TV Weddings, Part 1

12/21/21 • 60 min

Bells are ringing here at the TV Sect, Wedding Bells! In this two-parter episode we talk all about TV Weddings!

As our listeners know, Sierra recently got married, and, due to a series of unexpected twists and turns, ended up having a quintessential sitcom wedding. We break down what that is, and why it works so well.

Writer, podcaster, video maker Matt Baume stops by to chat with Moni about television’s first gay wedding which he spotlighted on an episode of his YouTube show Culture Cruise (spoiler alert, it’s probably not the episode you're thinking of), and how the representation of same-sex weddings and of LGBTQ characters on TV as progressed over the years. (35:33)

At the end of the hour, we realize we have so much more to say (we have yet to get to drama weddings at this point), so we decide to make it a two-part episode, like most TV weddings.

Bells are ringing here at the TV Sect, Wedding Bells! In this two-parter episode we talk all about TV Weddings!

At the end of the hour, we realize we have so much more to say (we have yet to get to drama weddings at this point), so we decide to make it a two-part episode, like most TV weddings.

Previous Episode

The One with Pie

It’s Thanksgiving Time, and as with any holiday, here at the TV Sect, we have time-honored traditions of watching our favorite Thanksgiving themed episodes!
Sierra and Moni wax nostalgic about all their favorite Thanksgiving episodes and discuss how comedy and drama shows approach the holiday differently. They also talk about the problematic history of Thanksgiving, how television is changing how it represents the holiday, as well as the importance of having Native voices telling the stories we see both on screen and in the writers room.
In place of the devotional, Sierra and Moni say what they are thankful for this year. Be sure to check out our Search Party section on our website www.thetvsectpodcast.com for lists and links of the shows mentioned in this episode.

Next Episode

TV Weddings, Part Deux, The Return of the Vow.

Part 2 of our TV Weddings Episode! Sierra and I continue to talk way too long all about TV weddings - the ones we loved, the ones that didn’t work for us, and the ones that were just too darn hard to watch. We discuss the differences between comedy and drama shows when it comes to the big day, and how it really all comes down to character development for a TV wedding to really work. Also, Sierra gets assurance that Game of Thrones is not the show for her.

In our devotional, Sierra confesses to just how many hours she has binge-watched FBI and Moni professes her new found love of Psych.