Punch Drunk TV

In this week's episode of Punch Drunk TV, we move on from the weekly topic of bad/good finales and want to know: Who are your favorite television characters that are on TV currently? (JUGHEAD, FOREVER!)

Also, quick question... Who in their right mind would chug chocolate milk after a long run? Besides Jack, that is...?

NEWS:

• "Game of Thrones" Season 7 will premiere July 16, 2017
• The CW has renewed "Riverdale" for a second season
• Even though "Logan" ends the original X-Men movie franchise, Patrick Stewart has said he's open to making a cameo as Professor X on "Legion." So… let's make that happen!
• FX has renewed "Baskets" for a 3rd season
• FX has renewed "Taboo" for a 2nd season
• Shannon Purser (aka Barb from "Stranger Things") will star in a new NBC pilot titled "Drama High." Inspired by the story of groundbreaking high school drama teacher Lou Volpe as chronicled in the book Drama High, written by one of Volpe's students, Michael Sokolove. The hourlong project revolves around an extraordinary working-class high school drama department and the incredible students who come alive under a passionate teacher and family man whose dedication to the program galvanizes the entire town
• Fred Savage, otherwise known as Aaron's TV twin (according to Jack), will host a new game show called "Child Support." It's executive produced by Ricky Gervais. In the hour-long studio show, contestants will be asked to answer 10 questions correctly to win. If they answer one incorrectly, they can be saved by a panel of children ages six to nine, who will be asked the same question by Gervais.
• Allison Brie and Dan Harmon will guest star on "Dr. Ken," making for a mini "Community" reunion. EW further reports that the installment will find Ken Jeong's semi-autobiographical character auditioning for fake Dan Harmon's fake show, and having to read opposite fake Alison Brie. The episode is set to air March 31.
• Jimmy Fallon is being pressured to make "The Tonight Show" edgier due to Colbert's stellar ratings. Can he do it?

AARON'S LOSERS: "Sleepy Hollow," "Imposters" and "MacGyver"

JACK'S LOSERS: "The Simpsons," "Superior Donuts," "Time After Time" and "Making History"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Ghost Brothers," "Humans," "Time After Time," "National Treasure," "24: Legacy" and "The Walking Dead"

JACK'S FENCERS: "The Adventures of Doctor Buckeye Bottoms" and "When We Rise"

AARON'S WINNERS: "Last Man on Earth," "Lethal Weapon," "Supernatural," "Underground," "Bates Motel," "Feud" and "Legion"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Riverdale"

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After a week off, we have returned to bring you the latest television news that brings the joy and... THE RAGE! We have another question to present to you dear listeners: What TV show finales ended right? Tell us your thoughts on this, or else!

NEWS:

• JJ Abrams and Stephen King have teamed up to bring a new anthology series to Hulu titled "Castle Rock" -- basically giving free reign to Stephen King's universe on the small screen
• AMC is bringing a new talk show to basic cable: A 60-min show, in the similar format as "Talking Dead" titled "Talking with Chris Hardwick" is set to premiere on April 9
• YouTube has joined the ranks of Hulu, Amazon and Netflix with a new service: YouTubeTV. For $35 a month you get a fairly complete package: In addition to the broadcast networks, you also get all the major news channels, ESPN, USA, FX, Oxygen, E!, Disney Channel, National Geographic, and, most importantly, local affiliates. If that's not enough, you can, of course, add channels and you also get a cloud DVR with unlimited storage, plus six accounts. Your move, Hulu.
• Ryan Murphy already announced the second season of "Feud" and it's going to be all about… Princess Diana and Prince Charles!? They were married on July 29, 1981 — the ceremony was watched by an estimated 750 million people worldwide — before separating in 1992 and divorcing in 1996. There's no word on the specific "feud" Murphy will cover.
• "Gotham" has cast its Ra's Al Ghul -- Alexander Siddig, who played Julian Bashir on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and Doran Martell on "Game of Thrones" will be taking on the role.
• Anson Mount -- aka Bohannon on "Hell on Wheels" -- will play Black Bolt on Marvel's "Inhumans"
• ABC is planning to reboot the classic series "Battle of the Network Stars"
• Alec Baldwin may have left "SNL," but he's planning on writing a fake Donald Trump memoir… so there's that
• And finally, Showtime is bringing "The Circus" back for a second season and it'll focus on Donald Trump's first 100 days in office. They'll be "capturing pivotal moments," conducting interviews with "key figures," and "offering critical analysis of the stories behind each week's headlines." The series will return on March 19.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Big Little Lies"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Journey with Dylan Dreyer"

AARON'S FENCERS: "The Path" and "Powerless"

JACK'S FENCERS: "Big Little Lies," "Ultimate Beastmaster," "Taken" and "Patriot"

AARON'S WINNERS: The Oscars, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "The History of Comedy," "Chef's Table," "Patriot," "The Breaks," "Crashing," "Legion" and 'Bates Motel"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Riverdale," "Detroiters," "Legion" and "Star"

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Get ready for a meaty episode full of girthy topics about hefty things that fall under that tasty, thick and delicious umbrella we call TV entertainment.

If you're still with us after that sentence, we hope you enjoy Episode 45. God speed...

NEWS:

• Ryan Murphy officially announced on "Watch What Happens Live" that Season 7 of "American Horror Story" will be about the 2016 election.
• Archie Comics has come to an overall deal with Warner Brothers TV which means more of the characters and stories from that world will be coming to the small screen in new shows.
• Ronald D Moore, Michael Dinner and Bryan Cranston have developed a new sci-fi anthology series for Amazon: "Philip K Dick's Electric Dreams"
• Edward James Olmos has joined the cast of "Sons of Anarchy" spinoff series, "Mayans MC."
• After 33 combined seasons of "The Bachelor"/"Bachelorette"/"Bachelor" in Paradise, the new "Bachelorette" will finally be black.
• "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is finally surging past Kimmel and Fallon in the ratings -- thanks to the return of his political edge.
• Nick Cannon has left his hosting duties at "America's Got Talent" after being punished by NBC for disparaging the network in his Showtime stand-up special. In the special, he said: NBC was deliberately making him tone down his swagger and making him "lose his black card."
• E! Is developing a TV series based on the movie "Jawbreaker" -- The movie starred Rose McGowan who was a high school student who tried to hide the murder best frenemy. The new series will apparently update that premise, centering on "a new clique whose world is rocked by an accidental killing at a bachelorette party."

BURNING QUESTION: What TV show finales didn't quite stick the landing? (Examples: "LOST," "The OA," "Dexter")

AARON'S LOSERS: "Donald Trump press conference," "The Young Pope," "Star" and "Powerless"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Gotham," "Agents of SHIELD," "Son of Zorn" and "Powerless"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Workaholics," "Sun Records," "24: Legacy" (this week's episode)

JACK'S FENCERS: "Imposters" and "Puppy Days"

AARON'S WINNERS: "Detroiters," "The History of Comedy," "SNL," "Last Week Tonight," "Humans," "Lethal Weapon," "Bates Motel," "Supernatural," "24: Legacy" (next week's episode) and "Legion"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Snake City," "Face/Off" and "Legion"

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Welcome to Episode 44 of Punch Drunk TV where we, allegedly, have issues with Brendan Fraser. Just go ahead and press play, invest some time into this episode, you'll find out just what I'm talking about when you get there. Poor poor Brendan Fraser...

NEWS:

• A Castlevania animated series is coming to Netflix later this year and the story will be based on Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse.
• Nathan Fillion will guest star in an upcoming episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
• SNL is enjoying its highest ratings in 20 years with an average of 10.6 million viewers tuning in each week.
• Oh, the Internet is now pushing to have Rosie O'Donnell to play Steve Bannon on SNL.
• NBC is in talks to possibly revive American Idol.
• Michael C. Hall has been tapped to play JFK in Season 2 of Netflix's The Crown.
• Netflix is rebooting the Magic School Bus and Kate McKinnon will voice Ms. Frizzle.
• Netflix has announced the official premiere date of Bill Nye Saves the World: All 13 episodes will drop on April 21. It'll feature celebrities like Donald Faison, Alton Brown, Tim Gunn, Karlie Kloss and Steve Aoki.
• The CW has pushed their Charmed and Lost Boys reboots back to 2018.
• The OA has been renewed for a second season.
• Spike TV is rebranding. Their new name will be The Paramount Network and the name will kick in sometime next year.
• There is now an alt-right boycott against Netflix's new series Dear White People, based on the 2014 movie of the same name. They've gone to Twitter to get #BoycottNetflix trending. Why? Because of "anti-white discrimination" and "white genocide." So, to keep track, that means white supremacists can no longer drink Coke, Pepsi, or Budweiser, eat Oreos, go to Starbucks, watch Star Wars movies, or binge on Netflix…

AARON'S LOSERS: "Super Bowl," "Emerald City" and "APB"

JACK'S LOSER: "Other Space"

AARON'S FENCER: "Riverdale" and "24: Legacy"

JACK'S FENCER: "Santa Clarita Diet"

AARON'S WINNERS: "SNL," "Roast Battle," "Vikings," "Lethal Weapon," "Santa Clarita Diet" and "Legion"

JACK'S WINNERS: "SNL," "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," "Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy Valentine's Day Special," "Star" and "Detroiters"

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As you can tell by our title, we sometimes get a bit tipsy when recording. That may lead to insane rambling at times. If you're listening to the beginning of this episode, rest assured, this is still a television podcast and not a commercial for alcoholic root beer...

NEWS:

• Peter Capaldi will leave "Doctor Who" after its upcoming new season
• The Good Place has officially been renewed for a second season
• RZA directed the sixth episode of "Iron Fist" -- titled, "Immortal Emerges from Cave" -- because RZA loves kung fu!
• Greg Berlanti may be moving his "Black Lightning" TV series from FOX's development slate to The CW. Again, Jack, can you explain what "Black Lightning" is?
• AT&T's Audience Network is moving forward with an adaptation of Stephen King's "Mr. Mercedes" starring Brendan Gleeson and Mary-Louise Parker. Harry Treadaway (who played Victor Frankenstein in "Penny Dreadful") will play the killer
• During the "John Wick 2" junket, director Chad Stahelski told Slashfilm they were interested in developing a "John Wick" prequel TV series, saying: "We basically almost have a prequel written, but we'd save that for other aspects of the property. Lionsgate is very interested in doing a "John Wick" TV show, and that seems very appealing to us, to give those creative ideas to that entity, because I think in TV you could really expand on what that is, and greater than we could in just a two-hour film."
• In case you missed it (you know, if you don't have cable) "American Crime Story: People v. O.J. Simpson" is now available to stream on Netflix
• The channel once known as Oxygen is officially rebranding this summer. The new name: Crime Network. With the relaunch, the network will launch two new series -- a reboot of Dick Wolf's reality investigation show "Cold Justice" and a show called "The Jury Speaks," which will "examine high-profile cases through the eyes of the jury."
• Lifetime is working on a movie based on the Menendez Brothers trial and Courtney Love has been cast to play their mother Kitty.
• Finally, ahead of its return to TV, Showtime will begin streaming "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" on March 1.

AARON'S LOSER: "Sliders," "Beyond," "Powerless" and "Training Day"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Powerless," "Six," "Magicians," "Hunted" and "My Kitchen Rules"

AARON'S FENCER: "The Path," "New Girl," "24: Legacy," "Emerald City" and "Royal Rumble"

JACK'S FENCER: "Nirvanna the Band, the Show"

AARON'S WINNERS: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "Supernatural," "Santa Clarita Diet," "The Expanse" and "Riverdale"

JACK'S WINNERS: "The Flash" and "Riverdale"

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Aaron has returned from Hawaii with stories of outdoor bathing and, well, not much else. But that's okay because we're back with another episode of the best podcast the world has to offer! Don't argue, just go with it...

NEWS:

• FOX is developing its own X-Men TV series, separate from FX's new X-Men TV series, from Matt Nix the creator of Burn Notice.
• FX has renewed American Horror Story for three more seasons -- which makes that a total of NINE seasons. Dante's Inferno had NINE stages of hell. Think about it...
• NBC is working to develop a TV series inspired by the Witchblade comics. Jack knows too much about the Witchblade comics.
• The Flash/Supergirl musical crossover episodes will air on March 20 (Supergirl) and March 21 (The Flash)
• Amazon is developing Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's comic book Good Omens into a TV series.
• Will & Grace is returning to NBC with a 10-episode 9th season
• This Is Us has been renewed for two more seasons on NBC
• AMC has announced April 10 as the Season 3 premiere date for Better Call Saul… and Gustavo Fring is coming
• Kristen Wiig is coming to Last Man on Earth where she will have a multiple episode arc -- Season 3 returns on March 5.
• Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is moving from Crackle to Netflix
• Louis CK and Albert Brooks have teamed up for new animated series called The Cops on TBS. The show will premiere in 2018

AARON'S LOSERS: The "Salem" series finale, the "Sherlock" Season 4 finale" and "Sleepy Hollow"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Gotham" and "Big Fan"

AARON'S FENCERS: "The New Edition Story," "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and "The Young Pope"

JACK'S FENCERS: "Powerless," "SNL" and "A Series of Unfortunate Events"

AARON'S WINNERS: "Beware the Slenderman," "The Good Place," "The Path," "Timeless" and "Emerald City"

JACK'S WINNERS: "The Good Place," "The Wall," "Voltron" and "Emerald City"

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We are back!

Happy New Year, you guys. How about this 2017? Does it make our butts look fat?

Now that the holidays have worn off, we are back at it. There were a lot of shows that Netflix surprised us with over the break. We pick those apart and get into the Golden Globes nominations. But first, some news...

NEWS:

• "Bates Motel" gets an early premiere date for its fifth and final season: Feb. 20
• TBS is considering moving "Conan" to are just one day a week.
• Megyn Kelly and Greta Van Susteren have left FOX News for NBC and MSNBC, respectively.
• Season 8 of "Archer" will move from FX to FXX.
• Disney Channel has canceled its "Girl Meets World" reboot series.
• The CW is rebooting "Charmed" but this time, the supernatural series will take place in the '70s...?
• Kevin Costner is developing a 10-hour Western which may be turned into a TV series and Aaron is shitting himself with excitement.
• CMT has announced an aftershow for "Nashville" and it'll be called... "NashChat."
• James Van Der Beek is going to play Diplo in the bizarre new scripted series for Viceland called, "What Would Diplo Do?"

AARON'S LOSERS: "Travelers"

JACK'S LOSERS: "The Mick"

AARON'S FENCERS: "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "Snoop and Martha's Pot Luck Dinner," "Captive," "Crazyhead" and "The OA"

JACK'S FENCERS "Travelers," "The OA" and "Shuteye"

AARON'S WINNERS: "Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories," "The Mick," "Man Seeking Woman," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Star," "Sherlock," "OJ: Made In America" and "Vikings"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Star," "The Night Of," "Crazyhead," "Pitch" and "This Is Us"

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It's the end of the year, which means we look back at the big list of our favorites for 2016. Did your favorite make the cut? Let us know! What are you excited about for 2017? Let us know!

We've got a lot to unpack and discuss. But first, here's the news...

NEWS:

• Alan Thicke died on Tuesday at the age of 69.
• "The Walking Dead" star Sonequa Martin Green, who plays Sasha on the show, has been cast to star in "Star Trek: Discovery," becoming the first African-American woman to lead a Star Trek series.
• Cartoon Network has announced an eight-part miniseries event called "Adventure Time: Islands" that promises to finally solve the mystery of what happened to all of the world's humans. It will premiere on Jan. 30.
• Classic episodes of "Unsolved Mysteries" will be available on Amazon Prime and are being updated to provide new information.
• TV Land has canceled "Impastor"
• WGN America has canceled "Salem"
• Netflix has canceled "Marco Polo"
• TBS has renewed "Search Party" and "People of Earth"
• Another "How I Met Your Mother" spinoff is in the works, this time from the team behind "This Is Us." The first attempt was called "How I Met Your Dad… This" one is called "How I Met Your Father." At this point, no network has picked up the idea.
• CBS is looking to reboot "The Honeymooners" because, fuckin' CBS man
• Fox News was the most watched TV network of 2016 because the world is going to hell.

AARON'S LOSERS: "Fuller House" and "Shooter"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Son of Zorn" and "Fresh Off the Boat"

AARON'S FENCERS: "White Rabbit Project," "Salem" and "Ash vs. Evil Dead"

JACK'S FENCERS: "Horace and Pete," "SNL" and "Nightline" AARON'S WINNERS "SNL," "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency," "Last Man on Earth," "Incorporated" and "The Exorcist"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Last Man on Earth," "Real O'Neals," "The Night Of," "Quantum Break" and "Star"

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How did you feel about that "Westworld" finale? Do you have questions? So do we... And we are here to ask a bunch. But first, the news...

NEWS:

• Westworld is now the most-viewed season 1 of any HBO TV series. It beat out Season 1 of Game of Thrones. Westworld pulled in an average of 12 million viewers this season. Game of Thrones, however, in Season 1 only pulled in 2.52 million viewers in 2011
• The Ducktales reboot is premiering next summer and will feature 21 half hour long episodes and two hour-long specials
• Season 3 (the final season) of The Leftovers will return to HBO in April
• President Obama is coming to Monday, Dec. 12's episode of The Daily Show
• The CW has finally canceled Reign which will begin its final season in February
• Donald Trump will keep his executive producer credit on Celebrity Apprentice because the world is stupid weird
• Nickelodeon has a new series coming Sunday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. called LIP SYNC BATTLE SHORTIES which will be like Lip Sync Battle but for children

AARON'S LOSERS: "Shooter" and "South Park"

JACK'S LOSERS: "Agents of SHIELD" and "Pacific Heat"

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

JACK'S FENCER: "Shut Eye"

AARON'S WINNERS: "SNL," "Salem," "Hip Hop Evolution," "Shut Eye," "Ash vs. Evil Dead," "Lethal Weapon" and "Westworld"

JACK'S WINNERS: "SNL," "This Is Us," "Bob's Burgers," "Real O'Neals," "Last Man on Earth," "Yuri on Ice" and "Search Party"

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Hey. We're back. How was your Thanksgiving?

No... Seriously... HOW WAS IT!?

NEWS:

• Kurt Sutter's SOA spinoff series "Mayans MC" will begin shooting in March, 2017.
• Jamie Foxx is set to produce a new limited series about the life of Marvin Gaye
• Netflix has now given users the option to download content for offline viewing
• Showtime abruptly canceled "Masters of Sex"
• Syfy renewed "Z Nation" for a fourth season
• Food Network is rebooting "Iron Chef: America"
• "Star Trek: Discovery" may have lost Bryan Fuller but it has won Jack's boyfriend Doug Jones. He will play Lt. Saru, a member of a "new alien species."
• Anne Rice has regained the rights to the Vampire Chronicles and is looking to develop the book series for television

JACK'S LOSERS: "South Park" and "Magical Girl Raising Project"

AARON'S FENCERS: "Pure Genius," "Shooter" and "The Affair"

JACK'S FENCERS: "Better Things"

AARON'S WINNERS: "The Daily Show," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Timeless," "Westworld," "Incorporated" and "Salem"

JACK'S WINNERS: "Incorporated," "Westworld," "Yuri On Ice" and "Insecure"

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