Best Supporting Podcast

This week we’re checking in with the all star ensemble cast of 2000’s rehab dramedy “28 Days.” Don’t be fooled by the terrible poster, Sandra Bullock is at her best as reluctant in recovery Gwen, with Best Supporting Elizabeth Perkins as her conflicted older sister, not nearly enough Diane Ladd or Marianne Jean-Baptiste, a refreshingly real side of Steve Buscemi, the dreamy Viggo Mortensen, and Ma...

This week on Smash Ivy trips on Prednisone, Julia and Michael have a secret topless rendezvous at the rehearsal studio, and Eileen sets a new high score at Big Buck Hunter! (And that's just the TIP of the iceberg! Karen and some "clowns" rock out at a bar mitzvah, John continues to be a catch, and Derek proves to be an olympic level asshole. Join us for SEASON 1 of "SMASH" and get early access to...

The 2022 Emmy winners were a mixed bag of pleasant surprises and category stalwarts, including another big sweep for The White Lotus. Meanwhile the ceremony itself was nothing short of a series of choices. There was that venue, the KIA commercial, the irrepressible presence of Ted Lasso (and Michael Keaton!), Jimmy Kimmel sinking to a new low, the DANCING, and of course, the ultimate crime: the ab...

This week on Smash Eileen loses her assistant, Karen gives Ivy a Marilyn lesson, and Leo gets arrested for smoking POT in Central Park! This is only the tip of iceberg as we follow the continuation of John and Tom's clunky date life, Derek torturing Ivy in rehearsal, and a secret goodnight kiss courtesy of Michael Swift and Julia! Its just too MUCH!! Join us for SEASON 1 of "SMASH" and get early a...

Broad City is a dream come true when it comes to guest stars in supporting roles, but this week we're celebrating our favorite BSA category, the Moms! In particular Susie Essman and Peri Gilpin as Ilana and Abbi's moms. Bobbi Wexler comes to town for her mother's shiva and a trip below Canal Street in Season 2's "Knockoffs," which also features Abbi diving down a manhole of a different sort, best...

How ‘bout a little mambo? Its the first day of rehearsal and things are NOT going well for Karen as Ivy pulls a “half diva” on her the entire rehearsal. Eileen is in a financial pickle in funding the workshop, Karen finds outs out that Ivy is sleeping with the Dark Lord, and Tom’s blind date is a total package, (even though he could not care LESS). Nick Jonas plays a questionable 12 year old milli...

We are wrapping up our month of Grey's BSA's with the dramatic conclusion to the Season 6 finale! We pick up with Derek on the catwalk (or should we just call it a bridge?), April getting an Oprah-inspired Shondalogue, Christina Yang doing surgery at gunpoint, Miranda going to a 27 and back again in the elevator bay, a familiar Meredith nuance, and some love for James Pickering Jr as the not retir...

This week we are all Redneck Women as we follow Karen on a Karaoke/Baby Shower trip to Iowa and Ivy's choice to save a horse and ride Derek. Eileen purchases some new jewelry, Ellis reaches peak O'Brien realness, and an old flame is rekindled via the casting of Michael Swift. Colin and Nick wrap up the episode with a quick round of "Bop or Flop" in response to Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio's new duet a...

Things get really dark at Seattle Grace this week as we dive into Part 1 of the Season 6 finale, “Sanctuary,” the infamously grim active shooter episode. While plenty of tragedy and trauma ensues, we’re continually wowed by Chandra Wilson and sing the praises of Jessica Capshaw, Sarah Drew and Michael O’Neill as Mr. Clark. We also can’t be sure of how to pronounce “Chyler Leigh.” Plus: guest star...

This week on Smash Karen and Ivy are put through multiple rounds of callbacks, Leo has a back porch meltdown, and Dev flies off the handle after being stood up in a restaurant. As Julia's scarf count continues to climb we explore Frank second guessing the adoption, Ivy as the insufferable teacher's pet, and Ellis continuing to have his ear glued to the door. Colin steals the show as he debuts a pe...

We're back in Seattle Grace this week to discuss the first episode of Season 3, complete with Izzie in a prom dress on the bathroom floor, dark and twisty Meredith, Adele in a yellow raincoat, Bailey's hospital room door moments with the guy from "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," the subtle rage of Addison and Yang's 11th hour declaration of love. Plus: Callie gets a spot-on monologue in the kitchen,...

Put on your scarves and get that mac and cheese out of the oven because it's time for SMASH! NBC's short lived Musical Theatre "Disasterpiece" is full of twists, turns, and martinis being thrown in unsuspecting faces. We break down audition etiquette, the legendary antagonist that is ELLIS, and Leo's obsession with bananas. We talk #TeamKaren vs #TeamIvy and wrap it up with the arguably one of the...

Pick us, choose us, love us! All this month we are diving into some of the most actressy episodes of the early days of "Grey's Anatomy"! We are kicking things off with this Season 2 classic, which you may know as the train accident episode with the two people impaled on a pole. But there's also drunk Meredith with her banana bag, Christina Yang at her wackiest, Best Supporting Izzie Stephens, Dere...

We're headed to the Plains this week to discuss the 2013 movie adaptation of Tracy Letts' nuclear family meltdown "August: Osage County." It's the definition of a stacked cast, including Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Chris Cooper and Ewan McGregor. We get into the differences between the play and the movie, some of the casting choices, and if th...

This is a bit of an unsung gem from the early 2000's featuring a bevy of BSA's and queens, including Glenn Close, Sissy Spacek, LisaGay Hamilton, Elpidia Carrillo, Robin Wright, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mategna and Mary Kay Place. And for fans of long takes, it's a fascinating anthology of 10-12 minute short stories each done in a single shot. Some stories are more compelling than others, and on first wa...

While Tim Burton's "Big Fish" has no shortage of actresses in supporting roles, it's very much a men's story. But with Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup and DANNY DEVITO in the cast, it's a refreshing change of pace for us. And we still get an underused Jessica Lange doing what she can with the Wife role, Helena Bonham Carter both dragged up and down to earth, and Marion Cotillard in her...

Our mini JuLiza continues this week with a special episode dedicated to Liza Minelli's 1972 televised concert "Liza with a Z," which does feature some Best Supporting Dancers, but is truly all about 26 year old Minelli going to a 27 and back in under an hour. Nick is a longtime, "owns the special edition DVD" fan while Colin is an "I heard a parody of that song on Drag Race" newbie, but we can bot...

We're literally shuffling off to Buffalo this week to discuss this under-appreciated feel-good gem featuring the unbelievably charming Liza Minelli wringing out the rag as queen Mavis Turner. And she's accompanied by so many names we love like Andrea Martin, Jane Krakowski, Bill Irwin, Ellen Green and Shelley Winters! To say nothing of a show-stealing performance from Sheila McCarthy (cue a necess...

We know you're beeeesy but we implore you to listen to this week's episode because we are finally talking about Jenna Maroney and the Moms of 30 Rock! We long for the golden age of the Thursday night NBC lineup where 30 Rock was one third of 'The Office' and 'Parks and Recreation' Holy Trinity. We then queen on out two episodes where we are simply overwhelmed at the lady power of guest spots that...

It's a musical theatre kid classic, the 1991 PBS American Playhouse recording of the original 1987 Broadway cast of "Into the Woods"! Featuring TONY winner Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife, Bernadette Peters as the Witch, Kim Crosby as Cinderella, and little Chip Zien as the Baker, this Sondheim staple is a fairy tale of nuanced, quirky and surprising performances, and we're counting down our To...

This week we're queening out on the new queer rom-com, "Fire Island"! It's Pride & Prejudice at the Pines, and while we greatly miss a Best Supporting Charlotte, we have much to say about this story's take on the Bennetts, led by writer and full-name-only Joel Kim Booster. Plus: familiar faces and voices Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, Conrad Ricamora as our resident Mr. Darcy, Nick Adams as the perfe...

Whether she's barreling down the Van Wyck or breaking down in Boca Raton, Elaine Benes is gold, Jerry! This week we're queening out on Julia Louis-Dreyfus in two iconic episodes of "Seinfeld": Season 2's "The Busboy" and Season 3's "The Pen." We get a sea of veteran character actors, a slew of East Coast humor, the surprisingly good looking Cosmo Kramer, George Costanza the Everyman, and a very fa...

We're wrapping up a month of Pedro Almodóvar with his most recent movie, 2021's "Parallel Mothers." Penélope Cruz's Oscar nomination is much deserved in this story of two mothers whose lives intertwine in beautiful, tragic and sometimes confusing ways after the concurrent birth of their daughters. Familiar faces Rossy de Palma and Julieta Serrano are back, Israel Elejade gives us Spanish Marc Maro...

Pedro Almodóvar's 1999 Oscar winning "All About My Mother" is, like so many of his movies, all about so many things. and all about women. Cecilia Roth goes to a 27 and back as mother in mourning Manuela, Antonia San Juan and Marisa Paredes shine as Best Supporting Agrado and the indomitable Huma Rojo, and Penelope Cruz is back as the perpetually saintly and pregnant Sister Rosa. "All About Eve" an...

We are continuing our month of Almodóvar with 2006's "Volver," featuring Oscar-nominated Penelope Cruz, the return of Carmen Maura, a surprise BSA from "Holy Camp!", the exquisite agony of Agustina, a telenovela's worth of drama and scandal, the power of community (see: four women moving a freezer!), a buffet of Pedro's signature red and of course, two hours of exquisite lady acting. Join us for t...