Alan Sepinwall of NJ.com/Star Ledger and Dan Fienberg of hitfix.com are undoubtedly two of my favorite television critics.  I read them daily, and have really started to enjoy their weekly podcasts (now that they’ve gotten the audio problems fixed).  In this particular podcast, during the Justified portion, they get into a great academic discussion about serialization in dramas.  Highly recommend it for any tv nerd, like myself.  When I inevitably go back to get a Ph.D. in Television studies many years down the road, I’d love to research this more.

You should follow them both on twitter as well @sepinwall and @hitfixdaniel