
Network Special is a podcast about the lost art of appointment television. Utilizing the power of VHS recordings and DVD cash-ins, hosts Colin Patrick and Nathan Scherer discuss television specials that were mostly meant to be aired once. Tune in to relive your childhood (or the childhood of your parents) and see what TV executives thought would be great television for the whole family.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 80 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Categories | TV ReviewsComedyTV & Film | ||||

On a bittersweet episode of Network Special, Zachariah the OG returns to send us off in style! That's right, this is the last and final episode of Network Special ever! We watch two very strange Warren Beatty specials that aired on TCM (reluctantly I... more
This week we're going deep in the tunnels under a daycare to talk about a true-life story that will make you angrier than a wet hen! This HBO movie takes you deep into the Satanic Panic of the 80s; focusing on the McMartin Preschool and the allegatio... more
This week on a very divided episode of Network Special, the dudes dive into Neverland to talk about NBC's airing of a classic tale. If you like Broadway musicals, then you'll love this special! If you don't like Broadway musicals, then you'll hate it... more
We're back from vacation and we tackle one of the big boys of TV cartoon specials by show favorites Rankin/Bass! We are doing two specials starring the voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, and Brother Theodore. Tune in to hear our thoughts on this mixe... more
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Back in the early ‘60’s, FCC Commissioner Newton Minnow famously labeled TV a “vast wasteland”, and, sixty-plus years on, we have a rich chronology of near-misses, dead-on-arrival concepts and mythic flops to prove that Mr. M knew his onions. And these two lovable knuckleheads cheerily mine the muck vein for comedy gold. Love it!
There hasn’t been an ep in a few months and now I’m scared. Don’t bail! Love the show.
Podcasts where normal people discuss stuff that interests them are my saving grace. This is great.
They do not research their subjects. They throw out easily checked facts incorrectly, such as Stan Lee owned Marvel. He was co-creator of many of the iconic characters and face of the company, but not an owner. Nathan laughs like an idiot at the most inane comments. These guys are the Bob and Tom of the podcast world.
Two funny guys reviewing oddities from the golden age of TV movies and specials.
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