The Televerse #317- Spotlight on the Star Trek: Discovery premiere

The first week of network premieres is upon us, prompting another lengthy episode of the podcast. We kick things off with the comedies, including the premieres of Speechless, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore, and Will & Grace, the finales of Difficult People and People of Earth, and more delightful episodes of The Good Place and DuckTales. Next up are the reality and drama offerings, including the premiere of Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, a beautiful Halt & Catch Fire, and the conclusion of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War. Finally, we wrap up the episode with our spotlight segment, diving deep with the two-episode premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. Spotlight: Star Trek: Discovery premiere (1:50:03)Our Week in Comedy Speechless premiere (11:24) Brooklyn Nine-Nine premiere (18:29) Superstore premiere (22:36) Will & Grace premiere (25:07) The Opposition with Jordan Klepper premiere (31:59) Difficult People finale (38:30) People of Earth finale (42:02) The Good Place (47:34) DuckTales (56:36)Our Week in Reality and Drama Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders premiere (1:04:37) Halt and Catch Fire (1:11:59) The Vietnam War (1:23:10)Music Featured: Kenneth’s cover of “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)”, from Speechless, sung by Cedric Yarbrough and John Ross Bowie; “We Belong” by Pat Benatar