Two brand new babes on this week! Normally, we wouldn't recap an S02E01, but in the case of "American Crime Story," it's a whole new story so it's safe to view it as a pilot. The other is JK Simmons' new racket on Starz, "Counterpoint."

Also chats about Meryl Streep, John Malkovich, Paul Bettany and Joel McHale all having new TV gigs, a bizarre accusation against Questlove, of course the Oscar nominations, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

You might find Slaney is a bit louder than Sweets on this one - it's a technical work in progress, please stand by. This is our first episode done from two places. Snow was bad so we put the phoner gear to the test and did the episode anyway! New shows on deck are the Black-ish spin-off, "Grown-ish," and Lena Waithe's "The Chi."

Also chats about the next step for Fire & Fury, SNL and the president's verbal indiscretions, the Aziz chapter of #MeToo and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

Two new Netflix ringers on deck this week! "The End of the F***ing World" is the adaptation of a graphic novel series of the same name and is hilariously dark. "Wormwood" is the first docu-drama we've ever had the chance to cover!

Also chats about the Golden Globes, Oprah for Prez, the new Letterman show, and James Franco's recent bad press (fair warning: this was taped a night before the details of Franco's five accusers became public, and it seems our comments on the matter are already aging poorly). Also listen for a trivia question about Frasier and Tweet your answers to @ShowShowPodcast!

Happy New Year! No pilot recaps on this week's episode, but Slaney has a round-up of all his favourite shows of 2017, as well as what he perceived to be the ones most buzzed about. Then, Sweets breaks down the most anticipated new shows of 2018, including the upcoming reboots of some old faves.

Also chats about the new Chappelle specials, Black Mirror, Star Wars (still without TLJ spoilers), Matt Lauer's replacement and much much more! Tweet your thought to @ShowShowPodcast!

Okay, we drank nogs during this week's recording, so we got a little sleepy toward the end. A couple of neat shows on deck though, both about gone-by eras of American comedy. "The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel" is about a fierce single mom coming up in the New York stand-up community, in the 50's. "There's Johnny" is about a kid who loves the Tonight Show getting a job at the Tonight Show.

Also chats about The Office revival, Sir Ian wanting to play Gandalf again, TJ Miller's disappointing revelation, the Last Jedi backlash (don't worry, no spoilers), and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast! Last episode until New Year's Eve - have a very merry Christmas!

Some fringe for you. First up, the full-series flesh-out of Frankie Shaw's 9 minute short-film, "Smilf." Then, Netflix's first German production - a sci-fi mystery called "Dark" (which by the way, is 'dunkel' in German).

Also chats about the Golden Globe nominations, The Last Jedi coming out (spoiler free though), celebs filling in to host talk shows, Detective Pikachu and much much more! Plus, listen for a trivia question about the first season of American Idol and Tweet your answer to @ShowShowPodcast!

A couple of alternative half-hour comedies on deck this week. First up, the recently cancelled but always well-reviewed "Carmichael Show." Then, Peter Farrelly's new rig, "Loudermilk."

Also chats about Time's Person of the Year, House of Cards resuming production, Tarantino's foray into the Star Trek universe, Last Jedi hype, and much much more! Plus, listen for a trivia question about 1960's Batman and Tweet your answer to @ShowShowPodcast!

Hi!

During the Thanksgiving season of 2014, I found myself purging unused vacation days and feeling deeply bored as a result. I began to give in to my inclinations toward shifting my Christmas preparations into high gear, in spite of it being objectively too early.

This led me to the writing exercise that became the biggest creative endeavour of my life, at the time. I started writing this play - a modern re-telling of Charles Dicken's 'A Christmas Carol,' but from the perspective of Scrooge's affable, if largely one-dimensional clerk, Bob Cratchit. Writing the scenery notes carried me into a full-on prose. It became a novel called "Humbug," and capped off within 200 words of the same length as Dickens' original work.

The following Winter, I developed it as an audio book and released it on this very iTunes channel. It stayed there until Matt Slaney and I started The Show Show Podcast, for which we repurposed the RSS Feed. This Christmas, it occurs to me we can have our fruit cake and eat it too.

So, here's Humbug: the Audio Companion, available for you in full. With it, I wish you the merriest of holidays and remind you to never ever trust Will Smith.

Colin Sweets

Two more Netflix originals this week! Well actually, "She's Gotta Have It" is a TV adaptation of Spike Lee's movie of the same name, and it's ALSO made by Spike Lee. Godless is the pulpy new western starring Jeff Daniels and Michelle Dockery.

Also chats about the royal engagement, the Gotham Awards, Law & Order doing a Harvey Weinstein-inspired plot-line, Lady Bird breaking a pretty major record and much much more! Plus, listen for a 90210-themed trivia question and Tweet your answers to @ShowShowPodcast!

A couple of stylish, violent, and powerful entertainment titans this week! In the hot seat, we've got Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's Hulu time-travel show, "Future Man," and Netflix's highly-anticipated attempt at finally giving "The Punisher" a decent depiction.

Also chats about the broadcast nightmare that was HBO's Night of Too Many Stars, who might be next to portray The Batman, a sequel announced, a show renewal, and a trivia question about The Tonight Show! Tweet your answers to @ShowShowPodcast!