It’s Summer Premiere Time, giving us a lot of television to cover this week on the podcast. First we talk the week’s comedy and reality offerings, including a preview of BBCA’s new comedy Almost Royal and the finale of Louie. Then we take a look at ABC’s offerings from this past year, in another installment ...

The post The Televerse #146- Gilmore Girls with Whitney McIntosh appeared first on PopOptiq.

It is a Game of Thrones tradition that episode nine, the penultimate episode of each season, has been the crown jewel. Season one saw Ned Stark’s beheading; season two featured the Battle of Blackwater, and season three shocked audiences with the Red Wedding. Needless to say, expectations were high for “The Watchers on The Wall,” so we ...

The post Game of Thrones Podcast #29: “The Watchers on the Wall” appeared first on PopOptiq.

It’s another transitional week for television, and television podcasting, with winter shows continuing to finish up while the summer series wait a few more weeks to begin. First we take a look at the week’s comedies, including the season finales of Inside Amy Schumer and Veep, then Sean gives FOX their report card, and afterward ...

The post The Televerse #145- The Goode Family with Deepayan Sengupta appeared first on PopOptiq.

The ultimate theme of Game Of Thrones, is that there’s no such thing as a happy ending. This week, expectations and hearts are crushed, and here to help us discuss “The Mountain and The Viper,” is returning guest Les Chappell from The AvClub. Playlist: Sunset Rubdown – “Idol Heart” Give us a rating on Itunes! It ...

The post Game of Thrones Podcast #28: “The Mountain and the Viper” appeared first on PopOptiq.

We finally have a bit of a lull this week, with spring series starting to wind down and summer series yet to begin. So rather than take it easy (what is easy?), we introduce a new recurring segment this week on the podcast, Sean’s Network Report Card. First we kick things off with a little ...

The post The Televerse #144- Invader Zim with Zack Handlen appeared first on PopOptiq.

Last week gave us one of the best stretches of television in recent memory so unsurprisingly, there is plenty to discuss on the podcast. First we dive in with the comedies, including a preview of Undateable, then we jump to the genre series, including a preview of pirate drama Crossbones, and we wrap up our ...

The post The Televerse #143- Mad Men Season 7.0 with Libby Hill appeared first on PopOptiq.

Welcome back to This is Our Design! If you've been one of those people asking for an unnecessarily long discussion of the Hannibal finale recorded by three insane people, you've come to the right place.

The post This is Our Design #13: “Mizumono” appeared first on PopOptiq.

This week on our Game of Thrones podcast, Sound On Sight contributor Sean Colletti joins us to discuss “Mockingbird,” the seventh episode in the fourth season of the series. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, and directed by Alik Sakharov, “Mockingbird” features several excellent moments — but is it enough to hold us over for ...

The post Game of Thrones Podcast #27: “Mockingbird” appeared first on PopOptiq.

It’s finale-palooza this week on the podcast, with seven different TV shows airing season or series finales. After some upfronts talk and listener feedback, we dive in with the comedies, including the pilot for The Maya Rudolph Show and the Legit and Bob’s Burgers finales. Then Kate takes a look at the finale of The ...

The post The Televerse #142- The Good Wife Season 5 with Sonia Saraiya and Noel Kirkpatrick appeared first on PopOptiq.

This week, we're actually giving you the equivalent of two episodes just in case next week's podcast gets pulled for being too graphic for network podcasting. We can't make any promises.

The post This is Our Design #12: “Tome-wan” appeared first on PopOptiq.