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Firewall & Iceberg Podcast, episode 37: 'Chuck,' 'House,' 'Community' and lots of other returning shows

Alan and Dan look at returning shows in part two of their fall preview series

By Alan Sepinwall Monday, Sep 20, 2010 2:16 PM

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Time for part two of the three-part Firewall & Iceberg Podcast fall preview(*), with Dan and I pausing from our discussion of new shows to check in on a bunch of returning shows we've seen premieres for, some of which will be in heavy blogging rotation ("Chuck," "How I Met Your Mother"), some which may be covered more infrequently ("Glee"), some which are falling out of the rotation altogether ("House") and one that has surprised me by finding its way back in ("Fringe").

(*) I've been doing a lot of fall preview podcasting over the last week, including a guest appearance on Bill Simmons' podcast that we recorded on Friday and was posted today.

The run-down:

"Chuck" -- 02:00 - 07:40
"How I Met Your Mother" -- 07:45 - 12:35
"House" -- 12:35 - 17:05
"Glee" -- 17:10 - 20:45
"Cougar Town" -- 20:45 - 25:50
"Community" -- 26:00 - 31:10
"Big Bang Theory" -- 31:20 - 33:30
"Fringe" -- 34:05 - 39:20
"Dexter" -- 39:30 - 44:05
"Mad Men" -- 45:15 - 01:03:00

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.

We likely won't have time to answer questions on the next few shows, but just in case, you can always reach us at sepinwall@hitfix.com and/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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  • Given that simmons is in a fantasy league with a bunch of comedy writers (dameshek, Kevin hence, cousin sal), I'm sure their interactions are probably funnier than The League.

    September 20, 2010 at 4:01PM EST Reply to Comment
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      pure opinion I think it's hilarious that Simmons villifies any chick show where the heart of the show is the women AND YET that's exactly what Mad Men is, a chick show masquerading as a guys show because of the smoking and drinking and the oogling Joan.

      September 21, 2010 at 2:00PM EST
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    Bitsy

    For any HIMYM fan:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp7NX2cH_SI

    Apparently this is also on the commercial for the Season 5 DVD.

    September 20, 2010 at 8:16PM EST Reply to Comment
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    JayHayabusa

    @Alan
    Glad to see you brought back 'Fringe' into the rotation. Does that mean you will be reviewing the show every week? Or does that sentiment only applies to the premiere?

    September 21, 2010 at 6:10AM EST Reply to Comment
    • Midnight_run_mca255950_talkback_profile

      sepinwall Depends on time. I'll definitely be writing up the first two episodes. After that, it may be an irregular part of the blog (Thursday nights are just brutal), or I may feel so compelled that I do it every week.

      September 21, 2010 at 7:09AM EST
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    Ben

    So you're going to forsake watching and reviewing House in favor of shows like Glee and How I Met Your Mother? Chuck used to be more amusing and endearing, but regardless of difference of opinion on some of these shows, Mad Men and Breaking Bad nonwithstanding, Hugh Laurie's brilliant performance of House is one of the truly riveting and compelling portrayals on tv-now or in the past.

    September 26, 2010 at 6:55PM EST Reply to Comment
    • Midnight_run_mca255950_talkback_profile

      sepinwall Actually, I'm not going to be reviewing Glee much, if at all. I did a very brief post on the season premiere, and that's likely the last I'll be writing about that show for the long time.

      September 26, 2010 at 7:54PM EST

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