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The Watch

Patrick J. Adams on the Making of ‘The Madison.’ Plus, ‘The Pitt’ S2E12 and a TV News Roundup.

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Andy talk about the trailer for HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ TV adaptation (1:25), Mahershala Ali joining the cast of ‘Task’ for Season 2 (7:25), Stephen Colbert penning the script for a new ‘Lord of the Rings’ (10:49), and ‘The X-Files’ reboot finding its co-lead in Himesh Patel (16:44). Then they discuss ‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 12 (18:51) and ‘Top Chef’ Season 23, Episode 3 (41:00). Later, they are joined by ‘The Madison’ star Patrick J. Adams to talk about his experience working on the Taylor Sheridan project, acting alongside Michelle Pfeiffer and Dustin Hoffman, what he’s watching, and more (48:33). Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Patrick J. Adams Producers: Kaya McMullen and Kai Grady Additional Video Supervision: Sarah Reddy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I ain't sports to have to clear the room.

0:08.6

Stand up and walk now.

0:11.3

Hello, and welcome to The Watch.

0:13.2

My name is Chris Ryan.

0:14.5

I am an editor at the ringer.com.

0:17.2

And joining me in the studio, very little going on this week. It's Andy Greenwald! How are you? I'm doing good, brother. Happy opening day. Good to see you. We represent just the beauty of baseball and the national pastime here. I thought for sure we were going to get a Phillies hat today to celebrate opening day, but... You know what happens if you cut my arm open? Bleeds Phillies red. That happens to everyone. That's good. You know, when it comes to hats, I like to mix it up a little bit. We've talked about this. Do you think that you are, like, eagle-eyed viewers, because we have viewers now of the podcast, do you think they're aware that you've been subtly spelling out a message spelling out a message with the letters in your head? No, that's what I've been, that's the message I've been signaling with my hands for the last six months. Please let's see our month end. Andy, today on the watch, we're going to talk about the pit. We're going to talk about Top Chef. We have a special guest from the Madison, Patrick Adams. Here to clear some things up.

1:14.3

I feel pretty like I got the plot of the Madison.

1:16.9

I got it. Yeah. It's all clear to me.

1:20.7

It's not like Paradise, which we will be talking about on Monday after its season finale.

1:21.1

Can't wait.

1:25.0

A couple of things at the top to discuss news and notes-wise.

1:30.2

The Harry Potter trailer did drop kind of unexpectedly. Was it unexpected for you? No. Okay. Thank you. Nor was it unexpected to many because yesterday was the HBO

1:38.1

Max launch event for the UK and Ireland. Sorry, I was reading the Financial Times. They didn't mention in there.

1:43.2

And for those people, I know that you are mostly... F-T, we were just kind of really focused on other things. You mostly traveled by Waymo these days, but if you had taken public transportation in any of the major cities, you would have seen there were like, they were, you know, the best platform since... I traveled by Waymo, but I hire a guy to, like, sit in the front seat just to, like,

2:02.5

make it normal?

2:03.6

Just to be like, how's the temperature for you, sir?

2:08.5

Would you like the ox cord, my friend?

2:10.4

Yeah, that's great.

2:11.8

Yeah, so, no, I was not surprised.

2:13.5

Also, I don't know why I'm piling on.

2:16.1

Why are you paying more attention?

2:17.5

That members of the cast posted, like, Also, I don't know why I'm piling on, why are you paying more attention?

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