The Shows We Watched
The Shows We Watched
We all have love for our favorite TV shows. Those shows we went back to, sometimes for years, became like best friends. Each week TV aficionados James King and Emily Johnston take us back to hang out with those best friends and bask in the best TV shows of all time while learning nuggets that might surprise you. From the lowbrow to the highbrow, from the comedies to the dramas, from Gossip Girl an…Follow the podcast:
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The Larry Sanders Show 📺 The fake show that launched HBO into the stratosphere
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Married… With Children 👨👩👧👦 Popular and problematic
It was naughty… and hugely popular! It also featured early performances from stars like Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, and Matt LeBlanc. The Bundys were one of America’s favorite TV families of the 80s and 90s. But as hosts Emily and James look back on the classic sitcom, they cannot help but not…
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Frasier 🧠 I would shave my head for you
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My So-Called Life 👩🏻🦰 Teen angst for a lifetime
It gave us such long-lasting stars as Jared Leto and Claire Danes. It only lasted one season but My So-Called Life had an outsized influence on the culture. It boasted enough teen angst for a lifetime. Could it be the greatest ‘one and done’ series of all time? Hosts James & Emily take a trip back …
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Friends 🙋🏻♂️ Ross is The Holiday Armadillo
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Halloween TV 🎃 Best episodes of all time
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The Osbournes 🤘 The *other* royal family
They were unlike any family we'd ever seen. Why did we love Ozzy, Sharon, Jack, and Kelly Osbourne so much? And without their success, would we even care about the Kardashians? Was it the in-fighting, the profanity, the bad behavior, the family dynamics? They changed TV forever after. On this episo…
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The Joy of Painting 🎨 The chillest TV show of all time
The icon that is Bob Ross presented over 400 episodes of The Joy of Painting from 1983 - 1994 but he’s even more famous and influential now than when he was alive. But why has this once obscure public TV show with a single afro-haired, melifluous-voiced, painting genius grown into such a significan…
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 👑 Not bad for a sitcom starring a rapper
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air needs a deep dive. From the theme song to the fashions, we talk all things Will Smith! (As well as Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, and Joseph Marcell!!) The classic 90s sitcom made us laugh and made us think too. Not bad for a comedy show starring a rapper who’d never acted …
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