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The TV Show

Jay Black

The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.

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Thursday · 32 min
Who Was The Best Athlete to Ever Host SNL!?
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss the premier episode of SNL and the fact that Jalen Brunson will be hosting. Lorne Michaels has said that the best non-actors to host the show are usually athletes, because they know how to perform under pressure, but that doesn't pass the sniff test so far as Angelo is concerned. To his mind, there are only THREE athletes who were ever good on that show... can you make a guess as to which three? THEN, Donald Trump has had a contentious relationship with the press and the gang discusses their own issues covering sports in a town that's fanatical about them, and how hard it is to maintain the integrity of the first amendment while dealing with players and owners who have issues about what you've said in the past. ALL THAT PLUS: Slow Horses, OJ Simpson, the best show of the 21st century, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
September 17 · 32 min
Was John Mulaney the ONLY good thing about the Emmys?!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea and Jay are BACK to discuss a lackluster Emmys that seemingly had only ONE breakout moment with John Mulaney’s hilarious introduction to the Best Actor in a Drama category. Ratings were down huge and the gang discusses whether the awards show is dead. THEN: sideline reporters seem to have only one mandate: look good and find out next to ZERO information. Do they still have a place on TV? Did they ever? All that PLUS: Primetime, British Corner, Tony, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
September 10 · 29 min
Entourage is BACK!?!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are BACK to discuss the new Betr commercial that stars Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier as characters that are exactly like Ari Gold and Vincent Chase who, for legal reasons, can't actually be called by those names. The creator of Entourage, Doug Ellin went onto Twitter to vent his frustration at characters that he created being used without his permission and the gang discusses the ethics of who owns TV characters 20-something years after their cultural moment. THEN, our fans are MAD at us for disliking Coyote vs. Acme. Jay reads the email and then Angelo gives his verdict: was the movie good or not!? All that PLUS Nathan Fielder's surprise new movie, a review of The Preacher's Wife, British corner, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
September 3 · 32 min
Howard Stern is coming to HBO Max!?
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss a guy who they've all interacted with at various points: Howard Stern. Angelo and Rhea used to compete against him in the Philadelphia market, and Jay used to write for him. Now comes word that he's taking what's left of his Sirius/XM show and turning it into a TV show on HBOMax and the gang is split on whether this is a good idea. THEN: Jay has seen Coyote vs. Acme and, uh... could David Zaslav have been right, actually? The man who loves everything found it to be a slog, and the gang discusses whether the rapturous reviews might be because of hate for Zaslav than they are love for the movie. ALL THAT PLUS: British corner, Untold, the most consistent TV series of all time, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
August 27 · 33 min
Remembering Dolly Parton
Send us Fan Mail Angelo is BACK to join Rhea and Jay for a discussion about Dolly Parton's legacy and about how her rise to fame took place at a very particular place in TV history that could never be replicated today. THEN, the gang discusses Coyote v. Acme, the new movie... from 2022, rescued from the clutches of podcast villain, David Zaslov. The question? When suits try to stifle creativity, do we, as a viewing audience, have a moral obligation to support the work of those creatives? ALL THAT PLUS: British corner, a review of Lanterns, the controversial new ADHD documentary, and much MUCH more... As promised in the episode: Dolly Parton on Johnny Carson MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
August 19 · 24 min
Who Belongs in the TV Hall of Fame?!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo is on assignment, so it’s only Jay and Rhea this week to discuss the new inductees to the TV Hall of Fame. But what’s MORE interesting is the people NOT in the Hall… Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey, and… DAVID LETTERMAN?! How is that POSSIBLE?! THEN: Nielsen has revealed the top 20 most streamed shows of 2026 and, like, half of them are OLD SHOWS. Why are people uninterested in “Prestige TV” in favor of reruns of Friends? ALL THAT PLUS: British Corner, more on Ted Lasso, the new Beatles biopic, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
August 12 · 31 min
Wait, the Girl From Harry Potter is Doing WHAT?!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss a truly bizarre story. Jessie Cave played a significant role in the Harry Potter movies and she recently revealed that she made more money on an adult website in one year than she did in her entire time in the movies. She joined Drea DeMateo and Jamie Presley, both doing the same thing as her. The gang discusses whether this is empowerment or a sign that there’s less money in acting than we thought (or both!) THEN: Ricky Gervais and Will Ferrell both have shows getting torn apart by the critics… do successful comedians eventually get too rich to be able to relate to their audiences? ALL THAT PLUS: Ted Lasso, David Zaslov, Pan Am, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
August 5 · 32 min
Spider-Man DEFEATS The Avengers!!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to talk about Spider-Man’s absolutely earth-shattering box office and whether or not it deserves all that attention. Rhea has seen it and has a review! Then: it’s the results of our “pick a show for the other two to watch” experiment and the results… aren’t pretty. In retrospect maybe Jay should have reconsidered his Rick and Morty choice! All that PLUS: British corner, Hawai’i, Angelo strikes out, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
July 29 · 33 min
Is Tom Holland a Movie Star?!
Send us Fan Mail Spider-Man: Brand New Day is set to make ALL of the money this weekend, just a few days removed from The Odyssey also making ALL of the money. Both movies star Tom Holland and Zendaya, but what’s amazing is that while the entire world is convinced Zendaya is a capital-M MOVIE STAR, the jury is still out on Tom Holland. The gang discusses why that might be and what it is that differentiates a good actor from a star. THEN: LeBron James is coming to The Sixers, which inspires Angelo, Rhea, and Jay to discuss shows that had a character addition late in their run that sparked it to new heights. ALL THAT PLUS: British corner, our favorite suggestions, a review of The Odyssey and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
July 23 · 30 min
Will IMAX save movies!?
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back, and this week they're leading with a number Hollywood can't stop staring at: Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey stormed to a $264 million worldwide opening, and it's the first movie in history shot ENTIRELY on IMAX cameras. IMAX posted a record $52 million opening weekend and grabbed nearly a quarter of the entire domestic box office — the third-best share ever, behind only Nolan's own Interstellar and Oppenheimer. Is all-IMAX the future of movies, or does the fact that it can't scale prove the exact opposite? THEN: Off Angelo's Power Ballad review comes the debate that splits the room: Paul Rudd and Jason Bateman might be the same actor. Same lane, same dry everyman charm, same squeaky-clean off-screen reputation, with only a couple of exceptions each (Bateman went dark with Ozark, Rudd went blockbuster with Ant-Man). Two of the most bulletproof nice guys in the business — but who's actually had the better career? And who else lives in the "same character every single role" club? ALL THAT PLUS: VPNs explained, British Corner, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
July 16 · 29 min
A 26-Year-Old Made Obsession for $750K and now EVERYTHING is different!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back, and this week they're leading with a number that should scare every studio in Hollywood: Curry Barker was 26 when he made the horror movie Obsession for three-quarters of a million dollars. It's now closing in on half a BILLION worldwide. When they asked him what studios should know about Gen Z, his answer was blunt: "We're tired of slop, and we want good original movies back." Is the audience finally dragging Hollywood back to good stories, well told, or is this just a fluke? THEN: the live-action Moana was supposed to be a $200 million slam dunk for Disney... instead it did $40 million domestic and under $100 million worldwide, with rumors Disney had to yank a "number one movie in the world" ad it had already written. Is this a Moana problem, or a Rock problem? ALL THAT PLUS: the Emmy nominations drop, Rhea's cozy British pick, Angelo gives his highest recommendation in months to Power Ballad, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
July 9 · 32 min
Everything You Love Is Disappearing!!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back — and this week they pull Philly sports legend Glen MacNow into the chair for an episode built on a genuinely scary idea: the shows and movies you love can just… disappear. They lead with the number Netflix would rather bury: its biggest hits are hemorrhaging 30 to 70 percent of their audience by season two. Beef won a pile of Emmys and then lost 70% of its viewers. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder dropped 80%. The theory? Netflix trained us to binge a season in a weekend, wait two years, and stop caring. Glen and Rhea will die on the binge hill; Angelo wants his TV doled out week to week so audiences actually stay invested. THEN: Cocoon, the 1985 Ron Howard movie that won Don Ameche an Oscar, has vanished. You can't stream it, you can't buy it, the out-of-print DVD is going for hundreds of dollars, and your only real move is Amazon Japan with a VPN. The culprit is music rights nobody will license, even though the rights holders earn exactly zero dollars leaving it locked in a vault. Angelo makes the wild case that scarcity is actually GOOD! He drags Hitchcock deliberately embargoing Rear Window into it, while Glen and Rhea argue everything should be available to everyone. Who's right? ALL THAT PLUS: Sony just deleted 500 movies that people BOUGHT, Rhea's hooked on Inspector Ellis on Acorn; Angelo's all-in on Tuner with Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman (no explosions, all twists), and much MUCH more! See Glen Macnbow perform "The Greatest Moments in Philadelphia Sports History" with Ray Didinger and Joe Conklin on August 6th at the Ocean City Music Pier, tickets at GreatestPhillySports.com. MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
July 2 · 31 min
The Bear Is Back!!!!
Send us Fan Mail Rhea and Angelo discuss the triumphant return of The Bear, the not-so-triumphant return of Larry David and the weird generosity these days of TV and movie critics. We have new TV recommendations, too. Plus lots of other fun stuff.
June 25 · 30 min
Why did Spielberg's latest movie FALL OFF A CLIFF!?
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss Steven Spielberg falling off a cliff. Disclosure Day scored a huge opening weekend — $44 million domestic, $92.8 million worldwide, bigger than E.T., Saving Private Ryan, or The Fabelmans — and then dropped a staggering 62% in weekend two, landing a soft B CinemaScore on a $115 million budget that now needs to claw its way toward $300 million just to break even. Angelo reviews it, then discusses what went wrong. THEN: YouTube wiped out 16 faceless AI channels in a single sweep this year... 35 million subscribers, 4.7 billion lifetime views, and nearly $10 million in annual ad revenue, gone overnight. Is this the most ominous sign yet that low-effort consumption, the background YouTube videos and the filler Spotify tracks, is the first thing AI just quietly takes over? And the gang's real fight: does it even matter if nobody was paying close attention in the first place? ALL THAT PLUS: Widow's Bay, the merits of a Vancouver vacation without air conditioning, a harrowing new documentary on Netflix and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
June 18 · 31 min
Byron Allen is SUFFOCATING CBS!!
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back to discuss Byron Allen's DISASTROUS start at CBS. Viewership cratered 77%, from Colbert's 2.69 million average all the way down to 628,000. And the damage isn't staying in late night. People fall asleep with the TV on and wake up on the same channel. Colbert was feeding CBS local news. CBS local news was feeding CBS This Morning. Byron Allen just cut that pipeline. THEN: The Knicks just won their first championship since 1973, and Game 3 of the Finals pulled 23.79 million viewers, the biggest NBA audience since 2017. Last year's Thunder-Pacers Finals? Half those numbers. Same sport. Different cities. The gang debates whether this is proof the NBA is genuinely back, or proof of something more uncomfortable... that parity might actually be strangling the league's own ratings, and the best thing that could happen to the NBA is New York or LA in the Finals every single year. ALL THAT PLUS: British corner, a discussion about The Office and political correctness, Jay reviews Disclosure Day and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
June 11 · 32 min
Is Steven Spielberg the most UNDERRATED director in Hollywood!?
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back and this week Hugh Laurie said the quiet part out loud, and the internet still hasn't recovered. After a freelance critic named Janet Murray posted on X that House has "the same narrative every episode," Laurie responded with a thread so sarcastic it went viral — cataloguing every alternative structure they tried, comparing the formula to Bach and Frida Kahlo, and closing with "I look forward to your first novel." The internet mobbed Murray immediately. But here's the thing: she's not wrong. House is formulaic — that's what procedurals are. Laurie's real defense wasn't "no it isn't." It was that if all you see is the formula, it wasn't meant for you. Is that the most honest thing a creator has ever said in public about their own work, or is it exactly what every creator thinks and should never, ever say out loud? THEN: Spielberg's Disclosure Day opens Friday. Reviews are calling it his best film in 20 years, with box office projections between $35 and $59 million. For Spielberg. Three of his last five films lost money (West Side Story, The Fabelmans, The BFG) roughly $380 million in losses combined. The Fabelmans is one of the best films of the decade and grossed $25 million total. Is Spielberg the most underrated working director in Hollywood right now? ALL THAT PLUS: George R.R. is FROZEN OUT of The House of the Dragon, Angelo reviews Riot in Cell Block 99, we get a report from Tribeca by Keane Black, and much, MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
June 4 · 32 min
YouTube Kids Are Running Hollywood Now | Scott Pelley Burns It Down
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay are back — and this week there are three numbers that have shaken Hollywood to its core: $81 million, $100 million, and $52 million. That's what three YouTube kids just grossed at the box office... a 20-year-old with Backrooms, a 26-year-old who turned $750K into Obsession's biggest second-weekend spike in modern box office history, and Markiplier, who walked out of a gaming channel and grossed $52 million on $3 million. The film school brats gave us Scorsese and Coppola. The VHS kids gave us Tarantino and Rodriguez. Is this the YouTube generation? THEN: Scott Pelley walked into a meeting and told his new boss, Nick Bilton, to his face that Bilton and Bari Weiss are "murdering 60 Minutes" to placate Donald Trump. CBS is still waiting on federal approval for the Paramount/Warner Brothers merger, Bilton has zero broadcast background, and Pelley just lit a match on his own legacy. At what point does speaking truth to power become career suicide — and does it even matter if you're right? ALL THAT PLUS: Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed is a DUD, Rhea delivers what can only be described as a passionate sermon for The Sheep Detective, Angelo checks out a new show by The Fonz and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
May 28 · 32 min
Trying Too Hard: Colbert's Messy Goodbye, Star Wars' Worst Opening Ever, and Who Gets to Decide What's News
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea, and Jay — and they're leading with a question nobody in late night wants to answer: what happens when you spend your final week trying to "kill it" instead of doing what made the show great? Stephen Colbert's finale gave Billy Crystal, Ben Stiller, and Robert De Niro thirty seconds each, closed with green screen gimmicks, and ended with an 83-year-old Paul McCartney — who can't hit the notes anymore — turning off the lights on 11 years of television. Angelo, who hosted for over 30 years, gets unexpectedly honest about the ending he wishes he'd had. The gang debates whether any live show has ever actually nailed its goodbye... and the answer might surprise you. THEN: The Mandalorian and Grogu opened to $100 million over Memorial Day weekend. That makes it the lowest-grossing Star Wars debut in franchise history, and Jay, a lifelong fan, chose a Gordon Ramsay burger over buying a ticket. Meanwhile, a $1 million horror movie called Obsession has made $75 million on word-of-mouth alone, and Backrooms, made by a 20-year-old YouTube creator, is tracking for a $50 million opening. Is this the year audiences stop showing up for IP and start demanding good movies? ALL THAT PLUS: The FCC is threatening to reclassify The View as a news program, Rhea recommends I Fought the Law on PBS Masterpiece, Angelo brings Crime 101 on Amazon Prime, and much MUCH MORE! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news. Ask Sonnet 4.6
May 21 · 35 min
Angelo's Back, A Dad Gets Fired, and The Most Disturbing Documentary on Netflix
Send us Fan Mail Angelo, Rhea and Jay are BACK together to discuss The Crash, which follows Mackenzie Shrilla, convicted of murder after driving 100 mph into a wall and killing her boyfriend and his friend. And when cameras caught her father on film basically blessing his teenager's drug use, the internet — and Angelo — had thoughts. Are the parents victims of an unfair documentary, or are they exactly what Angelo says they are: in complete and utter denial? The gang debates where documentaries end and exploitation begins, bringing up The Jinx and Paradise Lost to make the case that sometimes, the camera just catches the truth. THEN: SAG-AFTRA just cut a deal allowing AI synthetic performers if they bring "significant additional value", and members vote June 4th. Rhea's question cuts right to it: who's deciding what's "significant"? A lawyer or an actual creative. Hollywood's future is here, and nobody agrees on whether to panic. ALL THAT PLUS: Hayden Panettiere's memoir, the May upfronts, a reviews The Island on Acorn, and much MUCH more! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.
May 14 · 28 min
Has Disney Finally Killed Star Wars!?
Send us Fan Mail Jay Black and Rhea Hughes are back — and filling in for Angelo today is Philadelphia sports media legend Glen Macnow — and they're leading with a number that should terrify every executive at Disney: The Mandalorian and Grogu is tracking at $80 million for its May 22 opening, which would make it the lowest-grossing Star Wars debut in franchise history (below Solo, the movie the whole industry agreed was a catastrophe). Disney has been flooding its streaming service with Star Wars for years, and audiences have simply burned out: are streamers so desperate for content that they're systematically dismantling every billion-dollar movie brand Hollywood has left? And does anyone actually watch the shows they get in return? THEN: Stephen Colbert's final episode airs May 21 and Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers, Oliver are rallying around him. It's genuinely touching. But it also made Jay think about Leno and Letterman (who loathed each other) and Carson freezing Joan Rivers out for life after she dared to get her own show. The whole industry is so aggressively supportive of each other now: is that warmth actually good for culture, or did we lose something real when TV rivalries died? ALL THAT PLUS: The Cannes Film Festival, Glen and Rhea bond hard over Deadloch, and Glen is wants everyone to watch Jury Duty: Company Retreat. IMPORTANT NOTE: Glen Macnow and Ray Didinger are going to be LIVE talking about patriotic sports movies on May 27th, at the Ritz Theater in Haddon Township, NJ. If you don't get your tickets right now, you will spend the rest of your life explaining to people why you missed the greatest night of sports cinema conversation ever assembled! MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR SPONSOR: Steven Singer Jewelers! The TV Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jay Black, with regular guests Angelo Cataldi and Rhea Hughes. Each week, we dive into the new Golden Age of Television, with a discussion of the latest shows and news.

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