Bill Simmons talks to Bill Carter of the New York Times about the latest moves in late night TV, then dials David Jacoby to discuss the history and future of MTV's Real World franchise.

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Bill is joined by comedian Nathan Fielder to talk about his new show on Comedy Central, how he got into the comedy business and why magic is making a giant comeback.

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Bill and TV critic Alan Sepinwall review the year in television and discuss their disappointment in Homeland.

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Adam Carolla visits Bill Simmons in the B.S. Report studio to talk about bad movies, boxing, their favorite action stars, and much more.

Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Bill Simmons about his start as a bodybuilder in the military, his film career, and a dinner with Wilt Chamberlain and Andre the Giant.

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Previously on the B.S. Report:
JackO
Cousin Sal and Billy Corben
Kevin Wildes
Mike Lombardi and Aaron Schatz

And here's our 30 for 30 short Arnold's Blueprint:

Jimmy Kimmel joins Bill Simmons to discuss hosting the Emmys, 10 years of Jimmy Kimmel Live, and why he's drinking the Oprah Kool-Aid.

Actor/musician Jack Black stops by the Grantland studio to discuss Tenacious D, pre-concert rituals, his acting career, the Lakers, and must-see "weed movies."

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Since Bill Simmons is gorging on crumpets, Chuck Klosterman guest hosts the B.S. Report and chats casually with Grantland writer Alex Pappademas. The conversation begins with an analysis of Robert Pattinson's wrecked romantic life and eventually touches on Jennifer Aniston, Total Recall, and the undocumented history of sports and culture in Gotham City.

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Previously on the B.S. Report:
Jacoby and Wildes: Half-Baked Ideas
Chuck Klosterman Part 1 and Part 2
NBA Free Agency

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Back in mid-March, when the two-month-old American Idol season had started to devolve from "semi-fun way to waste a couple of hours on a Wednesday night" to "unbearable death-slog during which a crow that looks like Phillip Phillips pecked out your eyes and cawed the melody to 'Ants Marching' in your ear," we took some time to suggest four entirely new slates of talent to reinvigorate the obviously declining franchise. As it happens, the show seems to be in immediate need of some new judges! The decks have been cleared, with J.Lo off to make some great new movies about the eventual triumph of true love over the romance-impeding demands of a successful interior-decorating career, Steven Tyler departing to restore Aerosmith to its place as the third-most-coked-out band of 1978, and Randy Jackson to reportedly dawg it up as a mentor. Will Mariah Carey be joining as a judge? Some say that's "very likely" in the works. Is Aretha Franklin willing to throw a giant hat with a fun bow on it into the judging ring? She e-mailed CNN to indicate she'd be happy to do so, she's just waiting for someone to call. Will a suddenly budget-minded Idol be able to afford the all-star roster they probably need to make anyone care about what should might be the final season before Rupert Murdoch finally drags the badly wounded Nielsen thoroughbred behind the barn to put it out of its misery? That's not our concern. We're only here to helpfully provide an embarrassment of viable candidates to fill those empty chairs behind the judges' table. Take our free advice or don't, Fox. But you can't say we didn't dedicate an entire podcast to trying to save your show.

Below are our judging teams (presented in order of reader voting). Feel free to mix and match, Rupert! Whatever you need to get this thing back on its feet.

I hate the Lakers. I don't like Laker fans. I've been a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan since college.

Those three sentences don't really mesh when it comes to the subject of Flea, a die-hard Lakers fan, Kobe defender and Celtics hater, as well as someone I've seen naked or nearly naked more times than anyone with the possible exception of myself. Buoyed by Kobe's latest scoring renaissance, Flea agreed to come to the BS Report studio to talk about basketball, music, the similarities between basketball teams and bands, why some musicians are so afraid of success, why bands break up (or stay together), who's the best player of all time, what kept the Chili Peppers humming all these years, who's the best band he ever saw live, which NBA player would be his basketball doppelganger and a whole bunch of other good stuff. This turned out to be one of my favorite BS Reports ever — if Flea didn't have to pee, we may not have ended it and we might still be going. If you're a hoops fan and a music fan, carve out 90 minutes at some point and give it a listen on ESPN.com or iTunes. And if you want to watch a sneak peek, just look below.