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Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus knew how important it was for "Veep" to end with a bang -- and is proud that they pulled off a memorable finale. On this edition of the podcast, we talk to Louis-Dreyfus and Tony Hale, both of whom are Emmy nominated this year for their roles as President Selina Meyer and her bag boy, Gary Walsh, on "Veep." Louis-Dreyfus chose an "All in the Family" episode, while Hale picked a famous "Carol Burnett Show" sketch. We talk about their inspirations, what makes them break on camera and why it's so hard to say goodbye after seven seasons of "Veep."

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Emmy-nominated "Orange is the New Black" actress Laverne Cox admits she lived the Samantha lifestyle in late '90s New York City, which is one of the reasons she was a huge fan of HBO's "Sex and the City." On this edition of the podcast, we talk to Cox as she wows us with her in-depth knowledge of all things "Sex and the City," as well as the legacy of her Netflix series, and her favorite installment of "Orange" as well.

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RuPaul remains a huge fan of "The Golden Girls" and rewatches the classic TV sitcom often. On this edition of the podcast, we talk to "RuPaul's Drag Race" stars RuPaul and Michelle Visage about their favorite episodes of TV. RuPaul went classic, with a hysterical Season 2 episode where Dorothy discovers her date is actually a priest. And Michelle goes more recent, with a moving Season 2 episode of "Pose." We sat down with RuPaul and Visage to discuss their recent talk show, their early TV crushes, and what they've learned after a decade of "RuPaul's Drag Race." 

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"I'm Sorry" creator and star Andrea Savage was a huge fan of the late 1990s/early 2000s CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," which mined its writers' real home lives for stories, much as "I'm Sorry" now does. Savage's favorite episode is "Marie's Sculpture," which first aired in 2001. On this edition of the podcast, we talk to Andrea Savage about that "Raymond" episode, as well as how real her TruTV comedy can get, how relatable it is to fans, and even what we can all learn about marriage from her show.

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"Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk marvels these days at how good television has become, and he puts recent sitcoms like Hulu's "Pen15" right along some of his all-time favorites, such as the British "The Office" and another britcom, "The Royle Family." On this edition of the podcast, we talk to Bob Odenkirk about the comedies the influenced him over the years, his mixed feelings about being a producer and where he thinks "Better Call Saul" is going.

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"Drunk History" creator and host Derek Waters is a child of the 1980s, and was an obsessive TV fan growing up. Among his favorite TV series was the groundbreaking half-hour "The Wonder Years." Waters' pick is the pilot episode of "The Wonder Years," which first aired after the Super Bowl in 1988 and went on to win the Primetime Emmy award for outstanding comedy series that year. Plus, we talk about our mutual love of collecting TV Guide magazines, and what's next for "Drunk History."

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Hugh Grant has become good friends over the years with John Cleese. But long before he ever met the British comedy icon, Grant was a fan from the very beginning of Cleese's legendary 1970s comedy "Fawlty Towers." On this edition of the podcast, we talk to Hugh Grant about his love of "Fawlty Towers," how he's still learning how to stream TV, how his Amazon limited series "A Very English Scandal" still feels resonant today, and why he'd like to ban all social media. 

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Patty Jenkins has become a celebrated director for films such as "Monster" and "Wonder Woman," as well as her recent TV limited series "I Am the Night." But she's also a huge comedy fan. Jenkins' pick for favorite episode is "Summer Holiday," the 1984 series finale of "The Young Ones," a surrealistic British sitcom that aired in the UK on BBC2, and here in the states on MTV. Jenkins discusses her love of alternative comedy, the year 1984, and even her new "Wonder Woman" sequel. 

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Niecy Nash first hit it big as a comedic actress on shows like "Reno 911." But the short-lived HBO series "Getting On," which mixed comedy with plenty of drama, gave Nash a chance to show off another side of her acting skills. Based on a British series of the same name, "Getting On" earned Nash two Emmy nominations for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series. We talk with Nash about her two Emmy contenders -- the Netflix limited series "When They See Us" and her TNT series "Claws" -- and began by talking about her favorite episode of TV ever, the first episode of "Getting On."

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Marisa Tomei was walking through the East Village in Manhattan late one evening when she came across Natasha Lyonne, an old friend since their days starring together in the 1998 film "The Slums of Beverly Hills." Lyonne was shooting "Russian Doll," her Netflix comedy that has become a critical hit. Tomei was an immediate fan. On this edition, we talk to Tomei about his favorite episode of TV (the pilot to "Russian Doll"), as well as her recent turn as Edith Bunker on Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear's "Live in Front of a Studio Audience."

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