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We’re still one down this week, and this week it’s Megan! Never fear, Joey and Clarence carry on with a discussion of film and television. On the film side, they review Alex Garland’s divisive box office winner Civil War. Then, on the TV front, they cover Netflix’s gorgeously photographed Ripley and the “high-class trash” that is Starz’s Mary and George.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has been the talk of social media for the last few weeks. By confronting the long-buried secrets of several sexual predators on set during the Golden Age of Nickelodeon, the series, directed by Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, made us all look back at our favorite Nickelodeon shows with a completely new perspective. In a surprise move, the series returned with a fifth episode to look back at the reaction to the first four episodes, reconnect with Drake Bell, and offer a more extensive conversation with stars Giovannie Samuels and Bryan Hearne.

Megan and Joey discuss their reactions to the show and ponder what Emmy chances the show has as the season revs up.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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The 2024 Summer Movie season is just around the corner. To prepare, Clarence has constructed an epic Summer Movie Preview quiz for Joey and Megan. Who will wear the trivia crown for the upcoming season?

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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This week at the Water Cooler, we’re springing (we love a pun) into the final gasp of the 2024 Emmy season. Late February / early March typically emerges as the prime window to launch television series. It allows voting members of the Television Academy to absorb newer series and keep them fresh in their minds ahead of voting in June. Believe it or not, there’s a science to launching Emmy contenders — and high-profile winners typically don’t launch in May. So, this week, we look at the latest crop of contenders including FX’s Shogun, Apple TV’s Manhunt and Palm Royale, Netflix’s Girls5Eva, and Peacock’s Apples Never Fall.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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We’re saying goodbye to the 2024 Oscar season this week at the Water Cooler. Megan just returned from attending the 96th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater, so we thought it would be an interesting experiment to compare experiences watching at home and watching in the room. We review the highlights and lowlights of the show and talk about the surprising day-after ratings.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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This week, we dive into the eagerly anticipated HBO limited series The Regime. Starring Kate Winslet, the Stephen Frears-directed satire takes the audience into an unnamed European country in the grasp of an unstable authoritarian regime. The series seems to have polarized both audiences and critics alike on its tone and performances, so we weigh in and take stock of its 2024 Emmy chances.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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We kick off the podcast with a look back at the weekend’s big guild awards – the Producers Guild Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. What do the winners tell us about the 2024 Emmy race? Then, we launch into our first analytical look at the 2024 Emmy season, starting with the Limited Series categories. What that has premiered so far will be remembered when Emmy voting begins in June? And what upcoming Limited Series will we need to look out for as we evolve our predictions?

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Megan rejoins the Water Cooler to give us an update on her recent trip to the SCAD TV Fest. Then, we revisit this weekend’s best Super Bowl commercials and the buzzy movie trailers that debuted during the game. Finally, Megan leads a conversation about Peacock’s Ted, a prequel (limited?) series to the 2012 film of the same name from Seth MacFarlane.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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We’re talking cats and swans this week at the Water Cooler but sadly without Megan. First up, Joey and Clarence briefly discuss the Grammys ceremony and the online aftermath where the claws were most definitely out. Then, we take a look at Matthew Vaughn’s latest film Argylle, featuring a bevy of stars including Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, Catherine O’Hara, Bryan Cranston, and more. But do all the famous faces engaged in this trippy international spy thriller make for a fun movie?

Finally, we dive in on Feud: Capote vs. the Swans, the latest in the limited series dedicated to famous fights in pop culture. This installment focuses on Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) as he lands on the wrong side of New York high society wives (the titular swans) played by Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart, Chloë Sevigny, Demi Moore, and Molly Ringwald.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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This week, the full roster of Team ADTV joins the Water Cooler to review the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. We talk about our favorite moments, our disappointments, and whether or not three series should dominate the entire evening.Plus, we look forward to the 2024 Emmy season and hypothesize what will start to fill the vacant slots left by the WGA/SAG strike.

As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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