TVx3 E266: Returned Powers of Unbreakable Royals

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On episode 266, Jason (@theTVaholic) is joined by Andrea Towers (@atvgeek82) from Confessions of a TV Geek and EW.com and Kyle Nolan (@kyool) from NoReruns.net (@NoReruns) to talk some renewal news, the series premieres of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Returned, Powers and The Royals, and a recent episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Plus, some TV recommendations at the end. (Start times of each segment/topic)

News (00:00:56)

We talked about the following four TV news stories:

• It's Official: Mike & Molly, 2 Broke Girls and Mom Renewed at CBS
• ITV Orders Season 4 of Mr Selfridge With Jeremy Piven
• 12 Monkeys Renewed By Syfy With Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett As Showrunners
• VH1 Renews '90s Dramedy Hindsight

Primetime (00:06:21)

We used the specific episodes listed below as a jumping off point to discuss the following five TV shows:

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – S.1 (00:06:35)
• The Returned – S.1 Ep.1, “Camille,” (Series Premiere) & Ep.2, “Simon” (00:19:50)
• Powers – S.1 Ep.1, “Pilot” (Series Premiere) (00:32:49)
• Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – S.2 Ep.12, “Who You Really Are” (00:47:00)
• The Royals – S.1 Ep.1, “Stand and Unfold Yourself” (Series Premiere) (00:59:53)

TV Recommendations (01:12:20)

• Jason recommended the TVShow Time app again. Find it for Amazon Appstore for Android, Android, iOS or Web – Connect with Jason and some TV times Three guests that are also on the app: Kyle Nolan, Liz Henderson, Melissa Girimonte, Stephanie Zimmer, Troy Heinritz and Wayne Henderson.
• Andrea recommended Comedy Central’s Broad City – Official Site – Watch episodes via Amazon Prime (S.1), Amazon Instant Video (S.1-2), DVD (S.1), HuluPlus (S.1-2), iTunes (S.1-2) and Netflix DVD (S.1).
• Kyle recommended FXX’s Man Seeking Woman – Official Site – Watch episodes via Amazon Instant Video, Hulu and iTunes.

What do you think about the first season of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? Did you check out A&E’s The Returned remake? Do you love ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as much as Andrea does? Did you start watching E!’s The Royals? What did you think about PlayStation Network’s Powers? 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.