The first week of network premieres is upon us, prompting another lengthy episode of the podcast. We kick things off with the comedies, including the premieres of Speechless, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, and Will & Grace, the finales of Difficult People and People of Earth, and more delightful episodes of The  Good Place and DuckTales. Next up are the reality and drama offerings, including the premiere of Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, a beautiful Halt & Catch Fire, and the conclusion of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War. Finally, we wrap up the episode with our spotlight segment, diving deep with the two-episode premiere of Star Trek: Discovery.

Spotlight: Star Trek: Discovery premiere (1:50:03)

Our Week in Comedy
Speechless premiere (11:24)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine premiere (18:29)
Superstore premiere (22:36)
Will & Grace premiere (25:07)
The Opposition with Jordan Klepper premiere (31:59)
Difficult People finale (38:30)
People of Earth finale (42:02)
The Good Place (47:34)
DuckTales (56:36)

Our Week in Reality and Drama
Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders premiere (1:04:37)
Halt and Catch Fire (1:11:59)
The Vietnam War (1:23:10)

Music Featured: Kenneth’s cover of “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)”, from Speechless, sung by Cedric Yarbrough and John Ross Bowie; “We Belong” by Pat Benatar

With the full sweep of fall network premieres headed our way next week, Noel and Kate take advantage of a lighter show list to check in once again with our 2017 TV resolutions. First, however, we look at the week’s TV, starting with the comedies, including the returns of The Good Place, Nathan For You, and Adventure Time, as well as Better Things and Broad City. Next up are the reality and drama offerings, including the 2017 Emmy awards, PBS’s The Vietnam War, the finale of The Sinner, and another moving Halt and Catch Fire. Afterward, it’s resolution time, with Noel continuing his exploration of current anime series, including new additions Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju and All Out!, and Kate diving in with her most potentially wheelhouse YouTube series yet, Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party.

2017 TV Resolution Check-in #4 (1:16:39): Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, All Out!, Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party

Our Week in Comedy
The Good Place premiere (11:11)
Nathan For You: A Celebration (19:15)
Better Things (21:15)
Broad City (22:57)
Adventure Time (27:21)

Our Week in Reality and Drama
2017 Emmy awards (34:53)
The Vietnam War (48:09)
The Sinner finale (1:02:23)
Halt and Catch Fire (1:05:02)

Music Featured: “Still the One” by Shania  Twain; “Everything Is Better On TV” as sung by Stephen Colbert, Chance the Rapper, and more at the Emmy Awards; Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Theme song

Fall premiere season is already upon us, giving us plenty of TV to discuss this week on the podcast. First we look at the comedies, including the premieres of Broad City and Better Things, fun installments of You’re the Worst and Rick and Morty, and the finales of Insecure and Younger. Then we move on to the drama and genre offerings, including the premieres of The Orville, Outlander, Top of the Lake: China Girl, and The Deuce, as well as Room 104 and Halt and Catch Fire. Afterwards, we dive deep with the funny and moving second season of Tig Notaro’s One Mississippi, currently available on Amazon Prime.

Season Spotlight: One Mississippi Season 2 (1:52:35)

Our Week in Comedy
Broad City premiere (12:05)
Better Things premiere (17:09)
You’re the Worst (20:48)
Rick and Morty (22:49)
Insecure finale (26:11)
Younger finale (47:22)

Our Week in Genre and Drama
The Orville premiere (1:00:54)
Outlander premiere (1:10:06)
Top of the Lake: China Girl premiere (1:13:25)
The Deuce premiere (1:29:36)
Room 104 (1:38:31)
Halt and Catch Fire (1:43:33)

Music Featured: “Go Outside” by Cults; “Rebel Girl” by Bikini Kill

This week on the podcast, it’s The Televerse’s 6th anniversary! To celebrate, we dive in with our much-teased discussion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Noel and Kate ranking the MCU films and hashing out The Avengers vs. The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Then we head over to our week in TV, with a slue of premieres and finales, including I’m Sorry, Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, You’re the Worst, American Horror Story: Cult, Twin Peaks, and The Bold Type, as well as a handful of other check-ins. Last up is the sixth installment of our yearly Make-You-Watch-athon, where each host picks one series that the other has to watch. This year, Noel’s pick is season one of the anime classic Sailor Moon, and Kate’s pick is the underseen Amazon series Catastrophe.  

Between our MCU discussion, week in TV, and Make-You-Watch-athon, it’s a mega-installment of the podcast this week. A big thank you to all of our listeners, those who’ve been with the podcast for six years, and those who’ve tuned in in the last six weeks.

Make-You-Watch-athon 6
Noel’s pick: Sailor Moon (1:51:15)
Kate’s pick: Catastrophe (2:16:35)

MCU Rankings (6:41)

Our Week in TV
I’m Sorry finale (50:28)
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light Season 1 (54:05)
You’re the Worst premiere (58:42)
Younger (1:02:53)
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (1:09:45)
American Horror Story: Cult premiere (1:16:48)
Twin Peaks finale (1:23:39)
Room 104 (1:34:01)
The Bold Type finale (1:37:43)

Music Featured: “Quiet” by MILCK; Sailor Moon Theme song

Noel’s on location this week, so we keep the podcast on the short side (for us). First we talk through our week in TV, including the midseason finale of Game of Thrones, another look at The Tick season 1.0, a catch-up with Room 104, the penultimate episode of The Bold Type, and a kid-centric Halt and Catch Fire, among others. Then we take a look at the upcoming new fall network TV series, previewing what’s in store for premiere season at the end of September and beginning of November.

2017 Fall Network TV Preview (53:53)

Our Week in TV
Game of Thrones midseason finale (8:43)
The Tick Season 1 (15:36)
People of Earth (20:56)
Rick and Morty (24:08)
Difficult People (26:16)
Twin Peaks (27:27)
Room 104 (29:40)
The Bold Type (36:09)
Halt and Catch Fire (43:12)

Music Featured: “Audrey’s Dance” by Angelo Badalamenti from Twin Peaks