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The Televerse #174- 2014 Best Of Smorgasborgy

The podcast’s year-ending Best Of extravaganza concludes this week with Simon and Kate’s picks for just about everything other than their Top 20 TV Series. Categories range from Best Performance, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Score to more niche categories like Best Shipping Moment, the Life Vest Award (performance/element singlehandedly buoying an otherwise terrible show), and the La-La-La Award (show we most care about being spoiled for). Each section is bookended with some of 2014’s most memorable original music and musical performances. Please leave us a comment with your favorite moments and anything else from TV in 2014!

By Kate Kulzick|2016-02-05T12:46:06-06:00December 31st, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #173- Top 20 TV Series of 2014

The podcast’s year-ending Best Of extravaganza begins this week with Simon and Kate’s picks for the Best TV Series of 2014, focusing on their Top 10 shows, but expanding to cover 22 different highlights of the year in television. Simon and Kate go show by show, talking about what prompted them to include, or exclude, each series from their lists. Please share your Top 20 in the comments!

By Kate Kulzick|2019-06-06T06:39:29-06:00December 24th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #143- Mad Men Season 7.0 with Libby Hill

Last week gave us one of the best stretches of television in recent memory so unsurprisingly, there is plenty to discuss on the podcast. First we dive in with the comedies, including a preview of Undateable, then we jump to the genre series, including a preview of pirate drama Crossbones, and we wrap up our week in television with the dramas, including a preview of AMC’s new period piece, Halt and Catch Fire. Then Libby Hill of TV on the Internet, as well as several other places, joins us to discuss this week’s musically-enhanced midseason finale of Mad Men, as well as the rest of this shortened (half) season.

By Kate Kulzick|2019-06-06T06:39:32-06:00May 27th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #137- Queer as Folk (UK) with Ricky D

The dramas came to play this week, giving us lots to discuss on the podcast. First we look at the comedies, including the finale of Rick and Morty, then we talk some reality and genre, including another wedding-tastic episode of Game of Thrones, and we round things out with the dramas, including the finale of Justified and the premiere of Mad Men. Afterward, Editor in Chief of SOS Ricky D joins us once again at the DVD Shelf to discuss the groundbreaking British sitcom Queer as Folk.

By Kate Kulzick|2016-05-30T18:39:44-06:00April 15th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #136- FLCL with Noel Kirkpatrick

Television was a bit more manageable this week, giving us a little breathing room on the podcast. First we talk comedy, including the premieres of Inside Amy Schumer, Silicon Valley, and Veep, then we catch up with some genre, including the Game of Thrones premiere, and we round out our week in TV with the dramas, including a preview of FX’s new Fargo miniseries and a lengthier chat about The Americans. Then we head over to the DVD Shelf with Noel Kirkpatrick of TV.com and dive into our fourth anime series thus far, the beloved teen action-adventure comedy FLCL.

By Kate Kulzick|2016-02-04T13:54:25-06:00April 7th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #135- The Twilight Zone with Scott Meslow

With comedy finales galore and plenty of semi-cathartic drama, it was a full week in TV, giving us a lot to dive into on the podcast. First we take a look at the comedies, including the pilot of Friends with Better Lives, then we break down the comedy finales, including Chozen, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Broad City, and HIMYM, and then we dig in with the hour-longs, from The Amazing Race: All-Stars to Hannibal to a tearful The Good Wife. Afterward, Scott Meslow, Entertainment Editor of The Week.com, returns to the DVD Shelf to help us take a look at the amazing, classic, and utterly unique The Twilight Zone.

By Kate Kulzick|2016-02-04T13:46:49-06:00April 1st, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #134- Girls Season 3 with Ricky D

It was an eventful week of television, to say the very least, giving us plenty to discuss on what is one of our longest podcasts to date. First we take a look at the comedies, including previews of Surviving Jack, Inside Amy Schumer season two, and the midseason premiere of The Mindy Project. Then we talk a little reality and genre before rounding out our week in TV with the dramas. Afterwards, we spotlight this week’s controversial The Good Wife, “Dramatics, Your Honor”, and then we welcome back SOS’s Ricky D to help us take a look at the fantastic third season of Girls.

By Kate Kulzick|2016-02-04T13:38:35-06:00March 26th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #133- Family Tree with Sean Colletti

Several of our favorite TV shows came to play this week, giving us plenty to discuss on the podcast. We kick things off with The Amazing Race: All Stars before diving into the comedies, then move on to talk some genre, including the pilot of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series and a preview of The 100, and wrap up our week in TV with the dramas, including standout episodes of The Americans and The Good Wife. Afterward, Sean Colletti, contributor to SOS and TV Overmind and cohost of SOS’s Hannibal podcast This Is Our Design, joins us at the DVD Shelf to spend some quality time with Christopher Guest’s underseen one-season comedy, Family Tree.

By Kate Kulzick|2016-02-04T13:29:26-06:00March 18th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #132- Felicity with Sarah D. Bunting

It’s another full week of TV, giving us plenty to discuss on the podcast. First we take a look at some reality, including the Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey pilot, then we focus on animation as we discuss the comedies, along with the Review pilot, Girls, and the Looking finale. Next up are the genre series, including the pilot of Resurrection, and we round out the week’s TV with the dramas, including a preview of Crisis and the finale of True Detective. We close the podcast with Sarah D. Bunting of Tomato Nation and Previously.tv, and co-founder of Television Without Pity, who joins us at the DVD Shelf to discuss the under-remembered WB college romance, Felicity.

By Kate Kulzick|2017-02-24T00:33:08-06:00March 12th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments

The Televerse #131- Parade’s End with Kate Rennebohm

The Olympics are over and TV is back with a bang, giving us way too much to discuss this week on the podcast. First we talk comedy, including a preview of Saint George, then we take a look at some reality, with a preview of Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey and a little Amazing Race talk. Next we dive in with genre, including previews of Resurrection and Believe, and we round out our week in TV with the dramas, including the pilot of Those Who Kill. Afterward, Kate Rennebohm heads back to the DVD Shelf to help us break down the recent BBC miniseries (and Benedict Cumberbatch/Rebecca Hall/Adelaide Clemens vehicle) Parade’s End.

By Kate Kulzick|2016-02-04T13:13:37-06:00March 4th, 2014|The Televerse|0 Comments