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Tim Goodman's TV Talk Machine — 256 episodes

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256: A Holiday Visit from Tim Goodman

2

255: The Two-Episode Test

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254: The Spoon and the Tunnel

4

253: If Tim Falls in the Forest...

5

252: The PBS Ping-Pong

6

251: Tim's Back! On Substack!

7

250: Nature is Healing

8

249: We Don't Rehearse This

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248: Skunks Are Terrible Beings

10

247: I Love Being Confused

11

246: Genius Grant

12

245: Yoga Five Times a Week

13

244: You Did an Inception on Me

14

243: The Best TV Shows of 2019, More or Less

15

242: "Hello, I'm Hobo Eric."

16

241: I Don't Work There Anymore

17

240: I'm Not Into Vengeance

18

239: They Did This Without Our Blessing

19

238: Cash From the Same Wallet

20

237: TV Critics Watch the 'Watchmen'

21

236: On the Plus Side

22

235: Love to Your Daughters

23

234: Imagine the Savings

24

233: Kenny Baseball Is Back

25

232: The Robots Are Wavering

26

231: David Fincher's Cousin

27

230: Ok, India, You Do You

28

229: What the Hell Is TBS?

29

228: That Made Me Question Everything

30

227: Premium Female

31

226: Tedious's Monster's Tedious Monster

32

225: A Garbage Fire in Their Own Backyard

33

224: You Jump on a Slow Tractor

34

223: I Don't Like Playing This Game With You

35

222: Feel-Good Hit of the Summer

36

221: It's Hard Out There

37

220: ...Then Maybe It's Brilliant

38

219: The Apocalypse Edition

39

218: Another Egg for Our Basket

40

217: A Fresher TVTM

41

216: Hit the Cord With the Scissors

42

215: I've Made a Huge Mistake

43

214: I Want to See That Nipple

44

213: Mallets and Anvils

45

212: Reight Champion

46

211: Nobody Gets a Ribbon

47

210: Not All of the Clarity

48

209: The Premise Has Landed

49

208: You're This Little Speck

50

207: That's Not How Television Works

51

206: The Adaptive Brain

52

205: It's Pronounced "Pen Fifteen"

53

204: The Swagger of Netflix

54

203: The Quantum Indeterminancy Edition

55

202: The Dinosaur Ship is Sinking

56

201: The Retro Podcast Edition

57

200: New Year, New Me

58

199: I'm Over These Lists

59

198: The Best TV Shows of 2018

60

197: Do Not Be That

61

196: They're Already Drowning

62

195: Time is Precious

63

194: #SadSpies

64

193: Clocks Into the Grinder

65

192: The Last Hour Is 75 Minutes

66

191: The Beachcombers

67

190: Bears and No Tent

68

189: Heroin Made of Nostalgia

69

188: Still Young, Still a Legend

70

187: Slow Binge, Quick Binge

71

186: I Appreciates You

72

185: The Great Unwatched

73

184: Clowns Are Running the Show

74

183: Maybe You Won't Hate Me

75

182: It's Just You

76

181: They're Not Voting With Their Conscience

77

180: That's Tip Money

78

179: The Helicopter Is a Character

79

178: Titan of Industry

80

177: So Smart in Its Dumbness

81

176: BAJIP

82

175: Joyful Salve

83

174: Sophomore Year

84

173: Reviled for Its Flaws

85

172: Let's Unleash Them

86

171: What Is Even Happening Here?

87

170: That Was for an Experiment

88

169: Did I Just Columbo You?

89

168: You're Not a TV Fish

90

167: A Picture of Pete

91

166: Through the Warmhole

92

165: Whole-Face Burn-Off

93

164: Old-School Grandma Network

94

163: They're Like Floppy Disks

95

162: Don't Bring a BB Gun

96

161: Intelligent Fish

97

160: The End of the Foxing World

98

159: It's Not Even a Show

99

158: You Got Me More Television!

100

157: The Best TV Shows of 2017

101

156: Everything Smells Like an Onion

102

155: Parts Unnain

103

154: Package Deal

104

153: Gradations of Bad

105

152: We've Columboed Ourselves

106

151: It Has Its Own Taint

107

150: Back Up the Truck

108

149: Live From the Vancouver International Film Festival

109

148: Are There More Letters?

110

147: Kicking Their App

111

146: It's Like Cilantro

112

145: Weird Is Not Enough

113

144: Summer Wedge

114

143: Shot in the Face With Money

115

142: They've Turned the Dinosaur Ship

116

141: I Don't Want to Hug It Out

117

140: We've Heard This Rant Before

118

139: Let's Circle Around to the Negativity

119

138: If I Wasn't Paid to Do It, I Wouldn't

120

137: Art and Commerce

121

136: Fightin' Through Some Shows

122

135: The Kevin Durant of TV

123

134: Damon Lindelof Didn't Lie

124

133: An Expensive Mess

125

132: I Killed It With Wine

126

131: Sad Balloon

127

130: I Sound Like a Madman

128

129: Don't Make This!

129

128: They All Read the Book

130

127: The French Will Buy It

131

126: Checking the Fien Print

132

125: Gentle Columbo

133

124: Like a Mime in a Box

134

123: Guys in Hats

135

122: Pinprick of Nostalgia

136

121: Ups and Lows

137

120: ...Unless You Try to Overachieve

138

119: Best in Show

139

118: Crack for Every Executive

140

117: A Couple of Episodes In

141

116: Like a Book... So I'm Told

142

115: Go Beneath the Memes

143

114: Vacuum of Incompetence

144

113: One Topic at a Time

145

112: I'm Gonna Watch Those Snakes

146

111: A Host At Your Own Party

147

110: Let's Casey Kasem This

148

109: Making Lists is Hard

149

108: You Guys Were So Civil Before

150

107: You Have to Go Beyond That

151

106: Nothing Was Working

152

105: Don't Get Weird

153

104: No Urgency or Agency

154

103: Ball of Confusion

155

102: The Guy Who Did

156

101: Pilot

157

100: Maybe Next Year, 'Gattaca'

158

99: Hello, Publicists!

159

98: He Sent Me a Tie

160

97: A Monkey in a Room Switching Channels

161

96: Sheet Management

162

95: They Deserve What They Got

163

94: We Saw the End Coming

164

93: Hologram Edition

165

92: Fauxçade

166

91: Obligatory Victory Lap

167

90: Unreliable Narrator

168

89: Fact-Checking the FCC

169

88: Brexit Edition

170

87: Lost in Austin

171

86: It Never Ends

172

85: Out of Wine and Xanax

173

84: Blimp Hoister

174

83: Trailers Cannot be Trusted

175

82: Swap Meet News

176

81: So Much Weird Stuff Is Happening Right Now

177

80: Come To Us, We Love You

178

79: The Hobo Eric Rule

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78: Too Much Actual Fact

180

77: Mediocre is Generally Popular

181

76: Slow Binge

182

75: Struggling to Find out the Logic

183

74: Demon at Denny's

184

73: I Do Want Outrage

185

72: The Columbo Edition

186

71: Keep Oiling the Machine

187

70: Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquistion

188

69: The 13-Year-Old Edition

189

68: The Punch-Drunk Edition

190

67: Dinosaur Ship

191

66: The Year of TV Muscles

192

65: The Best Network TV of 2015

193

64: The Best TV of 2015

194

63: Blindly Shooting Fish in a Barrel

195

62: I Forgot a Show

196

61: Stuffed and Bloated Edition

197

60: A Sleepy Endeavor

198

59: Amazon Season

199

58: They're Good Sports

200

57: This Is an Elite Program

201

56: I Hope This Series Dies

202

55: The Tim Lincecum Episode

203

54: Don't Be Late

204

53: Cheated on Its Viewers

205

52: Sneak Force

206

51: Welcome to THR, Dan

207

50: Jason Missed This?

208

49: Otters for the Win

209

48: What Happens Next? (Plus Bonus Content)

210

47: Binge It Like Cocaine

211

46: A Couple of Pops

212

45: It's Fun to Make Shows

213

44: The Willie McCovey Episode

214

43: Particularly Egregious

215

42: 18 Crazy Nights

216

41: Only in Monroe

217

40: Forget It, It's NBC

218

39: Refurbished Hugs

219

38: Awake at Good Times

220

37: Could Be a Thing

221

36: The Loser Channel

222

35: Updike It

223

34: Theories in My Mailbox

224

33: A Pilot Does Nothing

225

32: Green Brains & Ham

226

31: Bonus Criticism

227

30: Bullets Hurt

228

29: He's Not Gonna Be Happy

229

28: People Made This?

230

27: Werewolf Don Draper

231

26: Hang In There

232

25: Cubism Remake

233

24: It's Not a Thing

234

23: Alphabet of Awfulness

235

22: There's No Science in Television

236

21: Hoisted on His Own Petard

237

20: That's a No

238

19: Dots and Stars and Little Men

239

18: Slow Burn Everybody

240

17: Times of Confusion!

241

16: Death March With Flask

242

15: The Best TV of 2014

243

14: No Love Lost

244

13: Midseason Math

245

12: Asscension

246

11: Turkeys

247

10: Gracepointed

248

9: Bong-Fueled Genius

249

8: Ride Out the Garbage Fire

250

7: Surfer Boy

251

6: Bonus Content on the Sub-Web

252

5: My Positivity Keeps Me Afloat

253

4: A Miscalculation of Epic Proportions

254

3: Kind of Like a Cronut

255

2: A Bad Idea From Famous People

256

1: We Take the Bullet