The Best Worst

By Night Vale Presents

Welcome to Night Vale's Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink consider the Golden Age of Television, at its best and its worst. Each episode, we consider a classic show by watching first its worst IMDB user r... more

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August 19, 2025 Ep 25: Sex and the City
Sex and the City
1998-2004
94 episodes

Worst episode: s3 e4 Boy Girl Boy Girl
Best episode: s4 e2 The Real Me

When kissing Alanis Morissette makes you biphobic.

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A production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Hosts are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Editing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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48min
August 12, 2025 PATREON PREVIEW Ep 24 Star Trek: The Middlest Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
176 episodes
Middlest episode: s6 e6 True Q
There's a new Q in town, and she's a teen.
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A production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Hosts are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Editing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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7min
August 05, 2025 Ep 23 Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-1994
176 episodes

Worst episode: s7 e14 Sub Rosa
Best episode: s5 ep 25 The Inner Light

Ghost sex in Space Scotland.

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A production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Hosts are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Editing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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47min
July 29, 2025 PATREON PREVIEW Ep 22: The Middlest Simpsons
The Simpsons
1989-
788 episodes
Middlest episode: s24 e13 Hardly Kirking

Eat my shorts again!

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A production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Hosts are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Editing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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6min
July 22, 2025 Ep 21: The Simpsons
The Simpsons
1989-
788 episodes

Worst episode: s23 e22 Lisa Goes Gaga
Best episode: s8 e23 Homer's Enemy

Eat my shorts!

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A production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Hosts are ⁠⁠⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠⁠⁠
Editing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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43min
July 15, 2025 PATREON PREVIEW Ep 20: The Middlest ER
ER
1994-2009
331 episodes
Middlest Episode: s7 e17 Survival of the Fittest
No, where the HELL is George Clooney?
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A production of ⁠⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠⁠.
Hosts are ⁠⁠⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠⁠⁠
Editing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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6min
July 07, 2025 Ep 19: ER
ER
1994-2009
331 episodes
Worst episode: s12 e1 Cañon City
Best episode: s6 e14 All in the Family
Where the hell is George Clooney?

To support the show and get access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes (as well as ad free versions of our main episodes), ⁠⁠⁠join our patreon⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/TheBestWorst⁠⁠⁠
A production of ⁠⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠⁠.
Hosts are ⁠⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠⁠
Editing by ⁠⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠⁠.

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39min
June 30, 2025 PATREON PREVIEW Ep 18: The MiddlestASH
MASH
1972-1983
251 episodes
Middlest Episode: s4 e16 Dear Ma
This one has feet stuff, but not that kind of feet stuff.
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A production of ⁠⁠Night Vale Presents⁠⁠.
Hosts are ⁠⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Joseph Fink⁠⁠
Editing by ⁠⁠Grant Stewart⁠⁠.

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5min
June 24, 2025 Ep 17: MASH
MASH
1972-1983
251 episodes
Worst episode: s4 e18 Hawkeye
Best episode: s1 e15 Tuttle
Definitely the weirdest name for a tv theme song of all time!
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A production of ⁠Night Vale Presents⁠.
Hosts are ⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠ and ⁠Joseph Fink⁠
Editing by ⁠Grant Stewart⁠.

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34min
June 18, 2025 PATREON PREVIEW Ep 16: Law & The Middlest Order
Law & Order
1990-
525 episodes and counting

Middlest episode: s9 e20 Empire

Julia Roberts???

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A production of ⁠Night Vale Presents⁠.

Hosts are ⁠Meg Bashwiner⁠ and ⁠Joseph Fink⁠

Editing by ⁠Grant Stewart⁠.

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6min

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How many episodes does The Best Worst have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.

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