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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 100: 'Chuck,' 'Beavis & Butt-Head,' 'Grimm' & more

Dan and Alan celebrate their 100th podcast the way they did the 99 before it: lots of reviews

By Alan SepinwallMonday, Oct 24, 2011 3:48 PM

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Happy Monday, and welcome to the 100th episode of the Firewall & Iceberg Podcast - or, as we discuss early on, what could be considered either the 99th or 101st. Either way, if you were expecting a special anniversary installment with lots of cool things - or even better-than-normal production values - then clearly you have not been paying attention. Instead, Dan and I decided to treat this one like the 99 (or 98, or 100) before it and just offer reviews, banter, questions from you guys, etc.(*)

(*) Though we did finally use one of our favorite theme song candidates, as our one bit of celebration, even though it has nothing to do with the shows being discussed. One of these years, we'll get an honest-to-gosh theme song. 

The line-up: 

"Beavis & Bull-head" and "Good Vibes" -- 03:20 - 20:40
"Chuck" -- 20:35 - 28:00
"Grimm" -- 28:05 - 35:40
"Allen Gregory" -- 35:45 - 46:46
Listener Mail - "Reed Between the Lines" -- 46:50 - 56:15
Listener Mail - NBC football promotion -- 56:15 - 01:03:30
Listener Mail - Remakes of "Misfits" etc -- 01:03:30 - 01:07:30
 
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, download the MP3 file or stream it on Dan's blog.
 
And as always, feel free to e-mail us at sepinwall@hitfix.com and/or dan@hitfix.com if you have questions you want answered on the show. Please put the word "podcast" in your subject line to make it easy to track them down amid the hundreds of random press releases we get every day.
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Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com
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    Stew

    Very disappointing to hear your reaction to Season 5 of Chuck. The new setup had a chance to be fun; maybe they are compressing a full season's plot into 13 weeks. Please ask Fedak and Schwartz if the pacing is tougher knowing they have to go to the finish, and let's hope we see what made the show at its peak such a great hour to spend in the remaining episodes.

    October 24, 2011 at 10:52PM EST Reply to Comment
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    War Chief Shake Zula

    So, you found any buyers for syndication yet?... (lol)

    October 24, 2011 at 11:50PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Amrit

    With the budget they have is it any suprise that they had to abandon the Volkoff storyline...lol. But I truely think that they thought they were 95% chance were going to get cancelled after season 4 and threw in the spies for hire and morgan intersect storylines...and now that they actually have to do it they reset everything. The same goes for the end of season 3, Chuck being Orion was never going to happen. They need the buymore to off set costs (through advertising) so that always stays and not knowing that they were going to survive they burned through ideas quickly instead of slow burning arcs...I feel sorry for them. If they can give even a half good arc that reminds me why I love this show...I will be a very happy fan.

    October 25, 2011 at 4:37AM EST Reply to Comment
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    nestle

    Having been following Downton Abbey series 2, I'd say Dan is not missing very much.

    Also I think NBC has the right idea with The Voice. Anything they can do to actually make that a hit so that they'll have one night where they're not 4th or 5th. Looking back on the ratings for FNL season 1, it would be NBC's highest rated drama.

    October 25, 2011 at 10:00AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Andrew

    You mentioned White Chapel a couple of times without giving even a general "I liked it" or "I hated it" Is it worth my time?

    October 25, 2011 at 3:01PM EST Reply to Comment
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    odessasteps

    sounds like there were enough shows this week for a second show, #101 for alan and #100 for Dan.

    Glad you found time to talk about a show from an area you don't normally cover. Maybe that means there is hope for you to discuss some Cartoon Network shows or the new ESPN afternoon shows.

    October 26, 2011 at 9:18PM EST Reply to Comment

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