‘Perry Mason’

The Prestige TV Podcast

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.2 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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It took a few episodes to warm up, but ‘Perry Mason,’ starring Matthew Rhys, is a gritty and captivating detective show that doesn’t stick too close to the original series. Hosts: Chris Ryan and Juliet Litman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.0	It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:06.0	The multi-award winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:11.0	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:15.0	And every second counts.
0:17.0	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:21.8	FX is the bear.
0:23.1	New season now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.1	18 plus subscription required.
0:28.6	Teas and Cs apply.
0:45.5	Welcome to TV concierge, the ringer's guide to the vast television landscape.
0:47.9	May as there a lot to watch, I'm Juliet Litman.
0:53.3	Today, I am joined by TV aficionado, aspiring legal mind.
0:54.4	Chris Ryan.
0:58.1	Chris, we are here to discuss Perry Mason on HBO.
0:59.8	Give me the pitch on Perry Mason.
1:04.0	Juliet, you will not object to Perry Mason on HBO.
1:07.4	Hey, so this show has been on for about a month now.
1:11.6	It stars Matthew Reese, who a lot of people know from the Americans and from paparazzi photos with Carrie Russell. He is... And hold on. What? Brothers and Sisters.
1:17.7	And Brothers and Sisters, yes. Great show. Do not erase brothers and sisters. Me and Greg
1:23.2	Burlanti will not have it. So when Perry Mason first came on, I talked about this on the watch, but I felt like it was a show searching for its own identity, that it felt a lot like kind of a weird off-brand true detective with this really traumatized dark anti-hero Perry Mason, who was a detective and not a lawyer, as we are familiar with the titular character to be in the
1:46.0	long-running TV series with Raymond Burr. And everybody was kind of like, it just felt like it wanted
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