In this episode of the Decoding TV podcast, David and Patrick discuss what’s going on in the world of TV, then dive into the season premiere of&nbsp;The Chair Company.Does Tim Robinson find hidden comedy gold in the cushions of&nbsp;The Chair Company? Will video podcasts be a big thing on Netflix? Will the Apple TV rebrand make sense by the time you download this week’s podcast? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.Homework for next week:<ul><li>Bonus Episode:&nbsp;Task&nbsp;(HBO)</li><li>Bonus Episode:&nbsp;Slow Horses&nbsp;(Apple TV)</li><li>Bonus Episode:&nbsp;Long Story Short&nbsp;(Netflix)</li></ul>Shownotes:<ul><li>03:02 - TV News</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieTx_P6INQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bari Weiss is the main segment on Last Week Tonight</a></li><li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/13/apple-tv-plus-rebrand/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Apple TV+ is now Apple TV</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stranger-things-season-5-volume-1-runtimes-revealed-1236399749/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">’Stranger Things’ Season 5, Volume 1 Runtimes Revealed</a></li><li><a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/features/stranger-things-5-duffer-bros-ending-spinoffs-1236551615/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Netflix refuses to put the finale into theaters</a></li><li><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/m-night-shyamalan-magic-8-ball-tv-series-1236399334/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">M. Night's 8-ball</a></li><li><a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/tivo-stopped-selling-dvrs-exits-hardware-business-1236552025/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tivo exits the hardware business</a></li><li><a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/splinter-cell-deathwatch-renewed-season-2-netflix-1236553948/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Splinter Cell Deathwatch Renewed</a></li><li><a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/netflix-spotify-video-podcasts-streaming-deal-1236552447/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Netflix to Stream Selection of Spotify Video Podcasts Starting in 2026</a></li><li>52:00 -&nbsp;The Chair Company</li><li>Episode 1 - “Life goes by too fucking fast, it really does.”</li><li>1:17:56 -&nbsp;Peacemaker&nbsp;Season 2 post-mortem (with spoilers)</li></ul>Links:<ul><li><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/7153c01b-261d-4e90-bf70-ab5889cb5e56?j=eyJ1IjoiMXN0NzdoIn0.Fx8F-tZKxHmr9tAssbK99Cp5MX52ZfM35D8PLIJdE8g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Patrick’s videogame podcast, Remap Radio</a></li><li><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/2c4dcfc3-8c56-449f-802e-565f56c448b9?j=eyJ1IjoiMXN0NzdoIn0.Fx8F-tZKxHmr9tAssbK99Cp5MX52ZfM35D8PLIJdE8g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Patrick’s newsletter, Crossplay</a></li><li><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/a442c4f4-067a-41aa-9055-51658e12e7df?j=eyJ1IjoiMXN0NzdoIn0.Fx8F-tZKxHmr9tAssbK99Cp5MX52ZfM35D8PLIJdE8g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to this podcast on YouTube</a></li><li><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/91d49b5d-0b11-4b99-8a9a-0335c8b215dc?j=eyJ1IjoiMXN0NzdoIn0.Fx8F-tZKxHmr9tAssbK99Cp5MX52ZfM35D8PLIJdE8g" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow this podcast on Instagram</a></li></ul><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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