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Firewall & Iceberg podcast, episode 23: Emmys, 'Undeclared' and a whole lotta reader mail

A slow week in TV means the podcast depends on the listeners for ideas.

By Alan Sepinwall Wednesday, Jun 30, 2010 5:44 PM

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It's a slow week in TV, which means time for a little improvisation on The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, with Dan and I talking about all our Emmy posts of the last two weeks, answering a lot of reader mail, and then covering three different episodes of "Undeclared." 
 
As we mention several times in the podcast, next week's show will be on Thursday, not Wednesday, so we can respond to that morning's Emmy nominations announcement.
 
The rundown:  
Farewell to "Party Down" -- 01:00 - 03:00
Emmy nomination preview -- 03:00 - 22:00
Reader Questions -- 22:50 - 34:50
"Undeclared"  -- 35:00 - 48:50
 
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 at Dan's blog. And you can send new questions to either sepinwall@hitfix.com or dan@hitfix.com
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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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    DAB84

    How about Hard Knocks with the Jets? That's probably the only thing I'm looking forward to watching this summer on HBO...

    June 30, 2010 at 6:33PM EST Reply to Comment
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    John

    Hey Alan, I'm currently catching up from the beginning of Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy this summer. I've been steering clear of Emmy columns for potential spoilers. Is it safe to listen to the Emmy section of the podcast or no?

    June 30, 2010 at 6:57PM EST Reply to Comment
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      Walt White Run.

      June 30, 2010 at 11:03PM EST
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    Andrew

    I realize this is off-topic, but I wasn't sure where else to go; is there a reason why you can't tag your posts by topic anymore? I know some recaps are on the sidebar, but even those are only the most recent (ep 1 of both The Wire and Firefly are gone)

    July 1, 2010 at 1:14AM EST Reply to Comment
    • Midnight_run_mca255950_talkback_profile

      sepinwall Andrew, tag functionality is still something being worked on. In the meantime, I'm going to be adding more stuff to the sidebar, and while the initial click may not list every recap, if you click on the "More Recaps" link below, say, Firefly, you'll be taken to a page that has them all.

      July 1, 2010 at 6:59AM EST
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    HBO PR

    Game of Thrones? Although it's winter or new years or something.

    July 1, 2010 at 2:02AM EST Reply to Comment
    • Gizmo_bigger_talkback_profile

      dan HBO PR - The question was about reasons for keeping HBO for the rest of the summer. "Game of Thrones" is set to premiere next spring at some point TBD...

      -Daniel

      July 1, 2010 at 2:22AM EST
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    WW

    Dear Mr Sepinwall,

    If it's not too much trouble, could you put the titles of the UNDECLARED episodes you're reviewing in these posts? I want to rewatch them before listening to the podcast, but I don't always remember which ones are up for the week. Thanks.

    July 1, 2010 at 3:35AM EST Reply to Comment
    • Midnight_run_mca255950_talkback_profile

      sepinwall This week, we did "God Visits," "Parents' Weekend" and "Eric Visits Again."

      July 1, 2010 at 6:58AM EST
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    olucy

    According to TVGuide, IFC is going to run Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared (including a never aired ep) starting in September. Sweet!

    July 1, 2010 at 9:48AM EST Reply to Comment
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    SC

    Shocked not to hear Fred Savage's name mentioned in the discussion of actors turned TV directors. He's been turning out some great work on both Always Sunny and Party Down. I also get a kick of seeing his name in the opening credits to a show.

    July 1, 2010 at 2:17PM EST Reply to Comment
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      MatthewL Good catch on Fred Savage. The one who came to my mind was Robert Duncan McNeill, who played Paris on all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager, and is now a regular director on Chuck.

      July 1, 2010 at 8:09PM EST

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