Victoria Coren. I'd get to host Only Connect, be really good at poker and go home to David Mitchell every night. Of course that would also mean Giles Coren would be my brother. But I think the good would outweigh the bad.

It won't be the same without Fry but I do want to see the series make it to Z. Out of the possible choices, Toksvig is probably the best. However, it's a little odd given that she just left the The News Quiz to focus on politics.

The people who bought the rights to Serial would have to have gotten those rights through Koenig and her co-producer. My point was that Koenig, after talking about how she doesn't like the scrutiny that the podcast is under, has given permission to create a project whose entire purpose is to scrutinize how the…

I don't understand how this is supposed to work. Will they be part of the investigation or just hanging around recording the Serial staff as they investigate? Will there be things included in this version that will be left out of the podcast and vice versa?

I believe the correct English pronunciation would be "Sill."

But then how did you read that card from that muffin basket?

No mention of Rupert Graves who is adorable in this?

His "Who is Stephen Colbert?" segment from the other night was pretty much a Classic Colbert piece.

I wonder what my reaction would have been if, 25 years ago, someone would have told me that Rob Lowe and Fred Savage would one day co-star in a sitcom together.

Well, that's a relief. (I haven't had a chance to watch since my DVR is still set to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and therefore did not record The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.) I think he'll do well once people get familiar with him. I saw him on QI and decided then that any man who can get Sandi Toksvig to…

I thought it had already been established by science that Stephen Root was the best character actor working today.

Yes, every time I look at Charlie Brooker I immediately think Goth. This is such a weird approach to this story.

The other candidates are definitely trying to become mini-Trumps but the party's establishment leaders - who are main reason why pundits still consider Jeb a frontrunner - are pretty horrified by what's going on.

I'm currently in the middle of Song of Spider-Man, Glen Berger's book about the making of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Obviously Berger isn't the objective witness and the whole metaphor of him being naive Peter Parker to Julie Taymor's alluring spider villain goddess from the show is bit eyeroll worthy. It's…

I liked Back Story a lot. For the first 90% it's pretty much what you'd expect a David Mitchell book to be and then suddenly comes the completely disarmingly touching chapter about Victoria Coren.

I don't know if it will ultimately be good for the Republicans but it has been satisfying to see them struggle with what is basically the embodiment of the party's id. All the misogyny, xenophobia and general stupidity that has been in the subtext of their platform is now up front and drawing more supporters than any…

I liked the approach Colbert took. It's so easy to get into an argument with Trump and that combativeness is pretty much what he's looking for anyway. I think it's more interesting to see what he does when someone tries to just have a conversation with him and find out what's behind the cartoon.

Does he mean everything will be available online or that it will solely exist online? Because if it's the former, yes, I can see that. If it's the latter — I don't see that happening. I would more comfortably predict the end of Netflix will happen before then end of all traditional television.

Speaking of, I wonder if they'll find anything to talk about this week…

I know Hulu has a lot of UK stuff but I'm not sure if there's a lot of BBC or mainly Channel 4. I'd definitely be interested in this if it includes panel shows.