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Emmy voting starts June 13, 2024. That’s a lot of television for the voting members of the Television Academy to consume before casting their votes on the 2024 Emmy season. Since we at the Water Cooler Podcast are such kind people, we thoughtfully offer our final recommendations on the Emmy season. What series would you …
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The 2024 Emmy race seemed fairly established a few weeks ago. Netflix’s The Crown, FX’s The Bear, and FX’s Shōgun all seemed poised to sweep their various races. However, growing discontent with the Drama races and a perceived weakness in frontrunner The Crown perhaps spurred networks with limited series to seek placement within the Drama …
We had a lot of content to keep us busy last weekend, and we’re recapping all of it on this week’s Water Cooler Podcast. First up, we’ve all seen Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine’s The Idea of You, now streaming on Amazon Prime. Described as “Harry Styles fan fiction,” the film offers Hathaway as a …
This week, the Water Cooler breaks down Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, which has exploded onto the streaming world and grew exponentially in viewers week to week. Starring Richard Gadd based on his own one-man show, the limited series explores the real-life events of an unexpected relationship between Donny Dunn (Gadd) and Martha Scott (Jessica Gunning) that …
We’re back together at the Water Cooler this week to review the newest season in an old favorite. Andrew Jarecki’s The Jinx first aired in 2015 and provided an amazingly in-depth and compelling look into the life and mysterious deaths surrounding millionaire Robert Durst. As the series ended with a seemingly shocking confession, audiences have …
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 …
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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 …
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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. Thanks for …
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 …
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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 …
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