News (00:01:02)
We talked about the following five TV news stories:
- Bates Motel Renewed for a Third Season at A&E
- Single Ladies Revived at BET's Centric
- UPDATE: Stephen Colbert Named CBS’ New Late Show Host
- HBO renews Game of Thrones for season 5 & 6
- NBC Creates Playground To Lure Comedy Writers Outside Of NY/LA Film Schools And Comedy Clubs
Primetime (00:29:38)
We used the specific episodes listed below as a jumping off point to discuss the following five TV shows:
- Resurrection – S.1 Ep.5, “Insomnia” (00:30:28)
- Shameless – S.4 Ep.12, “Lazarus” (Season Finale) (00:51:44)
- Crisis – S.1 Ep.4, “We Were Supposed to Help Each Other” (01:11:32)
- Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – S.1 Ep.17, “Turn, Turn, Turn” (01:27:42)
- The 100 – S.1 Ep.4, “Murphy’s Law” (01:47:13)
TV Recommendations (02:10:39)
- Jason recommended Warehouse 13 – Official Site – Episodes available on Amazon Instant Video
(S.1-5), DVD
(S.1-5), Hulu (S.2&5), iTunes (S.1-5) and Netflix (S.1-3).
- Danielle recommended Nurse Jackie – Official Site – Episodes available via Amazon Instant Video
(S.1-5), Blu-ray
(S.1-5), DVD
(S.1-5), iTunes (S.1-5), OnDemand, and ShowtimeAnytime.com/App (S.6) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying
by Carol Leifer at Amazon, for iPhone/iPad or listen to Leifer read the audio version by signing up for a free month at Audible and selecting How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying as your free download.
- Rem recommended the Game of Thrones Companion App – Amazon Appstore for Android/Kindle
, iPhone/iPad or Nook.
(Denotes seasons available in that format as of this posting)
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Have you started to lose interest in ABC’s Resurrection? Did you like season four of Showtime’s Shameless as much as Danielle and Rem did? Have you had it with Crisis? What did you think about the big crossover between the Marvel movie universe and ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Have you checked out The CW’s The 100? Did you enjoy this week’s guests? Let us know in the comments, send us an eMail, connect via Twitter @TVtimesThree, or Like us on Facebook.
As to Shameless, after seeing the episode, I wondered if the title “Lazarus” was actually referring to Jimmy/Steve and not Frank–since the producers said in the past they assumed it was clear to everyone that he was dead (after getting on the boat).
As to the 1.5x TV watching–I am a proud proponent of it 🙂 (That’s also how I listen to the podcast) I don’t really see lost frames in the video–things are just sped up a bit. Allows me to squeeze in 33% more TV! It’s especially useful when marathoning entire TV seasons/shows. However, I wouldn’t recommend it for shows with lots of action or singing–and don’t try to multi-task in addition to this. 🙂 Anyone with a PS3 or PS4 who’s curious to see what it looks/sounds like can pop in a DVD or Blu-ray and during playback just press the Fast Forward button once.