TVx3 E221: Raising Your Cougar With Valley Veep Project

On episode 221, Amrie (@mytakeontv) and Jason (@theTVaholic) are joined by Kyle Nolan (@kyool) from NoReruns.net (@NoReruns) to talk some TV news and discuss the series finales of How I Met Your Mother and Raising Hope, the season premieres of Friends With Better Lives and Silicon Valley, the fifth season finale of Cougar Town, the third season premiere of Veep and the midseason return of The Mindy Project in season two. Plus, a reality check and some TV recommendations. (Start times of each segment/topic) News (00:01:43) We briefly talked about the following five TV news stories: * ABC Summer Series Astronaut Wives Club Pushed To Midseason, To Undergo Changes * Cable News: BBC Renews Musketeers, Sundance Adds One Child Mini, More * Video: David Letterman Announces Retirement * It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Renewed for 2 More Seasons as Stars Close New Overall Deal * Nurse Jackie renewed for seventh season Primetime (00:14:04) We used the specific episodes listed below as a jumping off point to discuss the following seven TV shows: * How I Met Your Mother – S.9 Ep.23, “Last Forever Part 1,” & Ep.24, “Last Forever Part 2” (Series Finale) (00:14:35) * Friends With Better Lives – S.1 Ep.1, “Pilot” (Series Premiere) (00:32:07) * The Mindy Project – S.2 Ep.15, “French Me, You Idiot,” & Ep.16, “Indian BBW” (00:36:49) * Cougar Town – S.5 Ep.13, “We Stand a Chance” (Season Finale) (00:43:02) * Raising Hope – S.4 Ep.21, “How I Met Your Mullet,” & Ep.22, “The Father Daughter Dance” (Series Finale) (00:50:27) * Veep – S.3 Ep.1, “Some New Beginnings” (Season Premiere) (00:13:29) * Silicon Valley – S.1 Ep.1, “Minimum Viable Product” (Series Premiere) (01:02:16) Amrie’s Reality Check (01:08:16) Amrie and Kyle briefly talked about Dancing With the Stars, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Face Off, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge and Worst Cooks in America. TV Recommendations (01:15:32) * Amrie recommended Bob’s Burgers. Official Site – Watch episodes via FOX.com,