
The TV Show
The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
Episodes
145 episodes
Our top 5 dramas of our time!
In this special episode of The TV Show, we each give our top 5 TV dramas of all time. Some of our picks WILL surprise you. How did we come up with our choices? What criteria did we use to make our picks? When were these shows released? How do w...
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The highest rated comedy on TV is.... Netflix panders to our attention spans, remembering George Wendt, and MORE
Which show is the highest rated comedy right now? The answer may surprise you. Do we agree? Most importantly, what makes this show the highest?An article by GQ explains how Netflix wants their screenplays delivered for new projects. We g...
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Nathan Fielder’ creative genius, the fountain of failure, the height of streaming and more.
The finale of Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” was a hit. The commitment by Nathen Fielder for such a short series is astonishing. This gets us thinking. Do you need to be willing to lose an audience in order to gain an audience? Is risk taking...
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The 40 Year-Old-Virgin saves The Office, ESPN is asking for too much, Conan O’Brien’s career resurgence, MORE
NBC decides not to cancel the office after season 1 based on an early rendition of The 40-Year-Old-Virgin. This gets us into a conversation about Steve Carell. Renowned for his early career, what has he done over the last 5 years? Where d...
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NBC is taking a gamble with the NBA. Did a poor decision by HBO spur the start of Netflix?
NBC is getting back into the NBA. The massive cable syndicate plans on replacing its nighttime programming with the hardwood two nights a week. Do we think that this is a good idea? What makes NBC want to take this leap of faith despite the NBA...
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Episode 139: Bill Bilichick has lost his flow and the new fad in television
Bill Belichick gets upstaged by his 24 year old girlfriend JOR-DON Hudson during their conjoint interview with CBS. Most, if not all, of the her interruptions were cut cut. How do we feel about these edits? Should they have kept them in or at t...
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Episode 138: Soccer, Marketing, and the end of Ryan Reynolds
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back to discuss the ongoing drama between Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, and Justin Baldoni and whether the gossip that surrounds a celebrity affects the way you view their work. Up until recently Ryan Reynolds was...
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Episode 137: Is It Time to Break Up Netflix?
Angelo, Jay and Rhea are back to discuss the $45 Billion year that Netflix is poised to have, an unfathomable sum for an entertainment company, and if its size is actually bad for the quality of shows and movies. In the 1940s, the US Gove...
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Episode 136: SNL, Aimee Lou Wood, and Where We Draw the Line in Comedy
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back to discuss the controversy over this weekend's SNL and the joke it made about White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood's teeth. She called it "mean and unfunny" while SNL has remained quiet...
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Episode 135
Everybody's talking about the final episode of The White Lotus. So are we. Plus, we're debating whether this is the platinum age of TV, plus we offer some great tips on what to watch next. Don't miss episode 135!
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Episode 134: Morgan Wallen Storms off SNL and into a Private Jet
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back to discuss the weird, performative tantrum that Morgan Wallen threw on SNL, walking off during the goodnights, and then posting a picture of his private plane with the caption “can’t wait to get back to God’s coun...
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Episode 133: March Madness, Adolescence, and The Studio
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the sorry state of College Basketball and whether or not Stephen A. Smith's prediction that the sport is dying is correct in light of the record ratings the first round of the tournament received over t...
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Episode 132: Is "Adolescence" the Best Show of the Century?
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss Netflix's global powerhouse of a show, Adolescence, which grabs you with a terrific hook (every episode is done in a single take), and keeps you with some of the most harrowing, authentic drama...
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Episode 131: Meghan Markle, Mickey 17, and Netflix's $320 Million Bomb
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss Netflix's new $320 million turkey of a movie, The Electric State, and the mistakers that streamers keep making with these gigantic budgets and flat premises. For the price of a single
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Episode 130: The Oscars Argument
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the Oscars and whether or not Conan did a good job hosting. It’s a knock-down, drag-out as Angelo and Jay disagree vehemently on how he did (HINT: Angelo MIGHT be the negative one).The...
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Episode 129: RIP James Bond, British TV, and MLB
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back to discuss the capitulation of the Broccoli family, turning James Bond over the Amazon, and what that might mean for the future of the franchise. One thing is for certain, it means the end of the character as we c...
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Episode 128: SNL at 50
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back to talk about the giant SNL 50th birthday show, the future of the Saturday Night mainstay, and the notable absences in the star-studded lineup.THEN, the gang discuss Paradise, the new...
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Episode 127: The Big Game
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back to discuss the Super Bowl in all its glory. From the broadcast -- how did Tom Brady and Tubi handle themselves -- to the commercials to the big game itself, it's an examination of the biggest TV event of the...
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Episode 126: The Super Bowl Preview Show
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back, with Angelo fighting through the flu, to have a super-sized discussion of the TV event of the year. Will Tom Brady live up for his $330 million paycheck? Will the surprise announcement that the game w...
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Episode 125: Are the Eagles the GOOD GUYS of Super Bowl LIX?!
Angelo and Jay are joined by guest host Glen Macnow to discuss the growing sentiment that this year's Super Bowl features an underwhelming match-up. Outside of Kansas City and Philadelphia, it seems like the whole world was rooting for a ...
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Episode 124: AI Adrien Brody, Bob Uecker, and The Man Who Wants To Live Forever
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the controversy surrounding The Brutalist. The movie is a critically beloved Oscar contender that has been tarnished in recent days as news has come out that Adrien Brody's Hungarian...
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Episode 123: Tom Brady's Conflict of Interest and Better Man's Complete Failure
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss whether or not Tom Brady's minority ownership of the Raiders makes it impossible for him to call games for Fox Sports. We already know that he's not even a middling analyst, but when you factor in...
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Episode 122: The Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser, and The West Wing
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to do a break down of The Golden Globes. Are Awards shows worth watching anymore? How did Nikki Glaser do as a host, and what in the world were they thinking giving any awards to The Bear<...
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Episode 121: The Best and Worst of 2024
Angelo, Jay, and Rhea are back, ready to ring in 2025 with a look back at 2024! Each has a pick for the best and worst movie, the top three shows of the year, and the worst TV that they've seen. It's a (mostly) positive look back at...
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Episode 120: Red Alert for the NFL Red Zone and Christmas TV
Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the most disturbing TV news of the decade: after years of providing a near-perfect product, the NFL Red Zone has added... commercials. Cory Doctorow's belief that every good product goes bad as ca...
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