Seth Meyers

Uh, Alan Sepinwall, friend of the pod.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's arduous.

It's arduous.

It's arduous.

Yeah. The Venn diagram of people who are super into our podcast and people who are also super into the minutia of NYPD Blue lands firmly on Alan Sepinwall, a television critic. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Who reached out to me. Oh. He's very excited. NYPD Blue backstory facts, if you care. We do. They were allowed to show rear ends and side boob, but no more. They used to be able to show on TV.

Yeah. The Venn diagram of people who are super into our podcast and people who are also super into the minutia of NYPD Blue lands firmly on Alan Sepinwall, a television critic. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Who reached out to me. Oh. He's very excited. NYPD Blue backstory facts, if you care. We do. They were allowed to show rear ends and side boob, but no more. They used to be able to show on TV.

Yeah. The Venn diagram of people who are super into our podcast and people who are also super into the minutia of NYPD Blue lands firmly on Alan Sepinwall, a television critic. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Who reached out to me. Oh. He's very excited. NYPD Blue backstory facts, if you care. We do. They were allowed to show rear ends and side boob, but no more. They used to be able to show on TV.

Stephen Bochco and Bob Iger literally drew sketches that they passed back and forth to figure out what was and wasn't allowable. They could say asshole, but not fuck. And it was only a brief window where they were allowed to say shit. Then something changed the game, which has a nice little tie into the podcast. Then Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake happened at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Stephen Bochco and Bob Iger literally drew sketches that they passed back and forth to figure out what was and wasn't allowable. They could say asshole, but not fuck. And it was only a brief window where they were allowed to say shit. Then something changed the game, which has a nice little tie into the podcast. Then Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake happened at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Stephen Bochco and Bob Iger literally drew sketches that they passed back and forth to figure out what was and wasn't allowable. They could say asshole, but not fuck. And it was only a brief window where they were allowed to say shit. Then something changed the game, which has a nice little tie into the podcast. Then Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake happened at the Super Bowl halftime show.

And suddenly the language and the nudity got dialed way back. Thank God. Wow. I got more. And yes, Sylvia is giving Sipowitz a handy.

And suddenly the language and the nudity got dialed way back. Thank God. Wow. I got more. And yes, Sylvia is giving Sipowitz a handy.

And suddenly the language and the nudity got dialed way back. Thank God. Wow. I got more. And yes, Sylvia is giving Sipowitz a handy.

As Dennis Franz says, his line is, that's sure going to be clean.

As Dennis Franz says, his line is, that's sure going to be clean.

As Dennis Franz says, his line is, that's sure going to be clean.

By the way, David Milch, NYPD Blue Writer, went on to do Deadwood. So one of the great TV writers of all time. Also, Sipowitz was a native New Yorker on the show. They never bothered to explain his Chicago accent. Sepinwall coming with the heat. And you can read, Sepinwall did write a fantastic book, and I feel like it's only fair to plug it.