Warner and Discovery Split Yet Again, ‘Dept. Q,’ and Alan Siegel on the Golden Era of ‘The Simpsons’

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4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Chris and Andy talk about the news that Warner Bros. and Discovery will once again be splitting into two different entities (7:12). They also discuss the trailer for Noah Hawley’s ‘Alien: Earth’ series (11:43). Then, they talk about the rest of ‘Dept. Q’ and how this show could be Netflix’s ‘Slow Horses’ if they wanted it to be (21:19), before Chris is joined by Alan Siegel to talk about his new book ‘Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed’ (36:37). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Guest: Alan Siegel Producer: Kaya McMullen Video Production and Editing: Jon Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:37.2	Hello, and welcome to The Watch.
0:39.3	My name is Chris Ryan.
0:40.3	I am an editor at the ringer.com and joining me on the other line.
0:46.3	My Scottish friend, it's Andy Greenwald.
0:49.3	Am I your Scottish friend?
0:51.3	Well, you do the best Scottish action accent.
0:53.3	It's quite kind.
0:54.9	That's quite kind of you.
0:56.2	Should I do the whole port that way?
0:58.1	I think it would be great.
0:59.0	Can you just do Scottish accent?
1:01.0	Now I can go elsewhere?
1:02.2	Sure.
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