Deep in the bowels of CPN Studios, there lies a chamber only the greatest TV characters can enter – the funniest, the grumpiest, the maddest visages the television medium has to offer. There, we honor the breakout comic relief, the magnetically

Breaking Down the Handmaid's Tale Finale and 2018 Emmy Nominations

Jul 16th, 2018 1h 30m

It's been a whirlwind week in TV, but the hosts of TV Party have you covered! Kate Kulzick joins Allison and Clint once again, this time to talk about the bold, controversial finale to the second season of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. What do th

Just Do This For Me! Steven Universe

Jul 9th, 2018 1h 43m

It's recurring guest Kate Kulzick's birthday, which means it's a perfect time for another installment of our regular segment Just Do This For Me!, in which one of our hosts or guests forces the others to watch a show of their choosing, and we t

Halt and Catch Up: The Best TV of June 2018

Jul 2nd, 2018 2h 8m

We've hit the halfway mark of 2018, so it's time to sit down and take stock of the damn good year in TV we've had thus far. Clint and Allison are joined by regular contributors Dominick Suzanne-Mayer and Kate Kulzick this week to break down som

Deep Dive: Westworld Season Two

Jun 25th, 2018 1h 28m

Freeze all motor functions - it's another episode of TV Party! Allison's consciousness is trapped in robot heaven this week, so Clint pulls single-host duty with Caroline Siede and Jacob Oller to talk about Westworld's beautiful, dense season t

Deep Dive: Legion Season Two

Jun 19th, 2018 1h 23m

With the end of the second season of FX's kaleidoscopic, surrealist superhero show Legion, Allison and Clint bring on Alex McLevy from The AV Club to discuss its highs and lows - from Aubrey Plaza's beautifully cagey performance to the season's

Rank and File: Ryan Murphy's Most Valuable Players

Jun 12th, 2018 1h 40m

Over dozens of seasons of television, from Nip/Tuck to Glee to American Stories both Horror and Crime, super-producer Ryan Murphy has created his own cottage industry of ambitious, theatrical, cards-on-the-table melodramas featuring some of the

Hall of Faces: Who's the Greatest Character on The Americans?

Jun 4th, 2018 1h 29m

Halt and Catch Up: The Best TV of May 2018

May 28th, 2018 1h 27m

The sun's out, the temperature's rising, and yet another month of TV has come and gone - and the hosts of TV Party are ready to send it off in style! Film editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer joins us once again to weigh on everything we saw (and some

After Party: TV Bests - Speed Round Edition (LIVE from Moxy Chicago Downtown)

May 25th, 2018 1h 39m

Some weeks, you just want to dispense with the usual grind and try something new. In our case, that meant doing a live, loose After Party at Hotel Moxy in downtown Chicago as part of the opening week of the Moxy SoundOff Podcast Series!For this

Deep Dive: NBC's Timeless Season 2

May 21st, 2018 2h 3m

Clint's been temporarily displaced from time, so this week Allison is joined by co-pilot Kate Kulzick (and special guest Carly Lane, contributing editor for Syfy Wire) to talk about the stellar season 2 of Timeless! NBC's time-travel adventure

Summer 2018 TV Preview Extravaganza!

May 14th, 2018 1h 51m

In this world of Peak TV, summer isn't the boring slog it used to be - there's a veritable smorgasbord of highly-anticipated debuts, returning favorites, and critical darlings showing up on our screens the next few months to keep us all on the

Deep Dive: RuPaul's Drag Race - Snatch Game (with Sutton Lee Seymour)

May 7th, 2018 2h 4m

This week, Allison and Clint (along with Kate Kulzick) are joined by New York drag queen extraordinaire Sutton Lee Seymour to discuss that most hallowed of RuPaul's Drag Race holidays - Snatch Game! Together, we discuss the tops, bottoms and ev

Halt and Catch Up: The Best TV of April 2018

Apr 30th, 2018 1h 33m

Even with our breathless TV coverage every week, a few great things are bound to slip through the cracks. To that end, Allison and Clint (along with Dominick Suzanne-Mayer and Jacob Oller) halt and catch up to everything we missed over the mont

After Party: Interview with The West Wing's Kirsten Nelson

Apr 27th, 2018 32m 4s

For the latest After Party, Allison and Clint serve up their full, uncut interview with Kirsten Nelson, who played young Mrs. Landingham in The West Wing's seminal episode (and You Get Hoynes! namesake) "Two Cathedrals." Together, they talk abo

You Get Hoynes: Appreciating The West Wing's "Two Cathedrals"

Apr 23rd, 2018 2h 4m

This week on TV Party, Allison and Clint are joined by two of TV Party's finest Cabinet members (Kate Kulzick and Caroline Siede) to kick off our new recurring segment on perfect, ambitious episodes of television, You Get Hoynes!We couldn't ver

After Party: DC's Legends of Tomorrow Finale Chat

Apr 19th, 2018 45m 18s

If there's one thing you can count on here at TV Party, it's that we take every single opportunity to dump effusive praise on our favorite piece of superhero schlock on the airwaves right now - The CW's deeply wacky time-travel smorgasbord DC's

Hall of Faces: Who's the Best Character on Mad Men?

Apr 16th, 2018 1h 53m

After Party: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Live Show Spectacular! (w/Vincent Rodriguez III and Donna Lynne Champlin)

Apr 13th, 2018 1h 15m

In this bonus After Party, Allison and Clint sit down for a minute to talk about the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend live show!Along the way, they both have a pleasant chat with Josh Chan himself, Vincent "Vinny" Rodriguez III; Clint lives through the live

Just Do This For Me!: WWE WrestleMania 34

Apr 11th, 2018 1h 51m

For our inaugural installment of our recurring segment Just Do This For Me!, first-timers Allison and Clint step into the ring with seasoned WWE veterans LaToya Ferguson and Dominick Suzanne-Mayer for their very first WrestleMania! Together, th

After Party: Jesus Christ Superstar Live with Time Out's Kris Vire

Apr 3rd, 2018 50m 58s

For this bonus episode, we asked Time Out Chicago theater critic Kris Vire to tell us what was a-happenin' with NBC's excellent addition to the live televised musical canon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert. Kris and Allison get into what

The Scene Who Knocks: Unforgettable TV Scares

Apr 2nd, 2018 1h 27m

For this spook-tacular episode of TV Party, Allison and Clint venture deep into the bowels of the Consequence Podcast Network studio! There, The Loser's Club hosts Randall Colburn and Michael Roffman lie in wait to help them discuss our picks o

After Party: TV Teens - An Interview with One Day at a Time's Isabella Gomez

Mar 30th, 2018 13m 16s

For this bonus episode, we follow up on last week's Rank and File on the 25 Greatest Teens in TV History with Allison's full interview with Isabella Gomez, who made our list as Elena Alvarez on the recently-renewed Netflix sitcom One Day at a T

Episode 8: The One With the Drag Race Newbie

Mar 26th, 2018 1h 23m

It's a TV party of two this week, as Allison and Clint go it alone to walk the latter through his very first episode of RuPaul's Drag Race. What did he think of the show? Will Shantay he stay, or sashay away from it altogether? After that, the

Rank and File: The 25 Best Teens in TV History

Mar 22nd, 2018 2h 14m

Whether they're counterculture iconoclasts or hilariously uptight, heroes or villains, teenagers have had a long history as some of television's most important and indelible characters. But who stands out among the crowd? For this special, extr