Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata are two TV greats, and they’re both in Ashley’s fave network TV sitcoms Grand Crew and Home Economics. They join TV Club to share what they’ve been loving on TV lately (if it’s a teenager in high school with some troubles, we’re all in), as Sasheer debates which TV anti-hero is the most irredeemable character while Nicole dishes the smoothest and hottest hot TV takes about Drag Race and 90 Day Fiance. 

Listen to Nicole & Sasheer on their podcast Best Friends!

What We Watched:

Wednesday

Heartstopper

13 Reasons Why

Fleishman is in Trouble

The Patient

Velma

Yellowjackets

Drag Race

Gossip Girl Reboot

That 90s Show

Home Economics

Grand Crew

Nailed It!

The Goldbergs

Homework:

90 Day Fiance: The Other Way

Darcey & Stacey

Mythic Quest

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We’re revisiting the 90s and getting super nostalgic about the 70s, with Ashley’s guest Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show, That 90s Show and WandaVision). Debra Jo and Ashley connect over The Challenge and get wistful about Reality TV Game Shows over the years but find out what role has been Debra Jo’s favorite (An Actor’s Dream!) but more importantly which TV Show set had the best catering. Ashley also tells Debra Jo all about the Grey’s Anatomy Scammer controversy.

That 90s Show airs on Netflix on January 19. 

What We Watched:

The Last of Us

Velma

Ginny & Georgia

Paul T. Goldman

Below Deck 

Sort Of

That 

Acapulco

Harry & Meghan - Documentary Series

Mare of Easttown

Real Housewives

The Challenge

Survivor

Grey’s Anatomy

Friends

Family Matters

Homework:

Love Without Borders

Home Economics

L Word: Generation Q

Mythic Quest

Velma

Extreme Sisters

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After

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Below Deck’s Captain Sandy joins Ashley to chat about the charter boat cast and crew members, and the challenges of working and sleeping in such a tight space all the while having TV cameras in your face. Hear why Captain Sandy calls out Bravo as the best TV network, why she needs pirate training and which role on the boat would suit Ashley. 

An actual inspiring leader and quite possibly the best reality tv personality, we can all learn something from Captain Sandy! Her new book “Be The Calm or Be The Storm: Leadership Lessons from a Woman at the Helm” is out NOW.

What We Watched:

I Hate Suzie

Surviving R. Kelly (Part 3)

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

Ginny & Georgia

Paul T. Goldman

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After

The L Word: Generation Q

Below Deck

Below Deck Mediterranean

Below Deck Adventure

The Gilded Age

The First Lady

Sea Disasters

Homework:

Koala Man

Velma

The Goldbergs

The Drop

The Last of Us

Miracle Workers: End Times

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Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?, Star Trek: Prodigy) returns for Part 2 of his gabfest with Ashley about the Underrated TV Hits of 2022 where they recommend a mockumentary horror series with moron versions of Mulder and Scully (Wellington Paranormal), a travel show about healthy adult male friendships (101 Places To Party Before You Die), an anime where a 10-year-old boy lives alone in his own apartment (Kotaro Lives Alone), and much, much more. Plus, Jason outlines his method for how to begin watching Dr. Who and Ashley pitches that the best way to save Grey’s Anatomy involves time traveling 50 years into the past.

2022’s Underrated TV Hits (Part 2)

Killing It

Girls5eva

Rutherford Falls

Wellington Paranormal

I Love That For You

Digital Addiction

Tuca & Bertie

Five Days at Memorial

Paper Girls

Love Off The Grid

101 Places to Party Before You Die

The Thing About Pam

Home Economics

Flatbush Misdemeanors

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Star Trek: Prodigy

Kotaro Lives Alone

Reservation Dogs

Watchlist

Welcome to Chippendales

Below Deck

Homework

Below Deck Mediterranean

Chicago Party Aunt

Paul T. Goldman

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To close out the year with a bang, Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?, Star Trek: Prodigy) joins the TV Club for a marathon TWO-PART episode about the UNDERRATED TV hits of 2022. Get outta here giant IP-driven shows that have dominated the discourse all year! We’re talkin’ about the lesser-known shows that deserve love too. But first, Jason discusses landing his first big TV roles on The League and Enlightened, he reveals what TV shows he’d still love to appear on (Law & Order?!), he bonds with Ashley over their mutual egg allergy, and chats about what shows he’s currently watching—hint: he’s got a thing for “Dad TV.”

2022’s Underrated TV Hits (Part 1)

This Fool

Julia

Shoresy

Maggie

Starstruck

American Auto

Somebody Somewhere

Watchlist

Alone

My Strange Addiction

Slow Horses

Yellowstone

White Lotus

Sex Lives of College Girls

Rick and Morty

South Side

Letterkenny

Young Rock

High School

Sprung

1899

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If you yearn for a holiday special where Martha May Whovier sings “I’m the only hot Who in Whoville, men know if their wife won’t, I will” then don’t sleep on Matt Rogers’ (Las Culturistas) new Showtime musical special Have You Heard of Christmas? Matt tells Ashley how the capitalism of Christmas inspired the project, breaks down the misogyny in the shocking Survivor season finale, talks secret hot nerd bodies in White Lotus, and gives fans of Showtime’s I Love That For You an exclusive update on the status of season 2.

What We Watched:

I Love That For You

Survivor

White Lotus

Project Runway

RuPaul’s Drag Race

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Flatbush Misdemeanors

Bob's Burgers

The Great North

Saturday Night Live (Cecily Strong’s farewell)

Below Deck

South Side

Sex Lives of College Girls

Young Rock

Mythic Quest

With Love

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Ashley sounds off on this year’s Golden Globe nominations and the highly anticipated White Lotus season finale. She's then joined by Rotten Tomatoes editor Jacqueline Coley & podcaster/cultural commentator Xorje Olivares to recap the Best TV of 2022. They’ll break down Bill Hader’s soft top energy, the sexual and generational politics of White Lotus, the over-wokeness of And Just Like That, and look ahead to what shows they’re psyched for in 2023.

What We Watched:

Barry

White Lotus

Atlanta

Andor

Abbott Elementary

Ramy

Welcome to Flatch

Welcome to Chippendales

What We’re Looking Forward To In 2023:

Clone High Reboot

Kindred

RuPaul’s Drag Race (season 15)

And Just Like That… (season 2)

Homework:

Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?

I Love That For You

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What solidifies a TV show as one of the greats? To investigate, Ashley recruits comedian Kareem Rahma to help judge the great shows of the peak TV era. They ask, “Can a TV show be great in spite of a terrible last season?” *cough* Game of Thrones *cough*. Plus, they dive into some juicy White Lotus theories, Kareem gives a controversial Black Mirror opinion, and they debate if E.R. or Grey’s Anatomy has the hottest hospital show cast.

What We Watched:

Fleishman is in Trouble

Mo

Ramy

The Bear

Mythic Quest

That 70s Show

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

Girls

Mad Men

LOST

The Leftovers

The Sopranos

Breaking Bad

Game of Thrones

White Lotus

American Horror Story

Black Mirror

The Wire

Grey’s Anatomy

E.R.

Homework:

Star Trek: Prodigy

Big Mouth

Pam & Tommy

Paper Girls

The League

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What did you watch over the holidays!? This episode Ashley is whipping through some great TV highlights like White Lotus, Rick & Morty and your girls on Sex Lives of College Girls. She’s then joined by Rachel Lindsay, who you know as the first African American lead on the Bachelor franchise but who is now in her dream job at Extra interviewing all your fave TV people and covering entertainment news.  Ashley & Rachel catch up about their mutual hometown in Texas, what questions to ask celebrities and which reality TV they love the most.

What We Watched:

Drag Race UK

White Lotus

Rick & Morty

Sex Lives of College Girls

90 Day Finales

Below Deck Mediterranean

Dead to Me

Welcome to Chippendales

The Great North

Real Housewives

Married to Madison

Joe Millionaire

Selling Sunset OC

House of Dragon

Rap Sh!t

Homework:

Gossip Girl Reboot

Sort Of

Firefly Lane

My Unorthodox Life

Housebroken

His Dark Materials

Too Hot To Handle

Southside

Doom Patrol

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It’s the start of holiday season and Ashley calls in her XOXO Gossip King friends Carl Tart and Lamar Woods to get into the plumpest holiday watchlist EVER. We’ll fill you up with lots of new TV recommendations, plus all the Thanksgiving memories from the shows you loved growing up. 

What we’re watching:

Big Brother

Inside Job

Money Heist

Attack on Titan

The Crown

Mo

Ramy

White Lotus

Killer Sally

A Friend of the Family 

Angelyne

My 600-lb Life

Love is Blind

Blockbuster

Sex Lives of College Girls

Never Have I Ever

The Dropout

Grand Crew

Fave Thanksgiving Episodes:

New Girl 

Martin 

WKRP in Cincinnati

The Simpsons

Family Guy

Bob’s Burgers

Gossip Girl

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