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Welcome to Punch Drunk TV where best frenemies Aaron Pruner and Jack Conway discuss everything they love and hate about TV. From the latest news to their picks for Winner and Loser of the week, these industry insiders offer an offbeat and hysterical perspective on all things television. Follow Aaron and Jack on Twitter at @aaronflux and @flatlinejack, and check out the podcast’s Facebook page at Facebook.com/PunchDrunkTV
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Surprise. Punch Drunk TV is back with episode 127 and, obviously, this is not your average show. Since we're all stuck at home, Jack and I decided to try one thing we've never done in our seven-year history doing this show: Record remotely. It worked, albeit my (Aaron) mic was not at great as his. No winners or losers in this episode. It's more like, we're just checking in, ya know? Although we do talk about television a bit. Tiger King, The Office, Sesame Street and more are mentioned in this episode. What have you been watching to keep yourself sane? Thanks for listening and hey, maybe we'll do another one of these soon enough. #ClinkTheDrink
Well would ya look at that, we're back ... kind of.  It's episode 126 of Punch Drunk TV and, well, it's been a while. When Jack proposed this "terrible idea" of doing a one-off episode where we talk about the year's best TV shows, I couldn't help but say yes. I mean, I have a baby and no social life now, so just getting the opportunity to sit in someone else's living room was incentive enough. But, it was quite nice getting the band back together, so to speak. Yes, this is a long episode. Longer than The Irishman, in fact. We talk about all sorts of big tentpole things like Disney+, The Mandalorian and Watchmen. But we also dig into lesser-known TV shows you should be watching like Primal, Sherman's Showcase, David Makes Man and something called Cannon Busters.  We have no guarantee we'll be back to do this again. But who knows, there may be another episode of Punch Drunk TV for your earholes by the time Comic-Con is over. Anything's possible. But don't quote me on this.  There are no losers in this podcast episode ... aside from Haim Saban. But you'll need to listen to really figure out what I mean.
Clinkers, we know it's been a while but we are finally back for one more -- and one final -- episode. Yes, it's true, after almost 7 years, we have decided it is now time to bring Punch Drunk TV to an end. This is Aaron typing, in case you didn't know. I started this show, back when it was first called Best Frienemies, and then revamped to the GeekNation show Pass the Effin Remote, for the simple reason that I wanted to hang out with Jack. I knew we had good chemistry, I was always entertained when we hung out, and a light bulb went off that we should do some type of show. Now, here we are. Doing this show helped us make new friends, brought our voices into households across the world, opened up doors to new job opportunities, and solidified my friendship with this dude I first met at a goth club over 20 years ago. This may be the end to Punch Drunk TV, but we are not going anywhere. Jack and I are currently working out an idea for a new show, so please keep in touch with us on Facebook and Twitter. We will announce something in the coming months. In the meantime, please clink the drink with us one final time. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: The "Game of Thrones" finale set a record for HBO with 19.3 million viewers tuning in. The final season of "Orange is the New Black" will premiere on Friday, July 26. "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" will premiere Friday, Aug. 30. Hulu has announced a new kids cartoon called "The Bravest Knight" which will feature same-sex parents. To celebrate the third season of "Stranger Things," Coca Cola will be bringing back a limited number of New Coke cans as a tie-in. There's a rumor many outlets are reporting on that says "The Muppets" will be coming getting a new series on Disney+. The episodes will be a collection of variety show-style shorts that sound like a throwback to the original "Muppet Show" from the '70s, as well as "Muppets Tonight" from the late '90s. AARON'S LOSERS:"Bonding" (Netflix), "Arrested Development" (Netflix) and "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile" (Netflix) JACK'S LOSERS:"Game of Thrones" (HBO) and "Arrested Development" (Netflix) AARON'S FENCERS:"The Twilight Zone" (CBS All Access) and "Game of Thrones" JACK'S FENCERS: "I Think You Should Leave" (Netflix) AARON'S WINNERS"Tuca & Bertie" (Netflix), "The Act" (Hulu), "I Think You Should Leave," "What We Do in the Shadows" (FX), "Barry" (HBO) and "Chernobyl" (HBO)JACK'S WINNERS: "Barry," "Happy!" (SYFY), "The Other Two" (Comedy Central), "Rilakkuma" (Netflix), "The Act" and "The Kids Are Alright" (ABC) Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 125. Thanks for sticking with us all these years. We love you.
It's our final episode before a self-assigned mini-hiatus and we're coming at you strong with some exciting news, hot takes, and more drunken idiocy. And clinker Serena sent us candy, so please excuse us because we got real hype throughout the recording of this episode. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: Taika Waititi is developing a "Time Bandits" TV series for Apple. AMC is developing an "Orphan Black" spinoff series. Showtime canceled "SMILF" due to misconduct allegations against show creator and star, Frankie Shaw. Netflix has ordered a new Greek mythology-inspired anime series called "Gods & Heroes" from Powerhouse Animation, the studio behind "Castlevania." Netflix has signed deals with Japanese anime studios Anima, Sublimation, and David Production. Anima will produce "Altered Carbon: Resleeved," Sublimation will create "Dragon's Dogma" -- a series based on the Capcom role-playing video game -- and David Production will create "Spriggan" for Netflix, based on the popular sci-fi battle manga of the same name. Slashfilm has reported that Disney is developing a new Marvel show for Disney+ based on the "What If" comic series.  AARON'S LOSERS: "Saturday Night Live,"  "The Toe Bro" / "Dr. Pimple Popper" and "The Passage" JACK'S LOSERS: "Now Apocalypse" and "Videos After Dark" AARON'S FENCERS: "The Order" and "AP Bio"JACK'S FENCERS: "The Order," "American Gods" and "Costume Quest" AARON'S WINNERS: "Crashing," "Leaving Neverland," "The Bachelor" and "What We Do in the Shadows"JACK'S WINNERS: "After Life" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 124.    
A whole bunch of celebrity deaths and a disturbing documentary lead us into a more somber episode. We try to keep things as entertaining as possible, though. Welcome to Episode 123. #ClinktheDrink NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: Luke Perry died from a stroke at the age of 52. WWE wrestling legend, 450 lb King Kong Bundy, died at the age of 61. "Arrow" will end after a shortened 8th season which will only consist of 10 episodes. Hulu's "Vampire Chronicles" series will begin production in Budapest in September with Dee Johnson ("ER," "Southland") taking up showrunner duties. "Mad About You" is being rebooted with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt returning as their characters Paul and Jamie Buchman. It'll air on … Spectrum Originals? Brie Larson will star in and executive produce the upcoming Apple series based on "Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA," the upcoming memoir penned by Amaryllis Fox, the 37-year-old CIA operative who is married to Robert F. Kennedy III. JACK'S LOSERS: "The Widow" AARON'S FENCERS: "American Gods" and "Leaving Neverland"JACK'S FENCERS: "Better Things" and "Sherwood" AARON'S WINNERS: "State of the Union," "Losers," "Good Girls," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Saturday Night Live"JACK'S WINNERS: "Hot Ones" (The Desus & Mero episode), "Leaving Neverland," "Losers," "Deadly Class" and Wayne" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 123.
Jack's work schedule is still nuts, and fatherhood is exhausting. But, we're back, delirious and drunk, and ready to pick apart the TV of the week. And we may even talk about Kim Kardashian for a hot minute. And we may be a little sorry about it. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: A Disney villains series is in the works for Disney's upcoming streaming service, titled, "Book of Enchantment."  Nathan Lane and Natalie Dormer have been added to the cast of "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels." WarnerMedia is developing an animated "Gremlins" prequel series.  Ryan Murphy is moving forward with his first original series produced by Netflix, simply titled "Hollywood." Not much info is available about the program, which will go into production this summer, aside from Murphy describing the series as "a love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown." Fox has greenlit a 6-episode "event series" reboot of "Beverly Hills, 90210." Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling will play "heightened versions" of themselves.  AARON'S LOSERS: "The Walking Dead," "Dating Around" and "Vice Live"JACK'S LOSERS: "Flack" and "The Enemy Within" AARON'S FENCERS: "Lethal Weapon" and "Whiskey Cavalier"JACK'S FENCERS: "Whiskey Cavalier" and "Knight Fight" AARON'S WINNERS: "Masterchef Jr.," "Lorena," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Desus & Mero" and "Documentary Now!"JACK'S WINNERS: "The Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy," "Last Week Tonight," Refinery 29's YouTube Channel, "Wayne" and "Deadly Class" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 122.
We're back after a week hiatus and, while Jack and I are both exhausted, we've still found time to drink and yell about TV -- for your aural pleasure, of course. It's also the end of this year's Winter Television Critics Association press tour and I may have hung out with the "American Gods" cast ... and I may have told Emily Browning that Jack requested I throw her in a sack. And it may have made things a bit awkward. You'll just have to listen to find out! NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: Hulu has ordered four new Marvel adult animated series and a standalone special. "Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.," "Marvel’s Hit-Monkey," "Marvel’s Tigra & Dazzler Show" and "Marvel’s Howard the Duck". The special is "Marvel’s The Offenders."  The "Breaking Bad" movie will premiere on Netflix before airing on AMC. Benedict Cumberbatch will play Satan in Amazon's "Good Omens." The 6-episode series will premiere on May 31. Aldus Huxley's "Brave New World" has been ordered as a 10-episode series at USA. The working title for SYFY's Child's Play series is "Chucky" and Brad Dourif will return to voice the doll. "Desus & Mero" premieres on Showtime on February 21. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez will be the first guest. And for some reason, Comedy Central is bringing back "Crank Yankers." AARON'S LOSER: "SNL" and "The Punisher"JACK'S LOSERS: "3 Below" AARON'S FENCERS: "PEN15," "Miracle Workers" and "Abducted in Plain Sight"JACK'S FENCERS: "Russian Doll," "Carmen Sandiego," "Miracle Workers" and "The Umbrella Academy" AARON'S WINNERS: "Wayne," "Weird City," "The Kids Are Alright," "Russian Doll" and "Friends From College" JACK'S WINNERS: "PEN15," "Wayne," "Deadly Class," "Documentary Now," Seth Meyers, in general and "Girlfriend Reviews" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 121.
This week, we're faced with a bunch of horror reboots for the small-screen which could be good or bad news, depending on how you look at it. We also touch on those big TV winners from this past weekend's SAG Awards -- and you'll never guess who won Best Stunt Ensemble. Jack's wife, JoEllen, wants to know ... have you accomplished any of your New Year's Resolutions? Or are you like Aaron and prefer to make goals, instead? NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: A "Resident Evil" TV series, from the same people behind the movies, is in the works at Netflix.  Nick Antosca is developing a "Child's Play" TV series with original movie creator Don Mancini at SYFY. And according to Antosca, "Chucky can say 'fuck' on SYFY." CBS All Access has ordered a 10-episode mini-series remake of "The Stand."  Season 2 of "Killing Eve" will air on both BBC America and AMC to broaden its reach. "Rent Live" was Fox's lowest-rated musical. Only 3.42 million people tuned in during the three-hour long event -- which definitely wasn't "live." AARON'S LOSERS: "The Punisher" and "Rent: Live"AARON'S FENCERS: "Black Monday," "Future Man," "Friends From College" and "The Ted Bundy Tapes"JACK'S FENCERS: "Conan" and "The Umbrella Academy" AARON'S WINNERS: "Carmen Sandiego," "The Passage" and "I Am the Night"JACK'S WINNERS: "The Good Place," "Deadly Class," "Broad City," "The Other Two," "Carmen Sandiego" and "Hot Ones" (w/ guest Gordon Ramsay)     Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 120.
Aaron here -- after taking a week off my wife, her mother, my baby and I all got hit with the flu, we have returned for Episode 119 of Punch Drunk TV. There's a lot we go over in this episode, including the multiple Fyre Festival docs that hit streaming last week. Before we kick things off, Jack's wife JoEllen poses a question to us and you Clinkers: How would you describe The CW? Because they definitely have their own very specific brand going on. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: The CW has ordered a musical dramedy spinoff of "Riverdale" titled "Katy Keene." The CW also ordered a "Lost Boys" TV series which will no longer be an anthology series but, as THR says, will be "set in Santa Carla and explores the secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla's eternally beautiful and youthful undead." "Queer Eye" will go to Tokyo for four episodes in its next season. The special four-episode installment, titled "Queer Eye: We're in Japan!," will premiere on Netflix after Season 3 of the series drops later this year. Netflix is rebooting "Unsolved Mysteries" from the show's original producers. According to THR, "the new series will follow a similar format to its predecessor, which first aired on NBC in the late 1980s. Each of the 12 episodes will focus on a single mystery — the broadcast version had multiple cases per episode — and like the original, will enlist viewers' help in solving each case." Showtime has bought the rights to a four-part docuseries titled, "Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men." The first two episodes will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and then the series will air on the network in the spring. A Fyre Festival-inspired GoFundMe campaign for Bahamian restaurant owner Maryann Rolle has raised more than $100,000 to help her with the debt she went into during the disastrous music event. AARON'S LOSER: "Roswell, New Mexico"JACK'S LOSERS: "Roswell, New Mexico," "True Detective," "Valley of the Boom," "Fam" and "Schooled" AARON'S FENCERS: "Trigger Warning With Killer Mike," "SNL" and "Fyre"JACK'S FENCERS: "Future Man" and "Sally4Ever" AARON'S WINNERS: "Sex Education," "The Punisher," "The Passage" and "Fyre Fraud"JACK'S WINNERS: "Sex Education," "The Passage," "Fyre," "Fyre Fraud," "Tigtone" and "Bad Chad Customs" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 119.
It's been a long three weeks but we have returned just in time for "The Masked Singer" to capture our full attention and for "The Sopranos" to turn 20. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: The Academy Awards will go without a host for the first time since 1989. "Vikings" will end after Season 6. The CW has ordered a pilot for Ruby Rose's "Batwoman" standalone series. The Season 3 premiere date of "Stranger Things" is July 4, 2019. Netflix has canceled Buzzfeed's news series, "Follow This." Hulu has canceled Sarah Silverman's "I Love You, America." A LEGO competition series is in the works from Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment production company.  NatGeo has shelved Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Star Talk" amid the sexual harassment investigation. Deadpool director Tim Miller and David Fincher have teamed up to bring an animated anthology series titled, "Love, Death & Robots" to Netflix.  Before digging into our winners and losers, Jack and I look at the shows who won at the Golden Globes this past Sunday and discuss how "The Sopranos" changed the game for TV. And if the show never hit HBO, it's possible our podcast wouldn't exist. Aaron's Losers: "Stand Up and Away with Brian Regan," "Bird Box," "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" and "Superstore"Jack's Losers: "Project Blue Book" and "Gotham" Aaron's Fencers: "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" and "Surviving R. Kelly"Jack's Fencers: "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch," "Forever," "Big Mouth," "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" and "Good Trouble" Aaron's Winners: "Titan Games," "Dirty John," "The Masked Singer," "Project Blue Book," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and Deadly Class"Jack's Winners: "Pinky Malinky," "Aggretsuko Christmas Special," "Anne With an E," "Runaways," "Atlanta," "The Titan Games," "Happy!," "The Masked Singer" and "Deadly Class"   Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 118.
It's our final episode of the year. And through Aaron's deliriously tired state and Jack's inebriation, we'd like to apologize for all the loud typing and random banging on the table (seriously, we didn't even realize it was happening until it was too late.) This week, we not only document our winners and losers of the week -- we go through the past year's programming and sift through the best and worst. And we also discuss the SAG Awards TV Nominations ... which, with just a few exceptions, is seriously all about the white people. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: A new rumor puts Ken Jeong as the frontrunner to host The Oscars. Ian Ziering has joined the cast of DC's "Swamp Thing" as the hero, Blue Devil.  Netflix is getting ready to premiere a four-part true crime series about Ted Bundy on January 24th, called "Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes." The release date is the 30th anniversary of Bundy's execution. "Get Shorty" has been renewed at Epix. "Goliath" has been renewed at Amazon. "Detroiters" has been canceled at Comedy Central. Japan's anime industry is now worth roughly $19 billion dollars, thanks to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, and overseas sales. While it seems like Netflix has a bunch of debt to deal with, Amazon's Prime Video channels helped the streaming service grow with revenues gaining $700 million over 2017 averages. Most importantly, Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon will return to Amazon Prime as hosts of the upcoming Rose Parade. AARON'S LOSERS: "Into the Dark: Pooka" and "SNL"JACK'S LOSERS: "SNL" AARON'S FENCERS: "Dirty John" and "Escape at Dannemora"JACK'S FENCERS: "Legends of the Lost With Megan Fox" and "Border Live" AARON'S WINNERS: "Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World," "Nailed It! Holiday!" and "The Good Place"JACK'S WINNERS: "The Good Place," "Daredevil," "The Kids Are Alright" CW's "Elseworlds" Crossover Event AARON'S TV LOSERS OF THE YEAR: "Succession," "Here and Now," "Making a Murderer Pt. 2," "Disjointed" and "Camping" JACK'S TV LOSERS OF THE YEAR: "House of Cards," "Alex, Inc," "Take Two" and "Living Biblically" AARON'S TV WINNERS OF THE YEAR: "Killing Eve," "Barry," "The Haunting of Hill House," "Better Call Saul" and "Somebody Feed Phil"JACK'S TV WINNERS OF THE YEAR: "Barry," "Queer Eye," "The Good Place," "BoJack Horseman," "The Haunting of Hill House," "Detroiters," "The Kids Are Alright," "Aggretsuku" and "Somebody Feed Phil" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 117.
It's a weird week here at Punch Drunk TV. Jack just got back from a sad trip with the wife and Aaron learned his deceased father used to do biker porn in the '70s. So get ready, things go a bit off-the-rails for a bit. There's also some Oscars drama to discuss and the Golden Globe nominations were announced, so we sort through the most important TV nods. Who do you think should win?  NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: Netflix canceled "Daredevil" but spent $100 million to keep "Friends" for another year. Hulu solidified a deal with Sony's Funimation Ink, which will give Hulu exclusive U.S. streaming rights to international anime hits like "My Hero Academia," "Attack on Titan" and "Tokyo Ghoul." Hulu described the pact as its "largest agreement for anime programming to date." According to THR, "The deal also grants Hulu a first look at on-demand U.S. streaming rights to future anime series released by Funimation beginning in 2019. These future titles will premiere day-and-date on Hulu and Funimation with the worldwide premieres in Japan." NBC has renewed "The Good Place" for a 4th season SYFY is rebooting Rod Serling's other anthology series, "Night Gallery" MTV is rebooting "Celebrity Death Match" with Ice Cube serving as executive producer Kevin Hart has been tapped to host the Oscars. Not a day later, the Internet dug up old tweets featuring homophobic slurs. The Academy asked Hart to make a public apology. Hart refused. Then two hours later, he stepped down. Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh will co-host the 2019 Golden Globes AARON'S LOSER: "Sick Note" JACK’S FENCER: "The Final Table" AARON'S WINNERS: "Room 104," "Vikings," "Bumping Mics" and "South Park"JACK'S WINNERS: "The Kids Are Alright" and "Sally4Ever" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 116.
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: Netflix has invested $1Billion dollars in a Roald Dahl deal that will bring 16 of the author's books to life -- including, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine and The Enormous Crocodile -- in multiple animated shows. Netflix is developing a 10-episode, live-action "Cowboy Bebop" series. "Ugly Delicious" has been renewed for a second season. The planned spinoff to "The Middle" has been scrapped by ABC "Take Two" has been canceled at ABC CBS will end the "Murphy Brown" sequel after this season. Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of "Spongebob Squarepants," has died at the age of 57. Youtube is going to shift back its strategy with originally scripted content from being a premium pay service back to an ad-based platform in 2020. Jerry Springer will launch his own courtroom reality show called, "Judge Jerry" in the fall of 2019 at NBCUniversal. Legendary TV is developing Blake J. Harris’ "Console Wars" novel, which documents the "behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video game industry," as a limited series. JACK'S LOSERS: "Dirty John" and "Paradise PD" AARON'S FENCERS: "Room 104," "The Purge" and "The Walking Dead"JACK'S FENCERS: "Queen America" AARON'S WINNERS: "The Good Place," "The Final Table," "The Nightflyers," "The Christmas Chronicles" and "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"JACK'S WINNERS: Matt Baume's Culture Cruise, LegalEagle and NHK WORLD-JAPAN all on YouTube, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and "Hilda" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 115.  
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!  It's turkey week and, while you're stuffing your face while arguing with that crazy uncle of yours, enjoy sneaking an earbud into your ear to take a listen to our wild and crazy show. Oh, and we ate some Crack Pie, courtesy of Momofuku Milkbar. And it was fuuuuckin' tasty.  NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: "Big Mouth" has been renewed for a third season. Jon Cryer has been cast as Lex Luthor on "Supergirl." Benedict Cumberbatch was almost cast as Vampire Bill in HBO's "True Blood." A "Jack Reacher" TV series is in the works at Paramount Television. According to TV Line, the books' author, Lee Child, said, “for all his talent, [Tom Cruise] didn’t have that physicality.” So, for the TV series, they’re looking for someone who more closely matches the books’ description of Reacher. Basically, to sum up, Tom Cruise is too short. SYFY announced its first original late-night animated series, "Alien News Desk." Set to debut early 2019, the series is a weekly, half-hour topical animated series set in an extraterrestrial newsroom. Voiced by Will Forte (as alien news anchor “Drexx Drudlarr”) and “Saturday Night Live’s” Heidi Gardner (alien co-anchor “Tuva Van Void”), the 12-episode series will cover up-to-the-minute news and commentary about the universe’s most baffling species - the inscrutable Humans of Planet Earth. AARON'S LOSERS: "American Horror Story: Apocalypse"JACK'S LOSERS: "Super Drags" AARON'S FENCERS: "Saturday Night Live," "The Kominsky Method" and "Dirty John"JACK'S FENCERS: "The Kominsky Method" and Origin" AARON'S WINNERS: "Salt Fat Acid Heat," "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," "Supernatural," "Dogs" and "Sally4Ever"JACK'S WINNERS: "Dogs," "Daredevil," "Haunting of Hill House," "Sally4Ever," "Follow This," "The Other Side of the Wind Documentary" and "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 114.
In this week's episode of Punch Drunk TV, we stuff our faces with rolled-up meats while asking the important questions, like: Which John Leguizamo is the best John Leguizamo? Is it the clown from "Spawn" or Benny Blanco From the Bronx? Choose wisely... NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: "Game of Thrones'" final season will premiere in April of 2019. Stan Lee died on November 12 at the age of 95. "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" will release a special holiday episode to Netflix, titled, "A Midwinter's Tale," on Friday, December 14.  "Westworld" filming location, the Paramount Ranch, burned down due to the Woolsey fire in the Santa Monica Mountains "Temptation Island" is getting rebooted at USA Network and will premiere January 15th at 10 pm Amazon has renewed "Bosch" for a sixth season, making it the longest-running original series on the platform. Hulu is teaming with George R.R. Martin for a new small-screen cinematic universe based on the book series, "Wild Cards."  AARON'S LOSERS: "SNL," "Making a Murderer," "Haunted" and "American Horror Story: Apocalypse"JACK'S LOSERS: "House of Cards" (Season 6, Episode 1) and "She-Ra and the Princesses of Power" AARON'S FENCERS: "The Conners," "The Purge," "Supernatural" and "The Walking Dead"JACK'S FENCERS: "Iron Fist" (Season 2) and "Angels of Death" AARON'S WINNERS "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons," "South Park," "Room 104" and "Daredevil"JACK'S WINNERS: "Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san," "The Kids Are Alright," "Detroiters," "Haunting of Hill House," "Daredevil" and "Sally4Ever" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 113.
Has it been two weeks or three weeks since we last recorded? Jack and Aaron disagree on these numbers (it's been two weeks, but whatever). Still, it doesn't really matter because we are back! Jack is back from Japan, Aaron has left his couch, there's a bunch of interesting TV news worth discussing, Rick Grimes didn't die, and somehow witches are once again all the rage! NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: After Sunday's episode aired, AMC released the news that three "Walking Dead" TV movies are in development aimed at continuing Rick Grimes' story.  Vince Gilligan is developing a "Breaking Bad" movie that will allegedly follow the present story of Jesse Pinkman According to SlashFilm, the highly anticipated "Deadwood" movie has begun production with the majority of the original cast returning. HBO is hoping for a spring, 2019 premiere. John Logan, the creator of "Penny Dreadful," is bringing a new installment of the series to Showtime. "Penny Dreadful: City of Angels" will take place in 1938 Los Angeles. THR says it'll be "rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the devil, City of Angels will explore a mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of that period, creating new occult myths and moral dilemmas within a historical backdrop. The series will feature all new characters and storylines." Andy Bean and Derek Mears will play both sides of the antihero in DC Universe's "Swamp Thing" series. James Wan is executive producing the series which will debut sometime in 2019. AARON'S LOSERS: "The Good Cop" and "American Horror Story: Apocalypse"JACK'S LOSERS: "Legacies" AARON'S FENCERS: "The Walking Dead" and "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"JACK'S FENCERS: "Midnight, Texas," "Homecoming" and "Busy Tonight" AARON'S WINNERS: "Hip-Hop: Evolution," "Channel Zero: The Dream Door," "The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj," "Homecoming," "Daredevil" and "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown"JACK'S WINNERS: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Dream Corp LLC," "LadyGang," "Channel Zero - The Dream Door," "Eli Roth's History of Horror," "The Haunting of Hill House" and "Castlevania" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 112.  
Being that we're smack-dab in the middle of October, you best believe there is a "fuck-ton," as Jack likes to say, of horror goodies available to peruse on the small screen. And more are coming. Not only do we end up highlighting some of those items to look forward to, but we also go almost three hours in this episode -- because Jack's going to Japan for Halloween leaving me in my baby poop bunker just 'a shaking my fist. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: In its second episode of Season 9, "The Walking Dead's" ratings declined further, bringing in 5-million viewers — which was a 19% drop from the season premiere. "Supergirl" will introduce Lex Luthor in Season 4. An "NYPD Blue" sequel series is in the works at ABC. The return of the series follows Andy Sipowicz's (original star Dennis Franz) son, Theo, as he tries to earn his detective shield and work in the 15th squad while investigating his father's murder. HBO has canceled "Animals" after three seasons. HBO has handed out raises to "Westworld's" main actors as pre-production on Season 3 looms. Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright and Thandie Newton are said to be getting $250,000 an episode after the drama's first round of contract negotiations. Previously, each actor was rumored to be making somewhere between $100,000 and $150,000 an episode. Netflix announced they'll be ending "Orange Is the New Black" after Season 7, which will air in 2019. Netflix is teaming with the BBC on a "Dracula" miniseries from Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the creative team behind Sherlock. According to THR, "Dracula, which will consist of three feature-length episodes, has been written and created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss and inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel. It will re-introduce the world to Dracula, the vampire who 'made evil sexy.'" AARON'S LOSERS: "The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell," "Charmed" and "SNL"JACK'S LOSERS: "The Conners," "Charmed" and "SNL" AARON'S FENCERS: "The Kids are Alright," "The Conners" and "The Alec Baldwin Show"JACK'S FENCERS: "Castle Rock" and "Light As a Feather" AARON'S WINNERS: "The Rookie," "South Park," "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" and "The Haunting of Hill House"JACK'S WINNERS: "History of Horror," "Forever," "Kids Are Alright" and "The Rookie"  Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 111.
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: The Walking Dead had its lowest ever ratings for a season premiere on Sunday with Season 9's premiere bringing in 6.08 million viewers. That's a 50% drop compared to Season 8's premiere. The debut of Jodie Whittaker as the new Doctor Who drew 1.37 million viewers which was a 48% increase in viewership of the series. In the UK, the BBC simulcast brought in 8.2 million viewers, beating the first episodes of both Matt Smith's and Peter Capaldi's runs as the Doctor. Damon Wayans announced that, after the 13 episodes of Season 3 are finished filming in December, he will be leaving Lethal Weapon. Hulu has ordered a 10-episode Wu-Tang Clan scripted series, titled Wu-Tang: An American Saga, from RZA. According to THR, the show will be "set in New York in the 1990s at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic" and will "follow the Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Digs (aka RZA), who strives to unite a dozen young black men who are torn between music and crime but who eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories." The Heathers reboot is still alive at Paramount Network. Previously canceled, the series has had some upsetting scenes edited out and will now air as marathon during the week of Halloween. The nine episodes will air two hours a night starting Thursday, Oct. 25 and will conclude on Oct. 29, followed by a Heathers-themed Lip Sync Battle. Greg Nicotero confirmed his new Creepshow TV series will feature new original stories by Stephen King, Joe Hill and Joe R Lansdale (Bubba Hotep). The series will debut on Shudder in 2019. AARON'S LOSERS: "The Walking Dead," "I Feel Bad" and "Camping"JACK'S LOSERS: "Into the Dark: The Body" AARON'S FENCERS: "A Million Little Things" and "Manifest"JACK'S FENCERS: "Happy Together," "Riverdale" and "The Flash" AARON'S WINNERS: "Big Mouth," "South Park," "9-1-1," "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" and "Better Call Saul"JACK'S WINNERS: "BoJack Horseman," "Mr. Inbetween," "Big Mouth" and "All American" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 110.
After a longer-than-normal hiatus, we have returned. And Aaron is now a father. Lacking sleep, but not alcohol, we catch you up on the weeks you've missed and then dive back into TV's craziness. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: Norman Reedus says he never wants to leave "The Walking Dead." James Wan and New Line Cinema have teamed with Warner Bros. digital content creator Stage 13 for "Night Vision," a unique competition horror reality series. For the series, 13 filmmakers will be chosen by a panel of leading horror directors, producers, writers, and executives, and presented with the challenge of creating the best, scariest short films possible. The winner will receive a development deal with New Line. "Black Mirror" is going interactive when it returns, making a past idea from its creator a virtual reality. Netflix's acclaimed anthology series from Charlie Brooker is working on a choose-your-own-adventure episode for its forthcoming fifth season.  "Outcast" has been canceled at Cinemax after two seasons. Showtime has canceled "I'm Dying Up Here" after two seasons. FX has renewed "Mayans MC" for a second season AARON'S LOSERS: "Norm MacDonald Has a Show," "American Vandal" Season 2 and "American Horror Story: Apocalypse"JACK'S LOSERS: "Single Parents," "The Cool Kids," "Rel," "I Feel Bad," "The Neighborhood" and "The Gifted" AARON'S FENCER: "Magnum P.I." and "Lethal Weapon"JACK'S FENCERS: "The Dragon Prince," "Orange Is the New Black" Season 6 and "Murphy Brown" AARON'S WINNERS: "Saturday Night Live," "The Good Place," "You" and "Maniac"JACK'S WINNERS: "Detroiters" Season 2, "The Good Place," "Angels of Death," "American Horror Story: Apocalypse," "South Park" and "Mr. Inbetween" Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 109.  
Aaron here. I'll just cut to the chase: my baby is coming any day now. That said, Jack and I recorded this new episode a bit early in the week. As I type this, it's almost midnight on Wednesday and I'm prepping to schedule this to post on its own. Because who knows where I'll be!? Breakfast Pruner is almost here. NEWS HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: "Dark Tourist" is being investigated by Japan's Reconstruction Agency and Fukushima Prefectural Government.  Henry Cavill will star in Netflix's new "Witcher" series.  Alan Tudyk will play Mr. Nobody in DC's live-action "Doom Patrol" series. Former 'Sleepy Hollow' showrunner Len Wiseman will exec produce and direct the pilot for DC's upcoming live-action "Swamp Thing" series, which will also be exec produced by James Wan and air on their new OTT platform, DC Universe. Ellen Degeneres is returning to stand-up comedy after 15 years with a Netflix special that will premiere on December 18. NBC is expanding the "Law & Order" universe with a new series titled "Law & Order: Hate Crimes." According to The Hollywood Reporter, "the show is based on the real-life Hate Crimes Task Force within the New York Police Department. The unit works under the Special Victims Unit (the basis for SVU) within the department and often borrows SVU detectives for help with investigations." Damon Herriman, who played Dewey on "Justified," will not only be playing Charles Manson in Tarantino's new movie, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," he'll be playing Manson in season 2 of "Mindhunter." Former "Cosby Show" actor Geoffrey Owens was shamed online in an article on Fox News for being an actor working at Trader Joe's.  AARON'S LOSERS: "The Great British Baking Show" (Netflix), "Jack Ryan" (Amazon), "Ozark" (Netflix) and "The Purge" (USA)JACK'S LOSERS: "Jack Ryan"  AARON'S FENCER: "God Friended Me" (CBS) and "Kidding" (premieres 9/9 to Showtime)JACK'S FENCERS: "God Friended Me" and "Transformers: Cyberverse" (Cartoon Network) AARON'S WINNERS: "Mayans MC" (FX), "Better Call Saul" (AMC), "You" (premieres 9/9 to Lifetime) and "Castle Rock" (Hulu) JACK'S WINNERS: "Safe Harbour" (Hulu) and "Angels of Death" (Crunchy Roll)   Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and comment! Find us on Twitter: @PunchDrunk_TV, @flatlinejack and @aaronflux  Join the conversation on Facebook. Welcome to Episode 108.
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Comments (18)

Charmaine Williams

No Canada complaints today. We aren't getting Dirty John up here yet but it sounds like it's as sympathetic to this foolish woman as the podcast was. Do how come the foolish based on real life woman in Escape from Dannemora doesn't get the same treatment? I think it's a class issue, sympathy for the rich, disdain for working class women. What do you think?

Dec 16th
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Charmaine Williams

Every week Jack reveals more of his thesis on what makes television Canadian. Can we do Mexico next? Or the UK; so much to work with there..

Oct 28th
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Charmaine Williams

I really like this podcast, but do you guys realize that you basically use the word Canadian like it's a synonym for shitty? Not mad, just noticing, from Canada.

Jan 28th
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Nadine Nbaby

black face? really?

Dec 11th
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Aaron Pruner

Hey guys. Our feed broke. Please check out Punch Drunk TV at the new link, here: https://castbox.fm/channel/Punch-Drunk-TV-id1070155?country=us

Nov 3rd
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Tipping Point

Great to get it back

Nov 3rd
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Aaron Pruner

Hey clinkers, apologies -- our RSS feed got messed up. Just to be clear, this is the real Punch Drunk TV page. Please re-subscribe.

Nov 3rd
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Pankaj Om

Hiii

Oct 28th
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Nainsy Thakur

bakbas app hai

Sep 1st
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