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Water Cooler:
Quick Reviews: True Blood 8/30 and 9/13 (2.11 Frenzy and 2.12 Beyond Here Lies Nothin’)The Guild 9/15 (episode 3.03 Player Down ), Warehouse 13 9/15 (episode 1.11 Nevermore), Vampire Diaries 9/17 (episode 1.02 Night of the Comet),Supernatural 9/17 (5.02 Good God, Y’all!), Fringe 9/17 (episode 2.01 A New Day in the Old Town), Eureka 9/18 (episode 3.18 What Goes Around Comes Around).

Creative Emmy awards for: Doctor Horrible’s Sing-along-Blog, Pushing Daisies, True Blood, South Park, and Legend of the Seeker, Defying Gravity removed from the ABC schedule, First 17 minutes of Flash Forward on-line, 2010 airdate for BSG:The Plan, Dollhouse season 2 scoop and other Whedonverse updates, Farscape Complete Series with Peacekeeper Wars at Best Buy, Supenatural season 4 DVD had double the first week sales compared to season 3, Nielsen says 57% of TV viewers simultaneously watch TV and the Web, Kevin at New England Fan Experience.

Tuner Minute: Programmed Mess. Join in the forum discussion here.

Back Porch:
26:05 – True Blood 8/30 and 9/13 (2.11 Frenzy and 2.12 Beyond Here Lies Nothin’)
36:05 – Warehouse 13 9/15 (episode 1.11 Nevermore)
41:30 – Supernatural 9/17 (5.02 Good God, Y’all!)
50:20 – Fringe 9/17 (episode 2.01 A New Day in the Old Town)
58:33 – Eureka 9/18 (episode 3.18 What Goes Around Comes Around)

Episode #48 hosted by Brent Barrett, Kevin Bachelder, Wendy Hembrock. Recorded on 9/20/09.

Edited by Brent Barrett.

Theme song graciously provided by Beatnik Turtle.

Promo for the Knights of the Guild podcast.

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Watercooler:
Latest poll: Have you attended a sci fi or genre convention?

Quick Reviews: Primeval 7/18 (episode 3.09), True Blood 7/19 (2.05 “Never Let Me Go”), Saving Grace 7/21 (3.06 “Am I Going to Lose Her”), Warehouse 13 7/21 (1.03 “Magnetism”), Eureka 7/24 (3.11 “Insane in the P-Brane”).

Listener voicemails on Tuner Minute #39, Warehouse 13, and Torchwood: Children of Earth, ABC’s Defying Gravity, Syfy announces the Fall Schedule, New Trailer for BSG:The Plan, Eureka already renewed for season 4, Caprica airs January 22, 2010, Edward James Olmos says more Battlestar Galactica movies are likely, Medium and Smallville moving to new Friday timeslots, Legend of the Seeker season 2 premieres 11/7, Farscape – The Complete Series megaset DVDs, Trailer for Doctor Who: Waters of Mars, TIST will discuss The Middleman and Dollhouse “Epitaph One”, TIST gets two Parsec Award nominations.

Tuner Minute: The Passion of the Rabid. Join in the forum discussion here.

Back Porch:
36:40 – Primeval 7/18 (episode 3.09)
40:09 – True Blood 7/19 (episode 2.05 “Never Let Me Go”)
44:43 – Warehouse 13 7/21 (episode 1.03 “Magnetism”)
49:35 – Eureka 7/24 (episode 3.11 “Insane in the P-Brane”)
53:15 – Torchwood:Children of Earth 7/21-24 (complete series)

Episode #40 hosted by Kevin Bachelder, Wendy Hembrock and Brent Barrett. Recorded on 7/25/09.

Edited by Brent Barrett.

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Promo for the The Babylon podcast.

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Love Affairs – recorded by Kevin Bachelder.

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Watercooler:
Stargate Universe casting news

Tuner Minute #10 – Shows we obsess over
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Back Porch:
21:44 – Pushing Daisies 12/5, 12/17 (2.09 “Legend of Merle McQuoddy”, 2.10 “The Norwegians” )
27:13 – Ghost Whisperer (2007 repeats)
29:37 – Doctor Who Christmas 12/25 (“The Next Doctor”)
2008 Roundup:
30:39 – Farscape comics and webisodes
32:40 – The Guild and Dr. Horrible Sing Along Blog
36:10 – Dollhouse
38:11 – Pushing Daisies
39:23 – Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles
44:27 – True Blood
45:30 – Fringe
47:08 – Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Lost, Torchwood
52:22 – The Middleman
55:29 – Charlie Jade

Hosted by Wendy Hembrock, Brent Barrett and Kevin Bachelder. Recorded on 12/27/08.

Edited by Brent Barrett.

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Promo for Squint Squad: The “Bones” Podcast.

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Obsession – recorded by Brent Barrett.

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Watercooler topics – Dollhouse, Pushing Daisies renewal status, new Farscape content.

Back Porch topics – Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Pushing Daisies, Heroes, Supernatural.

Hosted by Wendy Hembrock, Brent Barrett and Kevin Bachelder.

Edited by Brent Barrett

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Show Notes -

Dollhouse status

Pushing Daisies in trouble?

Does ‘Sarah Connor’ Have The Economy To Thank?

Farscape Comics issue #1

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