It's My Screen Time Too

We review Paramount’s big screen take on everyone’s favorite big red dog, Clifford. We have some digressions about The Martian, Apollo 13, and the Berenstain Bears, but rest assured that Katie continues to be a curmudgeon, and Deborah continues to be the kindhearted soul we know her to be. In Screen Time in the News, we discuss an opinion piece by Jessica Grose about the value of watching so-called inappropriate movies with our kids.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

On paper, Amazon's preschool music show should be a five star prospect for us, but it's a kids· show on Amazon Prime, so we'll bet you can see where this is going. Does the birdie trio of Do, Re, and Mi have us tapping our toes to the beat or tapping our toes while impatiently waiting for the end? In Screen Time In the News, we discuss a Scary Mommy article that includes quotes by actual psychologists encouraging us not to freak out so much about screen time. Katie's favorite!Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Our watch list has once again grown unwieldy, so join us for a spooky lightning round of new Halloween shows and movies: Addams Family 2; A Tale Dark and Grimm; Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales; and Ghostwriter. Plus, a discussion of whether holidays make us want to send our screen time limits to the nearest graveyard.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We’re joined in this episode by Sarah Gage of the Coco and Dalts podcast to review Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. on Disney Plus. Does the gender flipped cast and exotic location set it apart from its predecessor, Doogie Howser, M.D.? In Screen Time in the News, we question a Forbes article that claims increased screen time can actually help kids make friends.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Katie only has one question during our review of Amazon Prime’s new Cinderella musical starring Camila Cabello: Why? In Screen Time In the News, Deborah marvels over China’s new law limiting children’s screen time to only one hour on the weekends.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We take some time to ponder a unified theory of quality for family movies and TV before jumping into our review of Paw Patrol: The Movie. Big questions tackled include: Where are the girl pups? Does Chase really need to be the main character? And where do the Fast & Furious and Real Housewives franchises fit into all of this?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We join Dwayne the Rock Johnson and Emily Blunt on a cruise down the Amazon to discuss whether Disney’s latest attempt to base a successful film franchise on an existing theme park attraction holds water. In Screen Time in the News, Katie uses the release of Spidey and His Amazing Friends as cover to continue her rant against Marvel’s storytelling tentacles reaching into every corner of our lives, and we forgive ourselves for forgetting about the movies based on Mattel’s American Girl dolls in last episode’s segment.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

In our review of Disney Plus’ new series Monsters At Work, we discuss whether we really need a workplace comedy for kids and whether a secret friendly monster sneaking into a kid’s room at night is creepier than a scary one. Deborah is overwhelmed by her return to bookstores, and Katie is underwhelmed by her return to theaters to see Black Widow. In Screen Time In The News, we are honestly shocked at our enthusiasm for an upcoming slate of Mattel movies, and our gritty HBO reboot casting involves method acting.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Author and second time guest Amy Padden takes us through her family movie night strategy of discussing problematic content from old movies in the moment, and we try to follow her example as we review Mel Brooks’ parody classic: Spaceballs. Katie unearths a not totally unexpected love of goofy sight gags and Deborah wonders whether Mel Brooks wasn’t predicting our current climate crisis. We argue over Zach Galifinakis and chat about Kenny’s latest obsession, Rainbow Rangers, and why Captain Planet is due for a reboot.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We indulge in our well documented love of John Cho in our review of Netflix’s Wish Dragon, an Aladdin story set in modern China, with a small detour to praise Pixar’s latest, Luca. In Screen Time in the News, we discuss an Insider article praising increased representation of LGBTQ characters in children’s shows while bemoaning the presence of paywalls that keep these representations from low income kids and families.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Check out our latest episode, where Julia of the Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous podcast joins us to review Netflix’s new robot apocalypse family road trip movie, The Mitchells vs. the Machines.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

It’s the return of our lightning round segment! We give you bite-sized reviews of Donkey Hodie; Animals on the Loose: A You vs Wild Movie; Astronauts; and the new Saved By the Bell. In Screen Time in the News, we talk about the soon-to-launch Mimo Studios and whether the lessons learned in making kids’ hits on cable can really be applied to streaming.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

In this week’s episode, we review Disney Jr’s Mira, Royal Detective and bemoan the fact that great shows we would’ve once happened upon while idly channel surfing get unfairly overlooked in the glut of streaming content. In Screen Time in the News, we wonder whether Netflix’s new Play Something feature represents a welcome return to the old days. We fawn over Mira’s stellar voice cast, puzzle briefly over anachronistic seat belts and lifejackets, and digress to emphasize that goats’ creepy eyes make them poor pets.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Repeat guest and animation nerd Shehla Faizi gives us a crash course in the work of Craig McCracken to prep us for this episode’s review of his new Netflix series, Kid Cosmic. We talk superhero fatigue, serialization in animation, rehabilitating cats’ evil image, and loving things despite ourselves.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We just can’t resist a classic 90s reboot. Mighty Ducks Game Changers on Disney Plus brings back an old formula that works: a team of scrappy underdogs who’re just in it for love of the game. Can Lauren Graham help Emilio Estevez rediscover his love of the game?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We’re reviewing the Obamas’ splashy first foray into children’s media, Waffles & Mochi, on Netflix. We discuss whether it’s weird to watch a food show starring food, whether kids know who Jack Black is, and whether this charming show has a hope of improving our kids’ eating habits. In Screen Time in the News, we invite Amanda from the Pod Appetit podcast to help us counteract recent fear-mongering articles about how increased screen time is making our kids fat by talking about how food TV can expand both our palettes and our minds.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We’re so excited to review yet another new release movie! Join us as we dissect the latest entry into the Disney princess canon: Raya and the Last Dragon. Is this whole movie an apology to Kelly Marie Tran? Are Falcor, the luck dragon, and Sisu, the titular “last dragon,” secretly siblings? In Screen Time in the News, we discuss a new entry coming to Disney Plus, helmed by Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica and Outlander fame. Can he make us care about the Society of Explorers and Adventurers?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We are joined by Jess of the Only You: A One and Done Podcast to discuss the latest adaptation of a beloved story of an only child and her horse, Black Beauty. The Disney Plus retelling foregrounds female characters and gives the classic tale a modern twist. Is it enough to make this nineteenth century tale resonate with your hardened hosts?Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

Join us as we discuss how making 100 episodes of the podcast has changed how we approach screen time with our kids and in our grown up lives. To celebrate, we introduce a new segment - Lightning Round - in which we give bite-sized reviews of Hero Elementary, Finding Ohana, On Pointe, and Gabby’s Dollhouse.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com

We review Nickelodeon’s newest swashbuckling adventure, Santiago of the Seas. How do we feel about idolizing pirates? Is it enough to call them good pirates, sit back, and admire their cool clothes and catchy slang? We chat with Niki Lopez, the show’s creator, about representation, creating bilingual content, and how to get grown ups interested in a preschool show.Contact us and subscribe to our newsletter at www.myscreentimetoo.comConnect with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or by email at myscreentimetoo@gmail.com