#8 – The Thing About Pam
The one with Yahoo! Screen.
Apr 8, 2022
You’ve got questions about The Thing About Pam and we’ve got… even more questions! Those questions include:
- Are we terrible people for slurping down every second of this show like it’s a giant generic fountain soda in the clutches of Renée Zellweger‘s fat-suit-clad hands?
- How should we feel about the complicated ethics of a show— based on a podcast based on an episode of Dateline— that treats the real-life murder at the center of the story like the punchline of a joke?
- And do the tonal similarities to Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber mean that Renée Zellweger is the Joseph Gordon-Levitt of network television??
Listen in as we grapple with these existential questions, catch up on the latest streaming news, and ponder the future of TV shows based on video games. Plus: There’s a new comedy streaming on… Grindr? Sure, why not!
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📺 Review: The Thing About Pam
🚨 Spoiler Alert for Episodes 1-4 (starting at 25:00) 🚨
- Episodes Watched for Review: 3
- Number of Seasons Overall: 1
- Where to Watch: NBC
- Where to Stream: Peacock
- Based On: The Dateline Podcast The Thing About Pam (based on the episode of Dateline)
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🔗 Links:
- In “Russian Doll,” Natasha Lyonne Barrels Into the Past – Rachel Syme, The New Yorker
- Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Disney Plus premiere will be two days late – Jay Peters, The Verge
- James Bond Game Show ‘007’s Road to a Million’ Is Casting – Ashley Shannon Wu, Vulture
- HBO Max adds a shuffle button to help you find something to watch – Catie Keck, The Verge
- ‘Halo’ Sets Premiere Viewership Record For Paramount+ – Nellie Andreeva, Deadline
- ‘Fallout’ TV Series: Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell Star – Bethy Squires, Vulture
- Bridesman Trailer from Grindr Stars Other Two’s Jimmy Fowlie – Justin Curto, Vulture
- 'The Thing About Pam' Premiere Ratings Jump Nearly 400% With Digital – Jennifer Maas, Variety
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