Punch Drunk TV Ep. 37: A Little TV Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving season... What 2016 TV are you thankful for? Join us on this journey, won't you?

NEWS:

HBO renews "Westworld" but we have to wait until 2018 to get it "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" has been renewed for another season and her show will move to Wednesday nights Syfy is developing Robert Heinlein’s sci-fi classic novel "Stranger in a Strange Land" to series Marvel announced their new ABC series: "Inhumans" Strong rumor has Disney eyeing Netflix as their next acquisition HBO is still pushing for a "Game of Thrones" prequel series that would be based on the story bible GRRM created -- which contains thousands of pages, apparently -- for his original series of books. A "Saved by the Bell" producer finally revealed that Jesse Spano was originally addicted to speed… not caffeine pills. S&P at NBC vetoed that notion as speed was too dark an option for a Saturday morning show. According to a CBS executive named Jim Lanzone, their new "Star Trek" series wouldn’t work on broadcast TV, saying: “Sci-fi is not something that has traditionally done really well on broadcast. It’s not impossible, for the future, if somebody figures it out. But historically, a show like "Star Trek" wouldn’t necessarily be a broadcast show, at this point.”

2016 TV MOMENTS WE’RE THANKFUL FOR:

Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark on "People v. O.J. Simpson" The O.J. documentary, "Made in America" on ESPN Chuck recording Jimmy’s confession on the "Better Call Saul" Season 2 That life changing "Bojack Horseman" episode, "Fish Out of Water" "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver": Make Donald Drumpf Again "BrainDead," because... duh "Westworld"... again, duh The blood dance in "Penny Dreadful"  "Voltron: Legendary Defender," Episode 1 "Stranger Things"... for re-teaching Jack how to binge "Jessica Jones" for the scariest villain ever: The Purple Man "Lethal Weapon," because, who knew? "Last Man on Earth" for its longevity Hulu’s Adult Swim catalog "Key & Peele" for existing because without them, "Keanu" wouldn't have been a film "The Circus," because after this year... we're all a bit politics-crazy

AARON’S LOSERS: "SNL’s" cold open, "South Park," John Oliver (for going on break and leaving us!) Jimmy Fallon & Metallica

JACK’S LOSERS: "Nightcap," "Aftermath," "Van Helsing," "Gotham"

AARON’S FENCERS: "Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack," "Channel Zero: Candle Cove," "Shooter," "American Horror Story: Roanoke" 

JACK’S FENCER: "Wilderness Vet"

AARON’S WINNERS: "SNL," "The Exorcist," "Last Man on Earth," Anthony Bourdain, "Westworld"

JACK’S WINNERS: "Last Man on Earth," "The Real O’Neils," "Pure Genius"

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