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Who doesn't want to wager one dollar or spin the wheel or get a Daily Double or offer their final answer or conquer Mt. Midoriyama? Everyone loves game shows, especially The TV Doctor. Join M. Foss for a countdown of the best traditional game shows of all time (and stay tuned for a future episode on the best reality-based competition shows). Links to a few favorite game show moments, as promised:The Double Dare obstacle course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wSdRquq8sPentatonix on The Sing-Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaIfu1Ni57oDelilah on The Sing-Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMoF3K4UEsg

Have you ever felt like you were the only person in the world who watched (and loved) a show? Do you believe you are the sole member of the Official (insert disappeared show name here) Fan Club? Do you have a miles-long roster of shows that, in your opinion, were gone too soon? Well, The TV Doctor is here to let you know you are, in fact, NOT alone in your discontent. I too carry torches for the shows that were here one day, cancelled the next. I too hold grudges about the errors in judgment that led to the demise of shows that deserved better. Join me as I reminisce on the televisual victims of mediated malpractice.NOTES:Here's that episode of RockStar:INXS I mentioned during the Over-the-Counter segment. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSQj8S6AEC8

Existing somewhere in the space between Empire and Annie Live!, the television musical is a  powerful elixir, capable of twisting up your entire emotional constitution with less than a minute of the ol' song-and-dance. You might think musicals are corny, but also...I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy corn. It's corn!  Spoiler season begins around the 34 minute mark, so soft shoe carefully past that point if you're unfamiliar with the show being discussed (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist).If you need a gut punch, here's the link to the scene from Glee I mentioned in the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlWHTfrGhoY. And if that's not enough, here's Max from Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist singing "Anyone" (which I now know is the name of that song...special shout out to my Second Opinion): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ctGtvz8bA&t=5s.Speaking of my awesome Second Opinion Brandi Nicole, feel free to gag over her accolades and accomplishments here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3759443/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 .And finally, please consider learning more about Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and supporting the research for its cure by visiting https://www.PSP.org.

Perhaps an episode all about series finales would make a proper show for the end of this current season. But you know what? The TV Doctor is a little superstitious. I'm not trying to end up like those shows that create a season finale only to discover they've been canceled and the season finale turns into the SERIES finale. I'm nowhere near finished! I have MUCH more work to do! I am not cracking my podcast's door and letting that bad cancellation juju in. So, we're just going to plunk an episode about television's greatest finales right here in the middle and go about our business next week and the week after that and so on until we're good and ready. Okay, everyone...as you were. Look alive!  

You know how they say you only hate something in others you also hate about yourself? Well, The TV Doctor is back with another "Physician, Heal Thyself" episode to try to prove that old saying wrong. We only hate when we're hate-watching, and it's all love, baby! Tune in if you want to know what show M. Foss loves to hate and hates to love more than all the others.

Join the TV Doctor on a journey into light, time, space, and place. Amongst the stars we go, with a raised fist! It's time to talk Afrofuturism, y'all!NOTE: You'll notice a little voice in the background during my chat with my Second Opinion. That's her daughter, who was present during recording. If you find yourself distracted by it, find comfort in the knowledge that her little ears were open while the grown-ups were discussing liberation.Instructions from the pharmacist:Support here: https://supportourstory.com/the-burdenWatch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyMAu1goIMURead this: https://bessiestringfieldbook.com

The TV Doctor's back again with another entry in the "Physician, Heal Thyself" series. This time, the TV Doc answers the question, "In which television show would you like to live?" (Hint: the answer is NOT Star Trek; pop in around the 05:05 mark if you want to know why not!) The real answer may surprise you, but only if you have never heard of Doug Forcett or Jeremy Bearimy.CW // death and dyingIf you're interested in Kenan Thompson's Emmy opening number mentioned in the episode, you can check it out right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH0HFxo1dCU

The TV Doctor returns for a fourth season with a new series: Physician, Heal Thyself. On this episode, the TV Doc answers the question, "What was your favorite show when you were a kid?" (the answer: The Cosby Show).  It's a complicated and controversial answer; luckily, the W. Kamau Bell docuseries We Need to Talk About Cosby is there to help those of us who grew up dreaming of becoming a Huxtable work through all our feelings. And the TV Doctor is here to help us work through We Need to Talk About Cosby.CW // sexual assault; sexual violenceFor those of you who are interested in the Hannibal Burress clip mentioned in the episode, you can watch it here: https://youtu.be/VMaAOImuea0

Homesickness is a funny thing, ain't it? Some of us feel it when we leave home for college. Some of us feel it when we leave college for the next thing. This episode is dedicated to those of us in that second camp: the ones for whom college is HOME, especially those of us who found home at an HBCU (Historically Black College/University). HBCUs are somewhat rare in the television landscape, but their stories are important and they deserve The TV Doctor treatment.Please note: this episode does contain a discussion about a representation of sexual assault. If you would like to avoid this conversation, it begins around the 51:45 minute mark, and concludes by 53:15.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

You know what every good television universe needs? A proper crossover episode, of course! Well, never let it be said that the TV Doctor doesn't give you what you need. In this episode, M. Foss welcomes legendary comic experts The Capeless Crusaders for a spicy conversation about WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier, in which we ponder both the inequalities in representations of trauma AND why your superhero outfit should never be baggy. Audiences assemble! P.S. Spoilers abound, so enter at your own risk.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

In the [televised] criminal justice system, the majority of programs are considered especially heinous. In the world of podcasting, the dedicated host who investigates these vicious time-sucks is a member of an elite squad known as The TV Doctor. This is her episode about Law & Order. *doink doink*--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

Sometimes our favorite shows will try to convince us that we can't see what we KNOW we can see, or that we ARE seeing something that's not really there, like a phantom limb. Join the TV Doctor for a discussion of three shows that try to get away with this kind of okie doke: Married at First Sight, Basketball Wives, and 90 Day Fiancé.P.S. I mentioned an article in the episode, but I forgot to cite it for you. It's called "Unruly Women and Carnivalesque Countercontrol: Offensive Humor in Mediated Social Protest" (2019) and the authors are Anne Graefer, Allaina Kilby, and Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

Join the TV Doctor as we graciously invite the poltergeist that was 2020 to stop haunting us. Our last episode of the year asks us to consider past, present, and yet to come, just like ya boy Scrooge (Dickens or Duck, take your pick). You'll be visited by three shows that speak to apparitions of atonement: The Umbrella Academy, Angel, and The Crown. Here's to a more meaningful haunting, and a happier future!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

It's not that you've got something in your eye; it's that you just worked your way through The TV Doctor's list of recommended tearjerkers. It's okay to cry. Let it all out. There, that's better.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

The TV Doctor is back after some time (a little bit of time? a long time? who's to say?) with some timeless questions: Why is it so difficult to wrap our heads around the concept of time? What can television do to center us in the here and now? And, most importantly, what day is it?--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

In this conclusion to my two-part conversation about the revelation that is I May Destroy You, my Second Opinion guest (the esteemed Elaine Welteroth) and I are joined by Elaine's husband, Jonathan Singletary, who provides an interesting Third Opinion from a man's perspective. We were all destroyed, yes, but you have to tune in to learn why destruction can be a good thing.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

It might just be the best show of the summer. Hell, it might just be the best show of all time. When a show says "I May Destroy You," take it as a WHOLE trigger warning. There's so much to unpack here that it takes The TV Doctor and her Second Opinion (New York Times bestselling author Elaine Welteroth) TWO episodes to do it. Here's the first. And don't say we didn't warn you. You're gonna love it, but it may destroy you.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

Dearest listener, do you take this podcast episode to be your downloaded and subscribed favorite? To positively review and rank? To laugh and to swoon? In long delays between episodes (blame COVID...I do) and House Calls on Instagram in the meantime, from this day forward, until a lack of internet do us part? You do? Then I now pronounce you ready for this episode! You may now hit the play button! [Please enjoy my countdown of the best television weddings of all time.]--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

What do superheroes have in common with a 9-1-1 operator, a Parent Trap-esque dating spree, an Evil Queen, and the 1970s sitcom What's Happening? They're all hints about the shows that made my list of the Best TV Pilots of all time! Can you use these hints to guess which shows I've chosen? You'll just have to listen to the episode to see if your guesses were right!--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message

The TV Doctor returns for a third season, kicking things off with a journey through the way three shows tackle the greatest question known to humankind: what do I BELIEVE? From the non-denominational certainty of Proof, to the ironically irreverent treatment of organized religion in Lucifer, to the dreamy optimism of Star Trek: Discovery, join in for a conversation of how television presents ways for us to strengthen our beliefs by challenging them.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tv-doctor/message