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Appointment Television

Appointment Television is a podcast about the TV you want to make time for. Every Thursday Margaret, Kathryn, and Andrew will revisit old shows, discover new ones, and debate everything from highbrow ... Read more

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Episode 198: Fleabag S2 and all things Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Episode 198: Fleabag S2 and all things Phoebe Waller-Bridge

This week's show is all about one of our favorite writers and performers, Phoebe Waller-Bridge. After talking about her ... Read more

20 Jun 2019

57mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 007: The Muppets, TV tropes, and dead-eyed sex pigs

Episode 007: The Muppets, TV tropes, and dead-eyed sex pigs

This week we continue our examination of fall TV by jumping into the first two episodes of ABC's The Muppets. Our verdic... Read more

8 Oct 2015

49mins

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Episode 183: Netflix personalization and Russian Doll

Episode 183: Netflix personalization and Russian Doll

Is a picture of Natasha Lyonne holding a raw chicken the best way to sell you on watching Russian Doll? Netflix thought ... Read more

7 Mar 2019

40mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 060: Designated Survivor and Abominable MacGyver

Episode 060: Designated Survivor and Abominable MacGyver

We return to our fall Good TV/Bad TV series, this week with a look at the not-quite-a-24-reboot Designated Survivor and ... Read more

20 Oct 2016

57mins

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Episode 011: The Bechdel Test and Black Mirror S01E02

Episode 011: The Bechdel Test and Black Mirror S01E02

We kick things off this week with a discussion of the Bechdel Test and its strengths and weaknesses as a method of evalu... Read more

5 Nov 2015

50mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 004: TV Seasonality and Terriers S01E05-07

Episode 004: TV Seasonality and Terriers S01E05-07

Last week Margaret and Kathryn argued about the best summer reality TV show; this week, we sadly wave goodbye to summer ... Read more

27 Aug 2015

1hr 1min

Ranked #7

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Episode 038 - Reality tropes and Great British Bake-Off S01E01

Episode 038 - Reality tropes and Great British Bake-Off S01E01

The gang kicks this week's show off by talking about their favorite reality show tropes—when the shows start making your... Read more

19 May 2016

47mins

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Episode 003: Summer Reality TV and Terriers S01E02-04

Episode 003: Summer Reality TV and Terriers S01E02-04

Ah, summer, the time when TV usually takes a break from trying too hard. In this week's TV vs. TV segment, Margaret and ... Read more

13 Aug 2015

1hr 3mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 023: The Super Bowl and Sports as TV Events

Episode 023: The Super Bowl and Sports as TV Events

In honor of the Super Bowl this week, we have a wide-ranging discussion about sports and television, featuring returning... Read more

4 Feb 2016

1hr 1min

Ranked #10

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Episode 057: Donald Glover's Atlanta and fall TV boners

Episode 057: Donald Glover's Atlanta and fall TV boners

This week we take a dive into Donald Glover's Atlanta, a show which is currently running its first season on FX. It's th... Read more

29 Sep 2016

58mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 189: Rom-com TV and Margaret's feelings on Shrill [uncensored]

Episode 189: Rom-com TV and Margaret's feelings on Shrill [uncensored]

Our first task this week is to help a patron in need of some recommendations for happy, slow-burning rom-com TV. At the ... Read more

18 Apr 2019

48mins

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Episode 049: Close-reading the Gilmore Girls teaser and Stranger Things TV book club kick-off

Episode 049: Close-reading the Gilmore Girls teaser and Stranger Things TV book club kick-off

For our first segment this week, we pick apart the new teaser for the Netflix revival of Gilmore Girls. Topics include: ... Read more

4 Aug 2016

54mins

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Episode 206: Stranger Things with Kate Racculia, Our Stranger Thing

Episode 206: Stranger Things with Kate Racculia, Our Stranger Thing

On this week's episode of our every timely podcast, we're discussing season 3 of Stranger Things with special repeat gue... Read more

15 Aug 2019

1hr 1min

Ranked #14

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Episode 210: Derry Girls with Sophie Brookover

Episode 210: Derry Girls with Sophie Brookover

Shift yourselves, wains, it's time to talk about Derry Girls! This week we're joined by culture maven Sophie Brookover t... Read more

12 Sep 2019

46mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 088: Our least favorite tropes and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale

Episode 088: Our least favorite tropes and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale

This week we start things off by talking about conventions, tropes, and storytelling techniques that get in the way of t... Read more

4 May 2017

58mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 216: Disney Plus and yelling about Succession

Episode 216: Disney Plus and yelling about Succession

Have you heard of this HBO show Succession? No? Then you probably are not following Kathryn on twitter, where she has be... Read more

24 Oct 2019

46mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 200: The Bones Zone

Episode 200: The Bones Zone

For our big 200th episode, we hope you enjoy the backdoor pilot for THE BONES ZONE, our weekly podcast about the show Bo... Read more

4 Jul 2019

46mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 205: Holey Moley and What the F is Pop?

Episode 205: Holey Moley and What the F is Pop?

On this week's episode we discuss both Pop TV, the channel that's now home to Schitt's Creek and One Day at Time, AND AB... Read more

8 Aug 2019

38mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 223: A Decade of Television, Thoughtfully Considered

Episode 223: A Decade of Television, Thoughtfully Considered

These WILL make sense in context. This week, you get exactly what's on the tin as we, first among our kind in this novel... Read more

12 Dec 2019

1hr

Ranked #20

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Episode 085: Talking about Mrs Maisel and TV we've fallen out of love with

Episode 085: Talking about Mrs Maisel and TV we've fallen out of love with

After speculating wildly about the new Amy Sherman-Palladino pilot for Amazon, we watch and discuss the first episode of... Read more

13 Apr 2017

51mins

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