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Interview: Chuck & Wynona talk 'The Amazing Race'

Alabama team discusses their bickering Race experience

By Daniel Fienberg Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 3:30 PM

<p>Wynona and Chuck of "The Amazing Race"</p>

Wynona and Chuck of "The Amazing Race"

Credit: CBS
It was a roller-coaster end for "Amazing Race" Cardiac Kids Chuck & Wynona on Sunday (April 14) night's episode. 
 
After an early season run escaping elimination due to misadventures or injuries to other teams, the Alabama couple seemed destined to finally head home after a physically arduous Leg in Switzerland. Then a weird thing happened and YouTubers Meghan & Joey, working with a comfortable cushion, couldn't find a cab to the next Pit Stop and ended up walking. Chuck & Wynona, finished a cheese transportation task well behind, but successfully secured a cab and made it to Phil Keoghan in next-to-last. But then a sad thing happened and Chuck & Wynona were assessed a 30-minute penalty for the way they chose to transport that cheese. Ooops. That was all the time Joey & Meghan needed to stumble to the mat and send Chuck & Wynona packing.
 
As often happens, Chuck & Wynona left the Race in an episode that began with them both agreeing that they'd finally gotten comfortable and found a way to have fun on the show. 
 
In their exit interview, Chuck and Wynona discuss their bickering relationship both in real life and on "Amazing Race." Wynona talks about the injury we never saw, while they both explained what they got out of the "Amazing Race" experience.
 
Click through for the full Q&A...
 
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Listen: Firewall & Iceberg Podcast No. 177

Dan and Alan talk 'Defiance,' 'Hemlock Grove,' Roger Ebert and more

By Daniel Fienberg Monday, Apr 15, 2013 5:19 PM

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Greetings, Boys & Girls. It's Monday, but as those watching coverage of the deadly blasts in Boston know, it's not a happy one. My/our thoughts go out to all of my friends and family in Boston, but really to the whole city.
 
The news of the blasts broke really within seconds of us completing what inexplicably ended up being a ridiculously long podcast, apparently our longest podcast ever. 
 
Most/Many of our listeners will have zero interest in a nearly two-hour podcast on this day of all days, but for those looking for distraction, here it is. It'll still be there tomorrow or Wednesday or whenever. And my apologies for my over-chipper "Happy Monday," which sounds pretty jarring as I listen to it now.
 
Today's times:
"Defiance" (00:00:50 - 00:15:10)
"Hemlock Grove" (00:15:15 - 00:31:45)
"Mary & Martha" (00:31:45 - 00:39:00)
Roger Ebert (00:39:05 - 00:50:00)
Listener Mail - Lead-Ins (00:50:15 - 00:59:35)
Listener Mail - "Game of Thrones" aging (00:59:45 - 01:07:50)
"Cougar Town" finale (01:08:00 - 01:14:55)
"Go On" finale (01:15:00 - 01:27:45)
"Mad Men" (01:27:50 - 01:52:50)

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.] 

And as always, feel free to e-mail us questions for the podcast.

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Recap: 'The Amazing Race' - 'My Cheese Is Out of Control'

Altitude causes problems for teams in the Alps

By Daniel Fienberg Monday, Apr 15, 2013 1:15 AM

<p>Katie struggles on Sunday's "The Amazing Race"</p>

Katie struggles on Sunday's "The Amazing Race"

Credit: CBS
Due to live-blogging responsibilities on Sunday (April 14) night's MTV Movie Awards (plus CBS' Masters overrun), I wasn't able to watch "The Amazing Race" in my normal Slingboxed East Coast fashion. 
 
While that will delay tonight's recap, the work logjam proved serendipitous, because Sunday's episode wasn't really about the individual challenges or any real sense of drama. It was about grandeur, courtesy of one of the show's favorite locations, up in the Swiss Alps. A lot of things that might have annoyed me about Sunday's Leg got entirely swallowed up in the mountainous expanses which looked far better spread out in HD on my TV than they would have squashed on my computer three hours earlier. 
 
And even though most of the Leg was just dedicated to Racers digging through their mental thesauruses trying to come up with original ways to describe snow and mountains, I guess things got exciting toward the end, though I have some serious questions about all of that. 
 
Plus, somebody went home. It's odd that I've only done four "Amazing Race" exit interviews this season and we're in mid-April, so at least there'll be another one tomorrow morning. [The first eliminated team went home in a week in which Monday was a holiday, if you'll recall, hence no exit interview. And you're lying if you can remember the names of the two firemen who went home first. Lying.]
 
So let's continue with a brief discussion of this Leg. I still have to watch "Mad Men" tonight, so I'm putting a cap on this recap at some point...
 
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2013 MTV Movie Awards Live-Blog

Rebel Wilson hosts the annual golden popcorn giveaway on MTV

By Daniel Fienberg Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 8:58 PM

<p>Rebel Wilson</p>

Rebel Wilson

Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP

Welcome, friends, to my live-blog of the 2013 MTV Movie Awards! 

Join the conversation below... Or start a conversation below!

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Interview: Michael Snow talks 'Survivor: Caramoan'

Latest castoff talks Corinne, Phillip and turkeys

By Daniel Fienberg Saturday, Apr 13, 2013 1:17 AM

<p>Michael of "Survivor: Caramoan"</p>

Michael of "Survivor: Caramoan"

Credit: CBS
If not for a major shift minutes before Tribal Council on Wednesday (April 10) night's "Survivor: Caramoan," not only would Michael Snow not have gone home, but his name probably wouldn't have been written down a single time.
 
The votes were supposed to go against Malcolm, but sensing a move to send her packing, Andrea urged her alliance to switch from a complicated, Favorite-alienating vote, to the seemingly more simple elimination of yet another Fan. And, indeed, it appears to have been easy enough to make that shift, as Michael departed the game with a blurred display of his middle finger and the kiss-off, "You Turkeys."
 
To some degree, Michael deserves credit for having made it past the Merge at all. He was the last Favorite standing from the three who made a straggling minority in the motley post-swap Bikal tribe, having watched Julia and best bud Matt go out earlier. And the writing was on the wall after last week's episode, in which Michael's fiercest ally, Corinne, was blindsided.
 
In his exit interview, Michael discusses the turkeys who voted him out, his relationship with Corinne and the one good thing about getting voted out early.
 
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Recap: 'American Idol' - Top 6: Results - Plus Kelly Clarkson and Scotty McCreery

Will Lazaro go home or will we see the Judges' Save?

By Daniel Fienberg Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 7:59 PM

<p>Candice Glover from Wednesday's "American Idol"</p>

Candice Glover from Wednesday's "American Idol"

Credit: FOX

I thought I had it all figured out last week. I assumed that unless Lazaro Arbos went home, anybody left would receive the Judges' Save and be kept around. What I didn't count on was Lazaro finishing so high -- Top 3 and the producers probably know exactly how far up -- that the judges couldn't afford to keep Burnell Taylor for another week for fear of losing one of the five women in a double-elimination this week.

Instead, Burnell went home and we were treated to Lazaro's cover of "Close To You," which stands as one of the worst performances ever by a Top 10 finalist on "American Idol." I guess we would have been treated to that performance either way, though. Never mind.

But anyway... I'm started tonight's episode with the exact same assumption as last week: The only person going home tonight will be Lazaro. Any of the five women would get the Save. 

Let's see how things play out...

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Recap: 'Survivor: Caramoan' - 'Cut Off the Head of the Snake'

An episode of heavy strategizing culminates in a wacky Tribal Council

By Daniel Fienberg Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 12:32 AM

<p>Andrea of "Survivor: Caramoan"</p>

Andrea of "Survivor: Caramoan"

Credit: Greg Gayne/CBS
Pre-credit sequence. When last we left our castaways, Corinne had just been unceremoniously blindsided. Now what? Monkey! Monkeys everywhere! It's like they've been waiting for Corinne to leave. Did Corinne eat monkeys? That would explain so much! "I look at last night as a victory," says Reynold, basically figuring even if his alliance fell flat, any time somebody other than him goes home, it's a win. Eddie and Reynold are beginning to recognize that they're female kryptonite, noting that any time a girl aligns with them, she goes home. Uh-oh. Stop cutting to Adorable Andrea. I don't like what you're implying, editors. "I am iron-clad with my guys, with Eddie and Malcolm," says Reynold, who decides that the time has come to flirt with Andrea. "I still have the only Idol that nobody else knows about," observes Malcolm. "They thought they cut off the head of the snake. They thought they killed the rebel leader, I guess. They don't know they missed yet," Malcolm says. I hope that's not foreshadowing. But I'm sure that between Andrea getting next to Poison Reynold and Malcolm's cockiness, something is sure to be foreshadowed.
 
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Recap: 'American Idol' - Top 6: Burt Bacharach and Song I Wish I'd Written Night

It's a double theme night, as we get 12 performances

By Daniel Fienberg Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 7:59 PM

<p>The "American Idol" Top 6</p>

The "American Idol" Top 6

Credit: FOX

We're down to the Top 6 on "American Idol" and since the shows aren't getting any shorter, that means we're looking at a double-performance night. And with each singing going twice, we also have a pair of dueling themes.

We have that old "Idol" standby with Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David -- I didn't have enough characters to get "Hal David" in this headline, but he's important, too -- and then we have the more ambiguous Songs I Wish I'd Written. 

Wouldn't it have been cool if "Idol" had turned that second theme sideways and let any contestant with writing chops do a song they actually had written? Who amongst us wouldn't want to watch a full performance of Angie Miller's original? And I hear Janelle writes, too. Bring it on! Oh well.

On to the recap. Share your thoughts below...

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Listen: Firewall & Iceberg Podcast No. 176

Dan and Alan talk 'Da Vinci's Demons,' 'Shameless,' 'Justified,' 'Mad Men' and more

By Daniel Fienberg Monday, Apr 8, 2013 4:43 PM

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Happy Monday, Boys & Girls! It's time for a busy installment of The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast.
 
With finales for "Shameless" and "Justified," premieres of "Veep," "Nurse Jackie" and "Da Vinci's Demons" and our first in-depth "Mad Men" discussion of the season, we went 90+ minutes and could have done much more except for scheduling restrictions.
 
Whee!
 
It's unclear if next week's podcast is going to be delayed a day or two. We'll let you know when we know!
 
Anyway...
 
Today's breakdown:
"Da Vinci's Demons" (00:01:10 - 00:18:00)
"Nurse Jackie" (00:18:15 - 00:28:45)
"Veep" (00:28:50 - 00:36:05)
"Justified" finale (00:36:40 - 00:48:35)
"Shameless" finale (00:48:40 - 01:03:30)
"Mad Men" (01:03:30 - 01:31:55)

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.

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Interview: 'Mad Men' star Elisabeth Moss discusses Peggy's return and lying to reporters

Also, we discuss why Peggy-Don 'shipping is just plain wrong

By Daniel Fienberg Sunday, Apr 7, 2013 11:15 PM

<p>Elisabeth Moss of "Mad Men"</p>

Elisabeth Moss of "Mad Men"

Credit: AMC
Across the six interviews I did with various stars of AMC's "Mad Men," I don't know if a single actual plot-point was spoiled. Matthew Weiner runs a tight ship.
 
The sixth interview probably could, in some hyper-sensitive circles, be considered a spoiler merely by the actor in question.
 
Yes, Elisabeth Moss is going to be back on "Mad Men" this season. I'm sorry if Peggy's presence in last season's finale didn't give that away, or if that fact was also unspoiled despite Moss featuring in both promotional images and trailers for the new season.
 
Elisabeth Moss and Peggy, Don Draper's favorite protegee, will be back on "Mad Men" this season. 
 
Of course, you may have been fooled last spring when Peggy took a new job offer and abandoned Don and then Moss gave a number of interviews saying that she didn't know what was next for Peggy and that her fate was in Weiner's hands. 
 
In this interview, Moss admits to perhaps a wee bit of lying last spring and discusses how Weiner told her about what was coming next for Peggy. We talked about the "Mad Men" culture of secret keeping and then we had a long back and forth about why it's strange people have to keep asking if Don and Peggy are eventually going to hook up. 
 
Click through for the full conversation
 
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