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You asking that unlocked my memory of the tv remake, but I had totally forgotten about it. (And I don't think I actually watched it; I just used to obsessively read the EW issue about upcoming shows.)

3: The Focus Group — Welcome to Television

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The guys at Spectrum think I’m just some dumb hick. They said that to me at a dinner.

Normally I wouldn't be too picky about a television show not knowing that you can call 911 even when you don't have cell service, but 9-1-1 should know.

We recorded our Studio 60 podcast a while ago. So don't mind me; I'm just over here editing out a 3 minute tangent where we talked about whether or not the Wicked movie was going to be any good.

We should turn on audio description tonight.

And sometimes they put the text bubble on the screen, but please don't make me squint at someone's phone screen on the TV screen.

February sickness/malaise has passed so we have a new episode of the Charmed podcast up. This week we're discussing episode 717: Scry Hard.

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Introduced a friend to American Dad last night and he asked, "Wait is that actually Patrick Stewart?" Ha. He has no idea what he's in for.

Yes. That's why I hate takes that are like, this whole show would not have happened in a country with universal healthcare. He would have just found another way to become a villain.

If you look up the Billy Bob Thonton interview with Q TV on YouTube, so many of the comments are "This is why no one watches AOL Blast" and "Would you ask Leo DeCaprio about Christmas's around the corner?" and I think that's beautiful.

Alt text because I've never seen that quote before and I love it: "We wanted every episode to be four things: funny, sad, strange and beautiful." -Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi

how to get out of the mirror universe

Jennifer Love Hewitt talked that AI to death like she was James T Kirk.

Between the space plot and the AI story I think this show is officially science fiction now.

I loved the show at the time, and I have the tattoo to prove it, and I still want nothing but the best for (most of) the cast, but so much of it in retrospect is...bad. Let it be done. Do something new. And cast Jewel Staite and Morena Baccarin in that new thing.

The best time for a new season of Firefly was 20 years ago. The second best time is never.

I love the show 9-1-1. It is so bonkers. And these characters are the dumbest smart people ever. "Gee, I'm having weird unexplained medical stuff. It probably doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I spent the first half of this season STRANDED IN SPACE!"

a woman in a purple shirt is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle . Alt: Blanche in a purple shirt is standing in a kitchen spritzing herself with a spray bottle.

Me when Jason Mantzoukas wins the Taskmaster game that's all about breath control:

The cartoon Fangface has 10x as many fics on AO3 as Suburgatory!

A screenshot of Buffy looking sad after revealing she’d been pulled out of heaven in s6 with a tweet pasted on top that says “what a time to be alive (derogatory)”

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Welcome to Last Week — Welcome to Television What I’ve been watching and thinking about television this week.

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I feel like a hipster whenever a show that I already love starts streaming and everyone discovers it. I recognize that is bad though. So anyway, I look forward to everyone talking about how great Search Party is now that it's on Netflix.

Wrote a little update about THE PITT as it takes a longer view than a day, and as it becomes clear how badly Robby is actually doing.

Last night I tried to pick up a conversation Max and I had been having and when he was confused I realized it wasn't a conversation from that day, it was from months ago, but I had just heard it in the edit of our podcast I was doing.

We respectfully ask that you please refrain from revealing specific plot points in advance of the season’s debut to allow viewers the opportunity to experience storylines as they unfold, including but not limited to:

*that the main character is a vampire

*how he got his surfboard

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Ooh, an excuse to link to our Don't Trust The B zine. :)

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2: The Cold Open — Welcome to Television

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