Shifting Channels

A Sopranos Shootout

Episode 16 (click to play/pause)

Harold and Nicole exchange heated opinions about The Sopranos and their experiences watching it. Was it meaningful or just a mish-mash of Mafia clichés? Could you stomach the violence or were the characters too unsympathetic to care about through the excruciatingly long season breaks? Where do you stand on The Sopranos?

Let's Get Lost

Episode 15 (click to play/pause)

Harold, Nicole, and their special guest, Kyle Minor, talk about ABC's juggernaut. Lost -- how they started watching it, how (and if) they've kept watching it, and what they're looking forward to as the show's conclusion looms on the distant, yet ever elusive horizon.

Spinoff City

Episode 14 (click to play/pause)

Harold and Nicole talk about NBC's newly announced 52-week schedule, which leads to a meditation on spinoffs -- which were good, which were great, which don't even count as spinoffs, but were just shows launched with gimmicky crossover episodes? What are your favorite spinoffs?

Love Is On The Air

Episode 13 (click to play/pause)

Harold and Nicole discuss great television couples through the ages. Nicole devises a 3-tiered classification system for romantic pairings on TV shows. And Harold gets all misty-eyed over Tim and Dawn from the UK version of The Office. It's a veritable lovefest!