The third season of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's complicated dark comedy made some important choices for its characters — but how did they affect the show? Liz and Ben dig in.

Liz and Ben are joined by their colleagues Steve Greene and Hanh Nguyen to discuss some of the conversations they've been lucky enough to have with the people making great TV today. Surprisingly, "The Leftovers" comes up.

The Netflix series adaptation of Justin Simien's 2014 indie favorite has set a new bar for what film-to-TV transfers should look like. What are the factors which make the series so compelling? Liz and Ben have the deets.

We're in a rich age of television... But we're maybe getting a little burned out on the fact that the messaging around all these shows is that "in a time like this, these shows are more important than ever." Is that actually true? Liz and Ben discuss.

Emotions run high as Liz and Ben discuss the announcement that there'll be more "X-Files" in the next year. (God help us all.)

With the "Girls" finale and the premiere of the final season of "The Leftovers," last night HBO was rich with change. What makes these particular endings and beginnings stand out?

With so much great new TV out there in the world, why on earth do we go back and rewatch old favorites so much? There are obvious reasons and not-so-obvious, as Ben and Liz come to understand in this week's podcast.

What's it like to study television like "Broad City" and "The Prisoner" in an academic environment? That's a question no one except IndieWire interns/special guests Maya, Michael and Juan can answer (at least on this podcast).

We've got just about six months to go before the Emmy Awards, and we haven't even SEEN half the shows in contention for this year's big prize. That's not going to stop us from making some wild guesses at what might happen come this summer, though! (Guess what? "The Leftovers" comes up.)

Kudos to the promotions department at one of our favorite premium cable networks, who have been trying some innovative new techniques when it comes to spreading the word about shows like "Game of Thrones" and "The Leftovers." Ben and Liz discuss the implication of what those choices mean both for journalists and for audiences.