Ep. 96 - In 'The Pitt' S2E03, Things Are Not As They Seem (Plus: Initial Thoughts on 'Wonder Man')
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the latest episodes of The Pitt and Fallout.
What are our initial thoughts on Wonder Man and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms? What’s going on with the FCC’s efforts to enforce equal time provisions? Will Netflix be the only entertainment company left standing? And how long will it take for CBS Evening News to get run into the ground? Listen to hear us discuss all these topics and more.
Homework for next week:
- The Pitt Season 2 Episode 4 (HBO Max)
- Fallout Season 2 Episode 7 (Prime Video)
- Wonder Man (however many episodes you want to, Disney+)
Shownotes:
- 03:45 - Initial thoughts on Wonder Man and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- 15:30 - TV News
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms pulls in 6.7mm viewers in first 3 days
- The Abandons and Vince Staple Show both canceled
- Netflix crosses 325 million subscribers
- FCC Takes Aim at Political Interviews on Late-Night and Daytime Shows
- A plethora of Bari Weiss profiles
- 49:30 - The Pitt Season 2
- Episode 3 - 9:00 A.M.
- 1:26:00 - Fallout Season 2
- Episode 6 - The Other Player
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm David Chen. |
| 0:05.0 | Joining me as usual is Patrick Kleppick. |
| 0:06.9 | Patrick, I've heard it's a little chilly where you are in the world right now. |
| 0:10.8 | Live for my ice cave in the northwest suburbs of Illinois. |
| 0:16.7 | Yeah, it is currently with a wind chill, negative 40 degrees out. |
| 0:21.9 | The school is canceled. |
| 0:23.5 | The children have unlimited screen time, and the parents are doing their best to get by. |
| 0:28.7 | Wow. |
| 0:30.0 | Now, is there any way you have of describing how cold it is outside? |
| 0:35.6 | Like, have you been outside? |
| 0:36.7 | What is you in your experience? No. No. I don't have any way of describing it because it is outside like have you been outside what is no no i don't |
| 0:38.5 | have any way of describing it because i choose to not experience it um it's it's it's it's so the thing is |
| 0:45.0 | you know depending on where you're from like when snow days is the colloquial term but snow day is |
| 0:52.3 | like not something i was telling you this before we record. |
| 0:54.9 | It's not something I'm familiar with. |
| 0:56.2 | Being in the Midwest, snow is such a regular, snow ice are such a regular occurrence |
| 1:01.9 | that it's very easy. |
| 1:03.9 | It doesn't mean there aren't times you're like, you should probably avoid the roads |
| 1:06.4 | till they salt them or what have you. |
| 1:08.1 | But it is exceptionally rare. |
| 1:10.6 | It has not happened in my lifetime, |
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