Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Ben and Dave Show

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Non-notable podcast. Current sources barely mention it. Only lasted six episodes. Tagged for notability and sources. Prod contested in September. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:48, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Internet. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:48, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Redirect to
  WP:WEBCRIT. TipsyElephant (talk) 15:01, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• TipsyElephant (talk · contribs), would you a support a merge to Here TV#Programming? Cunard (talk) 08:45, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, couldn't find any additional sources to support notability. The status quo article really seems to have scraped the barrel. The whole prose about the show in the Entertainment Weekly source is "Like catty chat? Dig well-matched duos? Love Ryan and Simon's banter on Idol, but just wish it was rues macho? You're in luck". The solo paragraph in the Blade means the Gazette is the only in-depth source. My search in TWL and Google News also turned up strictly passing mentions in HX Magazine, GoLocalProv, and AndroidKosmos; that's it. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 04:18, 18 May 2022 (UTC) striking 02:48, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Firefangledfeathers (talk · contribs), would you a support a merge to Here TV#Programming? Cunard (talk) 08:45, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  Call me neutral on a merge for now. I gave the Gazette source another look and I take back my "in-depth" assessment. Since the coverage is all from the debut of the show, I'm not sure we could even reliably verify the number of episodes or that it was canceled. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 15:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge/redirect to
  EBSCOhost 31442746.

  The article notes: "If you were watching two well-groomed hosts on here! TV talking about closeted celebrities and CorbinFisher.com, you’d assume they were gay, right? Yes, ben harvey and dave Rubin of The Ben and Dave Show are indeed queer. But the cute two-some (who have an easy, almost brotherly on-air rapport) give a new definition to “straight-acting.” Give your gaydar a workout when the show premieres on Friday, March 14."

Cunard (talk) 08:45, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply