Let's Watch TV

This week, Joe and Fran dig into the amazing reality show The Traitors before announcing a short hiatus and new show format. Following a short break Let's Watch TV will be returning to chronicle an entire season of a single show. Stay tuned for more episodes from your favorite generational odd couple!

This week, Joe and Fran wrap up their review of Farmer Wants a Wife season two with a no-holds-barred assesment of the state of reality TV today.

Joe goes to a Madonna concert and Fran has a bone to pick with the performer. Someone finds a bag of 30,000 dollars on the subway and Joe discovers some adorable and mildly horrifying cards from kids to active duty soldiers. Then Joe and Fran discuss the latest episode of Farmer Wants a wife.   

This week, Joe has a bone to pick with "friendly" daters as he and Fran watch another episode of Farmer Wants a Wife. Joe pitches an alternative show before recalling a time when he was the worst medical professional of all time. Fran briefly retires from podcasting before making a triumphant return to share some "Dad Jokes."                                                   

This week, Fran and Joe revisit a favorite show, Farmer Wants a Wife season 2. Joe receives a mystery bong in the mail, Mama Fran teaches us how to avoid accidentally annoying everyone around us, before Joe delivers an inspired reading on love straight from the Book of D. 

This week, Joe and Mama Fran revisit an early 2000s standard: The Office. Somehow neither of them watched this when it was airing on TV so they give it a watch nearly 20 years after it's initial release to give their thoughts and insights before diving into some spicy Mama Fran segments.

This week, Joe has a meatless monday fail before getting into an absolutely bonkers Netflix documentary entitled American Nightmare. The show follows a horrifying series of abductions, police skepticism, and dramatic turns left and right. Mama Fran gives a shout out to some great dumpling customer service and Joe pitches a new book idea.

This week, Joe takes a break from his rabbit-holes to do a deep dive on Netflix's new reality show The Trust featuring the one and only Gaspare Randazzo. Fran and Joe give their initial impressions on the show overall and give a breakdown's of the invididual participants before Mama Fran debuts a new segment of "would you rather."

Fran and Joe come back from the Holidays to give everyone a long overdue update! Joe and Mama Fran recap a few of their favorite episodes before getting into some spicy Mama Fran segments.

This week, the generational divide has never been clearer as Fran and Joe watch an episode from the 2013 docu-comedy show Nathan For You. The show follows  Nathan Fielder  as he goes around the country trying to "help" struggling small business owners by providing some interesting tactical suggestions. When it comes to this show, Mama Fran and Joe could not have more opposite opinions.

This week, Frand and Joe get roped into watching the Golden Bachelor. After several disappointing seasons Mama Fran had given up on her favorite show, but several determined listeners convinced her to give it a second chance and she and Joe were both pleasantly surprised.

This week, Joe accidentally deletes the voicemail, but the show must go on! Mama Fran and Joe take a look into the wild and (in this case) dark world of "Momfluenicing" as they watch the Hulu documentary, Ruby Franke: A Momfluencer's Double Life. Then Fran and Joe go off on rude people in Mama Fran's Segments.

This week, Joe and Mama Fran stay in the spooky mood by watching Dark Tourist featuring a tour of McKamey Manor: A twisted haunted house where people sign a waiver allowing the owner to do whatever he wants to them, including actual torture! Then Mama Fran brightens the mood with more positive approach to this week's PSA. 

This week, Joe and Mama Fran get into the spooky season by watching the reboot of the A&E series Psychic Kids. Joe shares his thoughts on Miss Cleo and gives a sneak preview of his halloween costume for this year before Mama Fran shares a fascinating story involving giraffe feces during Mama Fran's Segments.

This week Joe and Fran dive into the hit Apple TV show Ted Lasso. Joe dies on a hill and Fran shows off her new recording space.

This week, Joe and Fran return to the scene of the crime as they watch learn even more unbelievable facts about the explosive true crime story of the Murdaugh Murders. Joe also shares his famous Joan Rivers impersonation, Mama Fran decides to hold judgement on people who leave out their grocery carts in the lot, and Joe rolls back the tapes on Mama Fran.

This week, Joe gets to geek about about his favorite city Chicago as he and Mama Fran watch the critically acclaimed Hulu show The Bear. Mama Fran wants some new tunes for her segments and Joe gets permission to share of his most private jokes.

This week Joe and Fran almost have to end the podcast after some of the most heated Mama Fran segments to date! Then they discuss one of Joe's favorite television series of all time, Hulu's What We Do in the Shadows. The show is a hilarious mockumentary following the secret lives of several vampires living in modern day Staten Island.

This week, Joe and Mama Fran take a look back at the monopoly sweeptstakes that were insanely popular for McDonald's in the nineties. Those old enough probably remember the promotional game and possibly played themselves, however, not many know the insane true story about how a handful of people managed to rig the game to win the prizes for themselves! Mama Fran's segments get's some new music and she and Joe pick some bones!

This week, Joe and Mama Fran must answer the time old question: Marriage or Mortgage? This Netflix reality series follows a series of soon-to-be newly weds who must make the choice between buying a house, or having the wedding of their dreams. The topic hits home with Joe's own wedding being planned and Mama Fran's segments take an interesting turn as they take a deep dive into Pee Wee Herman's thoughts on crack.

This week, a mystery suggester recommends a fascinating new show, Claim to Fame on ABC. The premise of the show is that a group of people must live together in a house for a period of time. The twist is that they each have a secret: each of them is related to somebody famous. The goal is for the others in the house to deduce who each person's famous relative is. Joe and Fran break down some of their favorite plot points before a couple classic Mama Fran segments.

This week, Joe and Mama Fran reflect on the mind bending ins-and-outs of being a parent, as they watch the the Netflix show Workin' Moms. The show follows a group of women faced with re-entering the work force after maternity leave and explores the real life challenges and humor that can be found during parenthood in this modern world.

Joe and Fran embark down another wild road into the unsettling world of megachurches. This week they learn about perhaps the most famous (in more ways than one) megachurch of them all: Hillsong. Joe and Mama Fran discuss their thoughts on megachurches before getting into Mama Fran's Segments.

This week, Mama Fran is too freaked out to even watch a bizarre Hulu documentary titled The Curious Case of Natalia Grace. The documentary follows the story of a family who adopts what appears to be a child, but whose age and demeanor are soon called into question. Then Mama and Joe have a few bones to pick in the segments and they discuss some of the weird things happening in entertainment.

This week, Joe and Mama Fran watch the enthralling Hulu documentary The Age of Influence which takes an in-depth look at the wild and often deceptive world of social media influencers. Then Mama Fran has a bone to pick with some new customer service lingo, they dish on a dangerous new trend at concerts, and Joe watches a woman punch a bear right in the face.

Finally! There is a documentary series about Mermaids. Mama Fran and Joe discuss the emotional peaks about this fascinating new series from Netflix. Mama Fran reveals she's mildly afraid of water, Joe looks into buying a tail and Mama Fran introduces us to several new segments on the show.

This week Joe and Mama Fran watch the hilarious new show from Prime Video Jury Duty. In the show, Ronald Gladden thinks he has been selected for jury duty, but what he doesn't know is that the case, the judge, the lawyers, and all his fellow jury members are actors and everything he sees is made up on the spot. Joe and Fran give their opinions on this unique show, Mama Fran shares her jury duty stories and Joe pitches his own idea for a brand new hit show.

This week, Mama Fran shares her opinion on Joe's new facial hair, before getting into the Amazon Prime docuseries Shiny Happy People. The series looks at the secretive IBLP movement and the most public facing element of that group, the Duggar Family.

This week, Joe and Mama Fran get a suggestion from Samantha from Maryville to watch the Netflix show Special. The show follows a young gay man with CP as he tries to find new experiences outside the shadow of his loving but protective mother.