TV Guide Talk
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TV Guide Talk is a weekly podcast released by the American entertainment industry publication TV Guide. First released by May 18, 2005, each episode features commentary from TVGuide staff on the week's entertainment news stories, television programs, and film releases, as well as occasional interviews with actors, producers, and executives.
TV Guide Talk Podcasts are released every Friday afternoon and are available to download or to stream free-of-charge. Each podcast averages an hour in length and features the participants discussing and commenting on the past week in television and the entertainment industry in general. The beginning of the podcast is devoted to in-depth discussion on the week's biggest new story in the entertainment industry, whether it be a television program or something outside the scope of television show or movie (such as the Academy Awards or the Emmys). The middle part of the is devoted to discussion and commentary on individual show. The podcast emphasizes programs that tend to have a large online following even if that following is not necessarily reflected in the programs' Neilson rating. Examples include American Idol, Heroes, Lost, Survivor, Gilmore Girls, Prison Break, and Project Runway (the latter three being examples a low-rated shosw that neverthless have sizeable online followings). Each podcast also ends weekly review of the weekends new theatrical releases.
From its inception, TV Guide Talk has featured four commentators from the staff of TV Guide:
- Michael Ausiello, a TV Guide television news reporter, who often takes the lead on breaking industry news stories for the magazine.
- Angel Cohn, a prominent Watercooler blogger and occasional film critic.
- Daniel Manu, TV Guide editorial director who opens and closes each podcast, as well as offers his TV opinions.
- Maitland McDonagh, senior film editor of the website and one of TV Guide's film critics. Also author of MovieLust.
