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The Day of the Doctor (in 3D!) and The Collection: Season 19

What the Doctor taught me about creating things.

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The Good Place

The Good Place is annoying. It is exactly the sort of sitcom I have attempted to write a few times; high concept, character based and capable of completely motivated and natural reveals that change and expand the world of the show. So I’m jealous.

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Star Trek Discovery

I am a Star Trek fan. I am a Star Trek Discovery fan. And this new series seems better than the first.

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Pilot Season Podcast

Televigion 2019

Hello, it’s a brand new year and time to re-evaluate Televigion once more! As it turns out, we achieved an American season’s worth of episodes (22 full episodes, plus a special) for Pilot Season in 2018. We had a brand new episode every week from June until November and were proud to be actively engaging […]

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Pilot Season on Hiatus

We’re off on holiday to Japan and then Rachel is away with work so we won’t be able to record any episodes while we’re away! This is an episode to say goodbye for 4 weeks and catch you up on our week’s viewing.

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Pilot Season Episode 22: Homecoming

This episode we’re watching Homecoming on Amazon Video, a psychological thriller series about a facility to reintegrate soldiers back into civilian life starring Julia Roberts, based on a podcast from Gimlet Media.

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Pilot Season Episode 21: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

This episode we’re watching The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, a new outing for the Archie Comics character of Sabrina Spellman, a half-witch, half-mortal teenager growing up in Greendale.

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Update on Episode 21!

Hello all, I thought it was worth mentioning that we are going to be a day or two late releasing episode 21 (about The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix) as I was away working all weekend. But all this really means is that we’ll release it as a Halloween special on Wednesday!

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Pilot Season Episode 20: The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell

This episode we’re watching The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell on Netflix, a spooky cooking show with puppets and plot, created by Henson Alternative and hosted by Christine McConnell, who became famous through Instagram for her wonderfully weird photography, art and baking.

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Pilot Season Episode 19: The Haunting of Hill House

This episode we’re joined by The Televigion Mum, long time corresponder, first time guest! We’re watching The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix, a new adaptation of the influential and highly regarded 1959 novel by Shirley Jackson. It has been adapted by Mike Flanagan of Oculus, Hush and Gerald’s Game fame and stars Carla Gugino, Michiel Huisman and Timothy Hutton.