The Small Screen Podcast: Episode 11 (COMMUNITY's future is GRIMM)

This week's big news is definitely NBC's release of their midseason schedule. Including some time shifts and premiere dates, the biggest news of all that sent shockwaves (shockwaves!) through the internet television community, was the disappearance of Community from the schedule. Listen as we dive in to the news, as well as talk about the People's Choice Awards, the Oscars drama, and what we've been watching this week.

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Catch the full breakdown and listen to the episode after the break.

The Small Screen Podcast: Episode 9 (Is the new season looking GRIMM?)

There were lots of new season pick-ups, and one last series premiere - GRIMM. We also talk about Chuck's season debut and which of the many new shows we think is the most promising. Check the full breakdown in case you need to avoid spoilers.



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BREAKDOWN:
Intros: Start - 1:21

TV News: 1:21 - 12:28

• Full Season Pick-ups (Homeland, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Sons of Anarchy, Boardwalk Empire, Bob’s Burgers): 1:21 - 9:55
• Grimm’s strong debut: 9:56 - 12:28

Topic of the Week: What is the Most Promising New Show? 12:29 - 21:52

• Homeland vs. Revenge vs. New Girl

What We’re Watching: 21:52 - 49:15

• Grimm (a new Angel/Charmed/Supernatural? Better than Once Upon a Time? Is “procedural” a bad word to television critcs?): 21:52 - 31:49
• Chuck vs The Zoom (Morgan as the Intersect, Sarah’s Dream House, and the debate over stuntcasting): 31:50 - 49:15

Closing: 49:16 - end

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The Small Screen Podcast: Episode 5 (The MEAT of the Fall Season)

We're two weeks of premieres in and there is a LOT to talk about! After editing out 3 shows, our show still came in a little long. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to follow us on twitter (@kristal_bailey and @poppas2cents) for more TV talk!



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Here's this week's breakdown:
Intros - Start - 1:13

TV News: 1:13 - 13:15

• New Girl’s monster ratings (Is premiering shows on iTunes the new go-to move?): 1:13 - 6:03
• The Rise of the Sitcom (How I Met Your Mother, 2 and Half Men, 2 Broke Girls, Modern Family, etc.) 6:03 - 8:49
• NBC’s Continued Struggle: 8:49 - 13:15

What We’re Watching: 13:15 - 49:46

• Glee: 13:50 - 23:37
• Nikita: 23:37 - 26:14
• How I Met Your Mother: 26:15 - 32:43
• 2 Broke Girls: 32:43 - 36:24
• Modern Family: 36:24 - 42:25
• Saturday Night Live (Alec Baldwin, Radiohead): 42:25 - 44:56
• Revenge: 44:56 - 49:46

What We’re Looking Forward To: 44:46 - 57:23

• Happy Endings: 44:46 - 54:01
• Suburgatory and ABC Wednesday Nights: 54:01 - 57:23

Closing: 57:23 - End

Let us know what you think in the comments or on Twitter! Also, feel free to email any questions, shows, or news you'd like addressed on the show!

The Small Screen Podcast: Episode 2

It's like a real podcast now that there's more than just the one episode! 

This week, we dive in to the Nick at Nite Friends marathon, FX's quality television programming, the upcoming new shows we're excited about, and the strange decision to have Eddie Murphy host the Oscars. Listen to the episode below, and check out the full breakdown in case you want to fastforward past any potential spoilers. 

What is The Small Screen Podcast? Miss the first episode? You can listen to it here or on iTunes! 

All TV, all the time! This 45 minute(ish) podcast goes through what we're watching, what we're looking forward to, and any other general TV happenings.

Who are we? Kristal Bailey, pop culture blogger atTooInterestingForTwitter.Blogspot.com andGeekTyrant.com, and Marcos Canales fromPoppas2Cents.com and TheTelevixen.com. We watch way too much TV and just have to talk about it!

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Marcos: @poppas2cents

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Introductions: Start - 1:39
What We’re Watching: 1:39 - 18:04

• The Best of FRIENDS Week on Nick at Nite: 1:39 - 4:37
• FX Show Block: 4:37 - 16:09
• Wilfred 4:39 - 9:08
• Archer 9:08 - 10:19
• Louie 10:19 - 11:49
• Sons of Anarchy 11:49 - 14:19
• Justified 14:19 - 16:09
• ThunderCats (2011) 16:09 - 18:04

Most Anticipated New Fall Shows: 18:04 - 39:07

• Once Upon a Time (ABC) 18:04 - 20:49
• The New Girl (Fox) 20:49 - 24:44
• 2 Broke Girls (CBS) 24:44 - 26:21
• Apartment 23 (ABC) 26:21 - 28:54
• The Secret Circle (The CW) 28:54 - 30:54
• Homeland (Showtime) 30:54 - 33:01
• Suburgatory (ABC) 33:01 - 36:35
• Pan Am (ABC) and The Playboy Club (NBC) 36:35 - 39:07

TV News:
Eddie Murphy hosting the Oscars: 38:38 - 46:10

Closing: 46:10 - 46:59

Thanks for listening! Let me know what you think of the podcast or the TV shows discussed in the comments.

Fall TV: The Complete 2011 Premiere Schedule

This season, the premieres are spread out over the entire month of September and even in to October and November. I feel like the networks learned from the mistakes of last year, where all the shows seemed to premiere within a two week window. With such a short window, it set up a lot of the shows for failure. Viewers had to make their television choices early and if they picked wrong, they had already missed an episode or two of the other new shows and didn't both to catch up.

Check out the full Fall TV premiere schedule after the break, as well as the few new shows I plan on checking out.

Fox's Fall 2011 TV Premiere Schedule: The New Girl gets prime real estate

Fox just announced their fall schedule and I'm really looking forward to their new shows. Last season all the networks had nearly all of their shows debuting within a single week, and I think Fox suffered the most because of that. With Lone Star failing after just two airings, they've learned and have spaced out the debuts so they aren't flooding the audience.

Their new shows that I'm most looking forward to are The New Girl and Terra Nova. The New Girl gets the sweet time slot of being right after Glee, and I think that's going to be a good match given the young, female skewing audience. Also, as Glee's one of their biggest hits, it shows they've got faith in The New Girl to retain and entertain that audience.

It's an interesting choice to have Terra Nova at the 8pm slot. With new shows, I feel it's always better for them to have a strong lead in show, rather than a lead out show. An 8pm slot means people have to seek out Terra Nova specifically in order to catch it. This show is their biggest new show, so I'm sure they'll be doing some big marketing push for it. They're already playing a ton of TV spots for it and since this was supposed to air last fall, critics have been curious about the show for a while. Let's hope that the extra time they took for special effects was enough and that it has a strong story in place. I'll guess we'll find out on Sept 26!

Full schedule after the jump...