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William Hughes @plumberduck.bsky.social · 9h

Here's a piece I'm really excited to roll out: An in-depth interview with Dropout's Sam Reich, diving deep on the game design of Game Changer season 8. Do I make a parody of myself by bringing up the concept of "the magic circle"? Oh baby, you bet I do. avclub.com/game-changer...

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“We really aren’t control of that dial”: Sam Reich on designing the games of Game Changer season 8

The Dropout CEO on encouraging competition in his players and the ways he stops himself from turning into Mr. Beast.

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 13h

As good an excuse as any to share four of the finest minutes of stand-up ever performed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPD6...

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andy daly from comedy death ray album

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

TONIGHT @ 8 PM CT: The penultimate episode of LANTERNS is here: John Stewart frowns, Construct-Hal clowns, and mystery abounds! Who's the Green Lantern Killer? Join @avclub.com TV Club on @surf.social and watch the answers unfold with us! surf.social/feed/surf%2F... #lanterns

Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The uncovered Jingle All The Way billboard at US 41 and IL 137: Still there.

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Monica Castillo @mcastimovies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If anything, I hope the PRIMETIME buzz inspires more people to check out PREDATORS

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Had to tune out during the 4th inning to go to the movies, when it turned out there was a movie happening in real life at Comerica.

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Finally played Norco and everyone should:

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Laura Bradley @lurabardley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Update: I am now looking specifically for sources in their late teens to talk about FNL. If you know any teens who are either watching this on their own or with their parents (or if you are that parent), hit me up!

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phylan @phylan.website · 26/09/2026

stay for the pano fireworks shot

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Whereas Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon would eventually pilot original programming with anthologies like What A Cartoon! and Oh Yeah! cartoons, '90s ABC took a different tack: Confound the kids with interstitials one season, and then give those interstitial characters a show the next.

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The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 25/09/2026

A glib telling of The Lizzie Borden Story only reminds us of the futility of Ryan Murphy's salacious true-crime series. www.avclub.com/its-time-for...

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It’s time for Netflix to slay its Monster

A glib telling of The Lizzie Borden Story only reminds us of the futility of Ryan Murphy's salacious true-crime series.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Well let’s see how this goes. I’m constructing a new hour of standup and I need some people to watch it. Could YOU be a people? Saturday 11/28 at the Elysian. Tix: bit.ly/cbwpft1126

Prompt artwork for the show: in the style of a pulp novel cover, a bedraggled man (me) crawls through a grimy alley towards a microphone

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Found on VHS @foundonvhs.com · 25/09/2026

Station Identification Clip Recorded September 25, 1993 on ABC/WXYZ 7 in Detroit, MI #StationID #ABC #WXYZ #Detroit #1990s #TVbumper #interstitial #broadcastident #localtelevision

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captain bleach @blainecapatch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

sad to see DETROITERS is leaving Netflix on October 15, watch it if you've never seen it and watch it again if you have

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Lacy Baugher Milas @lacymb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reminder: Hang out and watch #TheTraitorsNewBlood with me for the @avclub.com's @surf.social feed! Who survived the Traitors internship program? What will Alan be wearing? Let's find out together. surf.social/feed/surf%2F... #TheTraitorsUS

Alan Cumming in the season prmeiere of "The Traitors" New Blood" wearing a tartan cape over a denim kilt situation.

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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks to @erikadams.bsky.social for the great suggestion, was a lot of fun to do and made me think deeper about this show as well as the state of superhero media in 2026. Come for the bowl-cut slander, stay for the deeper back & forth about what makes LANTERNS work 📺 www.avclub.com/lanterns-guy...

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Crosstalk: Did Lanterns need Guy Gardner?

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This week's LANTERNS gave me a chance to finally team up with @eclectichutch.bsky.social -- here's our Crossalk for @avclub.com about the plusses and minuses of Guy Gardner appearing in HBO's gritty space cop drama. (I'm pro-Guy! Unabashedly so!) www.avclub.com/lanterns-guy... #lanterns

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Crosstalk: Did Lanterns need Guy Gardner?

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Dennis Perkins @dennisperkins5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great #Lanterns (and especially Guy Gardner) debate from @avclub.com all-stars @jarrodjones.bsky.social and @eclectichutch.bsky.social. I have my own thoughts on Guy's place in the Lanterns corner of the DCU, but you gotta wait 'til next week's finale review. www.avclub.com/lanterns-guy...

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Crosstalk: Did Lanterns need Guy Gardner?

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Time Machine, H.G. Wells (1895)

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/09/2026

Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-…

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A show I know entirely from these 15 seconds of my childhood Muppet Family Christmas tape

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Loved @rockmarooned.bsky.social digging into how Futurama has probably "ended" more times than anything else on TV, and how that's been good practice for a show that is both ending and not ending next week.

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Nothing else on TV knows how to end like Futurama

Across its 27 years of stops and starts, the animated sci-fi series has gotten a lot of practice at crafting a conclusion.

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Woody Harrelson-Matthew McConaughey team-up Brothers is a strange object: The presumably expensive work of several sitcom pros working overtime to turn a vibe and a juicy anecdote into an actual television show. Lisa Gilroy innocent; Harrelson should be funny on TV more often.

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Unlike its stars, Brothers is only half-baked

Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey play “themselves” in an Apple TV comedy that feels like a hazy memory before it’s even over.

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Sam Barsanti @sambarsanti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I would like to join everyone else on bsky in bragging that I also know @erikadams.bsky.social and worked with him for many years at a popular website.

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josh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I was interning for the A.V. Club when this published and when I'd brag that I worked with "Mr. Autumn Man" (@erikadams.bsky.social) people would go "holy shit that's awesome" way more than they would when I said I interned for the A.V. Club

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Raising a mug of hot apple cider to my seasonal comedy counterpart.

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am risen; it feels nice that this is no longer my final byline as an AVC staffer www.avclub.com/mr-autumn-ma...

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Unlike its stars, Brothers is only half-baked

Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey play “themselves” in an Apple TV comedy that feels like a hazy memory before it’s even over.

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That's it for this week -- make sure to read the latest recap from @avclub.com's @dennisperkins5.bsky.social for more GL goodness! www.avclub.com/lanterns-rec... Stay connected with TV Club on @surf.social -- we're keeping the green lights burning. Until next week! #lanterns

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Lanterns remains an exercise in withholding while opening itself up to the wider DC Universe

In “Bad Optics,” John and Kerry warily pick up the pieces while the show reassembles its superhero connections.

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Jarrod Jones @jarrodjones.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TONIGHT @ 8 PM CT: THIS GUY. It's Guy Gardner's happening at @avclub.com’s TV Club, and it freaks us out! Head over to @surf.social and join us for this week's LANTERNS watch party: surf.social/feed/surf%2F... #lanterns

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Guy Gardner's Reactions in Superman Legacy

ALT: Guy Gardner's Reactions in Superman Legacy

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The History Of Concrete starts rolling out this weekend, so I whipped up a quick How To With John Wilson sampler to whet your appetite for a documentary that is definitely, beyond a shadow of a doubt, about one of the most common building materials on the planet.

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How to get into How To With John Wilson in five episodes

A pre-History Of Concrete

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juan barquin @woahitsjuanito.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

in honor of john wilson's the history of concrete hitting theaters, i think everyone should be obligated to watch some of his short films. here's my favorite: the road to magnasanti.

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The Road To Magnasanti

In 2010, an obsessed gamer designed the perfect game of Sim City. Achieved through a repeating pattern of clustered high rises, “Magnasanti” exposes the hellish consequences of top-down civic design. ...

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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How to get into How To With John Wilson in five episodes

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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am ALSO back this morning at The A.V. Club, with another piece on Lanterns. In this one I ask: What's going on with aliens in this show? Are they a metaphor or what? www.avclub.com/lanterns-hbo...

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Lanterns can't quite make up its mind about aliens

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Danette Chavez @danettechavez.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Follow along with Lacy and then look for @shannonlmiller.bsky.social’s recap over @avclub.com

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Made all the better by the knowledge (via @connorratliff.bsky.social on Critical Darlings, IIRC) that Blanc was doing this screaming on the sets of live-action Warner Bros. movies whose casts and crews were on break.

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Appreciate the inclusion of the Independent Spirit intros near the end of this—routines that are tied tightly to their specific moments that I, nonetheless, rewatch every few months.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

At @avclub.com, I asked a burning question with frustrating implications: what the hell is Disney doing with the Muppets? www.avclub.com/muppet-show-...

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What is Disney even doing with The Muppets now?

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nobody more qualified than @mousterpiece.bsky.social to dig into the history of how Disney has handled The Muppets and how that might explain the ongoing Muppet Show limbo www.avclub.com/muppet-show-...

Screenshot of article "What is Disney even doing with The Muppets now?" Subheadline : The Muppet Show's current limbo reflects an unfortunate pattern in Disney's stewardship of Kermit The Frog and friends.

In a photo, Miss Piggy wears a blue turban and robe while having a backstage conversation with Kermit The Frog. Lew Zealand, the boomerang fish guy, is hanging out in the background.

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big thumbs up to this critical personnel decision, and incredibly excited to be working with Caroline Framke! www.nytco.com/press/a-new-...

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A New Television Critic Joins Culture | The New York Times Company

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We're one month out from the publication of Serling: A Journey Into the Twilight Zone with TV's First Visionary. Every day from now until October 13, I'll be counting down the 31 best Twilight Zone episodes, in this thread. Preorder the book: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...

Rod Serling stands in front of a glowing door on the cover of my Serling bio

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rod Torfulson's Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk no longer available for Canadian dates (Rod didn't arrive having eaten)

Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, and Bruce McCulloch as The Kids In The Hall's delightfully quarrelsome garage band Rod Torfulson's Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk

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Erik Adams @erikadams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Now hearing word that Captain Geech And The Shrimp Shack Shooters have pulled out of the Ed Sheeran tour.

In a still from That Thing You Do, The Wonders are dressed as sailors in order to play Captain Geech And The Shrimp Shack Shooters in the fictional beach movie Weekend At Party Pier. Jimmy is _not_ into it.

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