{"id":835,"date":"2022-01-25T11:34:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T19:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=835"},"modified":"2022-01-25T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T19:34:40","slug":"the-toy-department-episode-288","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolsky.info\/toydept\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"The Toy Department &#8211; Episode 288"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\">In Episode 288, Madden and Kolsky have a little laugh about the sadness of missing The Challenge before getting networky with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The underwhelming How I Met Your Father on Hulu (2:20) and how it&#8217;s super networky, despite being a streaming-only show, and mediocre-at-best&#8230;<\/li><li>The more enjoyable Abbott Elementary on ABC\/Hulu (8:25) and where it succeeds, though mileage may vary person to person on really loving it&#8230;<\/li><li>Fox\/Hulu&#8217;s Pivoting (13:15) and the irrepressible charm of its cast&#8230;<\/li><li>The new Duplass joint Somebody Somewhere on HBO (20:25) and how nice it is to have the brothers back in their sincere, heartwarming wheelhouse&#8230;<\/li><li>The beginning of the final season of Netflix&#8217;s Ozark (29:00) and how the stakes just keep getting higher on a really great TV program&#8230;<\/li><li>Some thoughts on arguably the greatest weekend of NFL playoff football ever (40:55) and where we&#8217;re headed now that it&#8217;s down to the final four&#8230;<\/li><li>Homework for next Tuesday (59:15), including: Single Drunk Female on Freeform\/Hulu, the film The Last Duel (now on HBO Max), The Afterparty on Apple TV+ and Netflix&#8217;s new Kristen Bell show The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window&#8230; 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