Tim Goodman's TV Talk Machine

By Tim Goodman and Jason SnellTV & Film TV Reviews

Tim Goodman's TV Talk Machine episodes

December 10, 2016 109: Making Lists is Hard
Tim readies his end-of-year best lists, Jason presents his own top 10 shows list, and we discuss how “Westworld” is the hit HBO needed.
Like winter, lists are coming
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim on how "Westworld" saved HBO
58 min
December 02, 2016 108: You Guys Were So Civil Before
Network execs flee from press tour, Jason brings in lots of news headlines, and Tim reviews “Incorporated.”
"Incorporated" and network execs leaving TCA
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim on TCA "Cowardly Collusion" by networks
Fox backtracks on TCA exec session
Masked Scheduler's TCA smackdown
Bryan Fuller out of "Star Trek"
Grant Tinker dies
"Full House" guy purchases Full House
"Gilmore Girls" is out there
"Good Girls Revolt" cancelled
Tim's review of "Incorporated"
Planet Earth II: Snake vs. Iguana
Video: Tim with "The Americans" stars
Video: Tim with Tatiana Maslany from "Orphan Black"
51 min
November 18, 2016 107: You Have to Go Beyond That
Tim’s solution for a post-election TV news ratings boost; a whole lot more praise for “Soundbreaking”; and your letters. (Politics-averse people can jump ahead to 14:25 if they don’t want to hear anything more about the election.)
Post-election TV news and "Soundbreaking."
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's big plan for TV news in the Trump era
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/soundbreaking-stories-cutting-edge-recorded-music-review-947134
47 min
November 11, 2016 106: Nothing Was Working
Jason and Tim return from relaxing trips (to Ireland and wine country, respectively) and end up right in the gaping maw of Election Night TV coverage. Plus, a new show arrives this weekend that’s right in Tim’s wheelhouse.
World Series, Elections, and "Soundbreaking"
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
How Tim avoided election coverage
Tim begs TV to save us post-election
Why FiveThirtyEight gave Trump a better chance
Tim's review of "Good Behavior"
TCA winter press tour gets smaller
SoundBreaking (PBS)
1 hr 3 min
November 04, 2016105: Don't Get Weird
Like the Cubs in game seven, we’ve gone to the bullpen—David’s sitting in for Jason this week, and he and Tim talk about good girls, alien support groups, better things, lesser shows, oral histories, and shows that sneak up on you. Also, stay calm, you’re about to hit a deer.
Guest host David Loehr
Hosts Tim Goodman and David J. Loehr.
Show Notes & Links
Good Girls Revolt on Amazon
People of Earth on TBS
The Good Place on NBC
Atlanta on FX
One Mississippi on Amazon
Better Things on FX
Horace and Pete
The Great Indoors on CBS
Good Behavior on TNT
The Americans on FX
The Americans streaming on Amazon
The Larry Sanders Show on HBO
The Fifty-Year Mission: The First 25 Years
The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years
A Night with The Americans at 92Y
59 min
October 26, 2016 104: No Urgency or Agency
Tim watches BBC America’s “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”, “The Walking Dead” returns but Tim feels no need to review it, Mad Men’s creator gets an Amazon anthology, and the NFL ratings drop.
Dirk Gently, The Walking Dead, and California Shows
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim and Dan talk about "Rectify"
Tim's "Dirk Gently" review
Matthew Weiner returns to TV
NFL ratings down
C.R.I.S.P.R.
Tim on Instagram
54 min
October 21, 2016 103: Ball of Confusion
Hugh Laurie’s “Chance”, the return of “Walking Dead” and “Rectify”, and that guy you remember from that other sitcom now has a sitcom on CBS.
Chance, returning series, and CBS sitcoms
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's "Berlin Station" review
Tim's "Chance" review
42 min
October 14, 2016 102: The Guy Who Did
“Falling Water”, “American Housewife”, the return of “Black Mirror”, and your questions.
More fall TV reviews
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
The Masked Scheduler
Tim's review of "Falling Water"
Tim's review of "American Housewife"
Tim's review of the start of the new "Black Mirror" season
51 min
October 07, 2016 101: Pilot
More on “Westworld”. Tim reviews “No Tomorrow”, “Divorce”, is excited about “Insecure”, and is trepidatious about “American Housewife.” And Jason travels back in time with “Timeless”.
HBO's one-two comedy punch, "Divorce" and "Insecure"
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's review of "No Tomorrow"
Tim's review of "Divorce"
Dan's review of "Insecure"
Seven years since birth (Bob Mc)
52 min
September 30, 2016 100: Maybe Next Year, 'Gattaca'
Happy 100! Before jetting off to Vancouver, Tim stops by to review “Crisis in Six Scenes”, “Westworld”, “Conviction”, “Timeless”, “No Tomorrow”, and “Frequency”, Jason renews his time-travel-watching pact, and you tell us about how “Designated Survivor” is Not a Thing.
Many fall TV reviews
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's "Westworld" review
Tim's "Conviction" review
Tim's "Crisis in Six Scenes" review
38 min

About Tim Goodman's TV Talk Machine

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Writer Tim Goodman (former SF Chronicle and Hollywood Reporter TV critic) talks irregularly with Jason Snell about television and other stuff. Released simultaneously worldwide to all international markets. Love to your mothers.