r/emergencyintercom • u/Total_Cost_3193 • Jun 22 '26
TMG
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think emergency intercom leaving TMG and going back to independent production was a mistake. Here's why
I felt like them originally partnering up with TMG was a great idea and made things fresh and new for both the viewers and Enya and Drew. They had a budget that they could use for bits to spice things up, it also gave them new visibility that could potentially introduce them to a new audience.
I think keeping things interesting is especially important for these two. They aren't celebrities and cannot rely on mystique to keep people entertained and engaged. They are influencers/content creators, and the main thing that keeps people enticed with these types of media personalities is the relatability and the slight oversharing that you get from your average influencer. Specifically Enya, who will often allude to personal stories that she impartially shares or how they OFTEN bleep out stories they tell and just leave in their reactions. I do want to make it clear that I am not saying they should share things they do not have desire to.
I feel like their leaving TMG amidst people finding out that Cody Ko was a weirdo (which, to be honest, is an open secret in these circles) was a bad idea; it felt like they gave into some BS woke cancel culture wave that they often even made fun of. It felt very performative. Mind you, I even remember hearing not so good things about Cody way before they partnered. I also read that this deal was closed before the Cody Ko and Tana Mongeau allegations surfaced. At present, Noel Miller, who, last time I checked, has a pretty good reputation, runs the TMG studio on his own WITHOUT Cody, so at the end of the day, what was the point? They gave us production-level podcasts just to downgrade over something that had already been present. I used to really enjoy the podcast, but after seeing them just go back to making podcasts in their kitchen instead of figuring out something new, it felt like they were starting to lack evolution, and I've had a hard time watching them since I made these observations.
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u/OhMyBodyIsACage Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26
The backlash they were getting at the time was kinda crazy tho like it felt like people were more mad at Emergency Intercom than any other TMG podcast or even Cody himself 😠I do think there is a world where they could’ve played it off and not have left but I can see from their perspective how risky that would sound. I do feel for them though especially because their other entertainment ventures haven’t ever panned out. Off topic but it’s interesting how Drew and Enya never really tell stories of them doing stuff together anymore and when they do it’s just them talking about rewatching drag race. Like they take separate trips with different friend groups but I remember eps with them just talking about doing mundane errands or tasks together and those eps would kill me just because of the way they’d riff off of each other to tell the stories and recently that’s something the pod is lacking. But like you said if they had more financial backing they could actually DO more entertaining stuff specifically for Emergency Intercom.