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Superhero Hour Hour (Vol.1)
Popfilter Presents: The Superhero Hour Hour The newest show in the growing YPF podcast empire, the Superhero Hour Hour will tackle ComicBook Television every Friday. Ryan and Mike from the PopFilter Podcast will be discussing comic adaptations on TV, new comic TV news, and a whole bunch of other shit every Friday. Volume 1: Letter from…
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Round One SELFIE vs MANHATTAN LOVE STORY Follow the bracket at challonge.com/popfilter I’d like to add the title of the new ABC sitcom Selfie to the List of Things People Need to Settle the Fuck Down About, right after bacon and mustaches. Yes, it’s not a very good title. Maybe it will be embarrassing for all…
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Round One HAPPYLAND VS TRANSPARENT See the winners and losers at http://challonge.com/popfilter Today’s fight is brought to you by MTV and Amazon.com. It’s not enough to say that one show is better than the other. One show is clearly better than the other. This is Pacquiao versus a middle school junior varsity wrestler named…
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ROUND 2 SCORPION VS GOTHAM Follow the bracket at http://challonge.com/popfilter Sometimes is very difficult to weigh the merit of one show against another. Comparing two shows, what each show did wrong, what each did right and declaring one better than the other can be challenging. Sometimes it’s hard to choose a winner. This, however, is…
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Round 2 TIM AND ERIC’S BEDTIME STORIES vs MADAM SECRETARY Follow the action at http://challonge.com/POPFILTER The second episode of Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories finds Bob Odenkirk playing a doctor that specializes in toe removal. The second episode of Madam Secretary finds Tea Leoni and crew essentially reading the same script as the…
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HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER VS BLACK-ISH See the bracket at challonge.com/popfilter Today’s installment of the Fall TV challenge pits two ABC shows against one another. Black-ish is kind of a modern Jeffersons. It’s a 30 minute family comedy in the vein of Modern Family. It stars Anthony Anderson as the father who…
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Round One GOTHAM vs NCIS: NEW ORLEANS As of this article I am contractually obligated to not talk about Gotham. We are just two days away from the debut of the brand new PopFilter Podcast, The Superhero Hour Hour, which is a show completely dedicated to comic book television. This will also most likely be the last…
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Round One FOREVER VS SCORPION You can see the bracket at challonge.com/popfilter Here’s the debate about television: instead of it being this art form that is presented to an audience for sheer entertainment value, it is actually a mirror held up to the general public that reflects our mores and values–who we are as…
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Round One MR. PICKLES VS MADAM SECRETARY SEE THE BRACKET AT challonge.com/popfilter Ahhh…fall is back. When the leaves change color, children are buying new stencil sets for their stencil classes, and a nation of television watchers mildly prays for mediocrity. Please, oh please, at least just give us mediocrity. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Greatest…
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Round One RED BAND SOCIETY VS TIM AND ERIC’S BEDTIME STORIES SEE THE BRACKET AT challonge.com/popfilter Comparing Red Band Society and Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories is like comparing apples and orangutans. Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories is a 15-minute comedy on Adult Swim from two alt comedy darlings, and Red Band Society is a…
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