This week, we're talking about Sex, Death & Money! There's the intrepid podcasters of Only Murders in the Building, back for season two on Hulu. There's the sinister Delos corporation and its attempts to control everything in season four of Westworld on HBO Max. There's the rise of Sheila's aerobics empire and all the debauchery surrounding it on season 2 of Physical on Apple+. There's clueless but well-meaning rich heiress Maya Rudolph on Loot, also on Apple+. And there are the final two ep...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 392
This week, Les chats with actress Kayden Muller-Janssen. Kayden is Starring as Hartley in the new Disney Channel series Villains of Valley View which is airing on Disney Channel now. Kayden is also a talented songwriter, with her debut single “Kiss Kiss Baby” taking the #1 spot on Radio Disney. We discuss her role on Villains of Valley View, her rescue dog, how she found her calling as an actor and where songwriting fits into her creative practice, and much more. Check it out!
Jul 05, 2022•15 min
This week, Les chats with Actor, Director, and Producer Shomari Love. Shomari can be seen starring as Shannon in the upcoming Saban Films thriller Take the Night, set to premiere July 8th, as well as in guest roles in several television shows including Black Lightning, New Amsterdam, and The Chi. We discuss his acting roles, his skill as a percussionist and how that changed his career, what success and community mean to him, and much more. Check it out!
Jul 05, 2022•15 min
This week we're talking about a Clash of Egos! There's the clash between two dysfuctional superhero families raised by the same man on Umbrella Academy season 3 on Netflix. There's the clash between old school cooks and high end chefs on The Bear on Hulu. And there's the clash between a laconic loner and a loud-mouthed veteran in Players on Paramount+. Finally, we've got the clash between the jocks, the nerds, and Vecna in Stranger Things on Netflix. 2:10-23:54 TV Diary 24:28-42:00 Umbrella Acad...
Jul 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 391
This week, Les chats with actress Marianna Burelli. Marianna makes her U.S. debut this year in Disney Channel’s highly anticipated original series “Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion.” The comedy series follows Violet (Scarlett Estevez), an everyday Mexican American teen who is chosen by a magical luchador mask which transforms her into Ultra Violet, a superhero fighting crime. Marianna shines on the show as Nina, Violet’s mother (whom is kept in the dark about her daughter’s superhero powers) an...
Jun 24, 2022•24 min
This week we're talking about Ancient Evil! We're talking about the strange goings-on of season 3 of Evil on Paramount+, and the old man with a certain set of skills in The Old Man on Hulu. We've also got the wrap-up of Obi-Wan Kenobi and the third episode of Ms. Marvel on Disney+! 1:55-33:45 TV Diary 34:55-40:00 Evil (Paramount+) 40:35-42:44 The Old Man (HULU) 42:44-26:35 Ms. Marvel (Disney+) 1:00:40- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+)
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 390
This week, we've got some pretty interesting ensemble casts on a wide array of streaming services. There's the motley Canadian crew in Shoresy on Hulu. The sociopaths and almost-sociopaths of The Boys on Prime. And a bunch of chocolatiers on School of Chocolate on Netflix. Then, of course, we have the expansive casts of Ms. Marvel and Obi-Wan Kenobi, both on Disney+. Check it out! 26:35-46:00 TV Diaries 46:00-55:30 Power Rankings 56:12-1:03:15 House of Chocolate (Netflix) 1:03:15-1:12:00 The Boy...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 389
As part of our ATX Festival 2022 coverage, Randy spoke with writer Mike Gauyo. Mike is one of Hollywood’s top emerging creatives known for his writing roles on HBO’s hit series Insecure and Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia . Currently, Mike serves as Co-Creator, Co-Showrunner, and Executive Producer in his upcoming series Send Help , premiering this August on ALLBLK, AMC Network’s streaming service. Through his production company, Black Boy Writes Media , he’s dedicated to uplifting minority voices...
Jun 14, 2022•13 min
This week, we're exploring new territory! The Orville New Horizons is on a new network and a new and changed galaxy on Hulu. We're exploring California, Alaska, and Russia, as well as Hawkins in the fourth and final season of Stranger Things on Netflix. We're exploring Jersey City with the new heroine Ms. Marvel on Disney+. And we're exploring the world of post-pandemic ATX TV Festival, as guest Melissa Girimonte joins us to recap this year's festival! 2:00-20:00 ATX Recap 22:40-32:05 TV Diary 3...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Les and Randy are out, so it's up to Nick and Kyle to hold down the TV fort! So we've got an extended TV Diary session and a look at the new Obi-Wan show on Disney+! 4:10-54:00 TV Diaries 54:00-1:11:37 Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 12 min
This week, Les chats with actor Tray Chaney. Tray rose to fame as ‘Poot Carr’ on HBO’s THE WIRE and followed that up with roles in such films and series as HEAD OF STATE with Chris Rock, “SAINTS & SINNERS”, and “BOOMERANG". He currently plays Gordon Hawk on the critically-acclaimed WE OWN THIS CITY and ‘Tango_Unchained’ in the new comedy film WE NEED TO TALK, available on digital streaming platforms now.
May 30, 2022•28 min
This week, we're talking about getting it done! And then undone. There's the push-pull of making The Godfather on The Offer on Paramount+. Then there's the use of time travel to deal with family trauma on the second season of Undone on Prime. 2:25-22:55 TV Diary 34:05-34:30 Stranger Than Fan-Fiction 35:10-47:28 The Offer (Paramount+) 47:55- Undone (Prime)
May 27, 2022•59 min•Ep. 386
This week, Les chats with Billboard chart-topping singer and songwriter Billy Valentine, best known for his work on The Five Heartbeats, “Boston Legal” and “Sons of Anarchy.” Billy is a multitalented performer whose varied career has taken him across the United States and around the world. For five seasons, Billy’s singing voice could be heard every week on the ABC-TV series “Boston Legal” from the theme song right through to the end of every episode. “Sons of Anarchy,” the hit FX series, was a ...
May 24, 2022•24 min
This week, Les chats with actress Diany Rodriguez. Currently, Diany can be seen starring in Lionsgate and Hulu’s multi-cultural comedy film, “The Valet” opposite Eugenio Derbez, Samara Weaving and Max Greenfield. The film is a remake of the 2006 French hit “La Doublure,” and Diany shines as Natalie, the owner of a neighborhood bike store. On the television side, Diany stars on NBC’s long-running crime-drama series, “The Blacklist” alongside James Spader, and played ADA Maria Delgado on NBC’s “La...
May 23, 2022•25 min
This week, we're talking about shows in their second seasons, with one notable exception that's been around a lot longer. And we're talking about characters who, like fine wine, get better with age. There's season 2 of Girls5Eva, with its comeback girl band heroines, on Peacock. There's season 2 of Hacks, with its intergenerational comediennes, on HBO Max. There's the wisdom of age, sort of, that has come to Hazel and her dad, in season 2 of Made for Love, also on HBO Max. And there's the new se...
May 20, 2022•59 min•Ep. 385
This week, we're talking about our new weird friends, who may or may not be from outer space. Maybe they're aliens from a water-starved planet like in The Man Who Fell to Earth on Showtime. Maybe they're an oddly familiar warlike set of aliens like on the premiere of Star Trek Strange New Worlds on Paramount+. Or maybe it's a possibly demonic baby, like in The Baby on HBO Max. 2:18-22:50 TV Diary 23:50-32:20 The Baby (HBO Max) 32:40-39:35 Man Who Fell to Earth (Showtime) 39:35- Star Trek Strange...
May 13, 2022•50 min•Ep. 384
This week we're talking about killers! There's the increasingly dark tale of Barry, starting season 3 on HBO Max. There's the cops of David Simon's spiritual sequel to The Wire, We Own This City, on HBO Max. There's the snake killers of Killing It on Peacock. And there's the killer revealed in the finale of Moon Knight on Disney+ 3:05-23:15 TV Diary 23:15-39:20 Power Rankings 40:50-45:05 Barry (HBO Max) 45:05- 52:55 We Own This City (HBO Max) 53:05-1:01:20 Killing It (Peacock) 1:01:20- Moon Knig...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 383
This week, Les chats with Nashville vocalist Wendy Moten – best known for her 2021 run on NBC’s “The Voice” – about her upcoming live concert on Monday, May 16 at 7:00 PM at Birdland Jazz Club NYC. Wendy is an exceptional, adaptable singer, a pure musical spirit, and a bridge from Memphis to Nashville to the rest of the world. Respected in the music industry as a consummate professional for years, the wider public discovered her talent and charm through her remarkable run on NBC’s “The Voice” in...
May 04, 2022•23 min
This week, we're looking at past trauma! The final season of Better Call Saul is all about family trauma and what it does to people on AMC+. Roar on Apple+ has various explorations of trauma. Russian Doll on Netflix explores the nature of generational trauma through time travel. And Moon Knight on Disney+ gets dark in its penultimate episode, looking into the traumatic past of our lead character. Or maybe that should be characters. 4:20-29:10 TV Diary 29:10-39:05 Stranger Than Fan-Fiction 40:21-...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 382
This week, we're gonna slow it way down. There's the deliberately paced tale of an American journalist in Japan in Tokyo Vice on HBO Max. There's the tale of bad cops and an unlucky athlete in 61st Street on AMC+. And there's another contender for worst show of the year in Netflix's Anatomy of a Scandal. Plus... Marc and Steven have quite the change of pace on this week's Moon Knight on Disney+. Check it out! 2:04-24:00 TV Diary 25:15-38:58 Tokyo Vice (HBO Max) 39:43-45:40 61st Street (AMC+) 45:...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 381
This week, we've got a lot of people doing some interesting work. There's the pioneering cooking show of Julia Child on Julia on HBO Max. There's cartoonist-turned-sneaker-activist Keef Knight on the second season of Woke on HULU. There's factory worker turned pro bowler Tom Smallwood on How We Roll on Paramount+. And then there's the motley crew of parolees on The Outlaws on Prime. Plus, of course, freelance archaeologist/grave robber/fist of vengeance Marc Spector on Moon Knight on Disney+ Jul...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 380
This week, Les chats with Mike Cabellon, from NBC's hit comedy series Mr. Mayor. Mike plays Chief Strategist Tommy Tomás on the show, opposite Ted Danson and Holly Hunter. Mike can also be seen on shows including “Orange Is the New Black,” “High Maintenance,” and “Crashing,” as well as guest appearances in NBC’s “New Amsterdam” and Netflix’s “Luke Cage.” We discuss his work with the award-winning Story Pirates, a nationally renowned group of top comedians, musicians, best-selling authors, and in...
Apr 15, 2022•21 min
This week, we're talking about failing expectations. There's the difficulty of being the perfect super soldier in HALO on Paramount+. The difficulties of being burned out or failed spies on Apple+'s Slow Horses. Or the difficulties of being insane narcissist capitalists on WeCrashed, also on Apple+. And of course we've got a very disappointed Egyptian Moon God in this week's dessert, Disney+'s Moon Knight! 4:10-31:40 TV Diary 31:40-46:00 Power Rankings 47:03-1:03:20 HALO (Paramount+) 1:04:00-1:1...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 45 min
This week, Les chats with actor, writer, and director Ben Rimalower. Ben is known in theater and cabaret for writing and directing 'Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone' as well as writing and performing the solo plays 'Patti Issues' and 'Bad with Money.' Bravo fans will recognize him from many appearances directing Countess Luann's cabaret on 'The Real Housewives of New York City'. We discuss his love of theater, his time doing recaps for Real Housewives, and how meta it got when he started appearing...
Apr 07, 2022•18 min
This week... it's time to drop the curtain. There have been allusions to it in the last couple episodes, but it's true, it's all a ruse... Randy loves anime. This week, on the first of April, with encouragement from Nick and strong objections from Les, we're going all in and becoming The Anime Dudes! This week, we're talking about Demon Slayer, the final season of Attack on Titan, and Netflix's short series The Orbital Children from the creator of FLCL and Ghost in the Shell! 2:20-13:05 Stranger...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 34 min
This week, Les chats with actress Avery Konrad. Avery can currently be seen starring in Epix’s sci-fi horror series, “FROM”. The series unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. Avery shines as Sara Myers, a wildcard among the town’s residents. We talk about the mystery and horror of the show, how she got into acting growing up in Vancouver, how her dance background impacts her performances, and much more. FROM airs Sundays on Epix....
Mar 25, 2022•21 min
This week we're asking... Are you sure that's a good idea? There are any number of bad ideas surrounding the uploading of consciousness into the cloud after death, the concept at the core of Upload season two on Prime. Trusting a Borg Queen to take you into the past to fix the meddling of Q seems a bit dodgy on the second season of Picard on Paramount+. And launching a feminist magazine on the backs of nude male pictures might be genius... or it might not be such a good idea, we'll find out in M...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 377
This week on the TV Dudes, almost nobody knows anything. Nobody knows what's up with Toni Collete's past in Netflix Pieces of Her, Sam Jackson doesn't know if he can keep his memory long enough to solve a murder in Apple TV's The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, and the lovable crew of idiots in Peacock's Bust Down just don't know much, period. Plus we don't know where Randy is! 4:23-28:43 TV Diaries 28:43-35:57 Last Days of Ptolemy Gray 35:57-45:07 Pieces of Her 45:07- Bust Down
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 376
This week is full of ill-advised plans and other mishaps! Something like faking a medical breakthrough to become a billionaire as in The Dropout on Hulu. Pretty much everything Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin have done in their lives, and maybe the idea of adapting Tiger King into fiction, as in Joe vs. Carole on Peacock. Becoming a gentleman pirate like in Our Flag Means Death on HBO Max. Or any number of poor decisions made under stress in Yellowjackets on Showtime. 2:05-31:40 TV Diaries 34:33-46...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 26 min
This week... who's in charge here? Is it the FBI, CIA, NSA, or is it a super-criminal in The Endgame on Hulu? Is it the lovable pooch in charge of security on Cat Burglar on Netflix? And the Sheriff definitely thinks he's in charge in From on Epix, but we're not so sure. 1:56-29:05 TV Diary 29:05-44:00 Power Rankings 45:00-55:10 The Endgame (Hulu) 55:38-1:06:25 Cat Burglar (Netflix) 1:06:25-1:24:24 From (Epix/Prime) 1:24:24- Afterparty (Apple+)
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 34 min
