About this episode

David and Patrick discuss the latest episodes of Lanterns and Dark Matter, along with 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 watch the latest episode of Lanterns and Dark Matter . Why did the announcer for Wheel of Fortune get fired? Are we sad about the cancellation of Spider-Noir ? And is Lanterns one of the biggest hits in HBO history? Listen to hear us discuss all of these topics and more. Homework for next week: Lanterns episode 5 (HBO Max) Dark Matter season 2 episode 3 (Apple TV) Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate): 00:30 - TV News Follow-up: GTA VI tops 31 million views on Netflix Furious Hits 43 Million Hours Viewed Lanterns Ep 3 Hits 10 Million Viewers Netflix renewed all their podcasts ‘Spider-Noir’ Canceled by Prime Video After One Season ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Announcer Jim Thornton Fired by Sony Dave Bautista Shows Off Body Transformation 28:22 - Lanterns Episode 4 - Weenie 1:01:53 - Dark Matter Season 2 Episode 2 - A Perfect World 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: David, Patrick

Topics covered

• TV news
• Lanterns episode discussion
• Dark Matter episode discussion
• cancellations
• announcer firings
• HBO hits

Keywords

• Lanterns
• Dark Matter
• TV news
• Spider-Noir
• GTA VI
• Wheel of Fortune
• HBO
• Apple TV

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HBO, Apple TV, Netflix, Prime Video, Sony

Books & works: Lanterns, Dark Matter, Spider-Noir

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