCD, the return of Double Dare, and the latest premiere of The Great British Baking Show. Next up is genre and drama, including Steven Universe, Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, The Handmaid’s Tale finale, Pose, and Claws. Then it’s time for our Comic-Con TV preview! Noel and Kate run down SDCC 2018’s TV panels, giving Con attendees (or those living vicariously) a look TV’s increasing presence at San Diego International Comic-Con.

By |2019-09-28T09:17:46-06:00July 14th, 2018|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #357- Spotlight on GLOW Season 2

TV mostly took the week off, to celebrate the 4th of July, but thankfully the shows that did air episodes gave us plenty to discuss. We kick things off with our week in TV, including Hannah Gadsby’s terrific Netflix special, Nanette, the first half of the latest Steven Universe Bomb, “Heart of the Crystal Gems,” a Huey, Dewey, and Louie-centered DuckTales, another entertaining The Bold Type, and a Quiet Ann episode of Claws. Then we dive in with Netflix’s GLOW, looking at what does and doesn’t work for us in the show’s sophomore season.

By |2018-07-05T21:38:07-06:00July 7th, 2018|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #349- Spotlight on Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas

The TV Gods give and the TV Gods taketh away. That’s right, it’s time for upfronts, which means the networks are in the midst of announcing their renewals and cancelations for the coming year. Fortunately, after we recorded, they reconsidered one of the hardest hits of the recent announcements, with NBC picking up Brooklyn Nine-Nine for a sixth season. However, that’s only the start of the conversation this week, with lots of shows delivering compelling, emotional, and fun episodes. First up, Noel and Kate dive in with the comedies and reality, including the (series?) finale of Atlanta, the finale of Mom, The Last OG, a dramatic Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and RuPaul’s Drag Race. Then we move over to drama and genre, including the premieres of Vida and Sweetbitter, super tense episodes of The Americans and Killing Eve, character-redefining episodes of Timeless and Agents of SHIELD, and an alternatingly beautiful, sad, and shocking Steven Universe two-parter. Afterward, we round out the podcast by spotlighting the interesting and funny documentary series Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas, currently flying under the radar on HBO on Friday evenings.

By |2018-05-12T17:01:00-06:00May 12th, 2018|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #347- Spotlight on Jane the Virgin Season 4

It’s been a week, but we still can’t get over that Jane the Virgin finale! This week on the podcast, Noel and Kate dive in with that fun and shocking finale, as well as the rest of season four. Before that, however, we have a full week in TV. First up is comedy and reality, including the premiere of Archer: Danger Island, catchups with Bob’s Burgers, Barry, and Atlanta, and a very wheelhouse RuPaul’s Drag Race. Next we talk genre, including the premiere of Into the Badlands, Legion, Steven Universe, and Supergirl, and we round out the week with the drama offerings, including the premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, The Americans, The Good Fight, and The Terror. It’s a marathon session this episode—reach out with your thoughts on that Jane twist and the rest of this very full week in TV!

By |2018-04-28T17:41:38-06:00April 28th, 2018|The Televerse|1 Comment
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