The Small Screen Podcast: Episode 7 (PSYCH, We love THE VAMPIRE DIARIES)

This week we round up the major TV pick-ups and cancellations, and dive into USA's Psych and The CW's The Vampire Diaries. Like what you hear? Be sure you follow us on twitter: @kristal_bailey and @poppas2cents. We'd love to hear your feedback!



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Breakdown:
Intros: Start - 1:15

TV News: 1:16 - 14:01
New Show Renewals (SPOILER ALERT)
The CW’s success with Ringer, The Secret Circle, & Hart of Dixie 1:16 - 7:53
Suburgatory 7:54 - 8:57
Revenge 8:58 - 11:23
Cancelled: Charlie’s Angels 11:24 - 14:01

What We’ve Been Watching: 14:02 - 34:50
Psych (the new USA network flagship show?): 14:02 - 25:54
The Vampire Diaries (MAJOR deaths, the dueling mediums, and more): 25:55 - 34:50

Podcast Feedback:
How is The Walking Dead similar to LOST? 34:51 - 44:46

What We’re Looking Forward To:
Once Upon a Time: 44:47 - 45:43
Supernatural’s Buffy/Angel Reunion: 45:44 - Closing

The Small Screen Podcast: Episode 4 (Fall Season Begins!)

With the 2011-2012 fall season getting underway, Marcos and I talked about some of the new shows we've had the chance to check out and about some of the upcoming premieres this week that we're excited for. We also shared our reaction to the the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Episode Breakdown:

Intros: Start-1:24


Emmy Reaction: 1:24-7:51


What We're Watching (SPOILER ALERT)

• Up All Night/Free Agents: 7:51-15:00
• Ringer: 15:00-19:37
• The Secret Circle: 19:38-23:47
• The Vampire Diaries: 23:48-33:20
• Archer: 33:21-35:47

What We're Looking Forward To:35:47-Close

• Glee: 35:47-41:06
• Whitney: 41:07-45:02
• SNL: 45:02-46:15
• Revenge: 46:15-47:59
• Hart of Dixie: 48:00-End

As always, you can download the latest episode of "The Small Screen Podcast" over at iTunes.

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Kristal: @kristal_bailey

Marcos: @poppas2cents

The Vampire Diaries is back!!

Season 3 premieres tonight and I am SO EXCITED. Really, it's hard to think about anything else. Just watch this  trailer and try to tell me you're not pumped.



Will you be watching tonight? Thursdays are PACKED with TVD, The Secret Circle, It's Always Sunny, and Archer - just to name a few! Let me know what you'll be watching in the comments.

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!

For more, follow us on Twitter:
Kristal: @kristal_bailey 
Marcos: @poppas2cents

Download Episode 2

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.

TV Upfronts: "The Secret Circle" may bewitch me

Huge surprise this year: The CW may have and the best slate of new shows out of all the networks. While they didn't pick up the most shows (I believe that goes to ABC with 13 new shows) all their scripted drama pick-ups seem right up my alley. I'll be doing a series of TV Uprfronts posts now that they've wrapped up in NYC, so stay tuned for more!

The Secret Circle will air after The Vampire Diaries, and makes for a perfect time slot companion. Both are based on books by young adult novelist L.J. Smith and created by Executive Producer Kevin Williamson (also known for Dawson's Creek and the SCREAM franchise).

Read the full show synopsis and catch a few clips after the break.