TV on the Internet
By Todd VanDerWerff
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Podcast Description
TV critic Todd VanDerWerff and TV watcher Libby Hill take on the week in television, classic TV and some of the biggest debates in TV past and present.
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 77: Mad Men, Hunger Games, Search Engine Optimization | Could it be that Todd and Libby have recorded another podcast and didn't take months to do so? Will wonders ever cease? In this episode, Todd and Libby torture their cats, leave the house to see The Hunger Games, celebrate Community's good ratings news, and answer a few of your questions. Plus, they introduce a new segment, called, "Let's Talk In Vague Generalities About The Mad Men Premiere." And then Libby is gunned down by Matt Weiner. There's only one way to express our sorrow: :( | 3/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 76: Libby Hill's Arizona Through The Back Door | The only way you could get Todd and Libby to record a new podcast together was to close them inside of a moving car together, so that's exactly what they did, sending them on a weird odyssey through Arizona in the middle of the night and asking them to talk about the return of Community, this season of Archer, and the cancellation of Luck. Then, they'll answer 10 of your questions and mostly p**s you off. Thank God they bought that new USB cord, eh? Note: This episode has some weird, intermittent audio issues, but they will pass within a couple of seconds if you give it a little time. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 75: The Five Best TV Characters of 2011 | Todd and Libby are joined by the magical, mystical David Sims and Zack Handlen to discuss the recent news that American Horror Story is going to do something new with every new season and their five favorite TV characters of 2011. Included are copious discussion about what makes Pam from Archer awesome, some thoughts on what it means to be a great character in a bad show, and Todd's proposal for a series called "Squatchin'." | 12/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Christmas Special 2011: Merry Happy! | Todd and Libby drop in on this fine Christmas evening to share with you a couple of tales of the season, including Todd reading from the short stories of Bret Harte and Libby reading from Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter. Thanks for listening in 2011, and we can't wait to keep talking TV with you in 2012. | 12/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 74: Awkward Pauses | Todd and Libby went away, but they're back now, and they've gotten VERY BAD AT PODCASTING. Expect frequent pauses to look at kittens, lots of awkward stuttering, and some actual TV discussion in between all of that, including segments in which Libby tells everyone who didn't like the Homeland finale that they're bad and wrong. Also: American Horror Story, Parks & Recreation, Community, Up All Night, changing distribution models for television, 2 Broke Girls, and why Breaking Bad season four was terrible. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 73: Surrounded By Cats! | Todd and Libby are back with the first part of a two-part podcast, and they're surrounded by cats! They're also answering 10 of your questions, handpicked by Libby, including thoughts that will almost certainly offend those of you who like Republicans, Dexter, and other terrible things. (Ha ha!) Also, a lot of theorizing about New Girl and some laughs. | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 72: Mad Bad | Todd and Libby have been away, but they return to tell you of their travels. This mostly just means they saw the Breaking Bad finale a while back and didn't want to spoil it for you. But that means this episode is filled with talk of the show's fourth season, with lots and lots of discussion of what happened and what WILL happen. Before that, though, we've got plenty of talk about the season's new comedies, including Libby's strange theories about one of her new favorites, Todd's thoughts on why New Girl will eventually(?) get irritating, and some discussion of the wonders of Raising Hope. Who's that Todd? IT'S TODD! | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 71: It's Cooler If You Stick An 8 In It Somewhere | Guess what, America? The Emmys are tonight, and that means Erik and Ted have dropped by to tell us just what to expect (hint: disappointment). At the same time, Todd and Libby realize they've been gone too long and share their thoughts on the latest seasons of Breaking Bad and Louie, before talking a bit about the new shows that debuted last week and a few that debut this week. It's a grand old time for everyone! | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 70: It Doesn't Take Rachel McAdams Getting Hit By A Bus For People To Realize They Like Each Other | Todd and Libby invite some guests over because apparently that's the only way they can ever record podcasts anymore. Joining them this week are Alyssa Rosenberg of Think Progress and the Atlantic and Myles McNutt of Cultural Learnings and The A.V. Club. Included in the discussion are the surprise shows of the summer, whether Aaron Sorkin has made the Obama presidency seem more disappointing, just what's up with Unforgettable, and the unrelenting racist overtones of True Blood. Enjoy! | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 69: Divorce, TVOTI Style | After Todd spent three weeks at Comic-Con and TCA press tour, Todd and Libby are finally together again and recording podcasts. Included this week, discussion of ABC Family's new show The Lying Game, plus cable's three new fall drama pilots, Hell On Wheels, American Horror Story, and Homeland. It's all capped off with discussion of the strange identity of Caspar Babypants, a look into Libby's side-gig, and a very uncomfortable segment about knife-fighting and celebrity crushes. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 68: Hey, TVOTI, Welcome To The '60s | Todd and Libby take a magical voyage back to a time when the world was filled with optimism, hope, social change, and hippies, as they return to the 1960s with NBC's new fall show The Playboy Club and ABC's new fall show Pan Am. (They like one much more than the other.) They also discuss the Emmy nominations several days late, agreeing that they're pretty good, as these things go. And in the centerpiece, the thing you came to hear, they talk about how they liked the first three episodes of the fourth season of Breaking Bad. (Perhaps unsurprisingly, they enjoyed them very much.) | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 67: Emmy Justice | It's time for the annual Emmy nominations prediction podcast, and Todd is joined by Erik Anderson of Awards Prophets and Big Ted of For Your Speculation, as he always is. Topics include just why the Emmys might fall hard for Hot In Cleveland, Ted's belief in the strength of Justified, and Erik tries to keep everyone's hopes in check. Libby, meanwhile, is off doing something else, though she's dismayed to learn more about what Todd's been doing with his time. And make sure to keep your ears peeled for a very special guest star. | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 66: Being In Separate Cities Makes Us Sleepy | Libby's in Detroit, either taking photos of unexpectedly gorgeous architectural ruins or babysitting. It's not immediately clear which. Todd is still in California and slowly falling apart. But they didn't forget about you, and they didn't foget to get on Skype and talk about a bunch of stuff, including fielding 20 of your questions. Included in this podcast are thoughts on three new sitcoms starring hipster girls, Todd's complete lack of knowledge on the Casey Anthony trial, and Libby's feelings on her hidden past as a youth rodeo champion. All that plus songs! | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 65: Finally, A Podcast About TV AND Clinical Depression | Todd and Libby return with answers to 32 of your questions, including five about Game Of Thrones--they're fer it!--five about The Killing--they're agin' it, but find the outrage a little weird!--ten about TV in general, five about non-TV topics, and seven about other stuff. Included are Todd's lapse into body image issues, Libby's disturbing love for a TLC staple, and Todd's account of the time he saw a legitimate contender for worst movie ever made in theaters. | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 64: The Top 30 TV Series of the 2010-11 Season | It's that time of year again. Todd and Libby invite special guests Carrie Raisler and David Sims (both of The A.V. Club) to discuss the 30 best shows of the 2010-11 TV season. Included are various attempts (and failures) to stay positive, a sterling defense of Grey's Anatomy, shocking admissions about what David hasn't seen, the greatest outtake ever, and Libby's general befuddlement about how everybody else could like Rubicon so much. The sound quality's not always the best, but it's in stereo-surround sound! Bear with us. We're still learning how to do this. | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 63: Salute To Daytime Television | Todd and Libby disappeared because they've been on vacation. And that means that they've been watching lots of daytime television, and they're here to talk about it! Eventually, though, they'll answer some of your questions, do a surprise top five about underrated American cities, and make fun of people who won't watch Cougar Town because of the title. Along the way, there'll be an Inception-inspired surprise top five party, lots of discussion of Divorce Court, and Libby's awesome name for a bar that only serves soda. | 6/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Upfronts Special: The CW is a H8R | Upfronts week concludes with Todd and Libby taking on a network they don't much care about, The CW. Nonetheless, this one turns into their weirdest, most wide-ranging discussion yet. Topics include: Libby's attempts to get on the new reality show H8R, Todd's bafflement at the idea of new reality series The Frame, and Todd's attempts to explain why he doesn't much get the love for Sarah Michelle Gellar without offending anyone (and almost certainly failing). | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Upfronts Special: CBS gives McGruff the Crime Dog a gritty reboot | Todd and Libby are so tired. So very, very tired. Yet here they are, continuing on with CBS' weirdly promising fall lineup, talking of how the network might be the boldest scheduler on television and a show seemingly inspired by random news items about Marilu Henner. Also, Libby finds her multi-camera sitcom love for the year, Todd likes Jonathan Demme too much, and they both wish Michael Emerson would describe things ridiculously more often. | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Upfronts Special: ABC presents "Scenes From The Mancession" | It's day two of Todd and Libby's special upfronts coverage. They're in a better mood, mostly because the ABC trailers were shorter than the ones for Fox and NBC and, thus, they didn't have to watch as much. But that doesn't mean they won't make several controversial and idiotic assertions, based entirely on footage seen without context and cut together to appeal to advertisers! Included: Todd compares the new Tim Allen show to Modern Family (favorably!). Libby has a Feminism Moment. Both question whether teenagers in the suburbs have more or less sex. It's a glorious new day! | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Upfronts Special: Takin' Quaaludes with Fox and NBC | Welcome to Upfronts Week at TVOTI, where Todd and Libby embark on a possibly suicidal mission to cover all of the new network schedules. Today, they tackle Fox and NBC, with Libby's alters taking possession of her body, Todd singing a song he made up about dinosaurs, and the kickass tubas of Boban Markovic Orkestar. Oh, and a bunch of shows that will probably be canceled by this time next year. | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, episode 62: Sexy Butt | Apologies for the length, but it's a BIG WEEK. Todd and Libby take you through upfronts and what to expect in the fall (Libby only begrudgingly), then discuss the second and third seasons of Community and Parks And Recreation respectively, complete with theorizing on how Community is like Deadwood and Parks And Recreation is like The Wire (and a special surprise comedy is like The Sopranos). Also, Todd talks about snow globes a lot. There's time for a Scrubs-themed surprise top five, answers to your questions (including the depressing realities of network economics), and Todd's impression of the lead singer from The Verve Pipe. Huzzah! | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 61: Podcasts Are Magic! | This week, Todd and Libby accidentally let you in on what they're doing in their spare time, then take you through a host of big episodes and finales, including the second season finale of Justified, the fifth season finale of 30 Rock, the third season finale of Fringe, and the last Michael Scott episode of The Office (as well as the first episode without Michael). They also find time to discuss awesome season finales, answer your questions, and explain why t*****s are a sometimes yay. | 5/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 60: Ass-Kicker Saturday | It's Ass-Kicker Saturday, and Todd and Libby are in high spirits, as they celebrate the returns of Doctor Who and Treme. They also talk at length about Parenthood for some reason, then discuss particularly good episodes of Community and Parks & Recreation. There's also talk of Cougar Town, some X-Files rambling, Todd's discussion of his process, Libby's attempt to convince the world Libby Talk shouldn't happen, and a long, frankly embarrassing ramble about South Dakota. In the words of that irritating fairy from that one Zelda game: "Listen!" | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 59: Presenting The Year's Most Hotly Anticipated Debut: The Paul Reiser Show! | It's a weirdly big week for TV, so Todd and Libby review all of the hot new series, including Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, Happy Endings, and The Paul Reiser Show (which we know you've been excited for). They also answer your questions, talk about the top five male role models and the top five child performances on TV, and discuss a controversial American Idol ouster. Plus, Justified! And, OK, they talk for a half hour or so about a certain much anticipated HBO show about magic elves or whatever. | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 58: History's Greatest Podcast | It's a slow week in the televisual universe, which means Todd and Libby are reduced to talking about the new Christian Slater comedy Breaking In, The Borgias, Mobbed, Camelot, and the Grey's Anatomy musical. This episode also includes more than you would ever want to know about America's Next Great Restaurant, Libby's list of the five strongest female characters on current TV dramas, and the answers to five of your viewer mail questions. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 57: Electrobeatz and Justin Case | For this episode of TVOTI, Todd and Libby take on new super awesome podcast names, all the better to review a ton of new shows. First, they look back at the Big Love that was (and celebrate the renewal of Fringe), then they move on to talk about Nurse Jackie and The United States of Tara. They wrap it all up with thoughts on the new series Body of Proof and The Killing. Also, there may or may not be a bunch of band names taken from psychology terms. | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 56: Apologies to all of you, but we're NEVER DOING THIS AGAIN | Oh, sure, Todd and Libby said. It'll be FUN to do another viewer mail podcast. The viewers will LIKE that. They'll ask us great questions. Well, 80-plus questions and three hours later, we're exhausted. And here are the "fruits" of our labor. Enjoy? | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 55: Your Glee Problem And Mine | Libby's feeling cranky, and Glee's the entire reason. Well, not really, but Todd and Libby wanted to talk about why they're just not that into Glee anymore, even if it's been getting better in the last few weeks. They're also considering what's going to happen with the new fall schedules and what's going to be canceled or renewed. Other topics include the latest, awesomest episode of Justified, the cuteness of Amy Pond, and Robert Frost. No, really! Robert Frost! We're cultured. | 3/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 54: Way To Bee | Todd and Libby have just about had it with shows where elite crime solving squads track down impossible to catch criminals. Care to imagine what they thought of A&E's new Breakout Kings? It probably won't be hard to guess. On the other hand, the two share their amazing restaurant ideas while considering NBC's America's Next Great Restaurant. And then it's question time, complete with musing on Archer, iCarly, whether FX is on the greatest streak of all time, Lights Out, and whether they're more excited for The Killing or Game Of Thrones. The answers may surprise you. All of the swearing almost certainly will. | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 53: Congratulations, nerds! | Todd and Libby are ready to tackle the hard questions this week, questions like, what's to be done with Charlie Sheen? How is The Good Wife like The Wire? Will Parenthood stay this good? Who does Libby 'ship on all of the shows she watches? And what's Todd's Parks and Rec problem? What's Libby's Community problem? What's YOUR problem? Bonus: The embarrassing revelation of the only TV couple Todd has ever 'shipped. All this, and more, on the new TV on the Internet! | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 52: And the TVOTI Goes To ... | Two podcasts in a week? What is this? The end of the world? Todd and Libby are back to talk about many things, and it will take them nearly two-and-a-quarter hours to do so. Topics include next weekend's Oscars, the final season of Friday Night Lights, the final season of Big Love (so far), Pierce Hawthorne's evilness, whether there can ever be too much Ron Swanson, shows Todd looks forward to, which novel should win the Pulitzer, and whether too many people are ignoring TV's past in favor of its present. Dig in, kids! | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 51: Clearly, This Podcast Is Cursed | Hey, everyone. It's been a while. How are you doing? My goodness, Mrs. Tucker, that baby's really coming along. We recorded this podcast on Friday, February 4, but due to technical issues, we had to re-edit the whole thing together from scratch. Fortunately for all of us, however, we ended up with a great special guest that made us want to stitch the whole thing together. Maureen Ryan from AOL's TV Squad joined us to talk about a great many things, including The Chicago Code, Traffic Light, Justified, and the changing role of TV critics online. Fortunately, thanks to a recent Slate article, this has all become weirdly relevant, so you can listen to us and pretend we know what we're talking about! | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 50: Repeat the Question Please | Ho, ho, ho! Merry happy! Todd and Libby offer a special BONUS edition of the podcast to make up for all of those weeks they missed. This one features answers to 41 questions left for them at the show's Formspring account. Many of them are now largely nonsensical, but there's some interesting discussion of serialization vs. standalone episodes, why people didn't watch Terriers, and how TV fans are impatient. | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 49: Sure, it sounds terrible, but didn't you miss us? | Warning: This week's podcast sounds truly atrocious. We tried recording in a different room from the one we normally use, and this experiment resulted in our microphone being terribly confused by something and forgetting to record US. But you can make out what we're saying, and we didn't want to re-record what we think is a pretty cool hour, so here you go. We're talking about what the best comedy and drama of the first half of the season have been, with pit stops along the way to talk about the new episodes of Parks & Recreation, the Christmas episode of Community, and our favorite movies of the year. Come along and join the fun! | 12/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Halloween Special: A Halloween Special from two people who don't care about Halloween | Yeah, sure, it's not all THAT bad, but Todd and Libby really have less use for Halloween than most other holidays. But that's OK! They've still got an early review of AMC's The Walking Dead and a spooooooooky ghost story to tide you over. And that's not to mention their "scary story" contest, where you could win Community, season one, on DVD! Enter at tvontheinternet.podcast@gmail.com | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 48: Long time, no see | Todd and Libby have exciting news to share! But they also have to apologize for being away yet again. They'll also talk about the end of the season of Mad Men, which new shows they're still watching, and why Terriers is so great but also kinda, sorta overrated. Join in on the fun! | 10/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 47: Libby Hill Will Cancel Your Favorite Show and Not Even Blink | Many of the best new shows of the year are struggling in the ratings. What does it all mean? Libby and Todd are joined by Jaime Weinman of McLeans and Myles McNutt of Cultural Learnings and The A.V. Club to ponder this fact. In addition, they talk about some big season premieres and join up with The A.V. Club's Steve Heisler to talk independent TV. It's a barn-burner! | 9/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 46: Everybody loves premiere week | It took overcoming laryngitis and Internet lag, but Todd and Libby come at you from separate coasts this week to talk about some of the shows returning this week, including their thoughts on the season premieres of Boardwalk Empire, Chuck, Glee, Cougar Town, Fringe, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Hawaii Five-0, The Event, and Community. | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 45: Libby Hill is the Internet's number one Cleveland Show aficionado | Todd and Libby are back with a new format, in the hopes that they can get this thing under an hour most weeks and have it up more regularly. And this one's only an hour and 12 minutes! So ... that's close, right?! Anyway, they've got some fall preview stuff for you, thoughts on Friends, thoughts on Hellcats and Nikita, and thoughts on this week's amazing Mad Men. | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 44: Vincent Chase is dead | On this week's TV on the Internet, Todd shares his insane theories about the final few episodes of Entourage, Todd and Libby discuss Terriers and The Shield, and everybody involved isn't sure what to make of two new Fox comedies. Meanwhile, Erik and Ted come back to talk Emmys. Won't you listen? | 8/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 43: Breaking Bad Doesn't WANT Your Emmys | Whaddaya know? It's time for the Emmys again, and that means it's time for Todd, Libby, Erik Anderson, and Big Ted to discuss who's going to win and why the tape they selected means they will. Among the topics this week: How Jane Lynch may have screwed herself out of a win with her tape selection, when, exactly, The Good Wife will take down Mad Men, and just why Jon Cryer's horrifying specter will haunt us forever. This week's music is by Carly Comando. | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 42: How many other TV podcasts make Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm references? | Todd and Libby are back, and they know you've missed them. This week, they're talking about the Fox pilot LoneStar, the Newsradio episode "Complaint Box," the second season of The Wire, and a number of other topics. Also, stay tuned to find out which TV character Libby compares to Aslan! | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, episode 41: Libby Hill watches Wire, surprised to find it good | Todd and Libby are back after an unplanned hiatus to talk about the first season of The Wire, the pilot of Hill Street Blues, and Rizzoli & Isles. Thinking one of these things is not like the others? Well, only one of them inspires Libby to rant for 10 minutes about feminism and stuff. Hint: It's not The Wire. | 7/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, episode 40: Emmys by the Truckload | It's awards season again, and that means that Todd and Libby are joined by Erik Dean Anderson of Awards Daily and Media Elites and Big Ted of Culturish and For Your Speculation to talk about what's coming up at the Emmys. Despair as they learn of the fate of Party Down! Thrill to the outside shot of a Joel McHale nomination! Shrug when you contemplate that Jon Cryer will probably just win again! It's an emotional roller coaster this week, folks. | 6/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 39: A Largely Ordinary Family | Todd and Libby look forward to a long summer of nothing being on with a preview of ABC's new No Ordinary Family, a discussion of some finales they didn't get to earlier, some talk about the third season of Breaking Bad, and lots of "love" for the return of True Blood. | 6/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 38: The top ten shows of the 2009-10 season | Todd and Libby thought long and hard, and they each came up with their top ten shows for the last TV season. Now, they're going to argue about them! Settle in for an hour and a half of one marriage being put to the test over such trivial things as where Libby ranked Breaking Bad. | 6/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 37: 7 People Offer Their Thoughts on the Series Finale of The Ghost Whisperer (oh, and Lost, Too) | It's a veritable round table of Lostie goodness (though not so much The Ghost Whisperer -- sorry, Hewitt fans!), as Todd and Libby invite Media Elites' Chris Dole, The AV Club's Zack Handlen, Cultural Learnings' Myles McNutt, Antenna's Jason Mittell and the Inlander's Daniel Walters to talk about the series finale of Lost, as well as the show as a whole, which characters got satisfactory story arcs, whether answers matter at all and just what Zack thought of the series finale of the U.S. Life on Mars. | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 36: Upfront Fever (Goin' Out of My Mind) | Guess what? It's time for the upfronts again, that time of year when television networks play havoc with our hearts, as they cancel all of our favorite shows and pick up even more shows we'll never care about again. Todd and Libby are here to play guide to your journey through this labyrinthine world of chaos and terror. | 5/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 35: Now you can actually hear what we're saying | Todd and Libby return from a microphone-related hiatus to greet their new microphone, which makes everything sound better but which also scares Libby something fierce. Then they talk about some TV and stuff, including Treme, Party Down, South Park, and assorted others. | 5/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 34: Music! Nerds! Attractive people! | Glee is coming back. Libby is happy. Todd is happy. Everyone is happy! Except for the characters on the show, who are all pretty sad. But that's no matter, because we've got our thoughts on just where the show has been and where it might be going. Also! Lost! Chuck! Charlie Sheen! Other things! | 4/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 33: Breaking Tara | This week, Todd and Libby salute the return of The United States of Tara and Breaking Bad, talk about why Jamie Oliver's visit to our shores is a good thing, discuss a bunch of women Libby hates and explain just what part of Timothy Olyphant's anatomy gets the most play in Justified. | 3/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 32: Mail call! | A couple of weeks ago, Todd and Libby asked for your questions. They recorded a whole podcast answering them, and then Todd's laptop was stolen. So, now, here they are to re-record those answers, hopefully in spiffier fashion. Also, because they are the height of timeliness, they offer their thoughts on the Big Love finale. | 3/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Oscar Special: Movies? But we'd have to leave the house! | Todd is joined by Erik Anderson of Media Elites and the Awards Daily forums and Big Ted of For Your Speculation and Culturish to talk all things Oscar and predict the winners in all 24 categories at the big show. Doesn't sound like your thing? Tough. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 31: Things we hate about shows we love | Todd and Libby are joined by Zack Handlen of the AV Club and Daniel T. Walters of the Pacific Northwest Inlander to talk about things they hate about shows they love. Discussed in this episode will be Dwight from The Office, Liz Lemon is ugly jokes on 30 Rock and Barb Henrickson on Big Love (yeah, really). Also, there's discussion of last week's episodes of Big Love and Lost. And don't forget to send us your questions for our viewer mail episode! | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 30: (Insert Lost Pun Here) | After another unplanned hiatus, Todd and Libby return with thoughts on Lost, Chuck, 'shipping and The Millionaire Matchmaker, which just might be Todd's favorite show of all time. It's an extra long episode, kids, so bundle up tight and enjoy the TVOTIpocalypse. | 2/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 29: Because What the Internet Needs is More Leno/Conan Commentary | Todd and Libby are taking their show to MediaElites.com, your new best place for all Internet news and/or snark. This week, they're talking about Leno and Conan (of course) as well as a number of other things, including reviews of Human Target, Life Unexpected and Caprica. | 1/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 28: The Best Drama Series of the Decade, Part 2 | Noel Murray joins Todd and Libby for the final part of the Best of the Decade series, as the three count down the top ten drama series of the decade, including Libby's theories on how Lost is like Dimetap, some serious fear of The Wire and lots of big talk about feminism. (Sorry for the sound quality in one segment. Some odd issues, but hopefully it's intelligible.) | 1/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Holiday Special: A Christmas Story for You | Libby reads us all a Christmas selection from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, and Todd gets all sappy. We hope you're having a wonderful season and hope you have an even better 2010! | 12/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 27: Best Drama Series of the Decade, Part 1 | Todd and Libby are joined by Jason Mittell to discuss just what places 11-30 of their top thirty drama series of the decade consisted of. Among other things, Libby and Jason try to talk some sense into Todd about Alias, Joss Whedon is heavily feted, and everyone tries to figure out what it is they like about Rescue Me. | 12/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 26: The Best Comedy Series of the Decade, Part 2 | Jaime Weinman joins Todd and Libby to talk about the top ten comedy series of the decade, including idyllic small towns, hospitals where you might actually want to be a patient and a whole bunch of shows we feel like we have to apologize for. | 12/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 25: Best Comedy Series of the Decade, Part 1 | Myles McNutt joins Todd and Libby yet again as they begin their best of the decade features by counting down their top thirty comedy series of the decade, starting with places 30-11 in this special, extra-long episode. Also, they provide their list of the top comedy/variety specials of the decade. | 12/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTV on the Internet, Episode 24: All Mad Men, All the Time | Todd is joined by Luke De Smet and Myles McNutt to talk about the third season of Mad Men, including the show's gigantic, Earth-shattering finale (that's only mild hyperbole), the third season in general, whether or not the show is too slow-paced and where the series can go from here. Somewhere in the middle, Luke praises Alison Brie in a slightly frightening fashion and Todd keeps saying "iconography." | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 23: Boys Becoming Men; Men Becoming Wolves | This episode is all about Halloween, a holiday Todd and Libby find overrated, but they like going all out, so here you go. First, there's much talk of scary TV. Then, there's much talk of Halloween-related TV. Then, Libby reads a ghost story. Sprinkled throughout is the worst Halloween-related song ever written. Todd and Libby would say "Enjoy!" but it would just sound dubious, so let's toss a note of indecision on that word. "Enjoy?" | 10/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 22: Comedy Showcase Thursday | Todd and Libby have been off doing things, so it's been a while. They're back with their thoughts on the state of NBC (terrible!), will-they/won't-they relationships (abysmal!) and the state of TV comedy (really pretty good!) in this special, a-couple-minutes-longer-than-usual podcast. | 10/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitTV on the Internet, Episode 21: 30 Shows in 90 Minutes (or Thereabouts) | Todd and Libby are joined by Myles McNutt of Cultural Learnings to talk about 30 shows that debuted, premiered or aired in the last week now that fall TV is upon us, and we finally have stuff to watch. Included in the discussion are talk of why everyone's waiting for Project Runway to be over, whether this week's Mad Men was one of the greatest television episodes of all time and just what's up with Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory. (This one has a few technical problems. Our apologies.) | 9/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 20: The Only Good New Show Is a Dead New Show | The Emmys happened. And Todd and Libby have things to say about them. Also, they awkwardly shoehorn Lost into the show, talk about their favorite new shows of the fall season, discuss the returns of The Office and Fringe and sock it to all of those people who were all, "Wah, wah, wah, Mad Men is boring!" And then Todd runs over Libby's foot with a lawn mower. | 9/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 19: The Emmys Can Only Disappoint You, so You Might as Well Learn That Now | Erik and Ted from our Emmy nominee predictions show come back to help us predict the winners and tell Todd and Libby why there's a very real possibility that William Shatner will mess all of our dreams and hopes up (for real this time). After that, Todd and Libby take us through ten of the top TV shows from the week past in ten minutes. | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 18: Top Ten Comedic Performances of the Decade (Male and Female) | It's time for the long-promised follow-up to our countdown of the top 10 dramatic performances of the decade, featuring the top 10 comedic performances of the decade, including Mark Addy for Still Standing, Anthony Clark for Yes Dear and Raven for That's So Raven, but not really, actually. It features just about everyone you'd expect. | 9/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Special Edition: Everwood (May contest winner podcast) | I'll bet you thought this would never happen, huh? But here it is. Megan from Alaska has probably been just waiting with hushed breath, chewing her nails, waiting to hear what we have to say about Everwood. And here it is! We watched the famous "Episode 20" in order to talk a little more about what we liked about the WB series about a Colorado mountain town. | 9/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 17: Mad Men Gives Us Something to Talk About | Finally, Mad Men has renewed our love for television. But we have to find other things to talk about too, so we preview the fall season and review the first season of Nurse Jackie. Also, there's news, music and Todd using inordinate amounts of slang that sounds like it's from the 1930s. | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 16: Moby Dick in the Lifetime with Tim Kring | Todd and Libby have been gone for a long time. Too long. In the time they were gone, Futurama was saved, Ben Silverman was deposed, and the guys from Lost revealed the first episode title of the final season. Also, Mad Men is almost ready to come back! And they're excited to talk about books being made into TV shows. And Libby loves Toddlers & Tiaras and doesn't care who knows it. | 8/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 15: The Emmys Giveth and the Emmys Taketh Away | Libby and Todd have some things they don't like about the Emmys but also some things they do like. So it all comes out in the wash. As they say. Also, Walter Cronkite makes Libby sad, America's failure to watch Kings makes Todd mad, and Libby's failure to embrace Burn Notice reduces Todd to a series of exasperated huffs. Now, THAT'S what I call Internet radio! | 7/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 14: Some Emmy Predictions for You | This week, Todd and Libby are joined by Erik Dean Anderson of the Awards Daily Forums and Big Ted of For Your Speculation (both also contribute at Culturish) for a good, old-fashioned Emmy hoedown. Thrill as Big Ted crushes our dreams! Laugh as Todd dares suggest Cobie Smulders could be nominated for something! Dazzle as Libby mostly doesn't say anything! | 7/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 13: Some Unpopular Opinions for You | Myles McNutt of Cultural Learnings and Carrie Raisler of Zap2It.com join us to mock Todd's secret, shameful love for The Secret Life of the American Teenager, though they both must admit to their deepest shames as well. Also, Libby talks about Burn Notice and everyone disagrees with her. Plus, thoughts on Virtuality, Michael Jackson and Wonderfalls. | 6/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 12: Why does cable news suck so much? | This week: Todd and Libby try to suss out why America wasn't as excited by Pushing Daisies as they were, then attempt to build a better cable news network and mostly fail. Also, discussion of Scrubs, a long perhaps amusing Jon & Kate Plus Eight riff and an argument about Burn Notice. | 6/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 11: The Top Ten Dramatic Performances of the Decade (Male and Female) | Wait, what? We still exist? We're back with a response to the Variety critics poll that named the best dramatic performances of the decade, as we count down our top ten male and female dramatic performances of the Aughts. Also, some news and stuff, and Libby gets drunker and drunker as we go along. | 6/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 10: Which is better? Mad Men or Breaking Bad? | Our tenth episode is live, and we're taking on the big question of our TV time: Which is better: Mad Men or Breaking Bad? Barring that, we're going to look at what's coming up insofar as summer TV, talk about the new shows on The CW and, also, talk about the season finales we didn't get to in our last show. | 5/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Special Edition: CBS Upfront | CBS (yawn) announced its fall schedule (snooze) this morning, and Todd and Libby overcome their boredom (with the help of wine!) to discuss what new shows CBS has in store and the minute ways the network has shaken up its schedule. | 5/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Special Edition: ABC and NBC Upfronts | ABC and NBC announced their schedules today, and ABC made the pickups of 11 new series official. We check out the new shows and the schedules and make fun of NBC. A lot. (Sorry for the poor quality in the ABC clips.) | 5/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Special Edition: Fox Upfront | Fox announced its fall schedule today, and there was plenty of good news (Dollhouse will be back!), plenty of bad news (so will Til Death!) and plenty of strange news (Michael Strahan is a sitcom star?). Check out our thoughts on just what Fox is up to in this special show. | 5/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 9: Season Finale Showdown | Todd and Libby check in from their vacation in Vegas to look at the season and series finales that aired on TV this week, including much talk of Lost, Grey's Anatomy and The Office. | 5/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 8: Star Trekkin' with J.J. Abrams | Todd and Libby take a field trip to their local theater for the new Star Trek movie and take a look at the career of its director, TV impresario J.J. Abrams. They also talk about what makes a good cliffhanger in this season finale season and count down the week's top ten episodes of TV. | 5/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Special Edition: NBC Infronts | NBC announced some of its plans for the fall today, and Todd and Libby were ON THE CASE. | 5/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 7: Pilotpalooza!, Part 2 *Glee Sound!* | Todd and Nathan from TV Mad Man count down the top 15 pilot scripts of the 2009-10 development season, while Todd and Libby look at the pilot for Fox's Glee and count down their top ten episodes of the week in TV. Also, Libby makes a high-pitched squeal a lot. | 5/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, episode 6: Lost Takes a Road Trip to Chicago | Todd and special guest Jon discuss what's coming up next year on the networks' schedules, while Todd and Libby argue about whether the Lost producers knew where they were going from the first or just made it up as they went along. Also, thoughts on the death of Bea Arthur, 24 and Cheers. | 4/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 5: Al Michaels Is NOT an Alien Queen | Libby and Todd actually disagree on something (namely, the Caprica pilot), and they go through all of the shows on cancellation row to see if there's anything there worth saving. Also, they give it up for some ABC sitcoms, which may be the only time THAT happens. | 4/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 4: Should Dollhouse Be Canceled? | We blatantly bait the folks over at Whedonesque with the title question, review the third season of Friday Night Lights, talk an exceedingly long time about Kal Penn and discuss the tricksy ways of Fox and Fringe. | 4/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 3: Pilotpalooza, Part 1 | We review the pilot of Southland, talk about scripts for pilots being shot for next season, mourn a soap we never watched and discuss the absolute insanity of the Life on Mars finale. | 4/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 2: They Fumbled Less Balls This Time | Todd and Libby argue about 30 Rock, and both of them think they've won. Also, there's much discussion of the end of ER, Starz's Party Down, Lost and Amanda Bynes. So there you go. | 3/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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TV on the Internet, Episode 1: Brain Cancer Ghost Sex | For our debut episode, we talk about the Battlestar Galactica finale, debate the greatest series finales of all time, invent the "Dushku scale" and find out which daytime TV show embattled pastor Ted Haggard will be appearing on. | 3/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Insightful and silly.
Although not the most consistent of podcasts (please stay on schedule!), it ranks in my top 3 TV podcasts (and mind you, I listen to an absurd amount of podcasts related to television). The last reviewer did not have kind words for Libby, but I absolutely love her. I was actually saddened on the Oscars podcast when I realized she was not part of it. Todd is one of the most insightful TV critics and provides excellent, sharp contributions to the podcast. When they do get around to podcasting (and the computer isn't stolen) they produce one of the longest TV podcasts (a good thing in my opinion) in which they go through a large amount of shows. Their guest co-hosts are always fun and I especially enjoy when Myles McNutt is on. When they discuss shows they discuss them very insightfully, but it never gets too heavy to a point where it becomes boring. The rapport between Todd and Libby keeps the podcast light and silly and makes it a fun listen every week(-ish).
One of the best TV podcasts around
I've spent the past week catching up on this 'cast, and it's terrific stuff, passionate, informed, and infectiously amusing. (In the good way infectious, I mean. You don't feel like scratching afterwards. At least, I haven't yet.) Definitely check it out.
Libby has destroyed this podcast
Todd is brilliant, a great mind on the the little box. Libby, who I suspect is his girlfriend or wife, because she has no real perspective on this topic, is endlessly irritating and seems like she's flirting with Todd on their first date. Todd will give a disquisition and Libby will snarkily reply, "Meeeh". I've stopped listening except for the non-Libby shows.
