About this episode

David and Patrick discuss the HBO series Lanterns and the implications of Marvel's decision to stop making live action TV shows, along with a rewatch of Dark Matter.

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 HBO original series Lanterns and conclude their Dark Matter season 1 rewatch. What do we make of the fact that Marvel won’t be making live action TV shows anymore? Are we excited about IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2? And will the DC Universe ever be appropriate for children? Listen to hear us discuss all of these topics and more. Homework for next week: Lanterns episode 2 (HBO Max) Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate): 02:30 - Show of the Week Lanterns 33:30 - TV News Hayden Panettiere, Actress on ‘Heroes’ and ‘Nashville,’ Dies at 36 ’ ‘VisionQuest’ Could Officially Mark the End of an Era for Marvel ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ Finally Renewed for Season 2, and It’s Going Back to 1935 1:00:09 - Dark Matter Episode 9 - Entanglement 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 Instagram Follow this podcast on Tiktok Subscribe to David’s free…

People in this episode

Hosts: David, Patrick

Topics covered

• HBO series
• TV news
• Marvel
• Dark Matter
• IT: Welcome to Derry
• children's programming

Keywords

• Lanterns
• Dark Matter
• Marvel
• TV news
• IT: Welcome to Derry
• Hayden Panettiere

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marvel, IT: Welcome to Derry, HBO

Books & works: Lanterns, Dark Matter, Heroes, Nashville, VisionQuest, Dark Matter Episode 9 - Entanglement

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