The TV Dudes Podcast

This week, Nick and Les check out a new Disney animated co-production with anime influences - will they like it?? Turns out YES!! Dragon Striker on Disney/Hulu is a charming, beautifully animated show about a magical soccer school (kinda) and the team of scrappy punks that have to learn how to use their innate magical powers to play the game. We were hooked and tore through all the episodes. Can't...

This week, patrons pick the show! Patreon member JPV is back with another show for us to watch, and it's ALICE & STEVE! It's a comedy with the premise "what if your best friend slept with your child" and hilarity ensues!  No, but really - the child in question is 26 and getting her doctorate, and there's some other mitigating factors. Does the show win us over or leave us squicked out over the who...

This week, Nick and Les head back to Metropolis to catch up with Lois, Jimmy, Kara and Clark in My Adventures with Superman! It's our favorite super-show on tv right now, and every week of the previous seasons was a treat. Will S3 keep up the charm? Probably so :) We love this show. Plus: From! Cape Fear! Lestat! Let's gooooooo! 1:05- TV Diaries 24:30-21:05 Cape Fear 21:05-37:46 Vampire Lestat 37:...

As we continue our coverage from ATX TV Fest Season 15, we're catching up with the wonderful Eliza Bennett to look back at the incredible legacy of Sweet/Vicious. A few days following the show's emotional 10-year anniversary reunion panel, Eliza was kind enough to get on the phone with me and chat about her favorite behind-the-scenes memories of playing Jules, the intense material of the show, and...

As part of our ATX Television Fest Season 15 coverage, we sat down with the author and the showrunner behind one of last year's most exciting surprises—Netflix's THE HUNTING WIVES. Author May Cobb and Showrunner Rebecca Cutter discuss the adaptation process, the appeal of small-town Texas, and their collaborative dynamic. Meeting them ahead of Season 2 was a pleasure, and I'm excited for you to he...

This week, Les and Nick take a trip down south to Georgia and the Carolinas for Apple's new thriller series, CAPE FEAR! It's based on an awesome novel and two great movies, so let's see how the new adaptation holds up! Amy Adams, Patrick Wilson, Javier Bardem and a slew of narrative changes await us. Let's go! Plus, Les checks out the spooky-Cocoon vibe of The Boroughs, while Nick catches up on th...

This week, we SPIDER! After resting up from ATX Fest, we settled in for a little 1930s black and white (or is it in color??) mystery with Nic Cage and the greatest Electro ever done on-screen. Did we love it? Honestly, yeah. It's pretty fun. Find out all the things we dug (and a few things that stuck in our craw) in this week's episode! Plus - new FROM! That HACKS finale! Nick dives into the AMC I...

As part of our ATX TV Fest Season 15 coverage, Les sits down with the gang from Everyone is Doing Great! Stephen Colletti, James Lafferty, Michelle Lang, and Michael Grubbs give us their thoughts on making indie television, their dreams for season 3, how it feels to be on Netflix, and much more.  #EveryoneIsDoingGreat #IndieTV #ATXTVFest   

We had a fantastic time at ATX TV Fest this year (as we do every year!) only this time, we tried something new! Nick and Les sat down at the end of each day and recapped what they saw. Hear us rave about the best fest in the land, and give you all the details of the neat-o stuff we saw! From the FNL reunion to Bill Lawrence's friends to the Sweet/Vicious panel - it's RECAP time, baby!! #ATXTVFest

As part of our ATX Television Fest Season 15 coverage, Les was lucky enough to chat with Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, and Sadie Laflamme-Snow of the hit show The Way Home. We talk about how time travel can make character work more complex for the actor, how the show feels particularly Canadian, and what the journey of the Landry family has meant to them. #ATXTVFest #TheWayHome #TheHip

This week, in prep for ATX Television Fest, we checked out the indie-TV comedy Everyone is Doing Great! Les is chatting up the creators and cast (same folks!) this weekend at fest, and we'll have that interview out soon. In the meantime, EIDG is streaming on Netflix and we checked out the second season. If you're at the fest today, say hey! 2:00-23:40 TV Dudes 8:50-23:40 Spiderman Noir 25:55- Ever...

Patron JPV picks the show this week! Nick and Les head back to school for Amazon's newest foray into what we'd previously thought of as CW/Freeform territory. Can the world's largest warehouse make a show about romance? Turns out YES. We loved Off Campus, watched all the eps, and are here to gush about it. Plus! Diaries, Hacks, From, and that BOYS FINALE - daaaaaaaaaaaang, y'all! NEXT WEEK! ATX Te...

This week, it's a third season about a second coming reduced to a single episode! Good Omens - the show that's part Pratchett and part that guy - returned for one last hurrah. We're here to give you the lowdown on it and tell you all the things we liked, all the ways it felt oddly rushed, and why we love the Ineffable Husbands so darn much.   Plus, Nick watched Devil May Cry! Les watched Community...

This week, we were planning on Lording it over some Flies, but instead found ourselves swimmin' in Tooch with the new season of Citadel! Does this season fix all the things that didn't work for us in season 1? Kinda. Does it do the good work of putting Tucci and Raynor together in the road trip spy movie we desperately want?? Sometimes.  We'll dive into all our feelings about it, plus The Boys, Th...

This week, Les and Nick get small with the new Peacock series The Miniature Wife! It's a crazy sci-fi show about mini-matrimony and we enjoyed the heck out of it!  Plus, we talk about the ethics of the Joe Schmo Show, catch up on Rooster, Hacks, Rookie, Boys, and that Monarch finale!! Let's GOOOOO!! TV Diaries 1:50-1:01:50 2:18-13:20 Joe Schmo 13:20-19:55 Hacks 26:30-36:43 Rooster 36:43-51:27 The...

This week, Les chats with award-winning director Traci Hays about her new feature, "Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story" premiering May 2 on Lifetime. We chat about her work in short films, the happy accidents that can make or break a production, her journey into filmmaking and how her love of story developed, and much more.  Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story prem...

We're in a Big Mood this week with our newest Patreon Showrunner pick from JPV! We really enjoyed the dark comedy of Camilla Whitehill's show (who doesn't love Nicola Coughlan??) We get into everything we laughed at and all the weird quirks of this very British mental-health comedy series!  Plus Monarch, Rooster, Rookie and more in the diaries! Let's goooo! 1:20-41:10TV Diaries 1:20-4:50 Daredevil...

We didn't make it in time for the main episode, but we couldn't let the new week start without discussing The Pitt Season Two Finale!! It's the 15th hour of a hellacious Fourth of July shift for our lovable docs and nurses, and we're here to tell you every friggin' thought we have about all the drama (and the latest insane surgical scene!). From Santos and Mel doing Karaoke to Huckleberry's funk,...

This week, Les and Nick head back to the super-powered and super-messed-up world of The Boys on Amazon! Does their supes-virus work? Will Hughie live through it all? What will Kimiko say next?? We'll tell you all about it! Plus, we discuss the weirdest movie screener we've ever run across, we get into the first few episodes of Peacock's Miniature Wife, a guest-star-studded episode of The Rookie, t...

This week on the TV Dudes Podcast, Nick and Les are tackling the Netflix thriller with the ominous title: Something Very Bad is Going to Happen. While the middle of the season might meander a bit through the woods, we both agree that the ending sticks the landing in a major way! We discuss the pacing, the payoff, and why the destination was ultimately worth the cold feet. 0:50-36:50 TV Diaries 0:5...

Plans change when TV is this good! We originally intended to dive into the eerie mysteries of Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen on Netflix, but then we saw the Paradise Season 2 finale. Nick and Les were so floored by the ending of Dan Fogelman's latest masterpiece that we had to pivot and give it the full deep dive it deserves. We break down those shocking final moments, the "Alex" of it all,...

It's been three years since Les chatted with the incredible Claybourne Elder, and he's back to discuss his most personal project yet. Claybourne's new album, "If the Stars Were Mine," officially drops this Friday, April 3rd from Center Stage Records. In this episode, Clay opens up about the year-long journey of curating this record and the unique vulnerability of stepping away from a script to tel...

This week, Nick and Les are scrubbing in for the long-awaited return of Scrubs on ABC! We dive into the tenth season of the Sacred Heart saga to see how J.D. and Turk are handling the new class of interns. It is a heartfelt reunion that really hit the spot for us. In our TV Diaries, Les finally set sail with the One Piece live action series on Netflix and has some thoughts on why this adaptation a...

This week on the TV Dudes, Nick and Les are heading back to the 32nd century! We are diving deep into Starfleet Academy, a special Patreon Showrunner Tier request. We absolutely loved the fresh, optimistic energy of this new chapter in the Trek universe. It is a beautiful look at the next generation of cadets finding their footing, and we have plenty to say about that stunning production design. I...

This week's lineup is STACKED. Of course we check in on The Rookie as it crosses over with Dropout TV! Plus: we're breaking down the family drama and corporate takeovers in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, the analog chaos of The Pitt, and the heartbreaking survival story in Paradise. It's a wild mix of cops, Kaiju lore and emotional gut-punches. Tune in now! 1:00-1:12:55 TV Diaries 10:55-26:42 The Ro...