TV, I Say w/ Ashley Ray
with Ashley Ray
January 31, 2023
This episode is giving post apocalyptic scaredy cats! It’s giving stand out child actor stars and it’s giving perfect comic timing with a couple of TV exclusive scoops!
January 24, 2023
Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata are two TV greats, and they’re both in Ashley’s fave network TV sitcoms Grand Crew and Home Economics.
January 17, 2023
We’re revisiting the 90s and getting super nostalgic about the 70s, with Ashley’s guest Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show, That 90s Show and WandaVision).
January 10, 2023
Below Deck’s Captain Sandy joins Ashley to chat about the charter boat cast and crew members, and the challenges of working and sleeping in such a tight space all the while having TV cameras in your face. Hear why Captain Sandy calls out Bravo as the best TV network, why she needs pirate training and which role on the boat would suit Ashley.
January 3, 2023
Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?, Star Trek: Prodigy) returns for Part 2 of his gabfest with Ashley about the Underrated TV Hits of 2022 where they recommend a mockumentary horror series with moron versions of Mulder and Scully (Wellington Paranormal), a travel show about healthy adult male friendships (101 Places To Party Before You Die), an anime where a 10-year-old boy lives alone in his own apartment (Kotaro Lives Alone), and much, much more.
December 27, 2022
To close out the year with a bang, Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made?, Star Trek: Prodigy) joins the TV Club for a marathon TWO-PART episode about the UNDERRATED TV hits of 2022.
December 20, 2022
Matt Rogers tells Ashley how the capitalism of Christmas inspired the project, breaks down the misogyny in the shocking Survivor season finale, talks secret hot nerd bodies in White Lotus, and gives fans of Showtime’s I Love That For You an exclusive update on the status of season 2.
December 13, 2022
EP. S2E21 — Best TV of 2022 w/ Jacqueline Coley & Xorje Olivares
Guest Jacqueline Coley & Xorje Olivares
Ashley sounds off on this year’s Golden Globe nominations and the highly anticipated White Lotus season finale. She’s then joined by Rotten Tomatoes editor Jacqueline Coley & podcaster/cultural commentator Xorje Olivares to recap the Best TV of 2022. They’ll break down Bill Hader’s soft top energy, the sexual and generational politics of White Lotus, the over-wokeness of And Just Like That, and look ahead to what shows they’re psyched for in 2023.
What We Watched:
Barry
White Lotus
Atlanta
Andor
Abbott Elementary
Ramy
Welcome to Flatch
Welcome to Chippendales
What We’re Looking Forward To In 2023:
Clone High Reboot
Kindred
RuPaul’s Drag Race (season 15)
And Just Like That… (season 2)
Homework:
Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?
I Love That For You
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December 6, 2022
What solidifies a TV show as one of the greats? To investigate, Ashley recruits comedian Kareem Rahma to help judge the great shows of the peak TV era. They ask, “Can a TV show be great in spite of a terrible last season?” *cough* Game of Thrones *cough*. Plus, they dive into some juicy White Lotus theories, Kareem gives a controversial Black Mirror opinion, and they debate if E.R. or Grey’s Anatomy has the hottest hospital show cast.
What We Watched:
Fleishman is in Trouble
Mo
Ramy
The Bear
Mythic Quest
That 70s Show
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown
Girls
Mad Men
LOST
The Leftovers
The Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
White Lotus
American Horror Story
Black Mirror
The Wire
Grey’s Anatomy
E.R.
Homework:
Star Trek: Prodigy
Big Mouth
Pam & Tommy
Paper Girls
The League
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November 29, 2022
What did you watch over the holidays!? This episode Ashley is whipping through some great TV highlights like White Lotus, Rick & Morty and your girls on Sex Lives of College Girls. She’s then joined by Rachel Lindsay, who you know as the first African American lead on the Bachelor franchise but who is now in her dream job at Extra interviewing all your fave TV people and covering entertainment news. Ashley & Rachel catch up about their mutual hometown in Texas, what questions to ask celebrities and which reality TV they love the most.
What We Watched:
Drag Race UK
White Lotus
Rick & Morty
Sex Lives of College Girls
90 Day Finales
Below Deck Mediterranean
Dead to Me
Welcome to Chippendales
The Great North
Real Housewives
Married to Madison
Joe Millionaire
Selling Sunset OC
House of Dragon
Rap Sh!t
Homework:
Gossip Girl Reboot
Sort Of
Firefly Lane
My Unorthodox Life
Housebroken
His Dark Materials
Too Hot To Handle
Southside
Doom Patrol
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November 22, 2022
It’s the start of holiday season and Ashley calls in her XOXO Gossip King friends Carl Tart and Lamar Woods to get into the plumpest holiday watchlist EVER. We’ll fill you up with lots of new TV recommendations, plus all the Thanksgiving memories from the shows you loved growing up.
What we’re watching:
Big Brother
Inside Job
Money Heist
Attack on Titan
The Crown
Mo
Ramy
White Lotus
Killer Sally
A Friend of the Family
Angelyne
My 600-lb Life
Love is Blind
Blockbuster
Sex Lives of College Girls
Never Have I Ever
The Dropout
Grand Crew
Fave Thanksgiving Episodes:
New Girl
Martin
WKRP in Cincinnati
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Bob’s Burgers
Gossip Girl
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November 15, 2022
Have you ever heard of a little TV show called Game of Thrones? Maybe you have noticed the Interview with a Vampire reboot is essentially a queer live-action fanfic of Anne Rice’s classic? BUT the link between these TV shows is British actor Jacob Anderson and Ashley’s guest for this no spoiler episode. And guess what? He’s a huge comedy sitcom fan! Ashley also dips into some Vow Season 2 dirt plus spotlights some key moments from recent finales like Atlanta & A Friend of the Family and who is killing it on Saturday Night Live right now.
What We Watched:
The Bear
Community
Atlanta finale
A Friend of the Family finale
Grey’s Anatomy
Big Mouth
Abbott Elementary
The Vow
Molly and Sarah on SNL
White Lotus
Homework:
Home Economics
The Goldbergs
Mythic Quest
Documentary Now
The Crown
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November 8, 2022
The 90 Day Fiancé Universe is peaking right now and Ashley is here for you and the drama and magic of TV’s trashiest show. First up, Ashley is joined by her 90 Day BFF Rory Phillips – the Brit who knows as much about 90 Day as Ashley – and they discuss who has scammer energy, the hectic filming antics on set and of course Michael, Angela and Big Ed. THEN, Jerry O’Connell – the actor, director and TV host himself – drops in with his wildest hot takes on 90 Day Fiancé and what you can expect on Star Trek: Lower Decks because it’s the most inclusive and fun animated space show out there! Is there hope for a Wil Wheaton crossover in the future? Listen to find out!
Homework:
White Lotus S2
The Vow S2
Atlanta Finale
Abbott Elementary
Home Economics
Documentary Now S4
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Love is Blind
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November 1, 2022
You gotta be you! We have Brandon Kyle Goodman, one the world’s most modern day oracles talking TV with Ashley this week! You’ll get so much nostalgic TV, you’ll hear about their black queerness, their unique lens on writing for TV and what steps we can take to love ourselves?! So much insight into being literally THEE black queer voice in TV animation right now with Big Mouth and Human Resources. PLUS Brandon and Ashley ask the main question, ‘Which Living Single character are you’?
Find Brandon Kyle Goodman on Big Mouth Season 5 and their book “You Gotta Be You: How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really Are” at good booksellers.
What We Watched:
Abbott Elementary
Industry
Housewives
Little Demon
Reservation Dogs
90 Day Fiance
Couples Therapy
Attack on Titan
The Patient
Atlanta
Big Mouth
Human Resources
Family Matters
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Living Single
Will & Grace
Sex & The City: And Just Like That
Homework:
90 Day Happily Ever After
90 Day Single Life
Below Deck: Mediterranean
The Patient
Rick & Morty
White Lotus
Love is Blind
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October 25, 2022
The finale of House of the Dragon is here and all the wigs are fired this season! Writer & Comedian Mano Agapion joins Ashley for an exclusive recap, full of the hottest hot takes of this Game of Thrones spin off. There will be spoilers this week, so catch up on your GoT & HoD viewing and join Ashley & Mano! Which characters did we love? Which characters do we want burnt by dragons? Did the show live up to Game of Thrones season 1?
Catch Mano in the new Earwolf Presents podcast 2 Spooky 2 Handle and listen to his podcasts Drag Her and We Love Trash. See Ashley in Chicago 10/27 at Color Club and in LA on 11/17 at The Elysian.
What We Watched:
House of the Dragon
Love is Blind
Survivor Season 42
Los Espookys
The Patient
Reboot
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
British Bake Off
Chucky
The Watcher
American Horror Story
Drag Race UK
Homework:
Big Mouth
90 Day Fiancé
That 70s Show
Star Trek: Lower Decks
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