‘The Pitt’ Is Back! Plus, Our Most Anticipated Shows of the Year.

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the news that the Television Academy is rolling out the Legacy Award, a brand-new Emmy meant to spotlight long-running (snubbed) shows of years past (5:48). Then they react to Kate Winslet revealing that ‘Mare of Easttown’ Season 2 will go into production starting in 2027 (18:24). Later, they discuss the Season 2 premiere of ‘The Pitt’ (27:22) and their most anticipated shows of the year (50:57). Subscribe to the Ringer TV YouTube channel here for full episodes of The Watch and so much more! Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald 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 need sports to have to clear the room.
0:09.0	Stand up and walk now.
0:11.0	Hello and welcome to The Watch.
0:13.0	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:15.0	I am an editor at the ringer.com and joining me in the studio scrubbing in again.
0:21.6	It's Andy Greenwald!
0:23.6	Do they ever show, like, shouldn't there be one hour of the pit where they're just lotioning?
0:28.6	Yeah.
0:29.6	There's all that.
0:30.6	Lociening?
0:31.6	Well, the alcohol, like the cleaning solvent, the stuff they're scouring their hands to stay clean.
0:36.6	Wouldn't it be, that would at the end of their shift.
0:38.3	The end of the shifts.
0:38.8	You know how like there's this conspiracy theory that there's a secret last episode of
0:43.6	Stranger Things?
0:44.9	I'm very excited about this.
0:46.1	Yes.
0:46.3	You do know about this.
0:47.2	I do know about this.
0:47.9	Conformity gate.
0:48.7	I want to talk about this and I want to pitch not off the dome, but the secret last
0:53.6	episode of many shows. Okay. We could do that. Conformity gate for everything. So you're saying, and I love this. So there should be a secret last episode of the pit that's just about them doing self-care routines at the end of the night. Hour 16 being like, I heard magnesium helps you sleep. Those guys have better stuff than magnesium, I assure you. Yeah, but then you end up like Dr. Langdon, back at work with seemingly no consequences. Of course, Andy and I are talking about the return of the pit on HBO Max. We are also going to talk a little bit about some of our most anticipated shows of 2026. We got a little bit of news at the top. Greenwald, it's great to see you. The inbox still watch the watch at Spotify.com.
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