The Talking TV with Ryan and Ryan podcast took a week off last week, but Ryan McGee and I are back with a new edition of our small-screen gabfest.

There are three topics in this week's podcast: HBO's 'Mildred Pierce,' which stars Kate Winslet and Evan Rachel Wood and debuts Sunday; Netflix's entry into the scripted-content arena with 'House of Cards'; and a couple of recent 'Chuck' and 'Supernatural' panels that were moderated by some mutant redheaded TV critic.

Running times for each part of the discussion are below.

0 - 19:46: A discussion of 'Mildred Pierce' (and f.y.i., I'll post a full review of the HBO miniseries in a day or two)

19:47 - 42:30: Netflix's deal to make the David Fincher-Kevin Spacey scripted drama 'House of Cards,' and what that means for the future of "television" (and we briefly ponder whether the new series is actually television at all). I also wrote about the Netflix development here.

42:31 - end: Mo's experiences moderating a 'Supernatural' panel at Paleyfest (there's more on that here, here, here and here [thanks, Mary and Laura!]) and a 'Chuck' panel at Chicago's C2E2 (there's more on that event here).

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