Awards Daily's Water Cooler Podcast
A weekly look at the entertainment landscape from Awards Daily TV
Episodes
Likely seeing what they had late into the Emmy cycle, HBO snuck in the Jessica Lange-starring The Great Lillian Hall at the very end of the 2024 Emmy cycle. Lange plays legendary Broadway actress Lillian Hall who unusually struggles to remember her lines during rehearsals for her hotly anticipated revival of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. […]
The post Emmys 2024: Can the ‘Great’ Jessica Lange Sneak Into the Competitive Limited Serie...
Emmy voting starts June 13, 2024. That’s a lot of television for the voting members of the Television Academy to consume before casting their votes on the 2024 Emmy season. Since we at the Water Cooler Podcast are such kind people, we thoughtfully offer our final recommendations on the Emmy season. What series would you […]
The post Emmys 2024: Our Final Emmy Recommendations Before Emmy Voting Starts Next Month appeared first on Aw...
The 2024 Emmy race seemed fairly established a few weeks ago. Netflix’s The Crown, FX’s The Bear, and FX’s Shōgun all seemed poised to sweep their various races. However, growing discontent with the Drama races and a perceived weakness in frontrunner The Crown perhaps spurred networks with limited series to seek placement within the Drama […]
The post Emmys 2024: How Does a Heavily Rumored Category Jump For ‘Shōgun’ Impact the Emmy...
We had a lot of content to keep us busy last weekend, and we’re recapping all of it on this week’s Water Cooler Podcast. First up, we’ve all seen Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine’s The Idea of You, now streaming on Amazon Prime. Described as “Harry Styles fan fiction,” the film offers Hathaway as a […]
The post Reviews: Conversations About ‘The Idea Of You,’ ‘Unfrosted,’ ‘Hacks,’ and ‘The Fall Guy’ appeared first on Awards Dail...
This week, the Water Cooler breaks down Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, which has exploded onto the streaming world and grew exponentially in viewers week to week. Starring Richard Gadd based on his own one-man show, the limited series explores the real-life events of an unexpected relationship between Donny Dunn (Gadd) and Martha Scott (Jessica Gunning) that […]
The post ‘Baby Reindeer:’ Catching Up on Netflix’s Unexpected Pop Culture Se...
We’re back together at the Water Cooler this week to review the newest season in an old favorite. Andrew Jarecki’s The Jinx first aired in 2015 and provided an amazingly in-depth and compelling look into the life and mysterious deaths surrounding millionaire Robert Durst. As the series ended with a seemingly shocking confession, audiences have […]
The post ‘The Jinx Part Two:’ Revisiting the Trial, Conviction, & Cultural Impact of ...
We’re still one down this week, and this week it’s Megan! Never fear, Joey and Clarence carry on with a discussion of film and television. On the film side, they review Alex Garland’s divisive box office winner Civil War. Then, on the TV front, they cover Netflix’s gorgeously photographed Ripley and the “high-class trash” that […]
The post Reviews: Having a ‘Civil’ Discussion About High Art and Arty Trash appeared first on Awards D...
Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV has been the talk of social media for the last few weeks. By confronting the long-buried secrets of several sexual predators on set during the Golden Age of Nickelodeon, the series, directed by Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz, made us all look back at […]
The post Quiet at the Cooler! We Are Talking…’Quiet On Set’ appeared first on Awards Daily TV.
The 2024 Summer Movie season is just around the corner. To prepare, Clarence has constructed an epic Summer Movie Preview quiz for Joey and Megan. Who will wear the trivia crown for the upcoming season? As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week. Thanks for […]
The post 2024 Summer Movie Preview: Megan and Joey Face Off For the 2024 Summer Movie Trivia Crown appeared first on...
This week at the Water Cooler, we’re springing (we love a pun) into the final gasp of the 2024 Emmy season. Late February / early March typically emerges as the prime window to launch television series. It allows voting members of the Television Academy to absorb newer series and keep them fresh in their minds […]
The post TV Reviews: Springing Into a New Crop of Emmy-Contending Television appeared first on Awards Daily TV.
We’re saying goodbye to the 2024 Oscar season this week at the Water Cooler. Megan just returned from attending the 96th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater, so we thought it would be an interesting experiment to compare experiences watching at home and watching in the room. We review the highlights and lowlights of the […]
The post Oscars Telecast: Taking In the Show From Home and From Inside the Dolby appeared first on Awards Dai...
This week, we dive into the eagerly anticipated HBO limited series The Regime. Starring Kate Winslet, the Stephen Frears-directed satire takes the audience into an unnamed European country in the grasp of an unstable authoritarian regime. The series seems to have polarized both audiences and critics alike on its tone and performances, so we weigh […]
The post ‘The Regime:’ Will Winslet Win Another Emmy For This Divisive Political S...
We kick off the podcast with a look back at the weekend’s big guild awards – the Producers Guild Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. What do the winners tell us about the 2024 Emmy race? Then, we launch into our first analytical look at the 2024 Emmy season, starting with the Limited Series […]
The post Emmys 2024: Surveying Current and Upcoming Contenders for Limited Series appeared first on Awards Daily TV.
Megan rejoins the Water Cooler to give us an update on her recent trip to the SCAD TV Fest. Then, we revisit this weekend’s best Super Bowl commercials and the buzzy movie trailers that debuted during the game. Finally, Megan leads a conversation about Peacock’s Ted, a prequel (limited?) series to the 2012 film of […]
The post Talking ‘Ted’ and the Best of the 2024 Super Bowl Commercials appeared first on Awards Daily TV.
We’re talking cats and swans this week at the Water Cooler but sadly without Megan. First up, Joey and Clarence briefly discuss the Grammys ceremony and the online aftermath where the claws were most definitely out. Then, we take a look at Matthew Vaughn’s latest film Argylle, featuring a bevy of stars including Bryce Dallas […]
The post The Claws Are Out: Grammys, ‘Argylle,’ and ‘Feud’ Duke It Out For the Cattiest Experience appea...
This week, the full roster of Team ADTV joins the Water Cooler to review the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. We talk about our favorite moments, our disappointments, and whether or not three series should dominate the entire evening.Plus, we look forward to the 2024 Emmy season and hypothesize what will start to fill […]
The post 2023 Emmys: Team ADTV Gathers To Dish the Emmys and Look Forward To Next Year appeared firs...
This week, we dive into our favorite films of 2023 as they stood when we recorded (more on that in the podcast). We also quickly predict what we think will win the television categories at the 2024 Golden Globes, airing Sunday on CBS. Programming note: we will not record next week. Look for our latest […]
The post 2024 Golden Globes TV Predictions and Our Favorite Films of 2023 appeared first on Awards Daily TV.
The trees are still up and decorated. Santa has come and gone. But before we head into 2024, we’re looking back at our favorite television series of 2023. What will Joey, Megan, and Clarence rank as their favorite TV series of the year? As always we close with the flash forward to the media we’re […]
The post Best of 2023 TV: We Rank Our Favorite Television of the Year appeared first on Awards Daily TV.
Cue the melancholy Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson-penned song “Christmas Time Is Here” from A Charlie Brown Christmas because it’s almost here. Whether that sends you into shivers of glee or strikes fear in your heart (because you still have shopping to do), it’s almost here. To celebrate, the Water Cooler Podcast team gathers ’round […]
The post Christmas Time Is Here: We Share Our Favorite Holiday Films, Expected and Unusual, a...
The Golden Globes are back, baby! Not only have actors embraced their nominations with public statements and appreciation, but the Golden Globes returned with some very Globesy nominations (we see you, The Diplomat). But they also returned to make history within their own nomination world. HBO’s Succession received a record-breaking nine nominations, and Netflix’s The […]
The post 2024 Golden Globes: ‘Succession,’ ‘The Crown’ Break...
Popular Podcasts
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Every week comedian and infamous roaster Nikki Glaser provides a fun, fast-paced, and brutally honest look into current pop-culture and her own personal life.
Shootings are not unusual in Belize. Shootings of cops are. When a wealthy woman – part of one of the most powerful families in Belize – is found on a pier late at night, next to a body, it becomes the country’s biggest news story in a generation. New episodes every Monday!
A straightforward look at the day's top news in 20 minutes. Powered by ABC News. Hosted by Brad Mielke.