Chris & Andy are my boys. Love them. Whether it’s my favorite shows or even an amazing book (Lonesome Dove), it’s always so comforting to hear these two discuss what they love. Thank you! You mean a lot to us!

Witty banter, intelligent conversations, great chemistry between the leads.

Like other Ringer pods there are way too many ubiquitous, unnecessary sports analogies/references. Just discuss the shows and movies and stop making confusing references to sportsball games etc. Also, I’m around the same age as these hosts and I don’t use vernacular like “sick”. It’s pretty embarrassing for men of our age to use modern slang to seem cool.

is listening to Andy continue to fall into a pit of DTS-caused despair.

The hosts continue to complain about any and all superhero content yet they find some way to talk about it all the time. Why are they devoting a whole pod to Superman? Makes no sense

Season 4, Episode 4, written by Ayo Edebiri, is without a doubt the weakest episode of the series. I am unsubscribing. This feels like when you guys had to apologize for your amazing critique of WandaVision.

I’ve listened on-and-off for over 5 years and finally unsubscribed. Andy has lost the forest for the trees — he watches to nitpick like a ragebaiter. Also — lately his humor has swayed mean, not cute. CR innocent of all crimes. Give him a co-host who actually enjoys watching TV!

I’ve been enjoying thee two for well over a decade. Being born in ‘77, AG and CR discourse is very much in my wheelhouse. Always appreciate their recommendations. Be it shows, movies, books and even pubs. Hitting Bad Brother on my trip to Philadelphia in a few days. Cheers!

Love the show. Please cover this season of Top Chef!

Oh, thank god I’m not the only one who thinks your voices are coming out of the wrong mouths!

It's really unfortunate Andy is working on the HBO Harry Potter show. The author of those books does not need more money and attention for her political hate campaign.

They use a lot of corporate jargon words. That’s not how normal people speak.

Love the pod. Keep Bill off it.

Where’s the Top Chef discourse this season

Greenwald’s tone comes off as unbecoming. Ryan continues to be down-to-earth and legitimately funny. Great pair but the world needs a little less grandiosity from G. Listeners are not dazzled.

I’ve listened to Chris and Andy for years, but it’s getting increasingly hard to enjoy the pod with Andy’s black-and-white view of everything. Every smudge on the wall in an episode of Andor delights him to no end, but he has no time for similar detail in other shows. He builds a feeling about a show and is utterly immovable.

Andy has full-on Trump Derangement Syndrome. Pathetic how he goes way out of his way to go on Trump rant that has nothing to do with the shows being discussed. No one listens to this for your political views. Just stick to the shows please (except, of course, True Detective Season 1 - the defining review of his career) because we know he ain’t getting another shot at actually creating one after Briarpatch barely made it to air!

Leftist Nyman and the lack of challenging him on his stupid assertions earned you this 1 star.

Who kidnapped Andy and forced him to actually praise a show?

I don’t understand the Andy slander. If you just want to hear internet brain poisoned morons drool over the shows you like, you can listen to literally any other podcast. I don’t have that much free time. Andy’s critical eye is crucial for my enjoyment of television. I don’t ever have to waste my time on something that’s not worth it. Why doesn’t Andy like most shows? Because most shows are bad.

Latest episode April 8 has a strange loop at the end lasting about a minute and then it ends abruptly mid-sentence. What happened?

Have loved the pod over the years but it’s become a tough listen. The constant unfunny political remarks and hating on every show that people like. Elitist negativity. Probably time to replace Andy, the Prestige TV pod is way more fun.

Glad Andy survived his tumultuous flight home!

Andy needs a break—maybe permanently.

5 stars for the mems. I’ve been listening for years. Recently I have grown so frustrated with the show, as much as I love CR and Andy. As someone who truly loves TV and believes that great shows come out all the time, not just 10 years ago or a couple times per year, the negatively can be really difficult to listen to. I feel like they used to skip over projects that they didn’t really vibe with or just give periodic updates. But speaking so negatively about shows that many people love week after week after week, I don’t understand it.

I’m officially done with this show. Andy made an effort for a couple of weeks to act like he actually enjoys anything but he’s back to fully blown full of himself again. I’ve unsubscribed & will check back sometime down the road to see if Andy has been replaced.

Way too much elitist negativity . Andy should be an occasional guest or replaced entirely. You start to feel like Andy’s therapist because he somehow is able to make a majority of an episode about himself, his whiny champagne-problem complaints, and personal life. He also will find any way to complain about the most superficial, petty things about the best of the best. He ruins everything good and there has to be a dark rain cloud following this poor man . I’m not interested in hearing Andy’s voice at all, so sometimes I try to seek out the parts where I can hear Chris’s great opinions and analysis about the shows. 5 stars to Chris. 0 stars to Andy. Averages out to 2.5 stars. Hard to listen. I won’t be listening again until Andy is no longer on this show.

I hope Andy can do a solo pod about Adolescence. I am equally invested and would love a deep dive. The show blew me away.

Andy has become such a hater I’m legitimately no longer interested in listening to this show. Andy clearly thinks he is smarter and better than writers/creators who are objectively more successful than he is and it is tough to keep listening as he *clearly* holds every tv show on tv to a considerably higher standard after the disappointment of the one he made (Briar Patch). I truly hope Andy can seek therapy and reclaim his love for the art medium. It’s a bummer hearing him becoming increasingly miserable as time passes. Unless I hear the show has gotten better I’m out, just like I’m out on Midnight Boys with Charles being similarly negative. Hating everything isn’t the same as having taste.

The way you’ll go on about Severance not being written well enough but then be rapturous about anything written by Taylor Sheridan is absurd.

Why are the time stamps way off?

Neither one of these clowns pay enough attention to the shows they cover to give an informed opinion. The one guy is bitter his show on TNT was the most mid show of all time and acts like he’s some genius, but will slobber all over a an illogical show like Paradise. CR is cool and reasonable with decent takes for the most part. The other guy is a fart sniffing, bitter hack with a major inferior complex and makes the show insufferable

I love the funny banter, but you guys are way too harsh on Severance 😂. It’s an absurdist/surrealist avant-garde show and should not be measured by preconceived expectations of pace and narrative structure.

Andy your heart is not in this anymore. Find something that makes you happy.

Can’t listen to Andy any longer. The constant political takes from him are insufferable. Honestly, he’s made me wonder if I should continue watching TV. Was a long time listener.

Chris Ryan is the man, but good god Andy Greenwald is insufferable to listen to and the reason I stopped listening.

Very intelligent show, esp compared with other similar pods. Andy and Chris have so much chemistry and positive energy that the show is compelling to me, even when the topic is not. Wanted to leave a comment on the topic of Rogue Heros, and can’t find comment field on the episodes: Read and promote Ben McIntyre! He wrote the book, and has written many others on the same topic and time (ie, UK WWII/Cold War era spys and spec ops). David Stirling was captured and imprisoned and missed the entire European war. He loves a long time but had some permanent injuries from his imprisonment. He was the spiritual father of SAS and the entire commando world, which has a direct line to the current navy seals. He bequeathed that to Paddy Mayne, who led the team through the remainder of the war.

Much like other reviewers, I simply could not listen to Andy any longer. CR is fantastic and would do well on his own (or with a new cohost). I hope The Ringer takes these reviews seriously; a course correction is necessary.

I used to really enjoy this show. But lately, it’s become insufferable. The one guy just sounds like an annoying bro whose opinions I don’t enjoy hearing. It’s not smart anymore or insightful. I’ll just listen to other recap podcasts instead I guess

Andy is so full of himself at this point he needs to be brought down a peg. It’s nearly impossible to listen to him be so pretentious and convoluted about everything. CR you’re doing great but I feel like the pretentiousness is seeping into you a bit :(

I love this show. Been my go to for TV for years - Chris is as great as ever. But Andy is starting to negatively impact the show. He is becoming a constant source of sarcasm and degrading comments. May need a break for a while.

Friendship, intelligence, experience, fun, insights.

Good but messy.

A shallow show, about shallow topics, made by shallow people.

I love Andy and Chris, but Andy is starting to give off dismissive, “I’m above it all”, whiny vibes. In his own way, he is becoming just like my least favorite podcaster at the Ringer - Amanda Dobbins. He almost whines like a child about anything he doesn’t like, and sometimes not because of the actual show itself, but because of the “principle” or some other made up reason. And his constant rants and disruptions any time Chris tries to make a point, are getting exhausting. Like Chris rarely gets to articulate a thought without being interrupted by Andy. And finally, the constant avoidance of questions by Andy is getting out of hand. “so what did you think of episode 3?” - Chris “Wait a minute, wait a minute, I’m still stuck on the fact that last night when I texted you, you were eating chicken. Is chicken a thing now?” - Andy. Like I love this duo, but Andy step it up. You can do better than this, I’ve listened to episodes when you’ve been great.

CR is one of my favorite at the Ringer. However Andy is like the Michael Jordan of long winded explanations and comments. They should make a rule that he gets 3 sentences and then has to pause. Otherwise squirt him with a water bottle or something. I think the chemistry between them is good but Andy has got to pass the ball more often

so sick of arrogant, entitled BORING white men…i have to admit, i’ve never gotten through a full podcast cuz they’re so annoying and i literally hate their voices… i listened to part of another episode just to make sure i still hated ‘em…I DO!

Thank you Chris for Cameron Winter & Lioness, thank you Andy for Orbital

I have listened here and there to this show, enjoyed it somewhat. However, their reviews of shows is very off. For instance-they speak of Shogun as if it’s some masterpiece and although I generally enjoyed it, it wasn’t as high quality as they seem to think. I dragged quite a bit actually. And then I listened to their top 10 of 2024 lists and hadn’t watched most of the shows. So that’s not their fault and of course the shows could be great and I just haven’t seen them. But then they spend time discussing True Detective:Night Country being in the conversation for top shows of 2024. Huh?! Did they watch something the rest of us didn’t? That show was garbage! I’m unsubscribing because these people are out of touch. Do they promote shows done by their friends or something? So strange .

This podcast is a must-listen. The hosts blend are hilarious and have incredible autobiographical memories. Their chemistry is electric, and their passion for film & tv is infectious. I watch what they watch just for this pod.