The Televerse #441- Spotlight on Locke & Key Season 1

TV is finally slowing down, just a little, but there’s still a lot to discuss this week on the podcast, including one of the more long-awaited debut seasons in recent TV history. First up, Noel and Kate talk through their week in TV, kicking things off with the comedies, including Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Miracle Workers: Dark Ages, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Superstore. Then we move over to drama and genre, including Briarpatch, Doctor Who, Star Trek: Picard, Black Lightning, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Afterward, we head to the spotlight section to dive in with the first season of Netflix’s Locke & Key, which finally debuted after a decade-long production journey. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on Locke & Key and the long-awaited TV adaptations you’re hoping for.

By |2020-02-15T19:25:03-06:00February 15th, 2020|The Televerse|1 Comment
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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 #433- Top 20 TV Series of 2019

The end of the year is upon us, and that of course means it’s time for the start of the 2019 List-ening. The last two episodes of each year are our opportunity to highlight our favorite moments, episodes, and much more of 2019, and we kick things off as always with our Top 20 TV Series of the year. Noel and Kate have some overlap, but this year features our most divergent lists yet. Take a listen, then reach out with your picks for the best TV series of 2019.

By |2019-12-21T22:40:02-06:00December 21st, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #427- Spotlight on Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!

Daylight Saving Time has come, bringing with it even more interesting TV to discuss. Noel and Kate kick things off as always with their week in TV, starting with the comedies, including Seth Meyer’s new Netflix standup special, Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby, the premiere of Apple+’s Dickinson, gripping new Chihayafuru episodes, a dark Superstore, and a surprising The Good Place. Next up is reality, including catching up with the first season of Netflix’s Zumbo’s Just Desserts and The Great British Bake Off’s series 10 finale. Then we move over to genre, with plenty to say about the latest installments of Batwoman, The Flash, and Arrow, plus a big twist on Emergence and one hell of a character introduction on Watchmen. Afterward, we head to the season spotlight section, diving in with the latest mini-season of Queer Eye, their four-episode trip to Japan, Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on these and more.

By |2019-11-09T23:41:56-06:00November 9th, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #426- Spotlight on Tuca & Bertie

Spooky season is officially over, but at least we got a few more Halloween-themed episodes this week, giving Noel and Kate plenty of festive TV to discuss on the podcast. We kick things off with Our Week in TV, starting with reality and comedy, including The Good Place, Superstore, Perfect Harmony, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and The Great British Bake Off. Then we move over to drama and genre, including Stumptown, Watchmen, Supergirl, The Flash, and Arrow. Next we head to the spotlight section, where we dive in with the much-loved 2019 animated comedy Tuca & Bertie. Does Tuca & Bertie live up to the hype? Are the Arrowverse shows maintaining their strong early-season energy? And how do The Good Place and Superstore stack up, as we approach the half-way point of the former’s final season? Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts.

By |2019-11-02T19:18:44-06:00November 2nd, 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 #421- Spotlight on Unbelievable

Fall network premiere week is finally here—for most of the networks at least—giving Noel and Kate lots of TV to discuss. We skip the premieres discussed in our Fall Network TV Preview to keep things manageable, but there’s still a whole lot of TV to explore. First we dive in with the week’s comedy premieres, including mixed-ish, black-ish, The Good Place, Superstore, and Mom. Then we move over to drama and genre, with Kate giving her early thoughts on Netflix’s Criminal and both Noel and Kate sharing their reactions to the Emergence and Stumptown premieres, before rounding out the week’s TV with The Great British Bake Off’s “Dairy Week.” Afterward, it’s time for the spotlight section, and this episode we highlight Netflix’s celebrated miniseries Unbelievable, breaking down the performances, its relationship to its based-on-true written predecessors, and how it handles the challenging, but important subject matter of surviving trauma.

By |2019-09-28T12:17:32-06:00September 28th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #402- Spotlight on The Good Fight Season 3

Finale season rolls on, giving us plenty of entertaining, impactful TV to discuss this week on the podcast. We kick things off with our week in TV. First up are the comedies, including the finales of Superstore, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, and a few moments with What We Do in the Shadows. Then we move over to genre and reality, including a brief look at Game of Thrones, the premiere of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, the DuckTales bomb, and the antepenultimate RuPaul’s Drag Race. Afterward, we move over to the season spotlight and take a longer look at season three of CBS All Access’s The Good Fight.

By |2019-05-18T12:57:57-06:00May 18th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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The Televerse #379- Spotlight on The Christmas Chronicles and The Princess Switch

It’s beginning to feel a lot like terrible, treacly holiday movie time, and there’s no way Netflix is not getting into that game. And there’s no way Noel and Kate aren’t at least checking out some of their recent entries. This episode, we dive in with two offerings, The Christmas Chronicles, starring Kurt Russell as Hot Santa, and Vanessa Hudgens vehicle The Princess Switch. Before that, however, there’s lots of TV to discuss, starting with reality and comedy, including The Great Christmas Bake Off and The Great Festive Bake Off, DuckTales, Superstore, and The Good Place, and wrapping up with genre, including Nightflyers’ premiere, The Flash’s 100th episode, Arrow, Supergirl, Outlander, and a frog-tastic Doctor Who. Tune in for our thoughts, then reach out with yours!

By |2019-09-28T09:21:23-06:00December 8th, 2018|The Televerse|0 Comments
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