Punch Drunk TV

Did you want a three-hour episode? Well, your wish has been granted. Maybe it's due to Jack's fluid work schedule. Maybe it's because Aaron's unsure if his baby will be born before next Friday. At any rate, we hope you enjoy Episode 107. Who knows when Episode 108 will happen?!?

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• "The Walking Dead" has cast Ryan Hurst, better known as Opie from "Sons of Anarchy," to play Beta, one of the new villains in Season 9.
• Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott are reprising their roles as Ben and Vivien Harmon from "Murder House" for "American Horror Story: Apocalypse." Evan Peters and Taissa Farmiga will be playing Tate and Violet again, as well. In addition, all the "Coven" witches, played by Sarah Paulson, Farmiga, Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe, Lily Rabe, Stevie Nicks and Frances Conroy, will return.
• Clayne Crawford appeared on the Drinkin' Bros. podcast to tell his side of the "Lethal Weapon" drama.
• Louis CK performed a surprise set at the Comedy Cellar earlier this week and was met with a standing ovation from the majority of the men in the audience while many of the women sat stone-faced. Is it the right time for Louis to make a comeback?
• Rob Thomas is close to a development deal with Hulu to revive "Veronica Mars" with Kristen Bell attached as star.
• "Gravity Falls" creator Alex Hirsch has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to develop original animated series and movies on the platform.
• "The End of the F*cking World" has been renewed for a second season, for some reason.
• "Mr. Robot" will end after Season 4
• "The Big Bang Theory" will end after Season 12
• The details of this year's CW Superhero Crossover Event have been released.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Who is America" (Showtime) and "Find Me in Paris" (Hulu)JACK'S LOSERS: "The Innocents" (Netflix) AARON'S FENCERS: "Disenchantment" (Netflix), "Magic for Humans" (Netflix) and "Preacher" (AMC)JACK'S FENCERS: "Trial and Error" (NBC) and "Magic For Humans" (Netflix) AARON'S WINNERS: "Making It" (NBC), "Follow This" (NBC), "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (Netflix), "Wrecked" (TBS), "Better Call Saul" (AMC), "Random Acts of Flyness" (HBO) and "Castle Rock" (Hulu) JACK'S WINNERS: "Castaways" (ABC), "The Shop" (HBO), "The Characters" (Netflix), "Castle Rock" (Hulu) and "Animals" (HBO)

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After a few weeks of exploring the netherworld, where we battled three-headed Trump-beasts and drank from the fountains of Cola Mountain, Jack and I have finally returned to bellow our opinions into the TV chasm. Didja miss us?

In all seriousness, Jack started a new job at CryptTV and was in heavy production mode which had us go dark for a time. I can only assume that'll be happening more frequently as Baby Pruner touches down.

But until then ...

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• CNN is doing a full-length documentary about Anthony Bourdain that will be released in theaters sometime in 2019.
• Season 3 of "Stranger Things" will take place in 1985 and obviously reference "Back to the Future," but according to David Harbour, the new season will also make multiple references to the movie "Fletch."
• Netflix has renewed both "GLOW" and "Anne with an E" for a third season.
• Netflix has canceled "The Joel McHale Show" and "The Break with Michelle Wolf."
• "Castle Rock" has been renewed for a second season on Hulu.
• "Knightfall" — History Channel's series about the Knights of the Templar — has been renewed for a second season and Mark Hamill is joining the cast.
• USA has ordered a Jason Bourne TV series called "Treadstone." Production is set to begin in 2019. According to THR, "the first season will follow sleeper agents — none of them played by Matt Damon — across the globe as they're instructed to carry out deadly missions."
• Before it could even open, a "Rick and Morty" pop-up bar was shut down by Turner Broadcasting. It was going to be called Wubba Lubba Dub Pub and would've been located in Washington D.C.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Carter," "All About the Washingtons" and "Insatiable" AARON'S FENCERS: "Ballers" and "Disenchantment"JACK'S FENCERS: "Shut Eye," "Live PD," "Cloak and Dagger" and "Mary and the Witch's Flower" AARON'S WINNERS: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (Nicki Minaj episode), "The History of Comedy" (Season 2, the animation episode), "Dark Tourist" (also "Tickled" movie on HBO), Hannah Gadsby's Comedy Special "Nanette," "Random Acts of Flyness" and "Better Call Saul"JACK'S WINNERS: "Castle Rock," "Better Call Saul," "Tickled" (PLUS "The Tickle King!" on HBO), "Hollywood Love Story" and "Mister Tachyon"

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Welcome back, Clinkers. We took a bit of a hiatus after San Diego Comic-Con. Basically, things have been a bit busy over here in Punch Drunk world. Jack got a new job at CryptTV. Aaron's been buried in his school-work and the current Television Critics Association Summer Tour. But finally, we're back. And we missed you.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• The final season of "Parts Unknown" will premiere to CNN in the fall.
• AMC has completed its investigation against Chris Hardwick and is letting him return to hosting duties on "Talking with Chris Hardwick." He will also return as host of NBC's "The Wall" and appear as a guest judge on the new season of "America's Got Talent."
• HBO has greenlit their long-rumored "Deadwood" TV movie.
• Fox finally released the details of Seann William Scott's character in Season 3 of "Lethal Weapon." Spoiler: he's not playing Riggs' brother.
• Fox is developing a "24" prequel series because Fox hasn't learned from their mistakes.
• There is an "ALF" TV reboot in development at Warner Bros. The reboot of the series "would reportedly focus on ALF returning to Earth, with a new family and characters."

AARON'S LOSER: "Who is America"AARON'S FENCERS: "Last Chance U" and "Dark Tourist"JACK'S FENCERS: "Who is America," "Cupcake and Dino" and "Hollywood Love Story"AARON'S WINNERS: "Making It," "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," "Explained," "Somebody Feed Phil" and "Castle Rock"JACK'S WINNERS: "Making It," "Dark Tourist," "Mister Tachyon" and "Last Week Tonight"

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We have officially begun counting down till San Diego Comic-Con! So, of course, that means Aaron and Jack spend a good portion of the episode talking about the TV goodies (or lack there-of) happening next week.

The Emmy nominations were also announced this week, so we not only try to figure out who will win in this insane race but dig through some of the snubs (ie: No Twin Peaks or Last Man on Earth!) For shame!

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Game of Thrones Peter Dinklage scored his seventh Emmy nomination for supporting actor in a drama series. Dinklage is now the most nominated person ever in the category.
• Sandra Oh becomes first Asian woman to score lead actress Emmy nom for Killing Eve.
• FX has renewed Pose for a second season
• Three new Archie comics series are in the works.
• • The first of which is an updated animated incarnation of Archie and his friends. There have been numerous Archie cartoons in the past, but this one will reportedly lean more towards comedy than the current comic book series or even Riverdale.
  • The second show is also an animated series, with Josie from Josie and the Pussycats in the lead. That series is described as a "horror-tinged" story.
  • The third is a live-action adaptation of Sam Hill, a private detective character whose adventures have only been sporadically published within the last few decades. Sam Hill is far from an obvious choice for an adaptation, but it could be a sign that the company is attempting to expand its reach. The accompanying report states the three shows are being pitched to streaming services and broadcast networks.
• Season 22 of South Park will premiere on September 26.
• FX's Y: The Last Man series has been cast. Barry Keoghan has been signed to portray Yorick Brown, an amateur escape artist and the only human male who survived a catastrophic plague that nearly wiped out his gender. Yorick and his Capuchin monkey, Ampersand, may be the only two male mammals left alive. Imogen Poots will play Hero Brown, Yorick's sister and an EMT who has her own burdens to bear in the new world. Diane Lane will co-star as Senator Jennifer Brown, Yorick and Hero's mother. Captain Marvel co-star Lashana Lynch has nabbed the fan favorite role of Agent 355, a Secret Service operative who becomes Yorick's protector and one of the most memorable characters in the comic. Juliana Canfield will portray Yorick's girlfriend, Beth, while Marin Ireland will play Nora, "the president's senior assistant and right hand."

AARON'S LOSER: Bill Maher Live from Oklahoma and SuccessionJACK'S LOSERS: The Outpost and Very CavallariAARON'S FENCERS: Preacher and Mr. MercedesJACK'S FENCERS: Cooking on High, Paid Off with Michael Torpey, Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters, TKO: Total Knockout and The Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtAARON'S WINNERS: Explained, Claws, Somebody Feed Phil, GLOW and Sharp ObjectsJACK'S WINNERS: Youtube Channels: Lindsay Ellis and Red Letter Media's Best of the Worst, Anne with an E and Somebody Feed Phil

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We're back after a week off and boy has summer TV really taken root! From bad reality shows to even worse reality shows, we sure do have our work cut out for us!

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Yvette Nicole Brown will replace Chris Hardwick at Comic-Con as the moderator for "The Walking Dead" and "Fear the Walking Dead "panels
• Clive Barker is rebooting "Nightbreed" as a TV series for SYFY.
• Jordan Peele is developing a Sci-Fi anthology series titled "Weird City" for YouTube. Co-created and written by Peele and "Key & Peele's" Charlie Sanders, Weird City is "set in the not-too-distant future metropolis of Weird. Each episode will explore issues that pertain to present-day life in Weird — stories that can only be told through the prism of sci-fi and comedy. The six-episode effort is expected to debut on YouTube Premium in 2019."
• A "Halo" live-action TV series is coming to Showtime in 2019.
• Danny McBride and John Goodman will star in a new half-hour comedy series on HBO called "The Righteous Gemstones." According to THR, "McBride created the project and will pen the script, executive produce, direct and star in the story of a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work, all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ."
• HBO is developing a new half-hour comedy from Fred Armisen and Lorne Michaels called "Los Espookys." The show will be entirely in Spanish and set in "a strange and dreamy version of present-day Mexico City and follows a group of friends turning their love for horror into a peculiar business."
• Fox has canceled "Ghosted" but renewed "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back" so, cool?

AARON'S LOSERS: "The Proposal," "Take Two" and "Goliath"JACK'S LOSERS: "Door No 1," "Take Two" and "The Gong Show" AARON'S FENCERS: "Luke Cage" and "Preacher"JACK'S FENCERS: "Desus and Mero," "A Very English Scandal," "Kiss Me First" and Arrested Development," Season 5 part 1AARON'S WINNERS: "So You Think You Can Dance," "United Shades of America," "GLOW" and "Westworld"JACK'S WINNERS: "Mr. Neighbor's House 2," "GLOW," "Nailed It" and "To Tell the Truth"

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Another week, another set of bombshells to discuss. We do our best to talk about this Chris Hardwick scandal, but truth be told, we're both a bit too close to the drama to come at this story with unbiased clear eyes. Still, we do our best to not only explore both sides of the story, but also our own dealings with harassment allegations over the years and how they relate here.

Aaron's best friend is dealing with a lot in Hawaii, due to the lava flow which wiped out his entire property. Here's the GoFundMe he created to help save the animals displaced by these tragic events. Please donate and repost if you can. https://www.gofundme.com/save-the-animals-save-puna-hawaii

Now, on with the show!

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Chloe Dykstra accused Chris Hardwick of sexual and emotional abuse, causing AMC to suspend his "Talking" shows. Hardwick has since stepped away from his moderating duties for this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
• "American Horror Story" Season 8 will crossover Murder House with Coven.
• "Lucifer" has been picked up for a fourth season by Netflix
• Amazon has ordered the one-hour animated series "Invincible," based on Robert Kirkman's comic book.
• Alex Kurtzman ("Fringe," "The Mummy," "Hawaii Five-0") has inked an overall $25-million dollar deal with CBS TV studios and is looking to expand the "Star Trek" universe with multiple series, including a possible project involving Patrick Stewart.
• This September, A new IDW comic will mash up "Star Trek: and "Transformers" in the most glorious way possible.
• Desus and Mero are getting their own lat night talk show on Showtime.

AARON'S LOSERS: "The Proposal" and "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell and Back"JACK'S LOSERS: "Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell and Back," "100% Hotter" and "The Proposal" AARON'S FENCERS: "Yellowstone" and "The Hollow"JACK'S FENCERS: "The Hollow" and "Yellowstone" AARON'S WINNERS: "Supernatural" (Season One rewatch), "Detroiter," "Queer Eye" and "Humans"JACK'S WINNERS: "Queer Eye," "Anime Crimes Division," "Man In An Orange Shirt" and "The Last Defense"

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Welcome to Episode 101 of Punch Drunk TV. We wish we started the show off on a lighter note, but due to the unfortunate death of Anthony Bourdain, we do their best to unpack our own emotions regarding the man's legacy and impact on the world, while also recalling some low points in our lives that led to some self-destructive actions. Mental illness, suicide, and the way the media and social media impacts these things are all touched on ... and then 50 minutes in, the show gets into its normal groove.

Bare with us. It's been a rough week.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Anthony Bourdain died of suicide at the age of 61.
• HBO has officially greenlit a "Game of Thrones" prequel series, set within the fabled time period the "Age of Heroes," which will allegedly take place a thousand years before the show.
• Aside from a third "Kingsman" movie and spinoff movie that's in the works, Matthew Vaughn is developing an eight hour "Kingsman" TV spinoff series.
• An "Aeon Flux" live-action TV reboot is in development at MTV.
• The AT&T - Time Warner Merger has been approved.
• David Simon, who was banned from Twitter for a day because he told someone to "drop dead" says his next HBO show, which is a Capital Hill-set drama, has been in limbo for three years, thanks to Donald Trump. Details, here:

JACK'S LOSERS: "American Woman," "Big Hero Six: The Series," "I Want THAT Wedding" AARON'S FENCER: "The Staircase" JACK'S FENCERS: "Dodo Heroes" AARON'S WINNERS: "Impulse," "Dear White People," "Killing Eve" and "Westworld"JACK'S WINNERS: "Vet Gone Wild," "Five Points," "Impulse" and "Pose"

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It's Episode 100! We've done this whole celebration thing once before, back when we were that other podcast on that other website that doesn't even exist anymore. But anyway ... we're having tacos to celebrate!

You guys, there are so many new good shows this week! How did this happen? It's not even the summer yet. Holy moly!

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• After the end of Season 9, Andrew Lincoln will officially be leaving "The Walking Dead." Lauren Cohan will also be leaving the series somewhere in the middle of Season 9, after contractually appearing in six episodes — she's going to star in the new ABC series "Whisky Cavalier."
• "Roseanne" is canceled but ABC is allegedly working to make a spinoff that would center on Sara Gilbert's character Darlene, instead.
• Let's discuss this "Lethal Weapon" drama, shall we? Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans sound like just a nightmare.
• "MST3K" has announced a 30th-anniversary live tour may be coming to a city near you. It will feature reboot host Jonah Ray, Crow, Tom Servo … and Joel Hodgson. Hodgson wrote in a statement, "We'll be performing two completely different shows as part of the tour, featuring two incredibly strange and cheesy feature films: The Brain, a Canadian sci-fi suburban nightmare, and Deathstalker, a fun sword and sandal epic with some surprisingly muppety monsters! As with last year, these are two completely different shows they'll be alternating throughout the tour. Beginning on October 9 in Portland, ME, the tour will last six weeks, span 29 cities, and comprise 42 shows. Tickets go on sale to the general public 10 pm ET on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. So, you know… be ready for that."
• Celebrity guests confirmed for the new season of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee": the late Jerry Lewis, Ellen DeGeneres, Dave Chappelle, Kate McKinnon, Hasan Minhaj, Dana Carvey, Neil Brennan, Tracy Morgan, Brian Regan, Zach Galifianakis, Alec Baldwin and John Mulaney. Season 10 premiere on July 6.

AARON'S LOSER: "Reverie"JACK'S LOSERS: "Bachelorette," "Reverie" "Succession" AARON'S FENCERS: "Arrested Development," "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "Marvel's Cloak & Dagger," "Succession"JACK'S FENCERS: "Arrested Development" and "Condor" AARON'S WINNERS: "Parts Unknown,' "Explained," "World of Dance," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Dietland," "Pose," "Westworld" and "Impulse"JACK'S WINNERS: "Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life," "Pose," "Dietland," "Explained" and "Impulse"

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It's our 99th episode! To celebrate coming in shy of the big hundred, Jack and Aaron brought their wives along for a very special episode. Here, we discuss our "couple shows" and how our significant others affect the shows we watch.

We recorded this one a bit early this week (on Memorial Day, to be specific), which means there's no talk of the "Roseanne" fiasco that went down on Tuesday. Who needs more "Roseanne" talk, anyway.

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• New Episodes of "Queer Eye" is hitting Netflix on June 15! The new episodes will feature the show's first female and trans male subjects.
• "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening is bringing his first new series to TV in 20 years. It's called "Disenchantment" and according to Mashable, "The series will follow the misadventures of "hard-drinking young princess Bean, her feisty elf companion Elfo, and her personal demon Luci." The report continues, saying, "As they go about their adventures, the trio will encounter "ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses, and lots of human fools."
• Idris Elba is set to direct, produce, and star as Quasimodo in a modern retelling of Victor Hugo's classic, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," for Netflix. Sure.
• And because Aaron and Kelly are expecting a child, we talk about the impact the Marvel Cinematic Universe is having on new baby names.

AARON'S MOVIE LOSERS: "All Eyez on Me" and "Anon"JACK'S FENCERS: "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and "The Break with Michelle Wolf"KELLY & AARON'S FENCERS: Aaron: "The Break with Michelle Wolf" and "Cargo." Kelly: "Little Women"AARON'S WINNERS: "The Toys That Made Us," "Girl's Trip," "Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You'll Forget for the Rest of Your Life," "Westworld" and "The Handmaid's Tale"JACK & JOELLEN'S WINNERS: Jack: "The Last Man On Earth" finale, "The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale" finale, "The Middle" finale and "The Toys That Made Us." "Joellen: "Violet Evergarden" and "Children of the Whales"

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It's that time again. Episode 98 of Punch Drunk TV is here and we start off with an apology from Aaron who clarifies his stance on the legality and morality of raping and murdering robots in Westworld. Because, for some reason, last week he just couldn't communicate his argument properly. Also, the whiskey ... it be strong.

It's Memorial Day Weekend, what are you all doing? Besides listening to this new episode, of course...?

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

• Damon Lindelof says his "Watchmen" series will not be an adaptation of the comics or a sequel to the movie, instead saying, it'll be "a remix." Via The Hollywood Reporter, Lindelof says, "Those original twelve issues are our Old Testament. When the New Testament came along, it did not erase what came before it. Creation. The Garden of Eden. Abraham and Isaac. The Flood. It all happened. And so it will be with Watchmen. The Comedian died. Dan and Laurie fell in love. Ozymandias saved the world and Dr. Manhattan left it just after blowing Rorschach to pieces in the bitter cold of Antarctica. To be clear. Watchmen is canon."
• Netflix has canceled their "Arrested Development" press tour in the UK following backlash against Jeffrey Tambor.
• Barack and Michelle Obama have inked a multi-year production deal with Netflix where they will be creating new documentaries, docu-series, feature-length movies, and other types of content.
• Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis — the co-showrunners of ABC's "Once Upon a Time" — have replaced Bryan Fuller as the new showrunners for Apple's "Amazing Stories."
• FOX and WWE are close to a five-year $1-billion dollar deal to bring Smackdown to the network. Raw will stay on USA.
• After being canceled by SYFY, "The Expanse" has been rescued by Amazon
• "Krypton" has been renewed at SYFY for a second season
• "Step Up: High Water" renewed for a second season at YouTube Red
• FX has renewed "Baskets" for a fourth season
• Mark Wahlberg is currently in the process of bringing back the children's educational TV series "Captain Kangaroo" with his non-scripted production company Unrealistic Ideas. "We are bringing back a cool STEM scientist as Captain Kangaroo," he said. There are no other details about the series or where it'll air at this time.
• There's a new "Thundercats" series on the way, called "Thundercats Roar," and some fans are really unhappy about the new show's silly aesthetic.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Fahrenheit 451" and "13 Reasons Why"JACK'S LOSERS: "Evil Genius" and "Rea(L)over" AARON'S FENCERS: "The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish," "13 Reasons Why: Beyond the Reasons," "The Final Year" and "McMafia"JACK'S FENCERS: "Saturday Night Live" finale w/ Tina Fey, "Scijinks," "The Split" and "Royal Wedding Live with Cord & Tish" AARON'S WINNERS: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Westworld" and "The Handmaid's Tale"JACK'S WINNERS: "Mob Psycho 100," "Terrace House: Opening New Doors," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Westworld"

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