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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 Awards Daily TV.

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 Daily TV.

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 Satire? appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

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 appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

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 first on Awards Daily TV.

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, and Share Virtual Xmas Gifts appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

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 Records As the Globes Return appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

We’re heading toward the end of 2023, which naturally means it’s almost time to start making year-end lists! As we cultivate our favorite films of 2023, we’re catching up to one major year-end release, J.A. Bayona’s Society of the Snow. Retelling the harrowing story of the 1972 Andes mountain plane crash, Bayona’s film tells the […] The post ‘Society of the Snow’ & Catching Up To ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ As We Look To Year-End Listmaking appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

Two huge awards-buzzed films will be released in the month of December, and we’ve seen them both! Todd Haynes’ May December stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in a camp drama that explores the aftermath of an illicit love affair between an adult woman (Moore) and a teenage boy, played as an adult by Charles […] The post ‘May December,’ ‘Maestro:’ We Take On Two Awards-Buzzed December Releases appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

It’s Thanksgiving week, and of course in Water Cooler Land, that means Friendsgiving! Of course, it’s a bittersweet year with beloved Friends star Matthew Perry recently passing away. But we’re thankful for both his comic talent and the brilliance of the Friends ensemble this week. In honor of Friendsgiving, we’re ranking all 10 Friends-related Thanksgiving […] The post Ranking All 10 ‘Friends’ Thanksgiving Episodes appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

This week, we’re embracing new television! The FX on Hulu limited series A Murder At the End of the World stars The Crown‘s Emma Corrin as Darby Hart. We’ve heard this described online as “Nancy Drew and the Dragon Tattoo.” That’s not far off, to be honest. Clive Owen co-stars as an Elon Musk-type figure […] The post A Podcast About ‘A Murder At the End of the World’ appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

We’re starting this week’s podcast on a bit of a down note as we reminisce about Matthew Perry who passed away this weekend. Joey, Megan, and Clarence each go around the water cooler and give their favorite Chandler Bing moments from Friends. Plus, we talk about his amazing charitable moments and how he helped so […] The post Reminiscing About Matthew Perry and Looking Back at Recent Film Festivals appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

This week, we review AppleTV+’s new limited series Lessons in Chemistry. Based on the beloved Bonnie Garmus novel, Chemistry stars Oscar winner Brie Larson as Elizabeth Zott, a chemist turned local cooking show host who finds herself changing the landscape for women in the workplace. Joey went into the series fresh without having read the […] The post ‘Lessons in Chemistry:’ Does AppleTV+’s Adaptation of the Bonnie Garmus Novel Merit a Passing Grade? appeared first on Awards Daily TV.

This week at the Water Cooler, the gang looks at Chloe Domont’s thriller Fair Play. Starring Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich, the film serves as a modern take on the erotic thrillers that populated the 1990s. We talk about the merits of the film as compared to its audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Plus, what […] The post ‘Fair Play:’ We Disclose a Sliver of Our Basic Instincts About Netflix’s New Thriller appeared first on Awards Daily TV.