Episodes
Whether they're counterculture iconoclasts or hilariously uptight, heroes or villains, teenagers have had a long history as some of television's most important and indelible characters. But who stands out among the crowd? For this special, extra-long episode, Allison and Clint (along with Dominick Suzanne-Mayer and Caroline Siede) lock themselves in their rooms with nothing but a telephone and a Lisa Frank binder to figure out who the greatest teenagers in TV history may be. Along the way, we...
Published 03/22/18
For their latest trick, Allison and Clint (along with their lovely assistants Dominick Suzanne-Mayer and Caroline Siede) patter about ABC's newest, weirdest magician/cop procedural, Deception! Is it secretly amazing, or does it just providethe illusion of quality? Or is it both? Along the way, our hosts also celebrate John Oliver's deep dive into Bitcoin, discuss the premiere of NBC's painfully earnest musical theater drama Rise, and talk about Syfy's upcoming superhero prequel series Krypton...
Published 03/19/18
Hot off the heels of TV Party's induction of Jessica Jones' Kilgrave into the Hall of Faces last week, our intrepid hosts (Allison, Clint, Kate Kulzick of The Televerse) dig into the first few episodes of Marvel's Jessica Jones season 2! Does it hold up to the show's stellar first season? How does JJ fare in David Tennant's absence? Take a listen and find out!Along the way, our caffeine-deprived heroes discuss everything from Neal McDonough's fabulous Javier Bardem wig on Legends of Tomorrow,...
Published 03/12/18
Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter – the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically flawed protagonist, the one-time guest character that defines an entire series. This is where we hoard TV’s most valuable visages. This… is the Hall of Faces.For this sophomore entry in the Hall of Faces, Allison and Clint are joined by The Televerse's...
Published 03/08/18
Hot off the heels of this year's Oscars, Allison and Clint are joined by The AV Club's Caroline Siede and CoS' Dominick Suzanne-Mayer to talk about the highs, lows, and hard-won jet skis of the 90th Annual Academy Awards. Was Jimmy Kimmel the right host for the night? Did the right movies win? What movies should have been nominated in the first place? The hosts also dig into socially-conscious documentary theater with HBO's Notes from the Field, speculate on the last-minute rescheduling of...
Published 03/06/18
Joining Allison and Clint in-studio this week is The Televerse's Kate Kulzick! Together, this group of misfits gush about Legends of Tomorrow''s slap-happy time loop episode, express their dismay at the lackluster state of RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars 3, and muse on the potential of Netflix's Lost in Space reboot!Along the way, our intrepid hosts discuss the appeal of Doctor Who's slick new logo,' dig into the power and significance of CNN's Town Hall with the students, teachers, and families...
Published 02/26/18
Allison and Clint are joined their very own Friendtopia - The Televerse's Kate Kulzick and The Televoid's LaToya Ferguson - to settle for Allison's list of the 25 greatest songs from the first three seasons of CW's cult hit musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend! Together they generalize about men, calculate the math of love triangles, and investigate the buzzing from the bathroom while singing the praises of Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh-McKenna's infectious blend of musical satire, pop-music...
Published 02/22/18
This week, Clint and Allison are joined once again by SyFy and Paste's Jacob Oller (and the absentee picks of lost-but-not-forgotten co-host Kate Kulzick of The Televerse) as we break down the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend finale, Netflix's new '90s nostalgia show Everything Sucks! and gush about the return of The CW's galactically silly superhero show Legends of Tomorrow. Along the way, we also celebrate Drunk History's take on sex ed history, salute the brave students of Parkland in their public TV...
Published 02/19/18
This week, Allison and Clint are joined by Jacob Oller (Paste Magazine, One Perfect Shot, Syfy Wire) to finally react to This Is Us' dramatic Super Bowl episode - and the reveal of Jack's actual death. In the episode, our hosts also celebrate some transcendent fierceness on RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars, dig into the turn-of-the-century pseudoscience of The Alienist, and debate whether or not Queer Eye's Netflix reboot is a welcome update to the self-improvement show, or mere exploitation of...
Published 02/12/18
Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter - the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically flawed protagonist, the one-time guest character that defines an entire series. This is where we hoard TV's most valuable visages. This... is the Hall of Faces.For our very first Hall of Faces, Allison and Clint are once again joined by Julie Starbird...
Published 02/08/18
Every so often, a podcast comes along that makes you reconsider the possibilities of the medium - a show so innovative, entertaining and downright transcendent that it changes you on a fundamental level. And also, there's TV Party.For this first episode, Allison and Clint are joined by Podlander Drunkcast's Julie Starbird and The AV Club's Caroline Siede. Together, the fearsome foursome talk about last week's Good Place finale, the majesty of Lily Tomlin in Netflix's Grace and Frankie, and...
Published 02/04/18
Travel through this week in TV with Consequence's televisual savants: Allison Shoemaker and Clint Worthington; along with a rotating cast of writers, critics, and exciting people. Don't touch that dial! We also do deeper dives into the boob tube with special segments and highlighted discussions.
Published 02/01/18