This week we talk about the good, the bad, and the weird including Dexter, The Eleventh Hour and Fringe.
Plus we learn something weird about True Blood, we ponder the pervasive melancholy of Pushing Daisies and determine whether or not The Mentalist is the product of fan fiction. And we have The Derek Report and we beg for calls to help mark episode 100!
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Labels: 2008, Dexter, Fringe, podcast, Pushing Daisies, The Derek Report, The Eleventh Hour, The Mentalist, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, October 05, 2008 at Sunday, October 05, 2008 | | 

It is finally here - Premiere Week! And where do you think special guest Derek is? On Assignment. So Deeps and I muddle through a giant list of shows and run a little over our usual time this week. Our apologies.
We preview some premieres like The Ex-List on CBS and Chuck's second season premiere. Then we look at the premieres for Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, The Office and Knight Rider. And a bit of everything else like Fringe, House, Songs of Anarchy, True Blood and Privileged. Oh and Derek manages to phone in a report.
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Labels: 2008, Chuck, Fringe, Heroes, HIMYM, house, Knight Rider, podcast, Sons of Anarchy, The Ex-List, The Office, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Sunday, September 28, 2008 | | 

This week Deeps, Derek and I tackle a few returning shows like House, Supernatural and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Then we look at the latest episodes of new series like Fringe and True Blood. Then we say good-bye for the summer to Burn Notice. Plus we have our Drive By segment and The Derek Report.
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Labels: 2008, Burn Notice, Fringe, It's Always Sunny, podcast, Supernatural, The Derek Report, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Sunday, September 21, 2008 | | 

This week we talk about a few new shows and I feel sad that I can't use my favorite saying anymore. We discuss Burn Notice,
True Blood, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield,
Fringe and we feature the very first
Derek Report.
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Labels: 2008, Burn Notice, Fringe, podcast, Sons of Anarchy, The Shield, True Blood
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Sunday, September 14, 2008 | | 

After two weeks off we are back and talking about finales for The Middleman and The Venture Brothers then spend some time trying to understand what's up with new shows like
Gavin and Stacey,
Sons of Anarchy and
90210.
And we totally make fun of Derek because - uhm - why not?
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Labels: 2008, 90210, Gavin and Stacey, podcast, Sons of Anarchy, The Middleman, The Venture Brothers
By: Alyssa | Sunday, September 07, 2008 at Sunday, September 07, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I talk about breaking up with In Plain Sight, action on the Venture Brothers, solving Mom problems on Burn Notice, losing a hot guy on Eureka, too much Pip on The Middleman, and our latest entry in the Big Red Film Fest, the Jeff Bridges' vehicle
Cutter's Way!
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Labels: 2008, Big Red Film Festival, Burn Notice, Cutter's Way, Eureka, In Plain Sight, podcast, The Middleman, The Venture Brothers
By: Alyssa | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Sunday, August 24, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I like this episode so much that we recorded it twice. Anyway, we discussed the penultimate episode of the first season of In Plain Sight (the term "awesomely bad" is used), Eureka, Burn Notice, The Middleman and we speculate about what might happen next on The Venture Brothers. Plus we get a few phone calls!
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Labels: 2008, Burn Notice, Eureka, In Plain Sight, podcast, The Middleman, The Venture Brothers
By: Alyssa | Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Sunday, August 17, 2008 | | 

Derek is still away on assignment so Deeps gets called out, somebody leaves us a voicemail about Life on Mars and sequels, we discuss frameworks for understanding things,
Channel 101,
Yacht Rock, Doctor Who, The Middleman and
Streets of Fire. Really!
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Labels: 2008, Doctor Who, podcast, Streets of Fire, The Middleman
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Sunday, July 27, 2008 | | 

This week Derek is on assignment so Deeps and I talk about In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, The Closer, Saving Grace, The Middleman, Fear Itself, Doctor Who, the new series The Cleaner, and Doctor Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog.
And we field a call about Get Smart and Life On Mars.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 20, 2008 at Sunday, July 20, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I take on the second season of Burn Notice and the second entry in the Hellboy series. Then we review The Middleman, In Plain Sight, The Venture Brothers and Doctor Who.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Sunday, July 13, 2008 | | 

It's the showdown that nobody ever asked for or wanted:
Troll 2 vs.
Manos: The Hands of Fate! But first, we talk up the glory of this week's episode of The Middleman. Then we get a chance to rip on Heroes thanks to a call from Bill from
Outside The Cinema and we hear from our friends at
ShowShow as they share their love of Troll 2.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, July 06, 2008 at Sunday, July 06, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I tackle the latest episodes of In Plain Sight, Doctor Who, The Middleman, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Fear Itself. Plus we have phone calls from F13 of
Cinema Diabolica, Brother D from
Mail Order Zombie and Aaron from
Paperbag Radio!
And a reminder that next week is Troll 2 vs. Manos the Hands of Fate for a decision - what movie is worse?
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Sunday, June 29, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I chat about pancake recipes and Fear Itself; we determine if The Venture Brothers can ever be too nerdy; we get our first real episode of In Plain Sight; and we get a little behind-the-scenes info about Doctor Who from
Aaron at Paperbag Radio!
Then we review two new shows -
The Middleman and
Secret Diary of a Call Girl. One is quirky fun with charm to spare. The other... has Billie Piper.
And we get very deep when discussing the 1975 Gene Hackman thriller
Night Moves. And we announce a special Big Red Film Festival event - Troll 2 vs. Manos the Hands of Fate.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Sunday, June 22, 2008 | | 

We're back after our two-week (or one show) break. Deeps, Derek and I are fired up to talk about
Fear Itself,
Swingtown,
Charlie Jade and
In Plain Sight.
Then I get reminiscent about Chicago when talking about
My Boys. And finally we tackle favorites Doctor Who and the sublime Venture Brothers. Plus we announce the next installment in the Big Red Film Festival -
Night Moves and apologize to listener
Jacki for running too long!
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, June 16, 2008 at Monday, June 16, 2008 | | 

This week we briefly outline some problems commuting around Boston this week and then talk about three hours of LOST, Spelling Bee coverage, and the return of The Venture Brothers.
Just a reminder, we're taking June 8 off so we'll be back with episode 84 on June 15.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, June 01, 2008 at Sunday, June 01, 2008 | | 

Derek joins the rest of us in our early, middle thirties (despite my assertions that he's just turned 21 and that I regularly gave him bathtub gin) and to mark the occasion we complain about a weak end to a rough television season. We assess how the strike affected finales for Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Reaper, House, and Bones.
Then Deeps and I chat - well, I go on a small tirade - about a little film called Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, May 26, 2008 at Monday, May 26, 2008 | | 

It's that special time of the year - season finales! And we're ready to take apart finales for The Office and Supernatural. Then we roll into regular favorites like LOST, How I Met Your Mother and Reaper; the latter two are recent renewals for the fall.
While we're talking about fall we look at some up fronts and wonder if we can do an adequate preview in the future.
Then we field a phone call from Bill at
Outside The Cinema. You could call us and be cool too: 206-202-0197.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Sunday, May 18, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I give our somewhat spoilery review of Iron Man before diving into the magic of sweeps including LOST, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, This American Life and 30 Rock.
And we field calls from Brother D of
MailOrderZombie fame and Freddy from
Night Of The Living Podcast. Would you like to call us? Just dial 206-202-0197.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, May 11, 2008 at Sunday, May 11, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I address ugly glasses on The Office, the morning after on How I Met Your Mother, and underutilized Dennehys on 30 Rock. Plus we take a look at lava monsters on Doctor Who and talk timelines on LOST.
Then we roll into a little light video game review of
Mario Kart for the Wii!
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, May 04, 2008 at Sunday, May 04, 2008 | | 

This week our cups runneth over with good comedy and interesting drama - Derek, Deeps and I tackle Moonlight (okay, that's Derek), Doctor Who, Supernatural, LOST, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and 30 Rock.
Then I share a story about making poor food choices when meeting new people (I ordered garlic fries, but the fellas from
Cinema Diabolica didn't hold it against me) and talk about how I accidentally watched Criminal Minds.
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Meet our callers: Bill from
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Labels: 2008, podcast, television
By: Alyssa | Sunday, April 27, 2008 at Sunday, April 27, 2008 | | 

This week we field phone calls! We talk about the return of Doctor Who! We analyze new episodes of How I Met Your Mother, The Office and 30 Rock. Plus we tackle the game-changing season finale of Torchwood.
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Meet our callers: F13 and DZ from
Cinema Diabolica and Aaron from
Paperbag Radio.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Sunday, April 20, 2008 at Sunday, April 20, 2008 | | 

This week we recorded the Big Red Podcast twice! Yeah, that first take got eaten due to a technical snafu. After a few weeks off we got around to talking about My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office, Scrubs, HIMYM, Torchwood, the return of
Wire in the Blood and Doctor Who spin-off
The Sarah Jane Adventures.
And we get excited about our forums at
www.popsyndicate.com/forums and share our new comment line number: 206-202-0197.
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By: Alyssa | Sunday, April 13, 2008 at Sunday, April 13, 2008 | | 

We're firing up the tubes this weekend to record a fresh episode of the
Big Red Podcast. I'm already heartened by last night's episode of The Office. I can only hope that our modest show will recover from a hiatus as quickly.
After two weeks off we'll be back to talk TV, mini-upfronts, and probably make fun of Torchwood. Plus there will be waffles!
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Friday, April 11, 2008 at Friday, April 11, 2008 | | 

After some very polite pestering, I decided to give forums a chance. So you can now find a
forum for Big Red Podcast over at
PopSyndicate.com, a great source for pop culture news and reviews.
Now you may be a lurker - which is good - but I'd be sad if nobody showed up to our party. So please feel free to visit the
new forum, you can register pretty easily to be a member and share your thoughts with us in yet another way.
One of these days I might even get us a phone number. Let's not rush things. We're dealing with enough change - new equipment, a forum, and wait until the guys find out I'm making them whole wheat pancakes. Chaos!
Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Thursday, April 03, 2008 at Thursday, April 03, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I are joined by our friends Chris and Jen to reconsider the previous three and a half seasons of LOST. They are recent converts to the show having crammed in the show on DVD in about a month.
Plus we still find time to talk about our old friends Torchwood, How I Met Your Mother, and Reaper. And Deeps offers up his loud assessment of the latest New Amsterdam. I'm married to him and I don't understand how he is still watching that show.
We're on a little hiatus next week but we return with fresh shows and material on April 13. In the meantime, you can check out two new polls I have up.
One is about whether or not Big Red Podcast needs a
forum for fans to chat with us about the podcast and the stuff we cover.
The other poll is about whether or not we should
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Labels: 2008, podcast, television
By: Alyssa | Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Sunday, March 30, 2008 | | 

This week Derek finds his way back to join me and Deeps working through new series
Miss Guided and the return of former favorites like Reaper, HIMYM, Torchwood and LOST. Plus Derek tells us something about New Amsterdam. I laughed a lot, so I didn't hear everything he said.
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Labels: 2008, podcast
By: Alyssa | Monday, March 24, 2008 at Monday, March 24, 2008 | | 

This week Derek is out "on assignment" so Deeps and I valiantly brave the podcast alone. I should note that instead of eating our usual brunch before recording we ate Indian food. You can decide if that makes a difference.
We talk about two new shows called
The Return of Jezebel James and
Canterbury's Law; then we take on the return of Reaper, LOST, Torchwood, Breaking Bad and The Wire.
Since it is early in the month, I beg for votes on
Podcast Alley. FYI - our recording schedule will be slightly different next week. The show will probably go up on Monday night.
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Labels: 2008, podcast, television
By: Alyssa | Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Sunday, March 16, 2008 | | 

This week Derek, Deeps and I offer up a lot of shout outs to listeners and then we tackle two new series:
Unhitched and
New Amsterdam.
Then we unravel the latest episodes of LOST and Torchwood and Derek explores the finale of Sarah Connor Chronicles. You may hear gentle snoring during