Ep. 26 - Sometimes You Eat 'The Bear'
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2024
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Decoding TV, David Chen and Patrick Klepek run down what’s going on in the world of TV, discuss the seventh episode of The Acolyte, and finish up their conversation about The Bear season 3.
What are the implications of a Skydance/Paramount merger? Are we excited after seeing the new trailer for Agatha All Along? And should David Duchovny have been one of the main male leads in Full House? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more!
Homework for next week:
- The Acolyte Ep 8 (Disney+)
Homework for upcoming weeks:
- The Boys season 4 (Prime Video)
- Presumed Innocent season 1 (Apple TV+)
Shownotes:
- 00:02:30 - Severance Season 2 announces release date
- 00:06:30 - X-Men ‘97 season 3 gets a writer
- 00:09:50 - Agatha All Along trailer
- 00:18:30 - Skydance and Paramount merge
- 00:29:30 - David Duchovny lost out on all 3 male leads for Full House
- 00:35:30 - The Acolyte
- Episode 7 - Choice
- 01:07:30 - The Bear Season 3
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| 0:08.0 | episodes that we're making this summer over on a cast to King's podcast |
| 0:11.0 | we are comparing the book Fire and Blood to the show House of the Dragon |
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| 0:21.2 | number who keeps decoding TV gone. |
| 0:23.2 | Is there a secret? |
| 0:25.2 | Secret to what? |
| 0:27.2 | You know like staying all pumped? |
| 0:30.2 | Pumps like inspired? |
| 0:32.2 | Yeah, inspired. |
| 0:34.0 | I mean I wish. |
| 0:36.0 | There's not. |
| 0:39.0 | There's not not. |
| 0:40.0 | There's not not. |
| 0:41.0 | there's just not like a secret. |
| 0:46.9 | So, how do you do it? |
| 0:51.4 | I think I surround myself with people better than myself. |
| 0:54.5 | What about when you're not at work? I didn't mean at work. |
| 1:00.7 | Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 1:05.9 | I am David Chen joining me as always, Patrick Kleppec. Welcome back to the podcast this week. David, how do you stay pumped every week to record a |
| 1:10.7 | podcast with me? I surround myself with talented people. |
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