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Is 'Star Wars' Saturation Possible? | The Watch (Ep. 225)

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer’s Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and David Shoemaker discuss the announcement that 'Game of Thrones' showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce an upcoming 'Star Wars' trilogy and question whether the multiple trilogies in the works run the risk of creating 'Star Wars' fatigue for fans (1:00). Later, Chris Ryan sits down with director David Bruckner to discuss his new Netflix horror film ‘The Ritual’ (24:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode of The Watch is brought to you by all the pieces matter.

0:05.0

The wire is considered by many, including myself, to be one of the greatest, if not the

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greatest television shows of all time.

0:12.8

And now New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Abrams has the behind-the-scenes story

0:17.0

of the show as told by those who lived it.

0:19.6

I gotta say, this is a great book about an incredible television show.

0:23.6

Abrams is our guy.

0:24.6

We're gonna have them on the show soon.

0:26.5

The book comes out February 13th.

0:28.6

The wire had this incredible collection of veteran actors and writers and also got

0:35.4

people who are so new to the industry.

0:37.4

You get this incredible chemistry, this incredible viewpoints on making a show, what the

0:41.4

show wound up meeting to people.

0:43.6

There's so much in the book that you never knew about this iconic and beloved show.

0:46.7

All the pieces matter is available February 13th wherever books are sold and stay tuned

0:50.8

for when John joins me in Andy on The Watch.

0:54.4

Today's episode of The Watch is also brought to you by the Showtime hit series Homeland.

0:58.8

The show with its finger on the pulse returns for a new season starting clear days in

1:02.8

Mandeeptankin, the crisis in Washington continues with the attempted assassination of

1:07.0

the president.

1:08.0

And now is the ultimate outsider carry-maths and attempts to save a government heading

1:11.3

off the rails while a resistance movement threatens violent revolution.

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