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The Following Breaking News affects our  YOUTUBE CHANNEL ONLY ; everything else is fine elsewhere (I hope)...Our review of "Time Express" is Officially a "Lost Episode" on our Youtube page (JUST our Youtube Page, you can hear it everywhere else), I always thought Review shows fell under "Fair Use", but Not if it's Doctor Who Ripoffs w/Vincent Price...go figure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

How often does one get the chance to speak with someone who worked at "The Simpsons" during the peak of its popularity. For our 4th anniversary, we proudly present the FULL conversation between myself and former Writer/Executive Producer Bill Oakley. CHARITY EPISODE: By clicking/listening to this show from 7/9 to 7/23/2023, we will donate $1 per DL (MAX $500) to the  World Wildlife Fund . Tha...

SEASON 5 FINALE: 25 years after it aired, was the Finale episode of Seinfeld really one of the worst final episodes of all time, or was all the hate it wound up recieving was much ado about a show about nothing? Thanks for tuning in this year and all the other years, don't forget our Anniversary/Charity show on July 9th...after that, who knows...but it was still fun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Former Writer & Co-Executive Producer of "The Simpsons" BILL OAKLEY will be my Very Special Guest today, as he and I discuss the truth about an episode of the series that has been seen by many as a Turning Point...for the worse...but Was it as Bad as people said it was? This Special edition of the show is Sponsored by the " Steamed Hams Society ", and our  Patrons Hosted on Acast. See aca...

By request of our  Patron  "Funny Music Man" we get to take a look at a pair of Animated rejects that may (or may not) have been responsible for the beginning of the end of NBC's Saturday Morning Schedule in the 90s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

(Almost) Live From New York, we get to cause chaos around the Big Apple and look at just some of the Worst SNL Sketches of All Time. This episode would've been Impossible to put together without the help of the Following SNL/comedy related Podcasters: Andrew Dick of  That Week in SNL Brad Robinson of  the Not Ready for Prime Time Podcast Darin Patterson of  SNL Nerds and Ian Fermagl...

The Internet's favorite  TV Guidance Counselor  (Ken Reid) and I track down another one of FOX's earliest efforts and kick it right in the Beans (and yes, I know, I'm late over here...I've been a little busy...stay tuned). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unfortunately, this is NOT the Al Pacino biopic about Jack Kevorkian; THIS "You Don't Know Jack" is based on one of my all time favorite video games. But trying to take an established brand to another form of media is not as easy as it seems...For our 2nd  Patreon  request this month--thanks to patron Chris Michaud--It's time for the (Real Life) show where High Culture and Pop Culture Co...

The first of our Two  Patreon   Episode requests  this month; and for this one, we'll be joined by an Actual Patron as a Special Guest Co-Host. As Neil Weinstein joins us for a look at one of FOX's earliest sitcoms, one that takes a look at the Lighter Side of Solitary Confinement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the past, we've covered failed pilots of TV shows. But what if the show in question actually got picked up by the network, produced Several episodes AND was ready to broadcast...only for the plug to be pulled at the last possible second? 2002's  "The Grubbs"  was one of those shows, and we're going to try to figure out why the axe fell prematurely. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

How can a show with a Broadway legend, Nick Offerman's (then) future wife AND Friggin' BATMAN still manage to fail? It probably didn't help that another network produced it, but then pawned it off on a network that was still trying to find itself at the time. After you're done listening to this show, listen to our new friends at Weird Darkness ; and if YOU are a Podcast and want to do a Promo Swap...

For this month's prologue, We feel that we've been on for a long enough time that we can go through our own archives to present to you a ruidmentary history of what we've mentioned about the FOX Network so far...partly because we won't be doing anything "Historical" in our next two shows, we just want to get it out of the way. Also, listen to  Weird Darkness  wherever you stream podcasts...

WB-Cember concludes with Three words of Caution...One, this may be one of THE most demoralizing shows I've ever seen in my life or death; Two, Reality TV sucks; and Three, if you happen to own anything made of glass, move them as Far away from the speakers as possible (Trust me on this). This is our MIDSEASON FINALE, we will return in February with a month of Failures from the FOX Network. Hosted...

T'was the show before Christmas, and all through the Underworld comes the tale of an inexplicable holiday novelty song, the TV special it inspired, and the creative liberties the show took to stretch a 3 minute song to an hour-long special. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The WB began its first half of its existence with some of the hottest shows for young people; so naturally, the network felt it could live up to its own Hype...Unfortunately, the network couldn't live with a show of the same name. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The other Broadcast TV network to debut in the 1990s was UPN's worthy rival for most of its existence; the difference between the WB & UPN? Most of the WB's shows were watchable...emphasis on "Most". This December, we're gonna "Kiss the Frog, Baby!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UPNovember wraps up with some good 'ol fashioned "Dumb" fun...a kind of "Dumb that was written by two of the smatest TV writers ever known...so why would they do something so Dumb? SPECIAL THANKS to  Connor Higgins  on Youtube for letting us Borrow some of his Massive UPN Retrospective for our opening segment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UPNovember continues with......one of the most Draining experiences I've sat through in the 3 years we've been doing this show (If the bitterness in my voice throughout is any indication). But as draining as this was, we will STILL try to review this..."Thing" as fairly as possible. Look out, Shasta McNasty's comin' at 'cha! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UPNovember begins with the network finding its footing by 1996; after two years on the air, the network seems to be hitting its stride with Urban comedy and Sci-fi Action shows...so what's the harm in combining the Two formats? It resulted in (probably) one of the most Maligned sitcoms of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UPN: The United Paramount Network, one of two Broadcast networks that would debut in the mid 1990s, and would have one Here of a Time trying to reach its own mountaintop...This November, we get to climb that mountain to cover some of the network's most infamous avalanches... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Wrecks of '79 concludes with another case of "That Same Old Story"...no, seriously, stories about people swapping bodies has been done hundreds of times in just as many years. The fact that the story was once a mediocre sitcom is as much predictable as it is unfortunate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just how Bad was TV in 1979? There were Not one, but TWO TV Shows involving High Tech, Physics defying Trains. The Only reason why Nobody remembers this one, was because the Other show was "Supertrain". The Wrecks of '79 continues with a show Vincent Price should've left off his resume. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SEASON 5 PREMIERE: Our 5th Season And "The Wrecks of '79" begins by going back to School to cover Not one, but THREE Ripoffs (or really, 1 Ripoff, 1 Sliver of a Ripoff, and 1 Actual Spinoff) of an All-Time Comedy Classic. Can all 3 of them make the grade? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we have mentioned, This season of Telehell will involve Theme months; one new Subject every month from October to May. At the Start of Each theme month, we will present a Prologue to help set up the Subject--For our first Theme, we take a look at (probably) one of the Most chaotic years for Broadcast Television...ever. Our first show is This Weekend, we hope you join us. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

It's time to Face the Press, as we Meet the Nation full of the worst people in all of humanity--all of whom get to pelt me with questions regarding our past season, a look at what's ahead for Season 5, And a MAJOR Update to our  Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.