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It's Thanksgiving season... What 2016 TV are you thankful for? Join us on this journey, won't you?

NEWS:

• HBO renews "Westworld" but we have to wait until 2018 to get it
• "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" has been renewed for another season and her show will move to Wednesday nights
• Syfy is developing Robert Heinlein's sci-fi classic novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" to series
• Marvel announced their new ABC series: "Inhumans"
• Strong rumor has Disney eyeing Netflix as their next acquisition
• HBO is still pushing for a "Game of Thrones" prequel series that would be based on the story bible GRRM created -- which contains thousands of pages, apparently -- for his original series of books.
• A "Saved by the Bell" producer finally revealed that Jesse Spano was originally addicted to speed… not caffeine pills. S&P at NBC vetoed that notion as speed was too dark an option for a Saturday morning show.
• According to a CBS executive named Jim Lanzone, their new "Star Trek" series wouldn't work on broadcast TV, saying: "Sci-fi is not something that has traditionally done really well on broadcast. It's not impossible, for the future, if somebody figures it out. But historically, a show like "Star Trek" wouldn't necessarily be a broadcast show, at this point."

2016 TV MOMENTS WE'RE THANKFUL FOR:

• Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark on "People v. O.J. Simpson"
• The O.J. documentary, "Made in America" on ESPN
• Chuck recording Jimmy's confession on the "Better Call Saul" Season 2
• That life changing "Bojack Horseman" episode, "Fish Out of Water"
• "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver": Make Donald Drumpf Again
• "BrainDead," because... duh
• "Westworld"... again, duh
• The blood dance in "Penny Dreadful"
• "Voltron: Legendary Defender," Episode 1
• "Stranger Things"... for re-teaching Jack how to binge
• "Jessica Jones" for the scariest villain ever: The Purple Man
• "Lethal Weapon," because, who knew?
• "Last Man on Earth" for its longevity
• Hulu's Adult Swim catalog
• "Key & Peele" for existing because without them, "Keanu" wouldn't have been a film
• "The Circus," because after this year... we're all a bit politics-crazy

AARON'S LOSERS: "SNL's" cold open, "South Park," John Oliver (for going on break and leaving us!) Jimmy Fallon & Metallica

JACK'S LOSERS: "Nightcap," "Aftermath," "Van Helsing," "Gotham"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack," "Channel Zero: Candle Cove," "Shooter," "American Horror Story: Roanoke"

JACK'S FENCER: "Wilderness Vet"

AARON'S WINNERS: "SNL," "The Exorcist," "Last Man on Earth," Anthony Bourdain, "Westworld"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Last Man on Earth," "The Real O'Neils," "Pure Genius"

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Hey... So how is everyone doing? Jack and Aaron here, we know it's been a rough week. We're here to do our best to help you out. Let's talk TV, shall we?

NEWS:

• Dave Chappelle will host "SNL" this Saturday with musical guests A TRIBE CALLED QUEST.
• CBS has greenlit a prequel series to "The Big Bang Theory," which will tell Sheldon's origin story
• ABC has canceled "Conviction."
• Christopher Lloyd has signed on to cameo on an episode of "The Big Bang Theory" later this year. The show's executive producers say he'll be playing "a fun part that fans will really enjoy."
• USA has picked up the true crime series "Unsolved," which will explore the murder investigations of Tupac and Notorious BIG.
• HBO has a documentary on Slender Man coming. It's called "Beware the Slender Man" and it's set to hit the channel on January 23, 2017
• Comcast cable is about to start offering Netflix in its new X1 TV boxes… So, there you go grandma!

ELECTION COVERAGE LOSERS: "The Daily Show," CNN's coverage and "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"

ELECTION COVERAGE WINNERS: "Late Night with Seth Meyers," "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," "@midnight" and "The Circus"

AARON'S LOSERS: "Stan Against Evil" and "South Park"

JACK'S LOSERS: "South Park," "Son of Zorn," "Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After?" and "Chance"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Salem" and "People of Earth'

JACK'S FENCERS: "The Crown"

AARON'S WINNERS: "Last Man on Earth," "Ash vs. Evil Dead," "Westworld," "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" and "American Horror Story: Roanoke" JACK'S WINNERS: "Bob's Burgers," "Magical Girl Raising Project," Leslie Knope's letter to America, YouTube Channel: RWDT09 and "Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories"

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Did you survive Halloween? We did! What was your costume? What TV did you watch? TELL US!

NEWS:

• HBO has released a Westworld EP of their instrumental versions of popular songs by Radiohead, The Cure, Rolling Stones and more. It's available on iTunes.
• Netflix is giving Marvel's The Defenders only 8 episodes
• Ryan Murphy is planning a crossover season of American Horror Story where Murder House will meet Coven
• UnReal Season 3 will have a female suitor, Bachelorette-style
• NBC killed its Cruel Intentions reboot series
• NBC is in talks to bring back Will and Grace
• The CW just won a bidding war on John Singleton's new series: Straight Outta Heaven. The hourlong drama is being described as "Touched by an Angel-meets-Ghost with an urban twist," and "a faith-based, hip-hop-infused guardian angel drama."

LET'S DISCUSS SOME WESTWORLD THEORIES:

1. The little boy is a robot clone of Dr. Ford
2. There are more than one Dolores
3. Bernard is a host
4. William is the Man in Black

JACK'S HALLOWEEN FAST BLAST!

Losers: The Goldbergs, Last Man Standing, Speechless, Treehouse of Horror

Winners: The Real O'Neals, Bob's Burgers, Fresh Off the Boat

AARON'S LOSERS: Easy, Freakish, The Strain, Man with a Plan, The Great Indoors

JACK'S LOSERS: American Housewife, Scream Queens, The Walking Dead

AARON'S FENCERS: Timeless, Channel Zero: Candle Cove, South Park, American Horror Story: Roanoke, The Walking Dead

JACK'S FENCERS: South Park, High Maintenance, Gotham, Vice Principals, Agents of SHIELD

AARON'S WINNERS: The Circus, The Daily Show, Beyond the Walls, The Exorcist, Westworld

JACK'S WINNERS: Westworld, This Is Us, Real O'Neals, Triumph's Election Watch, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Drunk History Insecure

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It's a little over a week until Halloween and, well, we're celebrating it all month long. Unfortunately, we will not have another new episode before the big day hits so, please check all your apples for razor blades! Also, if you get apples when you're out trick or treating... you're doing it wrong!

NEWS:

• While shooting Season 7, "The Walking Dead" had body doubles on set to throw off rumors of who Negan killed.
• AMC pulls a no brainer and renews "The Walking Dead" for an 8th season.
• FX has renewed "American Crime Story" for a third season, before the second season (about Hurricane Katrina) has even started shooting. The 3rd season will be about Gianni Versace's murder.
• Netflix's "The Get Down" cost roughly $16 million to produce each episode of Season 1.
• CBS has canceled "BrainDead" but it ordered full seasons of "MacGyver," "Bull" and "Kevin Can Wait."
• CBS is making Candy Crush Saga into a real live game show
• Terry Crews will host a week-long Christmas special event for The CW called "Terry Crews Saves Christmas" starting Dec. 20 and ending with a 2 hour finale event on Dec. 23
• For a very brief moment, the creators of "Westworld" were planning a "Game of Thrones" crossover by making a Westeros-themed Medieval World. It didn't happen.

AARON'S LOSERS: "South Park," "Supernatural," "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror," "Divorce" and "Surviving Compton"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Designated Survivor," "Haters Back Off," "New Girl," "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror," "American Housewife," "Freakish," "Scream Queens," "Son Of Zorn," "Modern Family" and "Goliath"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Timeless" and "American Horror Story"

JACK'S FENCERS: "Agents of SHIELD," "Gotham," "This Is Us," "The Flash" and "Legends of Tomorrow"

AARON'S WINNERS: "Channel Zero: Candle Cove," "Lethal Weapon," "Ash vs. Evil Dead," "Black Mirror," "The Exorcist" and "Westworld"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Lethal Weapon," "Black Mirror," "American Horror Story: Roanoke," "Westworld," "Real O'Neals," "Supergirl" and "Arrow"

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It's officially spooky month and with it, DJ Spook Nasty and MC Tummy Troubles have returned for the fourth time. For your die hard Pass the Effin' Remote fans, you know what we're talking about. There's a lot to unpack in this episode, which is why it ended up going over 2 hours again. That's what we get when all the TV shows return at once!

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK:

• "Westworld" was HBO's highest rated premiere since the premiere of the first "True Detective," bringing in 3.3 million viewers.
• HBO is in early talks to possibly develop "Watchmen" TV series.
• FX has renewed "American Horror Story" for a 7th season.
• A TV series spinoff of "The Purge" is in the works.
• The horror streaming service Shudder now has every episode of "Tales From the Darkside."
• Chris Columbus is developing a new Alfred Hitchcock anthology series for Universal Cable Productions called "Welcome to Hitchcock." It will reportedly be "an inspired take" on Hitchcock's "unique brand of storytelling," and it will feature one Hitchcock-esque "season-long mystery or crime" every year.
• Patrick Warburton will appear in some capacity on Amazon's "The Tick."
• "A Series of Unfortunate Events" will premiere to Netflix on Friday, January 13th.
• "Iron Fist" is set to premiere on Netflix in March, 2017.
• NBC has canceled "Aquarius" after two seasons.
• NBC canceled its new mail order bride themed sitcom 72 hours after it first announced it. It was to be written and produced by Jackie Clarke, who works on Superstore, and be inspired by her own life growing up with her dad purchasing a Filipina mail order bride soon after her mother died.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Son of Zorn," "Easy," "Timeless," "Conviction" and "Once Upon a Time"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Conviction," "Son of Zorn," "Notorious," "New Girl," "Gotham," "Falling Water" and "Total Bellas"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Designated Survivor," "Speechless," "The Good Place," "South Park" and "Luke Cage"

JACK'S FENCERS: "Speechless," "The Flash," "Arrow," "Blackish" and "Frequence"

AARON'S WINNERS: "The Circus," "Last Man on Earth," "American Horror Story," "Ash vs. Evil Dead," "The Exorcist" and "Brooklyn Nine Nine"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Last Man on Earth," "The Good Place," "Pitch," "This Is Us" and "Lethal Weapon"

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Welp, the Emmys are now behind us and we go over some of the biggest surprises from Sunday's ceremony. After running down some of the big wins, obviously, we have some news to discuss ...

"Vikings" Season 4 returns to HISTORY on Wednesday, November 30. A "Dark Tower" TV series is still in the works with Idris Elba attached. "Parts Unknown" is back this Sunday with Anthony Bourdain hanging out with Barack Obama. Most of the "West Wing" cast are campaigning for Hillary Clinton in Ohio next week. ABC is developing a "Magnum P.I." spinoff that would follow his daughter's adventures. Jon Benet Ramsey's family is suing CBS over the recent Jon Benet docu-series. "South Park" is still made in the most ridiculous way and they almost missed their Season 20 premiere due to a technical error. Billy Eichner is coming to NBC's "Hairspray Live." And Margot Robbie will kick off "SNL's" 42 Season.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Dancing with the Stars," "South Park" and "MacGyver"

JACK'S LOSERS: "American Gothic," "Lucifer" and "Gotham"

AARON'S FENCERS: "The Exorcist" and "Mr. Robot"

JACK'S FENCERS: "Son of Zorn," "One Mississippi," "Agents of SHIELD," "Lethal Weapon" and "Designated Survivor"

AARON'S WINNERS: "High Maintenance," "The Circus," "Brooklyn Nine Nine," "Pitch," "This is Us," "Lethal Weapon," "Designated Survivor," "Scream Queens" and "American Horror Story: Roanoke"

JACK'S WINNERS: "South Park," "American Horror Story: Roanoke," "The Daily Show," "Fleabag" and "BrainDead"

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It's the calm before the television storm as we are on the verge of ALL THE SHOWS RETURNING TO TV! To prepare you all for what's in store, Jack and Aaron give you a preview of everything set to return for the month of September.

But first ... THE NEWS!

"Stranger Things" has finally gotten the green light for Season 2. Greg Nicotero may have spoiled who Negan kills in the Season 7 premiere. Is it Glenn and Maggie? "Star Trek: Discovery" will come with novel and comic book tie-ins. Stephen Amell just may compete in "American Ninja Warrior." FOX and Greg Berlanti are bringing "Black Lightning" to TV. Netflix has upped their geek cred with "Bill Nye Saves the World," "The White Rabbit Project" and the return of "MST3K." There's a "sexy, contemporary" series based on "Oliver Twist" coming to NBC because, sure. Dick Wolf is getting in the boy band game with Zayn Malick with the new series, "Boys." And Matthew McConaughey has gone full McConaughey in the new Wild Turkey commercial.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Emeril's Eat the World" and "Fear the Walking Dead"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe"

AARON'S FENCER: "Mr. Robot"

JACK'S FENCERS: "The Daily Show"

AARON'S WINNER: "Roadies," "Narcos, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, "Atlanta" and "BrainDead"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Elvis & Nixon," "Bojack Horseman," "Outcast," "The Fundamentals of Caring," "Braindead" and "Late Night with Seth Meyers"

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Surprise! Happy Friday to ya, here's a new episode! I know we told you we weren't going to record every week for a while, but sometimes you guys need a treat. So, open wide ... Episode 30 is here!

News highlights this week:

Giancarlo Esposito is bringing Gus Fring to "Better Call Saul." Lifetime is creating an unauthorized biopic about Britney Spears. Bryan Singer says FX's "Legion" will be a part of the X-Men universe and may tie-in with future movies. The online feud between Vin Diesel and The Rock may be an elaborate setup for the next Wrestlemania. MTV is giving Kanye West four minutes to do whatever he wants at Sunday's VMAs. Sarah Paulson has signed up to play Geraldine Page in the new Ryan Murphy series, "Feud." The show will tell the behind the scenes story of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis' feud during the filming of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane." Jessica Lange will play Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon will play Bette Davis.

AARON'S LOSERS: "I Love Dick," "The Tick" and "The Nightly Show"

JACK'S LOSERS: "The Tick" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Halt and Catch Fire" and "Mr. Robot"

JACK'S FENCERS: "The Nightly Show," "Mr. Robot," "Not Safe With Nikki Glaser" and "Casual"

AARON'S WINNERS: "Vice Principals," "The Night Of," "Black Market," "Gaycation" and "Jean Claude Van Johnson"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Jean Claude Van Johnson," "Outcast" and "Re:Zero - Starting Life In Another World"

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It's Friday so that means there's a 50/50 shot that a new Punch Drunk TV is ready for your listening pleasure. And you're in luck as this is the right Friday for you! Jack and Aaron talk about their trip to last weekend's Power Morphicon and, interestingly enough, virtual reality comes up a lot in this episode. Get ready to be jacked in!

But first, the news:

Hulu is adapting Marvel's "Runaways" to a series with "Gossip Girl" creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage behind the project. Here's hoping it's good because all of CWs shows will be leaving Hulu soon as their streaming deal has ended. Netflix will have the new episodes for each CW show available 8 days after their respective season finales end. Welp, there's always CWTV.com ...

Speaking of The CW, we discuss the pending "Supergirl"/"The Flash" musical crossover and the rumor that Joss Whedon may direct the two episodes. Also, the network canned their "Friday the 13th" series as the idea wasn't "sustainable." Fear not genre fans, a new "Lost Boys" series is in the works from Rob Thomas -- the creator of "Veronica Mars" and "iZombie."

Also, "The Nightly Show" was canceled, because of course it was. At least we can celebrate Brendan Dassey's release from prison ... right?

AARON'S LOSERS: "Emeril Lagasse's Eat the World" and "Chelsea"

JACK'S LOSER: "The Wine Show"

AARON'S FENCERS: "The Get Down" and "Mr. Robot"

JACK'S FENCERS: "The Daily Show," "Casual," The Triumph Summer Election Special"

AARON'S WINNERS: "60 Days In," "Bojack Horseman," "Vice Principals" and "The Night Of"

JACK'S WINNERS: "BoJack Horseman," "Regular Show" and "Murder She Wrote" (Season 10, Episode 5 - "A Virtual Murder")

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We're ba-ack! It's been three weeks since we've last talked to you guys and a lot has happened. Comic-Con is over, Aaron's no longer sick and Jack's apartment is no longer flooded. Let's just get into the news, shall we ...

American Horror Story photos Season 6 photos leak, bringing the story to the 16th Century and the Roanoke Colony. Rihanna will play Marion Crane in the final season of Bates Motel. Keifer Sutherland says he won't guest star on 24:Legacy as Jack Bauer. Westworld finally has a premiere date: Sunday, October 2nd at 9 p.m. ABC wants to bring a live-action Star Wars series to primetime. Calista Flockhart is returning to Season 2 of Supergirl but only in a guest starring role. HBO is working to bring True Detective back for a third season. Arrested Development Season 5 is in the works, may hit Netflix as early as next year. Spike TV greenlit Caraoke Showdown starring Craig Robinson -- and it takes place in a car. It's Cash Cab meets Carpool Karaoke. MTV is rebranding VH1 Classic and plans to bring back episodes of Daria, Beavis & Butthead and Aeon Flux. NBC's making two Cruel Intentions pilots -- one will be sexier and available only on streaming

AARON'S LOSERS: Sharknado: The 4th Awakens

JACK'S LOSERS: Between, Dead of Summer and Black & White

AARON'S FENCERS: UnREAL, Vice Principals and Preacher

JACK'S FENCERS: Beat Bugs and I Am Not Your Guru

AARON'S WINNERS: The Late Show (Jon Stewart's return), The Circus, Stranger Things, Mr. Robot and The Night Of

JACK'S WINNERS: Stranger Things ,The Daily Show, Conan (at Comic-Con) and BoJack Horseman

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