“Dancing with the Stars” returned in September for Season 35 of the hit ABC reality series, featuring an eclectic – as always – cast of celebrities.

For this week’s episode, co-host and big-time fan of the show Bruce Miller talks about the highlights of the show so far for a season that has featured a wide range of stars from celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis to actor Julia Stiles to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez.

Co-host Terry Lipshetz, who has only watched a few episodes of the show over the years, discusses wanting to see actor, professional dancer, and former high school classmate Dulé Hill join a future season. Sure, he would almost be too good for the program, but it would be entertaining, and he does have past connections to ABC/Disney, having starred on the reboot of “The Wonder Years.”

As far as reality is concerned, a pair of movie trailers has circulated recently for movies hitting theaters this week. “Whalefall,” based on the 2023 novel by Daniel Kraus, and “You Can See Everything,” a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, are both out Oct. 16.

While a complete work of fiction, the science of “Whalefall” makes the concept of being swallowed alive by a sperm whale terrifying.

As for “You Can See Everything,” from the tight 4:3 cuts on the faces of Holmes, her partner Billy Evans and comedian/director Nathan Fielder, to the R rating for graphic nudity, there is something oddly intriguing about a nearly 3-hour documentary that has an early perfect critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes and may have the most buzz of any film in the genre since “Fahrenheit 9/11” from Michael Moore.

About the show

Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is the retired editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the National Newsroom for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. The show was named Best Podcast in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contest.

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"Snowfall," a crime drama on FX that looked at the crack cocaine epidemic of 1980s Los Angeles, wrapped in 2023 following six seasons and 60 episodes.

But its story lends itself to an expanded universe. That's where "The Drop: A Snowfall Saga" comes in. Two characters from the original series, Wanda Bell (played by Gail Bean) and Leon Simmons (played by Isaiah John), seek to reinvent themselves in the West Coast hip-hop scene.

And new characters, like Lamar Kinsey (Asante Blackk), James Kinsey (Peyton Alex Smith) and Artillery (Simmie "Buddy" Sims III), help expand upon the original story in this new, music-centric world.

In this episode, co-host Bruce Miller first catches up with Bean and John and then has a conversation with Blackk, Smith and Sims. Blackk is among the most notable actors in the series, following an Emmy-nominated performance in "When They See Us," as well as notable roles on "This Is Us" and "Euphoria."

After that, co-host Terry Lipshetz talks about watching "The Howard Stern" show on HBO Max, which seems to be more for the biggest of fans, completely in on all of the inside jokes.

About the show

Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is the retired editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the National Newsroom for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. The show was named Best Podcast in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contest.

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Throughout cinematic and television history, religious programming has been a popular theme with an obvious, built-in audience.

From Charlton Heston as Moses in “The Ten Commandments” to Martin Scorsese’s controversial “The Last Temptation of Christ,” the Bible has helped provide plots for numerous productions. More recently, “The Chosen” has retold the life and ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, with a sixth and final season coming soon.

On this week’s episode, co-host Bruce Miller discusses the journey he took to Texas to visit the set of “The Chosen,” where he and other entertainment journalists met with the cast and crew of the series as the series prepared to wrap production.

Additionally, co-host Terry Lipshetz discusses recent viewings, including the first season of the Netflix reboot of “Little House on the Prairie,” the Netflix movie “The Whisper Man” starring robert DeNiro, Adam Scott and Michael Keaton and another series on Netflix, “Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes.”

Note to listeners: When discussing “Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes,” co-host Terry Lipshetz discussed meeting former Associated Press Los Angeles courtroom reporter Linda Deutsch. While Deutsch was a prominent voice in the documentary, she died on Sept. 1, 2024, nearly two years prior to its release. Deutsch retired in 2014, having covered the major trials in the city, including Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan, Patty Hearst, O.J. Simpson, Phil Spector, the Menendez brothers and others. She briefly returned to write about O.J. Simpson in 2019.

About the show

Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is the retired editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the National Newsroom for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. The show was named Best Podcast in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contest.

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Thunder City by Lunareh, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: FV694ULMCJQDG0IY