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S01.E67: June 10, 2024  
Comic Scott Aukerman; actor Carl Tart; actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Premiere Date: June 11, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E68: June 11, 2024 
Comic Paul F. Tompkins; comic Morgan Murphy; actress Caroline Rhea
Premiere Date: June 12, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E69: June 12, 2024 
Actor Kevin Nealon; actress Jessica Lowe; actor Dave Holmes
Premiere Date: June 13, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E70: June 13, 2024  
Actress Jenna Ushkowitz; comic Kate Micucci; writer Eliot Glazer
Premiere Date: June 14, 2024  CBS  12:37am

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4 hours ago, possibilities said:

Glad to know Kate Micuci is well. She had lung cancer a while back-- which I found shocking at the time.

They caught it extremely early.

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Since the show is not really working for us, maybe we should do the games ourselves.

 

My contribution to today's hastag wars: FreakyFriBae

Bae:  Pig in the City 

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The Sweatpants or Jeans game on Monday's episode dragged on and on for a total of 10 and a half minutes (not including the commercial break before the results were shown).  It was just bad.

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The Tuesday episode with Paul F. Tompkins, Morgan Murphy, and Caroline Rhea Guy Branum was pretty good.

I guess Caroline Rhea cancelled, but Guy was a good last minute replacement.

The Barktank game was fun.

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They've dropped Group Chat, they've dropped For The Win, how long before they drop Hashtag Wars? I get that they probably want to make this show their own but every move they make away from the original has been for the worse. Every substitute they've come up with in place of For The Win has been increasingly dumb and pointless. Having the panelists come out one at a time and pander to the audience also seems like a stupid time waster.

Still, they got a second season. It's probably a pretty cheap show to produce.

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I have stopped watching full shows. I dont like the changes personally. I will check out clips on YT every once and a while but it just isnt as fun as it was. Maybe i am too old and used to the original format.

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Wednesday's show was pretty bad -- if you're going to have a cameo maybe have someone famous or infamous or at least recognizable.  I had no idea who Drew was.

(The) Dating Game was dumb.

The Pinata bashing for FTW was even dumber.
 

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An 'Animal Off' to decide the winner ?  It wasn't funny.

I want the comedians to earn the win by being creative and coming up with something funny. 

What's next -- pick a number between 1 and 10 to decide the winner ? This is just lazy. 

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They're spinning out of control trying too many things. I get that the writers feel compelled to come up with new games all the time to justify their salaries but they should hone in on the games they know work. They should have stuck to the formula with Group Chat first, Hashtag Wars second, then picked a few new games that have worked really well and stuck with those. By now they've come up with enough good ones and too many bad ones to keep trying new ones.

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S01.E71: June 17, 2024  
Comic Sherry Cola; actor Solomon Georgio; comic Debra DiGiovanni
Premiere Date: June 18, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E72: June 18, 2024 
Actor Terry Crews; actor Joe Manganiello; comic Patton Oswalt
Premiere Date: June 19, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E73: June 19, 2024 
Comic James Davis; comic Ashley Nicole Black; comic Laurie Kilmartin
Premiere Date: June 20, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E74: June 20, 2024  
Comic Lisa Gilroy; actor Reid Scott; actress Kimia Behpoornia
Premiere Date: June 21, 2024  CBS  12:37am

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I don't understand how Jeremy Allen White has a "rat face." His eyes are big. They're droopy but they're big. Same with Timothee Chalamet. Rat face? Now, Barry Keoghan? Yeah, rat race.

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11 hours ago, ottoDbusdriver said:

Just catching up on this week's episodes -- the 'Find Croatia' game from Monday's episode was just dumb.  Like really, really dumb.

Not as dumb as the spin cycle game. Two of them wouldn't even get on it.

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Oh wow, I just saw frequent guest Paul F. Tompkins on an episode of Frasier from 2003. Pretty sure I wouldn’t have recognized him if it weren’t for the Amazon “X-ray” feature. 

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Tuesday's episode with Patton Oswalt, Terry Crews, and Joe Manganiello was a lot of fun.

The 'People vs.' game was pretty good.

FTW game was at least something the comedians had to come up with an answer -- still wish Taylor would read the answers so as not to give away who wrote what, but in this case the shortest answer won so it didn't really matter.

 

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I think the changes from the original show just demonstrate that this works much better in a half hour format. Each episode started with Group Chat, followed by Hashtag Wars, and then one new game, and then onto For The Win. It was consistent, because if the one new game didn't really work they still had the other reliable ones.

All of the padding they've added to the hour-long version doesn't work. And with them constantly tinkering with the format it's more hit-or-miss than ever.

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For me it’s not necessarily the format or length - it’s the guests.  I just enjoy the show more when the comics are funny and likable - and I think it works better with actors and improvisers rather than stand-ups or (god save us) podcasters.  Like, I didn’t mind watching an hour (or 40-ish minutes) of Tuesday or Thursday’s shows- but Wednesday dragged a bit, and Monday was a slog.  Granted, some of this just comes down to personal taste, and ymmv when it comes to what’s funny - but I think overall, with the stand-ups it’s much more dependent on their personality -while the performers can just go with the game premise.

 I will say, the thing they’ve lost structurally with no FTW, is that it gave the show a natural crowd pop to go out on, because they always cheered when their favorite was announced.  With an essentially arbitrary winner, you don’t really get that, and sometimes the show falls flat at the last moment.  

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S01.E75: July 8, 2024  
Comic Baron Vaughn; actor Rhys Darby; comic Rory Scovel
Premiere Date: July 9, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E76: June 9, 2024  
Actor Colton Dunn; actor Jason Sklar; actor Randy Sklar
Premiere Date: July 10, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E77: June 10, 2024 
Model Chrissy Teigen; actor Adam Pally; film producer Sandy Honig
Premiere Date: July 11, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E78: June 11, 2024  
Actor Richie Moriarty; actress Betsy Sodaro; actress Punam Patel
Premiere Date: July 12, 2024  CBS  12:37am

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Monday's show with Baron, Rhys, and Rory was pretty funny.

Got to credit Baron Vaughn with the Billy Ocean reference in one of his responses.

It was Rhys Darby's first time on After Midnight -- he was on @Midnight pretty regularly.  Baron Vaughn's first time on after Midnight as well.

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I also enjoyed Monday's show. I thought maybe they decided to actually write good material and not just figure insomniacs will watch anything.

But the I thought Tuesday's show was a return to dudsville. It had some funny moments but overall, meh. 

So I guess I credit the guests on Monday, or maybe the writing team used all their ideas up on Monday..

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I thought Tuesday's show was awful, but then I have never found the Sklar brothers funny, ever. I don't know how they have a career as comics. And when the comedians are that bad it makes Taylor's fake laugh ten times worse. She shouldn't be in hysterics over every little thing they say when the audience sits there stone-faced. And the lamp game was just about the dumbest thing they've come up with yet.

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I did like the sweater one of the Sklar bros was wearing. 

It kind of creeps me out how they never appear anywhere except as a pair.

I haven't watched last night's show yet. I'm kind of dangling by a thread with respect to watching. Maybe reading a book would be a better use of my insomnia. Makes me sad because I liked the original show and I could use some humor before bed.

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S01.E79: July 15, 2024  
Actors Danny Tamberelli, Lori Beth Denberg and Kel Mitchell
Premiere Date: July 16, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E80: July 16, 2024  
Actress Kristen Schaal; actor Flula Borg; comic Leo González
Premiere Date: July 17, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E81: July 17, 2024  
Drag queen Alaska 5000; actress Gillian Jacobs; comic Chris Fleming
Premiere Date: July 18, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E82: July 18, 2024  
Actress Mandy Moore; actor Chris Sullivan; actress Milana Vayntrub
Premiere Date: July 19, 2024  CBS  12:37am

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Monday's show was painful. And the "teach the kids" game had potential if they had better comics. 

I'm pissed that Tuesday's show was delayed because it was much better and my DVR only caught the first half of it. Kristen Schaal and Flula are great.

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S01.E83: July 22, 2024  
Actor Joe Mantegna; actor Zach Gilford; comic Laci Mosley
Premiere Date: July 23, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E84: July 23, 2024  
Actress Anna Faris; comic Melissa Villaseñor; comic Andy Richter
Premiere Date: July 24, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E85: July 24, 2024  
Comic Dustin Nickerson; comic Reggie Watts; comic Irene Tu
Premiere Date: July 25, 2024  CBS  12:37am

S01.E86: July 25, 2024  
Comic Pete Holmes; comic Maria Bamford; actor Vinny Thomas
Premiere Date: July 26, 2024  CBS  12:37am

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I think Taylor is the best thing about this remake. Her pesonality is refreshingly different than what we get from most other people who get to be on tv. At this point, I'm watching for her.

I also think that if I stop comparing it to the original, and just try to think of it as a totally different thing, it doesn't irritate me as much.

That show was for people who like clever writing and a rapid pace of jokes. 

This show is for people looking for a kind of chaotic hang out goofiness.

I am more the former than the latter, but if I don't think of it as a failed knock off, I can appreciate what they are doing, for what it is. It feels lazy to me, and often kind of boring, like hanging out sober with a bunch of people who are drunk or high-- they think they are having a good time but their joy is disproportionate to what is actually happening.

But I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Having a junk food snack is fun sometimes. This show is like a junk food snack before bed. Loose.

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I liked Taylor saying "Don't interrupt me when I'm talking" on Wednesday's show. Lots of studies show men interrupt women at a migh higher rate than they interrupt each other. I know she was kidding around, but I still liked it.

 

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I've been able to tell by the end of the first segment whether or not the panel is any good. When they are not - such as Wednesday's show with Dustin Nickerson, Reggie Watts and Irene Tu, I just skip right to Hashtag Wars and then turn it off. No point in wasting my time on any of the rest of it.

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Catching up on last week's shows.

Monday's FTW was just .... odd.  It was basically a Price is Right pricing game. 
Not really a good demonstration of comedic skills (and Joe Mategna got screwed in FTW by thinking it was an annual Paramount+ subscription instead of a monthly subscription).

Tuesday's FTW was a playdoh sculpture contest, which was ok I guess, but I really did like Tuesday's show with Anna, Andy, and Melissa.
Been an Andy Richter fan going back to the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show on NBC.

Fun Fact: Anna and Andy were both in Scary Movie 2.

June Squibb's cameo was fun.

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So basically we had two shows that were quite good, and two that were really, really bad. Hence my formula for watching the first segment just to see if the panel is any good - you can tell pretty quickly. Then skipping to the end if they suck.

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This is the start of Season 2 although listed as a continuation of Season 1.

S01.E87: September 3, 2024  
Actor Thomas Lennon; actress Kimia Behpoornia; film producer Sandy Honig
Premiere Date: September 4, 2024   CBS  12:37am

S01.E88: September 4, 2024   
Comic Guy Branum; actress Mary Lynn Rajskub; comic Kate Micucci
Premiere Date: September 5, 2024   CBS  12:37am

S01.E89: September 5, 2024   
Comic Jordan Temple; actor Will Miles; comic Greta Titelman
Premiere Date: September 6, 2024   CBS  12:37am

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My DVR picked them up as new, but when I saw the guest list I thought it was repeats and cancelled them. Now I've put them back. We'll see if the break gave them a chance to revamp some of the stuff folks have been complaining about, or if they've decided that stuff is really their best effort.

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It looks like they've dropped "For the Win" and eliminating a panelist. Now whoever wins Hashtag Wars is just the winner. Also the talk portion now has a real couch they sit on. The show continues to move further and further away from the original format, leaning into the talk-show hybrid formula. 

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