Appointment Television

Oct 10 2024 359 ep. 48 mins 348

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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 dramas to episodes of The Bachelor.

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Episode 350: My Lady Jane, eps 06-08

Oct 10 2024 62 mins

This finale stretch of My Lady Jane episodes—and this is the series finale, since once again we have canceled a show before its time—is sometimes more somber than the first half of the season was, and the show's untimely cancellation means there are a lot of pointless loose plot threads whipping around. We are nevertheless grateful to this bizarre show for trying something new.

Episode 349: My Lady Jane, Part 3

Sep 26 2024 39 mins

In this episode of our goofy little podcast, we discuss episodes 4-5 of the goofy little show, My Lady Jane. Along the way, we discuss the perils of omnivorous eating in an Ethian society, references to classic cinema, and-- most important of all-- the role galluping does play in the Presidential Fitness Test and the role it might play in real presidential politics. Next week, we'l

Episode 348: My Lady Jane Part 2

Sep 19 2024 43 mins

We're back!! We recorded this at some point in the past, so during this conversation, we did not yet know that our curse has once again been visited upon us! But we are ready to talk about velvet doublets. And also Anna Chancellor.

Episode 347: My Lady Jane S01E01

Sep 12 2024 49 mins

We're back! Again! Something a little different this time: a miniseries focused on Amazon Prime's My Lady Jane, a bizarre historical-drama-meets-Animorphs show that was too strange for this post-peak-TV moment. It hadn't been canceled when we started recording these, but listeners, believe us when we say it had been canceled by the time we finished. We also talk some about what w

Episode 346: The Curse and Lawmen: Bass Reeves (FINALLY)

Apr 30 2024 50 mins

You know how sometimes you get a text or an email, and you say you’ll get around to it later, and you totally MEAN to get around to it later, and you even know that the person on the other end of the message KNOWS that you’ll get to it when you get to it, but then suddenly literal MONTHS have passed and it seems like it would be weirder to reply to the message than it would be

Episode 345: The Irrational Buccaneers (Good One/Bad One)

Dec 21 2023 44 mins

In this week's episode, the gang is all here and we're discussing Margaret's Good One/Bad One Picks: The Buccaneers (good, theoretically) and The Irrational (bad, verily). In the episode, we mention this sweater: And also, somehow, against all odds, Mpreg Clippy, which I have linked in case any of you are self-loathing enough to wish to pollute your brain with his visage. We wil

Episode 344: Tossed Goosebumps and Scrambled Frasier (Good One/Bad One)

Dec 14 2023 41 mins

Listener beware, you're in for a scare! This week we watch a horrifying scream-filled nightmare of a television episode, where characters toy with forces beyond their comprehension and exhume corpses that would best be left alone. We are, of course, referring to the Frasier reboot. We also watch the first episode of the new Goosebumps show, which is fine.

Episode 343: Good One Bad One "Fall" 2023: The Pickening

Dec 07 2023 34 mins

We're back again! This time with a "Fall 2023" edition of Good One Bad One, which we started recording pretty late in the season and have finally gotten around to releasing even later. (November hit hard this year, listener.) We've got a great lineup for you this season! Presenting the Good Ones: Apple TV+'s The Buccaneers Hulu's Goosebumps Showtime's The Curse And, of course, our

Episode 342: Shop the final Citadel look!

Aug 10 2023 50 mins

In which we finish our miniseries on Citadel and attempt to wrestle with what, exactly, we have brought upon ourselves.

Episode 341: Like Citadel episode 5, we cannot wrap it up

Aug 03 2023 42 mins

Is watching this show not unlike descending into pure mindless sensation? Like a sensory deprivation tank, but as a TV show? Also why on earth does the Priyanka Chopra-Jonas character make these choices?! They're such bad choices!