In this episode, I bemoan the lack of new or innovative content on broadcast TV based on the offerings of this new fall season. We also take a statistical look at the recent Emmy awards and notice that the few broadcast and basic cable shows nominated did not earn any wins. AppleTV+ and other streaming services dominated the landscape. Although all of my podcasts are listenable, this one includes charts and spreadsheets that you may want to view on the YouTube version.

Links of Interest for this episode

Note: Normally, I would provide links to every TV show mentioned, but this link list would be massive. Here are the Wikipedia articles I used as the basis of my research, as well as PDFs of spreadsheets I created to compile my statistics.

The 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards

2025-26 US Network Television Schedule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_United_States_network_television_schedule

2025 Fall Broadcast TV Schedule: https://www.patreon.com/posts/2025-fall-tv-139875025

2025 Emmy Awards Sorted by Category: https://www.patreon.com/posts/2025-emmy-awards-139879938

2025 Emmy Awards Sorted by Network:https://www.patreon.com/posts/2025-emmy-awards-139880211

YouTube TV: https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/

Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradadgate/2024/08/08/the-future-of-television-is-broadcast--streaming-heres-why/

Civic Science article: https://civicscience.com/over-the-air-audience-tracker-preview-why-advertisers-should-watch-tv-antenna-users/

Cancellation of Jon Stewart from Apple TV+: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Problem_with_Jon_Stewart#Cancellation

Inexpensive over-the-air DVR from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tablo-4-Tuner-Over-Air-DVR/dp/B0CQD65DVZ/

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While proofreading my previous episode, I realized the theological point I was making was also a commentary on the political divisiveness we find in our country today. Here are my thoughts regarding ways that the teachings of St. Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians delivered a poignant message that is applicable to our secular society today. You don’t have to be a Christian to appreciate the wisdom of his message.

Links of Interest for this episode

Episode 98: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=528

1 Corinthians 12:12-27: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/12?12

Papal encyclical on the “Mystical Body of Christ”: https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_29061943_mystici-corporis-christi.html

Rev. Everett L. ”Terry” Fullam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_L._Fullam

Cerebral palsy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy

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In this episode, I depart from my original plans to continue turning my old Scripture lessons into podcast episodes. I’ve been going through old audiocassettes and downloading them to my computer, and I found some long-lost lectures that were key to my faith journey as a foundation of the lessons taught in the Catholic Church for 30 years. I hope to return to presenting more of those lessons and upcoming episodes soon.

Links of Interest for this episode

Fr. Paul Landwerlen: https://www.archindy.org/criterion/local/2025/06-13/landwerlen.html

Episode 97a: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=525

Episode 12: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=69

1 Corinthians 12:4-27: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/12?4

Papal encyclical on the “Mystical Body of Christ”: https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_29061943_mystici-corporis-christi.html

Ephesians 4:4-13: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/ephesians/4?4

Romans 12:4-5: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/romans/12?4

Rev. Everett L. ”Terry” Fullam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_L._Fullam

Cerebral palsy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_palsy

Ephesians 1:1: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/hebrews/1

Episode 14: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=76

Episode 90: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=484

Scott Hahn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Hahn

The Five Solae of the Protestant Reformation on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_solae

Christian Justification on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justification_(theology)

Catechesis on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catechesis

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