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The Hotshot Whiz Kids, Mike Cline Jr. and Mark Davila take a nostalgic trip back to their youth and revisit the classic TV shows of the past few decades. They analyze everything that was wrong or right with the shows, plots and characters.

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    • Nov 4, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 33m AVG DURATION
    • 29 EPISODES


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    TV Cynics – I Dream Of Bewitched

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 29:01


    This time on the podcast the guys take a look back at two similar shows from the 1960s, I dream of Jeanie and Bewitched. Shows that featured wives with magical powers and abusive husbands who didn't want them to use them. The post TV Cynics – I Dream Of Bewitched first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    TV Cynics: Wrestling

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 41:49


    This time the guys look back to the heyday of professional wrestling in the 80s and 90s. The guys eventually stopped watching, but they remember every match and character form their childhood. The post TV Cynics: Wrestling first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    TV Cynics: All in the Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 36:17


    For the Season two premier of the TV Cynics show, we take a look back at the 70s sitcom All In The Family, with everyone's favorite bigot, Archie Bunker. We discuss the show in today's political climate, the many spin-offs and dead TV wives. The post TV Cynics: All in the Family first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    Christmas Specials- TV Cynics

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 42:12


    On this Holiday edition of the Cynics podcast, the guys take a look back at all of the Christmas specials we watched year in and year out. The post Christmas Specials- TV Cynics first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    TV Cynics- Highway To Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 33:25


    This time on the podcast the guys take a look back at the Michael Landon 80s hit show, Highway To Heaven. Where he plays an angel named Jonathan Smith, who was sent on earthly missions by his boss, a very generic god. The post TV Cynics- Highway To Heaven first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    TV Cynics: Step By Step

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 31:29


    This week the guys take a look back ant another TGIF show, Step By Step. The post TV Cynics: Step By Step first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    TV Cynics : The Wonder Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 39:25


    What would you do, if we sang out of tune? Today and the podcast we find an answer to that question and more as the the guys take a look back at the classic TV show, The Wonder Years. The post TV Cynics : The Wonder Years first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    TV Cynics: Perfect Strangers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 36:14


    This time the guys take a nostalgic, yet cynical look back at the TGIF classic, Perfect Strangers. The post TV Cynics: Perfect Strangers first appeared on The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast Network.

    TV Cynics: Head Of The Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 34:14


    This week the guys head back to school and join a class of gifted students whose teacher is Johnny Fever. Head of the Class!

    TV Cynics: Little House On The Prairie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 33:17


    This time on TV Cynics the guys take a nostalgic trip back to Walnut Grove where they visit with PA, MA, Half Pint and that Nellie.

    TV Cynics- Old People Shows

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 46:15


    This time on the podcast the guys take a look back at all of the favorite shows of senior citizens everywhere in the 1980s and early 90s. Shows that all featured mysteries being solved by lawyers, doctors, priests and mystery writers. Matlock, Diagnosis Murder, Murder She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries.

    TV Cynics- The Cosby Show

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 44:59


    This week the guys take a look back at one of the biggest sitcomes ever, The Cosby show, or as Cline's Grandma called it, The Crosby Show. They talk about the show's run, spinoffs and the legacy after Bill's fall from grace the last few years.

    TV Cynics- What We Watched During the Pandemic And Sliders

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 45:31


    In a special edition of the show, the guys reconnect and discuss what they have been watching during the stay-at-home orders. Cline talks about the casting choices of Normal People and the guys wonder if brain uploads are coming soon. later they take a look back at the 1990s Sci-fi show. Sliders.

    TV Cynics- Home Improvement

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 33:36


    This time on the show the guys discuss the 1990s hit sitcom Home Improvement. A mostly not good show that everyone watched for almost a decade.

    TV Cynics- Three’s Company

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 34:23


    Come and knock on our door. Today the guy's talk about Three's company.

    TV Cynics- Knight Rider

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 33:57


    This week the guys take a look back at a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist.Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

    TV Cynics-Cheers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 33:14


    Making your way through the world today, takes everything you got. That is why we are reviewing the legendary sitcom, Cheers. A mainstay of NBC programming throughout the 80s, we take a look back at Sam, Woody, Carla, Cliff and the gang!

    TV Cynics- Saved By The Bell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 35:28


    This week we are heading back to the Max and bayside High for a nostalgic, yet cynical look back at Saved By The Bell!

    TV Cynics- Charles In Charge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 30:12


    Have you ever asked yourself, who you would want in charge of your days AND your nights? Well for most people who lived through the eighties, the answer would be Charles, of course!

    TV Cynics: Who’s The Boss?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 28:41


    This week the Whiz Kids take a look back at the classic 80s sitcom, Who's The Boss. The guys talk about every young boys dream girl, Sam, how hot Mona was and the many Tony's of Tony Danza!

    TV Cynics: Family Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 34:35


    Did I do that? This week the guys take a look back at the TGIF hit, Family Matters. The guys analyze the Winslow family, talk about the show's Perfect strangers Roots and of course Urkel!

    TV Cynics: The A-Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 27:37


    In 2010, a crack Podcast was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a show that needs to be reviewed, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire The TV Cynics.

    TV Cynics: Family Ties

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 32:08


    I bet we been together for a million years and I bet we'll be together for a million more. This time on TV Cynics the guys review Family ties. The quintessential 80s sitcom.

    TV Cynics: The Brady Bunch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 29:51


    Here's a story of a bad sitcom, that we all were forced to watch on syndication. The Brady bunch. One of the best worst shows ever made. The guys take a cold hard look at all that is the Brady Bunch on this week's edition of TV Cynics!

    TV Cynics: Growing Pains

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 30:43


    As long as we have each other we can take a cynical look back at Growing Pains. The guys talk about the popular 1980s sitcom. The premise, the characters and what happened to all the actors after the show ended.

    TV Cynics: Full House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 32:43


    Whatever happened to predictability? This time the guys take a look back at Full House. They talk about and question the premise, the cast and everything else about this classic late 80s-early 90s sitcom!

    TV Cynics: Golden Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 33:01


    This week the guys talk about a favorite show of 1980s Grandmas everywhere. In fact a favorite of people in general. The guys discuss the premise, the plot, the characters and having sex with Blanche Devereaux!

    TV Cynics-Classic TV Reviews: ALF

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 32:55


    On the premier episode of TV Cynics, we take a look back at the classic sitcom ALF. We take a look back at the plot, the actors and discuss what was wrong about the show and what was right and what the show's legacy now is, over 30 years later.

    TV Cynics: Classic Television Show Reviews Coming January 6th!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 3:11


    The Hotshot Whiz Kids Podcast has a new spinoff show where we take a look back at all of our favorite and not so favorite shows from the past few decades. We review the character, plot lines, theme songs and finales of all the show we watched as kids and beyond. All new weekly episodes start January 6th 2020!

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