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Clint's been temporarily displaced from time, so this week Allison is joined by co-pilot Kate Kulzick (and special guest Carly Lane, contributing editor for Syfy Wire) to talk about the stellar season 2 of Timeless!

NBC's time-travel adventure show just finished a rip-roaring, entertaining sophomore season after being barely rescued from cancellation, with all the history jokes and fetching period costumes you can shake a stick at. In the wake of Timeless' jaw-droppingly delicious season finale, our resident Clockblockers dig deep into their favorite episodes of the season, the MVPs of the show, and Carly's incredible Syfy Wire piece on how the show(along with perennial TV Party fave Outlander) explores historical witch-hunts. Strap in, steal some petticoats from a clothesline and zip through Timeless with us - along with more renewal chat, and discussions of The Americans, Killing Eve and The Handmaid's Tale.

Hey, NBC. #RenewTimeless, would you please?

Timestamps:
3:20 - TV News: Final seasons for Jane the Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and iZombie, Ann Dowd's response to the White House Correspondent's Dinner, Jordan Peele's Nazi show, Guillermo del Toro going to Netflix

17:34 - Episodes of the Week:
Kate: The Americans, "The Summit" (FX)
Carly: Killing Eve, "Take Me to the Hole" (BBC America)
Allison: The Handmaid's Tale, "Seeds" (Hulu)

Deep Dive - Timeless Season 2:
44:05 -Season 2 finale chat, "Chinatown"
1:06:34 - Discussion of Carly's piece on Timeless, Outlander and TV's treatment of historical witch-hunts

1:16:19 - Favorite Episodes:
Kate: "The Day Reagan Was Shot"/"The General"
Carly: "Hollywoodland"/"The King of the Delta Blues"
Allison: "The War to End All Wars"/'Chinatown"

1:37:06 - MVP:
Carly: Abigail Spencer, costume designer Mari-An Ceo
Kate: Malcolm Barrett, Writing/research team
Allison: The entire supporting cast (Sakina Jaffrey, Paterson Joseph et al.), visual effects team

1:56:50 - Picks for Next Week:
Kate: Killing Eve finale (BBC America), The Break with Michelle Wolf premiere (Netflix), The Terror finale (AMC), Tig Notaro: Happy to Be Here (Netflix)
Carly: The Expanse, "Delta-V" (Syfy)
Allison: The Americans, "Jennings, Elizabeth" (FX)

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In this world of Peak TV, summer isn't the boring slog it used to be - there's a veritable smorgasbord of highly-anticipated debuts, returning favorites, and critical darlings showing up on our screens the next few months to keep us all on the couch and away from the beach.

This week on TV Party, Allison and Clint (along with Dominick Suzanne-Mayer) break down some of the shows they're looking forward to the most this summer, in conjunction from our gargantuan rundown of the 30 shows we're looking forward to this summer. From Stephen King Extended Universe shows (Castle Rock) to dark comedies about fashion and murder starring Julianna Margulies (Dietland), we've got you covered, along with more puns than you can shake a stick at.

(Note: if you're in Chicago, TV Party is doing a live show at Hotel Moxy this Wednesday, May 16th, from 4-6pm. Tickets are free, so come, grab a drink, and watch Allison and Clint talk TV while sitting in a glass box!)

Timestamps:
2:58 - TV News: The week's slate of cancellations

16:13 - Picks of the Week:
Dom: Barry, "Chapter 7 - Loud, Fast, and Keep Going" (HBO)
Clint: The Expanse, "Triple Point" (Syfy)
Allision: Killing Eve, "I Have a Thing for Bathrooms" (BBC America)
Consensus: Atlanta, "Crabs in a Barrell" (FX)

Summer TV Preview:
34:43 - Promising Upstarts:
Dom: Castle Rock (Hulu), Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Clint: Dietland (AMC), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Amazon)
Allison: Vida (Starz), The Tale (HBO)

54:13 - Solid Contenders:
Dom: Strange Angel (CBS All Access), The Great British Baking Show (PBS)
Clint: Luke Cage (Netflix), Arrested Development (Netflix)
Allison: The Bold Type (Freeform), Harlots (Hulu)

1:17:09 - Top Picks:
Clint: Sense8 finale movie (Netflix)
Dom: GLOW (Netflix)
Allison: Pose (FX)

1:32:30 - Announcement: Live Show at Hotel Moxy

1:34:25 - Picks for Next Week:
Allison: The Americans, "The Summit" (FX), Little Women (PBS), Timeless season 2 finale (NBC)
Dom: The Royal Wedding with Cord and Tish! (HBO)
Clint: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, "Jake and Amy" (Fox)

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This week, Allison and Clint (along with Kate Kulzick) are joined by New York drag queen extraordinaire Sutton Lee Seymour to discuss that most hallowed of RuPaul's Drag Race holidays - Snatch Game! Together, we discuss the tops, bottoms and everything in between for season 10's iteration of the classic Drag Race challenge, and also hearken back to Snatch Games of yesteryear.

Along the way, we find new ways to gush about BBC America's Killing Eve, gab about the remixed fourth season of Arrested Development, and get a crash course in Steven Universe lore from Kate.

Timestamps:
2:41 - This Week in TV:
Kate: The White House Correspondents' Dinner; Killing Eve, "Sorry Baby" (BBC America)
Clint: Arrested Development Season 4 Remix: Fateful Consequences (Netflix); The Goldbergs, "Opportunity of a Lifetime" (ABC)
Allison: The Americans, "Rififi" (FX); Adam Rippon on Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

19:55 - Deep Dive: Snatch Game
32:55 - Season 10: tops, middles, bottoms
1:15:29 - Snatch Games of Yesteryear

1:46:32 - Next Week in TV:
Allison: Little Women (PBS); Patrick Melrose (Showtime)
Kate: Steven Universe, "Can't Go Back/A Single Pale Rose" (Cartoon Network); Atlanta finale (FX)
Clint: Safe (Netflix)

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Even with our breathless TV coverage every week, a few great things are bound to slip through the cracks. To that end, Allison and Clint (along with Dominick Suzanne-Mayer and Jacob Oller) halt and catch up to everything we missed over the month of April!

Along the way, we also point out some of the month's greatest hits - from Atlanta's superb "Teddy Perkins" to the one-two punch of beautiful performances from Atlanta's Brian Tyree Henry and The Handmaid's Tale's Elisabeth Moss.

Timestamps:
2:20 - TV News:
The Cosby verdict, Stranger Things season 3 promo, Colin Jost and Michael Che hosting the Emmys

13:17 - Episode of the Month:
Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins" (FX)

27:48 - Picks of the Month:
Jacob: Aggretsuko (Netflix)
Dom: Andre the Giant (HBO)
Allison: The Americans, "The Great Patriotic War" (FX)
Clint: The Handmaid's Tale, "June" (Hulu)

45:29 - Performance of the Month:
Consensus: Tie - Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta (FX), Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
Dom: Bill Hader, Barry (HBO)
Allison: Sandra Oh, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Jacob: Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
Clint: Parker Posey, Lost in Space (Netflix)

1:08:38 - What We Missed:
Clint: LA to Vegas (FOX)
Jacob: The Terror (AMC)
Dom: NXT Takeover: New Orleans (WWE)
Allison: Howards End (Starz)

1:24:41 - Next Week in TV:
Jacob: James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (AMC)
Dom: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous Live at Radio City (Netflix)
Allison: RuPaul's Drag Race, "Snatch Game"(VH1)
Clint: Good Girls, "Remix" (NBC)
-- Clint WorthingtonSenior Staff Writer, Consequence of Sound
Co-Host/Editor/Producer, TV Party PodcastCo-Host/Editor/Producer, Alcohollywood
Co-Host/Editor/Producer, Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast
Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle, 2016-

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For the latest After Party, Allison and Clint serve up their full, uncut interview with Kirsten Nelson, who played young Mrs. Landingham in The West Wing's seminal episode (and You Get Hoynes! namesake) "Two Cathedrals." Together, they talk about what it was like filming the episode, meeting writer/producer/pinch-hitting actor Lawrence O'Donnell on set, and the impact of the episode on The West Wing and our contemporary cultural landscape in general. Take a listen!

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This week on TV Party, Allison and Clint are joined by two of TV Party's finest Cabinet members (Kate Kulzick and Caroline Siede) to kick off our new recurring segment on perfect, ambitious episodes of television, You Get Hoynes!

We couldn't very well do this segment without celebrating the episode it was named after - The West Wing's spellbinding season two finale, "Two Cathedrals." From Martin Sheen's bravura speech to God in the National Cathedral, to the flashbacks of young Jed Bartlett's relationship with the recently-passed Mrs, Landingham, to the ongoing question of whether Jed will seek a second term, it's a masterful hour of Peak Aaron Sorkin television we take great pleasure in discussing in detail - presumably while continuously walking down the halls of CPN Studios.

Along the way, Allison and Clint also provide a snippet of their interview with young Mrs. Landingham herself, Kirsten Nelson. Take a listen!

Timestamps:
3:27 - TV News
Grey's Anatomy renewed, RIP Harry Anderson, the Allison Mack and Robbie Turner controversies

14:02 - This Week in TV:
Clint: Black-ish, "Fifty-Three Percent" (ABC)
Caroline: For the People, "World's Greatest Judge" (ABC)
Allison: Legion, "Chapter 11" (FX)
33:08 - Kate: Jane the Virgin, "Chapter Eighty-One" (CW) (SPOILER ALERT)

You Get Hoynes: The West Wing, "Two Cathedrals" (NBC)
37:57 - Why this episode?
46:00 - Episode Synopsis
49:35 - Writing
1:20:32 - Performances
1:31:36 - Interview w/Kirsten Nelson (Young Dolores Landingham) (full interview to come in this week's After Party)
1:36:32 - Direction and Cinematography
1:43:24 - Score and Music

1:55:01 - Next Week in TV:
Caroline: Crash Course (Youtube) and Westworld, "Journey Into Night" (HBO)
Allison: The Americans, "The Great Patriotic War" (FX); Dirty Computer (MTV)
Kate: Premieres of Into the Badlands (AMC) and Archer: Danger Island (FX)
Clint: The Expanse, "Assured Destruction" (Syfy)






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If there's one thing you can count on here at TV Party, it's that we take every single opportunity to dump effusive praise on our favorite piece of superhero schlock on the airwaves right now - The CW's deeply wacky time-travel smorgasbord DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
If you're not watching it, you're missing out on something special: Vikings worshipping a Tickle Me Elmo-like fuzzy toy. Neal McDonough in a silly Javier Bardem wig. A young Barack Obama chased by a murderous psychic gorilla. It's just.... so much of everything you never knew you wanted.

Now that Legends has finished its third season (which you can already find on Netflix), Allison and Clint - along with fellow superfan Kate Kulzick - take a few minutes out of their day for a very special After Party to discuss the wild, wild season 3 finale. Along the way, they pinpoint the many ways the season as a whole has seen the show solidifying its irreverent tone and giving its game cast of underrated performers new things to do - and new historical figures to save. Take a listen!

Timestamps:
8:57 - Discussion of the season 3 finale, "The Good, The Bad and the Cuddly"
22:07 - Season 3 discussion

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Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter – the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically flawed protagonist, the one-time guest character that defines an entire series. This is where we hoard TV’s most valuable visages. This… is the Hall of Faces.

With The Handmaid's Tale premiering its second season on Hulu on April 26th, Allison and Clint bring on Kate Kulzick of The Televerse and AV Club staff writer Gwen Ihnat to revisit the home of Elisabeth Moss' biggest Peak TV role, Mad Men! Which member of Sterling Cooper/SCDP/SCP makes it into our Hall of Faces - is it Peggy Olsen? Don Draper? Betty Draper? Joan Harris? Listen and find out!

Along the way, we also discuss the wigs and workroom drama of the latest Drag Race, Tig Notaro joining Star Trek Discovery, and the premieres of Killing Eve and Lost in Space.

Timestamps:
3:57 - TV News: Peabody nominees, Tig Notaro joining Star Trek Discovery, NOS4A2 series order at AMC, Kyle Chandler cast in Hulu's Catch-22

15:59 - This Week in TV:
Kate: RuPaul's Drag Race, "The Last Ball on Earth" (VH1)
Clint: Lost in Space (Netflix) (hon. mention: The Expanse, "Fight or Flight" (Syfy))
Gwen: New Girl, "About Three Years Later" (FOX)
Allison: Killing Eve, "Nice Face" and "I'll Deal With Him Later" (BBC America)

Hall of Faces: Mad Men
38:00 - Introduction
41:09 - Backups
53:15 - Main Picks
1:18:28 - Who Would NOT Have Made the List
1:22:04 - Favorite Moment
1:31:38 - Picking the Winner

1:42:22 -Next Week in TV:
Gwen: Riverdale, "A Night to Remember" (CW)
Allison: Laurie Metcalf's guest turn on Supergirl, "Schott Through the Heart" (CW)
Kate: season finales of Jane the Virgin and Black Lightning (CW)
Clint: Westworld, "Journey Into Night" (HBO)

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In this bonus After Party, Allison and Clint sit down for a minute to talk about the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend live show!

Along the way, they both have a pleasant chat with Josh Chan himself, Vincent "Vinny" Rodriguez III; Clint lives through the live show vicariously through Allison; and Allison speaks to Donna Lynne Champlin (Paula on Crazy Ex) about the show's highlights, the rehearsal process, choreography, and more.

Timestamps:
5:37 - Interview with Vincent Rodriguez III
39:46 - Allison's Reflections on the Live Show
51:50 - Interview with Donna Lynne Champlin

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For our inaugural installment of our recurring segment Just Do This For Me!, first-timers Allison and Clint step into the ring with seasoned WWE veterans LaToya Ferguson and Dominick Suzanne-Mayer for their very first WrestleMania! Together, they discuss all the bone-crushing mayhem, surprise upsets, and camptastic outfits of WWE WrestleMania 34. Suffice to say, we're all #TeamNicholas over here.

Along with that, the panel gushes about Brooklyn Nine-Nine's beautiful bottle episode "The Box," delve more into the mastery of FX's Atlanta, and finally find out why that Legends of Tomorrow episode is titled "Guest Starring John Noble."

Timestamps:
2:16 - TV News:
The Simpsons responding to The Problem with Apu, David Simon's new series, the CW renewal slate, the High Fidelity reboot

12:12 - Picks of the Week:
Dom: Atlanta, "Teddy Perkins" (FX)
Clint: DC's Legends of Tomorrow, "Guest Starring John Noble" (CW)
LaToya: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, "The Box" (FOX)
Allison: Killing Eve, "Nice Face" (BBC)

37:11 - Just Do This For Me! WWE WrestleMania 34
43:01 - Initial reactions from the newbies (Allison, Clint)
49:38 - Favorite matches
59:09 - General discussion
1:20:03 - WrestleMania's place in the wrestling world
1:25:39 - Questions from the experts (Dom, LaToya)
1:38:58 - Final thoughts

1:42:50 - Next Week in TV:
Dom: Chef's Table: Pastry (Netflix)
Clint: The Expanse season 3 premiere (Syfy), Lost in Space (Netflix)
LaToya: The Challenge: Vendettas reunion episode (MTV)
Allison: RuPaul's Drag Race, "The Last Ball on Earth" (VH1)





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