Maya Erskine – The Toy Department

In Episode 376, Madden and Kolsky pause to celebrate Chelsea FC’s successful FA Cup match before focusing on today’s topics:

An action-packed episode of The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion (6:05) and the Challenge-fan-villain origin story that transpired this week for one of our hosts…
The latest entry in the ever-expanding why?! canon, Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air (28:15) and how maybe it’s time to usher Hollywood’s old guard into a not-even-actually-early retirement…
Donald Glover’s new take on Mr. & Mrs. Smith (34:00) and how his art continues to surprise and delight…
Jake Johnson’s bizarre opus Self Reliance (39:25) and the value of full commitment to a wacky premise…
Netflix’s new (old) dour addiction recovery comedy Loudermilk (44:25) and the all-time That Guy rankings, featuring Ron Livingston…
Homework for next week (48:45), including: the long-awaited arrival of TJ’s Final on The Challenge: Battle for a New Champion, Apple TV+’s fashion/WWII show The New Look, Ryan Murphy’s new show Feud: Capote v. The Swans and Jon Stewart’s return to The Daily Show…
A few football thoughts (50:20) as we head into what should be ann extremely entertaining Super Bowl weekend…

In Episode 229, Madden and Kolsky are alive and employed, which means good in 2020, and ready to discuss:

The new season of PEN15 on Hulu (3:05) and how one of our hosts has really come around on the show…
The new Ryan Murphy show Ratched (10:35) and just what exactly he is doing with all of Netflix’s money…
Fox’s new show LA’s Finest (19:40) and how it follows a pretty successful formula to being exactly what you think it is…
A check-in on HBO’s Lovecraft Country (36:00) after a bottle episode starring an old veteran of The Challenge…
A brief NFL chat (48:50) about quick takeaways from the first two weeks of pro football…
Some thoughts on the NBA Playoffs (51:45) with particular focus on Tyler Herro’s tremendous performance…
Homework for our next show, on October 6 (1:07:35), including: the new Netflix show Sneakerheads, season four of Fargo on FX, Showtime’s new movie The Comey Rule and the new Amazon show Utopia… plus EVEN MOAR NBA Playoffs and Weeks 3 & 4 of the NFL season…

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