About this episode

The episode discusses the return of Ted Lasso, the Dark Matter rewatch, and various TV news topics.

In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the return of Ted Lasso and continue their Dark Matter season 1 rewatch. What happened with Wonder Man season 2? What do we think is going on with the God of War TV show? Why did David Ellison write an op-ed about the Warner Bros. merger for the New York Times ? Listen to hear us discuss all of these topics and more. Homework for next week: Show of the Week: Furious (Hulu) Dark Matter Rewatch: Season 1 Episode 8 (Apple TV) Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate): 2:32 - Show of the Week Ted Lasso season 4 33:00 - TV News ‘God of War’: Dave Bautista in Talks For Kratos Role in Amazon Series After Ryan Hurst’s Exit Atreus to be recast Wonder Man cancelled Co showrunner speaks Yahya Abdul Mateen II speaks NYTimes editorial by David Ellison 1:07:48 - Dark Matter Episode 7 - In the Fires of Dead Stars Links: Thanks to Michael J Johnson for our Show of the Week and Patrick Finishes the Damn Show audio bumpers Listen to Patrick’s videogame podcast, Remap Radio Subscribe to Patrick’s newsletter, Crossplay Subscribe to this podcast on YouTube Follow this podcast on…

People in this episode

Hosts: David, Patrick

Topics covered

• Ted Lasso
• Dark Matter
• TV news
• God of War
• Wonder Man
• Warner Bros. merger

Keywords

• Ted Lasso
• Dark Matter
• God of War
• Wonder Man
• TV news
• David Ellison
• Hulu
• Amazon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Amazon, Hulu

Books & works: Ted Lasso, Dark Matter, Furious, God of War

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