TVx3 E335: UnREAL Robot Things

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On episode 335, Jason (@theTVaholic) is joined by Jennifer Bragg (@KitCouchPotato) from the TV POV podcast and Kate Kulzick (@TheTeleverse) from The Televerse podcast to talk some cancelation and renewal news and then discuss Mr. Robot at the second season halfway point, the first season of Stranger Things and the second season finale of UnREAL. Plus, some TV recommendations at the end. (Start times of each segment)

News (00:06:07)

We talked about the following four TV news stories:

• Big Brother Nabs Double Renewal, CBS Renews Zoo for Third Season
• The Nightly Show Canceled By Comedy Central, Larry Wilmore “Saddened” By Time Slot “Unblackening”
• Mark Burnett's FOX Dating Reality Series Coupled Canceled After One Season
• Ray Donovan Renewed for Season 5

Primetime (00:27:43)

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

• Stranger Things – S.1 (00:27:56)
• UnREAL – S.2 Ep.10, “Friendly Fire” (Season Finale) (00:55:10)
• Mr. Robot – S.2 Ep.6, “eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes” (01:16:38)

– Check out the Mr. Robot, Oh! Podcast that Jason mentioned for a weekly in-depth look at the show.

TV Recommendations (01:39:22)

• Jason recommended FOX's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which has its third season hit DVD on Tuesday, August 23rd – Official Site – Watch episodes via Amazon Video, DVD, Hulu, iTunes or Netflix DVD.
• Jennifer recommended The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Official Site – Watch episodes via Amazon Video, iTunes or Netflix.
• Kate recommended Cartoon Network's Steven Universe – Official Site – Watch episodes via Amazon Video, DVD, Hulu or iTunes.

Did you enjoy Netflix's Stranger Things as much as we did? Were you less enthused about the second season of Lifetime's UnREAL? Are you one of the few watching USA Network's Mr. Robot? Did you enjoy this week's guests? Is there a show you'd like us to talk about? Let us know in the comments, send us an eMail, connect via Twitter @TVtimesThree, or Like us on Facebook.