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Hey, hey, hey, what's up party people. It's your boy Lucas here. Carlie has left me in charge of the episode description this week. We blab about a bunch a crap, Carlie interrupts me a lot and demands a marriage proposal. I carry the show -- ya know, the usual. We kick it off with some News You Can't Use (2:30), then get into Manifest (9:29). That's followed by a riveting discussion of This is THE Us (15:54). The Good Place is back! (21:26). We briefly touch on Maniac (25:10) before we question whether Kim from Better Call Saul is dead (25:30). Enjoy -- we love you!

It’s Basic Cable time! We get a little spoilery on some shows today so pay attention to the time codes in case you don’t want shows like American Vandal (Netflix) and Forever (Amazon Prime). We start it off with a brief recap of the Jeopardy All Stars Team Tournament draft (0:43), then News You Can’t Use is just about the annoying backlash surrounding the announcement that Maroon 5 will headline Super LIII. We recap the Emmys about as quickly as they seemed to air (7:38), and then SPOILER ALERT: discuss American Vandal season 2, and why on the whole, it didn’t work for us (11:45). Lucas was dying to talk about Serial season 3, so I let him (19:27), and SPOILER ALERT PART DEUX: Carlie watched all of Forever on Amazon Prime, and has some thoughts. Finally, we answer some LISTENER QUESTIONS! (27:08). Remember to rate us and subscribe!

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Skipping our typical recaps this week because we have too much to talk about with the Jeopardy All-Star tournament and our picks for this year's Emmys. But first we start with a little News You Can't Use (3:20), then get into the Jeopardy All-Star tournament, this year it's a TEAM tournament, which is pretty exciting, so we do a mini-draft of the heavy hitters we'd like on our team (8:17), then from game shows to award shows, we do a rundown of who we think WILL and SHOULD take home Emmys this year. (29:00). We can't thank you all enough for listening, keep sharing, keep rating, and keep being the best people ever!

*Disclaimer* - as always, we say a lot of stuff without fact checking it first, but since we're not too good to be @'d, please @ us with corrections!

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We're back again! This week we cover some news you can't use, quickly chat about our favorite reality TV offerings, and get right into our predictions for which shows will be hits, and which ones will meet an early end. Listen, subscribe, and rate to support Basic Cable Podcast!

We're back! After a mini-break for visitors and family time, we're back. We're getting into the latest episode of The Challenge, which includes a discussion about Johnny Bananas' recent leak. Why Floribama Shore just isn't fun lately, and the real-life drama surrounding Ronnie from Jersey Shore. We finally talk about one of our all-time favorite shows, 90 Day Fiance, and then do a mini Fall TV preview. Wrapping it up with how much fun it was to see the All Fantasy Everything podcast live taping in Denver, including how Carlie embarrassed herself in front of a guest.

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We hit all our staples this week, but we also honor one of the most important summer TV shows of all time, The O.C.! (0:31) Quick recap of Very Cavallari, turns out Jay is short for NOTHING! (4:10) We go in on Codi and Candace, why they were never believable and Codi's rejection was nowhere near as bad as Nilsa's. (7:33) We're all caught up on The Challenge! Veronica, you let your team down, but CT, you let US down with your reaction (14:43) Lucas has his Succession victory lap (18:12) Piano lessons with Carlie! (21:00) We recast the key players from The O.C.

Welcome back everyone! Kind of a bleh week for our fave shows, but we powered through to deliver another stellar episode. (0:00) We get right to the point with a quick recap on Very Cavallari, where I'm proud to say we don't mention Kelly and her Canadian ONCE. (2:45) We talk The Challenge - who’s a layup, why's Johnny making himself a romantic prospect and target? (10:56) Staying in the MTV fam, we spend 10 minutes dissecting a 17 second trailer for Lindsay Lohan's new reality show, and ponder the ethical ramifications of her even being back on TV. (16:26) Wow, we watch a lot of MTV - we quickly chat about a lackluster Floribama Shore episode. (21:10) NEW SHOW ALERT! We LOVE Teachers on TV Land, and we want you to watch too! (37:22) Finally, we get to the bits, and Lucas misses his cue.

Jayisms! Get your fill of Jayisms! (2:10) We're revisiting the gift that is Very Cavallari, and breaking down whether Jay is actually smart, and go house hunting with the Cavallari/Cutler fam. (7:23) Then we travel from Nashville to the Floribama Shore to discuss Nilsa and Gus, and break down the two fights that led to Kirk getting in the back of a cop car. (20:14) Carlie admits she was wrong to be out on the Challenge, but neither of us is sold entirely on these new cast members. (26:18) And we draft our dream teams for an all-star season. Don't forget to vote on Twitter for the best team! (45:45) And we -ugh- get slightly political to talk the new Sacha Baron Cohen show "Who is America"

We did it! Episode 2! Come for the TV takes, stay for Carlie’s Baskin Robbins baggage.

(2:30) We go in on Episode 1 of Very Cavallari, discussing the offerings on the Uncommon James website, Jay’s best lines, and the perplexing proverb from one of Kristin’s employees.

(18:51) Quick thoughts on the season premiere of Floribama Shore. What’s happening on Kirk’s face, and why despite a weak premiere, we’re in on this season. (23:56) Summer is no longer the slow season for television, so we talk about our favorite Summer Jam tv shows (27:17) Emmys 2018: our thoughts on this year’s nominees, and Lucas’ favorite nod isn’t what you’d expect. Join us! Rate and subscribe to Basic Cable. Reach us at [email protected] or @basiccablepod