It's springtime blizzard season in Colorado, so snuggle up to a brand new episode of Basic Cable. American Horror Story goes to camp (8:20). Carve another face on the Jeopardy Mt. Rushmore (14:20). Some Russian kid gets a new name (24:00). Recommendation corner: The Last O.G.(30:35), What We Do In The Shadows (35:10) and Our Planet (39:50). We say our last heckles to You're The Worst (40:25). Is The Challenge having a renaissance (41:45)?
Apr 10, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Making up for lost time. We've got a long episode and a deep bench of topics. How'd out Basic Cable NCAA bracket hold up? (2:30) News You Can't Lose ft.: The Hill, Younger, Triple Frontier and the new Game of Thrones teaser. (3:15) Two minute US movie review. (22:20) Barry is back on HBO. (25:55) We say some not-so-nice things about The Case Against Adnan (30:35) and some nice things about What We Do In The Shadows. (36:55). Siesta Key wraps up Season 2 and we give out our MVP awards. (39:05) Gu...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In One Shining Momenttttt -- we'll talk about a lot of different shows - and do our dream bracket! (3:35) Look out, because Carlie is pissed OFF about the cancellation of One Day at a Time. Take your sanctimonious tweets and SHOVE IT, Netflix. (14:30) We also bid farewell to TV Land's Teachers, but strongly encourage you find a way to watch. (21:00) GoT episode length's revealed! (25:00) 90 Day Fiance is nearly back and we don't loveee all the couples involved. (31:10) Let the record reflect tha...
Mar 21, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Welcome Basic Boys and Basic Girl, strap in for the mother of all podcasts. We have an exclusive interview with Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy ... well, Carlie just informed me that it's uncool to lie in episode descriptions. You'll have to settle for a quick tribute to the Jeopardy All-Star Games and the timeless beauty of Alex Trebek. HBO giving Crashing the light (9:00) and HBO announces some less-than-epic episode lengths for Game of Thrones (10:25). Lucas is misled by The Case Against...
Mar 12, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Thanks to everyone who tuned into our special Jeopardy-centric episode last week. We're back with our regularly scheduled programming this week with a quick dip into the second week Jeopardy All-Star Games, a plea to save Netflix's One Day at a Time (10:50), the final season of You're the Worst (15:10), the start of a very likable new season of The Challenge (17:50), and the end of a very hateable season of True Detective (25:00).
Mar 02, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Welcome back, Basic Boys and Basic Girls. We have a very special episode for you this week. We chat with our friend and Wheel of Fortune champion Kevin about the Jeopardy All-Star Games. Kevin knows his stuff, we're lucky he joined us for this very deep dive into the All-Star games format, contestants, and to help us make predictions about which team will win it all. Sorry it's been a hot minute since our last episode -- we got a little busy! Back with full recaps of our shows soon! But enjoy th...
Feb 24, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Heyoo, I know -- you want more Katie, but unfortunately she only watches Hogan's Heroes, Perry Mason and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel -- so she simply can't take his place. (1:00) Lucas is back, and congratulates me on eating a gyro. (4:55) NYCL includes lots of Netflix talk -- do they need to be up front about their ratings? Why are they working with Goop? Turns out Longmire WAS on Netflix. (16:40) No sooner had Ashley taken the million dollars are we back for another season of The Challenge. And ...
Feb 09, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 24
We finally did it -- we had our first remote guest on the show. And who better to join us than Carlie's mom, Katie. Katie is the most hilarious person we know, and is due for some time on BC. You won't be hearing much from ya boy Lucas this week, sorry, but Katie more than makes up for it. We talk all things MMM from the first two episodes, and there was A LOT to cover, from our relationship to Amy Sherman-Palladino shows, to whether Midge is even a likable character. Buckle up, there are some h...
Feb 04, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 23
How do you react when you meet a celebrity (1:00)? A new chapter in Jersey Shore's most beautiful romance (9:30). We run through our Netflix queue and check in on You (12:40), Sex Education (18:05), Abducted in Plain Sight (20:15), the Bundy Tapes (21:15), Grace and Frankie (22:10), and Friends From College (23:45). It's KEYCAP season (26:10) and we say goodbye to The Good Place (31:00). Finally, Lucas lays the law down on True Detective.
Jan 29, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 22
*DISCLAIMER* This episode is full of spoilers for Episodes 1 & 2 of True Detective Season 3. We are also not doing a straight recap, so you might want to watch before attempting to listen, or we'll sound as crazy as Jeff Bridges accepting a lifetime achievement award. (0:33) Of course Lucas has to talk about the big news of the day, that Big Daddy Sitch, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino reported to prison today for his eight-month sentence. We're thinking of you Mr. + Mrs. Sitch! (2:55) Divin...
Jan 15, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 21
*To the tune of the Sopranos theme* Well, you woke up this morning Got yourself a pod Your mama always said Basic Cable’d be the chosen one She said Lucas is one-in-a-million and Carlie’s ok, too Never had a bad take, so get this pod up in your ears Wooookkkeee up this mooorrrnnin Got yourself a pod!!!! It’s been 20 years since The Sopranos premiered on HBO and changed television forever! Before we jump into the GOAT (18:55), we chat about the Golden Globes. How did Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh do...
Jan 12, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Welcome to 2019. New Year, new podcast, people! Psych, it’s the same show -- Carlie is as screechy as ever. We hear from my new favorite listener who has some spot on takes about the pod. (Come back hie123! Love, Carlie) Then we chat about the lesser of MTV’s Paulies’ (9:35) relationship drama! Russ and Pao from 90 Day Fiance welcome in a New Years baby with an unfortunate name (15:05). We ponder why True Detective continues to be a thing (17:45) and I get on my soapbox about Netflix and TV cens...
Jan 05, 2019•49 min•Season 1Ep. 19
We're back baby! Sorry we've been absent, like the classic Duhamel-Heigl movie, Life Happens, and we couldn't watch a lot of TV let alone talk about it. But we wanted to finish 2018 strong, and get an episode done for our faithful fans. (6:00) We revisit our Fall TV predictions, who got the hits and flops right, and which shows are truly canceled at this point? (20:00) Programming note, my mom is going to be on the show at some point to talk about Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! (22:30) Lucas has a chang...
Dec 28, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Still full from Thanksgiving? Give your boo hole a rest and listen to this week's Basic Cable! (2:45) We get into News You Can Lose (Carlie gave up), with an update on the Game of Thrones prequel series, (9:15) congratulate Sally Ann Salsano on her big award, and chat about the recent Jersey Shore clips show. (12:45) Then we dig into the Challenge reunion, (24:35) before getting into who is actually in love on 90 Day Fiance. (39:25) Finally, we debate what reality stars really make. Get in touch...
Dec 01, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 17
SPOILER ALERT FOR THE CHALLENGE FINALE. Woah, what a not shocking final, that shockingly left us with a 11 minutes worth of thoughts. We discuss if this final was really all the grueling, what, if anything the contestants could have done differently, and what does it say about the franchise that Smashley is now the biggest money winner of the game? And not that we like Hunter, but doesn't it seem unfair that he ate the most but got edged out on time? IDK. Let's talk about it, get it out of our s...
Nov 21, 2018•11 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Do you burn? If your answer is yes, this is the pod for you. You like Breaking Bad? (2:45) Good for you, quit bragging. You're not special. Ever heard of Game of Thrones? (7:30) Congrats, nerd. RIP AIR McNair (20:30). The Challenge has Carlie up-chuckin' (22:50) U-God has a new book, which means he has one more books than he does good verses on Wu-Tang tracks. (15:50) You ever meet a nice Colombian woman online? So have these turds (29:20). Good night. We Love You. - Lucas
Nov 16, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Sup bamas -- Lucas here. We've got some spicy Challenge MTV (1:30) talk on tap. Chase that bad boy with some New You Can Lose about Breaking Bad (8:45) and Game of Thrones (14:10). Next we dip our beak in some 90 Day Fiance (Where the caravan at tho? Edition). The main course is Homecoming (35:50). Julia Roberts represent! Are you still watching Manifest (55:30)? Carlie is. Love you!
Nov 09, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 15
oOOOooo It's time for a spooOOOkYY episode of Basic Cable! And this might even be scarier than The Haunting of Hill House! This week we take on some News You Can't Use with the cancellation of American Vandal (2:05), get into this week's Challenge episode and why yes, Bananas is a dick but we're kindaaa on his side, and preview the cast for season 33 (7:04). SPOILER ALERT: After that we both go with the unpopular take that Haunting of Hill House really stinks (24:01) and then finish with a new b...
Oct 29, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 14
E Plurbis Trashy! Welcome to an all new episode of Basic Cable! We recorded most of this in the dark, which should have no affect on the audio quality, but we felt like you should know. (2:08) Because Lucas can't help himself, we start this episode with him wanting to change the name of the News You Can't use segment. In this segment, which shall remain News You Can't Use until my body is six feet under, (3:39) we talk about the massive ratings slide for the Walking Dead, and I give an amazing s...
Oct 17, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Lucas is back at it again, taking the reins and editing this weeks' episode. We spend a few minutes on some news you can't use, including a massive let down from Connie Britton, get all up in the 90 Day Fiance finale, chat about why Carlie didn't love this week's The Good Place, give our latest theories on Manifest, and then let Lucas take us on a weird adventure through the what-ifs of The Sopranos. It got weird, y'all.
Oct 09, 2018•54 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Hey, hey, hey, what's up party people. It's your boy Lucas here. Carlie has left me in charge of the episode description this week. We blab about a bunch a crap, Carlie interrupts me a lot and demands a marriage proposal. I carry the show -- ya know, the usual. We kick it off with some News You Can't Use (2:30), then get into Manifest (9:29). That's followed by a riveting discussion of This is THE Us (15:54). The Good Place is back! (21:26). We briefly touch on Maniac (25:10) before we question ...
Oct 03, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 11
It’s Basic Cable time! We get a little spoilery on some shows today so pay attention to the time codes in case you don’t want shows like American Vandal (Netflix) and Forever (Amazon Prime). We start it off with a brief recap of the Jeopardy All Stars Team Tournament draft (0:43), then News You Can’t Use is just about the annoying backlash surrounding the announcement that Maroon 5 will headline Super LIII. We recap the Emmys about as quickly as they seemed to air (7:38), and then SPOILER ALERT:...
Sep 23, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Skipping our typical recaps this week because we have too much to talk about with the Jeopardy All-Star tournament and our picks for this year's Emmys. But first we start with a little News You Can't Use (3:20), then get into the Jeopardy All-Star tournament, this year it's a TEAM tournament, which is pretty exciting, so we do a mini-draft of the heavy hitters we'd like on our team (8:17), then from game shows to award shows, we do a rundown of who we think WILL and SHOULD take home Emmys this y...
Sep 16, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 9
We're back again! This week we cover some news you can't use, quickly chat about our favorite reality TV offerings, and get right into our predictions for which shows will be hits, and which ones will meet an early end. Listen, subscribe, and rate to support Basic Cable Podcast!
Sep 09, 2018•44 min•Season 1Ep. 8
We're back! After a mini-break for visitors and family time, we're back. We're getting into the latest episode of The Challenge, which includes a discussion about Johnny Bananas' recent leak. Why Floribama Shore just isn't fun lately, and the real-life drama surrounding Ronnie from Jersey Shore. We finally talk about one of our all-time favorite shows, 90 Day Fiance, and then do a mini Fall TV preview. Wrapping it up with how much fun it was to see the All Fantasy Everything podcast live taping ...
Sep 03, 2018•54 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Before you listen -- go read The Ringer's Best 100 Episodes of the 21st Century list besttv.theringer.com and then come back to hear our takes on the snubs, surprises and misplaced takes of the list. Listen, share, rate us and contact us! @Basiccablepod and basiccablepod@gmail.com
Aug 17, 2018•30 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We hit all our staples this week, but we also honor one of the most important summer TV shows of all time, The O.C.! (0:31) Quick recap of Very Cavallari, turns out Jay is short for NOTHING! (4:10) We go in on Codi and Candace, why they were never believable and Codi's rejection was nowhere near as bad as Nilsa's. (7:33) We're all caught up on The Challenge! Veronica, you let your team down, but CT, you let US down with your reaction (14:43) Lucas has his Succession victory lap (18:12) Piano les...
Aug 09, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Welcome back everyone! Kind of a bleh week for our fave shows, but we powered through to deliver another stellar episode. (0:00) We get right to the point with a quick recap on Very Cavallari, where I'm proud to say we don't mention Kelly and her Canadian ONCE. (2:45) We talk The Challenge - who’s a layup, why's Johnny making himself a romantic prospect and target? (10:56) Staying in the MTV fam, we spend 10 minutes dissecting a 17 second trailer for Lindsay Lohan's new reality show, and ponder ...
Aug 03, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Jayisms! Get your fill of Jayisms! (2:10) We're revisiting the gift that is Very Cavallari, and breaking down whether Jay is actually smart, and go house hunting with the Cavallari/Cutler fam. (7:23) Then we travel from Nashville to the Floribama Shore to discuss Nilsa and Gus, and break down the two fights that led to Kirk getting in the back of a cop car. (20:14) Carlie admits she was wrong to be out on the Challenge, but neither of us is sold entirely on these new cast members. (26:18) And we...
Jul 25, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3
We did it! Episode 2! Come for the TV takes, stay for Carlie’s Baskin Robbins baggage. (2:30) We go in on Episode 1 of Very Cavallari, discussing the offerings on the Uncommon James website, Jay’s best lines, and the perplexing proverb from one of Kristin’s employees. (18:51) Quick thoughts on the season premiere of Floribama Shore. What’s happening on Kirk’s face, and why despite a weak premiere, we’re in on this season. (23:56) Summer is no longer the slow season for television, so we talk abo...
Jul 19, 2018•45 min•Season 1Ep. 2
