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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 104: 'I Hate My Teenage Daughter,' 'The Exes,' 'The Walking Dead' & more

Dan and Alan also review TNT's 'Scott Turow's Innocent' and Syfy's 'Neverland,' plus sports talk!

By Alan Sepinwall Monday, Nov 28, 2011 4:39 PM

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There are weeks on the Firewall & Iceberg Podcast where Dan and I get to discuss one show after enough that excited us, made us laugh, made us cry, and/or validated our career choices. Then there are weeks like this one, where the best compliment we can give any of the new shows we're reviewing is to refer to its "proficient mediocrity." Oh, well. On the plus side, we finally get around to discussing the "Arrested Development" resurrection, and we once again stray outside our area of expertise by discussing the NL MVP winner, Tim Tebow and the end of the NBA lock-out. Why not? 

The line-up: 

"Innocent" (04:00 - 14:30)
"I Hate My Teenage Daughter" (14:40 - 25:40)
"The Exes" (25:45 - 33:30)
"Neverland" (33:30 - 41:00)
A few words on "Arrested Development" and Netflix (41:00 - 47:20)
Random Sports Blather (47:20 - 54:30)
"The Walking Dead" (54:30 - 01:05:20)
 
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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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    odessasteps

    I like the addition of sports talk, to break up the show's format. Personally, lots of talk about shows in which I have little interest, so it's a nice palate cleanser. Still hoping for more non-prime time animation talk.

    November 28, 2011 at 11:56PM EST Reply to Comment
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    LJA

    What exactly *did* happen to Michael Cera's career anyway? It's like he's disappeared off the face of the earth.

    November 29, 2011 at 12:05AM EST Reply to Comment

    • LJA - Probably the box office for "Scott Pilgrim," "Youth in Revolt" and a couple other Michael Cera vehicles contributed. I think he was just over-exposed for long enough that he now feels under-exposed...

      Or maybe he's just in hiding growing an awesome beard for a comeback project!

      -Daniel

      November 29, 2011 at 2:08AM EST
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    Scott Rosenberg

    Don Zimmer: not dead.

    November 29, 2011 at 4:08AM EST Reply to Comment
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    benk

    Can you guys please cut the sports talk? I like to be able to listen to the whole podcast without having to fastforward, and hearing ten minutes of talk about a tv show I don't watch is vastly superior than five minutes about sports.

    November 29, 2011 at 1:35PM EST Reply to Comment
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    fraying

    Love the podcast, guys, and you should talk about whatever floats your boat, but just in case you were under the impression that everyone in your audience likes the sports talk, I just wanted to chime in to politely say OH MY GOD MAKE IT STOP I HATE SPORTS SO MUCH AHHHH! Thank you for your consideration.

    November 29, 2011 at 2:18PM EST Reply to Comment
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      Q Ball I vote for continued sports talk. If I can sit through/skip 15 minutes of "I Hate My Teenage Daughter"/"The Exes" the other listeners can withstand 10 measly minutes of sports talk. YOU HAVE DIVIDED YOU LISTENERS (I'm just joshing and can understand why some sports-loathers are a bit bothered by the omnipresence of sports, even on a TV podcast)

      November 29, 2011 at 2:31PM EST
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    alex

    all i remember about presumed innocent is the kids in the hall sketch where heccubus ruins the end of the movie for simon milligan.

    November 29, 2011 at 9:52PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Alex

    Is anyone else having problems subscribing and downloading this podcast from iTunes?

    November 30, 2011 at 12:53AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Rodafowa

    Hearing Richard Thompson as the opening music made my morning. So cheers for that!

    November 30, 2011 at 8:45AM EST Reply to Comment

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