Chris and Andy talk about the news that Warner Bros. and Discovery will once again be splitting into two different entities (7:12). They also discuss the trailer for Noah Hawley’s ‘Alien: Earth’ series (11:43). Then, they talk about the rest of ‘Dept. Q’ and how this show could be Netflix’s ‘Slow Horses’ if they wanted it to be (21:19), before Chris is joined by Alan Siegel to talk about his new book ‘Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed’ (36:37).

Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald

Guest: Alan Siegel

Producer: Kaya McMullen

Video Production and Editing: Jon Jones

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