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The 2014 PopFilter New Fall TV Challenge
Round 2 SURVIVOR’S REMORSE VS GRACEPOINT Follow the bracket here!!! Just as I start to realize that this tournament is setting television writing back decades, and giving no shows their proper due, it dawns on me why this tournament might actually work. The vast majority of new fall shows are stamped with a big red…
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Round One THE AFFAIR VS CRISTELA See all the bracket action at http://challonge.com/popfilter Today’s match up has Showtime’s The Affair pitted against ABC’s new sitcom Cristela. That sentence has all the information you need to determine the winner. End of article? No! Keep reading. Showtime has given the world some great television, such…
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ROUND ONE THE FLASH VS KINGDOM If you’ve already listened to the second episode of The Superhero Hour Hour, PopFilter’s new podcast that focuses strictly on comic book TV, you know that The Flash (pun about speed) right into me and Mike’s collective heart. Could it be that TV has…
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ROUND 2 SELFIE VS A TO Z You don’t have to squint too hard to see all of the things that Selfie and A to Z have in common, aside from being new one-camera sitcoms. Both shows feature two likeable leads (of varying degrees). Both rely on the comedic and romantic chemistry between…
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In the second episode of the hit new PopFilter Podcast, Mike and Ryan focus on the series premiere of the CW’s The Flash, along with quick hits on Agents of SHIELD, Gotham, and Arrow.
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Round 3 HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER VS TRANSPARENT Check out all the action at http://challonge.com/popfilter I’ve been looking forward to this match up since reviewing each of these pilots. These have been two of the best quality shows of the new fall season. So far, the shows we have compared have been unequally…
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Round 3 GOTHAM VS TIM AND ERIC’S BEDTIME STORIES Follow the action at challonge.com/popfilter Gotham and Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories put their audiences through many of the same experiences, despite the two shows having almost nothing in common. Having now watched three episodes of each, I have spent the viewing time feeling anxious, nauseated,…
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Round 1 MULANEY VS SURVIVOR’S REMORSE Follow the action at challonge.com/popfilter The entire nation remember’s Seinfeld much more fondly than they do Entourage. They also think that stand-up comedian John Mulaney is much funnier than LeBron James. That makes this competition totally lop-sided in Mulaney‘s favor, right? Obviously not. You need to learn how to not get duped by…
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ROUND ONE BAD JUDGE VS GRACEPOINT View the bracket at http://challonge.com/popfilter Dear Everyone Involved with Bad Judge, Shame on you. You’ve managed to produced a show devoid of any redeemable quality whatsoever. Your lead, played by Kate Walsh, is essentially that girl from freshmen year who instead of developing interests and a personality partied too…
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ROUND ONE STALKER VS A TO Z See the bracket at http://challonge.com/popfilter Ryan and I are about halfway through round one! It’s very exciting. But so far, our matches haven’t made a lot of sense. We often compare two shows that are diametrically opposed to one another, i.e a 30 minute comedy and a 90…
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