 This is the SF Productions podcast network What to watch what to Tivo the eternal question from the pop culture bunker I'm Mindy and I'm Mark You can check out our audio podcast how I got my wife three comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network comm But we're gonna do our main topic a few words about the Emmys We normally have a whole episode where we go into our nominations in detail and we make our picks But here's the thing we're cord cutters So if the show is on cable, we're mostly out of the loop plus there are reportedly 500 plus scripted shows on TV right now, you know And it's weird because they talk about how reality TV is taking over, but that's really only the networks. Yes, right? So how can we make the call and more importantly, how can actual Emmy voters make the call? It's all about which shows get enough buzz to break out of the pile So it's clear that changes need to be made to the Emmys to keep them relevant or even make them relevant again. Yes some ideas All show categories need to have 10 slots for nominations. Yes, absolutely. Why not? Best drama and comedy series categories need to be broken out like maybe best genre genre drama best sitcom Shows would need to pick one category game of thrones can't go for best drama and best genre drama And shows can't change categories once they pick one Uzo aduba is currently the only actress to win awards for comedy and drama for the same show Orange is the new black and that should never which switch categories. Yes. Yes Reality award should get their own award show. It just clogs up the main Emmy broadcast. I Also think that if you make a show and it was originally eligible for any other Award like say a BAFTA. It should not be eligible for an Emmy, right? And then for actors and actresses you should only be allowed to win two years in a row And then you're ineligible for two years to avoid the Louis Julia Louis-Dreyfus effect Those are our opinions right but anyway As summer winds down broadcast TV networks prepare for the kabuki ceremony known as the fall TV schedule There are only so many time slots available And at the same time they have to play chicken with the other networks to compete for potential ratings as viewers We then take a look at the resulting schedule and decide what we will watch and or record on the Tivo Our setup can only record two shows at a time So if we have more than that competing for our attention We either watch it live or catch it later on streaming or never watch it at all So let's take a look at each night in turn and make our initial calls And I do want to thank TV line for their schedule grids. You'll see on screen such as Sunday. Yes, there's a major change that evening as the CW expands to a sixth night New shows include Dancing with the Stars juniors on ABC God friended me CBS rel on Fox Charmed on CW and the Alec Baldwin show on ABC and Then the existing shows we watch are The Simpsons on Fox Supergirl on CW family guy on Fox, although only I watch family guy. Yes, so based on all that Well, what do we pick? we hardly ever watch anything live right, but We would probably record The Simpsons and Supergirl, I think so around at the same time, right? Are you interested in Charmed, you know Personally, that's when I'd probably not be interested in taping if I watch it I'll watch it at the gym streaming while I'm doing exercise. Gotcha. That's what I'm gonna do with a lot of shows I think okay, I am interested in the Alec Baldwin show. Yeah, so I'm thinking we'll probably pick that as well I have absolutely no interest in Dancing with the Stars juniors. I really don't either. Yay. I'm just like no no You're stretching the brand farther than it possibly should be spread Moving on to Monday new shows the neighborhood on CBS happy together on CBS Magnum PI on CBS. I see a trend there manifest on NBC Existing shows that we currently watch are Dancing with the Stars on ABC Arrow on the CW Legends of Tomorrow on CW and Bull on CBS now Bull is another one of those shows that I can just watch streaming later It doesn't really need to be taped. Okay. Well, I do want to tape Dancing with the Stars and I think I think we're continuing with the CW set the superhero set of Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow I am kind of interested in manifest Okay. All right. Well, we've got we've got room for it because we certainly have no interest in the good doctor Yeah, I think we can throw away The neighborhood the only reason I would be interested in watching the neighborhood Is the guy from new girl Max Greenberg. Yes Yeah, they changed him. He wasn't originally cast in that role and they changed him and Comparing the two clips from before him and it does look much better with him. Just in my opinion, right? Moving on to Tuesday night new shows the Connors on ABC Which is not really a new show, but a renaming The kids are all right on ABC FBI on CBS the rookie on ABC and new Amsterdam on NBC And then the existing shows that we watched that night NC is CBS the flash cw black lightning cw Again, I'm not sure that we're going to pick up any of those new shows I do have some interest in the rookie just because it's nath and fillion But what do you think? Uh, I'll be happy to tape that because it's uh Because at this point there's nothing else at that point in the uh 10 p.m. That we're interested in Um, yeah, the the shows that are on there. We never got into this is us. No And the other show is not so much fbi. I expect that to either That's either going to disappear in about three episodes or it's going to be off for 10 years. Yeah, it's one of those two Moving on to Wednesday night new shows are all american on cw Single parents on abc and a million little things on abc The existing shows that we watch on wednesday is only modern family. Yep on abc. Yep, and uh Based on what we have on that schedule And that may continue to be the case in terms of what i'm taping. What do you think? Yeah, I think so You know, we used to try to watch almost every new show at least one episode, right? I'll I'll probably if if if there's space on the tivo and I can fit them in I'll probably try to grab one episode and we can try it But we're gonna have to be a lot more picky I think well, you know because there's so many things on streaming to watch right exactly On thursday, the new shows are legacies on the cw Murphy brown on cbs and I feel bad on nbc The existing shows we watch are gray's anatomy They said I only watch that mark doesn't although sometimes he gets sucked in when I have an episode on it's very soap opera Big bang theory on cbs supernatural on the cw young sheldon on cbs The good place on nbc and law and order sbu on nbc Okay, so now we have an official conflict At at uh at 8 p.m. We have quite the actually quite the log jam going on here Well gray's anatomy is really easy to watch on streaming So you don't have to take that or or okay, so supernatural. I'm still taping that right Well again, that's really easy to watch on streaming. So you don't really have to if you don't want to Well, I think we can fit it because big bang 30s at eight Um, we've got young sheldon and uh, actually young sheldon and good place So yeah, supernatural may also have to to fall off the yeah, and that would be okay We really want to be sure to tape this cbs shows if we um Because that's a separate streaming service that we don't pay for at this point. Right. So yeah Um murphy brown. I want to try that Um The uh svu all can see I'll continue taping that right? Yeah, you can tape it But it's one that again, it's good to watch when you're exercising, you know I don't like it as much as I like the mothership So friday night new shows last man standing on fox And the cool kids on fox existing shows we watch speechless on abc Was it on fridays before it was not on fridays before? Yeah, they kind of buried it on friday And so yeah, uh, I have no interest in the cool kids. Certainly. I have no interest in last man standing I do have to say there's a couple shows that I kind of wish we had watched from the beginning like crazy x girlfriend And if we you know went back and watched those somewhere from the beginning Maybe that would be something that I would watch as well, but I don't know. Okay And then saturday night like the networks we gave up on saturdays many years before saturday night's all right for streaming essentially okay, so You can take a look at the schedule yourself and try to figure what you're watching assuming you're still watching broadcast tv But as for us it's highly unlikely. We'll ever watch anything live again, right? So you can check out our audio podcast anytime you want On itunes or on our website sfpodcastnetwork.com from the pop culture bunker. I'm indy and i'm mark. Thanks for watching