TV BFFs

Daryn Carp and Christian Banda join Dan and Brandy for our first ever YEAR-END DRAFT!  We’re battling over our best and favorite TV of the year and end up with our overall TV BFFs TOP 20 SHOWS of 2023.  It’s an amazingly eclectic mix from prestige dramas to breakthrough comedies to incredible unscripted TV.  If you need show recommendations, look no further!  PLUS, stick around for our worst and least-favorite shows of the year in the lightning-round.

What are YOUR Best and Favorite show of the year?  Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

Dan & Brandy discuss the WGA and SAG-AFTRA labor strikes and how they impact the 2023 Emmy Awards.  Then the TV BFFs debate their BEST and FAVORITE nominees in all the major categories while sharing all the snubs and surprises along the way!

Returning guest and pop-culture expert Daryn Carp joins hosts Dan Brown and Brandy Crawford-Uriu to share their BEST and FAVORITE shows of the year so far. It’s Spring 2023 and there’s a rush of TV ending just in time to make the Emmy deadline and several iconic shows airing epic series finales.  There is a TON of TV to discuss, and we get into ALL of it!

SHOWS DISCUSSED:
Barry / Beef / Daisy Jones & The Six / Dave / Jury Duty / Love is Blind / Mrs. Davis / Party Down / Poker Face / Shrinking / Succession (SPOILERS) / Summer House: Martha's Vineyard / Survivor / The Challenge: Ride or Dies / The Last of Us / The Other Two / The Traitors / Top Chef: World All-Stars / Vanderpump Rules (SPOILERS) / Yellowjackets

What are you watching, and what are your Best, Favorite and Forever shows?  Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

It was an amazing year for TV, and we're talking ALL about it in our super-sized season finale!  To quote our returning guest Christian Banda, “we didn’t know TV could do that” and we're bringing that energy with our annual year-end wrap up as we reveal our BEST and FAVORITE shows of 2022.

From Severance, The White Lotus, Wednesday and the Atlanta final season to Industry, The Rehearsal, Andor and everything in between - we watched and loved a ton of TV this year, and we're debating it all.  PLUS, stay tuned for a wide-ranging lightning round where we sound off on our "everything-but-TV" BFFs from the year.

We'll be back in the new year with new guests and more revealing BFF Criteria conversations, but in the meantime leave us a review if you're loving the show and let us know: What are YOUR Best, Favorite and Forever shows? Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

The time has come!  We're finally updating our personal Best, Favorite and Forever shows and must make some very tough choices along the way.  Insecure and 30 Rock are new to the list for Brandy while Dan brings in Stranger Things and must make his final decision between Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad.  But which shows will drop out to make room for the new picks?  Plus: our updated Almost Shows, and don't forget to stay tuned for our Season 2 Criteria Draft where we each choose a Mini-BFF from our incredible guest picks this season!

What are YOUR Best, Favorite and Forever shows? Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

It's our first ever TV BFFs couples episode! TV connoisseurs and lovebirds Ellie Cano (TV and Film Producer) and Brawley Chisholm (Actor, Model and Harlem Globetrotter) are sharing their love of TV, both individually and as a couple. From Black Mirror, Jane the Virgin and The Last Dance to Lovecraft Country, Martin, The Wire and more, these two watch just about everything! What will end up on their individual Best, Fave and Forever lists, and what will they choose together as their Couples' Criteria?

What are YOUR Best, Favorite and Forever shows? Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

Matt Rogers is a fabulous actor, writer, comedian and podcaster and his TV BFFs are giving super-sized episode energy! With his Best, Favorite and Forever picks ranging from Mad Men and 30 Rock to Survivor, Lost and more, it’s very clear this TV-obsessive came into adulthood in the 2000s and we are HERE for this peak millennial moment! PLUS: Where will The Real Housewives fall on Matt's list, and which franchise will he choose?  Will recent-fave The Morning Show make the cut?  And make sure to stay tuned until the end for a very special holiday-themed Lightning Round where, in celebration of his hit Showtime comedy special: Matt Rogers: Have You Heard Of Christmas?, we reveal Matt's all-time Christmas content picks!

What are YOUR Best, Favorite and Forever shows? Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

Chef and TV personality Elena Besser is making our mouths water with her delicious TV BFF Criteria! We’re getting crazy in the Chicago kitchen with The Bear, heading to Flavortown with Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and stopping off in Calabasas to spend some time with The Kardashians.  This episode is a full menu of amazing TV picks, PLUS you’re not going to want to miss Elena's boozy Mini-BFF Lightning Round with a cocktail recipe (or two) you need to be making ASAP!

What are YOUR Best, Favorite and Forever shows? Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

TV executive Amira Lewally’s BFFs tap into ALL of the emotions! From the tears that spill in every episode of This Is Us and I May Destroy You to the belly laughs of Living Single and Real Housewives of Atlanta to the conniving duplicity of everyone on Big Brother, Amira's Best, Favorite and Forever picks are deeply human and we love it!  Plus, stick around to find out which doc-series make this documentary-loving exec’s Mini-BFF Lightning Round!

What are YOUR Best, Favorite and Forever shows? Send us your own TV BFF Criteria @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected] 

Dan and Brandy are heading to Westeros for a deep dive into GAME OF THRONES! Super fans Angela Palladino and Dennis Jacobs join as we unpack all things GoT from the Starks and Lannisters to the Targaryens and Baratheons and every sigil in between.  We break down each season and then debate our Thrones-specific BFF Criteria and come to a consensus on the BEST season ever, our FAVORITE season and which season we’d watch on a loop FOREVER.
 
Which show should be our next SERIES BFFs deep dive? Send us your suggestions @tvbffpodcast on Instagram or email: [email protected]