How to talk about TV shows in English

Hi, everyone, I'm George.

Because of lockdown,

people around the world have been watching

more TV shows online.

So, today, we’re going to learn

how to talk about TV shows in English.

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One word that's very important to know

when you're talking about a TV show is Episode.

An episode is one programme in a TV show.

So, you could say what’s your favourite episode of Mad Men?

Or what’s your favourite episode of Game of Thrones?

Another word that's very important to know is Series.

A series is a group of episodes in a TV show.

So, there might be a number of series

in your favourite TV Show.

For example, series 1, series 2, series 3.

In America, they call this a season.

What’s your favourite episode of Friends?

Series 3, episode 26.

When talking about your favourite episode,

it’s better to say

what happens instead of telling them the episode number.

You can say I like the one where...

And use the present simple

so the listener understands what episode you're talking about.

For example, I like the one

where Homer Simpson goes to space.

What’s your favourite episode of Friends?

I like the one where Ross says hello to Rachel.

Oh, yes, that was a good one.

I saw a brilliant TV show

on Netflix the other day called The Lost Party Hat.

When talking about a TV show that the listener doesn't know,

you can use the preposition on to describe

where you saw it.

For example, I saw something on Netflix.

Or, I saw something on BBC1.

I saw a brilliant TV show

on Netflix the other day called The Lost Party Hat.

Have you seen it?

No.

What’s it about?

The next word is Spin-off.

A spin-off is a TV show

that has some of the same characters from another TV show

or another film.

For example, Better Call Saul is a spin-off of Breaking Bad.

It’s a spin-off of the classic film Birthday Revenge.

Oh, dear.

About a man that finds a lost party hat.

Hey, you forgot your hat.

At first, it’s like having a superpower.

Happy Birthday.

Thanks.

Hey, let me buy you a drink.

Thank you.

But then he starts to feel guilty.

Whose hat is this?

He needs to find the owner and give it back.

The next expression is to binge-watch.

To binge means to do too much of something

in a short amount of time.

For example, do binge-drink means to drink too much alcohol.

So, to binge-watch means to watch several episodes

of a TV show one after another.

For example,

I binge-watched series 1 of Breaking Bad at the weekend.

Just one more episode.

One more episode.

One more episode.

The next word is Cliffhanger.

I'm sure some episodes

from your favourite TV show finish on a cliffhanger.

A cliffhanger is

when an episode finishes at a very exciting moment

and you're not sure what will happen next.

Each episode ends on a cliffhanger so

I binge-watched the first two series at the weekend.

He’s in Europe, somewhere.

The next expression is To go downhill.

Maybe you were watching a TV show and after series 1,

it started to go downhill.

This means the quality started to decline

and it wasn't as good as it was before.

It started to gradually get worse and worse.

It started to go downhill.

The first series was great

but it started to go a bit downhill from then on.

The next word is Anticlimax.

Maybe you were watching a TV show and you were expecting

the final episode to have a really exciting ending,

but it wasn't.

It wasn't exciting.

It was, actually, a bit disappointing.

It was a bit of an anticlimax.

It was a bit anticlimactic.

The last episode of series 2 was a bit of an anticlimax.

Hey, I found your party hat.

Oh, you can throw it in the bin.

It only cost £1.

The next word is something that a lot of us hate.

It’s a Spoiler.

A spoiler is information

which tells you what will happen in a TV show

before you've seen it.

It might spoil your enjoyment of the TV show.

The owner says he can just throw it in the bin.

Hey, no spoilers.

The last expression is To catch up with something.

Maybe you’ve been too busy,

so you haven't watched the latest episode, or episodes,

of your favourite TV show.

You haven't caught up with it yet.

The third series started a few weeks ago

but I haven't caught up with it yet.

That's all we have time for today.

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