This week we’re talking about the shows that come out of nowhere each season and surprise us by becoming huge hits. We try to dissect what several of these shows have had in common but all agree that there’s no surefire formula at work. We briefly touch on some of the latest TV news and then move on to our usual primetime talk. Rae and I quickly make ourAmazing Race bets and then the focus is on shows we’ve been

Ever wondered where all those unseen pilots go? So was Chris Vaughn when he asked us to talk a bit about pilots we’ve seen and whether we think they should be made available to other TV lovers. Sadly, only I’ve been lucky enough to have seen one but we do have some ideas for ways networks could cash in on these unseen pilots. We also go over some news including cancellations, folks cast in pilots, unofficial renewals, and High School

Thanks to Scott Fields suggestion, we’re talking Sci-Fi this week. We chime with our thoughts on whether the Sci-Fi boom is over and whether we’ll be seeing more shows with sci-fi elements in the next few televivision seasons. We talk a bit about recent Sci-Fi shows that have succeeded and some that haven’t as well as some pilots picked up for next season. News covered in this episode includes The Simpsons and Survivor getting more seasons, Jerry Seinfeld’s return to

TV seasons are a-changing. If you don’t believe us, just look at how long it takes us to preview the vast variety of new shows hitting the schedule in the next month or so. We discuss what we’re looking forward to the most like Kings, Cupid, Better Off Ted, Castle, and more. Plus we talk about the fate of The Middleman, the lineup for PaleyFest09, and Kristen Bell popping up on the new show Party Down. Then we wrap up

We’re back and the news of Rob Thomas pitching the Veronica Mars movie has us wondering what makes a good movie based on TV shows. We give our thoughts on likeliness of Veronica Mars getting made as well as discuss other recent TV shows made into movies like Sex & The City and Miami Vice and many more. But first we talk a bit about some of the news from the past week including shows that have gotten season pick

It’s a super-sized episode in which some of the latest TV news including some of the new pilots picked up in the past few weeks, Jane Espenson running Caprica, Chuck ending in April, Michelle Ryan as the new companion on Dr. Who, and ABC trying out a couple of their comedies on Thursday nights. Plus, Rae takes a moment to say a word about the passing of Kim Manners. Then we (Rae) kvetch about how hype builds up expectations and

We’re back with a new episode and this time we actually talk about some news like George Clooney returning to ER, the delay of the digital switchover, and the possibility of a Veronica Mars movie. Then we go over what’s coming up in February from shows that are returning to those that are premiering. And, finally, we finish up with talk about the latest episodes of The L Word, United States of Tara, Fringe, Leverage, Lost, Lie to Me, and

Happy New Year, Everyone! After an extended vacation from podcasting, we’re back! Jason, Rae, and I catch you up on what we did over the holidays and then talk about our TV resolutions and/or goals for 2009 which may include trying to stop watching shows when we aren’t enjoying them and to be spoiler-free. Plus we make some predictions for the year ahead including what shows we think people will like, what shows we think will disappear after May, and what

Happy Holidays! ‘Tis the season to talk about holiday TV. Rae, Jason and I come up with a few of our favorite holiday episodes of TV shows plus other holiday specials we watch year to year. Then we all pick one TV family we’d like to spend the holidays with and no one’s surprised by my choice. Then it’s right onto primetime with some talk of the most recent episodes of Dexter, Californication, Chuck, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Pushing

Enjoy this bonus edition of our regular TVx3 podcast in which Amrie and Rae take a break to talk about their reality TV. It’s finale in network reality TV-land and we’ve got plenty to say about the final leg of The Amazing Race and the final Tribal Council on Survivor: Gabon. Did our favorites win? What’d we think of how everything went down? Listen and find out. Plus, we catch up on the past few weeks of Top Chef and