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The Prestige TV Podcast

‘Task’ Series Premiere: HBO Sundays Are Back!

The Prestige TV Podcast

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.21.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney break out the binoculars to recap the series premiere of ‘Task,’ the brand-new HBO miniseries starring Mark Ruffalo. (0:00) Intro (12:17) Mark Ruffalo’s career (20:16) The members of the task force (30:32) Beat-by-beat episode recap (45:11) Predictions for Episode 2 (47:28) Will ‘Task’ become a phenomenon? Email us! prestigetv@spotify.com Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of ‘The Prestige TV Podcast’ and so much more! Hosts: Bill Simmons, Joanna Robinson, and Rob Mahoney Producers: Kai Grady and Donnie Beacham Jr. Additional Production Support: Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, welcome back to the Prestige TV podcast feed. I'm Joida Robinson. I'm Rob Mahoney.

0:17.6

And it's been a little spotty this summer in terms of content.

0:21.3

Bleak, I would say.

0:22.1

But we're back.

0:22.9

We're back, baby.

0:23.7

We've got a lot going on in the prestige feed. We've got our miniseries hooked that we're doing. We're going through some of our very favorite shows of all time, Breaking Bad, Mad Men. We've got a couple more shows on the horizon. We're really excited about. what else will be doing, Rob?

0:36.6

Today, recovering task.

0:38.3

Yes.

0:39.1

Very exciting.

0:40.0

To actually have good TV, good prestige TV, dare I say, back in our midst. We're going to be doing task week to week and then slow horses at the end of September. It's just, it's a really good time to be on the prestige feed. We're really excited. Bill's joining us for task today. It's going to be a good time. This message is brought to you by Apple Pay. Forget your wallet. It's all good. Because with

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1:21.7

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1:22.7

Prestige TV podcast. We're back.

1:26.1

Task.

1:26.9

That's your most somber intro to a prestige episode ever. It's a somber show. It is. Rob said it was a hilarious show. Yeah, laugh a minute is what I heard. Yeah. What's Up Chicken Butthole made me laugh louder than I would. I would honestly care to admit in any other context, but here we are. Joanna Robinson right there, Rob Mahoney right here. I'm Bill Simmons.

1:44.9

What was the last time we convened? It's been a minute for the three of us. It's been last year, right? Oh, no, your friends and neighbors. Over Zoom. Oh, yeah, over Zoom. Not in person. No. Well, HBO, I mean, on the bright side, we have a show like this again. on the downside.

2:01.0

Could you use it like six weeks ago.

2:02.5

We're really good at.

2:03.1

There was no sports and nothing going on. on the bright side we have a show like this again on the downside uh could have used it like six

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