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Welcome to Night Vale's Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink consider the Golden Age of Television, at its best and its worst. Each episode, we consider a classic show by watching first its worst IMDB user rated episode, and then its best. What can we learn by watching the best and worst of classic TV? Let's find out together.
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- 5 days ago48 min
Ep 79: Daria
Daria 1997-2002 67 episodes Worst episode: s3 e4 Depth Takes a Holiday Best episode: s2 e1 Arts 'N Crass What if a theme song went harder than any theme song has ever gone To support the show and get access to ad free versions of our episodes and access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes, join our patreon. patreon.com/TheBestWorst Preorder Joseph's new book, THE NUDGE A production of Night Vale Presents. Hosts are Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink Editing by Grant Stewart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago8 min
Ep 78: The Middlest Beverly Hills, 90210 PATREON PREVIEW
Beverly Hills, 90210 1990-2000 292 episodes Middlest episode: s5 e 6 Homecoming we have always been at war with Selanesia To support the show and get access to ad free versions of our episodes and access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes, join our patreon. patreon.com/TheBestWorst Joseph's new book, THE NUDGE is out now A production of Night Vale Presents. Hosts are Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink Editing by Grant Stewart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago48 min
Ep 77: Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 1990-2000 292 episodes Worst episode: s5 e29 The Real McCoy Best episode: s6 e10 One Wedding and a Funeral folks we have a wild west past-life regression episode To support the show and get access to ad free versions of our episodes and access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes, join our patreon. patreon.com/TheBestWorst Preorder Joseph's new book, THE NUDGE A production of Night Vale Presents. Hosts are Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink Editing by Grant Stewart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago9 min
Cecil Baldwin and Kevin R Free perform more from The Nudge, by Night Vale co-creator Joseph Fink
Please consider preordering wherever you buy books. Preorders make a HUGE difference for authors. If you're in LA, please come join us on September 1st a the launch event at Vroman's in Pasadena with Mara Wilson. https://vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-09-01/joseph-fink For more information, to preorder, and to see the book tour schedule, please check out: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 weeks ago7 min
Ep 76: The Middlest Odd Couple
The Odd Couple 1970-1975 114 episodes Middlest ep: s1 e23 What Does a Naked Lady Say to You? In which they make a sitcom episode in 1970 about a show Meg produced in 2010 To support the show and get access to ad free versions of our episodes and access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes, join our patreon. patreon.com/TheBestWorst Preorder Joseph's new book, THE NUDGE A production of Night Vale Presents. Hosts are Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink Editing by Grant Stewart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 18, 20267 min
Excerpt from The Nudge, by Best Worst co-host Joseph Fink
Please consider preordering wherever you buy books. Preorders make a HUGE difference for authors. If you're in LA, please come join us on September 1st a the launch event at Vroman's in Pasadena with Mara Wilson. https://vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-09-01/joseph-fink For more information, to preorder, and to see the book tour schedule, please check out: https://podiumentertainment.com/c/thenudge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 18, 202646 min
Ep 75: The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple 1970-1975 114 episodes Worst episode: s3 e21 The Odyssey Couple Best episode: S3 e11 Password Jack Klugman could have played Tony Soprano imo To support the show and get access to ad free versions of our episodes and access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes, join our patreon. patreon.com/TheBestWorst Preorder Joseph's new book, THE NUDGE A production of Night Vale Presents. Hosts are Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink Editing by Grant Stewart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Aug 11, 202610 min
Ep 74: The Middlest Glee PATREON PREVIEW
Glee 2009-2015 114 episodes Middlest episode: S1.E14 ∙ Hell-O Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks To support the show and get access to ad free versions of our episodes and access to our biweekly "The Middlest" episodes, join our patreon. patreon.com/TheBestWorst Preorder Joseph's new book, THE NUDGE A production of Night Vale Presents. Hosts are Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink Editing by Grant Stewart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Welcome to Night Vale's Meg Bashwiner and Joseph Fink consider the Golden Age of Television, at its best and its worst. Each episode, we consider a classic show by watching first its worst IMDB user rated episode, and then its best. What can we learn by watching the best and worst of classic TV? Let's find out together.
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