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The Super Hero Hour Hour 11/14
Ryan and Mike dish about Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD starring Michael Chiklis. Also includes many mini-reviews of Arrow, Constantine, The Flash, Gotham and the Walking Dead and Kim Kardashian’s butt.
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Round Three UNCLE VS JANE THE VIRGIN Click here to see the Bracket (This round compares the first three episodes of Jane the Virgin and Uncle) Jane the Virgin is telenovela whose premise involves a virgin who gets accidentally gets artificially inseminated. Uncle is about a slovenly dickhead who redeems himself by connecting with…
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ROUND TWO Uncle vs Friends of the People I can’t explain my resistance to Uncle. Maybe it’s because I hate British people, and I’ve never had the balls to admit it until now. Maybe I think it’s unfair how they do their television, and it gives them an unfair advantage in the tournament (they…
Read MoreThe Super Hero Hour Hour 11/07
Mike and Ryan take their first deep look at Gotham since the first episode of this podcast. Reviews of Arrow, Constantine, and The Walking Dead.
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Round One FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE VS THE MCCARTHYS See the bracket at http://challonge.com/popfilter We’ve reached the last bout in round one. We are only five short articles away from determining a winner. Which probably won’t be either one of these shows. Here’s why… The McCarthys is about a sports loving, Irish-Catholic family living…
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ROUND TWO MIKE TYSON’S MYSTERIES VS JANE THE VIRGIN See the bracket at http://challonge.com/popfilter (This article compares the first two episodes of Jane the Virgin and Mike Tyson’s Mysteries) This week’s pairing is about as unfairly matched as if Mike Tyson put on gloves and actually boxed Jane. That’s also the only scenario…
Read MoreThe Superhero Hour Hour 10/31
Constantine has premiered, bringing the total number of comic book shows to six! Mike and Ryan decide whether or not Constantine is worthy, and then give a few minutes to the rest of the comic book TV line up.
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Round 3 THE AFFAIR VS SURVIVOR’S REMORSE Once the story of the third episode of Survivor’s Remorse gets going, there’s a scene that’s jarring compared to the rest of the episodes. A Make-a-Wish kid tells NBA superstar Cam Calloway that he better fill his face with pussy, or he will tell the world that…
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Round 1 UNCLE VS CONSTANTINE See the bracket here!!! Throughout this New Fall TV Tournament, we’ve talked a lot about pilots having to prove to you that you’ve seen (and liked) things like them before, and then – within the same episode – prove to you how they are different, and hopefully…
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Round 1 BENCHED VS MIKE TYSON’S MYSTERIES Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings), Jay Harrington (Better Off Ted), Oscar Nunez (The Office), and Maria Bamford is as much of a head start as a one camera sitcom can ask for. And it isn’t like Benched squanders all of the good will it is afforded by that…
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