Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can't Lose

It’s been a while, but we are back to a Clear Lists episode where we focus on a single show. This time around it is the British classic The Inbetweeners.

The Inbetweeners has always been there to remind us how awkward and horrible high school was. As we follow private-school boy Will McKenzie at his new public school, we get a vulgar look into how British teenagers act nowadays. Spoiler alert: It includes a lot of lack of control when it comes to bodily functions.

The Inbetweeners ran for three seasons and has since spawned two movies. In this episode, Brooke, Joey, and I break down our top five favorite episodes, pervy Jay moments, and humiliating Simon scenes (like this one below).

Settle in, ya wankers, and listen as we talk British slang and the American remake, and Joey repeats horrible things from the show verbatim. Let us know what your own favorite Inbetweeners moments are.

Welcome to episode 19 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose, the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

We have done a lot of top 10 lists on the podcast, and we’ve finally made our way to one of the first things you see when watching a show: the opening credits. This week, Brooke, Joey, and I count down our top 10 opening credits sequences.

Opening credits can be a tough nut for a show to crack, sometimes coming off too cheesy or tonally different from the show. We discuss what makes a good opening credits sequence, what makes a bad one (looking at you, The Affair), and which ones we think will be considered some of the greats in TV history.

Listen in as we harshly critique each other’s choices, and Joey and Brooke get in one of the bigger fights in podcast history. Let us know which credits are your favorites!

Welcome to episode 18 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose, the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

We missed an episode last week, but we are back now with another draft. It’s been a while since we’ve done one, so let’s remember, the rules are:

This time, Joey, Brooke, and I draft our favorite male characters in TV comedies. We want to cast a wide net to cover all of our bases, so we will pick one character who portrays each of the following 10 character traits best: funny, smart, lovable, badass, beautiful, fun, matriarchal, wild card, talented, and villainous.

Listen in as Brooke somehow wins twice despite abstaining from her speech! Let us know if our picks were any good and which characters you like better.

Welcome to episode 17 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose—the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

Guys, we are approaching awards season steadily, and the first of the awards shows is this weekend. I’m talking of course about the Golden Globes.

The Golden Globes themselves may not care very much about the TV categories, but we sure do. This week, Brooke, Joey, and I discuss who we think will win and who should win each award. Spoiler alert: we don’t think many people who should win are actually going to.

With Breaking Bad out of the picture, the predicting was harder than expected. Listen to us argue about our predictions, use our guesses in your Golden Globe office pools, and let us know how much money you win (send some our way if you’re so inclined).

Welcome to episode 16 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose—the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

2014 is over, but we are not done talking about it yet. We have reached the final week of our year-end holiday awards, the Clearlys. So far we’ve covered our top 10 characters, top 10 shows, and next 10 shows of 2014. This week, we are going to acknowledge even more shows beyond the 20 we have already discussed. Brooke, Joey, and I are picking our favorite episodes of TV this year, excluding shows we’ve already chosen on our last two lists.

There have been plenty of great episodes of great shows this year, but there have also been great episodes of uneven shows (and maybe even some great episodes of bad shows). With this list, a show didn’t have to be consistent; it merely had to have one moment of greatness (hence, Girl Meets World‘s inclusion). When you narrow it down to a single episode, there can be some surprise winners here (The Walking Dead anyone?).

Unlike the other lists, there is only one correct answer for number one. Listen as Brooke is mercilessly berated for her wrong selection, and let us know what episodes you really loved in 2014.

Welcome to episode 15 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose—the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

We are into the third week of our year-end holiday awards, the Clearlys! Last week, we talked about our top 10 favorite shows on TV in 2014. Then we realized that there are still more shows we want to discuss! So, this week, Brooke, Joey, and I break down the next 10: our top #11 to #20 TV shows that aired in 2014.

This has been such a good year for TV that 10 shows simply was not enough. There’s more and more programming every day; hence, there are more and more good shows popping up. There are so many amazing programs right now that these lists of second 10s could easily be respectable top-10 lists in themselves.

Welcome to episode 14 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose—the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

It is the second week of our year end holiday awards, the Clearlys! Last week, we discussed our favorite TV characters of 2014. This time around, we are looking at a more classic list—Brooke, Joey, and I are breaking down our top 10 favorite shows of 2014.

This has truly been a revolutionary year for television—one that saw streaming solidify itself as a force to be reckoned with when Amazon burst onto the scene with its groundbreaking new drama, Transparent. We also saw heated debates about what constitutes a miniseries and where they should compete in awards shows, plus the incredible comeback of Comedy Central, anchored by new shows Review and Broad City.

It was challenging to narrow it down to just 10, but we forced ourselves to cut some greats. Sit back and listen as we count down our favorite shows of 2014. Let us know what we missed, too! What was your favorite show of the year?

Welcome to episode 13 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose—the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

We are ready to start discussing the best things on television in 2014. We even have a new theme song to prove it! So, where better to start than a list that’s a little off the beaten track? This week, Brooke, Joey, and I are going to break down our favorite television characters of 2014.

There have been many standout characters on TV this year—some new to the airwaves, some at the height of their game and some taken tragically away from us too soon.

Welcome to episode 12 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose—the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV

This week, we’re back to focusing on a single show, and this time around, it’s our dearly departed Breaking Bad. All hail to the mighty Heisenberg.

Breaking Bad recently left the airwaves, taking the majority of the 2014 Emmys with it. Walter White’s journey from innocent chemistry teacher to terrifying drug lord will go down in history as one of the best character arcs of all time. Of course, this destined-to-be-immortal clip of Jesse Pinkman dancing might be just a bit more important.

In this episode, Brooke, Joey, and I are joined by special guest Jackson Grant, who recently wrote for Discovery Family’s Transformers: Rescue Bots. We break down our top five cold opens (which Breaking Bad has become notorious for), episodes, and quotes.

If you’re in a legal pickle, better call Saul! Otherwise, sit down on your huge pile of money, check out your mineral collection, and remember your favorite Breaking Bad moments. Take a listen, and let us know if we missed anything.

*There is a bit of bad language in this episode, in the context of a quote from the show.

Welcome to episode 11 of Clear Lists, Full Drafts, Can’t Lose—the only podcast for fantasy television drafts! Forget fantasy football—join us for fantasy TV.

We’re back with another top 10 list this week. Last time, we talked about our top 10 finales, so now we’re going in the other direction—top 10 series finales.

Brooke, Joey, and I discuss our favorite television endings. Was the final episode able to wrap everything up? Does it bother to take a risk? Is the circle of the story complete? There’s so many different ways to make a conclusion satisfying—from the ambiguity ofLost and The Sopranos to the unexpected reveals of Newhart and St. Elsewhere. Sometimes, the ending feels so poignant because you didn’t want to say goodbye.

Listen here as we list our favorite series finales. What, to you, makes a good finale? What’s your favorite one of all time?