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The Superhero Hour Hour 10/25/14
Mike and Ryan finally get a chance to put the spotlight on Arrow, and the return of Thea. They also try to justify talking about the Avengers 2 trailer because it debuted during a comic book television show.
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ROUND 2 THE AFFAIR VS THE FLASH See the bracket!!! I know that The Affair isn’t getting the kind of buzz that Showtime was probably hoping for, but I seriously didn’t learn until I just recently watched the first two episodes back-to-back that THIS SHOW IS MCNULTY VS RAWLS. I feel let down…
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ROUND FOUR GOTHAM VS TRANSPARENT See the bracket! (NOTE: This is Gotham’s first four episodes versus Transparent’s first four.) One of the things I like about Gotham is the way it tows the DC universe lines. Now, the good folks at the Popfilter offices have pledged allegiance to the Marvel flag. With good…
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Round Three A to Z VS TRANSPARENT See the bracket! Today’ combatants are both part of the elite eight, but for very different reasons. Both 30 minute comedies, their formats are enormously different. A to Z is more of a standard sitcom with a familiar format. And by the third episode, its settling comfortably…
Read MoreThe Superhero Hour Hour 10/17/14
The Walking Dead is back! Mike and Ryan discuss whether or not the season premiere shows any sign of the series fixing their problems, and then giggle about explosions and fire. They also discuss the new episodes of Arrow, The Flash, Gotham, and Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.
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Round One MARRY ME VS JANE THE VIRGIN The Bracket!!! I never saw it coming. First, Marry Me happened. It’s a sitcom about a couple who can’t quite get their proposal right. If I were a betting man, it would have had my money on it to make it until at least the third…
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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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