Blogulator Radio 76: Post Election Blues

Click here for the latest meandering, self-important, predictable episode of The Newsroom. Stay for the new episode of Blogulator Radio.

It's been a rough comedown from the hoopla of last week's election, but Qualler and Brigitte are here to brighten your days with an all-new episode of Blogulator Radio. The crack research team at TheBlogulator.com has been working tirelessly to bring you the election news you need, and in their research, unearthed an unfinished script(*) for an election day episode of HBO's The Newsroom by Aaron Sorkin, which Qualler and Brigitte read for your enjoyment. They also give their general thoughts on the progress of season seven of Dexter and have some opinions on ABC's new sorta-good-in-a-on-the-background kind of way, Nashville.

(*)Not really written by Aaron Sorkin. Thanks, @ProfessorScraps and @sarCCastro.

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Blogulator Radio 73: Mental Gasps

Click here to witness a very sleep-deprived married couple
try to speak coherently about a bunch of new TV shows they
watched recently.

It's pilot season! And because Chris and Jerksica like to binge on both television and judging, they have watched nearly a dozen new shows that have aired on the major networks so far this fall and would like to share their opinions about them with you. There are three sitcoms they both genuinely like that they've discussed already and check back in on a few episodes into their debut seasons (including FOX's The Mindy Project at the top of their list), an unfortunate handful that neither Chris nor Jerksica have any affection for (such as NBC's confusingly lauded Revolution, the dreadful Ryan Murphy "comedy" The New Normal, and much more), and finally a number of shows they disagree on. There's some that Jerksica enjoys much to the bewilderment of Chris (*cough cough* Animal Practice) and some that Chris is a sucker for despite Jerksica's constant eye-rolling (like the ABC dramas Nashville and Last Resort). And last but not least they check in on some of their favorite returning shows that have premiered recently, especially NBC's Parks & Recreation and the surprisingly well-retooled New Girl and Up All Night. So yes, there is a lot going on here. Buckle up.

0:00-12:33 New Shows Chris & Jerksica Like
12:33-27:57 New Shows Chris & Jerksica Dislike
27:57-39:12 New Shows Upon Which Chris & Jerksica Have Mixed Opinions
39:12-50:25 Returning Shows Chris & Jerksica Like

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Blogulator Radio 72: Darkly Dreaming Dexter Not Sucking

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It has been four full seasons of Dexter since the show has made Qualler ever just feel something, you know? Which is why it is such a great joy to report that the seventh season of the smash hit on Showtime has done that to him. In the latest episode of Blogulator Radio, Brigitte and Qualler discuss what's right about the new season, what things are still a little bit wishy-washy, why they have felt wary of the show since season three, and talk through their feelings about it the way Deb and Dexter talk through their stuff in a surprisingly mature fashion that doesn't make you want to hurtle stuff at your TV. So yes, check it out.

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Blogulator Radio 71: Two Dudes Talking About Homeland

Click here to check out the newest, most manly episode of Blogulator Radio yet.

It's a new episode of Blogulator Radio where Chris and Qualler, manly dudes that they are, insert some dudely dude talk into the most dudely show on television this side of Strike Back, Showtime's Emmy-award winning Homeland. Yes, they discuss Sunday night's season two premiere, make some predictions about what will happen throughout the season, talk about the short-term and long-term viability of the show, and, since they do it without any chicks involved, do their best to rank the show within the structure of their favorite totally heteronormative hierarchical scales. Cuz, that is what white dudes who are totally dudely do when they talk about anything, especially the show that oozes more testosterone per second than an entire episode of WWE Raw. Seriously, though, they do discuss the very excellent show for the entire episode, so dig in, smile, and enjoy!

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Blogulator Radio 69: It's a Treat To Break This Bad

Click here for a real...wait for it..."treat" of an episode. #groan

In what is sure to be the final installment of Bad Title Puns About Breaking Bad, at least for 2012, Qualler, Brigitte and Chris discuss the finale of season 5.1 of the mega-awesome AMC drama. Within the discussion, the dynamic trio make connections to The Sopranos, Kirkegaard, and Treat Williams (because, hey, remember Treat Wiliams?) The gang also keep referencing a fabled “lost” episode of BR that was recorded directly before recording this one. If you ever run into that episode somewhere on the internet, let us know, mmmkay? Anyway, this week’s episode is heavy on Breaking Bad spoilers and touches upon The Sopranos in general, non-specific spoiler ways, so be forewarned.

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Blogulator Radio 68: No Active Hate

Chris and Jerksica don't actively hate FOX's two new sitcoms.
In fact, they kinda like 'em. Click here to hear why.

Returning from the chaos of a new school year starting, Chris and Jerksica continue to wade through the barrage of network pilot previews available for the new fall season. FOX has released the first episodes of their two new flagship sitcoms The Mindy Project (featuring The Office's Mindy Kaling) and Ben & Kate (featuring Oscar winner Nat Faxon) on various On Demand platforms (check your local cable provider or Hulu) and Chris and Jerksica...don't actively hate them. In fact, they both might even have promise. Is FOX's Tuesday night going to be the new NBC Thursday night? They also look back into the past and talk Scrubs, a show they once hated but have grown to love since it went off the air. It's their Netflix Pick o' the Week. And lastly, TV news bits of note include shows in development revolving around Michael J. Fox, director Jodie Foster, and a reboot of Eddie Murphy's adventures of Axel Foley.

 0:00-20:50 The Mindy Project and Ben & Kate
20:50-27:22 Netflix Pick o' the Week: Scrubs 
27:22-42:36 TV News: S.H.I.E.L.D., Michael J. Fox sitcom, Showtime's "Female Sopranos", Beverly Hills Cop procedural

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Blogulator Radio 67: Breaking Bits and Boardwalks

 Click here to be transported to a magical world of wonderful things that exist in Atlantic City, which are not at all less glamorous than they first appear.

In this week’s episode of Blogulator Radio, Qualler and Brigitte attempt and flail at a few “bits” that they flailed wildly at, because they remember a time when they thought they were going to be performers on Saturday Night Live like their favorite castmember, Dana Carvey (seriously, they both love Dana Carvey, but this episode is not about Dana Carvey sadly, but we digress.) Nevertheless, they get some good TV talk in, manage to remind listeners to check out the latest episode of The Voice Behind featuring Nicholas Briggs, the voice of the Daleks on Doctor Who, and get into discussion of the following topics:

0:00-3:15 – Bickering over what the topics are of the day
3:15-4:45 – Making fun of The Newsroom
4:45-21:15 – Breaking Bad, season five, episodes five and six
21:15-22:15 – Being incredulous about the fact that ESPN creepily shows the Little League World Series
22:15-23:15 – Breaking Bad bit — Brigitte as Jesse/Skylar, Qualler as Walt
23:15-45:30 – Boardwalk Empire bit, then talking about the first season
45:30-1:02 – Weekend Comfort Food, like CBS Sunday Morning and Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins

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Blogulator Radio 66: The Subtle Differences Between Incredulous Looks and Blank Stares

Is Matthew Perry giving you an incredulous look or a blank
stare? Listen to this week's Blogulator Radio to find out!

Chris and Jerksica have realized that it's pretty hard to record a single take hour-long netcast when there is a baby that is constantly pooping, crying, and not letting them have pretentious conversations about television in their midst. So, here's something new (to them, not to the world of netcasting): a four-part episode with each segment focusing on a new aspect of TV discussion. Join them this week as they review Go On and Animal Practice (NBC's two new comedies whose pilots were previewed during the Olympics), as well as talk some in-development news about The Americans (FX's new spy drama starring Keri Russell) and more, plus their new feature, the Netflix Pick o' the Week, in which they...uhhh...pick a show available on Netflix Watch Instantly that they think is pretty cool.

0:00-12:04 -- Go On 
12:04-31:20 -- TV News: FX's spy drama, Kelsey Grammer's police procedural, and Joss Whedon's Marvel series
31:20-42:48 -- Netflix Pick o' the Week: Cheers 
42:48-52:41 -- Animal Practice

Blogulator Radio 65: The Olympics Are Not (Breaking) Bad And Also Homeland

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Qualler and Brigitte, seemingly out of different Breaking Bad-style puns that they can shoehorn into their Bad recap episodes, have nevertheless shoehorned in the title of said show into the episode title. But before digging into the spoiler-heavy discussion of season five's fourth episode "Fifty-One", Qualler and Brigitte discuss what is on the background of televisions all over the country these past couple weeks: the 2012 Summer Olympics! They tackle subjects such as, "What is up with NBC not showing everything constantly live like whoa, amiright?" and "What's up with Gabby Douglas's hair?" They round up their discussion with a SUPER spoiler-heavy deconstruction of the first season of Showtime's Homeland. Non-spoiler: this is an awesome show. Another non-spoiler: they made it through an entire episode WITHOUT once bashing The Newsroom! That's progress! 

Show breakdown:

00:00-16:45 The Olympics

16:45-38:50 Breaking Bad season five episode four: "Fifty-One"

38:50-56:22 Homeland season one

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Blogulator Radio 64: How To Join A (Television) Cult

Click here for the latest episode of Blogulator Radio, which
just might blue your mind. Wait, that doesn't sound right.

"Cult TV" is a term that's been bandied about for years, but has never really made much sense to Chris and Jerksica. So when Entertainment Weekly ran a second edition of its Top 25 Cult TV Series of All Time for its latest issue, naturally they had a few things to say about it. What follows is a sprawling conversation about the definition of cult pop culture, the increasing prominence of sci-fi/fantasy television, and the boons and pratfalls of extended mythologies amongst geek shows. Including commentary on everything from rabidly adored short-lived sitcoms like Arrested Development and Party Down to strangely quirky and unique dramas like Twin Peaks and Veronica Mars, is the branding of "cult TV" in the internet age just another way to say "great and greatly missed TV"? Also, what did EW inevitably leave off the too-truncated list that infuriated Chris and Jerksica (and maybe yourself)?

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Blogulator Radio 63: Breaking Batman

Click here to listen to Brigitte and Qualler bicker more than Qualler really intends to. It's awfully hard for Qualler, though, because movies last for a long time, and recording late at night is hard. 

We now live in a post The Dark Knight Rises world, which of course means that Qualler and Brigitte find it necessary to analyze their favorite show currently on the air Breaking Bad with a Nolanesque lens. In this week's episode of Blogulator Radio, Qualler and Brigitte do just that, in an episode where they discuss their thoughts on episode two of the fifth season of Bad both before having seen TDKR and after seeing TDKR. Spoiler alert: there are mega-spoilers for both Breaking Bad and TDKR. Non-spoiler spoiler alert: Qualler and Brigitte both attempt to imitate Bane's silly voice.

Blogulator Radio Episode 62 - Honey, I Broke Bad

Click here to listen to Chris, Qualler, and Brigitte discuss
magnets, shrinking, and other science things. But mostly just TV.

Chris, Qualler, and Brigitte gather round the coffee table this week to get hyper about the new season of AMC’s tour de force drama Breaking Bad, which premiered this week, in case this is the only nerdy web site you have frequented in the past month or so. At first it’s tough for the trio to wrap their heads around the idea of talking at length about what is ostensibly just one episode, and a very introductory/self-contained story at that, but after a not-so-brief tangent on the topic of shrinking (à la Rick Moranis) they have no trouble plumbing the depths of the show’s uniquely memorable characters, plot developments, and storytelling techniques. In its two-part final season, there is much to anticipate, predict, and analyze, so join the BR crew as they discuss everything from Jesse Pinkman’s not-so-secret brilliance to Walter White’s debatable and/or inevitable demise and more. If you, like so many, are addicted to the exploits of meth production in Albuquerque as depicted by the dad from Malcolm in the Middle, then take a listen. And we will no doubt be back many times throughout Season 5, Part 1 to continue to conversation.

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Blogulator Radio Episode 61 - Louie & Tim, Not Will or Bill

Click here to listen to a married couple talk about gorillas,
Mormons, faceless corporations, and more!

Chris and Jerksica return to Blogulator Radio after a few weeks off due to baby-raising and what have you and boy do they have a lot to talk about. This week’s episode is split into two parts, not unlike the way their two most recommended shows discussed within the netcast itself. First they’ll catch you up on what’s worth watching that’s currently airing on the boob tube, the most important being the third season of FX’s Louie. Between the little girl from Sleepless in Seattle, Melissa Leo, and the best gorilla joke of all time, y’all should watch. Chris also takes a minute to recommend TNT’s sophomore season of Falling Skies for all the soft-sci-fi fans out there. Lastly, they quickly agree with Qualler and Brigitte from a couple weeks back that ABC Family’s Bunheads is pleasant and HBO’s The Newsroom (especially lead character Will McAvoy) is entertainingly horrendous. Then for the second half of the show Chris and Jerksica dive into old television they’ve been watching during the new-show-drought of the summer and heartily recommend the entire animated series The Life & Times of Tim, available on HBO Go. Unfortunately, they also spent too much time finally completing HBO’s polygamy saga Big Love after a long break from the show after its disappointing fourth season. What was once a solid family drama surrounding Bill Henriksen and his three wives wrapped up in rushed and ill-planned fashion. Listen to find out why and check back next week when Chris, Qualler, and Brigitte give the skinny on the much-anticipated fifth season premiere of AMC’s Breaking Bad!

 Blogulator Radio is brought to you in part by Netflix, where you can stream your favorite TV shows and movies from your TV, computer, or many other devices as often as you want for just 7.99 a month. Start your free two week trial today and help support independent netcasting. For up to the minute updates all up in your upness, be sure to subscribe to Blogulator Radio via iTunes or RSS.

Happy ID4! Or, Mid-Year Review

Happy Independence Day Blogulator Radio listeners and Blogulator readers! We're taking the week off for the holiday festivities (read: fireworks and family and laziness), but we'll be back next week with another rip-roaring new episode full of complaining about television. 

In the meantime, though, if you just absolutely need your fix of Chris, Qualler, Brigitte, and/or Jerksica, we'd like to point you to some instances of us talking about the best and worst of the boob tube for 2012 thus far. Need something to listen to while you drive to your in-laws' BBQ, all the while staring blankly at corn fields off the interstate? Click on the one of the links below to save yourself from boredom before we return!

First off, if you feel like you're wayyyy behind on the best that TV has had to offer over the past year, check out our Best of 2011 episode, which runs down 20+ shows that you really should be caught up with. To get more specific, you should probably be aware of how much Qualler and Brigitte love The Vampire Diaries, and if you're a fan too, listen to our first all-TVD ep, the second one, and the more recent full-season review ep. Speaking of campy goodness, Chris and Jerksica (along with special guest Lady Amy) spent an episode confessing their love for Law & Order: SVU, which is topical considering all the basic cable L&O marathons going on during the week of July 4th. Qualler and Brigitte also checked in on the most recent season of Parenthood with some critical analysis combined with genuine adulation. Probably the one show that received the most praise from BR this year, however, was Game of Thrones, which you can hear blathering praise about here (following the premiere) and here (following the finale).  On the sitcom end of things, Chris and Jerksica had some nice things to say about the latest seasons of 30 Rock and Cougar Town, while Qualler and Brigitte loved Girls' first season on HBO. And then there's reality television, which has largely gotten the short shrift on the 'cast in 2012, with the exception of Qualler and Brigitte catching up on the Real Housewives and Chris and Jerksica's near-unexplainable love-hate relationship with The Voice's sophomore season, which is endlessly analyzed here and here. They make up for this mindlessness, though, with a thorough rehash of Mad Men's stellar long-awaited new season.

If you prefer more snark and cynicism in your television criticism, look no further than our Gossip Girl Revisited episode. Or how about Chris and Sean (of theblogulator.com) picking apart the madness and sometimes complete idiocy of The Walking Dead's second season? And if you want a second opinion about Mad Men's fifth season, look back at Qualler and Brigitte's take on the first couple episodes. But the biggest dose of snark and guffaws comes from Qualler and Brigitte's skewering of Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, which has seemingly already become a caricature of itself after only one episode, despite its Oscar and Emmy-winning creator.

Lastly, we should mention that you have the option of not dwelling in the past. Looking forward to the new shows the networks have lined up for fall of 2012? Check out our two-part episode previewing all the sordid drama and sitcom premises and casts right here: Part 1 & Part 2.

Hopefully between all these options (and more: there are also some classic TV discussions on Dawson's Creek, the best pilots of all time (featuring guest host Cory Barker), and the best instances of parenting on television) you can find something to keep yourself busy until we return next week with a look at the new seasons of Louie and Falling Skies! We'll talk at you then!

Blogulator Radio 60: The Newsiest Newsroom Of All

New episode! Here! Quick, before Will McAvoy lectures you!

In this week's installment of Blogulator Radio, Brigitte and Qualler discuss the merits and demerits of Aaron Sorkin's latest "Hey Everybody, Shouldn't You Be As Smart As Me Cuz I'm Awesome And A White Guy Who Probably Know Better Than You, Internet Girl?" (okay, that was a bit harsh) television program The Newsroom, based solely on the pilot episode and the buzz surrounding the series in general, cuz that's what they do. In addition, they talk about the first few episodes of the similarly auteur-led series Bunheads, written by Amy Sherman-Palladino. (They're still waiting for a YouTube video similar to the Sorkinisms video that made the rounds yesterday. Palladinoisms, anybody?) They also have a few words for Lifetime's latest in its unofficial Dangers Of The Internet, Mostly To Do With Affairs Your Husband / Son / Male Figure In Your Life Is Having Because Of It film series talhotblonde, which was directed(!!!) by Courtney Cox. Finally, they have a few words for the newest seasons of the multiple iterations of Real Housewives. You get to hear Qualler's version of The Countess Luann's hit single "Money Can't Buy You Class." (Minus the heavy, heavy vocodor, unfortunately.) You get to hear Qualler talk about how awesome Homeland and Enlightened are, two shows from 2011 that he's catching up on. And it's all topped off by the theme song to Garfield and Friends, because that's how they roll.

Blogulator Radio 59: Our Favorite Blood Types: Vampire Diaries Season Three

Click here for a complete breakdown of The Vampire Diaries' third season, among other things. Like, Paul Wesley's hair.

In a Very Special Episode of Blogulator Radio (and aren't they all Very Special?), Qualler and Brigitte invite Vampire Diaries AV Club recapper Carrie Raisler to the netcast, along with Blogulator co-hort and #TVD megafan Chris Castro. Within the spoiler-heavy context of the hour-long episode, the crew discuss topics like: What is Caroline's favorite blood type? (Hint: Qualler knows, in a somewhat creepy kind of way.) Who is more handsome: Damon or Stefan? How has Elena evolved from mega-bland to somewhere-between-bland-and-not-bland? Isn't Bonnie just the worst? What are the long-term prospects for The Original Family to get their own sitcom? What's up with Jeremy always disappearing for a few episodes at a time? How does Elijah's hair stay so perfect? What's gonna happen in season four now that...well, damn, if you haven't watched the entire third season, you probably should go do that before you listen to this episode, right? For those who are caught up: stay tuned to the very end for a reminder of the awesomeness that was the third season of The Vampire Diaries.

Blogulator Radio Episode 58 - "Sad Men"

Click here to hear a married couple jibber jabber about
the merits of heavy-handed symbolism and the like.

This week on Blogulator Radio: Chris and Jerksica dish about Mad Men on the heels of the AMC institution’s season 5 finale this weekend. Since they haven’t chatted about Don Draper and co. since the premiere, there’s a lot of ground to cover, including but not limited to the big water cooler moment with Joan, the abrupt departure of a major firm partner, and why or why not Harry Crane is cute. They also tend to get quite esoteric about the whole thing, because they take this crap seriously, so you’ve been warned. Was it worth the 16-month hiatus wait for another thirteen episodes about people being sad in the 1960s? Should we all sit idly by with bated breath for the final two seasons of Matthew Weiner’s brainchild? Listen to Chris and Jerksica argue for an hour to find out!

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Blogulator Radio 57: Game of Thrones Meets The Never-Ending Story

Click here to listen to the new episode of Blogulator Radio. Get excited, but not as excited as Theon Greyjoy, please.

Hey, check it out! It's a highly topical fresh new episode of Blogulator Radio! Yes, straight from Sunday evening's record-breaking airing of HBO's new signature smash hit series Game of Thrones, Chris, Qualler and Brigitte dissect the minutia that was the second season. (And, as one would expect, there are MEGA-SPOILERS for those who have not finished season two included in the episode.) Among the things they discuss: their favorite characters of the season, their least favorite characters, the gratuitous nudity, the comparison between watching as a reader of the books and watching as a non-reader of the books, how cute Dany's dragons are (THE CUTEST!), geeking out at the extremely well-directed-and-written penultimate episode "Blackwater", the excitement / frustration at how the TV series / book series takes forever to get to the supercool magic stuff, and comparing Dany's journey through the House of the Undying to a similar journey a character takes in The Never-Ending Story, one of the only other Fantasy epics that the gang has also enjoyed. Yes, we are probably the only denizens of the Internet to compare and contrast Game of Thrones to The Never-Ending Story. Also, how goofy does Theon Greyjoy look in that picture? I know, right?

Blogulator Radio Episode 55 - New Crap Airing This Fall Pt. 1

This week on Blogulator Radio, take a trip to the magical land of the upfronts, where creative television dreams are twisted and shlockified for network executives and target demographics. Every May the big five networks roll out their new programming for the fall at this sordid presentation and Chris and Jerksica would like to spend this week focusing on the new programming on ABC and CBS that you’ll be welcoming to your television (whether you like it or not) in the latter part of 2012. In this week’s first installment of previewing the trailers and press releases for first season series that may or may not be canceled before the pilot even makes it to Hulu, Chris and Jerksica skewer and ponder the possibilities of new shows like Mistresses, Nashville, Malibu Country, and Zero Hour (and more!) on ABC and Last Resort, Vegas, Partners, and Elementary on CBS. The exciting claptrap that FOX, NBC, and The CW have to offer you will all be covered in next week’s episode. In the meantime, enjoy the skepticism!

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Blogulator Radio 54: Dawson's Creek: The Netcast

Click here to get Qualler and Brigitte's extensive thoughts on all six glorious seasons of Dawson's Creek. And wow, that is one horrible awkward family photo up there, isn't it? Yeesh.

It's been a totally internet-less week for the Qualler-Brigitte family, and the internet-less streak continued through this weekend, meaning they had lost their chance to catch up on  and finish The Vampire Diaries season three, which came to a (reportedly stirring) conclusion last Thursday. Meaning, our planned episode doing our postmortem (GETITTHEYAREVAMPIRES) on season three with Carrie Raisler from The AV Club and Chris Castro from The Blogulatoris put on hold for the next few weeks while we catch up. BUT! Qualler and Brigitte DID complete their journey through Kevin Williamson's OTHER very popular long-running teen-centered drama series Dawson's Creek and, for the first time, gather all of their thoughts on the entire series into one compact 72 minute netcast. We laugh at the good times, have some tears over the hard ones (literally, if you were ever interested in hearing what Brigitte's crying triggers are, this episode is your chance to do that, you horrible sadist, you), and celebrate all that was and will ever be with The Beek from The Creek And His Friends.