Heating Things Up With Our Summer TV Preview

The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are nearly upon us, and there’s only one thing on all our minds: what shows are we going to be watching? The New Republic‘s TV critic Phillip Maciak joins us for the first time as we all share our picks for the shows we’re into; the shows we SHOULD be into, but aren’t; and the shows we feel NO ONE should be into. Philip makes the case for the pilot of The Americans to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after naming the week’s Winner and Loser, it’s on to a Game Time that may require parental guidance. Make yourself a nice Arnold Palmer (or a Negroni; you’re an adult) and join us!

Guests

• 🪐 Philip Maciak

Topics

• Lead Topic ⛱️ Summer TV Preview
• The Canon 🪆 The Americans S01.E01: Pilot
• Winner & Loser 👍 Justin Kirk
• Winner & Loser 👎 Tori Spelling
• Game Time 🍼 Nepo Babies Of 21st Century TV
• Other Tags Based On A True Story Deadloch Hey Yahoo! Hijack I'm A Virgo Justified Nurse Jackie Secret Invasion The Crowded Room The Full Monty The Idol The Lazarus Project The Walking Dead: Dead City Weeds

Notes

• 🐦 Phillip Maciak on Twitter
• 📺 Avidly Reads Screen Time at NYUPress.org
• 🏛️ Phil at The New Republic
• ☎️ The Best Evidence newsletter -- and hotline, 919.75.CRIME
• 🔎 Hey Yahoo! preview clip
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  #Based On A True Story #Deadloch #Hey Yahoo! #Hijack #I'm A Virgo #Justified #Nurse Jackie #Secret Invasion #The Americans #The Crowded Room #The Full Monty #The Idol #The Lazarus Project #The Walking Dead: Dead City #Weeds