Basic Cable

*To the tune of the Sopranos theme*
Well, you woke up this morning 
Got yourself a pod
Your mama always said Basic Cable’d be the chosen one

She said Lucas is one-in-a-million and Carlie’s ok, too
Never had a bad take, so get this pod up in your ears

Wooookkkeee up this mooorrrnnin
Got yourself a pod!!!!

It’s been 20 years since The Sopranos premiered on HBO and changed television forever! Before we jump into the GOAT (18:55), we chat about the Golden Globes. How did Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh do hosting (5:35)? Why does the Hollywood Foreign Press Association love Bohemian Rhapsody so much? We touch on the Green Book (8:25) and Lady Gaga/R Kelly controversies (13:15). Carlie might be out on the Bachelor and Johnny Bananas is headed to the Big Brother house (26:55).

Welcome to 2019. New Year, new podcast, people!  Psych, it’s the same show -- Carlie is as screechy as ever.

We hear from my new favorite listener who has some spot on takes about the pod. (Come back hie123! Love, Carlie)

Then we chat about the lesser of MTV’s Paulies’ (9:35) relationship drama! Russ and Pao from 90 Day Fiance welcome in a New Years baby with an unfortunate name (15:05). We ponder why True Detective continues to be a thing (17:45) and I get on my soapbox about Netflix and TV censorship abroad (21:00). I hates on memes and Netflix during a discussion of Bandersnatch and Bird Box (26:30). Carlie does a spot-on Kortni impression (33:40) Does Larissa from 90 Day even burn? I do an equally awesome Danielle impression and we break down the 90 Day finale (36:40).

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We're back baby! Sorry we've been absent, like the classic Duhamel-Heigl movie, Life Happens, and we couldn't watch a lot of TV let alone talk about it. But we wanted to finish 2018 strong, and get an episode done for our faithful fans. (6:00) We revisit our Fall TV predictions, who got the hits and flops right, and which shows are truly canceled at this point? (20:00) Programming note, my mom is going to be on the show at some point to talk about Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! (22:30) Lucas has a change of heart about Narcos, Carlie wishes she'd never had to listen to his rants about how stupid it is. (24:30) We give the year 2018 a grade for TV -- SPOILERS FOR MANY SHOWS -- and finally, (26:35) we reveal what we'd like to see and do in 2019 when it comes to TV. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING!

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Still full from Thanksgiving? Give your boo hole a rest and listen to this week's Basic Cable! (2:45) We get into News You Can Lose (Carlie gave up), with an update on the Game of Thrones prequel series, (9:15) congratulate Sally Ann Salsano on her big award, and chat about the recent Jersey Shore clips show. (12:45) Then we dig into the Challenge reunion, (24:35) before getting into who is actually in love on 90 Day Fiance. (39:25) Finally, we debate what reality stars really make. 

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SPOILER ALERT FOR THE CHALLENGE FINALE. 

Woah, what a not shocking final, that shockingly left us with a 11 minutes worth of thoughts. We discuss if this final was really all the grueling, what, if anything the contestants could have done differently, and what does it say about the franchise that Smashley is now the biggest money winner of the game? And not that we like Hunter, but doesn't it seem unfair that he ate the most but got edged out on time? IDK. Let's talk about it, get it out of our system, and get ready for Season 33. 

Do you burn? If your answer is yes, this is the pod for you. You like Breaking Bad? (2:45) Good for you, quit bragging. You're not special. Ever heard of Game of Thrones? (7:30) Congrats, nerd. RIP AIR McNair (20:30). The Challenge has Carlie up-chuckin' (22:50) U-God has a new book, which means he has one more books than he does good verses on Wu-Tang tracks. (15:50) You ever meet a nice Colombian woman online? So have these turds (29:20). Good night. We Love You. - Lucas 

Sup bamas -- Lucas here. We've got some spicy Challenge MTV (1:30) talk on tap. Chase that bad boy with some New You Can Lose about Breaking Bad (8:45) and Game of Thrones (14:10). Next we dip our beak in some 90 Day Fiance (Where the caravan at tho? Edition). The main course is Homecoming (35:50). Julia Roberts represent! Are you still watching Manifest (55:30)? Carlie is. Love you! 

oOOOooo It's time for a spooOOOkYY episode of Basic Cable! And this might even be scarier than The Haunting of Hill House! This week we take on some News You Can't Use with the cancellation of American Vandal (2:05), get into this week's Challenge episode and why yes, Bananas is a dick but we're kindaaa on his side, and preview the cast for season 33 (7:04). SPOILER ALERT: After that we both go with the unpopular take that Haunting of Hill House really stinks (24:01) and then finish with a new bit about just not being able to let go of stuff. Lucas doesn't quite get it, but he will. (38:15)

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E Plurbis Trashy! Welcome to an all new episode of Basic Cable! We recorded most of this in the dark, which should have no affect on the audio quality, but we felt like you should know. (2:08) Because Lucas can't help himself, we start this episode with him wanting to change the name of the News You Can't use segment. In this segment, which shall remain News You Can't Use until my body is six feet under, (3:39) we talk about the massive ratings slide for the Walking Dead, and I give an amazing series recap for someone who's never seen the show. (8:55) SPOILER ALERT FOR THE AFFAIR (9:18) Lucas thinks this is a music podcast  (9:55) SPOILER ALERT FOR ROSANNE - we discuss how she's written out of The Conners. Moving into actual segments (11:45) We break down the new Sabrina trailer, and I rant about the last two seasons of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. (18:43) Damn, we're covering a lot of ground, we move on to the new Amazon Prime show, The Romanoffs (31:11) A mini-Mainfestupdate since we couldn't watch (32:06) A truly awful attempt to segue to A Million Little Things with a brief fact check break (33:56) Actually talking about A Million Little Things  - there is no Greg! (37:12) POWER'S OUT! (37:52) A wonderful bit of the week that should not be spoiled.

Lucas is back at it again, taking the reins and editing this weeks' episode. We spend a few minutes on some news you can't use, including a massive let down from Connie Britton, get all up in the 90 Day Fiance finale, chat about why Carlie didn't love this week's The Good Place, give our latest theories on Manifest, and then let Lucas take us on a weird adventure through the what-ifs of The Sopranos. It got weird, y'all.