Ep. 108 - 'The Pitt' Season 2 Ends with Fireworks (Plus: 'The Boys' Season 5 Predicts Reality Again)
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the latest episodes of The Pitt (feat. Sarah Marrs) and The Boys.
Was it worth making a new Malcolm in the Middle reboot for only four episodes? What is going to be the fate of late night on CBS? And how jazzed are we for the new setting of The White Lotus season 4? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.
Homework for next week:
- Euphoria episode 2 (HBO Max)
- Margot Has Money Troubles (Apple TV)
- Bonus Ep: The Boys season 5 episode 4 (Prime Video)
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate):
- Listener feedback
- 10:00 - Show of the Week
- Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair
- 19:30 - TV News
- CBS News will develop late night concepts but just needs Byron Allen’s money right now
- White Lotus Season 4 will be at Cannes
- 27:25 - The Pitt Season 2
- Episode 15 - 8:00 P.M.
- 1:29:19 - The Boys Season 5
- Episode 3 - Every One of You Sons of Bitches
Links:
- Thanks to Michael J Johnson for our Show of the Week and Patrick Finishes the Damn Show audio bumpers
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm David Chen. |
| 0:06.0 | Joining me as usual is Patrick Kleppick. |
| 0:07.9 | Patrick, how goes your week, man? |
| 0:11.0 | You know what? |
| 0:12.8 | The world, no, the world's great. |
| 0:14.9 | David, everything's fine. |
| 0:16.1 | Everything is fine. |
| 0:19.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:20.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:20.3 | I mean, why wouldn't you want to listen to a podcast about, you know, television |
| 0:25.4 | ephemera? |
| 0:26.5 | This is clearly what needs most of your attention right now. |
| 0:30.2 | Hey, the weather is getting warmer, though. |
| 0:31.5 | I will take, I will take that. |
| 0:32.8 | It is, I have, like, windows open in my house. |
| 0:36.2 | We are getting a real spring out in the Chicagoland area. |
| 0:39.5 | We're getting thunderstorms. |
| 0:40.9 | So I'll, you know, that part is delightful. |
| 0:43.2 | So I will take it. |
| 0:44.7 | I mean, over here where I'm staying in Portugal, the weather is getting |
| 0:47.9 | problematically good. |
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