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TV Club : The Franchise “Season Two, Episode Three,”

What would this season of The Franchise be without Ozzie Guillen?

July 25, 2012 | 10:30pm -
Inventory Paging Dr. Melfi: 29 characters on serialized TV shows who outlived their usefulness

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

July 23, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass Fiona Apple talks colonics on WTF and The Bugle makes a triumphant return

The best podcasts of the week of July 12-18.

July 20, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : The Franchise “Season Two, Episode Two”

Showtime has a better sense of how to make an episode work even when the team is in the doldrums.

July 18, 2012 | 10:30pm -
Inventory Mumblecore: 20 memorably inarticulate movie performances

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

July 16, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass JB Smoove dominates WTF and Kevin Smith binges on Batman

The best podcasts of the week of July 5-11

July 13, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : The Franchise “Season Two, Episode One”

The Franchise has found a new subject, an organization with much higher stakes than the San Francisco Giants had last season.

July 11, 2012 | 11:25pm -
TV Club : Frontline “Endgame: AIDS In Black America”

A devastating episode examines the crisis of AIDS in the African-American community.

July 10, 2012 | 10:00pm -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of June 28-July 4

Andy Kindler takes over Comedy Bang! Bang!, Best Show rises above some uninspiring callers, and Todd Glass and Marc Maron do it live.

July 6, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of June 21-27

Doug Loves Movies descends into madness, Judge Hodgman spoils Breaking Bad, and Brian Regan makes a rare, swear-filled appearance in this week’s podcast roundup.

June 29, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of June 14-20

Jack White visits the Cat Ranch, the Sklars meet their MST3K forebears, and Mike and Tom man up and face the Rain.

June 22, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of June 7-13

Best Show turns 500 in style, Andy Samberg bros out on Comedy Bang! Bang!, and The J.V. Club joins the regular Podmass rotation.

June 15, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 31-June 6

The Bugle gets highly British, The Best Show gets highly absurd, and Comedy Bang! Bang! gets highly illogical.

June 8, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 24-30

Sklarbro Country doubles down, Doug Loves Movies busts out the swear jar, and The Best Show returns with a vengeance.

June 1, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 10-16

Dungeons & Dragons, dick jokes, and Don Draper populate this week’s podcast roundup.

May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : American Idol “Results Show”

Tonight’s results show felt strangely unexceptional for being “the night we’ve all been waiting for."

May 17, 2012 | 8:45pm -
TV Club : American Idol “Performance Show”

Oh sweet relief, you are but a week away.

May 16, 2012 | 9:40pm -
TV Club : Other Shows Pregnant In Heels

Women are so lucky. There is a reality show for us to humiliate ourselves on for every stage of life.

May 15, 2012 | 10:00pm -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 3-9

Paul F. Tompkins goes solo again on Doug Loves Movies, Wayne Coyne stops by the Cat Ranch, and Hang Up And Listen bums everyone out.

May 11, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : American Idol “1 Of 4 Voted Off”

If you were shocked when Skylar went home last week, you could guess who got eliminated tonight.

May 10, 2012 | 8:30pm -
Inventory One bad apple… we can live with that: 31 rotten parts of otherwise fantastic wholes

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

May 7, 2012 | 12:00am -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of April 26-May 2

Jay Mohr has some stories, some modern witches have a podcast, and Comedy Bang Bang has a cavalcade of fan favorites.

May 4, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : American Idol “1 Of 5 Voted Off”

It’s going to be a struggle to review the remainder of American Idol after tonight’s results.

May 3, 2012 | 8:40pm -
TV Club : American Idol “5 Finalists Compete”

No show succeeds when it feels like the time is being filled rather than used.

May 2, 2012 | 9:50pm -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of April 19-25

We check out Guys With Feelings, Nerdist works surprisingly well with Penn Jillette, and The Bugle goes blue.

April 27, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : American Idol “1 Of 6 Voted Off”

There are a few contestants on Idol who have been living on borrowed time the last few weeks, and one of those contestants ran out of time tonight.

April 26, 2012 | 9:00pm -
TV Club : American Idol “6 Finalists Compete”

An Idol performance episode beginning with a medley? Sounds like an awful excuse for time-killing. But wait!

April 25, 2012 | 9:45pm -
Podmass The best podcasts for the week of April 12-18

Jim Gaffigan makes the podcast rounds, Stephen Tobolowsky returns with a masterful lecture, and Jose Canseco talks about… something.

April 20, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : American Idol “7 Finalists Compete Again”

Tonight’s theme is “Now And Then,” as the contestants each get two songs to themselves.

April 18, 2012 | 9:30pm -

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