Decoding TV Ep. 1 - What's the Point of an Awards Show?

David, Patrick, and Myles break down the Emmys and new Star Wars news. Plus: thoughts on Echo and True Detective: Night Country.

Decoding TV · David Chen

January 17, 20242h 2m

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Show Notes

Welcome to Decoding TV’s new weekly format!

For years, Decoding TV has decoded weekly TV shows like Westworld, The Last of Us, Succession, and The Curse. We’ve loved diving in depth into these shows, analyzing them, and sharing our theories.

But doing the show the way we did had a fatal flaw: People mostly didn’t listen to the podcast if they weren’t watching the show! Also: there are some shows we want to talk about that might not be dense enough to support a weekly recap podcast.

So we’re launching this new weekly format, and hopefully you feel comfortable tuning in even if you’re not watching any specific show. Each week we’ll open by talking about 1-2 general topics about the world of television and entertainment. Then we’re going to dive into specific TV show episodes we’ve watched. We’ll put trailers when we bring up a new TV show, and also note the timestamp in the shownotes so you can fast forward if you don’t want to hear about a specific show.

On occasion, we will continue to cover shows in our previous format (e.g. House of the Dragon) or via This Week In Streaming, but it’s our hope that this weekly format will be the main engine of the podcast moving forward.

We hope you enjoy the new show and let us know what you think at decodingtv(AT)gmail(DOT)com!

Shownotes:

3:47 - The 75th Annual Emmy Awards
32:46 - The Mandalorian and Grogu Movie
54:30 - Echo Episodes 1 and 2 (“Chafa” and “Lowak”)
1:18:00 - True Detective: Night Country Episode 1 (Part 1)
1:34:30 - Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Episode 10 (“Beyond Logic”)
1:51:35 - The Curse finale feedback

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