Chops TV

This week, we invite Friend of the Show and Harry Potter super-fan Michael Lyons to look back at the books and movies concerning The Boy Who Lived. In Part 1, we discuss everything up-to and including 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' and discuss why some of us are more invested in the series than others.

This week, we discuss the long-anticipated and much-discussed 'Spiderman: No Way Home' and how a premise that smacks of an internet meme ("No, I'M the real Spiderman!") resulted in the first billion-dollar movie of the 2020's. Plus, we update our predictions on where the MCU is headed in Phase 4 and 5.

Just in time for the holidays, we discuss - at long last - the debacle that is 'A Star Wars Holiday Special.' How is it that a piece of Star Wars media can be so bad that George Lucas has threatened violence against it - but also be partially responsible for 'The Mandalorian' and forthcoming 'Book of Boba Fett'?

This week, we analyze the formulae that bring to bear countless scores of Hallmark Christmas movies, each year. Marc waxes poetic about why he enjoys a Hallmark film and Daniel's heart grows at least one size.

This week, we discuss the fall line-ups that the networks promote (primarily) through commercials during NFL games. We asked: who is watching these shows? And then uncovered a shocking conspiracy. (Plus: Daniel reveals himself to be The Grinch in a rant about Christmas.)

This week, in honor of Thanksgiving, we reignite an age-old debate around Nerd Association headquarters: what things are kid food and what things are adult food? We welcome J.D. "T-Bone" Smith, Mike "Common Man" Ricordati and Tim Hall to weigh in on where the most common Thanksgiving foods fall.

In this bonus episode, we preview Netflix's live-action remake of 'Cowboy Bebop' starring John Cho, Mustafa Shakir and Daniella Pineda. We also talk about Disney+ Day - including new details on the 'Kenobi' and 'Book of Boba Fett' series - and the trailer for 'Spiderman: No Way Home.'

This week, we welcome back Jennifer Lopez (Finch) to nerd out about Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune: Part One.' Are we hooked on it like Paul Atreides is hooked on spice? Or does it sink like the sands that trail behind Shai Hulud? Plus: everyone fauns over Oscar Isaac's beard.

This week, we welcome back super-fan Sean Brugger to discuss "Halloween Kills," currently in theatres and streaming on Peacock. Can we recommend this film? Or did we expect too much of a slasher film?

Haitian gang holding 17 missionaries with Ohio ties demands ransom of $17 million for their safe return; authorities in Marion County say they have solved a cold case dating back to 1989, identified the victim; Columbus woman killed while hiking in Mohican State Park over the weekend.