{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/693582f1a63c6eaa59fed65d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Paul Critoph Returns: 2025 - The Year Television Lost the Plot","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1777060488393-fdd1a3db-8578-47de-b7b2-2021a5765922.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Paul Critoph returns for the annual TV debrief </p><p>Paul Critoph is an actor and regular friend of the podcast, joining Steve for the third consecutive end-of-year television review — the one where they figure out which shows they've actually both watched.</p><ul><li>Why Alien Earth started brilliantly and then made its xenomorphs bulletproof in broad daylight — and why that ruins everything</li><li>Squid Game 2 and 3: the hide and seek episode that was genuinely brilliant, the policeman on a boat for far too long, and why the ending made them angry instead of emotional</li><li>The Summer I Turned Pretty — a show aimed at teenage girls that Paul's wife binged entirely while Paul occasionally wandered in to ask who Conrad and Jeremiah were</li><li>Why Andor is the best Star Wars thing since The Empire Strikes Back — and why it's really a show about fascism and how it gets its tendrils into communities</li><li>Black Mirror's return to form — and why the Bandersnatch multiple-choice situation still annoys Steve</li><li>The Bear: essentially someone chopping a radish very slowly while looking moody, for weeks on end</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Paul here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/paulcritoph\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/paul.critoph\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></li></ul><h3><br></h3><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}