The SHOW Show: with Sweets & Slaney

Both shows up for chats this week are new British dramas with American TV actors at their front and centre. "Killing Eve" is a pulpy spy thriller starring Sanda Oh, and "Safe" is a Netflix serial starring Michael C. Hall. Also chats about Andrew Lincoln moving on, Danny Boyle taking on 007, the obvious Roseanne/Weinstein/Morgan Freeman ugliness in the news, Solo's weak weekend (spoiler free) and m...

Honestly, watch "Cobra Kai," the new Karate Kid TV reboot. It has very little business being so decent, and we'll unpack that a bit. The other show on the hot-seat is a Danish original sci-fi drama called "The Rain." Also chats about a certain wedding that happened, an unlikely coupling on the SNL set, 13 Reasons Why upsetting more folks, the fact that Hathaway hath returned, and much much more! T...

Welcome back! First order of business: the second coming of Jake Peralta. Then chats about Austin Powers, Barry (no spoilers), Conan's time-slot reduction, and much much more! It's a Show Show about rebooted cartoons from our childhood. The Magic School Bus is riding again on Netflix, and the Disney Channel recently brought back Ducktales. For some reason, we also talk a lot about Arthur. Tweet yo...

Neither of this week's shows-of-focus are finding rave reviews, but both are good! The difference is the "Lost in Space" reboot is doing just fine on Netflix, while "Champions" on NBC has barely even been mentioned. Also chats about Rob Lowe's Halifax affection, casting news for Stranger Things 3, Josh Brolin's Deadpool spoiler, Daniel Craig's legacy-in-progress, and much much more! (Plus, do I he...

Both of this week's deep-look shows are flying slightly under the radar, but "The Last O.G" is going to surprise people and "The Terror" already is. Also chats about TJ Miller's little stunt, Adam Sandler's special's surprising director, the Lord of the Rings TV budget, the Rob Ford movie, and much much more! Tweet your thought to @ShowShowPodcast!

Neither of this week's shows really sounded all that appealing to us at first: "Trust" is the serialized telling of the John Paul Getty III kidnapping, and "Alex, Inc." is the fictionalized story of the creation of Gimlet Media. Listen in to find out how our predictions held up. Also chats about Roseanne's unprecedented popularity, Stranger Things plagiarism accusations, the future of Indiana Jone...

Two comedies named only for their lead character - one's brand new, fresh, dark and deep, the other's a rehash and, at times, a little questionable. Also chats about Donald Glover's Deadpoolesque exit from Deadpool, Sean Penn's ludicrous new book, Robert Downey Jr's new Doctor Dolittle revamp, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

Two more, nothing alike! One's the new NBC "This Is Us" replacement, a high school theatre-themed show called "Rise," and Bryan Cranston's action family drama, "Sneaky Pete." Also chats about the Just For Laughs purchase, the experimental new Family Guy episode, SNL this weekend, the Affleck back tattoo, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

One's Canadian, one's British. One's light and easy, the other's... not. "Schitt's Creek" and "McMafia" are up for a deeper look this week. Also chats about Stephen Hawking, The Crown's salary drama, Blue's Clues host battle royale, the Star Wars TV series, Netflix news, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

Dark comedy seems to be a theme this week, as we take a look at NBC's criminal-moms show, "Good Girls," and TBS' look at the vapid nature of millennials, in "Search Party." Also chats about The Oscars, the potential of a West Wing reboot, Blue Clues coming back, Netflix's new talk show announcement, John Williams' retirement and much much more! If you can think of a film sequel that isn't a major...

Unlikely reviews from both Sweets & Slaney this week, for the shows "Crazy Ex Girlfriend," and "Seven Seconds." They couldn't be more different, and the discussion really illustrates that. Also chats about the Oscars this weekend, Seacrest's hot water, Kevin Smith's heart attack, the devastating critical response to Netflix's "Mute, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

Both shows up for discussion this week are period pieces - "Everything Sucks" is light, warm, and set in the 90's, and "Babylon Berlin" is post-pre-war, German, and set in the 20's. First up, chats about some Winter Games skating icons, Jeffrey Tambor getting canned, Queer Eye being darling, reboots of The Muppets, Karate Kid, Willy Wonka, Pinocchio, and much much more! Plus - Tweet @ShowShowPodca...

It's another stormy night in Halifax so we did this one on the phone - sorry! But there's no shortage of stuff to cover, namely, HBO's "Divorce," and NBC's "A.P. Bio" (which you can watch here: https://tinyurl.com/ycdhql9l ). Also chats about the Solo trailer, the Cloverfield drop, a little movie called The Godfather, and much much more! Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!

A lot of darkness in this week's shows! "Black Lightning" and Philip K Dick's "Electric Dreams" are on the hot seat. It also gets dark when Slaney hits back at Sweets again with another spoiler accusation, even though it's in the intro of the podcast, and Sweets is great, and I am Sweets. Also some bright lights this week! Tom Hanks' next gig is as wholesome as it gets! Also chats about the Grammy...

Two brand new babes on this week! Normally, we wouldn't recap an S02E01, but in the case of "American Crime Story," it's a whole new story so it's safe to view it as a pilot. The other is JK Simmons' new racket on Starz, "Counterpoint." Also chats about Meryl Streep, John Malkovich, Paul Bettany and Joel McHale all having new TV gigs, a bizarre accusation against Questlove, of course the Oscar nom...

You might find Slaney is a bit louder than Sweets on this one - it's a technical work in progress, please stand by. This is our first episode done from two places. Snow was bad so we put the phoner gear to the test and did the episode anyway! New shows on deck are the Black-ish spin-off, "Grown-ish," and Lena Waithe's "The Chi." Also chats about the next step for Fire & Fury, SNL and the president...

Two new Netflix ringers on deck this week! "The End of the F***ing World" is the adaptation of a graphic novel series of the same name and is hilariously dark. "Wormwood" is the first docu-drama we've ever had the chance to cover! Also chats about the Golden Globes, Oprah for Prez, the new Letterman show, and James Franco's recent bad press (fair warning: this was taped a night before the details...

Happy New Year! No pilot recaps on this week's episode, but Slaney has a round-up of all his favourite shows of 2017, as well as what he perceived to be the ones most buzzed about. Then, Sweets breaks down the most anticipated new shows of 2018, including the upcoming reboots of some old faves. Also chats about the new Chappelle specials, Black Mirror, Star Wars (still without TLJ spoilers), Matt...

Okay, we drank nogs during this week's recording, so we got a little sleepy toward the end. A couple of neat shows on deck though, both about gone-by eras of American comedy. "The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel" is about a fierce single mom coming up in the New York stand-up community, in the 50's. "There's Johnny" is about a kid who loves the Tonight Show getting a job at the Tonight Show. Also chats abo...

Some fringe for you. First up, the full-series flesh-out of Frankie Shaw's 9 minute short-film, "Smilf." Then, Netflix's first German production - a sci-fi mystery called "Dark" (which by the way, is 'dunkel' in German). Also chats about the Golden Globe nominations, The Last Jedi coming out (spoiler free though), celebs filling in to host talk shows, Detective Pikachu and much much more! Plus, li...

A couple of alternative half-hour comedies on deck this week. First up, the recently cancelled but always well-reviewed "Carmichael Show." Then, Peter Farrelly's new rig, "Loudermilk." Also chats about Time's Person of the Year, House of Cards resuming production, Tarantino's foray into the Star Trek universe, Last Jedi hype, and much much more! Plus, listen for a trivia question about 1960's Batm...

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Two more Netflix originals this week! Well actually, "She's Gotta Have It" is a TV adaptation of Spike Lee's movie of the same name, and it's ALSO made by Spike Lee. Godless is the pulpy new western starring Jeff Daniels and Michelle Dockery. Also chats about the royal engagement, the Gotham Awards, Law & Order doing a Harvey Weinstein-inspired plot-line, Lady Bird breaking a pretty major record a...

A couple of stylish, violent, and powerful entertainment titans this week! In the hot seat, we've got Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's Hulu time-travel show, "Future Man," and Netflix's highly-anticipated attempt at finally giving "The Punisher" a decent depiction. Also chats about the broadcast nightmare that was HBO's Night of Too Many Stars, who might be next to portray The Batman, a sequel annou...

Both shows-of-focus this week are fresh and well-received critically. Turns out, both have a direct connection to the recent eruption of news concerning sexual mis-conduct in Hollywood. But let’s not get too bogged down in that. Listen for our break-downs of the pilot episodes of both “Difficult People” & “Better Things.” Also chats about Gal Gadot taking a stand, the Lord of the Rings series orde...