'The Mandalorian' News, Plus the Ups and Downs of TV Auteurism | The Watch (Ep. 311)

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

News about forthcoming Star Wars live-action series ‘The Mandalorian’ has leaked, and it doesn’t bode well for the show (1:42). Netflix is cancelling the Marvel television series ‘Daredevil’ after its third season, and Disney launching its own streaming service may have something to do with it (8:52). ‘The Romanoffs’ feels like bloated, end-stage Peak TV (33:27), and the second half of ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ is mesmerizing (45:50). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Read Chris and Alison Herman’s list of best tv shows of 2018 here. Read Miles Surrey and Andrew Gruttadaro’s list of best television episodes of 2018 here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Liz Kelly.
0:03.8	Throughout the month of December, the Ringer staff will be releasing their year-end reviews
0:07.4	covering the best and worst of 2018 in sports, TV, movies, music, and more.
0:12.7	This week on the site, you can read Chris Ryan and Allison Herman on the best TV shows
0:16.4	of 2018 and Chase Irano and Rob Hervilla on the best albums of the year.
0:20.9	You can check it all out on TheRinger.com.
0:30.0	Stand up and walk now.
0:32.5	Hello and welcome to the watch.
0:34.3	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:35.6	I am editor at TheRinger.com and joining me in the studio, it's the Mandalorian.
0:41.2	It's Andy Griewell!
0:43.2	Is that going to be my intro for the next two years?
0:45.2	Yeah.
0:46.0	We're really squeezing a lot out of this Mandalorian news cycle.
0:48.8	I'm going to see it.
0:50.0	The thing is, it's 24-7 Mandalorian season, SZN.
0:54.8	I'm so fucking mad at this show.
0:56.7	What?
0:57.2	What?
0:57.5	Yeah, I'm really mad about this show.
0:59.2	Talk about it.
0:59.9	Because it's supposed to be kind of, so the Mandalorian is this, hey, what's up guys?
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