The Televerse #465- Spotlight on Tales From the Loop Season 1

It’s a (recent) Televerse first. We’ve found Kate’s COVID-19 viewing limits. This week on the podcast, Noel and Kate spend some time with Tales From the Loop season one, Amazon Prime’s quasi-anthology sci-fi series. Before that, though, there’s a full week in TV. We kick things off with the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season five and Jelle’s Marble Runs: Marble League 2020, then check in with Perry Mason before heading to genre with Cardcaptor Sakura seasons one through three, Dimension 20: Fantasy High, the Wynonna Earp premiere, Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, and Stargirl. Take a listen for our thoughts, and the show that seems to have broken Kate, then reach out with your takes on the week’s TV.

By |2020-07-31T19:30:09-06:00August 1st, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #464- Spotlight on Los Espookys Season 1

It’s San Diego Comic Con International week! Which we’re skipping, for the first time since 2012. The con may still be happening at home, but if there are no overcrowded convention hallways and persistent background noise, it’s just not SDCC. We’ll hopefully be back next year, but for now, we’re focusing on our standard coverage, and thankfully this week gave us plenty to dive in with. We kick off the episode with Our Week in TV, including a surprising Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, another disconcerting I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, the penultimate RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, two more thrilling events in Jelle’s Marble Runs: Marble League 2020, and shocking and eventful episodes of Stargirl and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Then we head over to the season spotlight and have fun with the first season of HBO’s horror-tinged comedy Los Espookys. Listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your own take on the week’s TV.

By |2020-07-25T09:23:15-06:00July 25th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #463- Spotlight on The Great Season 1

It’s been another tough week, with bad news outweighing good. Noel and Kate talk through the TV-related portion of this, before moving on to the week’s TV. We kick things off with the comedies, with Noel sharing his thoughts on Hulu’s Palm Springs and NBC’s 30 Rock-themed upfront presentation-slash-reunion episode. Then we talk genre, checking in on Stargirl and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Last, we round out the week with reality, so of course that means Jelle’s Marble Runs: Marble League 2020, which had another two events, the long jump and the 5m hurdles, and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, with this season’s ball. Afterward, we head to the spotlight section to sing the praises of Hulu’s The Great, which dropped its first season back in May. Listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your take on the week’s TV and the shows you’ve been discovering during quarantine.

By |2020-07-18T11:56:31-06:00July 18th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #462- Spotlight on The Baby-Sitters Club Season 1

It’s ’90s nostalgia time on The Televerse, as Noel and Kate dive in with Netflix’s new adaptation of the beloved book series The Baby-Sitters Club. Between discussions of whether we are Kristys, Mary Annes, Claudias, Staceys, or Dawns, or the Camp Moosehead director, we look at the highlights of the first season and whether it lives up to the buzz. Before that, though, we have another reality-heavy week in TV to discuss. We kick things off with the latest Jelle’s Marble Runs: Marble League 2020 bouts, the funnel endurance test and the new Newton’s Cradle event, then talk The Bachelor on Holey Moley II: The Sequel, and round out reality with the finale of Legendary and the latest Snatch Game of Love on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Then we head over to genre, with looks at Stargirl and an ’80s-tastic Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Tune in for our thoughts, then reach out with your own take on the ascension of Karen and any other Baby-Sitters Club reflections.

By |2020-07-11T14:52:46-06:00July 11th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #461- Spotlight on Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi Season 1

It’s another light TV week, courtesy of the holiday weekend, but that just gives us time to dive deep on a few of our quarantine favorites. Noel and Kate kick things off with Our Week in TV, starting with the reality offerings, including the premiere of HBO’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, another nail-biting Jelle’s Marble Runs: Marble League 2020 (go O’Rangers!), and the latest improv challenge on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Then we move to genre, with the first of a two-parter on Stargirl, another high-stakes time travel adventure on Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, and now that Kate’s caught up with it, last week’s Adventure Time: Distant Lands premiere. Then we head to the spotlight section and get some serious food envy watching Hulu’s Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi. Listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your favorite moments from the past week’s TV.

By |2020-07-03T20:07:07-06:00July 4th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #460- Spotlight on Top Boy: Summerhouse Season 2

The beginning of the COVID-19 TV draught has officially hit here at the podcast. There’s still plenty of TV to discuss, but once again, reality is picking up the slack. We kick things off with Our Week in TV, starting with our sole drama and comedy offerings, the premiere of Perry Mason and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. There’s plenty of reality to discuss, though, including the kickoff of Jelle’s Marble Runs: Marble League 2020, Netflix and Channel 4’s Crazy Delicious season one, more thoughts on Floor is Lava season one, and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Then we wrap up the week with a quick look at Adventure Time: Distant Lands, and longer looks at Stargirl and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Afterward, it’s time for the spotlight section, and we dive in with season two of Netflix’s Top Boy: Summerhouse. Listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your take on the week’s TV and what you’re watching during these lighter weeks.

By |2020-06-26T22:43:42-06:00June 27th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #459- Spotlight on Top Boy: Summerhouse Season 1

The TV offerings are starting to dry up, but this week on the podcast, reality more than picked up the slack. We kick off the episode with our week in TV, starting with the comedy, drama, and genre shows: One Day at a Time’s animated special, the Quiz finale, and Stargirl and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Then we move to reality, including the Don’t premiere, The Floor is Lava season one, Holey Moley II: The Sequel, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Legendary, and the Top Chef: All-Stars L.A. finale. Afterward, we head to the spotlight section and dive in with season one of Channel 4’s Top Boy, which has been retitled on Netflix as Top Boy: Summerhouse. Reach out with your thoughts on Top Boy and the week’s TV, particularly any reality that we somehow missed.

By |2020-06-21T10:26:04-06:00June 20th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #458- Spotlight on Gentefied Season 1

There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and the on-going worldwide protests in support of Black Lives Matter and against police brutality and racism, as well as the continuing threat of COVID-19, are impacting every corner of American life, even down to TV. We start the podcast this episode with a lengthy news segment, catching up with recent industry developments. Then we head to our week in TV, including Oprah’s Where Do We Go From Here?, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’s potent policing episode, the finales of The Last O.G. and What We Do in the Shadows, the premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, and new episodes of Stargirl and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Then we head to the spotlight section to sing the praises of Netflix’s Gentefied, which dropped its terrific first season back in February and has flown far too under the radar. Listen for our thoughts, then reach out with your take on Gentefied, and any other series we may have missed this year.

By |2020-06-13T13:21:10-06:00June 13th, 2020|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #390- Spotlight on One Day at a Time Season 3

Netflix is doing its annual dance of threatening not to renew one of its best shows unless fans do their promo work for them, and irritating as that is, let it not be said that The Televerse didn’t pitch in. This episode, Noel and Kate talk through a truncated week in TV, looking at black-ish, Miracle Workers, the premiere of Documentary Now!, Supergirl, and the finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. Then we move over to the spotlight section and dive in with the third season of Netflix’s wonderful One Day at a Time. And now that we’ve contributed to your demanded fan campaign to save Televerse fave ODaaT, Netflix, we expect a season four. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on this lovely and entertaining show.

By |2019-02-22T16:13:08-06:00February 23rd, 2019|The Televerse|0 Comments
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The Televerse #389- Spotlight on Russian Doll

What we lack in audio quality this week, we make up for with fabulous TV to discuss. Kate is on location and battling technical difficulties (apologies for the sound quality—we’ll be back to our usual standard next episode). We kick things off with a truncated week in TV, including the premiere of Miracle Workers, another fun Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, a brief look at One Day at a Time season three, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, I Am the Night, and the penultimate RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. Then we move over to the spotlight section and dive in with the terrific Russian Doll, both spoiler-free and spoiler happy. Take a listen, then reach out with your thoughts on the week’s TV, and whether you want Russian Doll to come back for season two.

By |2019-02-16T17:11:10-06:00February 16th, 2019|The Televerse|1 Comment
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