Tim Goodman's TV Talk Machine

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Tim Goodman's TV Talk Machine episodes

September 23, 2016 99: Hello, Publicists!
Reviews of “Lethal Weapon”, “Designated Survivor”, “Speechless”, “The Good Place”, and “Westworld”. Plus the Emmys aftermath, more new premieres, and the surprising reoccurrence of “Agent X” Watch and Not a Thing.
Emmy aftermath and fall TV reviews
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's review of "Lethal Weapon"
Tim's review of "Designated Survivor"
Tim's review of "Speechless"
Tim's review of "The Good Place"
Tim's review of "High Maintenance"
1 hr
September 16, 2016 98: He Sent Me a Tie
Jet-setting Tim interviews Jimmy Kimmel, plus reviews of “Black Mirror”, “Son of Zorn”, “Fleabag”, and more.
"Black Mirror", "Son of Zorn", "Fleabag"
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's Kimmel interview
Ellie Kemper on being a talk show guest
Tim's "Black Mirror" review
Tim's "Son of Zorn" review
Tim's "Better Things" review
51 min
September 03, 2016 97: A Monkey in a Room Switching Channels
“You’re the Worst” and “Narcos” return, Tim and Jason finally watched “Stranger Things”, and Tim answers many more of your letters.
"You're the Worst", "Narcos", "Stranger Things"
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Referenced Works
Stranger Things
Show Notes & Links
Tim's "You're the Worst" season 3 review
Tim's "Narcos" season 2 review
My Vogon Poetry's animated GIF of the TVTM
TV premiere dates at TV Line
47 min
August 26, 2016 96: Sheet Management
Tim’s back home from press tour! And he reviews Donald Glover’s “Atlanta”, the Italian crime series “Gomorrah”, and answers a whole lot of your letters.
"Atlanta", "Gomorrah", and your letters
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links

The podcast plays out this week with “Hang On” by Teenage Fanclub…
Tim's review of "Atlanta"
Tim's review of "Gomorrah"
Tim and Dan debate the dumpster fires of Press Tour
Yosemite National Park on Instagram
TeeVee "Mr. Robot" podcast
56 min
August 11, 2016 95: They Deserve What They Got
Tim’s still in residence at the TV Critics Association summer Death March With Cocktails, and we’ve got his report on what’s up with broadcast, cable, and streaming. No, really, what’s up with streaming? Netflix’s binge problem. Amazon’s branding problem. CBS All Access’s attitude problem. And much more!
Death March with Cocktails 2016 part 2
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim: Diversity's not CBS's brand
Tim on Amazon's baffling branding strategy
Tim on loving the Olympics
Tim: The networks take it safe and familiar
35 min
August 04, 2016 94: We Saw the End Coming
Live “in residence” at the Beverly Hilton, here’s Tim’s first report from the 2016 edition of the Death March With Cocktails. Tim discusses the difficulty in networks breaking through to TV critics and audiences in these times of confusion, drops a mind-blowing tidbit he got from Mitch Hurwitz about “Arrested Development”, and defines the roles of network and cable TV in the modern television era. Plus, a short review of Netflix’s new “The Get Down.” And Jason gets to place a phone call. Next week, telegrams!
2016 Death March With Cocktails
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
TCA #1: Go Big or Go Home
TCA #2: Arrested Development tidbits
TCA #3: Praise for PBS
TCA #4: It's tough for cable
Tim's review of "The Get Down"
34 min
July 29, 2016 93: Hologram Edition
We’re not here! Jason’s on vacation and Tim’s at the Death March With Cocktails. Fortunately for you, we recorded this episode full of your letters last week so that you don’t miss us, not one bit.
We answer your letters from the past!
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Be afraid, be very afraid.
36 min
July 23, 2016 92: FauxÃ§ade
A big week for satire shows and Stephen Colbert during the Republican National Convention; Jason brings Nerd News from Comic-Con; we discuss the Game of Thrones announcement that Winter is Coming… for seven episodes… next summer; and Tim just loves the Olympics!
Conventions, Nerd news, and Olympics
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Marisa Guthrie's THR cover story on Stephen Colbert
48 min
July 16, 2016 91: Obligatory Victory Lap
Tim breaks down the 2016 Emmy Awards nominations, which left him in a very strange emotional state. Who is this sunny, happy person, and what have you done with Tim Goodman?! Just when all seems lost, though, Tim musters up some bile for a few Emmy snubs.
The 2016 Emmy nominations
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's review of Sundance's "The A Word"
25 pleasant Emmy surprises, ranked
Tim at THR: Finally, the Academy gets it right
THR: Tim and Dan search for Emmy snubs
1 hr 12 min
July 09, 2016 90: Unreliable Narrator
Next week “Mr. Robot” returns for a second season and Tim’s seen the first two hours. (Also, the Emmy nominations might come out next week, but Tim’s not sure.) Tim celebrates the avalanche of good stuff on TV and his inability to watch it all. And we answer your letters!
"Mr. Robot" returns
Hosts Tim Goodman and Jason Snell.
Show Notes & Links
Tim's Mr. Robot season 2 review
Tim and Dan debate the best TV of the year
Tim and Dan's Emmys pre-nomination commentary
48 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.