Who knew there was a Punky Brewster reboot going at Peacock? Apparently so. That and It's a Sin are the shows of focus on this week's deeply Thursday-feelin' pod.

Also chats about the royal interview, the WandaVision finale, Queen's Gambit as a stage musical, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

185. Punky Brewster & It's A Sin

The wonderful world of Michael Schur brings us another funny show about small town bureaocrats happlessly trying their hardest: Ed Helms stars in Rutherford Falls. The other show of focus this week is Freeform's Cruel Summer, which tells an eerie story about a teenage girl's descent into public ruin after she's linked to a local tragedy.

Also chats about why the Oscars didn't work, the stunt-casting on SNL, the slow wither of a mind trapped in-pandemic, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

191. Cruel Summer & Rutherford Falls

Hot in the house, so we took the pod to the back deck and had lots to catch up on. "Loki" is the newest MCU/Disney+ rig, and "Hacks" is the third Jean Smart show of the last 18 months.

Also chats about how the Beatles are good (did you know?), Batman's apparent coital stagnations, whether or not the streamers lie about their numbers, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

195. Hacks & Loki

A movie on the showsh this week! "Dead Poets Society" is one of those films that neither of us could really explain not having seen. But we both always wanted to, and our feelings afterward were slightly different from expected.

Also chats about the new season of I Think You Should Leave, the on-going Tarantino press tour, a certain unfortunate conviction overturned, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

197. Dead Poets Society

A couple shows with really solid casts up for discussion this week. "Nine Perfect Strangers" is Nicole Kiman and Liane Moriarty joining forces for another eerie suburban ensenble drama. "The Chair" is Sandra Oh running the English department of a rickety old university.

Also chats about the self-hiring and self-firing of a certain complicated game show exec, expectations for The Matrix Resurrections, how names and nicknames evolve, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

202. Nine Perfect Strangers & The Chair

Another in the long long line of pop cultural installments named "American ____" ... this one was Jeff Daniels in "American Rust." So, we talked about that.

Also chats about the Succession season premiere, This is 40 in hindsight, the Hardy Boys in hindsight, roofing for the first time, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

209. American Rust

"I May Destroy You" is a critically-acclaimed , Emmy winning series on HBO that we, ashamedly, didn't quite connect with the first time around. So, in lieu of watching new pilots this week, we watched ALL of IMDY. Herein be spoilers.

Also chats about the new Succession, whether or not Aaron Rogers deserves some side-eye, returning to theatres, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

210. I May Destroy (ALL OF) You

Both shows this week are about real life medical malpractice over the last several decades. "The Shrink Next Door" stars Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell in a TV adaptation of the popular Wondery podcast. "Dopesick" stars Michael Keaton and is about a key chapter in the story of the American opioid crisis.

Also chats about the self-awareness of Taylor's Versions, the cynicism of new Home Alones, the past strives toward affability by Tommy Lee, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

211. The Shrink Next Door & Dopesick

A couple fantasy-core adaptations to discuss this week. "The Wheel of Time" is Amazon Prime's new series based on the popular novels of the same name. "Cowboy Bepop" is a much-anticipated anime-turned Netflix show starring John Cho.

Also chats about the surrealism of the new Beatles doc, how everybody on Succession is losing their minds, Slaney's eye for talent, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

212. The Wheel of Time & Cowboy Bepop

Our main show of focus this week is "Station Eleven," which features an all-too-familiar plot involving a deadly flu pandemic. We've had a few of these during our own pandemic, but maybe this one's actually worthwhile. "Bud" is a shortfilm by Zach Woods of The Office and Silicon Valley fame. It's on YouTube and it's definitely worth a watch.

Also chats about all the content we're stuck consuming, in yet another quasi-lockdown. Succession's season finale, the flickering visions of Lorne Michaels' eventual retirement, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

215. Bud & Station Eleven

"Roar" is Apple TV+'s new anthology series about the modern female experience. It's a weird one for two dudes to be declarative about, but we watched the pilot, starring Issa Rae.

Also chats about it being a predictably bad week for Netflix, the Nic Cage content being very good, the parasocial gaze of the Depp v. Heard trial, and much much more. Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

230. Roar

Busy lives lately! Ducked in for a mid-break showsh, with no shortage of things to discuss. Eleven's speech development, surprise grassroots comedy specials, and Tom Cruise's biggest weekend yet.

Also, yeah, Obi-Wan Kenobi came out, so that demanded some specific hashing. Plus more! Send along your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

232. Showbi-Wan Kenshowbi

Meeting virtually to catch up on all the watchings. Slaney's on The Bear, Sweets is on Loot. Plus there's a whole list of Emmy nominations to dig into.

Also chats about Bennifer finally tying the knot, Tom Cruise cutting a great deal (even for him), Stranger Things 4.2 with some distance, and much much more. Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

234. Covid Would've Been a Good Name for Zoom

Back after a month to chat about the ever-growing glut of genre series, from House of the Dragon to Andor.

Also chats about how they could zag with the next 007, whether it makes any sense at all to reboot American Pie, our much-outdated Emmys reactions, and lots more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

237. Andor-And-More

January on the Shosh! We talk The Menu, Glass Onion, The Fablemans, Don't Worry Darling, Banchess of Inisherin, Fleishman is in Trouble, Golden Globes, and whatever else pops to mind.

Just too old buddies catching up after the holidays. Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

240. Another Trip Around The Golden Globe

A long list of movies and shows to cover this month! Oscar contenders and rotten doozies alike.

Also chats about Brady's next move, the Netflix password brigade, the Air trailer, and much much more. Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

241. Slaney For Brady

So much to catch up on, including Unstable, Daisy Jones, The Mandalorian, and Succession - which we keep at the end, for the sake of the spoiler sensitive.

Also chats about HBO's new Potter series, how big business is infiltrating movies, Lisa Kudrow's lesser-seen masterworks, and much much more. Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

243. April Show Showers

It's a lot of Bear season 2 talk, but we've gone the extra mile to preserve spoilers. Just couldn't wait.

Also chats about The Emmy nominations, Jury Duty, Barbenheimer, and Bear, Bear, Bear... Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

245. Bearbenheimer

Double strikes leave us with less and less news. But we've both seen a lotta stuff! Not just the big theatrical double-feature of the era, but a whole whack of so-so Jon Hamms.

Also chats about live outdoor comedy, the Blind Side allegations, and much much more. Happy August!

246. Hey, It's Coach Steve...

Oh look, it's us again! We didn't break for the strikes, but now that they're over it seems a good time to get things going again.

Dozens of movies and shows to discuss, honeymoon misadventures, and of course, a certain pop-football pair-up. Great to be back!

247. The Longest I've Ever Not Seen You

Happy Holidays! We're back for a catch up on all the latest, including a Jeopardy hosting determination, the hilarity of Andre Braugher, the Golden Globe nominations, and much much more! 

Have a safe and lovelu Christmas. We'll be back in 2024!

248. The Cheese Team

2024 and we're still making time for the good old showsh. 

Catching up on vital matters such as awards season snubs, the pending success of After Midnight, Martin Scorsese's unwavering eye, and much much more. Hope you enjoy, dont @ us!

249. Lotta Diabetes Stuff

We've arrived, at last, at the esteemed milestone of 250. A quarter thou! But it's much of the usual with talks about the Oscars, the scandals at Nick, the missing princess, a new 007, and much more!

Also, perhaps some exciting personal news you won't have to listen long to catch up on. Enjoy!

250. Not Too Swifty

We kick off our next 250 episodes with a catch-up on Challengers, Ripley, Dune 2, and John Mulaney's Everybody's in LA. Also chats about the closing Survivor season, Scarlett's Her character getting too real, Sorkin's new Facebook flick and much much more!

Plus, get a load of this Cameron Crowe break-down. It's fascinating and a little troubling, and something has to be done about it. Enjoy!

251. The Pyramid of Cameron Crowe

The previous episode of the pod saw Sweets and Slaney offering informal film assignments to one another: and so Sweets has seen Training Day, and Slaney has seen Say Anything. There are also chats here about dozens of other things seen since.

Plus a veep candidate wrote Hillbilly Elegy, a bunch of famous people died, and one, notably, didn't. Enjoy!

252. Michael Clayton's Day Off

The boys are back in town. The town of your podcast queue, that is. A great deal of life to catch up on, most of which involves the content we’ve been consuming.

Chats about the Golden Globes, Say Nothing, English Teacher, Saturday Night, and much much more! Enjoy!

253. The Sex Lives of College Girls, Which I Detest

Summer update! Sweets & Slaney catch up on the biggest and most essential shows of the year so far, and discuss a few movie projects that simply can't be too speculated upon.

Chats about the new season of The Bear are reserved for the end of the episode. Spoilers ARE included, although that's not even enough warning for all members of the podcast.

254. Bear-ly Even Watched It

Full disclosure, we had some technical difficulties with the recording of this episode! But we still got to chat about one of the big current TV crazes (Mr. Robot), and another spy show we missed last time (Alias).

As usual, there are lots of side-stories! Plus, Slaney's late... wtf, Slaney...

7. Mr. Bad Robot

Two more Netflix originals on the pod, this week! The new season of "Love" went up last Friday, so we'll cover that. Also "Lovesick," the British formula sitcom also known as "Scrotal Recall." A rather impassioned discussion is had about the gravity of the word 'love' in general.

The show gets pretty real couple times this week, actually! As always, there are plenty of other side stories! Tweet your thoughts to @showshowpodcast!

38. Love & Lovesick

Both shows-of-focus this week are fresh and well-received critically. Turns out, both have a direct connection to the recent eruption of news concerning sexual mis-conduct in Hollywood. But let’s not get too bogged down in that. Listen for our break-downs of the pilot episodes of both “Difficult People” & “Better Things.”

Also chats about Gal Gadot taking a stand, the Lord of the Rings series order, Mario Bros getting another movie, what’s next for Rian Johnson, a childhood classic making a spooky come-back, Debora, and much much more! Tweet your answer to this week’s trivia challenge to @ShowShowPodcast. Enjoy!

64. Difficult People & Better Things

Happy New Year! No pilot recaps on this week's episode, but Slaney has a round-up of all his favourite shows of 2017, as well as what he perceived to be the ones most buzzed about. Then, Sweets breaks down the most anticipated new shows of 2018, including the upcoming reboots of some old faves.

Also chats about the new Chappelle specials, Black Mirror, Star Wars (still without TLJ spoilers), Matt Lauer's replacement and much much more! Tweet your thought to @ShowShowPodcast!

70. What's On This Year?

HBO new and old this week! "Euphoria" is adapted from an Israeli show of the same name and stars Zendaya. "Deadwood" is a cult cable western that just released its series finale film.

Also chats about Toy Story 4's imminent release, Stranger Things' Dustin's new pranking gig, the labels of matrimony, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

124. Euphoria & Deadwood

The distancing continues, but thank god for vid-chatting, and thank god for podcasts! Tonight's shows of focus are the alt-history political period drama "The Plot Against America," and "Tiger King," which is Netflix's docu-series about the big cats... that one.

Also chats about the on-going effect the virus is having on entertainment, the Olympics, Awards Season's changing, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

150. The Plot Against America & Tiger King

On our first Show-Show-Series-Series, each of the guys challenged the other watch their personal favourite limited series of the year in its entirety. Slaney gave Sweets HBO's Watchmen, and Sweets gave Slaney Hulu's Normal People.

Also chats about High Fidelity's cancellation, Olivia Wilde's new venture into the supersphere, the Americanness of American Pickle, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

164. Show Show Series Series: Watchmen & Normal People

Happy New Year! It's our annual pod looking back at the best shows of the ending year, and ahead at the shows to come. The pandemic has obviously impacted production on almost everything, but thankfully there's continued to be a steady stream of good things to watch.

Also chats about holiday entertainment consumption, the late night host who might be over it, who died, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

177. Outgoing & Oncoming

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