Podcast of the Month for April 2012 is:
Tuning in to SciFi TV
The following is from their "about the show"
page on their web site:
In this podcast Wendy, Kevin and Brent will talk about
many of the SciFi and genre shows that are currently on TV. We’ll also discuss
good shows from the past as well.
Think of us as the viewer’s digest, tour guides or
sherpas for the genre rather than critics.
We’ll always share our honest opinions but we also plan to keep things
fun.
Since everyone has a different viewing pace we’ll
structure our episodes into segments.
The Watercooler segment is where we have some general
non-spoilery discussions about different things going on in the genre and other
topics that we think you’ll find interesting.
The Back Porch is where we kick back and start talking
details about certain shows or topics. This segment could be about any show,
any episode or any plot line. We’ll be sure to tell you which shows we will be
discussing in the show notes on our blog and also in the comments on the MP3
file so you can choose to skip that segment in case you’re not caught up on
that TV show quite yet.
We do weekly Tuner Minutes where the crew comments on
whatever is on their mind and invites listeners to share their thoughts in the
forum or by dropping us a voicemail.
Most weeks we’ll also release a Last Call segment, which
is a place where we just ramble about things we couldn’t fit into the regular
show.
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| Wendy |
Wendy Hembrock, Brent Barrett, and Kevin Bachelder are the
three regular hosts and each of them has enough variations of personal taste that
you get a nice balance of opinions on the various genre shows that are currently
on the air. One of my favorite things about Tuning into SciFi TV is that they
review all the new episodes of each week of Television every week! This is
quite an accomplishment when you think of how many sci-fi, fantasy and horror shows
are currently on broadcast, cable and premium cable TV.
Every regular episode starts with the The Watercooler
segment in which the three hosts review every genre TV show and rate it with a
simple comment of: watch it now, watch it soon, let it sit on the DVR or you
can skip it. They cover all genre programs even including animated programs and
fringe shows like Community. This segment isn’t very useful until you listen to
the podcast for a while and get to know what the personal tastes of each host
are. When you know what shows they love and what type of shows they dislike, then
their simple rating system does help to judge the quality of individual episodes.
One of the running gags of this segment is that Kevin doesn’t watch any
animated shows and Brent and Wendy sometimes act in mock surprise when Kevin
gives his obligatory “Not watching” for shows like Young Justice, Green Lantern
and The Avengers.
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| Brent |
The middle segment of the show is a news piece. This part of
the show is very loose and they not only cover different pieces of news that
have come out in the past week, but they comment on interviews they’ve read, or
other interesting promotional materials for their favorites shows that are currently
airing. This segment also includes listener feedback and Wendy, Kevin and Brent
always comment on the opinions of the listeners. This segment is also very
spoiler sensitive; so whichever host is reading the news always warns the listener
if they think something is spoilerific or not.
Last Call segment is uploaded as a separate episode and with
good reason. They discuss in explicit detail specific episodes. If you haven’t
yet watched the episode of the genre TV show that they are discussing, you don’t
want to listen to Last Call. At the very least you want to skip over the episodes that
they discuss that you haven’t yet seen.
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| Kevin |
If you love genre TV and watch as much of it as I do, you’ll
love Tuning in to SciFi TV. Even if you only watch a few genre shows, Tuning in
to SciFi TV is a good way of learning about shows that you may want to try out.
If you want to go to their web site and check
out some of their podcasts, go to this link: http://tuningintoscifitv.com/
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