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Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter – the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically flawed protagonist, the one-time guest character that defines an entire series. This is where we hoard TV’s most valuable visages. This… is the Hall of Faces.
This week, Allison and Clint are joined by their pals and confidantes Kris Vire (theater critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere) and Joshua Davis to lounge out on the lanai and pick their favorite Golden Girl!
The Emmy-winning sitcom about four older women embracing their second adolescence while living together in Miami is one of television's greatest treasures, so we decided to honor these esteemed ladies by making them battle it out for a spot in our Hall of Faces.
Who will it be - Bea Arthur's sardonic Dorothy Zbornak? Betty White's ditzy Rose Nylund? Rue McClanahan's man-hungry Blanche Devereaux? or Estelle Getty's irascible Sophia Petrillo?
We break down the lives, the loves, and the loungewear of television's greatest senior citizens, along with the latest TV news, picks of the week, and Bachelorette haiku.
Timestamps:
4:22 - TV News: Joss Whedon's Buffy reboot, Frances McDormand cast in Good Omens, Paramount TV president fired, American Horror Story season 8 title revealed, CATS movie(?!)
16:10 - Picks of the Week:
Kris: Parks and Recreation, "Leslie and Ben" (NBC)
Joshua: So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
Clint: POSE, "Mother of the Year" (FX), Match Game (ABC)
Allison: Trial and Error, "The Suitcase"/"The Timeline" (NBC)
30:43 - Bachelorette Haiku
Hall of Faces: The Golden Girls
33:20 - Introduction
39:45 - Step One: Pick a Character
Clint: Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty)
Joshua: Rose Nylund (Betty White)
Kris: Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur)
Allison: Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan)
47:23 - Step Two: Best Episodes
1:23:14 - Step Three: Final Vote
1:24:54 - Picks for Next Week:
Clint: Shark Week (Discovery Channel)
Kris: Drunk History Halloween episode (Comedy Central)
Joshua: Pose catch-up (FX)
Allison: Sharp Objects, "Ripe" (HBO)
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It's been a whirlwind week in TV, but the hosts of TV Party have you covered! Kate Kulzick joins Allison and Clint once again, this time to talk about the bold, controversial finale to the second season of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. What do the events of the finale mean for the future of Gilead? Have we lost some characters for good? And why didn't June get in the truck?! From underground Martha railroads to Bradley Whitford's love of Annie Lennox, we cover it all for you.
We also dig into the whirlwind of this year's Emmy nominations (read more of our thoughts in this year's Emmys breakdown), from our biggest surprises (Kenan!) to our biggest snubs (no Crazy-Ex Girlfriend?!).
But that's not all! Clint chats with the effervescent star of Somebody Feed Phil (and Everybody Loves Raymond co-creator) Phil Rosenthal about the importance of travel, the unexpected political weight of his show, and dispenses some much-appreciated relationship advice.
Timestamps:
3:02 - TV News: Sacha Baron Cohen, RuPaul talk show, Y the Last Man, Queer Eye and POSE renewals, longer season 4 for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
11:42 - Picks of the Week:
Allison: Harlots, Season 2 Episode 2 (Hulu), Sharp Objects, "Dirt" (HBO)
Kate: Pose, "Love is the Message" (FX), Queen Sugar (OWN), Claws (TNT)
Clint: Anne with an E season 2 (Netflix), Somebody Feed Phil season 2 (Netflix)
17:29 - Interview with Somebody Feed Phil's Phil Rosenthal
31:52 - Bachelorette Haikus
Deep Dive: The Handmaid's Tale Season 2
33:09 - Introductions/thoughts on the finale and season in general
52:43 - Best/Worst episodes of the season
1:01:36 - MVP Characters (Hard Mode: No Elisabeth Moss)
1:11:13 - Emmy Nominations
1:25:16 - Picks for Next Week:
Clint: The Bold Type, "Betsy" (Freeform)
Kate: Dietland, "Rad Fatties" (AMC)
Allison: Trial and Error season 2 (NBC)
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It's recurring guest Kate Kulzick's birthday, which means it's a perfect time for another installment of our regular segment Just Do This For Me!, in which one of our hosts or guests forces the others to watch a show of their choosing, and we talk about it on air.
This time, we take a look at Cartoon Network's bubbly, infectious animated series Steven Universe, just in time for the show's big StevenBomb event! Kate (and her Gem of a sister Maggie) join Allison and Clint to talk about the show's incredible cult following, surprisingly nuanced grasp of serialized storytelling and groundbreaking LGBT representation. Oh, and the songs, of course. So many great songs.
(Note: Some technical difficulties affected the audio quality of this episode, apologies for that. We'll be back to our sprightly, professional-sounding selves next week.)
Timestamps:
7:41 - Picks of the Week:
Kate: Hannah Gadsby: Nanette (Netflix), Claws, "Scream" (TNT)
Allison: The Bold Type, "Stride of Pride" (Freeform), The Handmaid's Tale, "Postpartum" (Hulu)
Clint: GLOW, "The Good Twin" (Netflix), Pose, "Mother's Day" (FX)
20:37 - Bachelorette Haikus
Just Do This For Me!: Steven Universe
21:38 - Introductions
30:51 - Themes
42:53 - Characters
51:46 - Episodes
1:05:57 - Music
1:19:11 - The most recent StevenBomb
1:35:30 - Picks for Next Week:
Allison: Harlots season 2 (Hulu)
Kate: Handmaid's Tale finale (Hulu)
Clint: Sharp Objects (HBO), rewatching Babylon 5 (Amazon Prime)
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We've hit the halfway mark of 2018, so it's time to sit down and take stock of the damn good year in TV we've had thus far. Clint and Allison are joined by regular contributors Dominick Suzanne-Mayer and Kate Kulzick this week to break down some of the best TV shows and performances of the past month - with a special shoutout to Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals' incredible work on FX's POSE. (We also do our best to process that humdinger of a Drag Race finale.)
If that's not enough for you, we also re-cap our top ten (technically, eleven) TV shows of the year so far! What do you think of our picks? Is there anything we missed? Let us know!
You can read our official list here, but if you want to hear us rhapsodize further (and repeatedly, gleefully butcher the One Day at a Time theme), we've got you covered.
Timestamps:
2:39 - TV News: Danny McBride/John Goodman HBO show, reboot of Daria
8:01 - Episodes of the Month/Week:
Dom: GLOW, "Work the Leg" (Netflix) / Succession, "Sad Sack Wasp Trap" (HBO)
Allison: Dietland, "Y Not" (AMC) / Queer Eye, "God Bless Gay" (Netflix)
Kate: Claws, "Cracker Casserole" (TNT) / The Break with Michelle Wolf, "Entertainment Explosion!" (Netflix)
Clint: Westworld, "Kiksuya" (HBO) / The Expanse, "Congregation"/"Abaddon's Gate" (Syfy)
30:23 - Drag Race Drop-In
42:27 - Episode of the Month (consensus): POSE, "The Fever" (FX)
51:41 - Performances of the Month:
Consensus: Billy Porter, POSE; Zahn McClarnon, Westworld
Dom: Hannah Gadsby, Nanette (Netflix)
Allison: Mishel Prada, Vida (Starz)
Kate: Joy Nash, Dietland (AMC)
Clint: Alfre Woodard, Luke Cage (Netflix)
1:00:27 - The Best TV of 2018 So Far
2:02:03 - Picks for Next Week:
Dom: Sir Mix-A-Lot's House Remix (DIY), The 2000s (CNN)
Allison: Sharp Objects (HBO), A Very English Scandal (Amazon)
Kate: Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems (Cartoon Network)
Clint: Somebody Feed Phil season 2 (Netflix)
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Freeze all motor functions - it's another episode of TV Party! Allison's consciousness is trapped in robot heaven this week, so Clint pulls single-host duty with Caroline Siede and Jacob Oller to talk about Westworld's beautiful, dense season two finale "The Passenger," and the season as a whole.
The finale left us with a lot to discuss: Where does Westworld go from here? Did we need all those twisty timeline shifts? Has the show fully abandoned its Western premise, and is that a good thing? We touch on those things, James Marsden's incredible cheekbones, and the concept of a robot heaven on the moon, so come question the nature of your reality with us
Don't worry, we also talk about some other TV stuff this week, from the politics of Netflix's rebooted Queer Eye to our resigned sadness at NBC's Timeless getting the boot for good. Allison also appears from a previous timeline to give us a snippet of her interview with The Handmaid's Tale writer Yahlin Chang about the shocking timeliness of her episode "The Last Ceremony" (look out for a full version later this week).
Timestamps:
2:19 - TV News:
Timeless canceled (again), The Terror season 2 renewal, pulling The Proposal episode after sexual assault allegations
8:01 - Picks of the Week:
Caroline: Queer Eye season 2 (Netflix)
Jacob: The Great British Baking Show (PBS)
Clint: The Handmaid's Tale, "The Last Ceremony" (Hulu); The Expanse, "Fallen World" (Syfy)
15:05 - Interview with The Handmaid's Tale writer Yahlin Chang
20:04 - Bachelorette Haikus
Deep Dive: Westworld
22:18 - Introduction/thoughts on the season
29:15 - Discussion of the season 2 finale
37:52 - Costumes/visuals
46:29 - Score
48:46 - Language
52:52 - Best/worst episodes of the season
1:08:13 - MVP Characters
1:18:20 - Hopes for season 3
1:22:37 - Picks for Next Week:
Jacob: Sharp Objects (HBO)
Caroline: Luke Cage season 2 (Netflix)
Clint: The Expanse, "Congregation"/"Abaddon's Gate" (Syfy)
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With the end of the second season of FX's kaleidoscopic, surrealist superhero show Legion, Allison and Clint bring on Alex McLevy from The AV Club to discuss its highs and lows - from Aubrey Plaza's beautifully cagey performance to the season's slow pace. Plus, we break down some of our favorite images of the formally ambitious show, and some of the more interesting side characters we hope get more focus in season 3.
Sandwiched in between our discussion like so many of Noah Hawley's nested dreamscapes, Dominick Suzanne-Mayer also materializes to discuss our picks for this past week, and what we're looking forward to next week, from Queer Eye to Strange Angel.
Timestamps:
1:40 - TV News:
Chris Hardwick allegations, Lucifer renewed at Netflix, AT&T/Time Warner merger, American Horror Story season 8 crossover
11:20 - Episodes of the Week:
Allison: The Bold Type, "Feminist Army"/"Rose Colored Glasses" (Freeform)
Dom: Strange Angel, "Augurs of Spring" (CBS All Access), Drake's "I'm Upset" video
Clint: The Expanse, "Dandelion Sky" (Syfy), Stoneman Douglas drama kids singing at the 72nd Tony Awards ceremony (CBS), The Staircase (Netflix)
24:27 - Bachelorette Haikus
Deep Dive: Legion Season 2
26:16 - Introduction/finale discussion
45:41 - The visuals of season 2
54:49 - MVP (Episodes)
1:00:36 - MVP (Characters)
1:13:44 - Picks for Next Week:
Allison: Pose, "Giving and Receiving" (FX), Luke Cage season 2 (Netflix)
Dom: Lucha Underground (El Rey)
Clint: Queer Eye season 2 (Netflix), Drunk History, "Heists" (Comedy Central)
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Over dozens of seasons of television, from Nip/Tuck to Glee to American Stories both Horror and Crime, super-producer Ryan Murphy has created his own cottage industry of ambitious, theatrical, cards-on-the-table melodramas featuring some of the best actors and actresses in TV. This week on the pod, Allison and Clint go it alone to count down fifteen of Murphy's greatest collaborators, from established character actresses to lantern-jawed hunks, to Oscar winners of all persuasions.
Along the way, we share our thoughts on the tragic passing of Anthony Bourdain, spit some deadly bars about this year's bizarre season of The Bachelorette, and more.
Timestamps:
7:39 - TV News: Anthony Bourdain, Game of Thrones prequel series, Atlanta season 3 renewal, Keiynan Lonsdale's departure from the Arrowverse, and more
21:02 - Episodes of the Week:
Clint: Sense8 finale (Netflix), Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)
Allison: The Last O.G. finale (TBS), Dietland premiere (AMC)
29:39 - Bachelorette Haikus
Ryan Murphy's Most Valuable Players
33:10 - Who doesn't qualify, who didn't make the list
38:00 - Part I:
15. Dot Jones
14. Jamie Brewer
13. Kate Mara
12. Connie Britton
11. Cuba Gooding, Jr.
51: 14 - Part II:
10. Finn Wittrock
9. Kathy Bates
8. Denis O'Hare
7. Frances Conroy
6. Lily Rabe
5. Evan Peters
4. Darren Criss
3. Angela Bassett
2. Jessica Lange
1. Sarah Paulson
1:36:55 - Picks for Next Week:
Allison: The Bold Type season 2 premiere (Freeform), Strange Angel premiere (CBS All Access)
Clint: Voltron: Legendary Defender season 6 (Netflix)
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Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter – the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically flawed protagonist, the one-time guest character that defines an entire series. This is where we hoard TV’s most valuable visages. This… is the Hall of Faces.
For our fourth entry in the Hall of Faces, Allison and Clint (with Kate Kulzick in tow) celebrate the host of spies, killers, and handlers in FX's recently completed series The Americans with a fierce debate - does only one of the Jennings deserve to get in, or do we say "why not both?"
Who else gets in? Martha? Claudia? The mail robot? Like the show itself, the latest TV Party takes its cast on some breathtaking twists and turns, with more than a few difficult, world-shattering decisions to make.
While we're at it, we weigh in on the exhaustive, week-long controversy surrounding Roseanne's cancellation, start our season-long segment of Bachelorette haikus, and much more!
Timestamps:
4:28 - TV News: Roseanne-gate, Lethal Weapon cast infighting, Samantha Bee, Heathers, Legion renewal, and more
20:47 - Episodes of the Week:
Kate: Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady (Netflix), The Americans, "START" (FX)
Clint: Pose, "Pilot" (FX); The Expanse, "It Reaches Out" (Syfy); The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, "Party Monster: Scratching the Surface" (Netflix)
Allison: The Americans, "START" (FX); JR Smith and LeBron, Vida (Starz)
40:47 - Bachelorette Haiku
Hall of Faces: The Americans
43:42 - Discussion of format
54:36 - Characters we left out
1:02:59 - Round One - Choose the Character
Kate: Martha Hanson
Allison: Elizabeth Jennings
Clint: Phillip Jennings
1:18:27 - Round Two - Debate
1:23:06 - Picks for Next Week:
Allison: Dietland (AMC), Vida (Starz)
Kate: Sense8 finale (Netflix); premiere of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger (Freeform); Queen Sugar (OWN)
Clint: Sense8 finale (Netflix)
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The sun's out, the temperature's rising, and yet another month of TV has come and gone - and the hosts of TV Party are ready to send it off in style! Film editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer joins us once again to weigh on everything we saw (and some we didn't see) in May. (The short version: if you haven't watched Killing Eve, get on that shit what's wrong with you.)
Along with our effusive praise for BBC America's spy-thriller smash hit, we dig deep into the news of the week (including some surprise renewals and exciting casting decisions) and pile more onto our pre-existing love for FX's The Americans and HBO's Barry and Westworld. In the meantime, NBC is doing Hair as a live musical, and we simply don't know what to do with that information.
Add to that a murderer's row of geek-outs over space operas, wrestling and kiddie cooking competitions, and it's just another week of delightful mayhem on TV Party.
Timestamps:
2:00 - TV News:
The Expanse renewed by Amazon, John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot(!), Mike White & John Hennigan joining Survivor, Damon Lindelof's Watchmen casting announcement
23:39 - Episode of the Month:
Consensus: Killing Eve, "God, I'm Tired" (BBC America)
Dom: Barry, "Chapter 8 - Know Your Truth" (HBO)
Allison: The Americans, "The Summit"/"Jennings, Elizabeth" (FX); Westworld, "Akane No Mai" (HBO)
Clint: The Expanse, "Delta-V" (Syfy)
48:53 - Performances of the Month:
Consensus: Matthew Rhys/Keri Russell, The Americans (FX)
Dom: Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Allison: Rinko Kikuchi, Westworld (HBO)
Clint: Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)
1:08:58 - What We Missed:
Clint: Masterchef Junior finale (Fox); Picnic at Hanging Rock (Amazon)
Dom: NXT (WWE Network)
Allison: Cobra Kai (Youtube Red)
1:19:04 - Next Week in TV:
Dom: Succession premiere(HBO)
Allison: Pose premiere (FX)
Clint: Reverie pilot (NBC)
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Some weeks, you just want to dispense with the usual grind and try something new. In our case, that meant doing a live, loose After Party at Hotel Moxy in downtown Chicago as part of the opening week of the Moxy SoundOff Podcast Series!
For this special episode, Allison and Clint go it alone in a two-person podcast booth, entertaining a lobby full of fans and passersby with a speed round of back-and-forth on the best Xs in TV history. What's the best season finale? Series finale? Pilot (first episode or person who flies things)? Just how hot can a closed-off podcast booth get on a warm summer day with no ventilation? We've got answers to all those questions and more.
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Clint's been temporarily displaced from time, so this week Allison is joined by co-pilot Kate Kulzick (and special guest Carly Lane, contributing editor for Syfy Wire) to talk about the stellar season 2 of Timeless!
NBC's time-travel adventure show just finished a rip-roaring, entertaining sophomore season after being barely rescued from cancellation, with all the history jokes and fetching period costumes you can shake a stick at. In the wake of Timeless' jaw-droppingly delicious season finale, our resident Clockblockers dig deep into their favorite episodes of the season, the MVPs of the show, and Carly's incredible Syfy Wire piece on how the show(along with perennial TV Party fave Outlander) explores historical witch-hunts. Strap in, steal some petticoats from a clothesline and zip through Timeless with us - along with more renewal chat, and discussions of The Americans, Killing Eve and The Handmaid's Tale.
Hey, NBC. #RenewTimeless, would you please?
Timestamps:
3:20 - TV News: Final seasons for Jane the Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and iZombie, Ann Dowd's response to the White House Correspondent's Dinner, Jordan Peele's Nazi show, Guillermo del Toro going to Netflix
17:34 - Episodes of the Week:
Kate: The Americans, "The Summit" (FX)
Carly: Killing Eve, "Take Me to the Hole" (BBC America)
Allison: The Handmaid's Tale, "Seeds" (Hulu)
Deep Dive - Timeless Season 2:
44:05 -Season 2 finale chat, "Chinatown"
1:06:34 - Discussion of Carly's piece on Timeless, Outlander and TV's treatment of historical witch-hunts
1:16:19 - Favorite Episodes:
Kate: "The Day Reagan Was Shot"/"The General"
Carly: "Hollywoodland"/"The King of the Delta Blues"
Allison: "The War to End All Wars"/'Chinatown"
1:37:06 - MVP:
Carly: Abigail Spencer, costume designer Mari-An Ceo
Kate: Malcolm Barrett, Writing/research team
Allison: The entire supporting cast (Sakina Jaffrey, Paterson Joseph et al.), visual effects team
1:56:50 - Picks for Next Week:
Kate: Killing Eve finale (BBC America), The Break with Michelle Wolf premiere (Netflix), The Terror finale (AMC), Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here (Netflix)
Carly: The Expanse, "Delta-V" (Syfy)
Allison: The Americans, "Jennings, Elizabeth" (FX)
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In this world of Peak TV, summer isn't the boring slog it used to be - there's a veritable smorgasbord of highly-anticipated debuts, returning favorites, and critical darlings showing up on our screens the next few months to keep us all on the couch and away from the beach.
This week on TV Party, Allison and Clint (along with Dominick Suzanne-Mayer) break down some of the shows they're looking forward to the most this summer, in conjunction from our gargantuan rundown of the 30 shows we're looking forward to this summer. From Stephen King Extended Universe shows (Castle Rock) to dark comedies about fashion and murder starring Julianna Margulies (Dietland), we've got you covered, along with more puns than you can shake a stick at.
(Note: if you're in Chicago, TV Party is doing a live show at Hotel Moxy this Wednesday, May 16th, from 4-6pm. Tickets are free, so come, grab a drink, and watch Allison and Clint talk TV while sitting in a glass box!)
Timestamps:
2:58 - TV News: The week's slate of cancellations
16:13 - Picks of the Week:
Dom: Barry, "Chapter 7 - Loud, Fast, and Keep Going" (HBO)
Clint: The Expanse, "Triple Point" (Syfy)
Allision: Killing Eve, "I Have a Thing for Bathrooms" (BBC America)
Consensus: Atlanta, "Crabs in a Barrell" (FX)
Summer TV Preview:
34:43 - Promising Upstarts:
Dom: Castle Rock (Hulu), Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Clint: Dietland (AMC), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Amazon)
Allison: Vida (Starz), The Tale (HBO)
54:13 - Solid Contenders:
Dom: Strange Angel (CBS All Access), The Great British Baking Show (PBS)
Clint: Luke Cage (Netflix), Arrested Development (Netflix)
Allison: The Bold Type (Freeform), Harlots (Hulu)
1:17:09 - Top Picks:
Clint: Sense8 finale movie (Netflix)
Dom: GLOW (Netflix)
Allison: Pose (FX)
1:32:30 - Announcement: Live Show at Hotel Moxy
1:34:25 - Picks for Next Week:
Allison: The Americans, "The Summit" (FX), Little Women (PBS), Timeless season 2 finale (NBC)
Dom: The Royal Wedding with Cord and Tish! (HBO)
Clint: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, "Jake and Amy" (Fox)
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This week, Allison and Clint (along with Kate Kulzick) are joined by New York drag queen extraordinaire Sutton Lee Seymour to discuss that most hallowed of RuPaul's Drag Race holidays - Snatch Game! Together, we discuss the tops, bottoms and everything in between for season 10's iteration of the classic Drag Race challenge, and also hearken back to Snatch Games of yesteryear.
Along the way, we find new ways to gush about BBC America's Killing Eve, gab about the remixed fourth season of Arrested Development, and get a crash course in Steven Universe lore from Kate.
Timestamps:
2:41 - This Week in TV:
Kate: The White House Correspondents' Dinner; Killing Eve, "Sorry Baby" (BBC America)
Clint: Arrested Development Season 4 Remix: Fateful Consequences (Netflix); The Goldbergs, "Opportunity of a Lifetime" (ABC)
Allison: The Americans, "Rififi" (FX); Adam Rippon on Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
19:55 - Deep Dive: Snatch Game
32:55 - Season 10: tops, middles, bottoms
1:15:29 - Snatch Games of Yesteryear
1:46:32 - Next Week in TV:
Allison: Little Women (PBS); Patrick Melrose (Showtime)
Kate: Steven Universe, "Can't Go Back/A Single Pale Rose" (Cartoon Network); Atlanta finale (FX)
Clint: Safe (Netflix)
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Even with our breathless TV coverage every week, a few great things are bound to slip through the cracks. To that end, Allison and Clint (along with Dominick Suzanne-Mayer and Jacob Oller) halt and catch up to everything we missed over the month of April!
Along the way, we also point out some of the month's greatest hits - from Atlanta's superb "Teddy Perkins" to the one-two punch of beautiful performances from Atlanta's Brian Tyree Henry and The Handmaid's Tale's Elisabeth Moss.
Timestamps:
2:20 - TV News:
The Cosby verdict, Stranger Things season 3 promo, Colin Jost and Michael Che hosting the Emmys
13:17 - Episode of the Month:
Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins" (FX)
27:48 - Picks of the Month:
Jacob: Aggretsuko (Netflix)
Dom: Andre the Giant (HBO)
Allison: The Americans, "The Great Patriotic War" (FX)
Clint: The Handmaid's Tale, "June" (Hulu)
45:29 - Performance of the Month:
Consensus: Tie - Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta (FX), Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Dom: Bill Hader, Barry (HBO)
Allison: Sandra Oh, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Jacob: Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
Clint: Parker Posey, Lost in Space (Netflix)
1:08:38 - What We Missed:
Clint: LA to Vegas (FOX)
Jacob: The Terror (AMC)
Dom: NXT Takeover: New Orleans (WWE)
Allison: Howards End (Starz)
1:24:41 - Next Week in TV:
Jacob: James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (AMC)
Dom: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous Live at Radio City (Netflix)
Allison: RuPaul's Drag Race, "Snatch Game"(VH1)
Clint: Good Girls, "Remix" (NBC)
-- Clint WorthingtonSenior Staff Writer, Consequence of Sound
Co-Host/Editor/Producer, TV Party PodcastCo-Host/Editor/Producer, Alcohollywood
Co-Host/Editor/Producer, Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast
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For the latest After Party, Allison and Clint serve up their full, uncut interview with Kirsten Nelson, who played young Mrs. Landingham in The West Wing's seminal episode (and You Get Hoynes! namesake) "Two Cathedrals." Together, they talk about what it was like filming the episode, meeting writer/producer/pinch-hitting actor Lawrence O'Donnell on set, and the impact of the episode on The West Wing and our contemporary cultural landscape in general. Take a listen!
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This week on TV Party, Allison and Clint are joined by two of TV Party's finest Cabinet members (Kate Kulzick and Caroline Siede) to kick off our new recurring segment on perfect, ambitious episodes of television, You Get Hoynes!
We couldn't very well do this segment without celebrating the episode it was named after - The West Wing's spellbinding season two finale, "Two Cathedrals." From Martin Sheen's bravura speech to God in the National Cathedral, to the flashbacks of young Jed Bartlett's relationship with the recently-passed Mrs, Landingham, to the ongoing question of whether Jed will seek a second term, it's a masterful hour of Peak Aaron Sorkin television we take great pleasure in discussing in detail - presumably while continuously walking down the halls of CPN Studios.
Along the way, Allison and Clint also provide a snippet of their interview with young Mrs. Landingham herself, Kirsten Nelson. Take a listen!
Timestamps:
3:27 - TV News
Grey's Anatomy renewed, RIP Harry Anderson, the Allison Mack and Robbie Turner controversies
14:02 - This Week in TV:
Clint: Black-ish, "Fifty-Three Percent" (ABC)
Caroline: For the People, "World's Greatest Judge" (ABC)
Allison: Legion, "Chapter 11" (FX)
33:08 - Kate: Jane the Virgin, "Chapter Eighty-One" (CW) (SPOILER ALERT)
You Get Hoynes: The West Wing, "Two Cathedrals" (NBC)
37:57 - Why this episode?
46:00 - Episode Synopsis
49:35 - Writing
1:20:32 - Performances
1:31:36 - Interview w/Kirsten Nelson (Young Dolores Landingham) (full interview to come in this week's After Party)
1:36:32 - Direction and Cinematography
1:43:24 - Score and Music
1:55:01 - Next Week in TV:
Caroline: Crash Course (Youtube) and Westworld, "Journey Into Night" (HBO)
Allison: The Americans, "The Great Patriotic War" (FX); Dirty Computer (MTV)
Kate: Premieres of Into the Badlands (AMC) and Archer: Danger Island (FX)
Clint: The Expanse, "Assured Destruction" (Syfy)
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If there's one thing you can count on here at TV Party, it's that we take every single opportunity to dump effusive praise on our favorite piece of superhero schlock on the airwaves right now - The CW's deeply wacky time-travel smorgasbord DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
If you're not watching it, you're missing out on something special: Vikings worshipping a Tickle Me Elmo-like fuzzy toy. Neal McDonough in a silly Javier Bardem wig. A young Barack Obama chased by a murderous psychic gorilla. It's just.... so much of everything you never knew you wanted.
Now that Legends has finished its third season (which you can already find on Netflix), Allison and Clint - along with fellow superfan Kate Kulzick - take a few minutes out of their day for a very special After Party to discuss the wild, wild season 3 finale. Along the way, they pinpoint the many ways the season as a whole has seen the show solidifying its irreverent tone and giving its game cast of underrated performers new things to do - and new historical figures to save. Take a listen!
Timestamps:
8:57 - Discussion of the season 3 finale, "The Good, The Bad and the Cuddly"
22:07 - Season 3 discussion
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Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter – the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically flawed protagonist, the one-time guest character that defines an entire series. This is where we hoard TV’s most valuable visages. This… is the Hall of Faces.
With The Handmaid's Tale premiering its second season on Hulu on April 26th, Allison and Clint bring on Kate Kulzick of The Televerse and AV Club staff writer Gwen Ihnat to revisit the home of Elisabeth Moss' biggest Peak TV role, Mad Men! Which member of Sterling Cooper/SCDP/SCP makes it into our Hall of Faces - is it Peggy Olsen? Don Draper? Betty Draper? Joan Harris? Listen and find out!
Along the way, we also discuss the wigs and workroom drama of the latest Drag Race, Tig Notaro joining Star Trek Discovery, and the premieres of Killing Eve and Lost in Space.
Timestamps:
3:57 - TV News: Peabody nominees, Tig Notaro joining Star Trek Discovery, NOS4A2 series order at AMC, Kyle Chandler cast in Hulu's Catch-22
15:59 - This Week in TV:
Kate: RuPaul's Drag Race, "The Last Ball on Earth" (VH1)
Clint: Lost in Space (Netflix) (hon. mention: The Expanse, "Fight or Flight" (Syfy))
Gwen: New Girl, "About Three Years Later" (FOX)
Allison: Killing Eve, "Nice Face" and "I'll Deal With Him Later" (BBC America)
Hall of Faces: Mad Men
38:00 - Introduction
41:09 - Backups
53:15 - Main Picks
1:18:28 - Who Would NOT Have Made the List
1:22:04 - Favorite Moment
1:31:38 - Picking the Winner
1:42:22 -Next Week in TV:
Gwen: Riverdale, "A Night to Remember" (CW)
Allison: Laurie Metcalf's guest turn on Supergirl, "Schott Through the Heart" (CW)
Kate: season finales of Jane the Virgin and Black Lightning (CW)
Clint: Westworld, "Journey Into Night" (HBO)
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In this bonus After Party, Allison and Clint sit down for a minute to talk about the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend live show!
Along the way, they both have a pleasant chat with Josh Chan himself, Vincent "Vinny" Rodriguez III; Clint lives through the live show vicariously through Allison; and Allison speaks to Donna Lynne Champlin (Paula on Crazy Ex) about the show's highlights, the rehearsal process, choreography, and more.
Timestamps:
5:37 - Interview with Vincent Rodriguez III
39:46 - Allison's Reflections on the Live Show
51:50 - Interview with Donna Lynne Champlin
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For our inaugural installment of our recurring segment Just Do This For Me!, first-timers Allison and Clint step into the ring with seasoned WWE veterans LaToya Ferguson and Dominick Suzanne-Mayer for their very first WrestleMania! Together, they discuss all the bone-crushing mayhem, surprise upsets, and camptastic outfits of WWE WrestleMania 34. Suffice to say, we're all #TeamNicholas over here.
Along with that, the panel gushes about Brooklyn Nine-Nine's beautiful bottle episode "The Box," delve more into the mastery of FX's Atlanta, and finally find out why that Legends of Tomorrow episode is titled "Guest Starring John Noble."
Timestamps:
2:16 - TV News:
The Simpsons responding to The Problem with Apu, David Simon's new series, the CW renewal slate, the High Fidelity reboot
12:12 - Picks of the Week:
Dom: Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins" (FX)
Clint: DC's Legends of Tomorrow, "Guest Starring John Noble" (CW)
LaToya: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, "The Box" (FOX)
Allison: Killing Eve, "Nice Face" (BBC)
37:11 - Just Do This For Me! WWE WrestleMania 34
43:01 - Initial reactions from the newbies (Allison, Clint)
49:38 - Favorite matches
59:09 - General discussion
1:20:03 - WrestleMania's place in the wrestling world
1:25:39 - Questions from the experts (Dom, LaToya)
1:38:58 - Final thoughts
1:42:50 - Next Week in TV:
Dom: Chef's Table: Pastry (Netflix)
Clint: The Expanse season 3 premiere (Syfy), Lost in Space (Netflix)
LaToya: The Challenge: Vendettas reunion episode (MTV)
Allison: RuPaul's Drag Race, "The Last Ball on Earth" (VH1)
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