Listen: Firewall & Iceberg Podcast No. 118
Dan and Alan talk 'Game Change,' 'Breaking In,' 'Bob's Burgers' and more
Happy Monday, Boys & Girls.
It's time for a very FOX-y Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, in which we cover the returns of "Breaking In" and "Bob's Burgers," as well as checking in on "Raising Hope" and "New Girl."
We also reviewed HBO's telefilm "Game Change."
And we answered some Listener Mail.
No sports talk this week. Sorry.
Here's the breakdown:
"Breaking In" (00:00:45 - 00:10:35)
"Raising Hope" (00:10:35 - 00:17:40)
"New Girl" (00:17:45 - 00:27:35)
"Game Change" (00:27:40 - 00:40:00)
"Bob's Burgers" (00:40:00 - 00:45:00)
Grantland's "Wire" Bracket (00:45:00 - 00:49:15)
Listener Mail: Skippable Seasons (00:49:40 - 00:56:30)
Listener Mail: Unlikable Characters (00:56:30 - 01:01:10)
Listener Mail: The State of "Modern Family" (01:01:20 - 01:11:10)
As always, you can subscribe to The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast over at the iTunes Store, where you can also rate us and comment on us. [Or you can always follow our RSS Feed.]
And as always, feel free to e-mail us questions for the podcast.
A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
Trending Now on HitFix Boards
| Topic | Started By | Latest Post | Replies |
|---|---|---|---|
| dave1279 |
5 months ago
|
1
|
|
| suzyduncan |
8 months ago
|
1
|
|
| Discuss TV General on HitFix Message Boards » | |||
News From Our Partners
-
Kanye West Debuts 'Black Skinhead'
Kanye Storms 'SNL'
The 'Doctors' Unite
-
'Anchorman 2' Trailer Had Us At 'Hello': Watch Now!
Fiery 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Scene Hurt The Most: Ouch!
How Far Will 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Boldly Go At Box Office?
-
Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- Announcement Trailer is Full of Swords and Ponytails
SNL: Ben Affleck Joins the "Fiver Timers Club" and Explains His Oscar Speech
SNL: Iran Responds to 'Argo' With a Film of Its Own
-
The Telefile - The Most Heinous Person on Reality TV This Week
The Telefile - Modern Family: The Best Lines of the Night
The Telefile - Fall TV 2013: What's On When
-
Cannes Film Festival: Cannes 2013, Day Three: Cheers for the young stars of The Selfish Giant, jeers for the new films by Hirokazu Kore-eda and Arnaud Desplechin
Hear This: Destroy This Place shows how press releases can get it right
Watch This: With Beavis And Butt-head Do America, Mike Judge skewered the idiocy of cinematic adventures
-
Watch 2PM Give Each Other Hugs, Spankings + Piggyback Rides at '2PM Is Back With Genie' Concert [Video]
Would Adam Lambert Judge 'American Idol?' [Video]
Chris Brown Receiving Death Threats
-
FTW vs. WTF: The TV Week in Review (May 19)
Doctor Who "The Name of the Doctor" Review: The Impossible Girl Made Possible
What to Watch This Weekend: The Season Finales of Nikita, Doctor Who, The Simpsons, and Family Guy
-
Weekly Ketchup: Will Smith to Star in Wild Bunch Remake?
Critics Consensus: Star Trek Into Darkness is Certified Fresh
Red Carpet Roundup: Star Trek Into Darkness Edition
Latest Posts
-
Would Nikita kill the President or not?Saturday, May 18, 2013
-
Dan and Alan talk upfronts, reality and 'The Office' finaleFriday, May 17, 2013
-
Kree or Candice? Join as as we wade through over two hours of filler.Thursday, May 16, 2013
-
This season's shutout winner discusses his path to victoryThursday, May 16, 2013
Recent Activity on Facebook
Most Popular on Facebook
Top Stories From Around the Web
Comments
Option 1
Comment instantly as a guest GuestOption 2
Option 3
Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupWar Chief Shake Zula
March 5, 2012 at 6:00PM EST Reply to CommentOh wow, that "salt on my deviled eggs" comment dovetailed so horrifically w/ thoughts that were already conjugated w/in my head from the previous couple sentences. Please, no more...[lol?]
War Chief Shake Zula I'll be tuning, given that I've been a fan of Hope since (almost) the beginning - and also since NCIS is on spring break this week. Hopefully, I'll be able to squeeze in some night-of DVR viewing (in addition to its pre-established place in my constantly fluid Wednesday 9pm hour) even when NCIS does first-runs up against it.
March 5, 2012 at 6:06PM ESTWar Chief Shake Zula You guys are really harping on the whole "build jokes on the references, don't just drop them into the pool" thing. For good reason, of course...
March 5, 2012 at 11:19PM ESTWar Chief Shake Zula Inner volleyball player? Wow does that not make sense...
March 5, 2012 at 11:28PM ESTWar Chief Shake Zula It's like Wikipedia says of Dukes of Hazzard...it was "suspiciously rural".
March 5, 2012 at 11:30PM ESTWar Chief Shake Zula I'd just eliminate all of Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives, even if that means ABC stays stuck in fourth in the ratings...[bazinga]
March 5, 2012 at 11:35PM ESTOn a more serious note, I wouldn't mind eliminating parts of Alias seasons 3 and 4. Maybe cobble what's left of those two in the same way you said should be done to The OC s2 and 3...and unabort the arc concerning Jack Bristow's true nature.
War Chief Shake Zula Yeah, I thought there was something up for a show that was supposed to be of "Emmy winning quality". That aforementioned half-hour in my Wednesday 9pm hour occupied by DVRed Raising Hope? It was originally the 9:30 half-hour, until I decided that MF season three wasn't doing it for me, and I swapped Hope to the 9pm half-hour in response.
March 5, 2012 at 11:46PM ESTMe
March 5, 2012 at 7:27PM EST Reply to CommentThe time breakdowns are not showing up for me when I download. Is that true for everyone else or a problem with my iTunes?
odessasteps I noticed it too. And then I checked, it also was not there on a show from a couple weeks ago.
March 6, 2012 at 12:54PM ESTTausif Khan
March 5, 2012 at 8:07PM EST Reply to CommentI was thinking about adding Raising Hope to my Hulu queue. Now that I hear that it is in ratings trouble I definitely will.
War Chief Shake Zula Why just add it to your queue? Watch it live, man!
March 5, 2012 at 11:12PM ESTbelinda
March 6, 2012 at 11:41AM EST Reply to CommentPete Campbell! Yeah. That's a character I've always liked, even in S1 even though he's a horrible person.
filmfan
March 8, 2012 at 10:23PM EST Reply to CommentWow, your opinion on Julianne Moore's performance is pretty much totally different to anything I've read in the other reviews.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times:
"She looks about as much like Palin as she can, but that's not the point. She conveys the essence. In a way, she's unprotected. Not a hardened, cynical politician, but a woman who has gone through life expecting good things and usually found them. ... Moore conveys these feelings with tenderness and subtlety. Her performance is not a barbed parody, but based on the actress' instinctive empathy with a character."
Newsday: " 'Game Change' isn't a parody -- some extended Tina Fey skit -- nor a hatchet job. It's a portrait; and, while I can't attest to its fairness (Palin supporters have already attacked the film), I can attest to Moore's performance, which is superb. The Palin that emerges here has dimension and humanity; when you cut her, she bleeds. She yells when she gets angry, gets lonely, feels lost, and finds solace in the most important people in her life: her family. BOTTOM LINE A luminous and fully alive portrait by a first-rate actress."