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Myles McNutt
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Media Scholar at Old Dominion University and Editor-in-Chief of TV criticism newsletter Episodic Medium
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TFW you’re constantly criticized for your protagonists being too old so you stick this dude in the crowd at graduation. #StrangerThings
January 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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The AI Slop Jigsaw Puzzle situation is as bad as you’ve heard. Choose your fighter!
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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I love that the comments on this DC Facebook post are split between people confused because they don’t know #HeatedRivalry exists and people who never saw #Joker2 and are thus doubly lost.
December 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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You know that the Crave social team are Gen Z and not millennials because I had to make these myself. #HeatedRivalry
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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To think that two months ago #HeatedRivalry was going to be confined to Canada, and now I’m scheduling 3600 words to go up at 1am and all my social feeds are talking about the cottage.

What a time to be alive.
December 26, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Addendum for those I've seen wondering about #HeatedRivalry Golden Globes: they have the same rule re: foreign productions, and if I'm reading this right, the show would also not be eligible next year because the rule allowing it to submit despite finishing airing this calendar year will be dead?
Foreign programs (programs produced principally outside the United States) are not eligible for television awards unless they are the result of a coproduction (both financially and creatively) between a United States partner and a foreign partner, which precedes the completion of production of the program. A “United States partner” is a company legally organized and doing business in the United States or a controlled subsidiary or affiliate of such company. A television show that released its first episode of the season during the 2024 calendar year but was not submitted for consideration for the 82nd Annual Golden Globes may submit for consideration for the 83rd Annual Golden Globes, provided that such television show meets the eligibility criteria for the applicable categories and is submitted for consideration in all applicable categories in the same qualifying year. The foregoing exception will no longer apply after the 83rd Annual Golden Globes.
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I’m shocked that it took until 800k before a meaningful gap—still under 5%—emerged between the actor playing the exciting character and the actor playing the canonically boring one. Impressive. #HeatedRivalry
Screenshot of Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams’ Instagram followings: Storrie has 840k followers, Williams has 812k.
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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It’s the holidays and I have a decent amount of actual work to do, but just know I want to write an entire newsletter about the perspective choices being made in the grammar on the Instagram account for Simon Cowell’s Netflix boy band.
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Show me the “detailed speculation about the character Spider’s arc, Relishmix. Show me.
December 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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It’s a pure licensing deal, which makes it ineligible. Co-production deals only, made before production begins.
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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I understand why this week’s episode of #HeatedRivalry has accelerated this discourse, but the same reason the show is this successful (the fact it was fully financed in Canada) are the same reasons why it is not eligible for the Emmys.
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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December 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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TIL that the #HeatedRivalry fandom has reached “If you make a comment on Reddit to keep them from thinking this week’s episode is crazy long, that basic fact will snowball into a whole discourse” levels. Impressive pace.
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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SAG latching onto viral shows that they either won’t nominate (Boots) or literally can’t nominate because Canada (Heated Rivalry) is as cringe as the new name TBH.
December 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Anyway, I'm going to repeat this and add that it applies to Top 10 lists too.
Belloni opens the podcast with the assertion that the narratives created by box office reporting “matter” for two reasons. The second is that the industry makes decisions based on how films perform financially which, yes, obviously. But his first reason was that the audience makes decisions on what to see based on it, which…what? [Begin Higlight] If I could make any proclamation here, it’s that whether or not a film is asterisked in its box office reporting is not a matter of consequence to the moviegoing public. [End Highlight] Clickbait social media accounts shouldn’t be out here blatantly making up facts for engagement to try to manipulate people’s feelings.
December 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Since I SUPPOSE KPDH did have those sing-along releases, nominating a movie that hasn’t been released yet for a Box Office achievement award is slightly sillier than nominating a streaming movie. But it’s darn close. (This will be the Sinners consolation prize, ala Barbie).
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Final update: my pickup email didn’t have a barcode which confused me until I remembered the order was for SOME reason changed to curbside pickup in March 2020? Weird, right?
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Subscribe to read more of my review AND because I probably don't pay myself enough for the amount of time I spent getting a non-blurry screenshot of this moment.

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The problem in this case is that Kip’s life seems more important than Scott’s. “Hunter” could well have been called “Grady,” because his world is so much fuller. I really love what Tierney has done with his side of things, to be clear: Maria and Elena are both well-realized with minimal screen time, serving as a greek chorus for Kip as he navigates this new world, and his relationship with his father does a lot with a little as well. One of the central premises of the novel is that Kip has someone he can talk to about their relationship (Elena) while Scott has no one. The rush to cohabitate pushes us into the central conceit of the novel, in which Scott creates a bubble in his apartment where they can be happy and in love, and every time they leave it they realize it isn’t the happy ending they want.
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Subscribe to read my thoughts on how #HeatedRivalry balances its two leads AND to see me explore the boundaries on what is acceptable to screenshot.

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First, a screenshot of the Vegas scene from the second episode. Then, the following: As noted, this episode is very much about Ilya on a professional level, but the more I write about it the more it becomes about Shane’s experience of Ilya’s actions, creating a form of equilibrium narratively speaking. He feels sympathy for him in Russia, hearing New York Admiral Carter Vaughan speak about the bravery of a potentially gay figure skater to travel to Russia, and realizing that he and Ilya both fall into the same category. He even feels joy for him when he raises the Not Stanley Cup, fighting back a smile while the rest of his teammates nurse wounds from their own exit from the playoffs. Whereas he was bitter about being drafted second, he’s sincere in his congratulations on his MVP award, and obviously wants their encounter in that Las Vegas hotel room to be something more than the sexual power fantasy it became. He notices they never kissed because it was what he wanted, the unsent text serving as an effective tool to bring some of the novel’s inner monologue to life.
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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*Cue “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”*
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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I love the absurdity of the Penske of it all: THR published a full feature story on #HeatedRivalry, and Variety and Deadline have just aggregated the exact same OUT interview as clickbait.
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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New shows always invade my TikTok FYP, but what’s happening with #HeatedRivalry is…different, probably because the algorithm is categorizing it as both TV and Gay Stuff, two of its favorite categories for me.

Obviously I am already watching, but imagine this happening to someone unaware.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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As much as my social feeds have become dominated by variations on “ #HeatedRivalry 🥵,” which obviously tracks, I think there’s more going on here and I’m glad to see Episodic Medium subscribers agreeing.

My review of episode two: www.episodicmedium.tv/review-heate...
November 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Apple's refusal to have #Pluribus press stills up before I have to edit @donnadb.bsky.social's reviews? Annoying.

Getting to take screenshots that are better than the press stills will be anyway? Opportunity.

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November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Not seeing enough posts about the Children and Family Emmys finally acknowledging June Squibb as the Outstanding Children’s Personality she clearly is.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM