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Extra Hot Great, Podjiba and The Certified Noonas bring panel verdicts, current-show roundups and K-drama watchlists to TV-focused podcast listening.
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Finding the right TV Discussion show for you
Some listeners want a clean verdict on last night’s television. Others want the argument after the verdict: the objections, detours, comparisons, old references and one stubborn panelist who refuses to let a bad premise off the hook. On the TV Discussion shelf, the dividing lines are format and distance—weekly roundtables, personal watch diaries, retrospectives, reunions and conversations about the industry itself.
Head up to TV & Film for the broader mix of screen culture. Move across to TV Reviews when the verdict matters most, or to TV Recaps for episode-by-episode aftermath. Reality TV narrows the field by genre; the shows here are generally happier roaming across schedules, decades and formats.
The weekly argument
Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV is the sharpest expression of television criticism as group conversation. Its panel works quickly, often opening with a watch-or-skip judgment before jokes, objections and callbacks complicate the answer. The language can be profane, but the criticism is precise: structure, casting, pacing, production choices and the occasional ridiculous font are all fair game.
The episode list moves freely between new programming and older television. The Extra Hot Great Fall 2026 TV Preview takes the wide-angle route, while Is Deep Space Nine's Baseball Episode A Home Run? puts a single instalment under examination. Even affection gets needled. That makes this a good first stop for listeners who enjoy criticism with elbows.
Podjiba also works across several shows at once. The title 'The Madison', 'The Pitt', 'Rooster', And More! reads like a crowded viewing week rather than a formal critical agenda. Elsewhere, 'The Pitt', 'The Traitors', 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms', And More! places very different programs in the same conversation. Choose it when variety is part of the pleasure.
Watchlists, spoilers and rewinds
The Certified Noonas: Kdrama, Kpop, and More offers a more personal way into the week’s viewing. Recurring instalments such as Certified What We're Watching: March 2026 Edition create a watch-diary rhythm. Then a title like Certified Can This Love be Translated?: Spoiler Episode signals a tighter, spoiler-ready discussion.
The show also makes room for playful selection formats. Certified GagaOOLala Watchlist Roulette sounds less like homework than a hand reaching into the streaming pile. For listeners who want recommendations and conversation to mingle, that looseness is useful.
Revisiting takes the opposite approach: one title at a time. Its television choices range from The Army Game (1957) to Dead Boy Detectives and Doctor Who with Tom Baker. The surrounding episode list also wanders beyond television, so pick selectively. When the right title appears, however, the single-subject format gives an older or overlooked production room to breathe.
Television with a memory
For a deliberately retro queue, Battle of the Network Shows supplies recognizable entry points without requiring a current-season commitment. Retro Retro: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Encore: The Muppet Show with Steve Martin and Too Close For Comfort each announce exactly what is under discussion. Even HBO widens the frame from one program to a television institution.
Distinct Nostalgia approaches the past through reunions and anniversary conversations. The Great Angels Reunion - 50 Years on we reunite 4 of the original cast of the ground breaking nurses series (ahead of the launch of Distinct Radio in 2026) is unusually specific about both occasion and participants. The Game On Reunion 30 Years On - the cast reminisce about the show's heyday (ahead of the launch of Distinct Radio in 2026) makes the memory-work explicit. Start here when hearing people look back matters more than receiving a fresh score.
Beyond the episode
Tomorrow Will Be Televised turns toward the machinery around programming. Tomorrow Will Be Televised 2026 NewFronts Special points to the business of presenting new work, while Tomorrow Will Be Televised Big Ado About AI Interactivity Special flags a technology-facing discussion. The wonderfully congested Tomorrow Will Be Televised Team Boxing's TV Return/?Home For Good/?Xumo Episode shows how quickly the agenda can jump between programming and platforms.
This is the route for listeners whose questions continue after the credits. Who is making television, packaging it or changing how it reaches an audience? The titles announce those concerns without pretending the business is tidier than the schedule.
Where to start
Begin with Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV if you want the strongest panel chemistry and the most exacting comic criticism. Try Podjiba for a quick sweep across several shows, or The Certified Noonas: Kdrama, Kpop, and More for watchlist talk with spoiler-marked deeper dives. If your remote points backward, choose Battle of the Network Shows for program-focused retrospection and Distinct Nostalgia for reunion-led memory.
Featured shows below are part of the PlayNext catalog. Updated weekly.
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A brisk, irreverent panel gives watch-or-skip verdicts, then argues through new series, returning shows and seasonal TV previews with jokes, objections and close attention to form.
Moves between K-drama rewinds, monthly viewing check-ins, spoiler episodes and watchlist roulette, with room for K-pop and wider fandom conversation.
Rounds up several current shows in each episode, moving from Survivor and The Pitt to comedies, dramas and new releases for listeners who like a broad weekly TV check-in.
Revisits screen stories across decades, from 1940s and 1950s programmes to The Worst Witch, Tom Baker-era Doctor Who and Dead Boy Detectives.
Reunites cast members to remember series such as Angels and Game On, while also presenting conversations and episodes tied to the drama The President and the Emperor.
Tracks television launches, returns and industry shifts, covering subjects from Malcolm in the Middle and boxing on TV to AI interactivity, NewFronts and emerging platforms.
Returns to older network favourites and specials, including The Partridge Family, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Muppet Show and classic game shows.
A focused podcast for listeners who want conversation about Superman and Smallville. Its narrow remit suits fans seeking franchise-specific TV discussion rather than a general roundup.