TV Is Good

About TV Is Good

TV critics Alan Sepinwall and Kathryn VanArendonk get together once a week to talk about all the things they love (and some of the things they don’t) on television. They talk about new releases, old favorites, TV curiosities and whatever’s happening in the wide wide world of how people watch TV these days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Alan Sepinwall

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

10 May 2026

Latest episode

5 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

24 of 27 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   [Patreon Preview] The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror IV"

   Host Alan Sepinwall and guest Kathryn VanArendonk interview each other about "The Simpsons" "Treehouse of Horror IV" and recent New York Times superlatives.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   East of Eden gives us Cain, Abel, and Florence Pugh

   Alan Sepinwall and Kathryn VanArendonk interview each other about the "East of Eden" adaptation and the "Lonesome Dove" miniseries, revealing surprising performances.

3. 

   28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What fall TV are we excited about?

   Hosts Alan Sepinwall and Kathryn VanArendonk interview journalist and author Lynette Rice about her new book, "ER: The Oral History," exploring the iconic medical drama.

Inside a recent episode

[Patreon Preview] The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror IV"

Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Bojack Horseman and... And Parks and Recreation, which is a much, much better comedy about the power of niceness, with all due respect to Schitt's Creek. Sure. I wanted to bring this up, even though it's now slightly out of date, so sorry about that. I wanted to bring it up in part because I think it is an interesting document that has utility, and I'm not mad about it existing. It's a very New York Times-y choice. And... And by that, I mean it is not so much a document of what specific critics think or one critic's perspective or even a group of critics' perspectives. And instead, because it is the sort of shows nominated by a big, large industry group, reflects a kind of dispersed point of view. […]

Who has been a guest on TV Is Good

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lynette Rice
• Ben Kronengold
• Rebecca Shaw
• Tatiana Maslany

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

96 ratings

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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