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By Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Join Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole and their valued guests each week for discussion of what's new on TV plus our hall of fame roundtable segment called The Canon, listen as we appoint Winners and Losers Of The Week and of course our ultra competitive TV trivia quiz: Game Time.

Episodes

502: Getting Rough With The Gentlemen

Guy Ritchie's 2019 movie has spun off a vaguely related drama series on Netflix; Will Leitch returns to discuss where it ranks in his filmography. Around The Dial takes us through Animal Control, The Curse, and As We Speak: Rap Music On Trial. Sarah makes the case for the Law & Order episode "Trophy" to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we play BALL (sometimes; sometimes not) with a sportsy Non-Regulation Game Time. Get to your club, pour some 18-year-old scotch, and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฉ The Gentlemen Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Animal Control Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ The Curse Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽค As We Speak: Rap Music On Trial Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฏ Shลgun The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Law & Order S06.E12: Trophy Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ James Wolk Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Gary Goldsmith Game Time: ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ The World Series Of 19 Questions SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 502 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ‹ Will Leitch on Bluesky ๐Ÿฅ‡ Will and Tim Grierson's Guy Ritchie movie ranking, at Vulture ๐Ÿคฃ Tara at Cracked.com ๐Ÿ“š Will's books at HarperCollins ๐Ÿ•บ The Will Leitch Experience ๐ŸŽค Sarah's review ofย As We Speak: Rap Music On Trialย at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ”ซ Best Evidence, where Sarah's interview withย Manhuntย author James L. Swanson will run later this week ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Kevin Baker / Netflix
13/03/24โ€ข1h 13m

501: Should You Make Elsbeth Your Co-Counsel?

The Good [X]-verse returns to network television with Elsbeth, a procedural starring Carrie Preston's capital-Q Quirky Elsbeth Tascioni -- and Adam Grosswirth returns to EHG to talk about how the show is trying to have it both ways with the character's historical anti-establishment attitude; whether these creators should have moved this set of shows' universe off of streaming; and what exactly is in all those massive tote bags. We went Around The Dial with Love Is Blind's sixth season, So You Think You Can Dance's surprise return, and Sarah's belated finishing of The Good Fight, and then we threw Tubi's tortured new brand identity into the ring of Will Dave Hate This?. Wendy told us about Tasha Yar in her Canon pitch for a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode before Netflix won, Paramount+ lost, and we confronted time rifts of our own during Game Time. Diaphragms, double spaces, and thee: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ—ฝ Elsbeth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฏ Love Is Blind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ So You Think You Can Dance Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Good Fight Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿงช Tubi branding The Canon: ๐Ÿช Star Trek: The Next Generation S03.E15: Yesterday's Enterprise Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Netflix Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Paramount+ Game Time: โฐ Where In Time Are These Nielsen Ratings? SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 501 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿธ More on Adam's Muppets podcast,ย Muppeturgy ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฏ Our discussion ofย Love Is Blindย S05 in EHG 478 ๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ The Tubi rebrand announcement ๐Ÿด Tara'sย Dick Turpinย review at Cracked ๐Ÿ“ป Sarah'sย As We Speak: Rap Music On Trialย review at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Elizabeth Fisher / CBS
06/03/24โ€ข1h 39m

500: Buying Our Tickets To The Shลgun Show

James Clavell's doorstop of a novel Shลgun was already adapted as a network miniseries when your three regular panelists were all kids. Now it's getting a cable and streaming take, and you know what that means: beheadings and boobs! Variety TV critic Alison Herman returns to join us in describing everything ELSE that's also going on. Around The Dial takes us through S03 of Abbott Elementary, S02 of Tokyo Vice, and the grand (or is it) finale of True Detective: Night Country. Returning submitter Francoise makes a case for the Better Things episode "Rising" to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to The One Where We Wonder What Time It Is (it's Game Time). Put on your most sumptuous silks and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alison Herman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฏ Shลgun Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ’ Abbott Elementary Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Tokyo Vice Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฎ True Detective The Canon: ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Better Things Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Glaring SNL band member Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Netflix Game Time: ๐Ÿ† The One With The Canon Episodes SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 500 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alison Herman on Twitter ๐Ÿฏ Alison'sย Shลgunย review ๐Ÿ‘€ Tara's interview withย Late Night With Seth Meyersย writer Sal Gentile about A Closer Look at Cracked ๐Ÿฅ Tara's review ofย The Second Best Hospital In The Galaxyย at Cracked ๐Ÿ“ฐ Alison at Variety ๐Ÿ“š True Detectiveย magazine for sale at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Katie Yu / FX
28/02/24โ€ข59m 48s

499: Slowing Down Game Time For The Listeners

When we threw a Zoom game night over the holidays for our Patreon supporters (hop down to join them!), Dave decided one was too good to play once. So we invited three of our Patreon supporters who hadn't made it to play it again. Listen to hear Taylor, Lucy, and (Bezoar) Laura try to decipher TV theme songs slowed WAY down; then, Dave hops in for a surprise round of 19 Questions. Don't just slow down everything else in your life: put it on pause and join us for this very special episode! TOPICS Game Time: ๐ŸŒ Slowly At First Game Time: ๐Ÿ˜– Revenge Of 19 Questions SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 499 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
21/02/24โ€ข1h 12m

498: On The Scent Of Tracker

This year, Super Bowl home CBS gambled its coveted post-game time slot on a brand-new action drama called Tracker; David J. Roth joins us for a conversation on, among other things, how it stacks up to the similarly-named Reacher. Around The Dial takes us through The Amazing Race, This Fool, Kings From Queens, and Griselda. Tara pitches the Primo episode "The Game Champ" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time located next to either a wormhole or a dolphin tank. Hop in your RV and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค David J. Roth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฃ Tracker Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ The Amazing Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง This Fool Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Kings From Queens Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš Griselda The Canon: ๐ŸŽฒ Primo S01.E04: The Game Champ Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Eric Deggans Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Holly Marie Combs and Wil Wheaton Game Time: ๐Ÿฌ Before & After: Deep Six Twelve Edition SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 498 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒค๏ธ David J. Roth on Bluesky ๐Ÿ‘ฃ "It's Tracker" at Defector.com ๐Ÿˆ Tara's ranking of every Super Bowl lead-out at Cracked ๐Ÿšซ Tara's Dos & Don'ts of action comedies at Cracked โ™จ๏ธ "It Is Now Time To Discuss Jack Reacher Throwing A Grill At A Guy" at Defector ๐Ÿ‘‘ Sarah'sย King From Queensย review at Best Evidence ๐ŸŽฒ Tara'sย Primoย review at Cracked ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Tara's Shea Serrano interview at Cracked ๐Ÿ“š Eric Deggans's bookย Race Baiterย at Bookshop.org ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Lindsay Siu / CBS
14/02/24โ€ข1h 27m

497: Playing House With Mr. And Mrs. Smith

Mr. And Mrs. Smith is back, in TV form, on Amazon Prime, and Sarah Baker is back, in fine form, to talk about it: whether it improves on the movie, how we feel about leads Donald Glover and Maya Erskine's chemistry, how many Brooklyn landmarks Sarah D. Bunting zoomed in on for confirmation, and what the Phoebe Waller-Bridge iteration of the show might have looked like. Then we went Around The Dial with Clone High, The Floor, Fargo, and Law & Order: SVU; and Buntsy stayed in the Order-verse to declare that she's NOT a crackpot for thinking Tony Goldwyn should play his Criminal Intent character on Mothership even though that character is dead. Alan Partridge won, Alyssa Milano lost, and we all tried to guess the horndog hearts of IMDb searchers in Game Time. This time it's cake AND death in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Sarah Baker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Mr. And Mrs. Smithย  Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฌ Clone Highย  Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง  The Floorย  Around The Dial: โ„๏ธ Fargoย  Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ Law & Order: Special Victims Unitย  I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿฅœ Tony Goldwyn on L&O The Canon: ๐Ÿฉบ M*A*S*H S03.E11: Adam's Ribs Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Alan Partridge Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Alyssa Milano Game Time: ๐Ÿ“ˆ TV Popularity Contest SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 497 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ˜ข Watch Sarah Baker inย Go Onย on Peacock โš–๏ธ Deadline on Tony Goldwyn joiningย Law & Order ๐Ÿ’€ Fandom Wikia on Frank Goren's canonical deadness ๐Ÿงฌ Tara'sย Clone Highย review at Cracked.com ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs: The Weird Al vs. Everybody season ๐ŸฅŠ The latest round of Milano vs. Everybody... ๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ...and Milano's stylist vs. Milano ๐ŸŒด Upcomingย Again With Again With Thises will dig into theย Charmedย contretemps ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: David Lee / Prime Video
07/02/24โ€ข1h 28m

496: Does Masters Of The Air Take Flight?

With Masters Of The Air, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have, once again, teamed up to tell a story of troops in the Second World War; Jeff Drake returns to discuss whether it soars, or never quite leaves the runway. Around The Dial takes us through a midseason Married At First Sight check-in; Season 1 of The Traitors; Bluey; and an Edgar Allan Poe episode of Homicide: Life On The Street. Jeff presents the Colin From Accounts episode "Toyota Cressida" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's fun much more than a third of the time. Fasten your seatbelt and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: โœˆ๏ธ Masters Of The Air Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช The Traitors Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ซ Homicide: Life On The Street The Canon: ๐Ÿฆฎ Colin From Accounts S01.E03: Toyota Cressida Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kate Hudson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Bravo Game Time: 3๏ธโƒฃ Third Word Problems SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 496 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Jeff Drake on Bluesky ๐Ÿ˜ฌ "All Of The Allegations Against Director Cary Fukunaga" at TheCut.com ๐Ÿ˜† Tara at Cracked.com ๐Ÿ›ฌ Jet Lag: The Game on YouTube.com ๐Ÿ˜ก The 9 Chickweed Rage podcast ๐Ÿ”ซ Homicide: Life On The Streetย S04.E07: "Heartbeat" on Dailymotion ๐Ÿฆข Feud: Capote vs. The Swansย prep list at Best Evidence at Reality Blurred ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Apple
31/01/24โ€ข1h 21m

495: Dry January Forcenings

We are off this week due to a family emergency but we bring you a couple choice cuts from the EHG Club archive. EEHG 223: Tara Forces Dave To Watchย Aliceย S06.E10: The Wild One Remember the 70s and 80s when our greatest collective fear was that bikers would just grab a waitress from a diner and make her join their gang? EEHG 216: Dave Forces Tara To Watchย Ancient Aliensย S13.E05: The Desert Codes We close out our โ€œDry Januaryโ€ Forcening miniseries with Daveโ€™s imposition on Tara: an episode of Ancient Aliens all about how desert geoglyphs were probably definitely designed by aliens as a way for humans to communicate with them. โ€œWhy?โ€ Shut up, thatโ€™s why! SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 495 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Watchย Aliceย S06.E01: The Wild One on YouTube ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Watchย Ancient Aliensย S13.E05: The Desert Codes on Hulu CLUB-ONLY NOTES ๐Ÿ”ฅ EHG Club Perk Links & How-To ๐Ÿ’ฌ Get On Our Community Discord
24/01/24โ€ข50m 58s

494: Monsieur Spade Is A Mixed Baguette

Mon dieu: Dashiell Hammett's legendary P.I. Sam Spade is back on AMC -- and because he's now noiring it up in the south of France, legendary Gallic guest Mademoiselle Caroline is back to talk about it. Is the limited series too long, or not long enough? How well does star Clive Owen contend with the character's, and Humphrey Bogart's, legend? And should we strike until we get the full-frontal outtakes from the swimming scenes? Later, we went Around The Dial with Mr. Bates Vs. The Post Office, So Help Me Todd, and For All Mankind, and Tara tried to paint a pretty picture of a King Of Queens episode for the Canon. Clone High won, Julia lost, and WE may have gotten lost in translation in a French-themed Non-Regulation Game Time. It's an all-new Extra Hot Great, and c'est magnifique. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Caroline Lefloch TOPICS Lead Topic: โ™ ๏ธ Monsieur Spade Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฌ Mr. Bates Vs. The Post Office Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ So Help Me Todd Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ For All Mankind The Canon: ๐Ÿคด๐Ÿป The King Of Queens S08.E17: Present Tense Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Clone High Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Julia Game Time: ๐Ÿฅ– Ah Ah Ah, En Franรงais SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 494 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“œ "How A Script Doctor Found His Own Voice" inย The New Yorker ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš€ Theย For All Mankindย Canon presentation inย EHGย 486 ๐Ÿ‘‘ The firstย King Of Queensย Canon attempt inย EHGย 240 ๐Ÿฆค King Of Queens's top 50 episodes ranked at Vulture ๐Ÿงธ Tara onย Tedย at Cracked.com โš”๏ธ Tara demands justice forย Son Of Zorn ๐ŸŽพ Joe onย Break Point ๐Ÿ”ช How true-crimey is Leonardo DiCaprio's c.v.? ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Jean-Claude Lother / AMC CLUB-ONLY NOTES ๐Ÿ”ฅ EHG Club Perk Links & How-To ๐Ÿ’ฌ Get On Our Community Discord
17/01/24โ€ข1h 14m

493: Recording Our Thoughts On Criminal Record

AppleTV+'s latest very polished drama, Criminal Record, is about race and corruption in London's Metropolitan police force; Brandi Brown takes a break from cozy mysteries to discuss whether this copperganda is worth watching. Around The Dial takes us through Grimsburg, Julia, The Gilded Age (including a Tiny Triumph from Brandi), Break Point, and The Bob Newhart Show. Past guest Ilan pitches Shoresy's "Players Wanted" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time about screens big and small. Make yourself a nice cup of tea and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brandi Brown TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Club Campaign Update Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’‚๐Ÿป Criminal Record Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Grimsburg Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ– Julia Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ The Gilded Age Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽพ Break Point Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ The Bob Newhart Show The Canon: ๐Ÿ’ Shoresy S02.E04: Players Only Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jeremy Allen White Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Pat McAfee Game Time: ๐ŸŽฌ Small Silver Screen SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 493 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Brandi Brown on Bluesky ๐Ÿ“ธ Brandi on Instagram ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Tara's review ofย Grimsburgย at Cracked.com ๐Ÿฅ‡ Tara's interview with Shea Serrano at Cracked.com ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Buy tickets to see Brandi Brown with headliner River Butcher at Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis February 7-10 ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Comedy Night at The Mudd Room in Mendota, MN, where you can see Brandi on February 14 ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: AppleTV+
10/01/24โ€ข1h 23m

492: Merging, Cycling, And Offending Absolutely Everyone

Some of you might have made a New Year's resolution to watch less bad TV. Couldn't be us: we've decided to face bad TV head-on with this special all-Nonac episode. Sean pitches an infamous Survivor about sexual harassment among players. Erica dares us to watch a Monty Python's Flying Circus that breaks from both standard episode structure and good taste. And Franรงoise tries to exorcise the nadir of her House rewatch. You may need to suspend Dry January to get through this one, but we hope that won't stop you from joining us! TOPICS The Nonac: ๐Ÿ๏ธ Survivor S39.E08: We Made It To The Merge! The Nonac: ๐ŸŽช Monty Python's Flying Circus S03.E08: The Cycling Tour The Nonac: ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€โš•๏ธ House S02.E13: Skin Deep SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 492 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿช” "Julius Caesar On An Aldis Lamp" on YouTube CLUB-ONLY NOTES ๐Ÿ”ฅ EHG Club Perk Links & How-To ๐Ÿ’ฌ Get On Our Community Discord
03/01/24โ€ข1h 2m

491: New Year, New Thunderdome

It's about to be a new year, so what better topic could there be for a Thunderdome than...the new? With that in mind, we've assembled a list of 27 TV people with "new," "neu," or "noo" in their names, and are subjecting them to mortal combat in rounds of three contestants at a time -- standard Thunderdome stuff -- to see which of them will survive into the new year. Grab your newest headphones and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: โšก๏ธ New Thunderdome SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 491 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
27/12/23โ€ข1h 8m

490: Extra Hot Great Christmas Cheer

We are off this week but we bring you three great presents in the form of three Extra Extra Hot Great episodes from the club vault. EEHG 212: Christmastalgia Sequels to The Santa Clause and A Christmas Story have come to TV this week, so we're sharing the holiday programming of yesteryear we want to see reimagined for TV, and how. EEHG 216: Tara Forces Everyone To Watch A Compilation Of TV Commercials From December 1992 What ads were ABC viewers subjected to during an airing of the Olsen twins-starring TV movie To Grandmother's House We Go? Thanks to YouTube, we know, and we're going to talk about them. EEHG 219: Sarah Forces Everyone To Watch The French Chef S02.E04: Bringing In The New Year! We'd just been talking about Snack vs. Chef with Adam on the main podcast, so we were glad he could join us for a look waaaay back at the grandmama of cooking shows, The French Chef. In this episode, filmed in black and white and aired at the end of 1963, Julia Child rants about crappy kitchenware, coughs on stuff, grosses us out with canned ham...but is her usual welcoming, soothing self, full of practical tips for last-minute appetizers (and trying valiantly not to swear on camera). Join us for a fond reminiscence about monoculture public television and midcentury decor, and Happy New Year! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽ„ Reimagining Classic Christmas TV Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค‘ December 6, 1992 Commercials Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿณ The French Chef S02.E04: Bringing In The New Year! SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 490 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘ผ "It's A Wonderful Plot" at TVTropes.org ๐Ÿ‡ A Claymation Christmas Celebrationย on DailyMotion.com ๐Ÿชจ "Christmas In Clay" at Tedium.co ๐Ÿ’ฐ "ABC TV Commercial Breaks - Dec 6th 1992 - Part One" on YouTube ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿณ Watchย The French Chefย S02.E04 on Pluto TV (it's free!) ๐Ÿด Watch the showย Juliaย on HBO Max ๐ŸŽฅ Watch the documentaryย Julia, also on HBO Max
20/12/23โ€ข53m 32s

489: 2023 Guest Thought Experiments

We made some of our Valued Guests stick around after their tapings and muse about TV in our version of a What If? Find out where their imaginations took them in this very special episode! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง  Guest Thought Experiments SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 489 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
13/12/23โ€ข50m 9s

488: Professor Nick's TV SATs

Do you know what time it is? It's Non-Regulation Game Time, courtesy of our friend Nick Rheinwald-Jones! Get out your No. 2 pencils, because Nick found a vacant high school gym, sat your co-hosts down, and administered The TV SATs. Whose scores will qualify them for consideration at prestigious Hillman College, and who's going to have to settle for Bovine University? Listen to find out! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Game Time: ๐ŸŽ“ The TV SATs SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 488 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
06/12/23โ€ข50m 56s

487: COOP! There He Is

For years, you've heard us sing the D.B. Cooper song; now you're going to hear us talk about him. Just because no one knows what actually happened to Dan Cooper after he jumped out of that plane with a bag full of cash doesn't mean TV writers can't speculate about it in their entirely fictional shows. Three shows -- Leverage, Prison Break, and NewsRadio -- had three very different versions of how he could have ended up; we're leaping in to all three with today's very special episode! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช‚ Leverage S05.E06: The D.B. Cooper Job Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฐ Prison Break S01.E11: And Then There Were 7 Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฅ Buntsy's D.B. Cooper Doc Recs Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ป NewsRadio S05.E06: Jail; S05.E07: The Lam; S05.E08: Clash Of The Titans SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 487 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿช‚ Leverageย S05.E06: The D.B. Cooper Job on Freevee ๐Ÿฐ Prison Breakย S01.E11: And Then There Were 7 on Hulu ๐Ÿ“ป NewsRadioย S05.E06: Jail on The Roku Channel ๐Ÿ“ป NewsRadioย S05.E07: The Lam on The Roku Channel ๐Ÿ“ป NewsRadioย S05.E08: Clash Of The Titans on The Roku Channel ๐Ÿซต I Am DB Cooperย on Prime Video ๐Ÿ‘€ Sarah's review ofย I Am DB Cooperย at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ›ฉ๏ธ The Mystery Of D.B. Cooperย on Prime Video โœ๐Ÿป Sarah's review ofย The Mystery Of D.B. Cooperย at Primetimer ๐Ÿ’ธ https://www.primetimer.com/quickhits/the-mystery-of-db-cooper-gives-an-old-case-new-life ๐Ÿค” Sarah's review ofย DB Cooper, Where Are You?!ย at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Unsolved Mysteriesย S01.E05 on Freevee CLUB-ONLY NOTES ๐Ÿ”ฅ EHG Club Perk Links & How-To ๐Ÿ’ฌ Get On Our Community Discord
29/11/23โ€ข50m 40s

486: Hanging Up The Crown

The Crown is back with the first half (or so) of its final season; as it sends off Princess Diana, Heather Cocks joins us to discuss whether the season had to happen at all. Around The Dial takes us through The Real Housewives Of New York, Killing It, the second season of Julia, and the latest episode of Opera Wars, aka The Gilded Age. Heather makes the case for For All Mankind's "Hi Bob" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time you and all your nieces can enjoy. Shoo out any palace mice and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Heather Cocks TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Crown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™๏ธ The Real Housewives Of New York City Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ๏ธ Love Island: The Game Around The Dial: ๐ŸŠ Killin' It Around The Dial: ๐Ÿณ Julia Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ The Gilded Age The Canon: ๐Ÿช For All Mankind S01.E07: Hi Bob Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Big Little Lies Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tori Spelling Game Time: โœ๐Ÿป Murder, She Wrote? SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 486 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒค๏ธ The Fug Girls on Bluesky ๐Ÿฆƒ Tara's list of the 15 best Thanksgiving sitcom episodes ๐Ÿšฃ๐Ÿป Theย Again With Thisย podcast, soon to start coveringย Dawson's Creek ๐Ÿธ Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan on Substack: Drinks With Broads ๐Ÿ“š Heather Cocks on Bookshop.org ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Trip-tested true crime at BestEvidence.fyi ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Des Willie / Netflix
22/11/23โ€ข1h 31m

485: Going Down Under (Navally) With NCIS: Sydney

Our esteemed colleague Alan Sepinwall is back, mate(y)! An Australian spin-off of an already banal cop-show franchise is maybe not the best use of his time, but we talked about NCIS-franchise stock characters, unmemorable TV for aging parents, and what happens when English actors try to play ugly Americans. Later, we went Around The Dial with The Curse, The O.C., and Murder One before wondering whether God is dead during Mike's The Leftovers Canon presentation. Alex P. Keaton won, Nickelodeon execs lost, and Game Time had us Quantum Leap-ing into TV characters -- all that and more on an all-new Extra Hot Great, oh boy! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿจ NCIS: Sydney Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŒŸ The Gilded Age Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ The Curse Around The Dial: ๐ŸŠ The O.C. Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Murder One The Canon: ๐Ÿฆ The Leftovers S03.E05: It's A Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Still Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Unnamed Nickelodeon pilot Game Time: โš›๏ธ Quantum Leaping 2 SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 485 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“š Pre-order Alan Sepinwall's latest book,ย Welcome to The O.C.! ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Alan's review ofย The Curseย forย Rolling Stone ๐Ÿ™€ And Tara's for Cracked ๐Ÿ”ช An entirely differentย Murder Oneย at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Daniel Asher Smith / Paramount+
15/11/23โ€ข1h 11m

484: Sharing Arrr Views On The Buccaneers

AppleTV+'s new dramedy is a series adaptation of the famously unfinished Edith Wharton novel The Buccaneers; Margaret H. Willison joins us to discuss how it compares to the many other current and recently past entires into the thriving genre of corset TV. Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Beckham, and Get Gotti, with just a little bit more on The Gilded Age than we already discussed in relation to our lead topic. Erin makes the case for the Spaced episode "Gone" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winners and Losers, we ROLE into a returning Game Time! Find a little time to yourself -- a nine-day Atlantic crossing should be plenty -- and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Margaret Willison TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Quick Club Plug Lead Topic: ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ The Buccaneers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: โšฝ๏ธ Beckham Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ซ Get Gotti Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’› The Gilded Age The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Spaced S02.E05: Gone Winner & Loser: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ American Sports Story Winner & Loser: ๐ŸŒ™ After Midnight Game Time: ๐ŸŽฒ Re-Re-Role Playing Game SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 484 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ธ Margaret H. Willison on Instagram ๐Ÿ† Tara onย FBoy Islandย host Nikki Glaser, at Cracked ๐Ÿ“บ Theย Appointment Televisionย podcast ๐Ÿ‘ญ The Two Bossy Dames newsletter ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sarah'sย Get Gottiย review at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ“š John Gotti at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: AppleTV+
08/11/23โ€ข1h 27m

483: Planning A Stay With Fellow Travelers

Showtime's new limited series, Fellow Travelers, takes us back to the 1950s AND the 1980s via Matt Bomer's closeted Don Draper-esque life and loves -- and the great Joe Reid is back in the guest chair to talk about whether the whole is less than the sum of a few very good parts; what Roy Cohn content might do a better job with midcentury context than this show; and how much sex creates character development. Then we went Around The Dial with Everyone Else Burns, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Paramount+'s Milli Vanilli documentary, and Tara plotted to get a tenth (!) Simpsons episode into the Canon. Seth Rogen's ceramics hobby won, an ex-SNL writer lost, and we piled into the virtual minivan for a road-trippy Game Time. Moisturize your necks: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงณ Fellow Travelers Around The Dial: โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Everyone Else Burns Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš๏ธ The Fall Of The House Of Usher Around The Dial: ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Our Flag Means Death Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Milli Vanilli The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿฆฒ The Simpsons S08.E16: Brother From Another Series Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Seth Rogen Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Kevin Brennan Game Time: ๐Ÿ“ The Great American TV Road Trip SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 483 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿงณ Joe's review ofย Fellow Travelersย at Primetimer ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Joe Reid on Bluesky ๐Ÿ† This Had Oscar Buzzย on Patreon ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Vultureโ€™s Movie Fantasy League ๐Ÿ˜† Tara on the best imported comedies to stream right now at Cracked ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songsย on Patreon ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Ben Mark Holzberg / SHOWTIME
01/11/23โ€ข1h 29m

482: Spending Time With Bodies

Bodies is the latest comic book to get a limited series adaptation at Netflix; Devindra Hardawar returns to discuss its many storylines, and timelines! Around The Dial takes us through Savior Complex; RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop; and (speaking of multiple timelines) various different iterations of Alfred Hitchcock on TV. Erin presents the series premiere of Starstruck for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we compete in a Game Time that's all 1s and 0s. Grab your badge and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Devindra Hardawar TOPICS Lead Topic: โณ Bodies Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜‡ Savior Complex Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆพ RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช The Alfred Hitchcock Hour The Canon: ๐Ÿคฉ Starstruck S01.E01: NYE Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Coach K Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž SAG-AFTRA Game Time: ๐Ÿค– I, Robot SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 482 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Devindra Hardawar on Twitter โš–๏ธ "A Missionary On Trial" atย The New Yorker ๐Ÿ‘„ Tara'sย Big Mouthย S07 review ๐Ÿฆพ "'RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop' - Four-Part Docuseries Premieres August 29 on SCREAMBOX" at BloodyDisgusting.com ๐ŸŽž๏ธ The Film Castย podcast ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ’ป Devindra at Engadget ๐Ÿ”ช The New Alfred Hitchcock Presentsย playlist on YouTube ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“š The EHG listener discount at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Matt Towers / Netflix
25/10/23โ€ข1h 17m

493: Frasier Has Not Left The Building

Appointment Television and Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham returns to talk about the return of Frasier, and whether it was necessary. Should the creators have taken a hint from the universe (and David Hyde Pierce)? Could the re-imagining of the beloved original have worked with a few conceptual tweaks? Would we advise you to watch it, or take Eddie for a walk instead? Later, we went Around The Dial with Shining Vale's second season, Home Movies, AHS: Roanoke, and updates on Devil's Plan and House Of Usher, then pinned on our corsages for a Canon entry on a super-size episode of The Venture Bros.. JFK won, walkers lost, and points for trying was more than a metaphor in a b-b-b-b-brilliant Game Time. We'll meet you at the copyright-compliant local tavern for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Andrew Cunningham TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅ— Frasier Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Shining Vale Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“น Home Movies Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšข American Horror Story: Roanoke Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ The Devil's Plan Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš๏ธ The Fall Of The House Of Usher The Canon: โœŒ๏ธ The Venture Bros. S04.E16: Operation P.R.O.M. Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ JFK Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Results-oriented on-TV guide grids Game Time: ๐Ÿ“ฏ B-B-B-B-Broadcast! SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 493 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿณ Tara's review of theย Frasierย reboot at Cracked ๐ŸฅŒ Alan Sepinwall's atย Rolling Stone ๐Ÿฅพ More on the reboot's Twitter origins at Vulture โ˜•๏ธ 130 animators remake "My Coffee With Niles" one frame at a time ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Andrew at Ars Technica โณ Andrew onย The Wheel Of Time ๐Ÿ“บ Theย Appointment Televisionย podcast ๐Ÿ”ช Tara reviewsย Shining Valeย S02 at Cracked ๐Ÿšข EHGย 135 with Tara and Eve Batey talking aboutย AHS: Roanoke โš“๏ธ Tara'sย Roanokeย coverage from Previously.TV ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Pamela Littky / Paramount+
18/10/23โ€ข1h 25m

480: Testifying On The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The latest screen adaptation of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial was directed by the late William Friedkin and premiered on Paramount+ With Showtime, which means we can claim it as TV and we have; certified film critic Tim Grierson returns to discuss it! Around The Dial takes us through Our Flag Means Death S02, comedy specials from John Mulaney and (separately) Taylor Tomlinson, The Restaurant, and The Devil's Plan. Bezoar Laura presents the Scrubs episode "My Screw Up" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new season of Game Time by regarding some TV stars who crossed over into the movies. Put on your dress blues and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Tim Grierson TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Patreon Update! Lead Topic: ๐Ÿšข The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Around The Dial: ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Our Flag Means Death Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Stand Up For Parents Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ– The Restaurant The Canon: ๐Ÿฉป Scrubs S03.E14: My Screw Up Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Turn-On Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Teresa Giudice Game Time: ๐Ÿ† The Nominees Were... SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 480 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Tim Grierson on Twitter ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Tara's review ofย Our Flag Means Deathย S02 ๐ŸŽฅ Tim's book,ย How To Make A Movie, at Bookshop.org ๐Ÿฟ GriersonLeitch.com ๐ŸŽถ Wilco The Podcastย on Apple Podcasts ๐Ÿ "Spaghetti Western" at NYMag.com ๐Ÿ“ฐ Eve Batey, Marcia Chatelain, and Sarah on food crime at The Docket ๐Ÿ‘พ Turn-Onย E01 ๐Ÿ’พ Turn-Onย E02 ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Paramount Pictures
11/10/23โ€ข1h 18m

479: Gen V's Good Genes

Amazon Prime takes us back to the Vought cinematic universe with Gen V, a The Boys spinoff of sorts about up-and-coming college "supes" -- and we're glad Nick Rheinwald-Jones could join us to talk about whether it's a TV campus worth visiting, plus the pleasures of thorough world-building, CGI peens, and putting the grodiest deaths out of frame. We went Around The Dial with Starstruck, Only Connect, and the first season of Feud, then headed out to Neptune, CA for Sarah's Canon presentation on the Veronica Mars pilot. Kevin James won, Linda Fairstein lost, and we all gathered around the non-regulation piano for another round of Tube Tunes in Game Time. Add this all-new Extra Hot Great to your core listening curriculum today! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ† Canon Levels Low! Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงช Gen V Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฉ Starstruck Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ข Only Connect Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคบ Feud The Canon: ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Veronica Mars S01.E01: Pilot Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kevin James Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Linda Fairstein Game Time: ๐ŸŽถ Tube Tunes XIII SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 479 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿงช Tara'sย Gen Vย review at Cracked ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ Chance Perdomo's "explanation" of his social-media challenges ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Nick Rheinwald-Jones at SpyBrunch.com ๐ŸŒค๏ธ Nick on Bluesky ๐Ÿ’— Tara on romcom creators at Cracked ๐Ÿ“š Save some money at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Brooke Palmer / Prime Video
04/10/23โ€ข1h 14m

478: Side-Eyeing The Season 5 Premiere Of Love Is Blind

Love Is Blind is back with a whole new crop of singles willing to try their luck at finding love sight unseen; Tara's fellow Coelenologist Brittany Luse returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through American Horror Story, Still Up, and the AppleTV+ documentary feature Still. Theresa pitches the third episode of Normal People for the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that feels really connected to you already. Grab your gold goblet and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brittany Luse TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Patreon Drive Update Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿฆฏ Love Is Blind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช American Horror Story: Delicate Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒœ Still Up Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซจ Still The Canon: โ˜˜๏ธ Normal People S01.E03 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The WGA Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Oprah Winfrey Game Time: ๐Ÿ”Œ Also Also Connect SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 478 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Brittany Luse on Twitter ๐ŸŒ› Tara'sย Still Upย review at Cracked โฑ๏ธ Theย It's Been A Minuteย podcast ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songsย on Patreon ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
27/09/23โ€ข1h 12m

477: Should You Go For The Gold?

Al Lowe Huff drags in a portable smelter -- and Dave gets high off the fumes -- for The Gold, a six-part scripted story about the 1983 Brink's Mat robbery in the UK. We're talking about proportions of process-iness, the class struggle in South London, and how much BAFTA-bait monologuing is too much, before we go Around The Dial with The Other Black Girl, Harry Wild, Whitstable Pearl, and Cagney & Lacey. (And Sean Connery. Don't ask.) Then Laura unfurled HER list of reasons we should consider a My Name Is Earl episode for the Canon. Disney won, Jeremy Strong lost, and we tried to connect the TV dots in Game Time. Put your corrupt lawyer on speed-dial for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Allison Lowe Huff TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅ‡ The Gold Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿพ The Other Black Girl Around The Dial: ๐Ÿป Harry Wild Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆช Whitstable Pearl Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Cagney And Lacey The Canon: ๐Ÿ“œ My Name Is Earl S02.E05: Van Hickey Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Disney Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Jeremy Strong Game Time: ๐Ÿ”Œ Also Connect SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 477 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘‘ Dave summonsย The Goldย into existence inย EEHGย 017 ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Tara's review ofย Krapopolis ๐Ÿš๏ธ Sarah's review ofย Amityville: An Origin Story ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Sally Mais / Tannadice Pictures / Paramount+
20/09/23โ€ข1h 21m

476: Rocking The Cradle With The Changeling

AppleTV+'s latest sci-fi series is the "modern fairy tale" The Changeling; Dan Cassino returns to discuss what, if anything, we'd have liked to see change. Around The Dial takes us through BS High, Season 2 of Wheel Of Time, the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Murder, She Wrote. Eleanor pitches the Project Runway episode "A Suitable Twist" for induction into The Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's time for us to stagger into a Non-Regulation Game Time, hoping our brains don't fail us. Put your baby (or is it) down for a nap and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Cassino TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿพ The Changeling Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ BS High Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ž Wheel Of Time Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Iron Chef Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ Murder, She Wrote The Nonac: ๐Ÿ’ƒ Project Runway S13.E05: A Suitable Twist Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Fans of The Brady Bunch Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Drew Barrymore Game Time: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ He's In The Walking Dead?! SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 476 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โ˜๏ธ Dan Cassino on Bluesky ๐Ÿซฅ "The Changeling's Problem With a Disappearing Woman" at NewRepublic.com ๐Ÿšฝ Tara's piece on the end ofย How To With John Wilsonย at Cracked ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Showย podcast ๐Ÿ˜ค Gender Threat, the book Dan co-authored with Yasemin Besen-Cassino, on Bookshop.org ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: AppleTV+
13/09/23โ€ข1h 19m

475: TV Boss Thunderdome

To mark another Labor Day, we're turning our attention to TV bosses -- specifically, putting them all in a geodesic dome in a radiation-ravaged Australian Outback, and determining which of them would survive mortal combat with one another. We can say for certain that the ultimate victor will surprise you...but they surprised us! Listen for all the bloody speculation. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘” TV Boss Thunderdome SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 475 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
06/09/23โ€ข1h 26m

474: In Not-So-Hot Pursuit Of Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn

Stephanie Green is back to talk about a too-long, badly structured true-crime series from AppleTV+, and the many opportunities Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn wastes to tell a good story. Sarah thought it had nonfiction The Morning Show vibes, a characterization Tara resented; listen to our correct-length, non-backloaded conversation and see if you agree! We went Around The Dial with The Ultimatum, Sister Wives, 90 Day UK, and Project Greenlight, and Tara was NOT a crackpot about DIY haircuts on Ahsoka. Listener Jeff begged us to Please Like Me -- well, a third-season episode, anyway -- in this week's Canon segment, and then Adriana La Cerva won and Doogie Kamealoha lost before we all walked down the aisle for Game Time. About to flee the country? Download this all-new episode to your lawyer's hard-drive and hit the road! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephanie Green TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš™ Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™… The Ultimatum Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Sister Wives Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 90 Day UK Around The Dial: ๐ŸŸข Project Greenlight I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Ahsoka Haircuts The Canon: ๐Ÿ’Š Please Like Me S03.E04: Natural Spring Water Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Drea de Matteo Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ I Do, Or Maybe I Don't SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 474 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โœ๏ธ Stephanie Early Green's website ๐Ÿ’• Stephanie talks aboutย Please Like Meย in episode 306 ๐Ÿง‘โ€โœˆ๏ธ Tara on the 50 greatest sitcom pilots at Cracked ๐Ÿ”Ž BestEvidence.fyi ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: AppleTV+
30/08/23โ€ข1h 18m

473: This Week In EHG Anniversary TV History

To celebrate the 10th (!!!) anniversary of EHG Mark II, we're flashing back to the week of August 17-23 in historical TV listings. Our time travel takes us back to 2003 for the fourth-season finale of The Amazing Race; to 2012, for a trip to the Hamptons with Royal Pains; and to the very day of our first episode to watch Lance Reddick's visit to NTSF: SD: SUV::. Join us as we revisit Augusts past! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒŽ The Amazing Race S04.E13: It's Like Adam Building His First House! Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฉบ Royal Pains S04.E10: Who's Your Daddy Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ซ NTSF:SD:SUV:: S03.E05: TGI Murder Game Time: โŒ›๏ธ In The Year 2013 SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 473 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Lance Reddick as Todd Broger
23/08/23โ€ข1h 2m

472: Should You Pick Up Telemarketers?

HBO's newest true crime docu-series, Telemarketers, a look at a New Jersey phone scam; Robert Krut returns to discuss it, and brings personal stories to share! Around The Dial takes us through Winning Time, Poker Face, and Painkiller. Bobby pitches the Atlanta episode "Woods" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes us, and our bidding acumen, back to the Garden State. Hang up on that Likely Scam and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Robert Krut TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Club Campaign Update Lead Topic: โ˜Ž๏ธ Telemarketers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ Winning Time Around The Dial: โ™ ๏ธ Poker Face Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Š Painkiller The Canon: ๐ŸŒฒ Atlanta S02.E08: Woods Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Sam Levinson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Sam Levinson Game Time: ๐Ÿ„ Garden State TV SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 472 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ธ Bobby Krut on Instagram ๐Ÿ’‰ Patton Oswalt's "Toronto Open Mic" on YouTube ๐Ÿ‘น Holy Hellย on Peacock ๐Ÿ€ 30 For 30's "Celtics/Lakers: Best Of Enemies" on ESPN ๐Ÿค˜ Tara onย The Osbournesย andย At Home With The Furysย for Cracked ๐Ÿฆ Bobby on X ๐Ÿชถ Bobby's website ๐Ÿง  Theย Mastermindsย Crazy Eddie episode, on YouTube ๐Ÿ’Š Sarah's fullย Painkillerย review at Best Evidence ๐Ÿš— "An Open Letter To David Simon, Who Tweeted NYC Is 'On The Make' Because He Got A $50 Speeding Ticket" at HellGate ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: HBO
16/08/23โ€ข1h 15m

471: Getting Cozy In Only Murders In The Building

Only Murders In The Building is back for a third season of death, mayhem, and...theatre? New guest David Wiebe joins us to discuss all the players new and old. Around The Dial takes us through Physical, Letterman Originals on YouTube, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and Star Trek's Paramount+ branding. Julie pitches The Bear's Season 1 episode "Dogs" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a highly questionable Game Time. Grab your Beats and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค David Wiebe TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Patreon Snafu & Crisistunity Lead Topic: ๐Ÿข Only Murders In The Building Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™€๏ธ Physical Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒƒ Letterman Originals Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ–– Star Trek The Canon: ๐Ÿป The Bear S01.E04: Dogs Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Suits Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Church Of Scientology Game Time: ๐Ÿค” 19 Questions: Wiebe Edition SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 471 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ David Wiebe on Twitter ๐Ÿข Tara's post onย Only Murders In The Buildingย at Cracked ๐Ÿถ "Can Comedy Shows Please Stop Killing Dogs For Laughs?" at Cracked [warning: spoilers] ๐ŸŒƒ Letterman Originals on YouTube ๐Ÿก Barbie: Life In The Dreamhouseย on Netflix ๐Ÿฆ Big House Stories on Twitter ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Sarah on Anthony Bourdain at the Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Patrick Harbron / Hulu
09/08/23โ€ข1h 19m

470: Don't Let Reservation Dogs Lie

Reservation Dogs is back on FX/Hulu this week, and Variety's Alison Herman is back on EHG to talk about the show's final season: realistic teenage-character arcs, spiritual cousins to Atlanta, and the meanings of "home." We went Around The Dial with This Fool, Minx's second season, and Hunted, aka "the darkest Amazing Race" (which we completely forgot we covered the American version of in a long-ago episode) before Tara took the solo on a Girls5Eva Canon pitch. The Glovers' future won, the former Arrow lost, and we set our minds to siblings of the small screen in Game Time. The bus is leaving, so charge up your phone for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alison Herman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชถ Reservation Dogs Around The Dial: โ˜•๏ธ This Fool Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† Minx Around The Dial: ๐Ÿน Hunted The Canon: ๐Ÿˆ Girls5Eva S02.E06: B.P.E. Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Glover Brothers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Stephen Amell Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘ฏ Sibling Rivalry SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 470 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alison on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฐ Alison Herman at Variety ๐Ÿชถ Alison's review ofย Reservation Dogs ๐Ÿคฌ Tara talksย Citadelย on theย Appointment Televisionย podcast ๐Ÿ”ฆ Sarah reviewsย Huntedย on Best Evidence ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ Weย reviewedย Hunted U.S.ย in episode 142 with Monty Ashley; oops ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Shane Brown / FX
02/08/23โ€ข1h 15m

469: Should You Revere Praise Petey?

Ex-SNL head writer Anna Drezen teamed up with King Of The Hill co-creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge on Praise Petey, the story of a New York girl boss taking over her late father's doomsday cult; we tell you whether it's...well, doomed. Around The Dial takes us through the re-re-revived Futurama, the spinoff XO, Kitty, and the true crime miniseries Myth Of The Zodiac Killer. Mlle. Caroline presents the Abbott Elementary episode "Candy Zombies" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time we can really sink our teeth into. Take a break from preparing a beloved character actor for human sacrifice and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nadia Chaudhury TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸงŽโ€โ™‚๏ธ Praise Petey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค– Futurama Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’‹ XO, Kitty Around The Dial: โ™‹๏ธ Myth of the Zodiac Killer The Canon: ๐Ÿซ Abbott Elementary S02.E06: Candy Zombies Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jeopardy Winners Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Al "Bubba" Baker Game Time: ๐Ÿ• The Leftovers SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 469 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โŒ Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter ๐Ÿ™ Tara'sย Praise Peteyย review at Cracked ๐Ÿค– Tara'sย Futuramaย S11 review at Cracked ๐ŸŒฎ Eater Austin ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ BestEvidence.fyi ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Freeform
26/07/23โ€ข1h 4m

468: Should You Visit Justified: City Primeval?

Justified is back, and so is Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about it: vibes versus process, when you can't replace Walton Goggins, what great villains know about themselves, and whether (...sigh) Kentucky was a character in the original. Then we went Around The Dial with The Real Housewives Of Jenna Ly-- er, New York, Project Greenlight, Dennis Quaid's Full Circle coif, and Hack My Home before Tara made the case for a second-season Detroiters episode as a Canon gem. Streaming shows won, Zaslav lost, and "band name, called it!" took on new meaning in a tube-tunes-adjacent Game Time from Rebecca. Curl up with a German Shepherd on steroids, take off that clip-on nose ring, and get comfy for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Patreon Update Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค  Justified: City Primeval Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™๏ธ The Real Housewives Of New York City Around The Dial: ๐ŸŸข Project Greenlight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš๏ธ Hack My Home The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘บ Detroiters S02.E04: Trevor Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Streaming shows on broadcast Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž David Zaslav's public Venmo Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽค Tube Tune Crooners SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 468 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter ๐Ÿฆค Kathryn's author page at Vulture ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ "The copaganda piece" by Kathryn, also at Vulture ๐ŸŸข Kathryn onย Project Greenlight ๐Ÿ‘— Tara'sย Stylish With Jenna Lyonsย review at Primetimer ๐Ÿฅ— Fromย Late Night With Seth Meyers, Conner Oโ€™Malleyโ€™s interpretive dance set to the theme ofย Frasier ๐Ÿฅ“ Conner Oโ€™Malley on YouTube ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Tara's Luke Macfarlane interview at Cracked โ›ฒ๏ธ The David Copperfield Niagara Falls watch-along for Listen To Sassy Club members ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Chuck Hodes / FX
19/07/23โ€ข1h 39m

467: Dishing On The Horror Of Dolores Roach

The Horror Of Dolores Roach has evolved from a one-person Broadway play to a podcast to a Prime Video series; Liz Shannon Miller of Consequence.com joins us to discuss the story's final (?) form. Around The Dial takes us through Couples Therapy, My Adventures With Superman, and Last Call. Erica pitches the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Terminal Provocations" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a cryptic, puzzling Game Time. Grab an empanada or two -- filling is up to you -- and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Liz Shannon Miller TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸฅŸ The Horror Of Dolores Roach Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป Couples Therapy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ My Adventures With Superman Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅƒ Last Call The Canon: ๐Ÿ–– Star Trek: Lower Decks S01.E06: Terminal Provocations Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ariana Madix Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Blake Bjornson Game Time: ๐Ÿชข Double Straights SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 467 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Liz Shannon Miller on Twitter ๐Ÿ† "The Best TV Of 2023, So Far" at VanityFair.com ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Liz on Letterboxd ๐Ÿ“ฐ Sign up for Consequence's Stream On newsletter ๐ŸŽ Stream On, on the web ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ’ฐ "Ariana Madix Is Making A Fortune From All This" at The Cut ๐Ÿšจ Alabama TV Reporter Valerie Bell Creates Breaking News At Alleged Crime Scene ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Prime Video
12/07/23โ€ข1h 10m

466: Canada Day Forcenings

For the first week of this July, we decided to honor the other national holiday: Canada Day! And what genre delivers the most CONCENTRATED dose of Canadian TV crappiness? Game shows! Therefore, Dave is forcening Sarah to watch Pitfall; Sarah's forcening Tara to watch Acting Crazy; and Tara's forcening Dave to watch Jackpot. We can't promise you that listening will help you win an 8-and-a-half-pound portable TV, but you should do it anyway! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›— Pitfall Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜œ Acting Crazy Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Jackpot Game Time: ๐Ÿ Canadian Or Something Else? SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 466 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ›— Sarah's forcened episode ofย Pitfallย on YouTube ๐Ÿ˜œ Tara's forcened episode ofย Acting Crazyย on YouTube โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Tara's interview with Maureen Ryan on Cracked.com ๐Ÿ“š Signed copies ofย Last Callย at Exhibit B. ๐Ÿ’ต The 1975 episode of Americanย Jackpotย Dave was initially forcened to watch ๐Ÿ’ฐ Dave's forcened episode of (Canadian)ย Jackpot
05/07/23โ€ข1h

465: Do The Stars Align For I'm A Virgo?

Sorry to Bother You creator Boots Riley is back with a delightful Marxist fairy-tale dramedy (...right? Let's just go with it) on Amazon Prime, and Dan D'Addario is back in the guest chair for the first time since EHG Mark 1 to talk about it: how much overt Marxism it gets away with given where we're watching it, the care of the world-building, Jharrel Jerome's storytelling superpowers, and more. We went Around The Dial with Judge Steve Harvey, And Just Like That..., and McEnroe, and Mlle. Caroline was NOT a crackpot for thinking we don't need pilot episodes anymore. After Tara crammed us all into a phone booth for her Saved By The Bell (2020) Canon presentation, Ryan Seacrest won, Will & Grace lost, and we all made sure to park wheels-in for a Bay-Area-based non-regulation Game Time. Don't let silence happen -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel Dโ€™Addario TOPICS Lead Topic: โ™๏ธ I'm A Virgo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพโ€โš–๏ธ Judge Steve Harvey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘  And Just Like That Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽพ McEnroe Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Secret Invasion I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โœˆ๏ธ Pilots in 2023 The Canon: ๐Ÿ›Ž๏ธ Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E06: Teen-Line Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ryan Seacrest Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Will & Grace Game Time: ๐ŸŒ It's Almost Like The San Francisco Bay Area Is Another Character SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 465 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan D'Addario on Twitter ๐ŸŽฌ Dan at Variety โ™๏ธ Danโ€™s review ofย I'm A Virgo ๐Ÿฆ„ Danโ€™s review ofย The Unicorn ๐Ÿ’ฅ Kelsey Grammer falls off stage ๐ŸŒด Theย Again With Thisย podcast ๐ŸŽถ MASTASย chooses our #FirstNameBasis Top 20 ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Pete Lee / Prime Video
28/06/23โ€ข1h 17m

464: Reflecting On Black Mirror

Black Mirror has returned for Season 6 with five new episodes of (as usual) varying quality; Brandi Brown has also returned to discuss and rank them! Around The Dial takes us through The Righteous Gemstones; Ovation as a background cable channel; Season 2 of The Cleaner on BritBox; and an important line reading from a Camp LeJeune-related class-action legal solicitation commercial. Sarah makes the case for the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Avatar" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's really into labels. Pause the latest hit Streamberry drama and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brandi Brown TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Club Sticker Reminder Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชž Black Mirror Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Ž The Righteous Gemstones Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ Ovation Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงน The Cleaner Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Ridley Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšซ The "No" Challenge The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S09.E02: Avatar Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Shannen Doherty Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dean McDermott Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘ฏ The Game Of The Name SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 464 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Brandi Brown on Twitter ๐Ÿ“œ Terms & Conditions May Applyย on Amazon ๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Ranking the new wigs of theย Righteous Gemstonesย Season 3 premiere, at Cracked ๐Ÿ’Ž Gideon Gemstone Appreciation Post, at Cracked ๐Ÿ‘• The Exhibit B. Books "(allegedly)" t-shirt ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Nick Wall / Netflix
21/06/23โ€ข1h 29m

463: Should You Hang With The Full Monty?

More than a quarter century after The Full Monty unexpectedly charmed movie audiences, the boys are back for a limited-series TV sequel -- and not everyone on the panel is as charmed by Round 2. Mo Ryan returns to the guest chair to talk about unmitigated in "dramedies," whether TFM: The TV Show started as a feature-length sequel, and the correct amount of onscreen nudity. We went Around The Dial with Never Have I Ever, I, Tina, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds before Tara hoped a second-season episode of Reservation Dogs would get adopted into the Canon. Bill Hader won, The Crowded Room lost, and Game Time had us scouring the index of Mo's book. Grab a bag of chips and run: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mo Ryan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ† The Full Monty Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคž Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽถ Tina Around The Dial: โ›ฝ๏ธ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช Star Trek: Strange New Worlds The Canon: ๐Ÿง€ Reservation Dogs S02.E07: Stay Gold Cheesy Boy Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ”ซ Bill Hader Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿšช The Crowded Room Game Time: ๐Ÿ”ฅ 19 Questions: Burn It Down Edition NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 463 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mo Ryan on Twitter โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Buyย Burn It Down ๐Ÿชซ Theย NY Daily Newsย citesย Burn It Downย on Jeff Garlin'sย The Goldbergsย power trip ๐Ÿคจ Garlin denies getting fired toย Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ“œ Tara'sย Based On A True Storyย review at Cracked.com ๐Ÿ’” โ€œAmerica loved Tina Turner. But it wasnโ€™t good to her.โ€ at Andscape.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Ben Blackall / FX
14/06/23โ€ข1h 31m

462: Launching An Investigation On Deadloch

Prime Video's newest international import is Deadloch, an Australian comedy that parodies the tropes of dark season-long murder mysteries from national treasures Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. Actual Australian Anthony Farrell joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Ultimatum: Queer Love, Fear The Walking Dead, and 30 For 30. Julie presents the thirtysomething episode "Mr. Right" for induction into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that has us hearing double. Check your peripherals for Kevin The Seal and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Anthony Farrell TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Lead Topic: ๐Ÿจ Deadloch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’— The Ultimatum Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ Fear The Walking Dead Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ 30 For 30 The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ž thirtysomething S03.E03: Mr. Right Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Somebody Somewhere Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Top Chef Game Time: ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Syllable Bull SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 462 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Anthony on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ˜ Tara'sย Deadlochย review at Cracked ๐Ÿ˜ต Kroll Show's "Dead Girl Town" on YouTube ๐Ÿค  Tara's ATX Festival coverage at Cracked ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Buy Maureen Ryan's bookย Burn It Downย at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Amazon Studios
07/06/23โ€ข1h 5m

461: Sticking Around For I Think You Should Leave

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson is back on Netflix for Season 3, and actor/comedian/media mogul Will Hines is also back to talk about the season's best sketches, unique sketch-show rhythms, and whether Robinson is still TV's best screamer. We went Around The Dial with Platonic, The Night Agent, and Primo, and then relaxed by the pool with Chris's Lodge 49 Canon submission. Kenan Thompson won, Andy Cohen lost, and we rolled the dice in TV real estate during Game Time. Hop off the zipline and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Hines TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿšช I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค Platonic Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒš The Night Agent Around The Dial: โ˜๏ธ Primo The Canon: ๐Ÿ˜ผ Lodge 49 S02.E09: The Reve Impossible Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kenan Thompson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Andy Cohen Game Time: ๐Ÿจ Go Directly To Jail SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 461 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿคฃ Mr. Boop ๐Ÿฅš Alec Robbins's egg-game tweet ๐Ÿฆ Will Hines on Twitter ๐ŸŒŽ CBB World ๐Ÿ“œ More from Will Hines ๐Ÿค Alison Herman's review ofย Platonicย at Variety โœ๏ธ Sarah's coverage ofย The Secrets of Hillsongย atย Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ”ฅ Future guest Mo Ryan's book,ย Burn It Down, as excerpted inย VF ๐Ÿ“บ ATX Festival ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Terence Patrick / Netflix
31/05/23โ€ข1h 15m

460: Can Clone High Duplicate Past Success?

Way way back in the early aughties, we all adored Clone High, an animated satire of Dawson's Creek and its ilk that featured wall-to-wall gags and catchphrases your regular panelists -- and esteemed guest John -- still use to this day. Naturally, we welcomed news of a decades-later second season...but does the show still have the same deranged energy, or is it too careful? We talked about how long it dwells on cancel culture (...sigh), who's the best new clone (and who's our most beloved returning character), and whether this version is getting renewed (spoiler: doubt it). Then we went Around The Dial with Primo, a last-minute Tiny Triumph, Mrs. Davis, and Happy Valley before Tara tried to pile-drive another episode of Glow into the Canon. Jason Momoa won, SVU's casting department lost, and DJ Farnsworth mixed everyone up with a theme-song mash-up Game Time. Try not to burn yourself on an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Patreon Update Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงฌ Clone High Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Primo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ— Mrs. Davis Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Happy Valley The Canon: ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™€๏ธ GLOW S03.E05: Freaky Tuesday Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jason Momoa Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Game Time: ๐ŸŽถ DJ Farnsworth's Fresh Dope Drops SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 460 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿงฌ The original very goodย Clone Highย website on the Wayback Machine ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™‚๏ธ Taraโ€™s review ofย Clone High ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Tara'sย Primoย review for Cracked.com ๐Ÿฆป EEHG 237 onย Mrs. Davis ๐ŸŽง Quaid In Fullย on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฌ GLOWย cast members of color's letter to producers about the show's portrayal of race Screen: Max
24/05/23โ€ข1h 29m

459: Heating Things Up With Our Summer TV Preview

The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are nearly upon us, and there's only one thing on all our minds: what shows are we going to be watching? The New Republic's TV critic Phillip Maciak joins us for the first time as we all share our picks for the shows we're into; the shows we SHOULD be into, but aren't; and the shows we feel NO ONE should be into. Philip makes the case for the pilot of The Americans to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that may require parental guidance. Make yourself a nice Arnold Palmer (or a Negroni; you're an adult) and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Philip Maciak TOPICS Lead Topic: โ›ฑ๏ธ Summer TV Preview The Canon: ๐Ÿช† The Americans S01.E01: Pilot Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Justin Kirk Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tori Spelling Game Time: ๐Ÿผ Nepo Babies Of 21st Century TV SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 459 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Phillip Maciak on Twitter ๐Ÿ“บ Avidly Reads Screen Timeย at NYUPress.org ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Phil atย The New Republic โ˜Ž๏ธ The Best Evidence newsletter -- and hotline, 919.75.CRIME ๐Ÿ”Ž Hey Yahoo!ย preview clip ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Send a question for Ask EHG
17/05/23โ€ข1h 21m

458: Going Down Deep Into Silo

Not content to have bummed us all out with Extrapolations earlier this spring, AppleTV+ is back with yet another grim vision of our environmentally devastated future: Silo! Vanity Fair Chief Critic Richard Lawson returns to discuss it with us. Around The Dial takes us through the new third season of The Other Two, Alex Guarnaschelli's Food Network oeuvre, Secrets Of The Dead, and Star Wars: Visions. Richard makes the case for inducting Australian Survivor S10.E07 into The Canon. Then after naming a bunch of Winners and Losers of the WGA strike (which: solidarity with the workers!), it's on to a high-flying Game Time. Find a source of natural light and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Richard Lawson TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Patreon Updates Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพ Silo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฏ The Other Two Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ› Alex Guarnaschelli's Food Network Shows Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฆ Secrets Of The Dead Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Star Wars: Visions The Canon: ๐Ÿ๏ธ Australian Survivor S10.E07: Episode 7 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Drew Barrymore Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Scab Productions Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โœˆ๏ธ Pilot Test II: Return Flight SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 458 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Richard Lawson on Twitter ๐Ÿ—ผ Richard'sย Siloย review at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ™ˆ "Massive Spoilers!" for theย Siloย book series at HughHowey.com ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Richard's review ofย The Other Twoย at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ˜ข Tara's essay onย The Connersย at Cracked.com ๐Ÿ‘€ Theย Still Watchingย podcast ๐Ÿจ Australian Survivorย S10.E07 on YouTube ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Apple ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Send a question for Ask EHG
10/05/23โ€ข1h 25m

457: Spring Fling Forcenings

When we invited listeners to program this Forcening episode on the theme "Spring Fling," people went wild. Did these selections have us feeling as bright and cheerful as a field of wildflowers, or leave us screaming "MAYDAY"? Listen and find out! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆด Bones S02.E13: The Girl In The Gator Lead Topic: ๐Ÿท Vanderpump Rules S02.E11: The Ultimatum Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ–๏ธ MTV Spring Break 1989 SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 457 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ˜จ Panik Kalm meme ๐Ÿท "'Vanderpump Rules' Fires Stassi Schroeder And Kristen Doute For Racist Actions" at Variety.com ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ "Disgraced Reality Star Stassi Schroeder Is Profiting Off Her Racism -- And Blaming 'Cancel Culture,' Of Course" at TheDailyBeast.com ๐Ÿคณ May 30, 2020: Stassi posts a #justiceforgeorgefloyd video on her Instagram โฌ›๏ธ June 2, 2020: Stassi posts a black square on her Instagram ๐Ÿ—’๏ธ June 7, 2020: Stassi posts a Notes app apology about being racist on her Instagram ๐Ÿช” Gun lamp gift from Stassi's dad on her Instagram ๐Ÿ”ซ Stassi, age 5, posing with a machine gun, posted on her Instagram ๐Ÿฉณ MTV Spring Break 1989 on YouTube ๐ŸŽถ MTV Spring Break 1989 setlists at Setlist.fm
03/05/23โ€ข1h 14m

456: Making Womb For Dead Ringers

Prime Video has reimagined David Cronenberg's classic body horror film Dead Ringers as a series, starring two Rachels Weisz where two Jeremies Irons once were; Vulture's Roxana Hadadi returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Love Is Blind, Seinfeld, and Top Chef World All Stars. We consider a Canon pitch on the Monk episode "Mr. Monk And The Garbage Strike." Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time that will have you seeing double. Put your hair down, or up -- whichever is the opposite of how you started -- and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Roxana Hadadi TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿฅ™ Patreon Campaign Updates Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅ™ Dead Ringers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ™ Love Is Blind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ™ Seinfeld Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ™ Top Chef World All Stars The Canon: ๐Ÿฅ™ Monk S05.E02: Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿฅ™ Gayle King and Charles Barkley Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿฅ™ America's Next Top Model Game Time: ๐Ÿฅ™ Little Twin Stars SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 456 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Roxana Hadadi on Twitter โšฐ๏ธ โ€œThe Strange Death Of The Twin Gynecologistsโ€ cover story from the September 8, 1975 issue ofย New Yorkย magazine ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Tara's Jeff Hiller interview at Cracked ๐Ÿฆค Roxana at Vulture ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books's #asseenonTV section ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Amazon Studios
26/04/23โ€ข1h 13m

455: Is The Final Season of Barry Killing It?

Esther Zuckerman returns to talk about the early going of the final season of Barry, including how we felt about Sally's parents, self-indulgent directing, entertainment-reporter scavenger hunts, and our panel's predictions for how the show ends. Later, we went Around The Dial with Single Drunk Female, Perry Mason, and Somebody Somewhere before putting our (bare) feet up to listen to Esther's The Other Two Canon submission. Brooke Shields won, Netflix's tech problems lost, and musician TV cameos made in encore in Game Time. Take a break from changing your iPhone photo settings: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Esther Zuckerman TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™‚๏ธ Patreon Double Downloads Announcement: ๐Ÿฅณ Ask EHG Goal Hit! Lead Topic: ๐Ÿซ Barry Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Single Drunk Female Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšœ Somebody Somewhere Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ Perry Mason (2020) The Canon: ๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ The Other Two S02.E09: Chase & Pat Are Killing It Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Pretty Baby Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Netflix Game Time: ๐ŸŽธ Tube Tuners Part II SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 455 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Esther Zuckerman on Twitter ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Esther's interview with Henry Winkler onย Thrillist ๐ŸŽฌ Esther's piece on Kelly Reichardt movies for theย New York Times ๐Ÿ‘— Beyond The Best Dressedย at Running Press ๐Ÿฅƒ Tara'sย Single Drunk Femaleย review at Cracked ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ˜ˆ The Listen To Sassy Watch-Along this Friday, April 21:ย She-Devil! ๐Ÿค” Kari'sย Hey Remember The 80sย podcast ๐Ÿ“ป Kari's radio stationย Charlie's 80s Attic ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Merrick Morton / HBO
19/04/23โ€ข1h 13m

454: Chewing Over Beef

Netflix's latest sensational new series is Beef, in which a blood feud breaks out between Angelenos after a road rage incident; Will Leitch is back to dig in on it! Around The Dial takes us through Jury Duty, a new season of baseball, and the doc Reggie. P.A. believes they are not a crackpot for believing all cameos should be four minutes nineteen seconds or less. Will makes the case for the Chernobyl finale "Vichnaya Pamyat" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's right on key. Safely pull over to the shoulder and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅฉ Beef Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ Jury Duty Around The Dial: โšพ๏ธ Baseball Around The Dial: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Reggie Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข Exciting Patreon Update! I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿฅœ Cameos The Canon: โ˜ข๏ธ Chernobyl S01.E05: Vichnaya Pamyat Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ MetalocalypseSlow Horses Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž James Corden Game Time: ๐ŸŽธ Tube Tuners SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 454 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Will Leitch on Twitter ๐Ÿฅฉ "Why 'Beef' Doesn't Focus On Race: 'These Characters Happen To Be Asian American, But There's So Much More To Them" at Variety ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ Tara's post onย Jury Dutyย at Cracked ๐Ÿ“š Will's new novel,ย The Time Has Come, at HarperCollins ๐Ÿ“ฐ Will's newsletter ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Grierson & Leitch ๐ŸŽง Theย Quaid In Fullย podcast ๐Ÿ›น Kari'sย Hey Remember The 80sย podcast ๐Ÿ“ป Kari's radio stationย Charlie's 80s Attic ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Andrew Cooper / Netflix
12/04/23โ€ข1h 26m

453: Should You Press Play On Tetris?

Monty returns to talk about Apple+'s rights-clearance/Cold-War espionage tale, Tetris, and how it stacks up against the actual game. Spoiler: most of the panel would have preferred playing to watching, but we did like some of the performances, and Sarah didn't mind a certain true-crime trifecta. Next, we went Around The Dial with Unstable, The Exhibit, Yellowjackets tasting notes from our esteemed colleague Eve Batey, and a Perry Mason credits game before Monty asked "will they or won't they" about a late-season episode of Moonlighting. Gehrig won, Fleiss lost, and we interrogated the origins of various TV objects in another Game Time round of 19 Questions. Grab a lawyer and your passport, it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Tetris Announcement: ๐Ÿฅน Patreon Update Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš๏ธ Unstable Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽจ The Exhibit Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅฉ Yellowjackets Human Meat Tips Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Perry Mason Game The Nonac: ๐Ÿ‘ถ S05.E01: A Womb With A View Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Lou Gehrig Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Bachelor Nation Game Time: ๐Ÿค” 19 Questions SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 453 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Monty and Rhias vs. Movies ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ The Digital Antiquarian onย Tetris ๐Ÿงฑ A deep dive on Tetris-block names ๐ŸŒบ Tara onย Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.ย at The Daily Beast Obsessed ๐ŸŽง Successionย onย Decoding TV ๐ŸŽจ Doug Dale's Canon pitch forย Work Of Artย in episode 394 ๐Ÿ”ฆ Sarah and Eve at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Apple TV+
05/04/23โ€ข1h 34m

452: Talking Your Ear Off About Yellowjackets

It's time to reconnect with the Wiskayok Yellowjackets in a whole new season of Showtime's runaway hit drama, and Pamela Ribon is back -- with a sober Dave, for a change -- to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us on a real journey through Succession, Be Melodramatic, and Waco: American Apocalypse. Pam takes a big swing by pitching the Girls episode "Japan" for The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time sequel that really sings. (Or, in some cases, forebodingly thrums.) Load yourself up a nice platter of bear meat and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Pamela Ribon TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ข A Second Weekly Episode?! Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ Yellowjackets Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Succession Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Be Melodramatic Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงจ Waco: American Apocalypse The Canon: ๐Ÿœ Girls S05.E03: Japan Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Chris Chalk Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Aaron Sorkin Game Time: ๐Ÿ”Œ Extension Chords II: The Enchordening SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 452 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Pamela Ribon on Twitter ๐ŸŒก๏ธ More details on our new Patreon campaign ๐Ÿซ Theย Sweetbitterย trailer on YouTube ๐Ÿ’ฐ Tara (and herย Successionย recaps) at Decider ๐Ÿฅš Tara's Mae Whitman interview at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ† MyYearOfDicks.com โœ๏ธ Nick Allen's review ofย Waco: American Apocalypseย at RogerEbert.com ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books, where major-case materials are 15% off through March 31 ๐Ÿถ "What It Was Like To Pose Topless (With My Dog) As An Extra On 'Girls' at EliteDaily.com ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ Ashley Park Skechers ad on YouTube ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Showtime
29/03/23โ€ข1h 51m

451: TV Nerd Thunderdome

The Thunderdome is welcoming combatants again, and this time, they're all TV nerds! Will their big, juicy chess club brains serve them, or is it all down to pure brute strength? We tell you EXACTLY how such fights would DEFINITELY go down, as 27 TV nerds enter, leaving just one victorious (and alive) at the end. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค“ TV Nerd Thunderdome NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 451 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
22/03/23โ€ข1h 40m

450: Do You Know What Time It Is? It's Curtain Time!

Dave had collected several different Game Times about the intersection of stage and TV stardom, so what could he do but save them for our most theatre-knowledgeable friends to play in this special episode? Mark Blankenship, Sean Pflueger, and Adam Grosswirth (that was his joke in the episode title) join us to test their memories for stage trivia and their ears for famous stage singers. Those blinking lights mean it's time for you to find your seat and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth ๐Ÿ‘ค Sean Pflueger TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿ† The TVony Awards Game Time: ๐Ÿ“บ From Broadway To The Small Screen Game Time: ๐Ÿ™Œ Jazz Hands 3 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 450 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Sean Pflueger on Twitter
15/03/23โ€ข1h 22m

449: Should You Rock Out With Daisy Jones And The Six?

We're thrilled to welcome first-time guest Kari Race to talk about Amazon's limited-series adaptation of Daisy Jones And The Six; we're less thrilled by the show, which is handsome to look at, but...knows that, and doesn't move fast enough. We also talk about bad wigs, resting dickface, "the Studio 60 rule," and the character whose story we really wanted to see instead. Later, we went Around The Dial with a MAFS micro-update, Cunk On Earth, the new Quantum Leap, and the rogue ampersand of Dick Wolf's Blood & Money. Then Kari served up a third-season episode of Bob's Burgers for the Canon. Toy cars won, Vanderpump stars lost, and we all thanked the Academy (meaning Seth) for an award-winning Game Time. Don't talk to Wig Cop without an attorney present; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kari Race TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅ Daisy Jones And The Six Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ Cunk On Earth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ˜ Quantum Leap (2022) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉธ Blood & Money Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’จ Air Quotes The Canon: ๐Ÿ” Bob's Burgers S03.E12: Broadcast Wagstaff School News Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tom Sandova Game Time: ๐Ÿ† Gold Rush NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 449 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ธ Kari Race on Instagram ๐Ÿงข Theย Hey, Remember The 80's?ย podcast ๐Ÿ“ป Charlie's 80s Atticย online radio station ๐ŸŽถ Pitchfork on the fullย Auroraย release ๐Ÿ“– The biggest changes theย DJAT6ย show made from the book ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿฆณ Tara on Timothy Olyphant's '70s wig at Decider ๐ŸฅŠ Alison Herman's review at The Ringer ๐Ÿ™Š Tara interviews Andrew Byrne about Austin Butler'sย Elvisย voice at GQ.com ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Live-chatting the Oscars Sunday March 12 on the Through Methods Discord ๐Ÿ˜ฉ Blood & Money's Ampersand Of Enragement ๐Ÿ”Ž Best Evidence ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Amazon Prime
08/03/23โ€ข1h 29m

448: Celebrating The Return Of Party Down

If you've been waiting since Party Down's S02 finale in 2010 for your pink-bowtied friends to come back into your life: good news! S03 premiered on Starz last week, and Mark Lisanti has come back to discuss it with us. Around The Dial takes us through The Consultant, Harrison Ford's new TV career, a selection of highlights from Peacock, Yellowjackets, and a horrifying ad for the home repair app Thumbtack. We answer Suley's challenge to create a Downton Abbey spinoff concept in which Lord Grantham loses the family estate on a poor investment. Tara pitches the Wellington Paranormal episode "The Coolening" for submission into The Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and move on to the male half of last week's Re-Role Playing Game. Grab a snack from a passing tray and join us: we ARE having fun yet! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Lisanti TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿพ Party Down Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค The Consultant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜  Harrison Fording Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Yellowjackets Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“Œ Thumbtack Ad Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿป Dowager Dynasty The Canon: ๐Ÿฅ Wellington Paranormal S04.E03: The Cooling Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ It Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Brian Austin Green Game Time: ๐ŸŽญ Re-Role Playing Game: Actor Edition NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 448 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿค Tara's review ofย The Consultantย at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ“š The Exhibit B. Books Older Stock Sale ๐Ÿ“Œ Thumbtack's "Broken Shades" spot โ˜˜๏ธ "Derry Girlsย fans swamp post announcing prequel series to theย Itย horror movies" on IrishPost.com ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Starz
01/03/23โ€ข1h 23m

447: Getting Comfortable With The Company You Keep

The Two Cents Plus Tax podcast's Krystal Farmer is back, and we picked her a good one this time -- to everyone's surprise! ABC's new Soderberghian con-fam rom-com isn't perfect, but it's cast really well, has good romantic andfamilial chemistry, and seems to think it's on premium cable, and for whatever reason, it works for us. (And so, for a change, does Sarah Callies!) After a list of mostly favorable comparisons to other heist shows, we went Around The Dial with Canadian hotel TV, Hunters, The 12th Victim, and Picard before Mlle. Caroline checked the Canon's motion sensors with the pilot episode of Leverage. Poker Face won, FX and On Hulu lost, and Pottsy is fine -- at writing games around actresses' IMDb entries. Finish RSVPing for the Aldis Hodge Appreciation Society banquet later; it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Krystal Farmer TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ The Company You Keep Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆซ Canadian Hotel TV Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘€ Hunters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช The 12th Victim Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช Star Trek: Picard The Canon: ๐Ÿ˜ฉ Leverage S01.E01: The Nigerian Job Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Poker Face Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž B.J. Novak Game Time: ๐ŸŽญ Re-Role Playing Game NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 447 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Krystal Farmer on Twitter ๐Ÿช™ Theย Two Cents Plus Taxย podcast ๐Ÿคฌ A list of confidence schemes to second-screen duringย The Company You Keep ๐Ÿ’„ Theย Listen To Sassyย Club ๐Ÿ”ฆ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ† Submit those Canons 'n' Nonacs! ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: ABC / Eric McCandless
22/02/23โ€ข1h 29m

446: Pairing Up For Perfect Match

Just because some stars of Love Is Blind, Too Hot To Handle, and Sexy Beasts (among others) failed to find love on their shows, does that mean they should give up entirely? Netflix said NO, and put a bunch of them together in Perfect Match; Christina Tucker bravely returns to discuss it with us. Around The Dial takes us through Season 4 of You; The Real Housewives Of Potomac; The Good Fight S05; and a viscerally memorable moment from The Inbetweeners. Tara shares a Tiny Triumph that, if we're being honest, really belongs more to George Saunders. Laura pitches It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's Season 15 premiere for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's winner and loser, it's on to a Game Time that's written in the stars. Grab a large drink in an opaque metal glass and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Christina Tucker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’˜ Perfect Match Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซต You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿท The Real Housewives Of Potomac Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Good Fight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฎ The Inbetweeners Vomit Warning Tiny Triumph: ๐Ÿ† The Semplica Girl Diaries The Canon: ๐Ÿ”” It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia S15.E01: 2020: A Year In Review Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ripley Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Adrianne Curry Game Time: ๐Ÿฆ€ Heavens Above NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 446 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Christina Tucker on Twitter ๐Ÿ’˜ Tara'sย Perfect Matchย review at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿก Tara onย Arrested Development's removal from Netflix, also at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ˜ณ Christina's podcast,ย Wait, Is This A Date? ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books โœ๏ธ Deadline.com report on Richard Ayoade's adaptation ofย The Semplica Girl Diaries
15/02/23โ€ข1h 26m

445: Should You Mark Dear Edward Return To Sender?

Primetimer's Mark Blankenship returns to his eponymous chair to talk about Dear Edward, an adaptation of a 2020 book that most of the panel found manipulative and stilted -- but others thought was moving and sweet. Does the show's success depend on what mood you're in when you sit down to watch? Why can't writers' rooms get middle-grade children's dialogue right? And how's Connie Britton's hair? After addressing these critical questions, we went Around The Dial with Not Dead Yet, Ghosts, and Buntsy's Cheers and Frasierrewatches. We took a quick break from the extended Crane-verse to hear Tomke out on why Bake Off hosts have lost their authority; then Sarah hoped to send the eighth season of Cheers out on a high note with her Canon presentation of the finale. Triplets won, TV news lost, and a Non-Regulation Game Time. Return your eye tables to the up-rolled position: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: โœˆ๏ธ Dear Edward Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฆ Not Dead Yet Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ป Ghosts (2021) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿป Cheers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ Frasier I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿฅฎ GBBO Judges The Canon: ๐Ÿป Cheers S08.E26 + E27: Cry Hard + Cry Harder Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Three Identical Strangers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Network News Creeps Game Time: ๐ŸŽถ Tube Tunes XII NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 445 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter ๐ŸŽต Mark at The Lost Songs Project ๐Ÿ›ฉ๏ธ Linda Holmes's review ofย Dear Edwardย at NPR ๐Ÿ† Tara's Pamela Ribon interview at GQ.com ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Apple TV+
08/02/23โ€ข1h 21m

444: Telling The Truth About Poker Face

Peacock's latest original series is a Rian Johnson-created Columbo-esque "case of the week" procedural starring a fugitive cocktail waitress/human lie detector played by Natasha Lyonne; Rolling Stone Chief TV Critic Alan Sepinwall returns to discuss it (and bring with him all his coverage from the magazine)! Around The Dial takes us through the start of a new season of Married At First Sight (yes, already), plus Shrinking, Russian Doll, Lockwood & Co., and a new season of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Jeff argues that he is NOT a crackpot for thinking so-called "bottle episodes" are wildly overpraised. Laura presents the Better Call Saul episode "Something Stupid" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we've got a lot of questions in Game Time. Sync the Bluetooth in your classic Barracuda and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿƒ Poker Face Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง  Shrinking Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช† Russian Doll Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ป Lockwood & Co. Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1: Lone Star I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿพ Bottle episodes The Canon: โš–๏ธ Better Call Saul S04.E07: Something Stupid Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Carol Burnett Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Judy Greer Game Time: ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ 19 Questions NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 444 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alan Sepinwall on Twitter ๐Ÿชจ Alan'sย Poker Faceย feature at RollingStone.com ๐Ÿ”ช Alan's Rian Johnson Q&A ๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Alan's Natasha Lyonne Q&A โญ๏ธ Alan'sย Poker Faceย review ๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ Tara on pop culture therapists at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ˜ Alan on Mastodon โœ๏ธ Alan's author page at RollingStone.com ๐Ÿ“ฐ Alan's free newsletter ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ Elizabeth Ashley'sย Actress: Postcards From The Roadย on GoodReads.com ๐ŸŽถ The Record Of The Year showdown atย Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿพ "It's Time For A Departure From 'Bottle Episode'" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Peacock
01/02/23โ€ข1h 48m

443: Revenge Of The Listener Game Time Tournament

Nine Extra Hot Great listeners who do know how to tell time, unlike some people, compete in a special all-Game Time episode! We test their knowledge of TV MacGuffins, TV vampires, and TV weddings; then the winner of each game progresses on to the finals, in which they show off how much they know about shows that changed their theme songs. Find out which Valued Guest is the most Valued in this very special episode! TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿบ MacGuffins Game Time: ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Blah! Game Time: ๐Ÿ’ I Do, I Do, I Do, I Don't Game Time: ๐ŸŽถ Change That Tune NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 443 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
25/01/23โ€ข1h 29m

442: Making Mushroom For The Last Of Us

Chernobyl's Craig Mazin has teamed with Neil Druckman, creator of the video game The Last Of Us, to adapt said game as a post-apocalyptic drama series; Omar Gallaga is here to discuss the series premiere! Around The Dial takes us through MILF Manor (a real show, not a 30 Rock gag); Alice In Borderland, a whole pile of Nordic crime dramas, and the British true crime period piece Stonehouse. Omar pitches South Side's S01.E03: Turner Buys A Building, for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time that stays too long at the party. Put your car battery somewhere safe and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Omar Gallaga TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Last Of Us Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ MILF Manor Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฉ Alice In Borderland Around The Dial: โ„๏ธ Nordic Noirs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ท Stonehouse The Canon: ๐Ÿ’จ South Side S01.E03: Turner Buys A Building Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Morgan Freeman Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Chelsea Handler Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘‹ The Last Of Them NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 442 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™‚๏ธ Omar'sย The Last Of Usย premiere review at BookAndFilmGlobe.com ๐ŸŒน Tara's spring 2023 TV preview at GQ.com ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Liane Hentscher / HBO
18/01/23โ€ข1h 20m

441: Did Mayfair Witches Cast A Spell On Us?

Anne Rice source material is back on TV, and Best Evidence's Eve Batey is back to talk about Mayfair Witches, the latest Rice IP to hit the small screen. Listen and find out whether anyone on the panel is going to keep watching, how realistic an Alexandra D'Addario neurosurgeon is, why Interview With The Vampire works better than this one, and when to stop reading Rice. We also went Around The Dial with Harry & Meghan, Slow Horses, The Circle, and "randomized" show Kaleidoscope, before Mlle. Caroline urged us to bet on Supernatural for the Nonac. Abbott Elementary won, various Housewives lost, and Rob Hartmann scrambled our brains with Game Time. Grab your thickest blue gel: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงน Mayfair Witches Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Harry & Meghan Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด Slow Horses Around The Dial: โญ•๏ธ The Circle Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒˆ Kaleidoscope The Nonac: ๐ŸŽฑ Supernatural S15.E11: The Gamblers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Abbott Elementary Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Buncha Housewives Game Time: ๐Ÿฃ Chicken Or Egg? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 441 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘• The EHG store is at ThroughMethods.com ๐Ÿข Stay with Eve Batey in Indianapolis ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Visit Eve's store, Avenues Dry Goods ๐Ÿ“š Salon digs into Anne Rice's journals ๐Ÿ“‰ Prince Harry's crap ratings onย 60 Minutes ๐Ÿคฃ Tara's list of 2022's funniest shows atย Cracked ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป Gary Oldman's "dark past" ๐Ÿ”€ โ€œWhatโ€™s The Best Way To Watch Randomized Heist Seriesย Kaleidoscope?โ€ at Vulture ๐ŸŒˆ Eve onย Kaleidoscope's "true story" clickbait strat ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ The Abbott Elementary / Donors Choose crossover event ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: AMC
11/01/23โ€ข1h 28m

440: Let's Play Mullendash

It's a mini Television Without Pity reunion as the gang and former recappers Dan Rogge (DJB), John Ramos (Couch Baron), Kim Reed (Kim), and Joe Reid (Joe R) play Mullendash -- a game invented and played at the TWoP annual summits of yore. Take the game Balderdash and replace the cards with items from Jim Mullen's Hot Sheet from the pages of Entertainment Weekly. The set up to a Hot Sheet "joke" is read and players must create their own punchline in that particularly confounding Mullen style in an attempt to fool the others that they are The Mullen. It's a game full of WTF, shame and pretzeltine mental gymnastics!
04/01/23โ€ข1h 29m

439: Raising Our Glasses For A New Year's Eve Game Time

To ring in 2023, Tara has crafted a very special non-regulation game time. Refill your champagne and find someone to kiss! Or just listen in the normal way.
28/12/22โ€ข36m 12s

438: Our Christmas Attack Zone

EEHG 156: The 12 Shows Of Christmas Weโ€™ll all getting our asses ready for some serious not-moving-off-the-couch action over the holidays. So here are 12 shows from each of us that we think are worth your time. EEHG 158: What Made Your Christmas Crappy? If youโ€™re a TV character approaching a holiday, one thing is certain: something is going to happen that will make it SUCK. But how well do Dave and Sarah remember what things sucked on which shows? Tara tests their knowledge in this festive Non-Regulation Game Time episode!
21/12/22โ€ข1h 6m

437: Do They Know What Time It Is?

Seriously. Do they? Because four people just didn't show up. The Listener Game Time Tournament is back! Kinda! Up to maybe 9 contestants may or may not do battle in all sorts of TV trivia concocted by some of our smartest, most devious and possibly French game makers. TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿฅ– En Franรงais Game Time: ๐ŸŒŸ Special Guest Star Heather Locklear Game Time: ๐Ÿ›‹๏ธ The One With The One With Titles Game Time: ๐Ÿ›Œ Strange Bedfellows NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 437 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
14/12/22โ€ข1h

436: 2022 Guest Thought Experiments

We made some of our Valued Guests stick around after their tapings and muse about TV in our version of a What If? Find out where their imaginations took them in this very special episode! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Andrew Cunningham ๐Ÿ‘ค Robert Krut ๐Ÿ‘ค Brandi Brown ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Cassino ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Rogge ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel MacEachern ๐Ÿ‘ค Dave Chen ๐Ÿ‘ค Devindra Hardawar ๐Ÿ‘ค Ilan Muskat ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeff Drake ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos ๐Ÿ‘ค Karina Longworth ๐Ÿ‘ค Kim Reed ๐Ÿ‘ค Nadia Chaudhury ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones ๐Ÿ‘ค Roxana Hadadi ๐Ÿ‘ค Santiago Melli-Huber ๐Ÿ‘ค Sarah Baker ๐Ÿ‘ค Simone Chavoor ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephanie Green ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Hines ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง  Guest Thought Experiments NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 436 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
07/12/22โ€ข1h 3m

435: Feasting On Snack Vs. Chef

Netflix's new cooking show takes a leaf from Claire Saffitz's book and challenges its chefs to make their own homemade versions of commercially available snacks. Home Cook and Food Scientist (one of these titles accurately applies) Adam Grosswirth returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through S03 ofย Mythic Quest,ย Selena + Chef, and an update on Sarah'sย Cheersย rewatch. Adam pitches theย Will & Graceย two-parter "Lows In The Mid-Eighties" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's on the bleeding edge of culture. Grab some Oreos and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅจ Snack Vs. Chef Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ Mythic Quest Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฑ Lego Masters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ Smash Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿณ Selena + Chef Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Cheers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ˜ The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป Will & Grace S03.E08 & 09: Lows In The Mid-Eighties Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Michelle Williams Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Mark Schwahn Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ Peaky Minders NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 435 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ Adam on Instagram ๐Ÿ– The Bon Appรฉtit Gourmet Makes series ๐Ÿ“บ "The One Streaming Service You Should Subscribe To For December" at GQ.com ๐ŸŒด Again With This on Patreon ๐Ÿธ The Muppeturgy podcast ๐Ÿฆ Muppeturgy on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ Muppeturgy on Instagram ๐Ÿ“š #asseenonTV at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿป "Michelle Williams Shouted Out Her Grams From Dawson's Creek" at Vulture ๐ŸŒณ "Sophia Bush And Hilarie Burton Claim One Tree Hill Creator Threatened Their Jobs Over Maxim Shoot, Told Bethany Joy Lenz She Was 'Too Fat'" at Variety.com ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
30/11/22โ€ข1h 30m

434: Swiping Right On Fleishman Is In Trouble

Book critic andย The Maris Reviewย host Maris Kreizman is here to discuss Hulu's glowingly reviewed adaption ofย Fleishman Is In Trouble, whether it works as TV given its structure as a book, and how. Is it better for people whoย didn'tย read the book? Is the pleasure in watching what Claire Danes, Lizzy Caplan, and the former Seth Cohen do with the roles? And is Hannah the most sympathetically slappable TV tween of all time? Later, we went Around The Dial with aย Married At First Sightย recap,ย Gypsy, andย Spector, and Dave was not a crackpot about titling conventions. Lynsey, Katherine, and their dog hoped they wouldn't saw the panel in half when they submitted a third-season ep ofย The Magiciansย to the Canon. NBC won, the Chrisleys lost, and we returned to those thrilling days of yester-century for a period-piece Game Time. Get yourself a phone already -- so you can listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Maris Kreizman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅผ Fleishman Is In Trouble Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš• Gypsy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ˆ Spector The Canon: ๐Ÿช„ The Magicians S03.E05: A Life In The Day Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ NBC Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Todd and Julie Chrisley Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘€ A TV Watcherโ€™s Guide to the 20th Century NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 434 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Maris interview with Taffy Brodesser-Akner on The Maris Review ๐Ÿ“š More Maris Review ๐Ÿ“ธ Maris on Instagram ๐Ÿ“„ Maris on Substack ๐Ÿฆค Maris at Vulture ๐Ÿ’„ Listen To Sassy Club ๐Ÿ”Ž Best Evidence
23/11/22โ€ข1h 8m

433: Does Tulsa King Rule?

Did Paramount+'sย Tulsa Kingย SLY-ly (sorry) work its way into our hearts?ย The Filmcast's Devindra Hardawar is back to talk about the Sylvester Stallone vehicle, good pacing, bad wigs, and making room for weirdly charming B-minus viewing in your viewing diet. Later, we had Tyson drive us Around The Dial, with stops forย The Big Brunch, the ends ofย The Crownย andย Atlantaย ANDย The Good Fight, and true-crime royal-watching. Mike hoped we would NOT eliminateย The Middlemanย with his Canon presentation of the show's eighth episode. Judy Blume won, Candace Cameron Burรฉ lost, and we all went on a Mapquest with a road-trip Game Time. Might want to pull over at a dispensary before you listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Devindra Hardawar TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคด๐Ÿป Tulsa King Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ The Big Brunch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Crown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅต Atlanta Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Good Fight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซต Prince Andrew: Banished Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฌ Secret To Long Life The Canon: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Middleman S01.E08: The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Judy Blume Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Candace Cameron Bure Game Time: ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ The Great American TV Road Trip NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 433 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Devindra Hardawar on Twitter ๐ŸŽž๏ธ The Filmcast on Apple Podcasts ๐Ÿ—œ๏ธ Devindra at Engadget โœ’๏ธ DID Taylor Sheridan obviously write the Tulsa King pilot script in 24 hours? ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Tara's Christine Baranski interview at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Tara's Sam Reid interview, also at VF.com
16/11/22โ€ข1h 24m

432: Is The Crown Still One Of TV's Jewels?

The Crownย is back for a new season, with a whole carriage load of new actors; Go Fug Yourself's Jessica Morgan returns to talk about whether its late 20th century setting has made it less compelling. Around The Dial takes us throughย Weird,ย Jersey Shore,ย Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty, and a current TV ad that's really boiling Dave's potatoes. Sarah presentsย The Sopranosย episode "Christopher" for induction into The Nonac. Then, after we name the week's Winner and Loser, we wrap up with a Game Time that has us questioning everything. Have your valet serve you high tea, then join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Morgan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Crown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช— Weird Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉณ Jersey Shore Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงˆ An Ad Dave Hates The Nonac: ๐Ÿ”ซ The Sopranos S04.E03: Christopher Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ryan Murphy Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Rockmond Dunbar Game Time: ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ 19 Questions NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 432 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jessica Morgan (with Heather Cocks) on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ผ Tara's Blockbuster review at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ“ธ Go Fug Yourself on Instagram ๐Ÿ‘— GoFugYourself.com ๐Ÿ“š Buy Jessica and Heather's books on Bookshop.org ๐Ÿ”Ž The Best Evidence newsletter ๐ŸŠ "The Godfather And The Limitations Of Representation" at NPR.org ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
09/11/22โ€ข1h 29m

431: Checking Into The White Lotus

The White Lotusย is back on HBO for a second season of subjecting rich jerks to various indignities (now in Italy); Joe Reid returns to discuss, among other things, which guests may deserve better than they're getting, and who that season premiere corpse might be. Around The Dial takes us throughย Love Is Blind,ย The Vow, and the series premiere ofย You. Sophie makes the case for our inductingย The X-Filesย episode "Pusher" into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that may have you seeing double. Make yourself an Aperol spritz and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชท The White Lotus Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆฏ Love Is Blind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ The Vow Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชž You The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ The X-Files S03.E17: Pusher Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Severance Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Matthew Perry Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘ฏ There's Something Different About Youโ€ฆ NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 431 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Joe Reid on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป Support The Girls on Prime Video ๐Ÿ”€ "Inside The White Lotus Premiere's Survivor Crossover" at Vulture ๐ŸŽ™ Tara's Nick Kroll interview at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ“บ Tara's essay on how to tell your TV show should be a movie, also at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ™ Joe's article on The Vow's Nancy Salzman and a weird cut-out in her living room, at Primetimer ๐Ÿ This Had Oscar Buzz on Apple Podcasts ๐Ÿคฎ Emetophobia Warnings on Tumblr ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Fabio Loving / HBO
02/11/22โ€ข1h 33m

430: Bundle Up For Our Winter TV Preview!

Big thanks to Nick for stepping in last-minute for our winter-television preview: all the new or returning shows we're psyched for (likeย The White Lotus), all the shows weย shouldย be psyched for but aren't (likeย Welcome To Chippendales), and a bunch of showsย nobodyย should be psyched for or even in the same room as (didn't we cancel Criss Angel in the aughts?). After Nick tried to get an episode fromย The Dropoutย into the Canon's lab,ย The Watcherย won; James Corden lost; and we all called on the power of three for a Game Time sequel. Grab an afghan and your remote: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: โ„๏ธ Winter TV Preview The Canon: ๐Ÿฉธ The Dropout S01.E04: Old White Men Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Home security companies Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž James Corden Game Time: ๐Ÿ“บ Three At Once, Once More NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 430 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿป Spy Brunch on Twitter ๐Ÿ“š #asseenonTV books at Exhibit B. Books ๐ŸŽถ MASTAS's Beats Around The Bush E01, "Hippie Hop Hooray" ๐Ÿฆ‡ Tara endorses Pennyworth at GQ.com ๐ŸŽ™ Tara interviews Cooper Van Grootel at GQ.com
26/10/22โ€ข1h 39m

429: Should You Clap Eyes On The Watcher?

Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan take an unsolved stalking case as the inspiration for their latest Netflix limited series; Dan Rogge returns to discuss whether anyone should be watching it OTHER than The Watcher. Around The Dial takes us through Freevee's High School, baseball on TV, and the latest episodes of The Vow. Sarah and Tara try to determine whether Dave will Hate a TV series adaptation of The Wicker Man. Tara presents "The Two Mrs. Cranes" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new season of Game Time with more questions than usual. Put down your binoculars and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Rogge TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ The Watcher Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซ High School Around The Dial: โšพ๏ธ Baseball On TV Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฟ The Vow Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ› Shopping Comas The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš€ Frasier S04.E01: The Two Mrs. Cranes Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Vivica A. Fox Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Jenna Lyons Game Time: ๐Ÿค” 19 Questions NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 429 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘€ The original reporting The Watcher is based on, at The Cut ๐Ÿฅฝ A 2022 update on the case, also at The Cut ๐Ÿ’„ The September 1989 Fashion Etc. episode of Listen To Sassy ๐Ÿ‘ป Tara's post on Los Espookys and What We Do In The Shadows, at Slate ๐ŸŽž Tara's review of Documentary Now! S04 at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan Rogge on Twitter ๐Ÿ—ผ The Seattle Film Commission ๐Ÿ’ The Decoder Ring podcast ๐Ÿ  Quaid In Full on Cold Creek Manor ๐Ÿ”Ž The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
19/10/22โ€ข1h 22m

428: Should You Subscribe To Alaska Daily?

Canadian journalist Danny MacEachern is back to take a look at the frustrating, but also maaaaybe promising, Alaska Daily, which spends a good half of its first episode giving us unnecessary backstory and throwing around phrases like "woke wussies" before finally getting into the real story. We discussed star Hilary Swank's wigs, why a network version of this show is never going to center the Indigenous people at the center of the mystery, whether we can expect the show to settle down and get better, and which other properties listeners should opt for instead. Sarah was Not A Crackpot about dangerous TV driving, and we went Around The Dial with The Real Love Boat, Reboot, a Werewolf By Night update from Dave, and a report on The Winchesters from foreign Supernatural correspondent Mlle. Caroline. Kitt (not the car) tried to get the egg of a Taskmaster episode through the hoop that is the Canon, and after we declared a Winner and Loser, we read TV books for filth in a non-regulation Game Time from Sarah. Borrow a sleep mask from a co-worker, because it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆ€ Alaska Daily I Am Not A Crackpot: โš ๏ธ TV Characters Need To Watch The GD Road Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ณ The Real Love Boat Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅพ Reboot Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘น The Winchesters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Werewolf By Night The Canon: ๐Ÿ’Œ Taskmaster S05.E08: Their Water's So Delicious Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The 1996 movie Fear Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž TV True Crime Game Time: ๐Ÿ“– Novel Ideas NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 428 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Danny MacEachern on Twitter ๐Ÿ”ฆ CBC's Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo podcast ๐Ÿ“ฃ Pre-ordering for Kase Wickman's Bring It On book ๐ŸŒ… Tara's Paul Reiser interview at GQ.com ๐Ÿ’Œ Taskmaster S05.E08 on YouTube ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: ABC
12/10/22โ€ข1h 18m

427: Sitting Down With Interview With The Vampire

The Vampire Lestat is back in a new series adaptation of Interview With The Vampire at AMC, and You Must Remember This creator Karina Longworth is here to talk about all its pleasures -- which definitely extend past its bare butts, but very much include its bare butts. Around The Dial takes us through new seasons of The Amazing Race and Abbott Elementary; a new evolution of Celebrity Jeopardy!; and a not-so-new relic recently returned to YouTube: Bands On The Run. Dave explains why he is NOT a crackpot for thinking pilot episodes should include any title treatments that get added to later episodes. Sarah presented the Sopranos episode "Christopher" for induction into The Nonac. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, before closing up with a tasty Game Time. You'll want to sink your teeth into this one! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Karina Longworth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Interview With The Vampire Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŽ The Amazing Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿซ Abbott Elementary Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ Celebrity Jeopardy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ Bands On The Run I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿง‘โ€โœˆ๏ธ Pilot Love Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Vanessa Williams Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž House Of The Dragon Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ It's A Cookbook! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 427 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Karina Longworth on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ‹ "Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson Explain How 'Interview with the Vampire' Created Lestat and Louis's 'Beautiful' Floating Sex Scene" at Decider โšฐ๏ธ Tara's Interview With The Vampire review at VanityFair.com โœ๏ธ Tara's Ramy S03 review at VanityFair.com ๐ŸŽž The You Must Remember This podcast ๐Ÿฆ You Must Remember This on Twitter ๐Ÿฅ Bands On The Run on YouTube ๐Ÿงจ A 2001 interview with Soulcracker ๐ŸŽถ Mark Blankenship's newsletter, The Lost Songs Project ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Alfonso Bresciani / AMC
05/10/22โ€ข58m 54s

426: I'll Make My Own Star Wars With Hookers And Blackjack

The Star Wars universe has expanded yet again, and Never Not Funny's Matt Belknap joins us for the first time to talk about Andor, a Rogue One prequel of sorts that's much more meditative and "adult" than you'd expect from the franchise. Dave quizzes us on our favorite character from the new show, plus we talk about world-building, the first real swear word in Lucasfilm IP, whether we'd buy Andortoys, and backstory gaps that don't need filling. We went Around The Dial with 9-1-1, Never Have I Ever, the Law & Order crossover event, and JJ Walker's 3 AM job, then wondered Will Dave Hate This? about a David Zucker Nordic-noir spoof. Tara hoped she wouldn't drop the ball on a fifth-season Friends Nonac pitch, we crowned our Winner and Loser of the Week, and Game Time took us to a galaxy far, far away (that still shows current TV). It's not a cat: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Matt Belknap TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš€ Andor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ Law & Order Triple Crossover Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ต Wee Hours Benefit Helpline Ad Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿป NoPoFo The Nonac: โšฝ๏ธ Friends S05.E21: The One With The Ball Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ True Detective Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cobra Kai Game Time: ๐Ÿคฉ Captain Needa's Oops! All Star Wars NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 426 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿซ‘ Matt Belknap on Never Not Funny ๐Ÿฆ Never Not Funny on Twitter ๐ŸŽ™ Tara interviews Johnny Knoxville at VanityFair.com ๐ŸŒด Again With Them at the Again With This Patreon ๐Ÿ’„ Listen To Sassy Club ๐Ÿ“š Save 10% on new books at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ Cobra Kai, boiled down to its tropes by @NetflixIsAJoke ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Disney+
28/09/22โ€ข1h 36m

425: Oh Boy, It's A New Quantum Leap!

Everything old continues to be new again as NBC brings its late '80s/early '90s time travel series Quantum Leap back for a new generation; Vulture TV critic Kathryn VanArendonk joins us to discuss whether we wish we could travel back to stop it from happening. Around The Dial takes us through Los Espookys, Reservation Dogs, Halt And Catch Fire, and Journeyman. For the long-awaited return of Will Dave Hate This?, Sarah and Tara try to predict the titular Dave's reaction to the Marvel special Werewolf By Night. Laura F. uses an Extra Credit getting us to split up TV marriages, and couple up the new singletons with other TV characters. Kathryn presents the Station Eleven episode "Dr. Chaudhary" for admission into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that jumps around, jumps up, and gets down. Leap into a comfy chair and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆ˜ Quantum Leap (2022) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ป Los Espookys Around The Dial: ๐Ÿถ Reservation Dogs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’พ Halt And Catch Fire Around The Dial: โฐ Journeyman Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿบ Werewolf By Night Extra Credit: โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน Another Sad Divorce Statistic The Canon: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš€ Station Eleven S01.E09: Dr. Chaudhary Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Grimm Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž NY1 Meteorologist Erick Adame Game Time: ๐Ÿคฏ Quantum Leaping NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 425 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter ๐ŸŽ™ Kathryn's 2019 interview with Scott Bakula about the original Quantum Leap ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy podcast on Patreon ๐Ÿ‘ค Kathryn's Kate Beaton profile at Vulture ๐Ÿฆค The Vulture Festival ๐Ÿ‘‹ Kathryn and Jesse David Fox's conversation about Welcome To Wrexham at Vulture โœ๏ธ Kathryn at Vulture ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Ron Batzdorff / NBC
21/09/22โ€ข1h 42m

424: Is American Gigolo Doing It For Us?

Forty-two years after Paul Schrader's American Gigolo pioneered the sex-worker neo-noir micro-genre, Showtime's limited series of the same name is trying it again -- and returning guest Sarah Baker joins us to talk about tone problems; weird directing choices; pervasive misogyny that's even more tiresome than usual; MVP Rosie O'Donnell; and whether Jon Bernthal should have gotten better writing to work with. We went Around The Dial with Monarch, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Animal Kingdom, Cobra Kai, Severance, Big Brother, and Rings Of Power before Baker screwed up her courage and asked the Canon to PEN15's first-season episode, "Dance." Lee Jung-jae won, Dick Wolf lost (while John Oliver won), and a non-regulation Game Time about TV sex work was NOT considered especially heinous. Slow that disco standard way down for extra poignancy; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Sarah Baker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•บ American Gigolo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Monarch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ The Dick Van Dyke Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘’ The Mary Tyler Moore Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿท Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Cobra Kai I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿ• Cobra Kai Locations Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ The Rings Of Power The Canon: ๐Ÿ† PEN15 S01.E10: Dance Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Lee Jung-jae Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dick Wolf Game Time: โ˜Ž๏ธ Call Them NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 424 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŽ™ Tara's Rosie O'Donnell interview at Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ‘€ Watch Sarah Baker in The Kominsky Method on Netflix ๐ŸŽž Kominsky's third-season trailer ๐Ÿงญ The Great North on Hulu ๐ŸŒณ Central Park on AppleTV+ ๐Ÿชซ Tara's Mark Proksch interview at VF โŒ Tara's Decider piece about current primetime soaps, ALL of which ended up getting cancelled ๐Ÿคฐ Tara's The Handmaid's Tale S05 review at VF ๐ŸŽถ The #LilithFair40 season finale on MASTAS ๐Ÿ’„ Listen To Sassy ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Warrick Page / Showtime
14/09/22โ€ข1h 15m

423: TV Teacher Thunderdome

It's the first week of September -- traditionally the time when students go back to school (and if your district is one of those cess pools that call kids back in early August: get yourself on the school board and FIX IT). So in recognition of the moment, we've chosen 27 TV educators to face each other in the Thunderdome and, per usual, fight to the death. Do magic users and telepaths have an advantage over literal murderers? Listen and find out which one ends up triumphantly covered in the blood of all their foes, and is probably coming up with a very important lesson all about it. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ TV Teacher Thunderdome NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 423 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
07/09/22โ€ข1h 11m

422: Should You Enter Therapy With The Patient?

After co-creating The Americans, where have Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg gone next? Back to FX...on Hulu, with the psychological thriller The Patient, and first-time guest Patrick Monahan is joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Star Trek: Lower Decks, For All Mankind, Industry and Mike. Tara pitches the Regular Show episode "That's My Television!" for induction into the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and the eleventh (can you even believe it) round of Tube Tunes. Get on the couch or chair -- whatever makes you feel most comfortable -- and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Patrick Monahan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”— The Patient Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš‚ Star Trek: Lower Decks Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ™ For All Mankind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Industry Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ Mike The Canon: ๐Ÿฆ Regular Show S04.E18: Thatโ€™s My Television Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dads getting hit in the nuts Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž NBC Game Time: ๐Ÿ“ป Tube Tunes XI NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 422 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Patrick Monahan on Twitter ๐Ÿค’ Alan Sepinwall's review of The Patient at RollingStone.com (subscription required) โšพ๏ธ Tara's essay on A League Of Their Own at Defector ๐Ÿ Tara on the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, discussing A Walk On The Moon ๐Ÿคนโ€โ™€๏ธ Tara moderating the "Dangerous Women" panel at the 2022 ATX TV Festival ๐Ÿฅง The What A Time To Be Alive! podcast ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Not You, Guillermo podcast ๐Ÿ“ธ Patty on Instagram ๐ŸฅŠ Sarah's review of Mike at the Best Evidence newsletter โ˜ ๏ธ Sarah discussing I Just Killed My Dad on the Crime Seen podcast ๐Ÿ“ธ Photo: Frank Ockenfells / FX
31/08/22โ€ข1h 22m

421: Should You Take House Of The Dragon For A Ride?

Our resident (reluctant) GoT expert Jeff Drake is back to talk about HBO's ponderous, poorly wigged prequel to Game Of Thrones, House Of The Dragon -- who it's for, why it's so murkily lit, when it's going to get out of the administrative world-building weeds and get interesting, and which actors are making us long for the upcoming time jump. After that, we jumped into Around The Dial with She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Bluey's third season, and Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, and Erica challenged us to drop Jeff "the Dude" Bridges into existing shows. The gang slipped and slid towards the Canon in a twelfth-season It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia pitch; Paul Rudd won, and arranged TV marriages lost; and Game Time had us contemplating the shows that just keep draggin' on. The old gods have spoken: listen to the latest Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฒ House Of The Dragon Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Around The Dial: ๐Ÿถ Bluey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆˆ Zig & Sharko Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซฅ Untold Extra Credit: ๐ŸŒ‰ An Infinite Number Of Bridges The Canon: ๐Ÿ”” It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia S12.E02: The Gang Goes To A Water Park Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Only Murders In The Building Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Love Is Blind Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿผ House Of The Draggin' NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 421 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ† Jeff Drake's show Central Park ๐Ÿคฌ Jeff's podcast 9 Chickweed Rage is now up! ๐Ÿš“ The Hot Fuzz gif ๐Ÿคข "Inside Hollywood's Visual Effects Crisis" at Defector ๐ŸŽ™ Tara's interview with Stefani Robinson at Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ‘‘ The top 50 King Of Queens episodes at Vulture ๐Ÿ“š 15% off selected items at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Ollie Upton / HBO
24/08/22โ€ข1h 38m

420: Playing Ball With A League Of Their Own

Beloved baseball movie in which there is no crying A League Of Their Own is the latest film to get a series reboot -- with a bunch of twists -- on Amazon Prime. We talked to Yahoo! Sports's Liz Roscher about the casting, the bifurcated stories, whether the baseball holds up, what happened to the Rockford Peaches' manager (and to Candy Bar Guy #1), and all that 2022 dialogue rattling around 1943. Is it a homer, or a whiff? We also went Around The Dial with Never Have I Ever, Drag Race's international entries, the Better Call Saul series finale, and a This Fool follow-up before Liz tasked herself with getting a Series 7 ep of Taskmaster into the Canon. The state of New Jersey was a winner, the surveillance state was a loser, and we rolled ourselves a nice fat Game Time about S04.E20s. Should you put that mustard on a hot dog, or your face? Only one way to find out -- with an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Liz Roscher TOPICS Lead Topic: โšพ๏ธ A League Of Their Own Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ International Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคณ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜œ This Fool The Canon: ๐Ÿ’Œ Taskmaster S07.E04 Ollie Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Weird NJ Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Wanda Sykes Game Time: ๐Ÿ—“ Watch TV Every Day NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 420 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ’ Liz Roscher at Yahoo! Sports ๐Ÿฆ Liz on Twitter ๐Ÿ”” The Good Phight podcast ๐Ÿ™…๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Tara's Poorna Jagannathan interview at Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's Seth Meyers interview at VF ๐ŸŒด Again With This podcast ๐Ÿง The raven t-shirt on Threadless ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Nicola Goode / Amazon
17/08/22โ€ข1h 32m

419: Should You Sleep On The Sandman?

Netflix is the latest platform to turn a Neil Gaiman property into a series with The Sandman. How does this one go? First-time guest Ilan Muskat is here to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Season 3 of Harley Quinn; Season 2 of Girls5Eva; the TV movie Helter Skelter; and the ILM doc Light & Magic. Keira cashes in her Extra Credit to make us turn unexpected TV properties into videogames. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that hits some real lows and highs. Stay wide awake and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Ilan Muskat TOPICS Lead Topic: โœจ The Sandman Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ‡ Harley Quinn Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽถ Girls5Eva Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ณ Helter Skelter Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš€ Light & Magic Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ•น TV games Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jeremy Allen White Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž HBO Max subscribers Game Time: ๐Ÿ”ซ Nonac Hunting NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 419 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Ilan Muskat on Twitter ๐Ÿชถ Tara's Reservation Dogs S02 review at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿค• The Captive by Fiona King Foster at Bookshop.org ๐Ÿ˜‡ Scoundrel by Sarah Weinman at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ‘‚ "The Weird, Analog Delights Of Foley Sound Effects" at NewYorker.com ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿฐ The Team Fortress 2 character intro videos on YouTube ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
10/08/22โ€ข1h 7m

418: Should You Get Consciously Uncoupled?

Sex & The City creator Darren Star has teamed up with Modern Family alumnus Jeffrey Richman to create Uncoupled, a NEW show about dating in New York, but from the perspective of a fortysomething gay man who's just been dumped HARD after 17 years. Should you make room for it on your schedule? Malcolm Venable returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Surface, Hulu's forthcoming This Fool, Young & Pregnant, and The Ipcress File. Sean makes the case for inducting the Underground episode "Minty" into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a smash-and-grab of a Game Time. Take a break from swiping through the apps and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Malcolm Venable TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’” Uncoupled Around The Dial: ๐ŸŠโ€โ™€๏ธ Surface Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜œ This Fool Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฐ Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Ipcress File The Canon: ๐Ÿ”ฆ Underground S02.E06: Minty Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Breaking Bad Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Peacock Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Breaking In NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 418 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Malcolm Venable on Twitter โญ๏ธ Tara's interview with Darren Star at GQ.com ๐Ÿ˜ฌ "Netflix Show Uncoupled Cuts A Latina Housekeeper Character That Was Criticized As Offensive" at CNN.com ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's interview with Surface star Oliver Jackson-Cohen at GQ.com ๐ŸŽถ Mark & Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
03/08/22โ€ข1h 6m

417: Should You Make An Offer On The Ugliest House In America?

Wretched real estate, Retta, and rocks indoors -- The Ugliest House In America is back, and so is Alison Herman, as we debate which of the houses "in paradise" is the most hideous, talk Sarah through money-pit PTSD, and wonder if we haven't finally found a show that actually belonged on Quibi. Then we went Around The Dial with a Hider In My House follow-up, Rap Sh!t, and Black Bird before Tara tried to stock the Canon aisles with a fourth-season Superstore. Teachers won, cops lost, and Number 5 was alive for a Nielsens Game Time. Take a break from gluing flannel to your bedroom wall and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alison Herman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš The Ugliest House In America Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘€ Hider In My House Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฉ Rap Shit Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง Black Bird The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Superstore S04.E06: Maternity Leave Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Abbott Elementary Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž On Patrol: Live Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Keeping Up With The Nielsens NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 417 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alison Herman on Twitter ๐ŸฅŠ Alison at The Ringer ๐Ÿ’ฉ Alison's Rap Sh!t review โ˜ ๏ธ Alison on Criticism Is Dead ๐ŸงŽโ€โ™€๏ธ Justice for Retta's new knees ๐Ÿš Richard Lawson on the HGTVCU and real-estate inequality ๐ŸŽž Join the movie-trivia-for-abortions event ๐Ÿ›‹ Tara on overdue Friends apologies at VF ๐Ÿ“š Get 15 percent off hardcovers at Exhibit B. Books through 7/31
27/07/22โ€ข1h

416: Living (In The Walls) For Phrogging: Hider In My House

Did you know that the crime of secretly living in someone else's house happens so much it has A NAME? It's called "phrogging," and it's the subject of Lifetime's new true crime show, Phrogging: Hider In My House, which we're discussing with returning guest (and house-hider survivor) Robert Krut! Around The Dial takes us through 101 Places To Party Before You Die; a new season of Married At First Sight; the Emmy-snubbed Somebody Somewhere and Reservation Dogs; D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!; This Is Going To Hurt; Downton Abbey: A New Era; Obi-Wan Kenobi; Ms. Marvel; Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. For her Extra Credit topic, Erica challenges us to fix bad TV series endings by switching them out with OTHER bad TV series endings. Bobby presents What We Do In The Shadows's "The Casino" for Canon induction. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that really sings. Don't listen to that mysterious footstep-ish sound in the attic, which is probably nothing (or is it) -- listen to us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Robert Krut TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘€ Phrogging: Hider In My House Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅณ 101 Places To Party Before You Die Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ Somebody Somewhere Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชถ Reservation Dogs Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ’ D.B. Cooper Where Are You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’‰ This Is Going To Hurt Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฐ Downton Abbey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿœ Obi-Wan Kenobi Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Ms. Marvel Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Two Wrongs Do Make A Right The Canon: ๐Ÿ† What We Do In The Shadows S03.E04: The Casino Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Powerpuff Girls Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Desus & Mero Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Gratuitous Karaoke Moments NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 416 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Robert Krut on Twitter ๐Ÿ  EHG 342: "The Stinky Teenagers Who Live In Secret Places In Your House" ๐Ÿ Tara's review of FBoy Island S02 at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy Club on Patreon ๐Ÿ‘ป Bobby's new book of poetry, Watch Me Trick Ghosts ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ Bobby's guest appearance in History's Greatest Mysteries ๐Ÿ’ป Bobby's website โœˆ๏ธ Sarah's review of D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค The Lilith Fair 40 on Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Tara's review of What We Do In The Shadows S04 at VanityFair.com
20/07/22โ€ข1h 36m

415: A Trio Of Listener Forcenings

We asked our Patreon supporters to suggest TV episodes we should be forced to watch, and boy, did they come through. From their many picks, we've gone with Breakout Kings's Season 2 premiere "An Unjust Death"; "Basic Lupine Urology," Community's take on Law & Order; and a Buck Rogers episode that features both frenetic youth dancing and Jerry Orbach. Join us, won't you? TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Breakout Kings S02.E01: An Unjust Death Lead Topic: โœณ๏ธ Community S03.E17: Basic Lupine Urology Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš€ Buck Rogers In The 25th Century S01.E21: Space Rockers NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 415 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘‘ Breakout Kings S02.E01: An Unjust Death on Hulu โœณ๏ธ Community S03.E17: Basic Lupine Urology on Hulu ๐Ÿš€ Buck Rogers In The 25th Century S01.E21: Space Rockers on NBC.com
13/07/22โ€ข48m 29s

414: Holiday Extravaganza

EEHG 104: Spreading Around The Holiday Cheer Eric A writes: lots of shows have done Christmas episodes. Friends did some great Thanksgiving episodes, and Roseanne was known for its Halloween episodes. Pitch an episode for a lesser-known or covered holiday. What show should do the episode, and how does it teach (or subvert) the message of the day? EEHG 112: Making Your Theme Park Mark Jim challenged us to turn a TV show into a theme park. The result is a real...roller coaster. EEHG 132: You Can't Spell "Travel" Without "TV" As The White Lotus transports us all to a luxury resort, we're thinking about vacations! We each share the TV location we'd most like to visit on holiday, and picking one or several TV characters to bring along for the trip. EEHG 170: Hallmarketing Irritation at a Hallmark Channel event called Loveuary led directly to this challenge, in which each of us creates one full year's worth of programming events for the venerated Hallmark Channel. What are they called? What do they entail? How many are about chocolatiers dating lumberjacks? Find out! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽŽ Lesser Known Holiday Programming Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽข TV Theme Parks Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ– TV Vacation Locations Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ—“ Hallmark Full Year Holiday Programming NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 414 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŽ„ The Hallmark podcast It's Christmastown
06/07/22โ€ข51m 42s

413: Should You Go Back For Seconds Of The Bear?

Nadia Chaudhury is back to beef up our panel's discussion of The Bear, Hulu's tense, swear-packed story of a young chef's return to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop -- and how his fine-dining past collides with a blue-collar present. Is Jeremy Allen White giving us William Fichtner vibes as Carmy? Can Sarah get enough of Richie's profanity? Is the show really about Carmy's journey, or Sydney's? And did watching make us hungry, or worn out? Then we went Around The Dial with Loot, Ms. Marvel, and The Janes before Helen tried to trap us in the web of her New Girl Canon presentation. Werner Herzog won, Nathan Fillion lost, and we whipped off our sunglasses and dad-joked into the opening credits with a CSI-based Game Time. An all-new Extra Hot Great is up, so get it to go! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nadia Chaudhury TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿป The Bear Around The Dial: โšฑ๏ธ Loot Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Ms. Marvel Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช The Janes The Canon: ๐Ÿ† New Girl S04.E17: Spiderhunt Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Documentary Now! Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Nathan Fillion Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Is This A Thing: C.S.I. Edition NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 413 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ Nadia on Instagram ๐Ÿด Nadia at Eater โšฑ๏ธ Alison Herman's Loot review at The Ringer ๐Ÿ’ต National Network Of Abortion Funds ๐Ÿงต Best Evidence's repro-justice resource thread
29/06/22โ€ข1h 16m

412: Should The Old Man Get Off Your Lawn?

Fill a dish with hard candies for Dave Chen, who's back after a long absence to talk about the somewhat mysterious appeal of FX's aging-spy-vs.-spy drama, The Old Man. Does Sarah think it needs more process-y bits? Does the excellent acting by Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and their younger versions make up for long nobody-talks-like-that passages of abstraction? And are Dave and Carol the real heroes? Later, we went Around The Dial with Rutherford Falls, RHONJ, and Players before Tara tried to convert us to her team with a sixth-season Seinfeld. DB Cooper won, Canada lost, and then we all wedged ourselves into a snowglobe for a Game Time from Dan Cassino. When you're done paying for your groceries with a check, hold your ear trumpet up to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dave Chen TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป The Old Man Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฐ Rutherford Falls Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฎ Players Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Seinfeld S06.E15: The Beard Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ D.B. Cooper Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Canada Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tommy Westphall's Home For Imaginary Friends NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 412 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dave Chen on Twitter ๐Ÿ•ฐ Dave Chen on Tiktok ๐ŸŽง The Culturally Relevant podcast ๐ŸŽฌ The Film Cast ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs goes to 11 ๐Ÿ“บ Tara on "The Best 15 TV Shows of 2022, So Far" at Vanity Fair
22/06/22โ€ข1h 30m

411: Punching Up With Ms. Marvel

Ms. Marvel, the latest MCU TV series to arrive on Disney+, takes viewers home to Jersey City with the titular character, but what did certified Kamala Khan expert Kate Sรกnchez think of the liberties the show takes with the source material? We discuss! Around The Dial takes us through the New Orleans season of The Real World Homecoming; First Kill; and Physical. Tara pitches Vida's "Episode 13" for induction into the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, before closing up with a very formal Non-Regulation Game Time. Click on your enchanted bangles and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kate Sรกnchez TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Ms. Marvel Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽท The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’€ First Kill Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™€๏ธ Physical The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Vida S02.E07: Episode 13 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ American Rust Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Amy Schumer Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Your Honorifics NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 411 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kate Sรกnchez on Twitter ๐Ÿง Kate's thesis, "Heroes Wear Dupattas," at the University Of Texas ๐Ÿ’Š Tara on the special Dopesick episode of Little Gold Men ๐ŸŒš Tara's For All Mankind review at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ› Tara's Borgen: Power & Glory essay at TheDailyBeast.com โœ๏ธ Kate's author page at But Why Tho
15/06/22โ€ข1h 8m

410: Playing With The Boys

The Boys are back in town for a third season of extremely bloody mayhem, and Will Hines has returned to talk to us about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Real World (NOT Homecoming) New Orleans; The Expanse; and the Houston season of Top Chef. Skylar pitches "Part 8" of Twin Peaks's Showtime season for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time full of finales. Grab yourself a Lean Lady Frozen Dinner by Vought and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Hines TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿป The Boys Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฎ The Real World: New Orleans Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช The Expanse Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Top Chef The Canon: ๐Ÿฅง Twin Peaks S03.E08: Part 8 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Fargo Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž American Gigolo Game Time: ๐Ÿง  All Good Things NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 410 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ธ Will Hines on Instagram ๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿป Tara's review of The Boys Season 3 at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy Club at Patreon ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Will's podcast You Can't Handle The Sleuths at CBB World ๐Ÿ“š Sarah's interview with Sarah Weinman at the Exhibit B. Books blog
08/06/22โ€ข1h 26m

409: Pounding Sand With Obi-Wan Kenobi

The latest live-action Disney Plus series to tell us what happened between Star Wars movies is Obi-Wan Kenobi, and first-time guest Simone Chavoor is here to discuss whether it's worth your time! Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Julia, Under The Banner Of Heaven, Magnum P.I. (the original), The Lincoln Lawyer, and Prehistoric Planet. Simone pitches us "Apรฉritif," the series premiere of Hannibal, for induction into The Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and close out with a Game Time that's fun for at least two closely-related members of the family. Make yourself a humble little bowl of stew and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Simone Chavoor TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒต Obi-Wan Kenobi Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿณ Julia Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒˆ Under The Banner Of Heaven Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒบ Magnum P.I. (2018) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ The Lincoln Lawyer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ– Prehistoric Planet The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Hannibal S01.E01: Apรฉritif Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kate Bush Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Kevin Spacey Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Relativity II: The Siblings NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 409 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Simone Chavoor on Twitter ๐Ÿ… "Empire State," Sarah's essay on the Star Wars prequels, at TomatoNation.com ๐Ÿ› Tara's Borgen: Power & Glory at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ“บ The ATX Festival ๐Ÿ–ค The Black Mass Appeal podcast ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books
01/06/22โ€ข1h 41m

408: Enrolling In Lovestruck High

Some maniac got the idea to throw a bunch of British adults (and one Irish adult) into a fake American high school set and make them date each other in the manner of teen movie characters; some other maniacs decided to discuss this brand-new offering from Amazon Prime Video on this podcast, and we've brought back Brandi Brown to join us! Around The Dial takes us through Hacks, New Scandinavian Cooking, and Naked City. Tara pitches the Shrill episode "WAHAM" for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that will have you under its spell. The bell is ringing, so find a seat in homeroom and join us for our latest podcast! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brandi Brown TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’˜ Lovestruck High Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชš Hacks Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ˜ New Scandinavian Cooking Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ‰ Naked City The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Shrill S02.E06: WAHAM Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Smash Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž TV-adjacent criminals Game Time: ๐Ÿง  We Get Letters NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 408 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Brandi Brown on Twitter ๐Ÿ˜ญ Tara's essay "When Did Emmy-Friendly Comedies Stop Being Funny?" at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ˜ต The Listen To Sassy Club, which is hosting a Zoom watch-along of Weekend At Bernie's on May 25 at 8 PM ET ๐Ÿ’ฅ The Smash Boom Best podcast
25/05/22โ€ข1h 10m

407: Roman Holiday

EEHG 143: Dave Forces Everyone To Watch The Nero Episode Of Ancient Rome Don't you DAAAAAAAAAARE miss this episode. EEHG 160: Titulus Deest Memento Quaeso Titulum Creare Antequam Conveniant 2071 years ago today, January 7th, the Senate of Rome decreed that Caesar would be declared a public enemy unless he disbanded his army. In 'celebration' we each bring two TV entities (show, characters, networks, etc) to the floor that have not quite crossed the Rubicon. Explain why they are on the precipice and the terms they would have to meet to avoid bring declared enemies of the TV state by the EHG senate. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ› Ancient Rome S01.E01: Nero Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช Crossing The Rubicon NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 407 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
18/05/22โ€ข48m 10s

406: Boldly Going With Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

We're joined on the bridge this week by ATV Podcast's Andrew Cunningham, to talk about the latest addition to the Star Trek family, Paramount+'s Strange New Worlds: the benefits of procedural narrative, the Shatnerian properties of Anson Mount, and horny Spock. Then we transported ourselves Around The Dial with I Love That For You, Our Flag Means Death, and B-B-B-B-Bosch: Legacy, and listener Keira hoped to transport the lazily crappish series finale of The Good Wife into the EHG Nonac. Johnny Weir won, Tara's soap predictions lost, and someone got a major lift from Tube Tunes 10 in Game Time. Grab your universal translator and beam up the latest all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Andrew Cunningham TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ž I Love That For You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Our Flag Means Death Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Bosch: Legacy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคจ Totally Nude Nudes The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ The Good Wife S07.E22: End Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Johnny Weir Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Queens Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Tunes X NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 406 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Andrew Cunningham on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ ATV Podcast on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Overdue podcast ๐Ÿ’ป Andrew at Ars Technica ๐Ÿ“น "Todd Glass Sells The NNF Folio" on YouTube ๐Ÿ˜‡ Tara interviews Pablo Schreiber at GQ.com ๐ŸŽจ Sarah talks about The Painter & The Thief on the Crime Seen podcast
11/05/22โ€ข1h 11m

405: TV Mom Thunderdome

Mother's Day 2022 is nearly upon us, and if you haven't made a brunch reservation by this point, you're probably screwed. However, we have made something for you that you can pass on to Mom that's much better than an omelet and a macaroni collage: it's the TV Mom Thunderdome! We have selected 27 TV mothers to face off in a series of three-combatant elimination rounds. By the end of the episode, we will have determined which is the mother to end all mothers, which we will know for sure because she ended all the other mothers. Listen to find out if your favorite TV mom can go the distance: TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™€๏ธ TV Mom Thunderdome NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 405 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
04/05/22โ€ข1h 10m

404: Did We Buy Into We Own This City?

The fact-based cop drama We Own This City brings co-creator David Simon back to Baltimore and to HBO; it also brings Santiago Melli-Huber back to the podcast to discuss this take on Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force scandal. Around The Dial takes us through even more true crime with WeCrashed, Captive Audience, and Gaslit, plus The Baby and RuPaul's Drag Race. Santiago pitches the WandaVision episode "Previously On" for induction into The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that might make players a bit crabby. Strap on your Kevlar vest and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Santiago Melli-Huber TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ We Own This City Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฅ Wecrashed Around The Dial: ๐Ÿผ The Baby Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ Captive Audience Around The Dial: โ›ฝ๏ธ Gaslit The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Wandavision S01.E08: Previously On Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Katherine Heigl Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Killing Eve Game Time: ๐Ÿง  It's Almost Like The DC Tri-State Area Is Another Character NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 404 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Santiago Melli-Huber on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ James Poniewozik's We Own This City review at NYTimes.com ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's interview with Dagmara Domiล„czyk at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ”ด "Thirty Seconds To Mars' Jared Leto Started A Cult -- Because Of Course He Did" at KQED.org ๐Ÿผ Tara's review of The Baby at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Santiago's newsletter Hot Gay Nerd โ˜๏ธ "The One Weird Trick Making Jared Leto's And Dan Stevens's Latest Performances So Great" at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ‘ Sarah's review of Captive Audience at the Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast ๐Ÿ˜— "An Honest Conversation With Josh Charles" at Esquire.com
27/04/22โ€ข1h 23m

403: Better Call Saul One More Time

Our longtime Better Call Saul correspondent Will Leitch returns along with BCS to discuss the first episodes of the show's final season. Which moments made us think, "Ah yes, our show is back"? How have we revised our predictions on what happens to Kim Wexler? When and where will we see Walter White and Jesse Pinkman as the story comes to a close? And can we please get Lalo Babies to happen? After a quick gold-potty break, we went Around The Dial with Russian Doll, The First Lady, Just One Kiss, Severance, Winning Time, The Tournament (ACK!), and When Calls The Heart, before Mike S. asked us to assign aughts TV characters their own podcasts for Extra Credit. Will got real meta with his Canon presentation of the third-season Mr. Show finale, celebrity real estate won and Tyra lost, and we all had to reverse course for a Twin Peaks-ian Game Time. Before you throw that life-size cut-out of yourself in the pool, listen to this all-new episode of Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: โš–๏ธ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช† Russian Doll Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ The First Lady Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’‹ Just One Kiss Around The Dial: โœ‚๏ธ Severance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ Winning Time Around The Dial: ๐ŸŸ The Tournament: A History Of ACC Men's Basketball Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซ€ When Calls The Heart Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ This Podcast Is Brought To You By The Philip Morris Companies The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Mr. Show With Bob And David S03.E10: The Return Of The Creatureโ€™s Ghost Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tyra Banks Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Black Lodge NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 403 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Will Leitch on Twitter ๐ŸŽฌ The Grierson & Leitch podcast ๐Ÿ€ Will's novel, How Lucky, out in paperback on May 10 ๐Ÿ“ฐ Will's newsletter ๐Ÿช† Tara's Russian Doll review at Vanity Fair โ˜”๏ธ MASTAS: The "America's Damp 40" Season ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค Vinyl Nation on Amazon Prime ๐Ÿ’ฆ Comedy Bang Bang 752: "Wet Day Special"
20/04/22โ€ข1h 51m

402: Interrogating The CW's Would I Lie To You?

Sometimes American remakes of British comedies are big hits, like The Office! And sometimes they're not, like Taskmaster. Where does The CW's take on Would I Lie To You? land? Panel show aficionado Dan Cassino returns to discuss it. Around The Dial takes us through Minx, The Ultimatum, Beforeigners, Julia, and Atlanta. Dave S. uses his Extra Credit to challenge us to reinvent the dating show ร  la The Courtship (except...good). Listener Franรงoise pitches the Top Chef All-Stars episode "Restaurant Wars: One Night Only" to The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, tag! It's on to a Game Time full of taglines. You won't want to miss this one, and that's the truth! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Cassino TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ™Š Would I Lie To You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆฆ Minx Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ– The Ultimatum Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช“ Beforeigners Around The Dial: ๐Ÿณ Julia Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅค Atlanta Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ Beyond The Courtship The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Top Chef S08.E07: Restaurant Wars: One Night Only Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Better Call Saul Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dancing With The Stars Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Taglines of the 21st Century NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 402 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan Cassino on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ƒ The Classic WILTY channel on YouTube ๐Ÿฆฆ Kathryn VanArendonk's review of Minx on Vulture ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy podcast โ™ฃ๏ธ The Listen To Sassy Club โณ Nina Metz's Beforeigners review at the Chicago Tribune ๐Ÿ˜– Dan's new book, Gender Threat: American Masculinity In The Face Of Change at Stanford University Press ๐Ÿ‘Ž "Why are Republicans so focused on restricting trans lives?" by Dan Cassino at the Washingon Post ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: The CW
13/04/22โ€ข1h 18m

401: Are We Over The Moon Knight?

Roxana Hadadi is back to talk about the latest minor Marvel superhero, Moon Knight, and whether an inconsistent premiere outweighs the charisma of Oscar Isaac in the lead role. Will TV's usual difficulty portraying gods apply to this series? Should Ethan Hawke's cult-leader subplot have gotten cut entirely? And is Dave a crackpot for thinking it's enough already with animated tattoos? After we went Around The Dial with Julia, How We Roll, Eye Candy, Tokyo Vice, 30 Rock, and The Andy Warhol Diaries, listener Laura prayed that we'd vote a second-season episode of The Righteous Gemstones into the Canon. Capote's "swans" won, sci-fi shows lost, and Game Time turned into a case of sibling rivalry. Strap yourself to your podcast player of choice: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Roxana Hadadi TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒœ Moon Knight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿณ Julia Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฌ Eye Candy Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ Tokyo Vice Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ The Andy Warhol Diaries The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Righteous Gemstones S02.E04: As To How They May Destroy Him Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Naomi Watts Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The AMPTP Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Relativity NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 401 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Roxana Hadadi on Twitter ๐Ÿฆค Roxana at Vulture ๐ŸŒ™ Roxana's Moon Knight review ๐ŸŒด Again With This on Patreon โ˜”๏ธ MASTAS: The "America's Damp 40" Season
06/04/22โ€ข1h 21m

400: Getting To Know The Girl From Plainville

Hulu apparently felt that the Michelle Carter "texting suicide" case hadn't been sufficiently covered by a Lifetime movie and a multi-hour documentary, so now its latest scripted true crime series, The Girl From Plainville, is taking its turn; Stephanie Early Green returns to discuss it. Around The Dial takes us through Music Box: Listening To Kenny G; Is It Cake?; Love On The Spectrum; and Mare Of Easttown. Amelia S. challenges us to forcen TV characters with TV episodes -- to delight ones we like and torture ones we don't. Stephanie presents the Detroiters episode "Hog Riders" for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a real character of a Game Time. Take a break from yelling to everyone you know about Hulu's taste level and listen to us do that instead! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephanie Green TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป The Girl From Plainville Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฏ Music Box Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅฎ Is It Cake Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒˆ Love On The Spectrum Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด Mare Of Easttown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฎ 9-1-1: Lone Star Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’– When Calls The Heart Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš€ Star Trek: Picard Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ‘€ Forcening For Good And For Evil The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Detroiters S01.E02: Hog Riders Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Cress Williams Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ex-Bachelor Colton Underwood Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hey! It's Those Three Guys! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 400 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephanie Early Green on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป "The Girl From Plainville" by Jesse Barron on Esquire.com โ˜ ๏ธ I Love You, Now Die on HBO Max ๐Ÿšจ The Blotter Presents 103: "I Love You, Now Die and Patty Hearst (1988) ๐Ÿฐ "Let's Make Is It Cake More Chaotic" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš’ Tara's interview with 9-1-1 stars Arielle Kebbel and Oliver Stark at Decider ๐Ÿ  Stephanie's "Hacienda," at Juked ๐Ÿ•ธ More of Stephanie's fiction at her website, StephanieEarlyGreen.com ๐ŸŽง Sarah on the Crime Seen podcast, from the Rob Has A Podcast network ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newletter ๐Ÿ•ถ D.O.C.'s TV ad for Sexy Specs
30/03/22โ€ข1h 24m

399: The Listener Game Time Tournament

Do you know what time it is? It's Game Time -- except THIS time, all our Valued Guests were drawn from among our Patreon supporters, and they're playing in a mini-tournament with your co-hosts as their lifelines. Listen to find out who defeats all their opponents and emerges victorious! TOPICS Game Time: ๐ŸŒญ Order Up Game Time: ๐Ÿ“ป Tube Tunes IX Game Time: ๐Ÿ’ฌ Describe It To Me Game Time: โฉ Fast Jams NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 399 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast ๐Ÿ’ฐ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show on Patreon ๐ŸŽถ The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast ๐Ÿ’ฐ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon
23/03/22โ€ข1h 20m

398: Putting The "No" In Domino Masters

Brittany Luse took a break from co-hosting FCN and HBO Docs Club to talk about FOX's newest silly-competition reality show, Domino Masters -- and we all found lots of reasons you should probably just watch "topples" on YouTube instead, including weak chemistry, weaker jokes, frustrating lack of camera coverage, and drama that doesn't come from the craft. Oh, and: it's about 38 minutes too long. We did better going Around The Dial with Winning Time, Survivor, select Euphoria episodes, Top Chef: Houston, and Fast Foodies, and then Tara drove us around New Jersey for awhile with her Ramy Canon presentation. Fighters won, Baby-Sitters lost, and we were poets and didn't know it during a rhymin', Dave-pointy Game Time. Remind yourself how "GOAL" is spelled and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brittany Luse TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ฅ Domino Masters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ Winning Time Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฟ Survivor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Š Euphoria Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Top Chef Around The Dial: ๐ŸŸ Fast Foodies Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•Œ Ramy S01.E07: Ne Me Quitte Pas Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Good Fight Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Baby-Sitters Club Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Selective Effective Objective Detective NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 398 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฝ Please put koshari in Dave's stomach ๐Ÿฆ Brittany Luse on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The FCN podcast ๐Ÿฆ FCN on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ FCN on Instagram ๐Ÿ“น The HBO Docs Club podcast (with Ronald Young Jr.) ๐Ÿงผ Tara's soaps post at Decider ๐Ÿ’„ Listen To Sassy Club โ˜”๏ธ MASTAS: The "America's Damp 40" Season ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Ray Mickshaw / FOX
16/03/22โ€ข1h 31m

397: Should You Stick On The Dropout?

With Sarah unexpectedly out for the week, it's a slimmed-down installment of the podcast (no Canon or Game Time) -- but fortunately Eve Batey is here to bring her expertise in both San Francisco and true crime to join our discussion on The Dropout! Around The Dial takes us through Our Flag Means Death, The Courtship, the Late Night With Seth Meyers Corrections series on YouTube, Vikings: Valhalla, and the latest on 9-1-1: Lone Star. Mlle. Caroline asks us to pick non-canonical middle names for TV characters. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser! Get your blood sugar up with a cookie (or two) and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’Š The Dropout Around The Dial: ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Our Flag Means Death Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ The Courtship Around The Dial: โœจ Late Night With Seth Meyers Around The Dial: โš”๏ธ Vikings: Valhalla Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฎ 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ What's Your Middle Name? Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Nailed It Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Big Leap NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 397 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter โ˜€๏ธ "The Dropout's Naveen Andrews Saw Sunny Balwani As Lady Macbeth" at Vulture ๐Ÿ– Tara's Jon Hamm interview at GQ.com ๐Ÿคข "How Seth Meyers Turned Internet Toxicity Into Emmy-Nominated Gold" at VanityFair.com ๐ŸŒญ East Bay Nosh ๐Ÿ” The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ› Avenues Dry Goods
09/03/22โ€ข50m 47s

396: Breaking The Law & Order

After almost 12 years, the original Law & Order has been revived at NBC for its 21st season, and superfan Mark Blankenship has returned to The Blankenship Chair to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Super Pumped, Love Is Blind, Reacher, Bug Out, and Worst Roommate Ever. Ilan cashes in an Extra Credit to get us to propose our finales for series that ended badly, or didn't really end at all. Carlos makes the case for inducting the series premiere of Mare Of Easttown to The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time with two separate, not really equally important rounds. No need to get down to Centre Street: we've brought our latest podcast right to you! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Law & Order Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงด Super Pumped Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฏ Love Is Blind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซฑ Reacher Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชณ Bug Out Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ณ Worst Roommate Ever Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ›ฌ Re-Sticking The Landing The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Mare Of Easttown S01.E01: Miss Lady Hawk Herself Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dave Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Twitting Celebs Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Ignorance Of The Law & Order Is No Excuse NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 396 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฏ "Love Is Blind's Creator Answers Our Burning Season-Two Finale Questions" at Vulture ๐ŸŒด Again With This on Patreon ๐Ÿ“บ Primetimer.com ๐Ÿชณ Sarah's Bug Out and Worst Roommate Ever reviews at Best Evidence โ˜๏ธ The Far From Heaven episode of Quaid In Full
02/03/22โ€ข1h 38m

395: Should You Stick Around For The Endgame?

Two Cents Plus Tax co-host Krystal Farmer came by to talk about The Endgame, an overstuffed and underwhelming procedural that tries to do too much and is assembled from the spare parts of too many early-aughts shows. Why do networks still make shows like this? Do we need The Endgame if we still (seriously!) have The Blacklist? And how is Fedorova writing on the sticky side of Post-Its? We fared better going Around The Dial with Severance, a Married At First Sight update, Creamerie, Inventing Anna, Inside The Mind Of A Con Artist, 9-1-1: Lone Star, and Reacher, and gave TV characters (and hosts) some drugs for Extra Credit. Listener Michael hoped we'd visit Cougar Town with a Canon election before Dickens won, Erika Jayne lost (...again), and we answered the door to a hell of a season-clinching Game Time. No need to blackmail the Homeland Secretary -- an all-new Extra Hot Great is all yours. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Krystal Farmer TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฏ The Endgame Around The Dial: โœ‚๏ธ Severance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ› Creamerie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ Inventing Anna Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค• Inside The Mind Of A Con Artist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฎ 9-1-1: Lone Star Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซฑ Reacher The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Cougar Town S03.E05: A One Story Town Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Great Expectations Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Erika Jayne Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Knock-Knock NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 395 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Krystal Farmer on Twitter ๐Ÿช™ The Two Cents Plus Tax podcast ๐Ÿ’ฐ The Two Cents Plus Tax Patreon ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's Adam Scott interview at GQ ๐ŸŽ™ Tara's Arian Moayed interview, also at GQ ๐Ÿ”Ž Best Evidence on Inventing Anna
23/02/22โ€ข1h 26m

394: Springtime Canon Fodder

We love it when our listeners submit Canon pitches so much that we're considering not one but THREE in this special episode. Will Karen's pitch on The Odd Couple rack up the requisite odd couple of votes? Will Doug Dale's advocacy for Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist move and challenge us? Will we make holiday dreams come true for Dave in Chicago and his case for Pee-wee's Playhouse's 1988 Christmas special? Listen and learn! TOPICS The Canon: ๐Ÿข The Odd Couple S02.E04: Sleepwalker The Canon: ๐Ÿ–ผ Work Of Art S01.E02: The Shape Of Things To Come The Canon: ๐ŸŽ„ Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special 1988 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 394 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
16/02/22โ€ข1h 18m

393: Love Is In The Airwaves

With so much TV either taken up by the Olympics or getting out of their way, we took our own stab at counter-programming: for our last episode before Valentine's Day, we're each forcening each other to watch a TV episode with "love" somewhere in its title. Dave assigns Sarah "The Secret War" from Love, Death + Robots; Sarah challenges Tara to take on the ABC Afterschool Special "It's No Crush, I'm In Love"; and Dave endures the series premiere of Tori & Dean: Inn Love. Following all our reports, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time that you might find for sale at a love...shop? Grab your Valentine, or just treat yourself, and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค– Love, Death + Robots S01.E18: The Secret War Lead Topic: ๐ŸšŒ ABC Afterschool Special It's No Crush, I'm In Love Lead Topic: ๐Ÿจ Tori & Dean: Inn Love S01.E01: Dump Everything You Can Dump! Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Channel 69 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 393 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿค– Love, Death + Robots S01.E18: The Secret War on Netflix ๐ŸšŒ ABC Afterschool Special: It's No Crush, I'm In Love on YouTube
09/02/22โ€ข1h 6m

392: Taking Out The Trash With Pam & Tommy

Waiting for Impact and Truu Stowray host Dave Holmes stopped by for the first time to talk about Pam & Tommy, Hulu's prestige miniseries about Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, their whirlwind romance, and the sex tape seen 'round the world. Is the story of Seth Rogen's stiffed (...heh) contractor the real heart of the tale, or is it the Pam/Tommy romance? Is the mid-nineties soundtrack intrusive? And should that penis have talked? We went Around The Dial with Somebody Somewhere, The Real Dirty Dancing, The Museum of Home Video, The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour, We Need To Talk About Cosby, and 9-1-1: Lone Star before marinating in the Zwick-Herskoverse with a Once & Again Canon submission. _Law & Order_s won, Showtime lost, and we married bands and TV shows in a musical Game Time. Look it up on Alta Vista: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dave Holmes TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป Pam & Tommy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ Somebody Somewhere Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ The Real Dirty Dancing Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“น Museum of Home Video Around The Dial: โŒ Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฅ We Need To Talk About Cosby Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฎ 9-1-1: Lone Star The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Once & Again S03.E16: Aaron's List Of Dreams Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Law & Order Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Black Monday Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Music Television NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 392 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dave Holmes on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ป Waiting For Impact: A Dave Holmes Passion Project ๐Ÿ“น Museum Of Home Video on Twitch โœ๏ธ Tara's author page at Decider ๐Ÿ˜ฅ Eve Batey's review of We Need To Talk About Cosby ๐ŸŽง Quaid In Full on Twitter
02/02/22โ€ข1h 28m

391: Does The Gilded Age Get A Glowing Review?

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has crossed the ponds -- and crossed to a new network -- to launch his new period drama The Gilded Age; Mark Lisanti returns to discuss whether it will please members of the Felloweship of fans. Around The Dial takes us through American Auto, Abbott Elementary, Ozark, Season 2 of Cheer, Peacemaker, 9-1-1: Lone Star, and a brief mention of Toast Of Tinseltown. Erica S. asks us to invite several TV characters over for dinner and very specific kinds of discussion. Mlle. Caroline pitches "Redemption," the first-season finale of The Mandalorian, for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that brings that Christmas in July feeling to January. Send your servants back downstairs and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Lisanti TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ก The Gilded Age Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš— American Auto Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ““ Abbott Elementary Around The Dial: ๐ŸŠ Ozark Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฃ Cheer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ… Peacemaker Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฎ 9-1-1: Lone Star Around The Dial: ๐Ÿž Toast Of Tinseltown Extra Credit: ๐Ÿฅ” Mashed Debate-os The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Mandalorian S01.E08: Redemption Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Amy Schneider Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Maggie Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Mark The Halls NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 391 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ’ก "How The Gilded Age's Denรฉe Benton Made Sure Peggy Scott's Story Was Told Right" at Glamour.com ๐Ÿฅ Tara's post on The CW's March at Decider ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's Christina Ricci interview at GQ.com ๐Ÿ“ฃ Sarah on Season 2 of Cheer at BestEvidence.fyi
26/01/22โ€ข1h 51m

390: TV Moustache Thunderdome

For this special episode, we have selected 27 very memorable TV mustaches to do battle in our Thunderdome. Listen to find out which of them vanquishes all its opponents! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅธ TV Moustache Thunderdome NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 390 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
19/01/22โ€ข1h 22m

389: Is The Amazing Race Still A Top Finisher?

Resident Amazing Race expert Jessica returns to the guest chair to talk about the legendary reality show's unique thirty-third season: how it handled an 18-month interruption, whether we expect more from its production than we do from other shows, the true-crime connection that's somehow charming, and whom we expect to win. We went Around The Dial with the new Joe Millionaire, Married At First Sight, Letterkenny, Yellowjackets, and 9-1-1: Lone Star before celebrating a Tiny Triumph for Tara going back to March of 2021. Greg L. asked us to Pop Culture Veto TV properties before we went Down Under for Jessica's Canon submission from The Letdown's first season. History won, gas lost, and we boarded a rollercoaster of series highs and lows for Game Time. The world is waiting...for this all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Liese TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒ The Amazing Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Joe Millionaire: For Richer Or Poorer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Letterkenny Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Yellowjackets Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค  9-1-1: Lone Star Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Soapdish Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Pop Culture Veto The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Letdown S01.E04: Trivial Pursuits Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Tobias Menzies Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Stephanie Matto Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Best Of Times, Worst Of Times NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 389 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jessica Liese on Twitter ๐ŸŽง Jessica's TAR podcasts at Rob Has A Website ๐Ÿ” EEHG 109: Adding To Paramount+ ๐ŸŽ™ Tara's interview with Tim Minear ๐Ÿ” Best Evidence โœ‚๏ธ Jourdain Searles intro-ing In The Cut at the Nitehawk
12/01/22โ€ข1h 41m

388: Non-Regulation Game Time, Times Three!

So...the original plan was to watch the 1979 miniseries Backstairs At The White House -- even though, at nine hours, it's longer than some actual series are these days. Then Dave and Tara got less than half an hour into it and pulled the plug. Dan -- who did watch it -- tells us what we missed, but then we just roll on past that to a trio of Non-Regulation Game Times! Who knows the most about TV actors who share names with U.S. presidents, and about original songs from TV episodes, AND about reunion movies made years after the series that spawned them went off the air? This special episode's games leave no one in doubt! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Cassino TOPICS Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ› Backstairs At The White House Game Time: ๐Ÿง  His Name Is My Name Too Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Tunes VIII Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Reunions NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 388 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan Cassino on Twitter
05/01/22โ€ข1h 26m

387: Extra Hic Great

EEHG 097: Extra Hic Great We challenged our listeners to get us to 1000 Patreon supporters by December 15, and they went above and beyond. Your reward? This drunk episode. Author, screenwriter, and sake enthusiast Pamela Ribon joins us as we discuss Bridgerton, the first Shonda Rhimes show to hit Netflix. Which of us found its 1813 society romances compelling? The answer won't surprise you! Around The Dial takes us through How To With John Wilson, the feature film We Are Little Zombies (available to buy or rent on all the platforms), NBC's revival of The Weakest Link, and Taskmaster NZ. A WILDLY compromised Dave pitches the Peep Show episode "Shrooming" for induction into the Canon; then after Dave crowns the episode's Winner and Loser based on who's most drunk, it's on to the most shambolic Game Time ever. Pour yourself a LARGE cup of Christmas cheer and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Pamela Ribon TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฉ Bridgerton Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ How To With John Wilson Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ We Are Little Zombies Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”— The Weakest Link Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Œ Taskmaster New Zealand The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘€ Peep Show S03.E03: Shrooming Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿบ ??!? Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Theme Karaoke NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 387 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
29/12/21โ€ข50m 47s

386: Coming Home To Being The Ricardos

Being The Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin's latest project as a big-screen writer-director is...also very much a small-screen project, so we are claiming it. Look, it's about TV (specifically, the stars and making of I Love Lucy) and it's kind of on TV (members can stream it for free on Amazon Prime Video), so IT COUNTS. Anyway: joining us for the discussion is actual film critic Tim Grierson! Around The Dial takes us through film-to-TV adaptation Finding Magic Mike; TV-to-film-back-to-TV adaptation MacGruber; Insecure; How To With John Wilson; Dead Asleep; and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. John Potts asks us to choose a TV getaway for our next imaginary holiday. Ilan brings us back to the TV-to-movie pipeline with a Canon presentation on The Simpsons episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie." Then we name the week's Winner and Loser before closing out with a Game Time that really decks the halls. No need to arrange a multi-cam setup: this podcast is for your ears only! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Tim Grierson TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜˜ Being The Ricardos Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•บ Finding Magic Mike Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงจ Macgruber Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Insecure Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ How To With John Wilson Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›Œ Dead Asleep Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ– TV Getaways The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Simpsons S04.E06: Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Texas Monthly Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Peloton Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Caroling Burnett Show II NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 386 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Tim Grierson on Twitter ๐Ÿ™ƒ "Aaron Sorkin Defends Being the Ricardos Casting Decisions" at The Hollywood Reporter ๐Ÿคฅ "What's Fact and What's Fiction in Being The Ricardos" ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's interview with Gloria Calderรณn Kellett at Decider ๐ŸŽž Tim at Screen International ๐Ÿˆ Tim at Mel ๐Ÿ“š Tim's book, This Is How You Make A Movie, at The Last Bookshop ๐Ÿ›Œ Sarah's Dead Asleep review at Best Evidence
22/12/21โ€ข1h 31m

385: We Couldn't Help But Wonder About And Just Like That

Novelists and Go Fug Yourself editors Heather and Jessica are back to talk about the Sex & The City...update? reboot? whatever you call it, you can also call it And Just Like That. And you can ALSO call it "tone-deaf," "cringey," and "a clumsy character assassination," as the legendary HBO sit-rom-com returns with a bunch of new characters, and one very notable absence. Is there anything to relate to here? Does the show, as it used to, still do a couple of things extremely well while being exhausting the rest of the time? And couldn't they just have given Samantha COVID? Later, Dan Cassino was NOT a crackpot for suggesting that many Netflix properties would benefit from a faster watch speed, and then we went Around The Dial with Love Life, Live In Front Of A Studio Audience, The Big Leap, The Monkees, and Call My Agent!. Listener Laura hoped there wouldn't be "Bad Blood" between her and the panel when she submitted yet another X-Files ep for the Canon. Yellowstone won, wasting the court's time lost, and we contemplated the legendary hookups of the Big Apple in a non-regulation Game Time. Grab a sad fascinator and have a listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Heather Cocks ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Morgan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒ† And Just Like That Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Love Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜‚ Live In Front Of A Studio Audience Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ The Big Leap Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ The Monkees Around The Dial: โ˜Ž๏ธ Call My Agent! I Am Not A Crackpot: โฉ Speed Watching TV The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ The X-Files S05.E12: Bad Blood Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ 1883 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Jussie Smollett Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Sexinest City NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 385 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ’ƒ Go Fug Yourself ๐Ÿฆ GFY on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ GFY on Instagram ๐Ÿ“š Heather and Jessica on Bookshop ๐Ÿ’ The For Colored Nerds podcast on S02 of Love Life ๐ŸŽญ Vulture on The Big Leap ๐Ÿ’ The Monkees S02.E22 ("the Paris episode") ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€โš•๏ธ Tara's Doogie Kamealoha, MD post at Decider โœ๏ธ Tara's author page at Decider ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: HBO Max
15/12/21โ€ข1h 47m

384: Did We Dig Landscapers?

HBO's latest British miniseries import is Landscapers, telling the story about Christopher and Susan Edwards and their, er, unorthodox gardening habits; we tell you whether we thought it was, heh, fertile ground for drama. Around The Dial takes us through Annie Live!, Money Heist, Baptiste, and Hawkeye. Elenore pitches the Drunk History episode "Civil Rights" for the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close out with a Game Time that's live from New York, featuring surprise Valued Guest Taylor Cole. Join us for all the dirt on Landscapers and so much more! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Taylor Cole TOPICS Lead Topic: โ›ฒ๏ธ Landscapers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ธ Money Heist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿฆฐ Annie Live Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽจ Baptiste Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฏ Hawkeye Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ– TV Getaways The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Drunk History S05.E05: Civil Rights Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ FX Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Chris Cuomo Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Do You Know What Not Ready For Prime Time It Is? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 384 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Guardian's deep dive on the Edwards case ๐Ÿค” Streaming options for Quiz ๐Ÿšจ The Blotter Presents podcast on Quiz ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿฆฐ Jackson McHenry and Kathryn VanArendonk on Annie Live! at Vulture ๐Ÿ’ธ Tara's Money Heist recaps at Vulture ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show on Patreon ๐Ÿ“š 12(% off) Days Of Christmas at Exhibit B. Books
08/12/21โ€ข1h 17m

383: Selective HBO Character Thunderdome

It's the return of the EHG Thunderdome! This time we're sending 27 HBO characters of our choosing into the Thunderdome to see who is the last character standing. Will it be the horse from Luck? WILL IT?! TOPICS Lead Topic: โ›ˆ Selective HBO Character Thunderdome NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 383 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
01/12/21โ€ข1h 20m

382: Wheel Of Time And Thyme Again

Sarah and Tara are busy eating turkey so Dave assembled a crew of Wheel Of Time experts to try to explain what the hell he just watched. Join Dan Cassino, Sean Pflueger and Jim Durr as they discuss Amazon's adaption of the epic series then stick around for a spicy game time! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Cassino ๐Ÿ‘ค Jim Durr ๐Ÿ‘ค Sean Pflueger TOPICS Lead Topic: โณ Wheel Of Time Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Wheel Of Thyme NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 382 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
24/11/21โ€ข47m 40s

381: Analyzing The Shrink Next Door

Returning guest Dave Roth got on the couch with us for The Shrink Next Door, the Apple TV adaptation of the Wondery podcast of the same name. We discussed the pacing, whether the show needed more jokes and less attention to production-design details, and the very obviously not New York light on the outdoor sets. Did true-crime "expert" Buntsy feel differently from the rest of the panel? Later, we went Around The Dial with Yellowjackets, SNL, Evil, and The Curse Of Von Dutch before popping on our fezzes for a Lodge 49 Canon submission from Lisa. Annie Live! won, Terry Crews lost, and we tried to keep it 100 with some creative arithmetic in Game Time. Bail on your second bar mitzvah early and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค David Roth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ The Shrink Next Door Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Yellowjackets Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒƒ Saturday Night Live Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ Evil Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงข The Curse Of Von Dutch The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Lodge 49 S01.E03: Corpus Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Alan Toy Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Terry Crews Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Keeping It 100 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 381 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ David J. Roth at Defector.com ๐Ÿฆœ The Distraction podcast ๐Ÿคถ The It's Christmastown podcast with Jeb Lund ๐Ÿจ Tara on Frayed S02 for Decider ๐ŸŒƒ Tara's SNL recap at VF ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show Patreon ๐Ÿงข Sarah's Von Dutch review on Best Evidence ๐ŸŽง Subscribe to Quaid In Full for even more Roth and Lund in our S05 finale
17/11/21โ€ข1h 42m

380: Debating The New Head Of The Class

The latest high school-based '80s sitcom to get a revival is HBO Max's 2021 take on Head Of The Class, so Daniel MacEachern -- a fan of the original in its day -- has joined us to talk about whether it's a pass or fail! Around The Dial takes us through Season 2 of Frayed, an update on Married At First Sight, Deutschland 89, Yellowstone, The Great British Bake Off (or Baking Show, depending on where you are), Project Runway, and the findings of the TV Holiday Corridor Committee. Tara explains why she is NOT a crackpot to think Rick was funnier before his lines got subtitled on Big Mouth. Danny presents the Ted Lasso episode "Trent Crimm: The Independent" for the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and close out with a Game Time that has us contemplating celebrity mortality. Get out your notebook -- do kids still take those to class?! -- and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ Head Of The Class Around The Dial: ๐Ÿจ Frayed Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Deutschland 89 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘„ Big Mouth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘  Project Runway Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ TV Holiday Corridor Committee Findings I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Rick Was Funnier Before Big Mouth Started Subtitling Him The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Ted Lasso S01.E03: Trent Crimm: The Independent Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Fantasy Island (2021) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ingo Rademacher Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Dead? Simpsons? Both? Neither? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 380 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Daniel MacEachern on Twitter ๐Ÿšฝ "TV Producer Steven Bochco says he fired lead actor from Murder One because one particular bathroom habit made him an hour late for work EVERY DAY" at DailyMail.com ๐Ÿ’„ Listen To Sassy on Patreon ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show on Patreon ๐Ÿ“ฐ CBC Newfoundland and Labrador ๐Ÿ›‘ "Please Stop The Great British Baking Show From Becoming The Great British Science Fair" at VanityFair.com ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast ๐ŸŽง Quaid In Full on Patreon
10/11/21โ€ข1h 15m

379: EHG Listener Fall Forcening

Your co-hosts weren't feeling that psyched about any of this week's TV premieres -- sorry, Judy Justice on IMDbTV -- so we invited our Patreon supporters to pitch and then vote on TV episodes for us to discuss under the rubric Fall Forcenings. Thus we are going in on L.A. Law's "Good To The Last Drop" with guest Adam Grosswirth, who originally watched it as a pre-teen and...learned a lot about hysterectomies and their possible side effects? Around The Dial takes us through Insecure, Queens, The Big Leap, The Good Wife, and The Good Fight. Adam makes the case for Max Headroom's series premiere, "Blipverts," to be inducted into The Canon. Then after an extra-spooky Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that doesn't overstay its welcome. Look out: it's a new episode of Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ L.A. Law S05.E16: Good To The Last Drop Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Insecure Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ธ๐Ÿฝ Queens Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Big Leap Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ The Good Wife Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘Š The Good Fight The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Max Headroom S01.E01: Blipverts Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Steve Buscemi Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ted Lasso Game Time: ๐Ÿง  One-Season Wonders NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 379 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter โ˜•๏ธ "Good To The Last Drop" on Dailymotion ๐Ÿšฝ "TV producer Steven Bochco says he fired lead actor from Murder One because one particular bathroom habit made him an hour late for work EVERY DAY" on DailyMail.com ๐ŸŒด The latest Again With This podcast, featuring Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, aka The Fug Girls ๐Ÿท The Muppeturgy podcast ๐ŸŽ Baffled! on YouTube ๐Ÿ‘พ "Live And Direct: The Definitive Oral History Of 1980s Digital Icon Max Headroom" at The Verge
03/11/21โ€ข1h 16m

378: Investigating Inside Job

Netflix's new animated series Inside Job posits a world in which basically every conspiracy theory you've ever seen on Facebook is real; John Ramos returns to discuss whether it's worth exposing the NSA to it via the recording device that's always running in your phone! Around The Dial takes us through the third seasons of Succession and You, and the second season of We're Here. Tara takes a hard stance on when holiday episodes should air. Erica makes a case for Brooklyn Nine-Nine's "Casecation" to be inducted into the Nonac. Then we crown the week's Winners and Loser before getting into a Non-Regulation Game Time that's a little two-dimensional. Take a break from monitoring your Bigfoot traps and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Inside Job Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง Succession Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซต You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—บ We're Here I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Your Holiday Episode MUST Air Before The Holiday!!! The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Brooklyn Nine-Nine S06.E12: Casecation Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Stir Wirz! Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Debra Messing Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Toons NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 378 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter โœ๏ธ Tara's author page at Decider ๐Ÿ‘ƒ The Sweet Smell Of Succession podcast ๐Ÿคฌ Q: Into The Storm on HBO Max
27/10/21โ€ข1h 8m

377: Spinoffs! Spinoffs! Spinoffs!

EEHG 004: That's Just Wrong Our patron Eric Akawie challenges us to name shows that got Wrong Spinoffs, and to correct history by proposing spinoffs that would have been Right! EEHG 081: The Lowest Of Decks Sarah asked: What about creating Star Trek: Lower Decks-style shows for other series? Which low-powered employees from an existing TV show would make for a good spinoff? EEHG 125: Second-Generation Spinoff Lots of spinoffs involve giving side characters the spotlight -- your Rhodas, your Lous Grant. What Lex Ann specifically wants us to imagine are spinoffs that center the CHILDREN of the ancestor series: and we've delivered! EEHG 126: Spin Cycle So maybe MAYBE, Dave didnโ€™t read last weekโ€™s EEHG correctly and instead of the prompt being a spinoff featuring children of a show, he thought the challenge was to develop a spinoff OF a spinoff. So thatโ€™s what weโ€™re doing this week because the idea has been rattling in his head. TOPICS Lead Topic: โŒ That's Just Wrong Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชซ The Lowest Of Decks Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Second-Generation Spinoff Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ Spin Cycle NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 377 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
20/10/21โ€ข1h 10m

376: Putting C.S.I.: Vegas Under The Microscope

We knew Cyd, like Tara and Dave, had just done a rewatch of the original-flavor C.S.I., so we were really glad she could join us to break down CBS's new reboot of its network-changing old favorite (which...only went off the air like six years ago?). We talked about whether we'll keep watching for "The New Class" after l'affaire Hodges gets resolved, when exactly the show thinks it is culturally, and what's going on with the sloppy editing. Then we went Around The Dial with Call The Midwife, Legends Of The Hidden Temple, grief-therapy sitcom recs, and Buried (with another Lauer rant from Buntsy) before Cyd was NOT a crackpot about shows using consultants on "hacker" and other internetty storylines. Chris Billig tried to get all our exercise balls up the hill in support of his Taskmaster Canon submission before Mlle. Caroline won, Netflix lost, and we put a foot in two worlds with a Game Time about reboots. Make sure to leave a fingerprint on the "play" button; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Cyd TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฐ C.S.I.: Vegas Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฟ Legends Of The Hidden Temple Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅจ Seinfeld Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฆ Buried I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Computer Consultants The Canon: ๐Ÿ’Œ Taskmaster S02.E01: Fear Of Failure Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Mlle. Caroline Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dave Chappelle and Netflix Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Getting The Reboot NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 376 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Cyd on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Or follow her here ๐Ÿ“ธ Cyd's drawing Instagram ๐Ÿงฌ Tara's William Petersen piece at Decider ๐Ÿชฆ Sarah's review of Buried at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ’Œ Taskmaster season playlists on YouTube
13/10/21โ€ข1h 25m

375: Congregating For The Many Saints Of Newark

The SCU (Sopranos Cinematic Universe) expands with the release, in theaters and on HBO Max, of the prequel film The Many Saints Of Newark, and Rolling Stone Senior TV Critic/certified Sopranologist Alan Sepinwall is here to discuss it with us! Around The Dial takes us through The Problem With Jon Stewart, Our Kind Of People, Maid, and the Working Girl TV series adaptation. Rebecca uses her Extra Credit topic to have us remove and recast disgraced stars from their TV vehicles to make them palatable again. Alan presents the Columbo episode "An Exercise In Fatality" for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we're pulling off the turnpike for a New Jersey-themed Non-Regulation Game Time! Find your pew and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ซ The Many Saints Of Newark Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซ  The Problem With Jon Stewart Around The Dial: โ˜บ๏ธ Our Kind Of People Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงน Maid Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Working Girl Extra Credit: ๐ŸŽ Bad Apples The Canon: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Columbo S04.E01: An Exercise In Fatality Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ IATSE Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Katie Couric Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Back To The Garden State NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 375 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alan Sepinwall on Twitter ๐Ÿ”ซ "The Ultimate Sopranos Insider's Guide to The Many Saints of Newark" on RollingStone.com ๐Ÿ“š The Sopranos Sessions on AbramsBooks.com ๐Ÿซ  Alan's review of The Problem With Jon Stewart at RollingStone.com ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast on Patreon ๐Ÿ‘ Alan's podcast Too Long; Didn't Watch ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ The Working Girl TV series adaptation on YouTube ๐Ÿ‰ The Quaid In Full podcast episode on Dragonheart ๐Ÿ˜ฌ "I Was Proud to Do This Work With Him: David Simon on James Franco Controversy" at Rolling Stone ๐Ÿญ Paul Rudd's candy store, Samuel's Sweet Shop โœŠ "As IATSE Workers Go Public, Pressure Mounts on Studios Amid Looming Strike" in The Hollywood Reporter
06/10/21โ€ข1h 28m

374: Sinking Into La Brea

We're so grateful Nick Rheinwald-Jones jumped through a green Jurassic vagina with us to watch La Brea, NBC's latest attempt at a sci-fi dystopia -- but this one involves a sinkhole in "Los Angeles," were-dogs, and Jon Seda. Should you watch the pilot just for the dumb crappy fun of it all? Or is it too stuck in that 2006 "we can be the next Lost" mindset to be enjoyable? We definitely enjoyed going Around The Dial with Controlling Britney Spears, The Big Leap, Being James Bond, Tea With The Dames, Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant, and Squid Game, and in related news, Dave was not a crackpot about flashbacks to events in the same episode. David Ellis Dickerson challenged us to pick a show bible a la the Star Trek: TOS episode "A Piece of the Action," and base an entire future society on it, and then Nick challenged our conceptions about second episodes of series when he pitched Episode 02 of Succession for the Canon. Bergeron won, Messing lost, and the Game Time season came down to a single letter. Take a nip off that flask and tell the government about your visions: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆ• La Brea Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•น Controlling Britney Spears Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™€๏ธ The Big Leap Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ซ Being James Bond Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซ– Tea With The Dames Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฐ Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ‘ Squid Game I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ“– Show Bible The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Succession S01.E02: Shit Show At The Fuck Factory Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Tic-Tac-Dough Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Debra Messing Game Time: ๐Ÿง  One Letter Off NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 374 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ Nick's immersive-theater project, Spy Brunch โ›ณ๏ธ Tara's Holey Moley piece at Defector ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Sarah Enticknap / NBC
29/09/21โ€ข1h 47m

373: Drinking Too Much Espresso With The Morning Show

Nearly two years after its first-season premiere, The Morning Show is back on AppleTV+, and its #1 fan Christina Tucker has returned to talk about all the delightful madness! Around The Dial takes us through The Premise, Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., and the new seasons of Sex Education and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Amelia asks us to poach good characters from bad shows and put them together in a new project. Tara presents The Other Two's very recent "Chase Gets Baptized" for Canon consideration. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we wrap up with a pilot-based Game Time that leaves us all in a tailspin. Pour yourself a coffee with Red Bull and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Christina Tucker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒ… The Morning Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฒ The Premise Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€โš•๏ธ Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† Sex Education Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€โš–๏ธ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ˜‰ Only The Good Ones The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Other Two S02.E05: Chase Gets Baptized Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Baltimore Ravens Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Edie Falco Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Pilot Error NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 373 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Christina Tucker on Twitter ๐Ÿ™ Christina's The Morning Show recap newsletter Chaos! It's The New Cocaine ๐ŸŸ  Tara on James Wolk and Ordinary Joe at Decider โ‰๏ธ The Wait, Is This A Date? podcast ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ Christina at Autostraddle ๐Ÿ“š 15% off for EHG listeners at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ› Backstairs At The White House on Wikipedia
22/09/21โ€ข1h 36m

372: Should You Ask Yourself Y: The Last Man?

FX on Hulu's take on comics series Y: The Last Man has finally made it to air -- and Taylor Cole has finally made it over from The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show to talk about it with us! How is the show different from the comics? Can Diane Lane's hair still be a national treasure if her roots are a plot point? And does a certain Hero need to get written out of the story? We went Around The Dial with Frogger, Scenes From A Marriage, Miracle Workers, and 30 For 30's take on the '86 Mets before carefully selecting TV's smartest (and hottest) characters to get us Extra Credit at pub quiz. Taylor sent us a care package containing his Canon submission for Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp before Momoa won and copaganda lost. And Tara's non-regulation Game Time taught us all a lot. Make 90 minutes disappear Yorick-style by listening to an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Taylor Cole TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ Y: The Last Man Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Scenes From A Marriage Around The Dial: ๐Ÿธ Frogger Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฌ Miracle Workers Around The Dial: โšพ๏ธ 30 For 30 Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค” Pub Quiz The Canon: ๐Ÿฉณ Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp S01.E06: Electro/City Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ See Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Fox Nation Game Time: ๐Ÿง  That'll Teach 'Em NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 372 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Taylor Cole on Twitter ๐Ÿธ The G&T With Greta And Taylor podcast ๐Ÿ’„ Listen To Sassy on Patreon ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter
15/09/21โ€ข1h 28m

371: Testifying About Impeachment: American Crime Story

Since the third season of American Crime Story revolves around Bill Clinton's late-'90s impeachment scandal, we could think of no better guest to join us in discussing it than Dan Rogge, noted co-writer of the mid-'00s theatrical production Monica! The Musical. And we got him! Around The Dial takes us through A.P. Bio, Money Heist, Black Monday, and Only Murders In The Building. Katherine asks us to suggest better monikers for mis-named TV characters. Then Dan makes his case for inducting NewsRadio's Season 3 episode "Kids" into The Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser, and close out with a big-name Game Time. Got dry cleaning to drop off? Take us with you and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Rogge TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Impeachment: American Crime Story Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงซ A.P. Bio Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ธ Money Heist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“‰ Black Monday Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Only Murders In The Building Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Restoring Their Good Name The Canon: ๐Ÿ“ป NewsRadio S03.E16: Kids Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Reservation Dogs Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Game Time: ๐Ÿง  That's My Name, Too NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 371 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan Rogge on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘— Monica! The Podcast โœ๏ธ Sarah's Impeachment review at Primetimer ๐Ÿ’ธ Tara's Money Heist recaps at Vulture ๐ŸŒ Andy Dehnart's oral history of The Amazing Race's first season at Reality Blurred
08/09/21โ€ข1h 50m

370: Shut Up Alfred Poochinski

EEHG 102: Sarah Forces Everyone To Watch Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03.E01: The Glass Eye Join us for the third-season premiere of Sarah's go-to mid-century anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, featuring Captain Kirk, Jessica Tandy, ventriloquism Deadheads, spinster-ist propaganda, and a hall-of-fame crappy TV kid. EEHG 122: Dave Forces Everyone To Watch The Failed 1990 Pilot Of Poochinski Woof! Woof! I'm Poochinski, the talking dog! EEHG 131: Hey You, Shut Up 150 things that need to shut up. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช Alfred Hitchcock Presents S03.E01: The Glass Eye Lead Topic: ๐Ÿถ Poochinski S01.E01: Pilot Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ™Š Hey You, Shut Up NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 370 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿงฟ "The Glass Eye" on Peacock
01/09/21โ€ข48m 17s

369: Settling Into The Chair

University of California (NOT California University...you'll see) faculty member Bobby Krut returns to talk about Sandra Oh's new English-department half-hour dramedy on Netflix, The Chair. We discussed the almost-perfect pacing and casting, underrating Amanda Peet at your peril, whether Holland Taylor should get a spinoff, and more. Then we went Around The Dial with Nine Perfect Strangers, Messyness, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, and Unforgotten before Doug tasked us with adding a Russian Roulette-style trapdoor to a TV moment. Sarah wouldn't let the bird rest in her Canon presentation for a fifth-season Cheers episode; true crime won and Mike Richards lost; and the truth was once again stranger than fiction in a Game Time animรฉ sequel. Don't pine for a crumpled podcast; listen to this shiny new episode of Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Robert Krut TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช‘ The Chair Around The Dial: 9๏ธโƒฃ Nine Perfect Strangers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—‘ Messyness Around The Dial: โ†ฉ๏ธ I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™‡โ€โ™€๏ธ Unforgotten Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ”ซ Russian Roulette The Canon: ๐Ÿป Cheers S05.E09: Thanksgiving Orphans Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Josh Duhamel Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Michael Richards Game Time: ๐Ÿง  More Animรฉ Bullshit NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 369 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿชถ Bobby Krut's website ๐Ÿฆ Bobby on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ท Bobby on Instagram ๐Ÿ“บ The Kominsky Method on Netflix ๐Ÿ’ฐ The National Network of Abortion Funds ๐Ÿ”Ž The "Bet-Crap" on Best Evidence ๐Ÿ”ซ A Russian Roulette reference video ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ The The Thing About Pam podcast
25/08/21โ€ข1h 27m

368: Getting Into The Ring With Heels

With your co-host panel still smarting over the death of Netflix's wrestling dramedy GLOW, Starz has dared to bring its own scripted wrestling project to the screen in the form of Michael Waldron's Heels; Joe Reid -- a fan of both wrestling AND TV -- joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Reservation Dogs, The White Lotus (briefly), Fantasy Island, Big Brother, Animal Kingdom, and What If...?. David Ellis Dickerson challenges us to create a TV series that will use the talents of both January Jones and David Duchovny to the fullest advantage. Joe presents the Girls5Eva episode "Cease And Desist" for induction into The Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser, and head straight into a Game Time that gets a little romantic. Get into your spangliest leggings and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™€๏ธ Heels Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชถ Reservation Dogs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง˜ The White Lotus Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Fantasy Island (2021) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Big Brother Around The Dial: ๐ŸฆŒ Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค” What If Extra Credit: ๐Ÿš Rigid Air Vehicles The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค Girls5Eva S01.E06: Cease And Desist Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Corn Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Men behaving badly Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Double Date NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 368 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Joe Reid on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ก Joe's Heels review at Primetimer ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™‚๏ธ Tara's post on Heels and GLOW at Decider ๐Ÿ‘  LaToya Ferguson's post about Heels at Paste ๐ŸŒบ Mitchell Kuga at Vox on The White Lotus's portrayal of Native Hawaiian characters ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™‚๏ธ Tara discussing The White Lotus with Dave Chen on his Patreon podcast โœ๏ธ Joe's author page on Primetimer ๐Ÿ† The This Had Oscar Buzz podcast on Twitter ๐ŸฆŠ Sarah's Primetimer post about Season 4 of Animal Kingdom ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท January Jones on Instagram โš–๏ธ Seth Simons on the Horatio Sanz lawsuit at Humorism
18/08/21โ€ข1h 46m

367: Mr. Corman's Existential Crisis

Kamille Washington of the Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast is back to discuss Mr. Corman, a (possibly too) slow-building show about a musician turned grade-school teacher/anxiety sufferer and his angst. Did star/producer/crafty coordinator Joseph Gordon-Levitt take on too many jobs -- and not enough fresh story? Why couldn't the show be about Arturo Castro's character? And can we look forward to a Debra Wingeraissance? We went Around The Dial with First Wives Club's second season, FBoy Island, Real Housewives Of Potomac, CNBC crime shows, and UFO; then Courtney and Craig asked us which TV characters are the most likely to vape obnoxiously (and none of us had any trouble answering). We conferred on whether a New Girl episode was adorkable enough for the Canon, then declared a Winner and a Loser of the week before finding out whether a superpowered Game Time was our kryptonite. Get your sneakers off the couch and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kamille Washington TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅฑ Mr. Corman Around The Dial: โ™ฃ๏ธ First Wives Club Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† FBoy Island Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ The Real Housewives Of Potomac Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅท Super Heists Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ถ Money Court Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ธ UFO Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ’จ Who Here Vapes? The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿผ New Girl S02.E15: Cooler Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Law & Order: Organized Crime Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Michael Richards Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Alter Egos NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 367 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Kamille Washington on Twitter โœ‹๐Ÿฝ Listen to the Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast ๐ŸŽฅ Daniel Fienberg's Mr. Corman review for The Hollywood Reporter ๐Ÿฆค Jen Chaney's at Vulture ๐Ÿ Joe Reid reviews FBoy Island for Primetimer ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's Paul Scheer interview at Decider ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Apple TV+
11/08/21โ€ข1h 37m

366: Shouldn't Have Worked But It Did

The talented EHG Assist team tasked the panel -- plus returning guest Jeff Drake! -- with talking about shows and episodes that shouldn't have worked, but somehow did. We began our theme episode with the late-'70s satire Soap. Do the problematic parts justify the hilarity around them? Is some of the bad acting and slow pacing an homage of sorts to daytime dramas? Should you (re-)watch, or just find a supercut of all the previouslies and next-ons? Later, we went Around The Dial with The Circle, Nailed It!, Pop-Up Video, and Battle Of The Network Stars, before a complete 180 in tone brought us to a Canon submission from 2020's Normal People. AppleTV+ both won AND lost, and then we all updated our quiz rรฉsumรฉs for Game Time. Good morning, Bensons -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿซง Soap Around The Dial: โญ•๏ธ The Circle Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ‚ Nailed It Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ผ Pop-Up Video Around The Dial: ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Battle Of The Network Stars The Canon: ๐Ÿงโ€โ™‚๏ธ Normal People S01.E10: Episode 10 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ted Lasso Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Amazing Stories Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Working Hard Or Hardly Working? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 366 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake On Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Tara's interview with Married At First Sight showrunner Montrรฉ Burton at Decider ๐ŸŒณ Watch Jeff Drake's show, Central Park, on AppleTV+ ๐Ÿ’ฟ Jeff just released an album! Listen to it on Basecamp ๐Ÿ“ผ Watch a big old playlist of vintage Pop-Up Video ๐ŸŒ  Watch the 1976 Battle Of The Network Stars ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Or skip directly to the notorious Robert Conrad relay ๐ŸŽถ Get more music-documentary content on the Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs Patreon
04/08/21โ€ข1h 26m

365: Speed-Dating Sexy Beasts

When schedulers at the Food Network foiled our original plans for this episode, our returning guest Will Ellis rolled with the punches and joined us to talk about Netflix's bizarre new dating show, Sexy Beasts! Around The Dial takes us through the new season of Married At First Sight, The Real Housewives Of Potomac, Married To Medicine, and Search Party. Last week's guest Sean Pflueger returns...via an Extra Credit question about actors whose range we underestimated. Will presents the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked episode "It Takes Two" for submission to The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we roar and scratch our way through a Non-Regulation Game Time. Get a beer (good luck drinking it around your bottle-nosed dolphin special effects makeup) and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Ellis TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘น Sexy Beasts Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ The Real Housewives Of Potomac Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Š Married To Medicine Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘€ Search Party Extra Credit: ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Underestimated The Canon: ๐Ÿ† RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Untucked S01.E01: It Takes Two Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ YouTuber Shamook Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The WGA Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Regular Beasts That Are Not Here To Be Objectified NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 365 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Will Ellis on Twitter ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Harvard Kennedy School's LGBTQ Policy Journal, in the spring 2021 issue of which Will has an article ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter
28/07/21โ€ข1h 19m

364: Visiting Schmigadoon!

AppleTV+'s newest musical series, Schmigadoon!, strands a couple of contemporary big-city doctors in a strange town lost in time, requiring them to find their true loves before they can cross the bridge home. Did we true-love it, or did we feel trapped? New guest Sean Pflueger joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through American Horror Stories, Never Have I Ever, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Love, Victor, and Dr. Death. Don (on behalf of the @EHGAssist crew) uses his Extra Credit segment to let us give a TV character a late-night cable access show. Tara explains why she's not a crackpot for thinking the Marvel shows on Disney+ are just very expensive advertainment. Sean pitches Schitt's Creek's "Open Mic" for induction into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time with perfect pitch. Ladle up a big bowl of corn puddin' and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Sean Pflueger TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽผ Schmigadoon Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฆ American Horror Stories Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคž Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซ High School Musical: The Musical The Series Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’• Love Victor Around The Dial: โ˜ ๏ธ Dr. Death Extra Credit: ๐Ÿš  Cable Access I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช The Marvel Shows On Disney+ Are Just 2020s Webisodes The Canon: ๐Ÿ’ฉ Schitt's Creek S04.E06: Open Mic Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Crocs Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Erika Jayne Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Another Pair Of Jazz Hands NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 364 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Sean Pflueger on Twitter ๐ŸŽผ Tara's Schmigadoon! review at VanityFair.com โ˜ ๏ธ Roundup of Dr. Death reviews at Best Evidence ๐Ÿงต Best Evidence's Dr. Death open thread ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's Joshua Jackson interview at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿฆ EHG Assist on Twitter ๐ŸŠ "The Loki Season Finale Exit Survey" at The Ringer
21/07/21โ€ข1h 49m

363: Should You Slide Into The New Gossip Girl's DMs?

Nadia Chaudhury of Eater Austin joins us for the first time to talk about the second time around for Gossip Girl. Does the 2021 reboot know who it's for? Did the original benefit from the suspense surrounding Gossip Girl's identity? And will we keep watching even if Tavi Gevinson's acting doesn't improve? After Gordon Lightfoot Cole dropped in to make a request, we went Around The Dial with White Lotus, Monsters At Work, We Are Lady Parts, Heist, and This Is Pop before listener Lauren pitched an ICO (initial Canon offering) for a third-season Halt And Catch Fire episode. Kiefer won (the presidency), a Netflix show lost, and we cast about for answers in Game Time. Listen now! xoxo, EHG GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nadia Chaudhury TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Gossip Girl Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง˜โ€โ™€๏ธ The White Lotus Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŒ Monsters At Work Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿฝ We Are Lady Parts Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆน Heist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿพ This Is Pop The Canon: ๐Ÿงฏ Halt And Catch Fire S03.E07: The Threshold Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kiefer Sutherland Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cursed Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Last Minute Changes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 363 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter ๐Ÿฑ Nadia at at Eater Austin ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ Nadia's "The 38 Essential Restaurants In Austin" ๐Ÿชท Willa Paskin's White Lotus review at Slate ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ Tara's Laura Leighton piece at Decider ๐ŸŽ„ Tara discusses You Had Me At Aloha on the It's Christmastown podcast ๐Ÿฆน Sarah's Heist review on Primetimer ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: HBO Max
14/07/21โ€ข1h 13m

362: America's-Birthday Forcenings!

It's a holiday week: time for a good old-fashioned Forcening, in which each of your EHG regulars makes another one watch a TV episode or movie. This time, we're acknowledging July 4th by obliging one another to watch shows with "America" in the title, and Tara's first up, forcing Sarah to watch 2000's short-lived, extremely derivative, stupidly enjoyable Young Americans, a Dawson's Creek spin-off featuring references to Stephen King, Dead Poets Society, The Skulls, and kindling. ...Wait, that last thing was actually Kate Bosworth. Next, Sarah forced Dave to watch a third-season episode of cocaine fever-dream The Greatest American Hero -- a great theme song in search of half-decent CGI, a team of writers who would stay for the whole episode, and better costume strat. Finally, Dave made Tara take The American Bible Challenge, and we all learned that there's more than one Herod, it's hard to flip a fork, and Jeff Foxworthy might be America's Host. Praise God -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง’ Young Americans S01.E01: Pilot Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Greatest American Hero S03.E08: Space Ranger Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“– The American Bible Challenge S03.E09: Grand Finale NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 362 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿง’ Young Americans on Dailymotion ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Greatest American Hero on Peacock ๐Ÿ“– And The American Bible Challenge on Netflix
07/07/21โ€ข58m 15s

361: Should You Join The Mysterious Benedict Society?

Disney Plus's latest series for teens and tweens is the very puzzle-y The Mysterious Benedict Society, based on a beloved novel, and Leigh-Ann Jackson is here to talk about how well it works! Around The Dial takes us through In Treatment, The Good Fight, Jiva!, Flack, the (sort of) final season of B-B-B-B-Bosch, CSI, and Derry Girls! Craig and Courtney argue for the Canon induction of the King Of The Hill episode "The Wedding Of Bobby Hill." Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new Game Time season with a contest that may be something, or may be nothing. No need to pass any test: our latest podcast is right here for you to enjoy! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Leigh-Ann Jackson TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ The Mysterious Benedict Society Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ถโ€๐ŸŒซ๏ธ In Treatment Around The Dial: โœŠ The Good Fight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ Jiva Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงจ Flack Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ…ฑ๏ธ Bosch Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ The Crime Apple Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Derry Girls The Canon: ๐Ÿ† King Of The Hill S03.E14: The Wedding Of Bobby Hill Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ True-crime casting Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Jared Padalecki Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Once Again, Is This Anything? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 361 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Leigh-Ann Jackson on Twitter ๐Ÿ›‹ "New Pop Culture Tred Alert: the Black Lady Therapist" at Slate ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš’ Tara on the 9-1-1 franchise at Primetimer.com ๐Ÿ› Leanna Lin's Wonderland
30/06/21โ€ข1h 26m

360: Bouncing Into Physical

The latest new series from AppleTV+ is Physical, starring Rose Byrne as an aerobics addict in 1981 San Diego; Jeb Lund joins us to discuss whether the first three episodes left us wanting more, or...wanting more of GLOW (R.I.P.). Around The Dial takes us through Cruel Summer, Holey Moley, Exterminate All The Brutes, American Barbecue Showdown, the I'll Be Gone In The Dark special, and Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell. Tara and Sarah share a Tiny Triumph (thanks, Slate!), and Shan takes to Extra Credit to have us gender-swap TV detectives. Jeb makes his case for the Rick & Morty episode "The Ricklantis Mixup" to be inducted into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time with a lot of pomp and circumstance. Pull on your leg warmers and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™€๏ธ Physical Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜Ž Cruel Summer Around The Dial: โ›ณ๏ธ Holey Moley Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฆ Exterminate All The Brutes Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ– American Barbecue Showdown Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ‘ I'll Be Gone In The Dark Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Again With Them in Slate Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Flipping The Detectives The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Rick And Morty S03.E07: The Ricklantis Mixup Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Legendary Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Michael Costello Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Dads, Grads, And Brads NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 360 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeb Lund on Twitter ๐ŸŒ๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Vulture's roundup of Season 3's new Holey Moley holes ๐ŸงŠ Tara's review of The Cube at Primetimer ๐ŸŽ„ Jeb's Hallmark podcast It's Christmastown on Facebook ๐ŸŽ‘ Sarah's review of the I'll Be Gone In The Dark special at Primetimer ๐ŸŽง Slate's article on B-list stars' podcasts recapping their own shows
23/06/21โ€ข1h 29m

359: Is Loki A Good Time?

Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair is back to talk about the latest product off the Marvel industrial complex assembly line: Disney+'s Loki. We discussed everything from Religion 101 to DB Cooper to mid-century production design to canonical gender identity -- but should you make TIME (...sorry) for the show? Then we went Around The Dial with Younger, Starstruck, Bargain Block, Crime Scene Kitchen, The Housewife and the Hustler, and a weird movie on HBO Max, and then it got REALLY weird when we all sent in the clowns for David Ellis Dickerson's Extra Credit. Richard signed our yearbooks "I hope this overlooked-classic Simpsons episode stays sweet" in his Canon presentation; Farrow won and Toobin (and pooin') lost; and a role-playing Game Time had us all wondering if we'd (IMD)be crowning a season winner. Grab your timey-wimey remote: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Richard Lawson TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŠ Loki Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฃ Younger Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ซ Starstruck Around The Dial: ๐Ÿท Bargain Block Around The Dial: โฒ Crime Scene Kitchen Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ธ The Housewife And The Hustler Extra Credit: ๐Ÿคก Send In The Clowns The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Simpsons S07.E25: Summer Of 4 Ft. 2 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Catch And Kill Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ultimate Slip 'N Slide Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Role-Playing Game NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 359 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Richard Lawson on Twitter ๐Ÿš Richard at Vanity Fair on HGTV: โ€œHome Truths: How HGTV, Magnolia, and Netflix Are Building a Massive Space in the Streamโ€ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘จ Richard on Luca ๐Ÿ‘€ Richard's podcast Still Watching ๐Ÿซ… Richard's other podcast Little Gold Men โณ And Richard's book, All We Can Do Is Wait ๐Ÿฉ Rose Matafeo: Horndog on HBO Max ๐Ÿ–• Tara's Kevin Can Go F*ck Himself review at Primetimer ๐Ÿง VF's Chris Murphy on whether we can/should keep enjoying Housewives what with all the felonies ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Disney+
16/06/21โ€ข1h 26m

358: Getting A Taste Of Sweet Tooth

Netflix joins Amazon in boldly dropping a soft sci-fi story about an extremely contagious disease outbreak mid-covid pandemic...but at least Sweet Tooth, unlike Utopia, also has as its lead character a very cute little deer boy? New guest Santiago Melli-Huber joins us to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us to the premiere of We Are Lady Parts on Peacock, the finale of Pose on FX; then to AMC's Kevin Can F**k Himself; to Sarah's summer TV preview pick Mike Tyson: The Knockout (and related 30 For 30 episodes about Mike Tyson that might work better); and to The Boy In The Plastic Bubble, which we recently screened, watch-along style, with our high-pledge Patreon supporters (stay tuned for more details on future hangouts!). GuyIsDelightful challenges us to create TV news-based scripted series that actually feature and are about real news shows. Santiago makes his case for the Nonac induction of RuPaul's Drag Race's Season 12 episode "World's Worst." Finally, we name the week's Winner and Loser, and wrap up with a toes-up Game Time. Grab a sweet confection of your own and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Santiago Melli-Huber TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸฆŒ Sweet Tooth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆต We Are Lady Parts Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™†๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ Pose Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ–• Kevin Can F**k Himself Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ Mike Tyson: The Knockout Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽพ 30 For 30 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซง The Boy In The Plastic Bubble Extra Credit: ๐ŸŽญ Like Studio 60...But Entertaining The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ RuPaul's Drag Race S12.E03: World's Worst Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dennis Quaid Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Helen Mirren Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Death Becomes Them NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 358 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Santiago Melli-Huber on Twitter ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy podcast ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿซง The Boy In The Plastic Bubble On YouTube ๐Ÿง‹ The Boy In The Plastic Bubble On Amazon Prime Video
09/06/21โ€ข1h 24m

357: Securing Crime Scene Kitchen, Investing In Small Fortune

Writer and co-host of The Nod Brittany Luse joins us for a double shot of summer TV fare, starting with NBC's well-hosted but incorrectly constructed Small Fortune. We like the dioramas; we're not sure about the durability of the games (or future guests). Then we ducked under the yellow tape to look at FOX's Crime Scene Kitchen, which isn't as bad as Sarah expected, but also isn't as good as it could be. Will any of us keep watching either of these? Is Curtis Stone the Joel Kinnaman of celebrity chefs? And did we actually invoke Quibi...favorably? Next we went Around The Dial with the Friends reunion, Legendary, Married At First Sight, Love After Lockup (instead of Who Killed Little Grรฉgory?, but watch 'em both!), and Bad Batch. Kimberly hoped her Derry Girls Canon submission would have the luck of the Irish before Firefly Lane won and Alec Baldwin lost (...twice), and then we transitioned between scenes with a few bars of Game Time. Pour yourself a cup of lemon chiffon pie -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brittany Luse TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช™ Small Fortune Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช Crime Scene Kitchen Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›‹ The Friends reunion Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ Legendary Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” Love After Lockup Around The Dial: โ˜ ๏ธ Who Killed Little Gregory Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคข The Bad Batch The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Derry Girls S01.E02 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ LaToya Ferguson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Alec Baldwin Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Seven Days Since Our Last Incidental NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 357 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Brittany Luse on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ Why Brittany's watching MAFS instead of planning her wedding, at Harper's Bazaar โ˜•๏ธ The Friends creators' interview at THR โ˜˜๏ธ The Joey Irish-uncle meme ๐Ÿ”ซ Alec Baldwin offered to off Tony Soprano ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast ๐Ÿ”Ž Best Evidence ๐Ÿ“ท Photos: FOX, NBC
02/06/21โ€ข1h 36m

356: Diving Into The 2021 Summer TV Preview

With summer nearly upon us, we're dusting off a format we haven't done in a while, looking at the premieres that are coming in the weeks and months ahead and each choosing one title we're into; one we SHOULD be into but aren't; and one NO ONE should be into. Joining us for this very important work is longtime listener, first-time guest Stacy Lambe! After we all offer our summer picks (and un-picks), we consider Dave In Chicago's Extra Credit question and answer which TV side character deserves their own Kevin Can F--- Himself-type star vehicle. We also play a notable scene from the Netflix original movie Stowaway and discuss whether it's Worse Than Jazz. Next, we debate whether Daria's "Dye! Dye! My Darling" should be inducted into the Canon. Finally, we name the week's Winner and Loser, and close out with a Game Time you might want to enjoy with a sachet of jordan almonds. Grab yourself a popsicle and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stacy Lambe TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘™ Summer TV Preview Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ–• Eff You Too! Is This Worse Than Jazz?: ๐ŸŽท A scene from Netflix's Stowaway The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Daria S04.E13: Dye! Dye! My Darling Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Scripted true-crime projects Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Glenn Gordon Caron Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Just Married NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 356 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stacy Lambe on Twitter ๐ŸŽ† Entertainment Tonight Online ๐Ÿ˜Ž "Summertime Lovin'" from Regular Show ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's interview with Allison Janney at VanityFair.com
26/05/21โ€ข1h 33m

355: A Talking Boat, The Queen and The End Of Liberty

EEHG 090: Dave Forces Everyone To Watch Thunder In Paradise S01.E13: Queen Of Hearts Once upon a time there were two ex-Navy SEALs living in Florida. Then a whip bull-cracking Terry Funk visited riding on the hood of a monster truck. Also, here's The Queen Of England! Don't forget about Hulk Hogan's Bumblezebra beach onesie! And here's comes Truckasaurus! We haven't even seen Thunder The Boat yet! (Nov 13, 2020) EEHG 106: Let's Watch David Copperfield Poof Lady Liberty! In a 1983 TV special that stayed with Buntsy for decades, pop magician David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear. He also harassed Morgan Fairchild and saddled "an old lady" with two kids, and we're going to talk about all of it -- including the ads we didn't get to see. (Feb 19, 2021) TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒฉ Thunder In Paradise S01.E13: Queen Of Hearts Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช„ The Magic of David Copperfield NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 355 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
19/05/21โ€ข43m 57s

354: Girls5Eva Passes The Audition

Slate TV critic Willa Paskin is back to talk about Peacock's girl-group-comeback addition to the Tina Fey-verse, Girls5Eva. Did the panel's opinions on the show's quality harmonize? Is the bubblegum/TRL world of 20 years ago a familiar song? Does the thin writing of Busy Philipps's character hit a bum note? Has Sarah already started blaming that Wonder Woman piano for various clumsy incidents around her own home? You know the answer to that last one; you'll have to listen to learn the rest. We went Around The Dial with The Handmaid's Tale, The Big Shot With Bethenny Frankel, The Great Pottery Throw Down, and The Great British Sewing Bee before deciding whether Dave is NOT a crackpot for wanting to outlaw this-season-on montages. Later, we heard a dreamy Canon presentation for Bluey. Actors won, the Globes lost, and David T. Cole played us some variations on a ('90s TV) theme during a disconcerting Game Time. Park it on a memorial bench and enjoy an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Willa Paskin TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค Girls5Eva Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฏ The Big Shot With Bethenny Frankel Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฏ The Great Pottery Throw Down Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชก The Great British Sewing Bee I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Season-on Montages The Canon: ๐Ÿถ Bluey S01.E08: Fruitbat Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Gabrielle Carteris Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Game Time: ๐Ÿง  '90s Slow-Coms NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 354 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Willa Paskin on Twitter ๐ŸŽง Listen to Willa's podcast, Decoder Ring ๐Ÿ’ฟ Look forward to the Girls5Eva soundtrack album ๐Ÿฉ The Guardian on the Bake Off formula and its discontents ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Tara's list of "12 Essential Mom Episodes" for Vulture ๐Ÿ• Sarah's review of The Sons Of Sam for Primetimer ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Peacock
12/05/21โ€ข1h 23m

353: Nice British People Doing Nice Things

A while back, we put out a call for six-word pitches to program a whole episode of this podcast, and our listener Heather was the victor with "Nice British People Doing Nice Things." As a result, she has slotted in (virtually) every show you will hear us talk about in this episode, for which we are joined by returning guest Alex Collins! First, we all tuck in on the pop history series Back In Time For Dinner. Then Around The Dial takes us to France for Escape To The Chateau, Newfoundland and Kenya for Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby, Wales for Escape To The Country, and a British mail route for Postman Pat. As required by Heather, Tara presents the Corner Gas episode "Happy Campers" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the Winner and Loser of the year 1992, we go knocking on Game Time's door. Make yourself a lovely cup of tea and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alex Collins TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅ˜ Back In Time For Dinner Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฐ Escape To The Chateau Around The Dial: ๐Ÿจ Amazing Hotels Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšต Escape To The Country Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฎ Postman Pat The Canon: โ›ฝ๏ธ Corner Gas S04.E18: Happy Campers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ New York City Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Vatican City Game Time: ๐Ÿง  You've Got Mail NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 353 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alex Collins on Twitter ๐Ÿซ” Back In Time For Dinner on DailyMotion ๐ŸฆŸ Tara's review of AppleTV+'s The Mosquito Coast at Primetimer ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast ๐Ÿšต Escape To The Country on DailyMotion ๐ŸŽถ The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
05/05/21โ€ข1h 31m

352: Zooming In On The Reality Show Exposure

Jessica Liese is here to talk about a brand-new, brand-content competition reality show from Hulu -- Exposure, in which professional photographers compete in irrelevant-to-their-strengths "influencer" challenges while rookie hosts Cole Walliser and Cat Jimenez make terrible photo puns. The problem isn't so much the Samsung-fluffing; it's that the show isn't process-y enough, isn't transparent about how the challenges work, and isn't made by the same people who make Bake Off and could figure out how to turn an hour-long commercial for phone cameras into something informative with clear stakes. We were relieved to FOCUS (...sorry) on other topics in Around The Dial, including MAFS: Unmatchables, a ranking of MAFS: Mothership couples, Offspring, Top Chef, and 9-1-1: Lone Star. Listener Michaela pitched an un-Harmon-ious episode of Community for the Nonac before boats won, SNL lost, and we got bookish for Game Time. Take a break from dyeing your brows and hit play on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Liese TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ธ Exposure Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Offspring Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ Top Chef Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1: Lone Star The Nonac: โœณ๏ธ Community S04.E03: Conventions of Space and Time Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ "...Navally" Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Saturday Night Live Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Books We've Watched NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 352 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Jessica Liese on Twitter ๐ŸงŸ Listen to Jessica's Fear The Walking Dead podcast ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿฝ And to her Tough As Nails pod on the Rob Has A Podcast network ๐Ÿต Tara's Unmatchables review at Primetimer ๐Ÿฅ‹ Tara talks Mortal Kombat on the Slashfilmcast ๐Ÿ”Ž Sarah's true-crime rec newsletter, Best Evidence ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Christian / Unsplash
28/04/21โ€ข1h 22m

351: Should You Enter Into Couples Therapy?

Dr. Orna Guralnik has returned to Showtime to work with a whole new crop of troubled partners in a new season of Couples Therapy, and Vulture's Kathryn VanArendonk -- one of the show's biggest boosters -- has returned to our podcast to yell about it! (Positively!) Around The Dial takes us through Younger, a new Mythic Quest special, PBS's Philly D.A., Why Did You Kill Me?, Sasquatch, and the midseason premiere of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Mlle. Caroline uses her Extra Credit topic to ask us about the 20-year-old (or older) shows we still like, and those we don't. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that challenges our knowledge of both anime and bullshit. Put on your artiest geometric necklace, put the dog in its bed, and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป Couples Therapy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฃ Younger Around The Dial: โš”๏ธ Mythic Quest Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”” Philly D.A. Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ต Why Did You Kill Me Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฃ Sasquatch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: โณ Passing The Test Of Time Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Warrior Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Morrissey Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Anime Bullshit NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 351 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter ๐Ÿฆค Kathryn's Couples Therapy review at Vulture ๐Ÿ›‹ Rich Juzwiak's interview with Orna Guralnik at Jezebel ๐Ÿ“บ Tara's review of Couples Therapy Season 2 at Primetimer ๐Ÿ“ก Tara talking about Season 1 of Couples Therapy on the Appointment Television podcast ๐Ÿ’ฐ Dave Chen's Patreon ๐Ÿ”” Kathryn's review of Philly D.A. at Vulture โœ๏ธ Kathryn's author page on Vulture ๐ŸŽง The Appointment Television podcast ๐Ÿคฉ The Specials podcast ๐Ÿ“š Exhibit B Books Online
21/04/21โ€ข1h 22m

350: Should You Be Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson?

Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson joined the ranks of "rich people hanging out with each other" shows last week, and Here For It author R. Eric Thomas joined US to talk about the 2 Dope Queens co-host's foray into TV, including clunky animations, guest chemistry, and whether the animals in the pilot were too well-behaved. Dave was Not A Crackpot about leaving internet-based "fun" to the experts before we went Around The Dial with Kung Fu, Home Economics, Cybill, The Great Pottery Throw Down, United States Of Al, and Pennyworth. Then we studied some layouts for a first-season Ugly Betty submission before declaring a Winner and Loser and mashing up character names in Game Time. Don't be an ass; listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค R. Eric Thomas TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’จ Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ‹ Kung Fu Around The Dial: ๐Ÿก Home Economics Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฑ Cybill Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ The Great Pottery Throw Down Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States Of Al Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคต๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Pennyworth The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Ugly Betty S01.E18: Don't Ask Don't Tell Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ancient Aliens Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Don't Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Connective Tissue NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 350 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Eric on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฐ Eric's weekly humor newsletter ๐Ÿ•ธ Eric's website ๐Ÿ“ And check out Eric's book, Here For It ๐Ÿ  Tara's Home Economics review at Primetimer ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Past guest Roxana Hadadi's United States Of Al review at RogerEbert.com ๐ŸŽง Quaid In Full's Something To Talk About episode featuring Tara ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Tyler Twins
14/04/21โ€ข1h 23m

349: Surveilling Law & Order: Organized Crime

Elliot Stabler has returned from his ignominious exile in...uh, a very nice-sounding job in Italy, and into an SVU spinoff that will find him Taking! His wife's murder! Personally! all over the Mob. Christina Tucker joins us to discuss this new vehicle and what a(n unpleasantly) surprising departure it actually is from the Law & Order model. Around The Dial takes us through Made For Love, Wipeout, Godzilla vs. Kong (on HBO Max! Watch it while you can! A lot!), and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Olivia makes the case for Doctor Who's "Silence In The Library" to be inducted into our Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a non-regulation Game Time that has us choosing some odd numbers. Get on the Wonder Wheel and crank us up! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Christina Tucker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™‚๏ธ Law & Order: Organized Crime Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ Made For Love Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ด Wipeout Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Godzilla vs. Kong Around The Dial: โ›„๏ธ The Falcon And The Winter Soldier The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Doctor Who S04.E08: Silence In The Library Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ C.S.I.: Vegas Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Paul Pierce Game Time: ๐Ÿง  I'm Not Like The Others NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 349 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Christina Tucker on Twitter ๐Ÿงฑ Kathryn VanArendonk's review of the Organized Crime premiere ๐Ÿ”€ Variety's list of the best L&O intra-franchise crossovers ๐Ÿ˜– Tara's review of FX's Hysterical ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŒพ Christina's review of Martha Stewart's Very Good Things at the Boston Globe โœ‹๐Ÿฝ The Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast ๐ŸŒˆ Christina at Autostraddle
07/04/21โ€ข1h 19m

348: Did Pooch Perfect Made Us Want To Flea?

Reality-television expert Andy is back to talk about Pooch Perfect, and why you shouldn't sit, stay in front of the show, including awkward hosting by Rebel Wilson, consent issues with dyeing dogs, and a total lack of narrative tension. Matters improved with Around The Dial, as we discussed Genius: Aretha, Superstore, Race To The Center Of The Earth, Tough As Nails, The Bridge, and Housewives in the age of COVID before generating a suite of new Survivor themes for Josh's Extra Credit. After Andy tried to find Starz's The Chair a seat in The Canon, true crime won, CBS lost, and Dan Cassino forced us to answer casting calls during Game Time. Give yourself a treat: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Andy Dehnart TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿถ Pooch Perfect Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฏ Genius Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›’ Superstore Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŽ Race To The Center Of The Earth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ช Tough As Nails Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ‰ The Bridge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ—ฟ New Survivor Themes The Canon: ๐Ÿช‘ The Chair S01.E09: The Test Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ True Crime Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž CBS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Casting Calls NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 348 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Follow Andy Dehnart on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฐ Subscribe to Andy's newsletter ๐Ÿ‘“ Read Andy's reviews of The Bridge, Tough As Nails, and Race To The Center Of The Earth on Reality Blurred ๐Ÿ—ฃ Tara's Ben Feldman interview for Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: ABC / Robert Trachtenberg
31/03/21โ€ข1h 50m

347: Muppet Thunderdome

Over New Year's, we treated our Patreon supporters to a very important thought experiment: if 27 Smurfs entered Thunderdome to compete in battles to the death, who would be the last Smurf standing? Now, we are turning our minds to the same question...but with Muppets from The Muppet Show. Naturally, we had to bring in an expert to consider the question, which is why Adam Grosswirth of the Muppeturgy podcast is here. Will Fozzie Bear emerge alive from combat with Lew Zealand and Sam the Eagle? Does Camilla the Chicken peck her way out of battle with Sweetums and Scooter? Listen as we plumb the depths of these philosophical questions and so many more! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: โ˜ ๏ธ Muppet Thunderdome NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 347 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter ๐Ÿธ The Muppeturgy podcast ๐Ÿฆ Muppeturgy on Twitter โ–ถ๏ธ Adam's collection of relevant GIFs
24/03/21โ€ข1h 13m

346: Is Waffles + Mochi The Cream Of The Crop?

We're thrilled the third time was the charm for our guest Alison Herman, as we all dug into the pro-cooking kids' show from the Obama-tainment industrial complex, Waffles + Mochi. We talked about "variety" shows for children, whether Mrs. Obama is as stiff as Mochi is adorable, and supplemental tomato facts before going Around The Dial with Step Up: High Water, kid 90, Allen vs. Farrow, Greek, Last Chance U: Basketball, and famous original 9-1-1. Dave hoped a first-season episode of Warrior had a fighting chance to get into the Canon. British divorces won, American engagements lost, and we all struggled to see the answers in Tara's non-regulation Game Time. Put a potato in some formalwear and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alison Herman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง‡ Waffles + Mochi Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿฝ Step Up: High Water Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿผ Kid 90 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฅ Allen Vs. Farrow Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Greek Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ Last Chance U: Basketball Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1 The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Warrior S01.E05: The Blood and the Shit Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Paul Bettany and Claire Foy Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Chris Harrison Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Camera-Shy NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 346 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿง‡ Waffles + Mochi review by Alison's colleague Justin Charity at The Ringer ๐Ÿก Sonia Saraiya's review for Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ› Alison's anniversary piece on Greek ๐Ÿฆ Alison on Twitter ๐Ÿ’„ Listen To Sassy ๐ŸŒน "I Am Your Bachelor, and I Am Also Running to Be Your Governor" by Stephanie Early Green ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Adam Rose / Netflix
17/03/21โ€ข1h 16m

345: Moving Back Into The Loft For The Real World Homecoming: New York

As part of the relaunch of CBS All Access as Paramount Plus, the original Season 1 cast of The Real World has reunited in their old Soho loft for a limited series, so we got back together with our former Real World recapper Kim Reed to discuss the series premiere! Also on the Paramount Plus tip, Tara also has to stress that she is not a crackpot for being irate that Oprah's interview with Harry and Meghan is somehow not on it. Around The Dial takes us through Good Girls, an update on Married At First Sight, the WandaVision finale, a Cop Rock tie-in on Last Week Tonight, and the midseason finale of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Lauren uses her Extra Credit to make us assemble a group of TV friends we would want to hang out with -- and who we think would enjoy hanging out with each other; then Sean makes the case for the Nonac induction of ER's Season 4 travelogue "Fathers And Sons." Finally, we crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close up with a Game Time as sticky as it is speedy. After you're done taking Gouda for a quick walk around the block, join us for our latest episode! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒŽ The Real World Homecoming: New York I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Not having Oprah's Harry and Meghan interview on Paramount Plus is a gigantic failure Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜Š Good Girls Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง™๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Wandavision Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš“ Cop Rock Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Make New Friends The Nonac: ๐Ÿฉป ER S04.E07: Fathers And Sons Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Bosch Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž HBO Max Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Wide Stick That Gives You The Edge NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 345 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim on Twitter ๐ŸŒŽ Andy Dehnart's The Real World Homecoming: New York premiere review ๐Ÿฆค Jen Chaney's review at Vulture ๐Ÿ—ž James Poniewozik's review at The New York Times ๐ŸŽฅ Tara's review at Variety ๐Ÿคด๐Ÿป "Why Isn't Oprah's Bombshell Interview With Meghan and Harry on Paramount Plus?" at Variety ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ The Married At First Sight scene where two women shut Chris down HARD ๐ŸŽž Tara on Slashfilmcast ๐Ÿ‘€ Alan Sepinwall's podcast, Too Long Didn't Watch ๐Ÿ—“ Last Week Tonight's "Raids" segment on YouTube ๐ŸŽถ March MASTAS 2021: Ultimate Teen Idols
10/03/21โ€ข1h 43m

344: Brutal Bridesmaids Isn't Brutal Enough

Brandon is back to talk about last weekend's Brutal Bridesmaids and its strange lack of bloodshed, plus ugly bridal fashion, an emergency male-stripper substitution, and realistic wedding-party cliques. We went Around The Dial with Close Enough, Punky Brewster's reboot, Search Party, Murder Among The Mormons, and Dave's 911 Lone Star report before re-imagining legendary episodes of TV as Lifetime movies in an Extra Credit from David Ellis Dickerson. We dug into a classic episode of The Mole for Canon Consideration, then declared the GLOW team winners and Joss Whedon a huge loser before heading to the DC-verse for Game Time. Chug that Booty Blaster; it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brandon TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Brutal Bridesmaids Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ  Close Enough Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽค Punky Brewster Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฆ Search Party Around The Dial: โ˜ ๏ธ Murder Among The Mormons Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ‘ผ Mother, May I Sleep With Angel? The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Mole S02.E11: The Eleventh Betrayal Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ GLOW creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Joss Whedon Game Time: ๐Ÿง  It Happened in DC NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 344 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽค Tara's review of the new Punky Brewster for Primetimer ๐Ÿฆ Find Brandon on Twitter ๐ŸŽง Listen to Brandon's podcast, The Discourse ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: LMN
03/03/21โ€ข1h 33m

343: Taking Off Our Glasses For Superman & Lois

After illness prevented her from making her earlier booking, LaToya Ferguson has returned to talk about another show she feels passionate about: The CW's Superman & Lois! Is she all in on this latest iteration of the Man of Steel and his family? Listen and find out! Around The Dial takes us through It's A Sin, Cherries Wild, In & Of Itself, the full-throated endorsement of Firefly Lane that circumstances ROBBED LaToya of the chance to deliver earlier this month, and a report on a particularly bonkers episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Francoise uses her Extra Credit to ask us to share any TV-related resolutions we've made for 2021 (look, we're close to the Lunar New Year); then it's on to Tara's Canon presentation on Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E07: "House Party." Finally, we crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close up with a game that requires us to determine, once again: is this anything? Put on your tights and cape -- or take them off; whichever feels right -- and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค LaToya Ferguson TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Superman & Lois Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ It's A Sin Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Cherries Wild Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—‚ In & Of Itself Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฐ Firefly Lane Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ“บ TV Resolutions The Canon: ๐Ÿ”” Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E07: House Party Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Bosch Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž HBO Max Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Again, Is This Anything? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 343 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ LaToya Ferguson on Twitter ๐ŸŽฐ Explaining the Cherries Wild slot machine disclaimer ๐Ÿ’ Tara's Cherries Wild review at Primetimer ๐ŸŒ™ Tara's For All Mankind Season 2 review at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ LaToya's Vampire Diaries podcast The AMPire Diaries on Twitter ๐Ÿ˜‡ LaToya's Angel podcast Angel On Top on Twitter ๐Ÿ—ณ Linda Holmes's review of In & Of Itself at NPR.org ๐Ÿ’ "Monkey Christ" ๐Ÿธ The Muppeturgy podcast
24/02/21โ€ข1h 41m

342: The Stinky Teenagers Who Live In Secret Places In Your House

Austin HQ had a water pipe burst on record day so we celebrate with two EEHG about other bad things in your house. EEHG 094: Dave Forces Everyone To Watch The 1974 Made For TV Movie Bad Ronald Bad Ronald lives in a hidden room in the house you just bought. What a weirdo! EEHG 096: Tara Forces Everyone To Watch Crawlspace When the search results for Bad Ronald included another TV movie called Crawlspace, Tara decided we had to stay in the "'70s paranoia about a dude living in your home's secret places" genre. But is Richard another (Bad) Ronald? Plus! Tara gives her report on Bad Ronald: the novel. Spoiler: there is toilet strat!!! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ Bad Ronald TV Movie Lead Topic: ๐Ÿซฃ Crawlspace TV Movie NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 342 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
17/02/21โ€ข54m 3s

341: The Equalizer Racks Up The "Fine"s

Fametracker's own Adam Sternbergh (oh, also the New York Times's but whatever)(hee) is back to discuss The Equalizer, the perfectly acceptable re-imagining of the '80s classic. Whom on the panel did the new verzh win over with casting coups, origami tradecraft, and similarities to Leverage and Blindspot? Who called it the three-camera sitcom of cop shows? And is anyone setting their DVR to watch more of it? We went Around The Dial with Framing Britney Spears, Married At First Sight, GBBO, Big Family Cooking Showdown, and Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel before finding ways to Defund The Police Shows in an Extra Credit from Francoise. Succession tried to ascend to the Canon throne; comedy both won AND lost; and we may have flunked out of electoral college during Game Time. Settle down in front of your only-on-TV massive monitor bank for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: โš–๏ธ The Equalizer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ–ผ The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅฎ The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: โฒ The Big Family Cooking Showdown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซฅ Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel Extra Credit: ๐Ÿš” Defund The Police Shows The Canon: ๐Ÿฆบ Succession S02.E04: Safe Room Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿคฃ Impractical Jokers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿฆš NBC Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hail To The Chiefs NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 341 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โš–๏ธ Tara's review of The Equalizer for Primetimer ๐Ÿ”ฎ "The Oracle of Britney Spears" in Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿผ "How The Elderly Lose Their Rights" in the New Yorker ๐ŸŒ… Tara (and John Ramos!) on the Postcards From The Edge ep of Quaid In Full ๐Ÿ’ฐ The Sweet Smell Of Succession podcast ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: CBS / Barbara Nitke
10/02/21โ€ข1h 41m

340: Running Down Firefly Lane

With our intended guest and Firefly Lane expert LaToya Ferguson forced to bow out (we'll re-book her again ASAP!), your co-hosts muddled through on Netflix's new middlebrow book adaptation to the best of our ability. Around The Dial takes us through the late Quibi sitcom Mapleworth Murders, Hulu's Canadian import Jann, HBO Max's Danish import The Investigation -- and Borgen, with which it shares approximately half its cast -- the just-announced Black Panther show coming to Disney+ from Ryan Coogler, and Syfy's Resident Alien. Tara presents the A.P. Bio episode "Teacher Jail" to The Canon. And because the Loser is VERY dark, we name the Loser THEN the Winner this week, rather than send you home on a downer. Freshen up your Aqua Net and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ Firefly Lane Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Mapleworth Murders Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŒพ Jann Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ The Investigation Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Borgen Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† Black Panther Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Resident Alien The Canon: ๐Ÿ† A.P. Bio S01.E02: Teacher Jail Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Whac-a-Mole Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Wipeout NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 340 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŒพ Tara's Jann review at Primetimer ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy podcast ๐Ÿ† Collider's report on Ryan Coogler's Black Panther TV series ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Sarah's review of The Investigation at Primetimer
03/02/21โ€ข1h 8m

339: A Bridge & Tunnel Too Far

Our esteemed colleague, "Pot Ledom"-ologist, and Long Island native Dan Rogge returns to analyze Edward Burns's thoroughly mediocre Bridge & Tunnel, about the post-college lives and loves of six suspiciously hot high-school friends...none of whom can seem to master the accent. A huge music budget (and equally large commitment to the sex scenes) can't make up for stilted dialogue, anachronistic argot, and Burns's Lena Dunham-esque estrangement from the real-world problems of his characters. We went Around The Dial with Perfect Life, Walker, an America's Next Top Model book, Everwood, and 9-1-1 Lone Star before contemplating our ideal 2024 presidential tickets in an Extra Credit, and then Dan proposed burning down Riverdale's fourth-season musical episode "Wicked Little Town" in his Nonac presentation. Jane Lynch won, Seventeen lost, and none of us had perfect 2020 vision in a mash-up Game Time from Dan Cassino. Chuck that EZ-Pass tag out the window: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Rogge TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒ‰ Bridge & Tunnel Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒˆ Perfect Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค  Walker Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘  America's Next Top Model Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชต Everwood Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš’ 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Commander On Screen The Nonac: ๐Ÿฆฆ Riverdale S04.E17: Wicked Little Town Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Weakest Link Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Seventeen Magazine Game Time: ๐Ÿง  2020 Double Vision NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 339 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿซฅ Dan recommends Emily VanDerWerff on The Leftovers ๐Ÿ“ฐ Tara's Sassy piece in the New York Times Magazine ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy podcast ๐ŸŽง The Quaid In Full podcast ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast ๐Ÿ“ธ Photo: Epix
27/01/21โ€ข1h 36m

338: Adjusting The Horizontal Hold For WandaVision

Marvel Studios has kicked off its slate of TV series with WandaVision, a sort-of spoof of classic sitcoms starring a couple of Avengers. What's actually going on? We don't know (though Dave has theories), but Caroline Framke is here to talk about the two-part premiere! Around The Dial takes us through The Good Lord Bird, Call Your Mother, Season 2's new Batwoman, the Premier League of football (or soccer, if you will), The Challenge, and Superstore -- specifically, the voice Mark McKinney is using to play Glenn, and whether it's worse than jazz. Suley presents the Steven Universe episode "So Many Birthdays" for The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes it to the bridge. Grab your nearest nosy neighbour and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Caroline Framke TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“บ Wandavision Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•Š The Good Lord Bird Around The Dial: โ˜Ž๏ธ Call Your Mother Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ‡ Batwoman Around The Dial: โšฝ๏ธ The English Premier League Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคบ The Challenge Is This Worse Than Jazz?: ๐ŸŽท Mark McKinney's Voice As Glenn On Superstore The Canon: ๐Ÿ’Ž Steven Universe S01.E13: So Many Birthdays Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž At Home With Amy Sedaris Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Extension Chords NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 338 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Caroline Framke on Twitter ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ Caroline's WandaVision review at Variety ๐Ÿ’ฐ David Chen's Patreon ๐Ÿ•Š Doreen St. Felix's review of The Good Lord Bird at The New Yorker ๐Ÿ’„ The Listen To Sassy podcast ๐Ÿฆ ListenToSassy on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ ListenToSassy on Instagram ๐Ÿฆ‡ Caroline's Batwoman review โœ๏ธ Caroline's author page at Variety.com ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Best Evidence newsletter
20/01/21โ€ข1h 49m

337: Big Dickinson Energy

The regular panelists had to forge ahead without esteemed colleague Kathryn VanArendonk in our discussion of Dickinson's second season; that's the bad news. The good news is, we all like Apple TV's imagining of poet Emily Dickinson's life and loves with lots of swearing and twenty-first-century slang. How DOES the show balance the demands of historical fact with flights of fancy, and not take itself too seriously? And are Season 2's creepy [character spoiler redacted] the key to its success? Later, we went Around The Dial with The Masked Dancer, Everything Is Going Great, Cheers Season 5, Mr. Mayor's debut, and Lupin and other "Pringle mysteries." A new detective franchise won, an old HBO franchise lost, and we continued the episode's verse theme with the Tara-crafted Tube Tunes VII. Pass Nobody an earbud for an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชถ Dickinson Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ‰ Everyone Is Doing Great Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•บ The Masked Dancer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿป Cheers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿข Mr. Mayor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅท Lupin Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Keegan-Michael Key Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž And Just Like That Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Tunes VII NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 337 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿชถ Kathryn VanArendonk, with us in spirit with her Dickinson deep dive for Vulture ๐ŸŽ‰ Tara's Everyone Is Doing Great review for Primetimer ๐Ÿ•บ Tara's Masked Dancer review, ditto ๐Ÿ– Tara's Force Five podcast appearance ๐Ÿฏ Sarah on Tiger's identity crisis for Primetimer ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Apple TV
13/01/21โ€ข1h 19m

336: Matlock's Big Bang Plaza

We're off this week but we've glued together three episode forcening, uh, episodes from our Patreon supporter bonus podcast Extra Extra Hot Great. EEHG 076: Listener Forcening: The Big Bang Theory Patreon supporter Sharon Johnson had us watch The Big Bang Theory S07.E03: "The Scavenger Vortex," writing, "While I'm aware that it's not well thought of among the EHG family, BBT is one of my all-time favorite television shows," and this episode a fave among faves. Did this selection make us come around? Listen and find out! From Aug 21, 2020. EEHG 083: Dave Forces Everyone To Watch Matlock We watch the second season episode "Network" in which all the late-80s stars of NBC shine as talking heads on "Entertainment Today." ALF is among them. We have questions. From September 29, 2020 EEHG 085: Co-Host Forcening: Shangri-La Plaza After Michael Darling eulogized the ill-fated pilot of Shangri-La Plaza in Los Angelesmagazine this August, Tara made a mental note to expose her co-hosts -- and our Patreon supporters! -- to the insanity he described. Finally, it is time for all of us to take that journey! From October 9, 2020. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒŒ The Big Bang Theory Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป Matlock Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒญ Shangri-La Plaza NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 336 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒญ Shangri-La Plaza, the Star-Studded, All-Musical Sitcom Time Forgot' in Los Angeles magazine
06/01/21โ€ข50m 4s

335: Wrapping Paper Tube Tunes

To help get you through our holiday break, Tara wrote a special festive version of her fan-favorite (...is it?) Non-Regulation Game Time: it's Wrapping Paper Tube Tunes! Some original holiday songs from TV shows; some covers; all comfort and joy. Please enjoy this gift from us to you, and don't try to return it. TOPICS Game Time: ๐ŸŽ Wrapping Paper Tube Tunes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 335 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
30/12/20โ€ข30m 26s

334: Finding Out If Enthusiasm For The Stand Is Infectious

Stephen King's 1978 novel has already been turned into a miniseries once, but it's time for this generation to get its own, apparently? So CBS All Access has made one, and Roxana Hadadi is joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Flight Attendant, Celebrity IOU, TKTK, The Wilds, and Season 2 of The Mandalorian. Mlle. Caroline presents the Parks & Recreation episode "Recall Vote" for induction to The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that defies categorization. Make yourself a nice cup of Thera-Flu and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Roxana Hadadi TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆ  The Stand Around The Dial: โœˆ๏ธ The Flight Attendant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ธ Celebrity IOU Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘’ Bridgerton Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Letterkenny Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† The Wilds Around The Dial: ๐Ÿธ The Mandalorian The Canon: ๐ŸŒณ Parks And Recreation S06.E07: Recall Vote Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dopesick Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Rookie Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Netflix Rathole NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 334 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Roxana Hadadi on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ  Roxana's review of The Stand at Variety ๐Ÿ“š 1994 Harold Lauder ๐Ÿฅ‡ RogerEbert.com Best TV of 2020 coverage ๐ŸŽ— The A.V. Club Best Films of 2020 coverage ๐Ÿบ A goofy piece about the hotness of the Letterkenny cast, sort of jumping off me mentioning the show during the recording, over at Pajiba ๐ŸŒด A Very Special 90210 Book ๐ŸŽ™ Madonna A to Z ๐Ÿธ Film Crit Hulk on the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian ๐Ÿฅธ The Mandalorian animation vs. deepfake
23/12/20โ€ข1h 42m

333: Is Tiny Pretty Things On Point?

First-time guest Kamille joins us for a conversation about Tiny Pretty Things, Netflix's new Center Stage-with-teens ballet thriller (?), and while she watched the whole thing, neither she nor the fulltime panel thinks it's good. But aside from the wretched VO, suspect acting, unwelcome parallels to 13 Reasons Why and decided un-Frenchness of cartoon villain Lauren Holly, is TPT a good time-waster? Not to worry: we found you some definite time-wasters when we went Around The Dial with The Wilds and 12 Dates Of Christmas, panned Deliciousness, and helped you cut down that HBO-documentary backlog with a watch-skip index of recent prestige true crime. We couldn't help but wonder if Sex & The City's fourth-season premiere was the Canon's soulmate. Boots Riley and Jharrel Jerome won (for now), Ellen and Ellen lost (again), and Suley wassailed us with a TV/Christmas song Game Time. Don't let the dorm mother catch you listening to an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kamille Washington TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฉฐ Tiny Pretty Things Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ The Wilds Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ• Deliciousness Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’• 12 Dates Of Christmas Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช HBO true-crime documentaries The Canon: ๐Ÿ™ Sex And The City Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Amazon orders a series from Boots Riley Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Ellen DeGeneres Show Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Caroling Burnett Show NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 333 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kamille Washington on Twitter ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tara's post on Pennyworth at Decider ๐Ÿ“š Sarah and Tara on the People Still Read Books podcast ๐ŸŽ„ Sarah and Tara discussion Northpole on the Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean podcast ๐ŸŽง The Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast ๐Ÿ’ธ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon
16/12/20โ€ข1h 17m

332: Investigating The Hardy Boys

Hulu and Canada's kids' broadcaster YTV have brought the world a new adaptation of the nearly-100-year-old boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy, and we've enlisted Adam Grosswirth to join us in discussing it! A super-sized Around The Dial takes us through Selena: The Series, Nurses, Jingle Jangle, Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square, the original '70s version of The Hardy Boys, and Gangs Of London. After Joe M. uses his Extra Credit topic to have us write a character-revealing power ballad into an otherwise un-musical show, Adam makes his pitch for the "Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair" episode of Slings & Arrows to be inducted into The Canon. We crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close out with a Game Time perfectly tailored (heh heh) to our interests. Get your flashlight and your VERY loud walkie-talkie and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ” The Hardy Boys Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽถ Selena: The Series Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ Nurses Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”” Jingle Jangle Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ„ Christmas On The Square Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”Ž The Hardy Boys (1977) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Gangs Of London Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Once More With Feels The Canon: ๐Ÿน Slings & Arrows S02.E04: Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Vantage Point, getting a series adaptation at NBC Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž CBS Sunday Morning David Sedaris Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Signature Look NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 332 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter ๐Ÿฅด The drunk episode of Overwhelming Positivity, "Two Hundred Headless Snowman In Review" ๐ŸŽถ "The Latine Delegation Has Decided Netflix's Selena: The Series Is Not Good" at Jezebel ๐Ÿ‘— Tara's review of Stylish With Jenna Lyons at Primetimer ๐Ÿ›ฉ Tara on Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant at Decider ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฐ Tara on the end of The Undoing at Dave Chen's Patreon ๐ŸŽ„ Wesley Morris;s review of Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square in The New York Times ๐ŸŽง Adam on Caroline And The Podcast ๐Ÿ”ช The 12 Days Of Best Evidence
09/12/20โ€ข1h 36m

331: War Is Hell: An All-Canon Episode

The panel is contemplating three user submissions for the Canon this week, starting with the extremely highly rated, extreeeeemely looooong series finale of MASH. Lindy makes a fascinating parallel between [waves hands vaguely] All This and the world MASH portrayed, but is the episode's status as a historical reference enough to earn it a medal of honor? Next, we're sampling a first-season Strangers With Candy episode submitted by Tim (and the second in which a chicken figures heavily). Does Amy Sedaris's satirical take on The Best Little Girl In The World -- and a solid comedic turn from one Ellen Pompeo -- have what we'd call a debater's body? Finally, Mlle. Caroline files a support ticket for The IT Crowd, which pits Matt Berry and a great PSA parody against suboptimal pacing and an intrusive laugh track. Try turning it off and then back on again: it's an all-Canon Extra Hot Great! TOPICS The Canon: ๐Ÿฉบ M*A*S*H The Canon: โœ๏ธ Strangers With Candy The Canon: ๐Ÿ’ป The IT Crowd NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 331 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
02/12/20โ€ข1h

330: Saying A Final Farewell To Supernatural

After 15 seasons on two networks, Supernatural has finally hunted its last monster, and our French friend Caroline Lefloch is joining us to bury the series finale in an unmarked, shallow grave. Around The Dial takes us through I Hate Suzie, Peacock's sequel to Saved By The Bell, Agatha Christie's Poirot, and new looks at the D.B. Cooper case in both History's Greatest Mysteries and HBO's The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper. Kimberly challenges us to Fleabag-enize a show by adding a hot clergy person to it; then it's on to Guy's submission of the Perfect Strangers episode "Just Desserts" for induction into The Canon. Finally, after crowning the week's Winner and Loser, we end on a Game Time with a little Gallic flair. Load up the vintage Impala and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Caroline Lefloch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ป Supernatural Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ก I Hate Suzie Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ Saved By The Bell (2020) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅธ Agatha Christie's Poirot Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“œ History's Greatest Mysteries Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช‚ The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Fleabag Redux The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ Perfect Strangers S03.E16: Just Desserts Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Nick Offerman Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Drew Barrymore Show Game Time: ๐Ÿง  How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree)? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 330 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ˜ท "Supernatural: COVID May Be To Blame for a Lackluster Finale" on VanityFair.com ๐ŸŒด Again With This on Patreon ๐ŸŽง Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿ›ถ "Nick Offerman's Woodshop Is Crafting Sustainable Solutions To Homelessness In LA" on Uproxx
25/11/20โ€ข1h 30m

329: (Baby-)Sitting With Becoming You

It might not be Olivia Colman's highest-profile streaming series this week, but Apple TV+'s Becoming You, which explores how the first 2000 days of our lives shape our futures, is perfectly on-brand: expensive, gorgeously shot, and not quiiiiite essential. Omar returns to the guest chair to talk about the series' limited concept of diversity; whether the show made him miss his kids' first years; and what a visual subtweet of Brooklyn parents looks like. After that, we moved on to Colman's other big gig in Around The Dial as Tara talked about The Crown (plus Candy Land, and alas, there's no crossover event there...yet) before the rest of us made stops at The Animal Rescue Show and SVU's odious season premiere. Suley asked us to script a Jack McCoy rant for Extra Credit, and then Tara Talked To Us about a first-season Joe Pera Talks To You episode about The Who ("second base!"). Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammer won; COVID production shutdowns lost; and we curled up with cozy murders (and gardening ghosts) in Game Time. Insert your own "baby bunting" joke here: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Omar Gallaga TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Becoming You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Crown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿญ Candy Land Around The Dial: ๐Ÿพ The Animal Rescue Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Indignant Jack McCoy The Canon: ๐ŸŒฒ Joe Pera Talks With You Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammar teaming for a new sitcom Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž More covid shutdowns Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Revenge Of The Cozy Mysteries NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 329 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter ๐Ÿ† Tara's We Are The Champions review at Primetimer ๐Ÿ‘“ Omar's Steve Treviรฑo interview at Pulso ๐Ÿ“š Omar's Treviรฑo piece at Book And Film Globe ๐Ÿ’ป SteveTrevino.com ๐ŸŽง John Ramos joins the Quaid In Full podcast for Suspect
18/11/20โ€ข1h 39m

328: Celebrating Christmastime In The City With Dash & Lily

Perhaps you feel the 2020 holiday season should start a little earlier than may be strictly traditional? So does Netflix, as it brings us all Dash & Lily, in which a pair of adorable teens who've never met use a red notebook to challenge each other to dares all over New York City. Internet Boyfriend taxonomist Esther Zuckerman jumps over from Thrillist to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through A Teacher, B Positive, Ted Lasso, The Reagans, and the maddening episode numbering of Disney+. Andrea pitches the Barry episode "ronny/lily" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that you should thank for its service. Make yourself a nice cup of hot chocolate and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Esther Zuckerman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽ„ Dash & Lily Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ A Teacher Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉธ B Positive Around The Dial: โšฝ๏ธ Ted Lasso Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The Reagans Lead Topic: โœจ Disney+'s episode numbering The Canon: ๐ŸŽญ Barry S02.E05: ronny/lily Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Love Life William Jackson Harper Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Brian Austin Green Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Support The TV Troops NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 328 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Esther Zuckerman on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ป Esther's Dash & Lily review at Thrillist ๐Ÿฅƒ Tara on Mom at Primetimer ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tara on Hugh Laurie at Primetimer ๐Ÿ“š Esther's book, A Field Guide To Internet Boyfriends ๐ŸŒ™ Kristen Stewart excerpt from Esther's book, at The Daily Beast ๐ŸŒŠ Keanu Reeves excerpt at Thrillist ๐ŸŽธ Harry Styles excerpt at Billboard ๐Ÿ’ป Esther at Thrillist ๐Ÿ”ช Best Evidence Book Club ๐Ÿ›’ "Fields Market: One Of LA's Hottest Filming Locations" in Southern California Life magazine
11/11/20โ€ข1h 16m

327: The Extra Hot Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show

EHG's Dave and Game Time veteran Dan Cassino along with host Taylor Cole welcome Tara, Sarah and Mark Blankenship for a special crossover episode with The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show! Tara, Sarah and Mark battle it out in TV trivia modelled after a typical Extra Hot Great episode! We'll open with a new release for the week, go Around the Dial with a game about shows that change networks, and play The Canon where our contestants must separate great works of literature from TV favorites. It all comes down to a contentious lightning round to determine the Winner and Losers of the week! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Cassino ๐Ÿ‘ค Taylor Cole ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show crossover NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 327 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Dan Cassino on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Taylor Cole on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast
04/11/20โ€ข1h 7m

326: Unpacking The Undoing or Too Many Butterflies

What if Big Little Lies, but in New York City and with no point? That's kind of how Emily and the regulars all felt about The Undoing, the latest Nicole Kidman-David E. Kelley collaboration for HBO; we admired the workmanship, while not really understanding what sets it apart from BLL (besides the quality of the wigs), or buying Kidman and Hugh Grant's chemistry. Will any of us be successfully cliff-hung into watching all six episodes? Later, we investigated Around The Dial with stops at Archer, the new Supermarket Sweep, Revolutionary Girl Utena, The Morning Show, City So Real, and The Queen's Gambit, before location-scouting "Domestic Survivor" for Don's Extra Credit. Emily hoped the signal-to-noise ratio of a fourth-season Halt And Catch Fire episode would be good enough to connect it to the Canon. Stath Lets Flats won, Quibi lost, and Game Time proved a severe insult to the brain (and other things). Quick, look hunted! It's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Emily Yoshida TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช The Undoing Around The Dial: ๐Ÿน Archer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›’ Supermarket Sweep Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง Revolutionary Girl Utena Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒž The Morning Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ City So Real Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Domestic Survivor The Canon: ๐Ÿ’พ Halt And Catch Fire Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Stath Lets Flats Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Quibi Game Time: ๐Ÿง  A Game For Hoopleheads NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 326 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Emily Yoshida on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘“ Emily's Hugh Grant profile from when he was shooting The Undoing ๐Ÿงบ Tara on the premiere of The Conners vs. other quarantine-era shows, at Primetimer ๐ŸŽง The Film Cast (fka Slashfilmcast) ๐ŸŒƒ The Night Call podcast ๐Ÿ”ช Kartemquin best bets on Best Evidence
28/10/20โ€ข1h 56m

325: Are We Living For Someone Has To Die?

Netflix's new import is a miniseries set in Franco-era Spain and revolving around a just-returned college grad and his Mexican ballerino friend. How does Lรกzaro's arrival tear the community apart (with lust)? Will Ellis joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Social Distance, The Conners, Selling Sunset, Australia's Next Top Model, and HBO's A West Wing Special. Will presents Naomi Campbell's visit to The Tyra Banks Show for induction to The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close things up with a Game Time that has spirit(s). Settle into your favorite wing chair at the Shooting Club and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Ellis TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Someone Has To Die Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ท Social Distance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงบ The Conners Around The Dial: ๐Ÿก Selling Sunset Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia's Next Top Model Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ณ The West Wing The Canon: ๐ŸŽ™ The Tyra Banks Show Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Paramount Plus Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Hubie Halloween Alaina Pinto Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Bar Some NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 325 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Will Ellis on Twitter ๐Ÿ˜ท Kathryn VanArendonk's review of Social Distance at Vulture ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Tara on Baroness von Sketch Show at Primetimer ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Sarah on Unsolved Mysteries at Primetimer ๐ŸŽ™ The Tyra Banks Show S01.E50 on YouTube ๐Ÿ‘“ Sarah Hagi on Naomi Campbell's appearance on The Tyra Banks Show, at Zora
21/10/20โ€ข1h 28m

324: The Right Stuff May Not Have...Well, You Know

Disney+ and NatGeo decided to remake beloved '80s Mercury-astronauts epic (and earlier Tom Wolfe book) The Right Stuff as a series...and Adam Moussa decided to talk about it with us, a choice he may regret, because the four of us struggled to care. We struggled even to tell various astronauts apart, even, when we weren't wondering why this needed to be made, whether we should recommend For All Mankind instead, and where various actors would be in the Twink Taxonomy. Then we splashed down into Around The Dial with stops at Connecting, The Good Wife, Dark Side Of The Ring, and Rise Of Empires: Ottoman, we ordered some bangers and Smash with a Canon presentation on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. AppleTV+ won, Max Ehrich was a giant loser, and we were absolutely horrified by the wordplay in Game Time. Strap in to the vomit comet: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Moussa TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš€ The Right Stuff Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ท Connecting Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ The Good Wife Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค Dark Side Of The Ring Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“œ Rise Of Empires: Ottoman The Canon: ๐Ÿ† RuPaul's Drag Race UK S01.E05: Girl Groups Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ AppleTV+ Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Under The Dome Max Ehrich Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Terrorvision NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 324 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Moussa on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš€ The Right Stuff movie on the Quaid In Full podcast ๐Ÿš€ Tara's review of The Right Stuff at Primetimer ๐Ÿฝ Adam at Eater ๐ŸŒŽ Eater's Guide To The World on Hulu
14/10/20โ€ข1h 32m

323: Doing A Tight Five On The Comedy Store

Showtime's latest docuseries is a deep (maybe too deep) dive on L.A. comedy club The Comedy Store, and first-time guest Brandi Brown -- herself a comic -- is joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Emily In Paris, Polar Bear's Cafรฉ, and Paramount's doc I Am Richard Pryor. CoreyAH challenges us to cast the Hallmark Christmas movies of tomorrow, today! Then, after her successful pitch of "Senegal," Franรงoise goes back to the Parts Unknown well to pitch us the "Houston" episode. We crown the week's Winner and Loser; then it's on to a Game Time that takes place in front of an unadorned brick wall. Join us -- but just so you know, there's a two-drink minimum! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brandi Brown TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽ™ The Comedy Store Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ– Emily In Paris Around The Dial: ๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Polar Bear's Cafรฉ Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฅ I Am Richard Pryor Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Counting Down To The Countdown To Christmas 2035 The Canon: ๐Ÿค  Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ryan Murphy Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž GLOW Game Time: ๐Ÿง  My Name Is [Blank] And You've Been Great NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 323 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Brandi Brown on Twitter ๐ŸŽ™ Brandi's mentor Tracey Ashley's episode of They Ready ๐Ÿ‘“ A profile on Ashley at Forbes.com ๐ŸŽง Ashley's album on Spotify ๐ŸŽง Minnesota comic Cy Amundson on Spotify ๐Ÿ”ญ Astronomy Club on Netflix ๐Ÿฅ– Tara's review of Emily In Paris at Primetimer ๐Ÿฆ Brandi's Twitter thread on Succession as Gritty Family Circus ๐Ÿฆ Brandi's Twitter thread on every 2020 Democratic primary candidate and who they'd be on Law & Order ๐ŸŽง A Very Special 90210 Book, the audiobook ๐ŸŒด Deleted scenes from the book in the Again With This podcast feed ๐Ÿ› The Shangri-La Plaza pilot ๐ŸŒด A Very Special 90210 Conversation with Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting, presented by ATX Festival
07/10/20โ€ข1h 28m

322: Should You Search For Utopia?

We're thrilled Devindra could step over from Engadget and Slashfilm to talk to us about Utopia, Gillian Flynn's reimagining of a belovedly culty UK original. Sarah was less thrilled by the show itself, which she's probably bailing on after only two episodes, but the rest of the panel had good things to say about the story, the acting (especially John Cusack), and how fundamentally weird it is that Amazon chose to release Utopia anyway during All Of This. After a trip Around The Dial with Enola Holmes, Julie And The Phantoms, The Legend Of Korra, 30 For 30's new Oscar Pistorius deep-dive, and Dave's long-awaited Cobra Kai review, we took the correct train to Coney Island for Whitney's Canon presentation on the Mr. Robot pilot. Christine Baranski won, tight pants lost, and Game Time put a song in our hearts. Put down those raisins and cue up an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Devindra Hardawar TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ท Utopia Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Enola Holmes Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽธ Julie And The Phantoms Around The Dial: โš”๏ธ The Legend Of Korra Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคพโ€โ™‚๏ธ 30 For 30 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ‹ Cobra Kai The Canon: ๐Ÿค– Mr. Robot Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Christmas On The Square Netflix Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Family Feud Kathie Lee Gifford's son-in-law Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Man From Simon & Garfunkel, Vol. 3 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 322 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Devindra Hardawar on Twitter ๐Ÿค  ATX Festival ๐ŸŽง The Korra cast on Fighting In The War Room ๐Ÿ’ป Devindra at Engadget ๐ŸŽง Engadget podcasts ๐ŸŽง The Film Cast (fka Slashfilmcast) on Apple Podcasts ๐Ÿ”ช The Best Evidence newsletter ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast ๐Ÿ‘– The video of Kathie Lee Giffords's son-in-law and his too-tight pants
30/09/20โ€ข1h 58m

321: Coming Clean On Filthy Rich

Fox's newest soap opera places Kim Cattrall at the head of a televangelist family that -- and you're never going to believe this -- are not as polished and pious as they appear on TV. First-time guest Meredith Haggerty joins us to discuss whether this is a good use of La Cattrall's many talents! Around The Dial takes us through Sing On!, Just Shoot Me!, and Netflix's videogame docs-series High Score. Lauren presents the "Co-op" episode of Documentary Now! for induction into the Canon; then after naming the week's Winner(s) and Loser(s), it's on to a Game Time that could buy and sell you. We hope you'll find it in your heart and in your spirit to join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Meredith Haggerty TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ™ Filthy Rich Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽถ Sing On Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ธ Just Shoot Me Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† High Score The Canon: ๐Ÿ“ฝ Documentary Now! Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Emmys Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Quit Game Time: ๐Ÿง  More Filthy Riches NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 321 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Meredith Haggerty on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ป Meredith at Vox ๐ŸŽถ Tara's review of Sing On! at Primetimer ๐ŸŒด A Very Special 90210 Book in hardcover ๐ŸŽง A Very Special 90210 Book, the audiobook ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast ๐Ÿ’ธ Again With This on Patreon ๐ŸŽง Charting TV theme songs of the '90s at Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐ŸŽถ MASTAS ranks songs called "Hold On" ๐Ÿ“ฝ MASTAS on "Co-op"
23/09/20โ€ข1h 16m

320: Zooming In On Home-Shot Reality TV

Reality-TV vet Andy Dehnart has seen a LOT of unscripted crap in his decades in the field, so we're glad he brought his expertise to our discussion of this unprecedented time in the genre's history: the home-shot, socially-distanced versions/spin-offs of some of our old "favorites," plus some new DIY unscripted stuff tailored to pandemic "set" safety. We talked about the challenges facing reality competitions in the Zoom-show era, then drilled down on a few specific shows like Dr. Pimple Popper: Before The Pop, Ghosted: Love Gone Missing, Design At Your Door, and Amy Schumer Learns To Cook. What works for these shows and what doesn't? What innovations -- or filler-busters -- should they keep when quarantine's over? Later, we went Around The Dial with Challenger: The Final Flight, Get Organized With The Home Edit, 16 And Recovering, and The Great Pottery Throw Down, and Tara shared a Tiny Tessitoriumph. We petitioned a reality-competition court to overthrow legendary injustices in the day's Extra Credit, and Andy argued to OUR jury that the first-season Survivor finale acquitted itself well enough to join the Canon. Sam Elliott won, the English language lost, and every night is Saturday night at Game Time. Set up that ring light: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Andy Dehnart TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฉบ Dr. Pimple Popper: Before The Pop Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฃ My Feet Are Killing Me: First Steps Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ป Ghosted: Love Gone Missing Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ— Love After Lockup Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชž Design At Your Door Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅ˜ Amy Schumer Learns To Cook Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Holey Moley Joe Tessitore tweet Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“š Get Organized With The Home Edit Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Š 16 And Recovering Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ The Great Pottery Throw Down Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš€ Challenger: The Final Flight Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ The Peopleโ€™s Appellate Court The Canon: ๐Ÿ Survivor Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Family Guy Sam Elliott Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž CBS All Access rebranding as Paramount Plus Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Ready For Primetime Players NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 320 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Andy Dehnart on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Joe Tessitore tweets at Tara ๐Ÿ“ธ The Home Edit on Instagram โšพ๏ธ Defector ๐Ÿ’ป Reality Blurred ๐Ÿ“ง Andy's Newsletter ๐Ÿ”ช Best Evidence
16/09/20โ€ข2h 15m

319: Should Away Be Tossed Away?

Netflix's latest space drama takes a mother, played by Hilary Swank, to Mars, to try to balance work and family; Inkoo Kang of THR joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Boys, 90 Day Fiancรฉ, and For All Mankind. We ponder whether The X-Files's "Humbug" should burrow into The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that reads us all for filth. Put on your space suit and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Inkoo Kang TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš€ Away Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Boys Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ 90 Day Fiancรฉ Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš€ For All Mankind The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ The X-Files Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Andre Dawson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Venture Bros. Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Like TV But Silent And Boring NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 319 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Inkoo Kang on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš€ Inkoo's review of Away at THR โ˜„๏ธ Michael Baumann at The Ringer on what makes a good space show ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Tara's review of The Boys at Primetimer โ›ณ๏ธ Tara on Holey Moley at Mel ๐ŸŽง The Quaid In Full Podcast
09/09/20โ€ข1h 32m

318: Premium Filler

We're off this week but we've glued together three listener-suggested topics from our Patreon supporter bonus podcast Extra Extra Hot Great. EEHG 055: Series Starter Kits Nicole tasked us: Each of you pick a show and then give your 5 most essential or favorite episodes from that show and discuss why they are in your top five. EEHG 059: The Can'tnon Seth White figured since this feed is a little looser than EHG Prime, that we should talk about our favourite episodes of a show that, for some reason, would never make it into The Canon and why they have that connection. EEHG 064: Three With Mustard With theaters temporarily shuttered, diction and pronunciation in television is more important than ever. Make a short list of the greatest word pronunciationsย  in TV history, and which characters felt the need to add that extra "bit of mustard" to their speech. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“บ Series Starter Kits Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ช The Can'tnon Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒญ Three With Mustard NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 318 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
02/09/20โ€ข53m 48s

317: Appraising Lifetime's Ruthless Realtor

Podcaster and Lifetime-movie-ologist Brandon is going deep on not just Ruthless Realtor (we would give you a plot summary, but it's...that, with a dash of Bad Ronald) but the evolution of Lifetime movies and the cultural anxieties they reflect; whether we'd ghost a weirdo who brought us a brisket; and why nobody seems to get a second take, or any direction. Then we staged an Around The Dial with stops at Love In The Time Of Corona, vintage Amazing Race, and Below Deck Med before Doug made an animated Canon case for Avatar: The Last Airbender's Empire Strikes Back episode. Dan Mallory won, Drunk History lost, and you won't believe who got re-cast at the pilot stage during Game Time. Don't change those locks: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Brandon TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ  Ruthless Realtor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ท Love In The Time Of Corona Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŽ The Amazing Race Around The Dial: โš“๏ธ Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: ๐ŸŒฌ Avatar: The Last Airbender Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dan Mallory, subject of a limited series from Janicza Bravo, in which he'll be portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Drunk History Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tosh.0 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Other Two Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž South Side Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Society Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž I Am Not Okay With This Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Ch-ch-ch-changes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 317 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Brandon on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘จ Tara's Singletown review at Primetimer ๐ŸŽง The Discourse podcast ๐Ÿค Sarah's review of The Vow at Primetimer
26/08/20โ€ข1h 44m

316: Booking A Trip To Lovecraft Country

TV Guide senior editor Malcolm Venable is here to talk about Lovecraft Country, HBO's series imagining of Matt Ruff's novel -- and why everything from the show's look and feel to the acting to Jonathan Majors's believable charisma drew us in. Then we drove our woody wagon Around The Dial with stops at Ted Lasso, Little Voice, and The Great Heist before Rebecca's Extra Credit tasked us with casting reality-competition shows with our favorite TV characters. Sarah then filed a Canon motion on behalf of a latter-season Law & Order Mothership episode. The British Empire won, the DC Universe lost, and we mashed up actor names and fictional reboots in Game Time. Grab a wooden bat and an illustrated map: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Malcolm Venable TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›ฃ Lovecraft Country Around The Dial: โšฝ๏ธ Ted Lasso Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ™ Little Voice Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ธ The Great Heist Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Be Our Host The Canon: โš–๏ธ Law & Order S15.E13: Ain't No Love Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Crown Jonathan Pryce, Elizabeth Debicki Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž DC Universe Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Name Above The Title NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 316 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Malcolm Venable on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘“ "How Lovecraft Country Reappropriates H.P. Lovecraft's Notoriously Racist Creations" at Slate ๐Ÿฆด The Bones Zone podcast ๐Ÿ“– Malcolm at TVGuide.com ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast ๐Ÿ† The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast ๐ŸŽถ "2 Are Charged In Killing Of Jam Master Jay, Hip-Hop Pioneer" at NYTimes.com ๐Ÿ“– Rap On Trial at TheNewPress.com ๐Ÿšจ "A History of Violence: Why I Loved Cop Shows, and Why They Must Change" by Alan Sepinwall at RollingStone.com ๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™‚๏ธ "Cops Are Always the Main Characters" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture
19/08/20โ€ข1h 23m

315: Taking Aim At Hitmen

Before they were the original co-hosts of The Great British Bake Off, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were comedy partners, and their new project Hitmen, imported from Sky to Peacock, returns them to their roots. Did it slay us? We'll talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through An American Pickle, Hard Knocks, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. For his Extra Credit, Taylor Cole -- inspired by The Great -- asks us to create our own heightened, quasi-comedic bio-series about a world leader of yesteryear. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's back to school for Game Time. Pop an extra-strong mint and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช Hitmen Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ’ An American Pickle Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Hard Knocks Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš€ Star Trek: Lower Decks Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ World Leader Pretend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ C.S.I.: Vegas Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Taskmaster Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Succession Game Time: ๐Ÿง  It's All Academic: Second Semester NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 315 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿงข Defector ๐Ÿˆ Joe Reid on Hard Knocks at Primetimer ๐Ÿ Sarah on Surviving Jeffrey Epstein at Primetimer โ›ˆ Sarah on Storm Over Brooklyn at Primetimer ๐Ÿš€ Tara's Star Trek: Lower Decks review at Primetimer ๐Ÿค” The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast
12/08/20โ€ข1h 8m

314: Unraveling Frayed

The latest British Commonwealth addition to HBOMax's library is the BAFTA-nominated Frayed, and Christina Tucker joins us to discuss whether its riches-to-rags protagonist is as compelling as the world its star-creator, Sarah Kendall, has built around her. Around The Dial takes us through Immigration Nation, Coroner, Desert Hearts (now streaming on Showtime!), the Happy Endings Zoom reunion, and a brief re-plug for Taskmaster now that it's come over to The CW. Francoise uses her Extra Credit to ask us about TV series that revolve around the wrong protagonist, and who would have been the right one. Tara presents the Feud episode "And The Winner Isโ€ฆ (The Oscars Of 1963)" for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new Game Time season with a game that takes us deep into the history of various stars' TV careers. Pour yourself a glass of Moet (how you pronounce it is no concern of ours) and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Christina Tucker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Frayed Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›‚ Immigration Nation Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’€ Coroner Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ž Desert Hearts Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜„ Happy Endings The reunion Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Œ Taskmaster Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are On TV The Canon: ๐Ÿคฌ Feud S01.E05: And The Winner Is... (The Oscars Of 1963) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Bachelorette Tayshia Adams, Clare Crawley Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Simpsons Harry Shearer Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Humble Beginnings NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 314 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Christina Tucker on Twitter ๐ŸŽง Christina's podcast, Unfriendly Black Hotties ๐Ÿ˜ The Google Images tab for Coroner co-star ร‰ric Bruneau ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Tara's review of Frayed at Primetimer ๐Ÿ˜„ The Happy Endings reunion ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah QUIZ About Songs ๐ŸŽ™ The Deadline report on Harry Shearer with the VERY bad photo of him
05/08/20โ€ข1h 49m

313: Finding Ourselves At Lost Resort

Apparently TBS is not just for "very funny" shows anymore, as we learned from the premiere of Lost Resort, a new series with the bones of a reality show and the shredded guts of untreated trauma. The Verge's TV and film critic Joshua Rivera joins us to discuss what entertainment value its producers think the show has, and whether they are right. Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight; Hannibal; Twin Peaks: The Return; and Last Chance U. Joshua presents Watchmen's "This Extraordinary Being" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner(s) and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time seething with personal animosity. Limber up all your ecstatic dance muscles and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joshua Rivera TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ™ Lost Resort Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ Hannibal Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Twin Peaks: The Return Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Last Chance U The Canon: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ Watchmen Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Netflix Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Ellen DeGeneres Show Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Enemies: A Hate Story NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 313 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Joshua Rivera on Twitter ๐ŸŽถ Tara's review of Maxxx at Primetimer ๐Ÿ’ป Joshua at The Verge ๐Ÿ”ช The Best Evidence newsletter ๐ŸŽง Citations Needed Episode 115: How The Pentagon & CIA Sponsor American Mythmaking
29/07/20โ€ข1h 37m

312: A Care Package From Killer Camp

The But Why Tho? podcast's Kate Sรกnchez is here to help the panel figure out why Killer Camp -- the CW's horror-trope competitive-reality show -- and others like it don't quite work. Is it because horror-movie tropes and American-summer-camp tropes clash (especially as embodied by a bunch of British nationals)? Is it that an organic timeline for solving the mystery isn't possible on a network show? Is it the annoying host? We gathered around our own figurative campfire to go Around The Dial with P-Valley, The Dog House UK, Cursed, Junior Bake Off, Doom Patrol, and Harley Quinn before Kate schooled us on anime and TV's most melodramatic guitar string in her Given Canon submission. Crime documentaries won, hockey commentary lost, and we went through the ringer with character's who've done the same in a season-defining Game Time. Finish up those lanyards and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kate Sรกnchez TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช Killer Camp Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘™ P-Valley Around The Dial: ๐Ÿถ The Dog House UK Around The Dial: โš”๏ธ Cursed Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง Junior Bake Off Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค– Doom Patrol Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Harley Quinn The Canon: ๐ŸŽถ Given Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ 30 For 30 The '86 Mets Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Godfather Of Harlem Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Jeremy Roenick Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Kermit's weird new voice Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Adverse Conditions NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 312 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kate Sรกnchez on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ป "'This Was Abuse': The Fall Of A CBS Showrunner" at VanityFair.com โš”๏ธ Kate's review of Cursed at ButWhyTho.com ๐ŸŽง The Blotter Presents podcast
22/07/20โ€ข1h 43m

311: Having A Dry Discussion About Palm Springs

When is a movie fair game as a topic on a TV topic? When it premieres on a streaming service, of course! First-time guest Alanna Bennett takes a break from writing Roswell, New Mexico to join us to talk about the latest Lonely Island Classic. Around The Dial takes us through Little Voice, the original 1985 CBC miniseries adaptation of Anne Of Green Gables, Cheers, Close Enough, and the HAHA Awards. Listener Jenni pitches The Good Wife's "Hitting The Fan" for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that might earn us tenure. Reapply your sunscreen and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alanna Bennett TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒต Palm Springs Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ™ Little Voice Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฐ Anne Of Green Gables Around The Dial: ๐Ÿป Cheers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Close Enough Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฃ The HAHA Awards The Canon: โš–๏ธ The Good Wife Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Weakest Link Jane Lynch Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Quibi Game Time: ๐Ÿง  It's All Academic NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 311 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alanna Bennett on Twitter ๐ŸŽ™ Tara's Little Voice review at Collider ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Pilot Viruet on queer joy at TVGuide.com ๐Ÿช Vogue.com's report on The People's Bodega ๐Ÿ“ธ The People's Bodega NYC on Instagram ๐Ÿ’ฐ The People's Bodega NYC on PayPal ๐Ÿ›ธ The CW's Roswell, New Mexico ๐ŸŽง Quaid In Full ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Close Enough scene ๐Ÿค” The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show
15/07/20โ€ข1h 48m

310: The Real Upstart Crowives Of The Outer Banks

Esteemed recent guests Stephanie Green, Dan Cassino, and Richard Lawson each picked out an episode for your three panelists to watch for Episode 310's Forcening. First into the breach was David T. Cole, ordered by Stephanie to watch a fourth-season Real Housewives Of Potomac episode involving purse-smacking, (alleged) sausage-sucking, and how long after the stated start time one should arrive at a party -- and we also discussed the underwhelming interior-design narratives of so-called rich people. Next up was Buntsy's foray into Dan's "what if Shakespeare, but a laugh-tracked sitcom" mission for her, Upstart Crow's episode on the writing of Hamlet and the (convenient?) murder of Christopher Marlowe. Was her admiration for the propmaster's novelty-Tudor-London-keychain work enough to win her over, or is the show for those Columbia professors who always got to the art-house movie late and spent the whole time laughing performatively at the jokes? Lastly, Richard told Tara to dive into Outer Banks and its punchable-face-of-voice-over protagonist. Is a shipwreck mystery the right plot for a teen show? And does that matter if all the "teens" look 28? Grab a butter knife and cut into an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฌ The Real Housewives Of Potomac S04.E06: Sex, Lies, and Butter Knives Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชถ Upstart Crow S03.E02: Wild Laughter In The Throat Of Death Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›ฅ Outer Banks S01.E01: Pilot NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 310 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
08/07/20โ€ข45m 24s

309: Holding Up Our Lighters for Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga

Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell play enthusiastic but perhaps slightly self-deluded aspiring Icelandic pop stars in Netflix's new film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga, so who better than Eurovision devotee Mark Blankenship to join us to talk about it? Around The Dial takes us to Search Party, Hot Mess House, Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels, Unsolved Mysteries, and Outcry. Dave Lost Wages uses his Extra Credit to have us add a family member to a stale TV family. Mark presents the Dinosaurs series finale, "Changing Nature," for induction to The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's a Game Time that really Sporcles. Climb into your aerial harness and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ† Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Search Party Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš Hot Mess House Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Unsolved Mysteries Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Outcry Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Welcome Cousin Oliver The Canon: ๐ŸฆŽ Dinosaurs Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Last Chance U Colin Kaepernick Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Council Of Dads Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Nobody Knows You NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 309 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter ๐ŸŽถ Francesco Gabbani, "Occidentali's Karma" ๐Ÿฆ… Conchita Wurst, "Rise Like A Phoenix" ๐Ÿช€ Netta, "Toy" ๐Ÿ™ Lordi, "Hard Rock Hallelujah" ๐Ÿงน Cas Aarssen's Clutterbug test ๐Ÿ’ Stephanie Green's story "Fourteen Meals" in The New Ohio Review โšก๏ธ The Flashpaper ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Sarah on the Unsolved Mysteries revival at Primetimer
01/07/20โ€ข1h 55m

308: On The Case With Perry Mason

Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson returns to the pod for the first time since Mark 1 to talk about an equally old-timey take on a beloved character: HBO's dark take on Perry Mason before he became the gold standard of TV defense attorneys. Is this imagining of his life before Raymond Burr canonical? Did we need to see that level of post-violence gore? And does EVERY cell of this show's being hate the LAPD? (Not that we're complaining about that.) Then we went Around The Dial with Sherman's Showcase, Legendary, Taste The Nation, and Lenox Hill, and Richard announced Tara's upcoming Forcening before humming a few bars of "La Vie En Ro" in his Sopranos Canon presentation. Jharrel Jerome won, Chris D'Elia lost, and the players got very animated during a Dan Cassino Game Time. Pass the time during a home marcel wave with this all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Richard Lawson TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ” Perry Mason (2020) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•บ Sherman's Showcase Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ Legendary Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ Taste The Nation Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ Lenox Hill The Canon: ๐Ÿ The Sopranos Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jharrel Jerome Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Chris D'Elia Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Simpsons Did It NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 308 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Richard Lawson on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ป Richard at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿ•บ The Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Tara's Floor Is Lava review at Primetimer ๐Ÿ“– Richard's novel All We Can Do Is Wait at Penguin Random House ๐ŸŽง The Quaid In Full podcast
24/06/20โ€ข1h 42m

307: Is Don't A Don't-Miss?

Production Note: Dave did a bad copy-paste in his notes and credited the wrong Dave in Game Time. Dave is a bad Dave. Dave LARSON is not a bad Dave, he is a good Dave and the author of Viva Lost Wages! Apparently unsatisfied by dominating the world of scripted film, Ryan Reynolds has branched out into alternative TV programming by creating a new ABC game show called Don't, hosted by Adam Scott. Will "Don't" also be our advice on whether you should watch it? Frequent Game Time writer Dan Cassino joins us to discuss! Around The Dial clicks through Netflix's latest dopey game show, Floor Is Lava; Top Chef All-Stars L.A.; and an I Am Not A Crackpot rant from Sarah regarding plotlines about bad and learning drivers. John Horner uses his Extra Credit to have us imagine TV characters from unusual careers trying to interview for jobs in the straight world. Dan presents the Father Brown episode "The Passing Bell" for induction into The Nonac. We name the week's Winner and Loser, and then we take a gamble on the latest Game Time. DON'T let your attention wander for a second! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Cassino TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿšซ Don't Around The Dial: โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Floor Is Lava Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ Top Chef: All-Stars I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿš˜ Subplots about bad/learning drivers should be forbidden Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ TV Character Job Interviews The Nonac: ๐Ÿ™ Father Brown Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Simpsons Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Insecure Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Quibi Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Viva Lost Wages NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 307 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan Cassino on Twitter โš”๏ธ Tara's Crossing Swords review at Primetimer ๐Ÿค” The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show ๐ŸŒด A Very Special 90210 Book at Abrams Books ๐ŸŽง Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs 191 with Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors
17/06/20โ€ข1h 42m

306: Should You Hide From Trackers?

Stephanie Early Green returns to talk about Trackers, the 2019 South African "thriller" that Cinemax has imported. Unfortunately, the only place it led the EHG panel was Dullsville, despite big game, gun battles, and the apparent love child of Christian Bale and Randall Batinkoff...but we did talk about the "COVID programming trough" that's rapidly approaching for all TV fans. Later, we went Around The Dial with Love Life, Married At First Sight Australia, Please Like Me, 13 Reasons Why's final season, and Disney Gallery Colon The Mandalorian; then we wondered what themed episode titles would look like for series that don't already have them in David Ellis Dickerson's Extra Credit. Did Crazy Ex-Girlfriend sing successfully for its Canon supper? Who's smashing the Iron Throne on HBOMax, and what police (shows) got defunded? And who was attuned to Sad Hulk's rewrites of legendary TV theme songs during Game Time? Stare into the middle distance as you listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephanie Green TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿšจ Trackers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’• Love Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Married At First Sight: Australia Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘จ Please Like Me Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ““ 13 Reasons Why Around The Dial: ๐Ÿญ Disney Gallery Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ The One Where The Titles Have A Theme The Canon: ๐Ÿคช Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Looney Tunes Cartoons Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cops Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Live PD Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž L.A.'s Finest Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Songs In The Key Of Hulk NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 306 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephanie Green on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Tara's post on homemaking Amys at Primetimer ๐Ÿ“– The New Ohio Review ๐Ÿ”ช The Blotter Presents podcast ๐Ÿค” The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show
10/06/20โ€ข1h 36m

305: Enlisting In The Space Force

The announcement that Donald Trump was creating a new branch of the military called the Space Force was swiftly followed by the announcement that Greg Daniels and Steve Carell, the creator and star of The Office, would re-team on Space Force, a sitcom about said branch. Should that have occurred? Now that the first season has dropped on Netflix, John Ramos has returned to discuss the matter. Around The Dial takes us through AMC's ITV import Quiz, Season 2 of Ramy on Hulu, Netflix's docuseries Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, and the new Starz drama Hightown. Tara wastes no time in pitching the three-week-old What We Do In The Shadows episode "On The Run" to The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's the sequel to a Game Time that sings. Put on your moon-print fatigues and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš€ Space Force Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ท Quiz Around The Dial: ๐Ÿก Ramy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Hightown The Canon: ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ What We Do In The Shadows Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dishmantled Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Glee Heather Morris, Lea Michelle Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Man From Simon & Garfunkel 2: The Garfunkeling NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 305 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter ๐Ÿค” The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show ๐Ÿ’ท Tara's Quiz review on Primetimer ๐Ÿ”ช The Blotter Presents podcast ๐ŸŒด Again With Again With This on Patreon ๐ŸŽง Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Sinรฉad O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" ๐Ÿ’ป "Cops Are Always The Main Characters" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture
03/06/20โ€ข1h 34m

304: Solving The Mystery Of Homecoming's Second Season

We're welcoming Vanity Fair TV critic Sonia Soraiya to the guest chair to talk about the shorter, neater, Julia-Roberts-less-but-still-better second season of Amazon's Homecoming -- from sensible episode lengths to overacting extras to how TV has conditioned us to react to mystery shows. We went Around The Dial with Mrs. America, Run, Nadiya's Time To Eat, and a rare successful Zoom episode from Mystic Quest, before listener John rolled a 20-sided die on getting Community's D&D episode into the Canon. Vampires won, Skeet Ulrich lost, and one was the winningest number in a Pointless-inspired Game Time. Slap on a fake tattoo before you forget, and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Sonia Saraiya TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿซ Homecoming Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ Mrs. America Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš† Run Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ Nadiya's Time To Eat Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฎ Mythic Quest The Canon: ๐ŸŽฒ Community Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ What We Do In The Shadows Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Riverdale Skeet Ulrich Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Lowest Of The Low NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 304 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Sonia Saraiya on Twitter ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ Sonia's Mrs. America review at VanityFair.com ๐Ÿซ Tara's Homecoming review at Primetimer ๐Ÿ’ป Sonia at VanityFair.com ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast ๐Ÿค” The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast
27/05/20โ€ข1h 43m

303: Should You Chase Down Ultimate Tag?

Fox is welcoming summer with a very silly American Gladiators take on tag -- yes, the playground game -- so who better than Daniel MacEachern, veteran of our Holey Moley episode last year, to join us to discuss it? Around The Dial clicks through Snowpiercer, Katy Keene, Call The Midwife (CW: there are clips and you will cry), The Last Dance, Killing Eve, and a preview of Holey Moley's Season 2 premiere. Mary uses her Extra Credit to ask us which TV role permanently ruined an actor for us. We consider the induction of Big Mouth's "I Survived Jessi's Bat Mitzvah" into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that lives to serve. Race up a wall if you have to, but listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Ultimate Tag Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš† Snowpiercer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ Katy Keene Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ The Last Dance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Killing Eve Around The Dial: โ›ณ๏ธ Holey Moley Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Who Stank Up The Actor? The Canon: ๐Ÿ˜ต Big Mouth Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Mandalorian Timothy Olyphant Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Brian Austin Green Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Butlerfield Earth NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 303 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Daniel MacEachern on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘‰ Tara's Ultimate Tag review at Primetimer ๐Ÿ’ป Kai Power Tools ๐Ÿš† Tara's Snowpiercer review at Primetimer ๐ŸŽ™ Tara's Rich Sommer interview at Primetimer ๐Ÿชจ CBC.ca's coverage of Newfoundland and Labrador ๐Ÿซง Sarah and Joe on the history of soap operas, also at Primetimer
20/05/20โ€ข1h 37m

302: I Know This Much Is True Is Misery Porn

We hope Bobby Krut agrees to come BACK to Extra Hot Great after putting him through the unrelenting barrage of anguish that is HBO's latest limited series, I Know This Much Is True. Sure, the acting is good; yeah, it's impressive that Mark Ruffalo plays twins; not one of us is planning to keep watching, because there's never a break or a moment of levity, and even Dave's ice-cream-fixins-bar metaphor made us sad. Our trip Around The Dial made us MAD, mostly -- Tara was disgusted with Regular Heroes, Sarah was disappointed in American Experience's Dubya-sode, and Dave was not a crackpot about The Good Fight's failure to understand electricity -- but at least Bobby brought in the Antenna TV Comfort Blanket roster to cheer us up. Jeff's Extra Credit saw us rewriting well-regarded series finales with How I Met Your Mother-style bungling, before we headed to the polls for Bobby's Canon submission, NewsRadio's "President" episode. Guy Fieri won (for once), Lori Loughlin lost (again), and the competition got feverish during Game Time. Give yourselves a hand for listening to an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Robert Krut TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ญ I Know This Much Is True Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฆ Regular Heroes Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ Diff'rent Strokes Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ The Facts Of Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿก Gimme A Break Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿซ Head Of The Class Around The Dial: โฒ The Hogan Family Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Experience I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช The Good Fight Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory The Canon: ๐Ÿ“ป NewsRadio S03.E01: President Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Guy Fieri Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Lori Loughlin Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Merry Maladies NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 302 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Robert Krut on Twitter ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast ๐Ÿ’ป Robert Krut's website ๐Ÿ”ช The Best Evidence newsletter
13/05/20โ€ข1h 38m

301: Taking A Dream Trip To Hollywood

Hollywood, the latest product of Ryan Murphy's Netflix deal, has hit the streaming service. What did we think about his ahistorical take on marginalized voices in the film industry? Kevin O'Keeffe joins us to discuss! Around The Dial clicks through Betty, Never Have I Ever, The Circle Brasil, and Masterpiece's new procedural Baptiste. Erica uses her Extra Credit to get us to pitch new Big Mouth transfer students and the Hormone Monsters they'll bring with them. Kevin pitches The O.C.'s "The Rainy Day Women" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new season of Game Time with a quiz that tests our knowledge of shows' 300th episodes. Jerk yourself a soda and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kevin O'Keeffe TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฅ Hollywood Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›น Betty Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท The Circle Brasil Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Baptiste Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Hormone Monsters For Everyone! The Canon: ๐ŸŠ The O.C. Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Last Dance Game Time: ๐Ÿง  First And 300 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 301 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kevin O'Keeffe on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ฐ Tara on Good Girls ๐Ÿน Kiki With Kevin ๐Ÿ”ช The Blotter Presents
06/05/20โ€ข1h 43m

300: Defending Jacob Isn't Easy

Captain America and Lady Mary did their best, but Allison and the rest of the panel still found legal procedural Defending Jacob guilty of crappy pacing in the second degree; aggravated TV tropes; and felony possession of moody blue gels with intent to distribute. Were the regulars able to get Al into a diversion program before she felt obliged to finish the season? We also went Around The Dial with Vida, Arde Madrid, and The Last Dance, before Dave trotted out a solution to the problems with Devs. Dan Cassino's Extra Credit tasked us with growing some goateed evil twins to spice up our favorite shows, and Elenore brought us back to a '90s kind of world with her Living Single Canon submission. Re-casting ("alleged") felons won, nudity lost (but also kind of won?), and we kicked up our heels with Tara's Tube Tunes 6 Game Time. Got a garage door to scrub? Pass the time with an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Allison Lowe Huff TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ Defending Jacob Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Vida Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Arde Madrid Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ The Last Dance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’พ Devs Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ The Upside Of Evil Twins The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Living Single S01.E06: Great Expectations Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Solid properties subtracting leads Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Sacramento reporter Melinda Meza Game Time: ๐Ÿ“ป Tube Tunes VI NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 300 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โš–๏ธ "By the Content of Cousin Pam's Character" on Seven Scribes ๐Ÿป Tara's Vanity Fair piece on Vida ๐Ÿ’‹ Tara's Vanity Fair kiss-off of the Will & Grace re-finale ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Al's Arde Madrid write-up on MHz Choice ๐Ÿ’ฉ The Diarrhea Song by Michael Scott ๐Ÿ† KCRA goes full frontal ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Apple
29/04/20โ€ข1h 23m

299: The ABCs Of TV

In an absence of series premieres any of us could manage to get excited about, Dave came up with a new format: the ABCs of TV! With our beloved Joe Reid, we go around the horn, each naming an important TV person, show, feature, or just THING about TV that matches up with each letter of the alphabet. Then, it's on to a Game Time made for cuffing season. Did any of our letter picks line up with yours? Listen and find out! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ค The ABCs of TV Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Story Of Us NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 299 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Joe Reid on Twitter ๐Ÿ”ซ The A-Team M-24 Assault Rifle toy ๐Ÿคฌ The Wire's "Fuck" scene โš–๏ธ Tara on the Better Call Saul finale ๐Ÿ•ธ Primetimer.com ๐Ÿ This Had Oscar Buzz ๐ŸŽถ MASTAS on Dubious Heroes
22/04/20โ€ข2h 29m

298: Run: Hot And Cold

Dan Rogge bought a ticket for our latest episode on HBO's Run, a "comedy thriller" about college sweethearts trying to reunite. Does the pleasure of watching Merritt Wever and Archie Punjabi at work outweigh the credibility issues? Do phones in the Run-verse never need charging? And is Rich Sommer TV's worst husband? We super-sized Around The Dial with stops at The Baker And The Beauty, Bosch, The Good Fight, Sesame Street, Money Heist, The Valhalla Murders, Devs, and Picard. And we chased that with a Sean double: first, whether he's a crackpot for thinking streaming services should offer a single-storyline watching option; and then his Canon pitch for the virulently catchy America's Next Top Model episode, "Game." Amy Schumer won, Lori Loughlin lost, and the melody lingered on in a musical Game Time. Grab your show-branded airhorn; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Rogge TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿƒ Run Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Good Fight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช The Baker And The Beauty Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšธ Sesame Street Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ† Bosch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช The Valhalla Murders Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ถ Money Heist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป Devs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซ– Star Trek: Picard I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช The Canon: ๐Ÿ† America's Next Top Model S17.E08: Game Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Amy Schumer Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Lori Loughlin Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Royalties ROI NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 298 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸฅŠ Angelica Jade Bastiรฉn on The Good Fight's premiere ๐Ÿช Tara's Primetimer piece on The Baker And The Beauty ๐Ÿง› Tara's Vanity Fair piece on What We Do In The Shadows Season 2 ๐Ÿฉธ The Blotter Presents ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽจ Monica! The Podcast
15/04/20โ€ข1h 50m

297: Making A Whole Meal Out Of Quibi

Just a few short weeks after we tested our knowledge of Quibi titles in Game Time, Quibi is taking center stage: the platform has launched, and we have selected a total of eight of its 24 launch titles to discuss with returning guest Adam Sternbergh! For his Extra Credit topic, John C. challenges us to reimagine single-camera comedies as multi-cams. Adam makes the case for our inducting Cheer's series premiere, "God Blessed Texas," into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's a little objectionable. Settle in for the long haul and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš Murder House Flip Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฝ Dishmantled Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฌ I Promise Lead Topic: โš–๏ธ Chrissy's Court Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ณ Memory Hole Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคธ Flipped Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฐ Gayme Show Lead Topic: โ›”๏ธ Most Dangerous Game Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Should Have Been Filmed In Front Of A Live Studio Audience The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Cheer S01.E01: God Blessed Texas Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Craig Conover converted his pillow company to make PPE Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ellen DeGeneres Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Objectionable People NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 297 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Sternbergh on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฑ Tara on Quibi at Primetimer ๐Ÿš“ Tara on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (new!), also at Primetimer ๐Ÿ‘ Sarah on Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project, ALSO at Primetimer
08/04/20โ€ข1h 44m

296: Will Heidi And Tim's New Fashion Show Be Making The Cut?

One half of the GFY brain trust, Heather Cocks, came back to discuss Amazon's Project Runway with a big-budget twist: Making The Cut. As much as we love Naomi Campbell's sugar-free approach to, well, life, the panel agreed that Making The Cut has some structural problems (too long; dumb Tim 'n' Heidi "friend dates"), and too tight a focus on NOT being a sewing competition. Will any of us keep watching? You'll find out before we decide whether Emily Is Not A Crackpot for wanting period shows to air period commercials. We'll go Around The Dial with Call The Midwife content warning, the return of One Day At A Time, Barry, homemade Lego Masters spinoffs, Top Chef, and a Better Call Saul sound drop; later, we'll feel relieved that the Sherlock episode we all THOUGHT Erica presented as a Canon contender is actually for the Nonac. Kate McKinnon won, celebrity quarantine-busters lost, and Game Time stretched those family ties (sha la la laaaaa). Tick tock: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Heather Cocks TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงต Making The Cut I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Period shows should air period commercials Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“† One Day At A Time (2017) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅท Barry Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฑ Lego Masters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ Top Chef: All-Stars Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ Better Call Saul The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Sherlock S04.E03: The Final Problem Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kate McKinnon Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Celebrity quarantine-busters Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Family Ties NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 296 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“† Tara's Primetimer piece on One Day At A Time ๐Ÿ† Tara's Primetimer piece on Black Monday's male nudity ๐Ÿซ… Pre-order Heather Cocks's and Jessica Morgan's The Heir Affair ๐Ÿฉธ The Blotter Presents ๐Ÿฏ Buntsy on Tiger King for Primetimer
01/04/20โ€ข1h 30m

295: First-Time Shows At The Canon Ball

Some shows -- your 30 Rocks, your Simpsonses -- get pitched to the Canon all the time. So for this special all-Canon episode, we reached into our mailbag and chose user submissions for shows that had never been pitched before. Dan Cassino challenged us to battle with Foyle's War; Caroline opened the door for The Haunting Of Hill House; and Jeff put all his eggs in a Baskets. Then, befitting an episode that started in World War II, Dave shocked Sarah and Tara with a Teutonic non-regulation Game Time. Hit up the buffet for some desserts and join us! TOPICS The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Foyle's War S04.E04 Casualties Of War The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Haunting Of Hill House S01.E06: Two Storms The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Baskets S01.E04: Easter In Bakersfield Game Time: ๐Ÿง  German To The Situation NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 295 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
25/03/20โ€ข1h 20m

294: Warming Up To Little Fires Everywhere

Appointment Television's Margaret H. Willison put a marshmallow on a stick to talk about Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere, and whether THIS is the real "vanity-free performance" on Reese Witherspoon's recent rรฉsumรฉ, plus Kerry Washington's interesting choices as Mia; the production's unwavering commitment to 1997-ness; and whether the male Dawson's Creek lead we'd have bought in the Bill role is actually Dawson himself. Tara refused to be labeled a crackpot for thinking Mike Schur's upcoming philosoph...omedy? book is going to join its "humorous"-essay brethren in sucking, and then we went Around The Dial with Black Monday, The Bachelor, Work In Progress, Please Like Me, an Evil Lunch Bunch concept, Project Runway, and an Amazing Stories update. Margaret couldn't help but wonder if a second-season Sex & The City would make it into the Canon, and after Laura Benanti was a winner and most TV productions were quarantined losers, the Game Time question was Quibi Or Not Quibi?. This all-new Extra Hot Great's got dial-up; listen now! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Margaret Willison TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Little Fires Everywhere I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Mike Schur's book will suck Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ˆ Black Monday Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคตโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Bachelor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—‚ Work In Progress Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ Evil Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘— Project Runway Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Amazing Stories The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Sex & The City S02.E07: The Chicken Dance Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Laura Benanti Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Productions in quarantine Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Quibi Or Not Quibi? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 294 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Margaret H. Willison on Twitter ๐Ÿ“• Pre-order A Very Special 90210 Book! Still not a bit! ๐ŸŒด Again With Again With This ๐Ÿ“บ The Appointment Television! podcast ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Tara's Primetimer piece on Mom
18/03/20โ€ข1h 40m

293: Politely Sitting Through Amazing Stories

Apple TV+ has brought Amazing Stories, the less-nihilistic take on The Twilight Zone, back for all the '80s kids, though confusingly premiered this anthology series with only one episode. Mark Lisanti joins us to talk about the fishiness of this rollout strategy, and whether "The Cellar" was a compelling enough episode to get anyone back to watch more. Around The Dial takes us through For Life; a roundup of the series premieres on FX (and FX on Hulu): Devs, Breeders, and Dave; Jersey Shore: Family Vacation; and Season 3 of Babylon Berlin. Mark presents the "Hamm On Toast" episode of Toast Of London for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we all sit a spell for this week's Game Time. Make yourself a bathtub gin and tonic and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Lisanti TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ฒ Amazing Stories Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›Ÿ For Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป Devs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉ Breeders Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฌ Dave Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ„ Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Babylon Berlin The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Toast Of London S03.E03: Hamm On Toast Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Casting agents for The Brides Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž RuPaul's Drag Race Sherry Pie Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Letter Flip NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 293 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Lisanti on Twitter ๐Ÿฉธ The Blotter Presents ๐Ÿž The Clem Fandango supercut
11/03/20โ€ข1h 27m

292: Playing Games With Dispatches From Elsewhere

AMC already had a perfectly good Charlie Kaufman-esque property, but the network went with Dispatches From Elsewhere over Lodge 49 -- and while it's kind of Sarah's dream to fall into an alternate-reality scavenger hunt, first-time guest Dave Chen felt like the show would be more fun to "play" than to watch. Is it too twee? Too slow? Too divorced from the reality of non-celebrities? Or do the excellent cast and the In Search Ofโ€ฆ graphics make it all worthwhile? Then we went Around The Dial with Love Is Blind, The Outsider, Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant, A French Village, and second-rate American TV in East Africa before Dave Cole declared transparent computer screens NOT the wave of the future. Dave Chen tried to give the Canon a bear hug by submitting the first-season finale of Succession for the Canon. Trebek won, disgracios lost (again), and IMDb throuples tested our wits during Game Time. Don't miss this dispatch from your podcast app; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dave Chen TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ฌ Dispatches From Elsewhere Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ˆ Love Is Blind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿƒ The Outsider Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฐ Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท A French Village Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ TV in East Africa I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Transparent Computer Screens The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Succession S01.E10: Nobody Is Ever Missing Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Alex Trebek Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Disgracios Game Time: ๐Ÿง  They Get Around NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 292 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dave Chen on Twitter ๐Ÿง Culturally Relevant with David Chen ๐Ÿค  Decoding Westworld ๐ŸŽˆ Tara on Party Of Five at Primetimer โš–๏ธ Sarah on The Trials Of Gabriel Fernandez at Primetimer ๐Ÿ‘ƒ The Sweet Smell of Succession
04/03/20โ€ข2h 3m

291: Breaking Confidentiality To Talk About Better Call Saul

As Better Call Saul returns for its fifth and almost final season, superfan Will Leitch joins us to check in on Jimmy, Kim, Nacho, Mike, and of course, good old black-and-white Gene. Dave explains why he is not a crackpot to feel infuriated by the current Chili's TV ad campaign. We ponder David Ellis Dickerson's Extra Credit question about which TV shows should go to an all-nude format. Will presents (heh) Party Down's "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday" for induction into The Canon. Then it's on to a Game Time that really sings. Fire up your complimentary burner phone and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: โš–๏ธ Better Call Saul I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Chili's ads are maddening Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ NCIS Oh Calcutta! The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Party Down S02.E05: Steve Guttenberg's Birthday Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Man From Simon & Garfunkel NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 291 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Will Leitch on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฉ Will's newsletter ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Will's blog
26/02/20โ€ข1h 20m

290: February Forcenings

To keep you in content while Dave and Tara go on vacation, we're forcening each other to watch TV episodes! Dave forcens Tara to watch what happens when a zombie virus ravages the Smurf village. Tara forcens Sarah to journey to Satellite Beach, FL as its high school re-mounts Annie Get Your Gun on Encore!. And Sarah forcens Dave to tag along with Josh in the series premiere of Netflix's Daybreak. How did each of us take it? Listen and find out! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’™ The Smurfs S01.E27: The Purple Smurf Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽญ Encore! S01.E05: Annie Get Your Gun Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒ… Daybreak S01.E01: Josh vs. the Apocalypse: Part 1 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 290 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘ฟ The Purple Smurfs ๐ŸŽญ Encore!'s 'Annie Get Your Gun' ๐ŸŒ… The series premiere of Daybreak
19/02/20โ€ข37m 10s

289: Building Something Real With Lego Masters

Will Arnett has followed his ex-wife Amy Poehler into the field of highly meta reality show hosting with his gig on Fox's Lego Masters, and American dad (and therefore Lego Master) Jim Durr has returned to discuss the season kickoff! Around The Dial takes us through The CW's Katy Keene; Free Solo on Disney+; a roundup of titles on CBS All Access: Picard, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Interrogation; and Dave's latest favorite local ad. Dave is also in the hot (ejector) seat in presenting The Prisoner's "Many Happy Returns" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a pun safari in this week's Non-Regulation Game Time. Careful where you step as you join us for the latest episode! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jim Durr TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงฑ Lego Masters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป Katy Keene Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ป Free Solo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช Star Trek: Picard Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŽ Star Trek: The Animated Series Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฆ Interrogation Around The Dial: ๐Ÿท Dave's latest local ad obsession The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Prisoner S01.E07: Many Happy Returns Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jerry Harris Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Y: The Last Man Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Kenya Believe These Punny TV Titles? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 289 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jim Durr on Twitter ๐ŸŒด Again With This on Patreon ๐Ÿฉธ The Blotter Presents
11/02/20โ€ข1h 13m

288: Should You Gamble On McMillions?

Even though Eve and Sarah D. spend most weekdays thinking about the true crime that's worth your time for their newsletter, they still didn't know much about the Mobbed-up McDonald's Monopoly-game fraud case that's at the center of HBO's McMillions. Will this docuseries join the scam-umentary pantheon alongside The Dropout and The Imposter? Is Doug Mathews the write-in presidential candidate we need now? And why aren't off-camera docu directors ever mic'd properly? After we considered those questions, we went Around The Dial with BoJack Horseman, The Outsider and other HBO Sunday-night offerings, the end of The Good Place, and Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet. Eve screened an episode of Home Movies for the Canon; then Tim Robinson won and Terry Crews lost, before we filled in the blanks -- in pen! -- in a history-making Game Time. Grab a light meter and go undercover for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ” Mcmillions Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด Bojack Horseman Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ถ Curb Your Enthusiasm Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฆ The Outsider Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜‡ The Good Place Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Mythic Quest The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Home Movies S04.E01: Everyone's Entitled To My Opinion Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Tim Robinson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Terry Crews Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Crossword NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 288 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŸ The Daily Beast post on the case ๐ŸŸ Margaret Lyons's review for the NYT โ˜•๏ธ The documentary about the McDonald's hot-coffee lawsuit ๐ŸŸ Dr. Marcia Chatelain's Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America ๐Ÿ“™ Tara on Citations Needed ๐Ÿด Tara's BoJack review for VF ๐Ÿ”ช Sarah on Ted Bundy: Falling For A Killer on Primetimer
05/02/20โ€ข1h 34m

287: Raising A Nice Glass Of Bordeaux To Picard

CBS All Access has chased Star Trek: Discovery with Picard, picking up with everyone's favourite retired Starfleet admiral as he...well, to be honest, he's probably not going to be spending much time tending to his French vineyard. What is he getting up to? Maureen Ryan joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Goop Lab, Shrill, The Expanse, Veronica Mars, and Flack. We discuss whether Doctor Who's "Heaven Sent" should be inducted into The Canon, and then it's on to a Game Time that will leave you starry-eyed. Cozy up with a beloved pit bull and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mo Ryan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช Star Trek: Picard Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงซ The Goop Lab Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Shrill Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŒ The Expanse Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Veronica Mars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“จ Flack The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Doctor Who S09.E11: Heaven Sent Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The BBC Game Time: ๐Ÿง  All Stars NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 287 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Maureen Ryan on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป MoRyan.com ๐Ÿ“ danilo's Twitter thread on "Measure Of A Man" โ˜•๏ธ Tara's Horny Viewer's Guide to Stumptown at Primetimer ๐Ÿฉธ The Blotter Presents
29/01/20โ€ข1h 42m

286: Visiting Little America

Apple TV+'s Little America premiered last week, and Rolling Stone's chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall returned to talk about the heartwarming, but not treacly, anthology series about "the lives of immigrants in the United States." We talked about the casting, our favorite episodes, and why it reminded Sarah of High Maintenance before going Around The Dial with Avenue 5, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Sex Education, and Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens. Alan tried to get a second-season episode of The Americans' passport stamped at the border of the Canon; then Peacock won (CHUNG CHUNG) and a bunch of dead shows lost before we all got sick with a slash-fiction-based Game Time. Admire the sprinkler system on an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Little America Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ฐ Avenue 5 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš‘ 9-1-1: Lone Star Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ Sex Education Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ธ Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Americans S02.E09: Martial Eagle Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Peacock Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dead shows Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Slash Fiction NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 286 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿชจ Alan's review of Little America for Rolling Stone ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The Little America creative team talks about there being no politics in Season 2 ๐Ÿ“’ The Original Little America series at Epic Magazine ๐Ÿš‘ Tara on 9-1-1: Lone Star and Medical Police-esque spoof shows for Primetimer ๐Ÿชจ Alan's review of Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens
22/01/20โ€ข1h 26m

285: Making Reservations For Party Of Five

When we decided to cover Freeform's remake of Fox's iconic teen soap Party Of Five, there was one obvious choice of guest: Meredith Smith, recent submitter of a Canon presentation on the original series. After discussing Freeform's devastating take on five new lovable orphans, Around The Dial takes us through Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, Grand Designs, and Cheer. Meredith goes back into the Canon fray with the Murder, She Wrote episode "If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly." Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time to sink your teeth into. Gather all your siblings and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Meredith Smith TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฝ Party Of Five (2020) Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽง Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿก Grand Designs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฃ Cheer The Canon: ๐Ÿ”ช Murder, She Wrote Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Saved By The Bell (2020) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Grey's Anatomy Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Dinners NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 285 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Meredith Smith on Twitter ๐Ÿ“บ Primetimer ๐ŸŽง Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs
15/01/20โ€ข1h 19m

284: Sinking Our Teeth Into Dracula

The BBC rolled out Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's Dracula on New Year's Day; we Yanks endured it over the weekend, and Nick and the panel agree that this grimly joyless take on a careworn narrative needs SOMETHING. A modern-day setting, maybe? Mini bottle eps on every famous personage the Count has eaten? But it just seems like the creators didn't really want to be there...and as a result, we didn't either. Going Around The Dial is more fun, with looks at Dare Me, You, Magic For Humans, Spinning Out, and Dave's tips for pepping up a Frasier rewatch. Then Nick returns us to the cemetery with his Nonac presentation on Buffy's fifth-season premiere. Killing Eve won, Witcher what-about-ers lost, and Steal Meals were flyin' in a very meta Game Time. Stake your claim to 2020's first all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Dracula (2013) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ Dare Me Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซต You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ Magic For Humans Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ Spinning Out Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ป Frasier The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Buffy The Vampire Slayer S05.E01: Buffy vs. Dracula Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Killing Eve Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Witcher Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Televisual Pursuit NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 284 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Did British viewers stick around after Night 1 of Dracula? ๐Ÿ“ Tara's top 10 eps of the decade on Culturally Relevant ๐Ÿ“„ Sarah on why to watch Surviving R Kelly Pt. 2: The Reckoning ๐ŸŽญ Nick Rheinwald-Jones's Safehouse '82 ๐Ÿ“ Nick's The Pod
08/01/20โ€ข1h 31m

283: Buffy The Timekeeper

Happy New Year! We're off for the holidays so we've released two of our Patreon episodes from Extra Extra Hot Great! See you next week for a new episode. EEHG 023: The Post-Buffy The Vampire Slayer Power Rankings In the years since BtVS seemed to dominate the cultural conversation -- and our TWoP forums -- some of the main cast have gone on to bigger and better things; others have gone onโ€ฆDr. Phil, with disastrous results. In today's Extra Extra Hot Great, we're ranking the top ten cast members listed on the IMDb, plus Joss Whedon, to see who's chosen and who's cancelled based on what they've done since the show ended in 2003. EEHG 028: Measure Twice, Cut Once In an era when there is, by any reasonable assessment, rather a lot of TV, we tend always to be grateful when a new show doesn't give us more than we would care to handle -- when episodes aren't too long; when a season doesn't feel like it's been overstuffed. The reason we appreciate that is because there are so many shows that we like, but that do impose themselves excessively on our time. TOPICS Lead Topic: โšฐ๏ธ Buffy The Vampire Slayer Power Rankings Lead Topic: ๐Ÿซƒ๐Ÿป Overstuffed TV Shows NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 283 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
01/01/20โ€ข57m 38s

282: The Way We Were

Merry Christmas! We're off for the holidays so we've released two of our Patreon episodes from Extra Extra Hot Great! EEHG 014: Podcast Like Itโ€™s 1999 We're hopping in our time machines to imagine what an EHG main episode might look likeโ€ฆin 1999. It's all sequels and prequels in scripted content these days and hey, we're no different, so: What's the main topic on the podcast in a 1999 episode? What is everyone talking about for Around The Dial? What would we put up for the Canon, and who's Winning and Losing? And how the hell are we going to watch that new episode of Twin Peaks when our VCR crapped out and Netflix is decades away? EEHG 030: EHG 1969 Is Extra Hot Groovy Previously, we imagined what an EHG would have looked like in 1999. Today, we're going back even further โ€” to 1969. It was a big year in the news, and we're probably all well sick of retrospectives on Manson and the moon landingโ€ฆbut what was going on in TV-land in these fractured United States? We'll each propose main topics for a 1969 podcast; our Around The Dial, Canon, and Winner/Loser candidates; and possible celebrity guests. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฎ EHG in 1999 Lead Topic: โœŒ๏ธ EHG in 1969 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 282 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
25/12/19โ€ข37m 58s

281: Celebrating The Holidays Amid The Mistletoe & Menorahs

It's the most wonderful time of the year...if your very favourite thing is oppressively jolly holiday programming! We asked you, our listeners, to help us choose which piece of brand-new 2019 holiday content we would cover this year, and you delivered unto us the Lifetime original movie Mistletoe & Menorahs. Joining us to discuss it in a wild departure from their usual gig discussing the films of the Hallmark network are David J. Roth and Jeb Lund! Around The Dial clicks through FX's new adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Back To Life, the new season of CNBC's The Profit, The Expanse, and the season (and possibly series) finale of HBO's Watchmen. Lauren uses her Extra Credit to make us all benevolent TV dictators and bestow upon us the power to take a show that's Not For Us and make it meet our specific needs. Tara presents for Nonac induction the Beverly Hills, 90210 episode "It's A Totally Happening Life." Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time with a curious backstory. Take a break from all your a-wassailing and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค David Roth ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•Ž Mistletoe & Menorahs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคถ A Christmas Carol Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›Ÿ Back To Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ธ The Profit Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŒ The Expanse Around The Dial: โŒš๏ธ Watchmen Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Benevolent TV Dictator The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Beverly Hills, 90210 S03.E16: It's A Totally Happening Life Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Brothers Scott Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dan Spilo Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Bizarre Backstory NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 281 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ David J. Roth on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Jeb Lund on Twitter ๐ŸŽ„ The Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean podcast ๐ŸŽ„ DAJAM on Patreon โฐ The Culturally Relevant podcast ๐ŸŽณ UnDeadspin on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฐ James Poniewozik on Dan Spilo at the New York Times ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Andy Dehnart on Spilo at Vulture ๐Ÿฉธ The Blotter Presents
18/12/19โ€ข1h 45m

280: Conscientious Objectors In V Wars

How did Netflix think it would get away with a stinker like V Wars in the age of peak TV? We ponder that question with returning guest Monty, and we investigate the ingredients in a C-minus Syfy show (which this basically is) and wonder whether the show has, well, enough vampires (spoiler: nope). We go Around The Dial with Servant, Mad About You 2019, Making It, Ex On The Beach, and Toast Of London before rebooting dark characters in sunny-genred shows for an Extra Credit. Monty went over the top (as it were) for his Blackadder series finale Canon submission. Non-fiction cheerleaders won, Baby Yoda lost (sort of), and we seconded a motion for Part 2 of a previous Game Time. Keep hacking -- it's a bloody great new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง› V Wars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ Servant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’• Mad About You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”จ Making It Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŠ Ex On The Beach Around The Dial: ๐Ÿž Toast Of London Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Shiny De-boot The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Blackadder S04.E06: Goodbyeee Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Cheer Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Disney's failure to figure out the Baby Yoda toy supply chain Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Second Second Most Episodes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 280 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ˜– Ian Somerhalder is kind of a creeper? ๐Ÿ On Blackadder's final scene ๐ŸŽ„ OUR Dave on Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean ๐ŸŒด The series finale of Beverly Hills, 90210 on Again With This ๐Ÿ”ช The Blotter Presents ๐ŸŽจ Yes, Work Of Art actually existed ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter
11/12/19โ€ข1h 49m

279: All Canons, All The Time

In this episode, we dig in on some of the Canons submitted by you, our beloved listeners! First, we consider Doug Dale's case for Are You The One?'s eighth-season premiere, "Come One, Come All"; Meredith confronts us with the Party Of Five episode "The Intervention"; then Tara pitches Mom's "Spaghetti Sauce And A Dumpster Fire." Which -- if any! -- make it into our TV Hall Of Fame? Join us and find out! TOPICS The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Are You The One S08.E01: Come One, Come All The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Party Of Five S03.E20: The Intervention The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Mom S05.E18: Spaghetti Sauce And A Dumpster Fire NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 279 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
04/12/19โ€ข1h 10m

278: Would You Rather

At Extra Hot Great, holiday time means non-regulation episodes -- like a supersized round of Would You Rather? with Blankenship Chair creator Mark Blankenship. The four of us confront identity-crisis-causing brainteasers from each other and you listeners, including terrible live musicals, an eternity with Noah Benson, chyron font battles, Friends-giving episodes, Ken Burns's Raisins, secret Scientologists, Alec Baldwin, theme songs at the dentist, early Law & Order face-offs, and who's going to avenge Buntsy's death onscreen. How would YOU choose in these Would You Rathers -- or COULD you choose? Pepsi-Challenge yourself to find out in Extra Hot Great 278. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค” Would You Rather: Panel Round Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค” Would You Rather: EHG Assist Round NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 278 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs
27/11/19โ€ข1h 13m

277: Welcoming New Faces To Season 3 Of The Crown

The Crown has returned for Season 3 with new actors in all the key roles, and who better to talk about it than semi-professional royal watchers Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan of Go Fug Yourself? Around The Dial takes us through Dollface, All Rise, Evil, and Harlots. Sarah makes the case for American Crime Story S02.E04, titled "House By The Lake," to The Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser. Get all your mates from the polo team over to the house and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Heather Cocks ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Morgan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Crown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช† Dollface Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ All Rise Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ Evil Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘  Harlots The Canon: ๐Ÿ† American Crime Story S02.E04: House By The Lake Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Clive Owen Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž David Hunt NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 277 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Heather & Jessica on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘— Go Fug Yourself ๐Ÿ‘ธ Heather & Jessica's latest novel, The Royal We
20/11/19โ€ข1h 5m

276: Disney+ Blasts Off With The Mandalorian

Disney+ finally launched earlier this week, so we thought we'd talk The Mandalorian with Adam Grosswirth. How does the show fit into the Star Wars universe -- and should it bother? Is it hiding Pedro Pascal's light under a mask bushel? And was a certain very cute puppet perhaps pandering to longtime franchise fans? Later, we went Around The Dial with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Encore, Back To Life, a POV on Bill Nye, and two Dark shows, and Adam hoped his and Eleanor's joint Grey's Anatomy presentation for the Canon wouldn't bomb. A League Of Their Own won, Don Cherry (finally) lost, and we trod the boards in a theatrical Game Time (yes, Sarah "actually got some points"). Don't take your masks off: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘พ The Mandalorian Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ High School Musical: The Musical The Series Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Encore! Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›Ÿ Back To Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงช Bill Nye The Science Guy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฎ The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฑ His Dark Materials The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Grey's Anatomy S02.E17: As We Know It Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ A League Of Their Own Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Don Cherry Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Jazz Hands NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 276 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŽฌ You Must Remember This ๐ŸŒด Again With This ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs
13/11/19โ€ข1h 44m

275: Waking Up To The Morning Show

Apple TV+ is first to market in this month's battle of the brand-new streaming services, and Slate's TV critic Willa Paskin is joining us to talk about it -- starting with its fanciest new series, The Morning Show, but also touching on See, For All Mankind, and Dickinson. Sarah stars in an abbreviated Around The Dial to talk about the season finale of The Great British Bake Off. Then it's on to a discussion of whether American Vandal S01.E05, "Premature Theories," should be inducted into The Canon. After naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to the return of a Game Time classic. Grab your coffee and Red Bull and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Willa Paskin TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒ… The Morning Show Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ See Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒ• For All Mankind Lead Topic: โœ๏ธ Dickinson Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฐ The Great British Bake Off The Canon: ๐Ÿ† American Vandal S01.E05: Premature Theories Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Julia Garner Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Gina Torres Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Day After Before And After NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 275 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Willa Paskin on Twitter โœ๏ธ Willa on Slate ๐Ÿ’ Willa's podcast, Decoder Ring ๐Ÿš€ The Season 1 Finale of the Quaid In Full podcast
06/11/19โ€ข1h 44m

274: Meet Mrs. Fletcher

Mrs. Fletcher gives Kathryn Hahn a star turn as a divorced empty-nester trying to find herself (sexily!), and we're thrilled that star critic Maureen Ryan could return to discuss it with us -- whether we liked it, where it should have ended, and when we can expect this "limited series" to turn into another past-its-sell-by regular series. We went Around The Dial with BoJack Horseman, Lucifer, Netflix cancellation shenanigans, Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant, and Silicon Valley, and then Tara filed a motion to admit a second-season episode of The Good Fight to the Canon. Lizzo won (some more), the Game Of Thrones showrunners lost (for once), and there were no points for second place in a very challenging Game Time. Pack up that minivan: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mo Ryan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘  Mrs. Fletcher Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด Bojack Horseman Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŽ Netflix Moneyballing Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ Lucifer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฐ Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ป Silicon Valley The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Good Fight S02.E12: Day 485 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Lizzo Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Second-Most Episodes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 274 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒด Again With This ๐Ÿš€ The Quaid In Full podcast ๐Ÿชž The Through The Looking Glass podcast and more at Mo Ryan's website ๐Ÿ† Submit your Canons!
30/10/19โ€ข2h 12m

273: Getting On Our High Horse To Talk About HBO's Catherine The Great

HBO has imported Sky Atlantic's miniseries Catherine The Great -- starring seasoned queen portrayer Helen Mirren -- and first-time guest Karen Geier is Russian (sorry) to join us for a discussion all about it! Around The Dial takes us through Living With Yourself, Modern Love, The Politician, Buzz, Survivor, the latest in Ken Burns, and HBO's highly anticipated take on Watchmen! Karen presents the "Interlude" episode of The Righteous Gemstones for induction into The Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and a non-regulation Game Time that's the mother you never had and the sister everybody would want...or that's just about guest stars playing characters' relatives on TV. Saddle up your sturdiest steed and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Karen Geier TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿด Catherine The Great Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซต Living With Yourself Around The Dial: โค๏ธ Modern Love Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ณ The Politician Around The Dial: ๐Ÿœ Survivor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค  Ken Burns's Country Music Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Buzz Around The Dial: โŒš๏ธ Watchmen The Canon: โ›ช๏ธ The Righteous Gemstones S01.E05: Interlude Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Grace & Frankie Jane Fonda and Sam Waterston Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Gabrielle Carteris Game Time: ๐Ÿง  It's All Relative NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 273 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Karen Geier on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ป The On Belief podcast ๐Ÿ‘ป On Belief on Patreon ๐Ÿ˜ข The On Grief podcast ๐Ÿ˜ข On Grief on Patreon ๐ŸŽ™ KarenGeier.com โค๏ธ Maureen Ryan's Modern Love review at NYTimes.com ๐Ÿ Again With This ๐Ÿ Again With This on Patreon ๐ŸŽถ MASTAS on Patreon โŒš๏ธ James Poniewozik's Watchmen review
23/10/19โ€ข1h 42m

272: Flooring It With El Camino

We're so glad our esteemed colleague and Breaking Bad 101 author Alan Sepinwall could join us to talk about El Camino, the Breaking Bad sequel on Netflix that starts just minutes after the finale ended. Did we think it was necessary and/or satisfying? Were the fan-service elements welcome, or distracting? And which other characters should get their own post-BB films? Later, we went Around The Dial with Dynasty, Riverdale's Luke Perry tribute episode, Lodge 49, Private Lives Of The Windsors, and an objection from Dave to breathy cover-song TV themes (and the ending of Press, kind of), before Alan warmed up a second-season Leftovers episode as his Canon submission. Holey Moley won, a FOX affiliate (and racist sports teams) lost, and we sprang into action (verbs) for Game Time with the season hanging in the balance. An all-new Extra Hot Great: that's church, yo. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš˜ El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ถ Dynasty (2017) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿฆฐ Riverdale Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Lodge 49 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Private Lives Of The Windsors Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽž Get Shorty I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Breathy slowed-down cover songs as TV themes Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ž Press The Canon: ๐Ÿซฅ The Leftovers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Holey Moley Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž California Fox affiliate using chyron "Braves Scalped?" Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Verb Is The Word NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 272 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alan Sepinwall on Twitter ๐ŸŒ† The Sweet Smell Of Succession podcast ๐ŸŽฅ Quaid In Full
16/10/19โ€ข1h 23m

271: Stopping The Presses For Press On Masterpiece

PBS's Masterpiece has premiered the British miniseries Press, a tale of warring London newspapers, and we've brought a former newspaper reporter, Daniel MacEachern, back to the podcast to talk about it! Around The Dial clicks through Evil, Big Mouth, and Cash Cab, before we each pitch our own Fosse/Verdon-style limited series based on a real person's life (and possibly a specific biography). Danny presents The Grinder's "Grinder v. Grinder" for induction into the Canon. Then we're on to naming the week's Winner and Loser, and finishing up with a Game Time that might sound a little familiar. Put down any newspaper you might be reading and listen to us instead! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ฐ Press Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฟ Evil Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘„ Big Mouth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš• Cash Cab Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Small Screen / Larger Than Life The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Grinder S01.E13: Grinder v. Grinder Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Rachel Maddow Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Lindsay Lohan Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Familiar Situations NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 271 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Daniel MacEachern on Twitter ๐Ÿธ David Roth, Laura Wagner, and Kelsey McKinney's Deadspin report on TheMaven's Sports Illustrated takeover ๐Ÿ‘„ Big Mouth co-creator Andrew Goldberg apologized for the show's description of pansexuality ๐Ÿ•ณ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ranks "Live Through This" ๐Ÿš€ Quaid In Full's episode on Dennis Quaid's Baretta episode ๐Ÿž The Amazonian Expedition That Nearly Killed Theodore Roosevelt
09/10/19โ€ข1h 44m

270: The Survivor Stumptown Sunnyside Shot Clock

We couldn't decide which headline show to cover for EHG 270, so we set our shot clocks to eight minutes each for three: Survivor's 39th (!) season, with an idolatrous twist; new sitcom Sunnyside, starring Kal Penn as a disgraced city councilman; and semi-charming, SUPER-piloty PI/PTSD drama Stumptown. Will any of us keep watching any of these? Can we, when a couple of them already pulled basement-ish ratings? Later, we went Around The Dial with Bissinger doc Buzz, Perfect Harmony, The Challenge, and Below Deck Med before Kim brought us back to Survivor and fans vs. favorites with her Canon presentation. Moriarty's a winner, Ray Lewis is a loser, and we explored not-that-secret identities in Game Time. Behold the giant wooden busts of your panel: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿœ Survivor Lead Topic: โ˜•๏ธ Stumptown Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒž Sunnyside Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽผ Perfect Harmony Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Buzz Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฟ The Challenge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ณ Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Survivor S16.E13: If It Smells Like A Rat, Give It Cheese Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Andrew Scott Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ray Lewis Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Also Known As NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 270 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter ๐Ÿ“‰ Sunnyside's low ratings ๐Ÿคฏ Dalton Ross's oral history of Erik's blindside ๐Ÿ› GQ on Bissinger's shopaholism ๐ŸŽ™ Sweet Smell Of Succession ๐Ÿ“บ Sarah's Primetimer author page ๐Ÿ“ธ We're @extrahotgreat on Instagram
02/10/19โ€ข1h 18m

269: Polishing The Silver For Downton Abbey: The Movie

Downton Abbey has been adapted from television series to feature film, and professional movie analysts Joe Reid and Chris Feil of the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast are joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial clicks through a trio of CBS sitcom pilots, Unbelievable, 30 For 30's "Rodman: For Better Or Worse," and Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance. Sarah and Tara take a look at Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail's just-announced Battlestar Galactica reboot and ask: Will Dave Hate This? We take on Mary's Muppetational Extra Credit question. Chris and Joe make the case for Project Runway S02.E09, "Flower Power," to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after talking Emmy Winners and Losers, it's on to a Game Time that tests our knowledge of our Boomer relatives' favourite shows. Grab your favourite footman and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฐ Downton Abbey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅˆ Carol's Second Act Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’• Bob Hearts Abishola Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ„ The Unicorn Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง Unbelievable Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ 30 For 30 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฎ Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ˜ก Battlestar Galactica Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Flesh-Covered Muppets The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Project Runway S02.E09: Flower Power Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Some people at the Emmys Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Different people at the Emmys Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Uncle Billy & Aunt Joan NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 269 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Joe Reid on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™‚๏ธ Chris Feil on Twitter ๐Ÿ“บ Primetimer ๐ŸŽถ MASTAS Live! ๐Ÿ The This Had Oscar Buzz podcast ๐Ÿ“บ Chris at Primetimer ๐Ÿฟ Chris at The Film Experience
25/09/19โ€ข2h 10m

268: The Ups And Downs Of Undone

Reviewers love Undone, Amazon's half-hour rotoscoped drama about time travel and mental illness -- did the panel agree? Should the show be animated, or live-action? Does it need a second season? And is this the San Antonio Kevin recognizes from his youth? We went around the dial with prestige fare like Married At First Sight, Are You The One?, and The Challenge, then Brady Renovation-ed other legendary TV exteriors for an Extra Credit before Tara shared a Tiny Triumph. Then Kevin put a legendary reality-show dinner party from the first season of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills up for the Canon. Norman Lear was a winner, Shane Gillis was a loser (and SNL got a conspiracy theory...and another one), and we tried not to count ourselves out of a very numerical Game Time. Reading (minds) is fundamental on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kevin O'Keeffe TOPICS Lead Topic: โŒš๏ธ Undone Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ‡ Are You The One Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฟ The Challenge Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ A Very Blanky Renovation The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills S01.E09: The Dinner Party From Hell Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Norman Lear Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Shane Gillis Game Time: ๐Ÿง  What's The Difference NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 268 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“บ Appointment TV podcast ๐Ÿ’„ Kevin's Drag Race Rewind project ๐Ÿš€ Quaid In Full podcast
18/09/19โ€ข2h

267: Tearing Down A Very Brady Renovation

It's the show Lance Bass never wanted you to see: A Very Brady Renovation, in which a collection of HGTV stars join forces with the surviving cast of The Brady Bunch to make the real-life Studio City home that served as the Brady house in b-roll look exactly like the Brady Bunch set inside. Who better to join us in discussing all the Who-lebrities involved than Who Weekly? co-host Bobby Finger! Around The Dial takes us through Season 3 of The Deuce, Part 3 of Money Heist, Ken Burns's latest PBS documentary series Country Music, and Joe Pera Talks With You. Bobby presents the Enlightened episode "The Weekend" for induction into the Canon; then we name the week's Winner and Loser and move on to a Game Time about TV frogs getting smooched. Grab your sledgehammer and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Bobby Finger TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš A Very Brady Renovation Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฉ The Deuce Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ถ Money Heist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค  Ken Burns's Country Music Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฃ Joe Pera Talks With You Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Missing TV References And Quotes The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Enlightened S01.E04: The Weekend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Rick Jackson Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Richard Gere Game Time: ๐Ÿง  In The Pond NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 267 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Bobby Finger on Twitter ๐Ÿ™‹ The Who Weekly podcast ๐ŸŽ™ The I'm Obsessed With This podcast ๐Ÿซ„ The video Eva Amurri Martino made announcing her third pregnancy ๐Ÿš€ The Quaid In Full podcast
11/09/19โ€ข2h 4m

266: The Episode That's Two Episodes

We're not able to record this week so we're treating y'all to a sneak peak at Extra Extra Hot Great, our patrons-only bonus podcast. EEHG 008: Making More Live Remakes, Live (On Tape) The Jimmy Kimmel-spearheaded, ABC-aired restagings of one classic episode each of All In The Family and The Jeffersons, live in front of a studio audience, delivered one of the networkโ€™s highest-rated season wraps in years, and you know what that means: copycats are coming. And we want to get ahead of the trend! For todayโ€™s Extra Extra Hot Great, weโ€™re each choosing a classic episode of TV to remake, and casting all the roles with actors working today. EEHG 017: British Crime Story, Series 1 FX announced not long after we recorded a recent EHG main podcast that American Crime Story has finally started moving forward on its third topic: Impeachment, "the story of the Clinton presidency scandal." One of the great things about that franchise is that it provides so much food for thought between seasons, not least (inevitably incorrect) speculation about what it will take on next and with whom in what roles -- so now that that's been taken off the table for the moment, let's talk about what a Union Jack version of the story would look like! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“บ Making More Live Remakes, Live (On Tape) Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง British Crime Story, Series 1 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 266 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ’‚ StoryCast podcast featuring Brink's-Mat Robbery on iTunes
04/09/19โ€ข40m 52s

265: Is On Becoming A God In Central Florida A Scheme Worth Buying Into?

On Becoming A God In Central Florida premiered on Showtime recently, and Floridian Jeb Lund returned to the podcast to discuss its geographic and period accuracy, whether it celebrates or mocks the poor, and all the process-y parts of a pyramid scheme (fine: "multi-level marketing"). We went Around The Dial with 13 Reasons Why, Why Women Kill and Pennyworth, and then we contemplated converting primetime shows into Saturday-morning cartoons, '70s-style, in an Extra Credit from Dave Snyder. After a hilarious (if fatal to felines) Canon submission on Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, we declared Netflix a winner, ABC a loser, and Dan Cassino an evil genius as we played a Hallmark Of Quality Game Time. Stock up on giant cans of nacho cheese before you listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒด On Becoming A God In Central Florida Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Why Women Kill Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ผ 13 Reasons Why Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช™ Pennyworth Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Modern Primetime Cartooning The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Garth Merenghi's Darkplace S01.E01: Once Upon A Beginning Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Netflix Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž ABC Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hallmark Of Quality NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 265 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ˜ด The Dream podcast ๐ŸŽ™ Tara and Dave Chen's Succession podcast ๐Ÿฆข Sarah and John Ramos on MSCL ๐ŸŽ„ Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean
28/08/19โ€ข1h 25m

264: Praying On The Righteous Gemstones

HBO's new Danny McBride/Jody Hill sitcom, The Righteous Gemstones, takes aim at megachurch evangelists, but will it make you throw up your hands in praise? Adam Sternbergh returns to discuss it. Around The Dial makes stops at Lodge 49, The Boys, Years And Years, and QB1: Beyond The Lights, before we roll into a Canon presentation on the series premiere of Sherlock, "A Study In Pink." After naming the week's Winner and Loser, we all say "ยกsi!" to a Game Time about TV's non-union Mexican equivalents. Our episode is an awesome episode, and you should listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: โ›ช๏ธ The Righteous Gemstones Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›– Lodge 49 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Boys Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“… Years And Years Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ QB1: Beyond The Lights The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Sherlock S01.E01: A Study In Pink Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ St. Elmo's Fire Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Friends Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Non-Union Mexican Equivalent NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 264 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Sternbergh on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฐ The 1619 Project at the New York Times ๐Ÿ“บ Sarah at Primetimer ๐Ÿ’ Decoder Ring's episode on the Johnlock Conspiracy
21/08/19โ€ข1h 34m

263: Pinning Down Season 3 Of GLOW

GLOW returned to Netflix for its third season last weekend, and Adam Grosswirth returned to EHG to discuss the action's move to Vegas, the realism of a long run, whether a more serious tone worked, and where a possible Season 4 can go from here. We went Around The Dial with The Family, Wu Assassins, So You Think You Can Dance, and Last Tango In Halifax before Erica challenged us to create Tony-winning musical episodes from TV shows of yore. We got out the paddles for a Canon submission from Sean on Schitt's Creek, then declared a dead Confederate a winner, and LiLo's antics a loser, before sampling a rollercoaster of a musical Game Time. Hike up those leotards and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™€๏ธ GLOW Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ The Family Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉฐ So You Think You Can Dance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ Last Tango In Halifax Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅท Wu Assassins Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ When The Emmys Meet The Tonys The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Schitt's Creek S01.E06: Wine And Roses Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ HBO Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Lindsay Lohan Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Would You Care To Try A Sample? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 263 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿš€ Sarah's Quaid In Full podcast on Twitter
14/08/19โ€ข1h 42m

262: Burying Four Weddings And A Funeral

Noted romcom fan Mindy Kaling has been tasked by Hulu to bring the world a series adaptation of the 1994 feature film Four Weddings And A Funeral, and noted romcom fan Linda Holmes is joining us to talk about whether this ever should have happened! Around The Dial has us discussing HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, the series finale of Jane The Virgin, and the end (we hope) of Big Little Lies. Linda makes the case for the induction of The Good Place's "Dance Dance Resolution" into the Canon; then after naming the week's Winner(s) and Loser, we move on to a Game Time that soars. Get out of the rain (or hadn't you noticed?) and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Linda Holmes TOPICS Lead Topic: โšฐ๏ธ Four Weddings And A Funeral Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ A Black Lady Sketch Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฅ Big Little Lies The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Good Place S02.E02: Dance Dance Resolution Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Nico Tortorella (and Auli'i Cravalho) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Gabrielle Carteris Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Pilot Test NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 262 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Linda Holmes on Twitter โšฐ๏ธ Linda's review of Four Weddings And A Funeral at NPR.org ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™€๏ธ Vulture's coverage of GLOW ๐ŸŽ™ The Sweet Smell Of Succession podcast ๐Ÿ The Again With This podcast ๐Ÿฆž Linda's book, Evvie Drake Starts Over ๐Ÿธ Pop Culture Happy Hour ๐ŸŽ™ Linda on The Maris Review podcast ๐ŸŽฏ Linda on Bullseye โšพ๏ธ Linda on the Effectively Wild podcast ๐Ÿš€ The Quaid In Full podcast on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿป The Gabrielle Carteris tag on Deadline.com
07/08/19โ€ข1h 33m

261: The Boys! The Boys! Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You?

John couldn't make it last week for our Veronica Mars discussion, but he fired a baby's laser-beam eyes at Amazon's latest original, The Boys, which we all quite liked. Does Jack Quaid look more like his famous parents, or like a Bill Heder/Pacey Witter hybrid? How will the show diverge even further from its graphic-novel parent in Season 2? And does Butcher swear more than Buntsy? We went Around The Dial with Sherman's Showcase and South Side, John's belated take on Veronica Mars S4, Animal Kingdom, and Pennyworth before descending into a boring, disturbing sex fog with Dave's presentation of TNG's "Sub Rosa" for the Nonac. Nickelodeon slime won the space race, Diddy became a Loser, and Dan Cassino merged shows old and new for a Before & After Game Time. Don't get sent to Sandusky for missing this all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Boys Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽช Sherman's Showcase Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“บ South Side Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Veronica Mars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช™ Pennyworth The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Star Trek: The Next Generation S07.E14: Sub Rosa Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Nickelodeon slime Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž P. Diddy Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Before & After NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 261 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿงก Tara's Primetimer post on OITNB ๐ŸŽ™ Tara and Dave Chen's Succession podcast ๐Ÿฆ Sarah's Animal Kingdom power rankings at Primetimer โ™ฃ๏ธ Bridge champion John Ramos ๐Ÿ›ธ This weird and wonderful Star Trek on a theremin video
31/07/19โ€ข1h 18m

260: Discussing An Explosive New Season Of Veronica Mars

Hulu dropped Veronica Mars a week sooner than anyone expected, but Kathryn VanArendonk was ready to leap into action and join us in a VERY SPOILER-FILLED discussion of Season 4! Around The Dial takes us to Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein on Netflix; a spoiler-free farewell to the imminently-ending Jane The Virgin; Last Chance U; and a potpourri of TV-adjacent remarks from Dave (including an update on the original book version of The Rook). Leanna cashes in her Extra Credit to get us to pick TV characters who deserve theme songs. Then Tara makes the case for One Day At A Time's "Strays" to be inducted into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser, and kick off a new season of Game Time with Sitcom Keyword Search. Post up on the couch with Pony and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Veronica Mars Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŒ Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Last Chance U Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜‘ FMK Korrection Korner Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ The Rook Around The Dial: โ˜•๏ธ Big Little Lies Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ The Canon: ๐Ÿ† One Day At A Time S01.E05: Strays Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Sarah Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Crybaby Game Of Thrones alums Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Sitcom Keyword Search NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 260 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kathryn on Twitter ๐Ÿ“บ Kathryn at Vulture ๐ŸŽ™ David Chen's new podcast, Culturally Relevant ๐Ÿ“• Tara's Handmaid's Tale post on BN.com ๐Ÿฆด The Bones Zone podcast ๐ŸŽ„ Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean ๐Ÿง€ Cheddar Cheese Song ๐Ÿฅ Clรญnica De Migrantes on HBO
24/07/19โ€ข1h 35m

259: Here We Are With Our Rickets Problem On An All New FMK Special

TV-based F*ck, Marry, Kill is back, and so is famous original panelist Joe Reid, as we decide whether to bone, betroth, or bash in the heads of Mad Men items, Handmaid's deaths, episode types, trains, fonts, and unkillable robber barons of yesteryear. From Aquarius to Zoo and every Sophie's choice in between -- but this time we've added our own brainteasers for our fellow panelists. Cool off with an extra-hot Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ F*ck, Marry, Kill NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 259 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
17/07/19โ€ข1h 21m

258: Yelling About The Loudest Voice

Showtime has turned Gabriel Sherman's Roger Ailes book into a seven-part miniseries, and Will Leitch has returned to talk about what it is, whom it's for, and how it compares to recent-history HBO docudramas like Game Change. Around The Dial takes us through Divorce, the triumph of the USWNT, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Rook. Will Leitch presents "Pt. 5" of (the masterpiece) O.J.: Made In America to the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, an old favourite returns to Non-Regulation Game Time. Put on your shortest skirt, sit down behind a transparent desk, and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ข The Loudest Voice Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” Divorce Around The Dial: โšฝ๏ธ The US Women's National Soccer Team Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ The Rook The Canon: ๐Ÿ† O.J.: Made In America Pt. 5 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Stranger Things Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Amber Portwood Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Tunes 5 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 258 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Will Leitch on Twitter โšฝ๏ธ Will on the USWNT, for New York ๐Ÿ€ Will on Kevin Durant, also for New York โœ‰๏ธ Will's (free!) TinyLetter ๐Ÿ“บ The Will Leitch Show ๐ŸŽ™ The Grierson & Leitch Podcast ๐Ÿ’” Ben Travers on Divorce โ›ณ๏ธ Tara on Holey Moley
09/07/19โ€ข1h 29m

257: Is Holey Moley A Summertime Viewing Champion?

Try as we might, we couldn't get that "putt down the remote" joke to work, so we'll just say we're happy Daniel MacEachern is back on the pod, and we're even happier to be talking about Holey Moley, the "Wipeout meets mini-golf" summer offering from ABC that finally found a way to use Kenny G's talents properly. From hosts to holes to gimmicky guest get-ups, it's fun for the whole family -- really! Later, we go Around The Dial with Years And Years, Animal Kingdom, Bosch, Lethal Weapon, Collateral, and Dave's non-crackpot theory on TV knockout drugs, before contemplating a universally despised Golden Girls episode that closed out that otherwise-great show's second season. Michael Sheen (not in character from The Good Fight) was a winner, execs trying to step to Buntsy's girl Roma Torre were losers, and someone got a helping hand on this week's Game Time. This is our windmil-lieu: an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Around The Dial: โ›ณ๏ธ Holey Moley Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“† Years And Years Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ซ Lethal Weapon Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ’ Bosch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Collateral I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Using Chloroform The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ The Golden Girls S02.E26: Empty Nests Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Michael Sheen Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž NY1 execs trying to step to Roma Torre Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Chums And Helpers NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 257 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โ›ณ๏ธ Carl Carmoni and Quebecois putt-putt ๐Ÿ‘— Pose โš–๏ธ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿฅผ How chloroform actually works โœ๏ธ Michael Sheen takes up for fan-fic ๐Ÿคบ NY1 anchors sue Charter Communications for marginalizing them
26/06/19โ€ข1h 30m

256: Exorcising Our Demons With Los Espookys

Comedy writer/performers Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres have brought HBO a new sitcom about a "horror group" that creates practical horror effects for ridiculous reasons (Fred Armisen's hardly in it, we swear!), and Omar Gallaga has returned to discuss it with us! Around The Dial clicks through Younger, Comedy Central's new sketch show Alternatino With Arturo Castro, the upcoming Amazon series Undone, and the third seasons of Claws and Jessica Jones. For her Extra Credit topic, Corey asks us each to choose a title from the AFI's top 100 films and turn it into a TV series. Omar presents the Atlanta episode "Teddy Perkins" for the Canon. Once we've recovered (barely), it's on to the week's Winner and Loser and a Game Time with a lot of cipherin'. Put on your werewolf teeth and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Omar Gallaga TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ป Los Espookys Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Younger Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽค Alternatino With Arturo Castro Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคช Undone Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’… Claws Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ Jessica Jones Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Atlanta S02.E06: Teddy Perkins Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ PoseQueer Eye Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Bill Cosby Game Time: ๐Ÿง  I Was Told There Would Be No Math NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 256 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘ป Omar's post on Los Espookys on Primetimer ๐Ÿ›ฃ The Washington Post's By The Way travel series ๐Ÿฉธ The Blotter Presents podcast ๐Ÿฟ The AFI 100 Films list ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ Bill Cosby's Father's Day tweet
19/06/19โ€ข1h 29m

255: Telling Another Season Of Big Little Lies

We're thrilled to welcome Eve back to the guest chair...but were we as thrilled to welcome Big Little Lies back into our primetime lives? We talked about Meryl Streep's flawlessly passive-aggressive performance and loved Laura Dern because it's a day ending in Y. After Tara reported on a Kit-Kat-jingle-related Tiny Triumph, Sarah joined her to capsule-review the ATX Festival before we went around the dial with Pose, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Black Mirror. Dan Cassino tasked us with assembling our own personal A-Teams as an Extra Credit, and everyone from Villanelle to Pam Poovey got in on the act. Then we took a tour of Senegal with Franรงoise's lovely Canon presentation on behalf of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Kristen Bell is a winner, Linda Fairstein is a loser, and we all shared a bowl of alphabet soup in Game Time. Don't get stuck in a hallway marching band: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฅ Big Little Lies Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Taraโ€™s Kit-Kat jingle gets a key RT Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“บ ATX Festival Report Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ Pose Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชž Black Mirror Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Your Own Personal A-Team The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S07.E06: Senegal Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kristen Bell Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Linda Fairstein Game Time: ๐Ÿง  ABC TV Trivia NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 255 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“บ The Alternatino premiere on YouTube โš–๏ธ The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ“บ ATXโ€™s TV Campfire podcast
12/06/19โ€ข1h 19m

254: Welcome Back To F---in' Deadwood

Shocking the world, the Deadwood movie no one dared believe would actually happen has actually happened, and our old friend Alan Sepinwall, Chief TV Critic of Rolling Stone, returns to discuss it. Around The Dial clicks through American Princess, The Handmaid's Tale, Netflix's sequel to Tales Of The City, Scott & Bailey, Good Omens, and Epix's Perpetual Grace, LTD. Alan takes a leap by submitting the Quantum Leap episode "The Leap Home, Part 1" to the Canon. Then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a very animated Game Time. Meet us in the thoroughfare and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค  Deadwood Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ธ American Princess Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘บ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ Tales Of The City Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™€๏ธ Scott & Bailey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฟ Good Omens Around The Dial: โฐ Perpetual Grace Ltd The Canon: โš›๏ธ Quantum Leap S03.E01: The Leap Home, Part 1 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Vida Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Bravo and Viola Davis Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Cels From Celluloid NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 254 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“Š The Extra Hot Great submission form ๐Ÿฆ Alan Sepinwall on Twitter ๐ŸŽธ Alan at Rolling Stone, including all his coverage on Deadwood: The Movie ๐Ÿ“บ The ATX Festival ๐Ÿ“š All Alan's books on Amazon ๐ŸŠโ€โ™€๏ธ Sarah and Tara on Melrose Place at Primetimer ๐Ÿฆ Sarah's Animal Kingdom power rankings at Primetimer โš›๏ธ Kathryn VanArendonk's interview with Scott Bakula about the 30th anniversary of Quantum Leap
05/06/19โ€ข1h 26m

253: Sweating Out The Hot Zone

Our (lack of?) enthusiasm for National Geographic's account of a late-'80s Ebola outbreak, The Hot Zone, is infectious -- and Kat Angus returns to the podcast to discuss the plague of wigs and clunky dialogue in the docuseries, plus exposition that made us itch and shows we'd rather watch instead. We went around the dial with Dynasty, What/If, Killing Eve, and Lonely Island's Bash Brothers special, and Tara hoped insurance would cover her Canon submission of a second-season GLOW episode. Chrissy Teigen won (as usual), Adam Levine lost, and a Game Time stuck in the middle of things. Gown up for an all-new Extra Hot (Zone) Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kat Angus TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคข The Hot Zone Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ถ Dynasty (2017) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค” What If Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Killing Eve Around The Dial: โšพ๏ธ The Lonely Island Presents The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค GLOW Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Chrissy's Court Chrissy Teigen Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Voice Adam Levine Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Infixes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 253 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kat Angus on Twitter ๐Ÿ“บ ATX Festival ๐Ÿ”ช The Best Evidence newsletter ๐Ÿ™ƒ The I Hate It But I Love It podcast ๐ŸŽต Adam Levine is a big old baby
29/05/19โ€ข1h 24m

252: Fleabag's Second Season Takes Us To Church

Fleabag is back on Amazon for its second -- and last -- season, and Jeff Drake is back to talk about the big swings the show takes, Olivia Colman's perfect performance, and the show's unique realness about everything from faith to sisterhood to bad haircuts. We go Around The Dial with a My Dad Wrote A Porno update, plus Vida, She-Ra, and a Ron Artest/Metta World Peace documentary on Showtime, and contemplate a short but very sweet Canon submission concerning a Hilda episode about a giant. President Carteris won (we hope), BH90210 lost, and we juggled Steal Meals in a ballsy Game Time. Break the fourth wall with an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชฐ Fleabag Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† My Dad Wrote A Porno Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Vida Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ธ She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ Quiet Storm: The Ron Artest Story The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป Hilda Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Gabrielle Carteris Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž BH90210 Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Name That Sport NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 252 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿซด Who's who on Catch-22 ๐ŸŽถ MASTAS on Instagram ๐Ÿ˜” I'm Sorry
22/05/19โ€ข1h 18m

251: Living In The Society

Netflix tries to court the teens with The Society, in which a bunch of high schoolers return to their town to find it emptied of everyone who wasn't in their class; Emily Yoshida joins us to discuss whether Christopher "Party Of Five Keyser" still knows how to write for the youth. Around The Dial clicks through the comedy special My Dad Wrote A Porno, Klepper, Terrace House, Sneaky Pete, and The Good Fight (now we're up to Season 3!). Tara presents Season 1, Episode 4 of Rosehaven to The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we roll up our sleeves for a game about jobs. Take a break from inventorying all the food in town and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Emily Yoshida TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ The Society Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† My Dad Wrote A Porno Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“บ Klepper Around The Dial: ๐Ÿก Terrace House Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ Sneaky Pete Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Good Fight The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Rosehaven S01.E04 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Constance Wu Game Time: ๐Ÿง  What's My Job? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 251 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Emily Yoshida on Twitter ๐ŸŒ  The Night Call podcast ๐ŸŒ  Night Call on Patreon ๐Ÿ”– Tara's Haley Lu Richardson post at Primetimer ๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™‚๏ธ Sarah's Bosch post at Primetimer
15/05/19โ€ข1h 34m

250: Melting Down Over Chernobyl

HBO has gone back to the 1980s for a miniseries take on the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster; to discuss whether the show is as big a catastrophe as the event, we've invited Adam Sternbergh to join us! Around The Dial clicks through Tuca & Bertie, Dead To Me, Money Heist, Atlanta, and Hulu's upcoming Catch-22. Sean and Tim use their Extra Credit to challenge us to rank the caregivers of Call The Midwife before Adam presents the first Barry episode to the Canon. After naming the week's Winner and Loser, we each try not to be the last holding the Hot Potato during Game Time. Put on your hazmat suit and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: โ˜ข๏ธ Chernobyl Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Tuca & Bertie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ต Dead To Me Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ถ Money Heist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ผ Atlanta Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซด Catch-22 Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Rank A Midwife The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Barry S01.E07: Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, And Keep Going Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Elizabeth Banks Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Game Of Thrones set dec who left a takeout coffee cup in a shot, and the HBO PR team that tried to be cute about it Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hot Potato NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 250 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Sternbergh on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Tara on Good Girls for Primetimer ๐Ÿ˜ท Sarah on The Act for Primetimer
08/05/19โ€ข1h 36m

249: Should You Get Behind The Red Line?

It's a good thing today's Canon pitch is for The Other Two, because returning guest John Ramos is a super-fan -- but before we got around to that, we had to punch our tickets for The Red Line, CBS's weighty series on how three Chicago families intersect in the aftermath of a police shooting. Is it trying too hard for significance? Is the writing writing checks some of the acting can't cash? And do we wish Regina Taylor had a more central role? After debate club, we went Around The Dial with I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, High Maintenance, and MTV's Jersey Shore/Bachelor hybrid Double Shot At Love, then High Castled some alternate-timeline/dystopian show pitches in an Extra Credit from C.G. before hearing that The Other Two Canon submission. Shannen Doherty won, Game Of Thrones took a bunch of losses, and we jammed with the return of One Letter Off Game Time. Throw a tiny needlepoint pillow on a concrete lounger and settle in for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ˆ The Red Line Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชด High Maintenance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’˜ Double Shot At Love With DJ Pauly D And Vinny Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ The Showrunner In The High Castle The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Other Two S01.E03: Chase Gets A Girlfriend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Shannen Doherty Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Game Of Thrones people Game Time: ๐Ÿง  One Letter Off NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 249 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฅท Tara's Barry piece for Decider ๐ŸŽถ MASTAS โœ๏ธ Crime Writers On
01/05/19โ€ข1h 26m

248: A Game Time Promise Kept

It's an all-Game Time episode to make up for last week's missing competition. Testing their TV knowledge are Kari Race, Chris Billig and Sarah S. Coward. We played TV themes, they tried to figure out what show they were from. Sounds easy, right? GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kari Race ๐Ÿ‘ค Chris Billig ๐Ÿ‘ค Sarah S. Coward TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Name That Theme NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 248 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
27/04/19โ€ข37m 52s

247: Getting Seduced By Gentleman Jack

HBO has imported Gentleman Jack, a BBC dramedy based on the journals of 19th-century lesbian landowner Anne Lister, and we've invited Mark Blankenship to join us in getting way up under its skirts! Around The Dial takes us through the dรฉbuts of The New Negroes and Ramy; Losers; Fleabag; and The Good Fight. Jacqueline brings us an Extra Credit question about our teen BFFs. Mark presents the Designing Women episode "The Beauty Contest" to The Canon then we name the week's Winner and Loser. Loosen your corset and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŒพ Gentleman Jack Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ The New Negroes Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Ramy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ช Losers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฐ Fleabag Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Good Fight Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Your TV Teen BFFs The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Designing Women S01.E02: The Beauty Contest Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Chaos Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Michael Che NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 247 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter ๐Ÿช‘ The Blankenship Chair ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tara on the rotten kids of Better Things at Decider โœ๏ธ The Crime Writers On podcast ๐Ÿ“™ Untitled: A Bad Teen Novel at Amazon
24/04/19โ€ข1h 19m

246: Game Of Thrones Enters Its Final Round

Game Of Thrones is finally back, and so are Kim and Jim, partly because Tara and Sarah have no real idea what's going on on the show but also because we treasure their insights on everything from Lady Mormont, to whether Jon and Dany have chemistry (no), to whether ANYONE in any kingdom is wearing a hat (no, and Jim has questions about that). After discussing important matters like dragon kibble, we went Around The Dial with CBS reality shows, The Magicians, Bosch, and Bless This Mess, and Dave sneak-previewed part of our Patreon-only discussion of incorrect spin-offs. Charles put us in the box with Pembleton with a Homicide: Life On The Street submission for the Canon, and while casting agents for streaming services were winners, Lori Loughlin and Massimo Targetini were losers...aaaaagain. Did Tara's non-regulation Game Time fill our hearts with song? Does Euron look like Pacey Witter? And why is Tyrion's one-liner game (as it were) going downhill? All those answers and more in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kim Reed ๐Ÿ‘ค Jim Durr TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿšฝ Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป Bless This Mess Around The Dial: โ›บ๏ธ Survivor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ The Magicians Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽท Bosch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง Jeopardy The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Homicide: Life On The Street S02.E02: Black And Blue Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kate McKinnon and Sterling K. Brown Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Lori Loughlin Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Toons IV NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 246 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ˜ˆ Bran memes ๐Ÿ˜ˆ More Bran memes ๐Ÿ˜‡ Tara's Jane The Virgin post on Decider ๐Ÿ›ฅ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs talks about "Rio"
17/04/19โ€ข1h 43m

245: Putting On Our Capezios For Fosse/Verdon

FX is returning to the Feud space with Fosse/Verdon, a deep dive on a pair of contentious performing geniuses; Broadway savant Adam Grosswirth joins us to opine on whether it should have opened and closed the same night. Around The Dial spins through the Season 2 premiere of Killing Eve; the series finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend; Brit crime drama Unforgotten; and Cinemax's new period immigration/tong drama Warrior. In the absence of a Canon segment (...it's a long story), we speed through the week's Winner and Loser and move on to a special double shot of Game Time. Grab a Seconal and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•บ Fosse/Verdon Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Killing Eve Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคช Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Unforgotten Around The Dial: โš”๏ธ Warrior Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dave Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Drunks; CBS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Pets Game Time: ๐Ÿง  These Shows Have Issues NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 245 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿงธ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter ๐ŸงŒ Upstart Creatures ๐ŸŽญ National Alliance For Musical Theatre
10/04/19โ€ข1h 42m

244: Twilight Zone-ing Out With Jordan Peele's CBS Reboot

Will Hines joins the panel for the latest imagining of The Twilight Zone from Jordan Peele -- an idea whose time may have come and (thanks to Black Mirror) gone. Will the show find its footing once the proof-of-concept episodes are done? And is this enough to get folks to pay for CBS All Access? Later, we went Around The Dial with HBO's peek comedies Veep and Barry, Aeon Flux-y guilty pleasure Love, Death & Robots, ER, and Deadwind before Dave The Poker Pro challenged us to find the next deep-dive Again With This podcast topic. We considered a precious (geddit?) Steven Universe episode for The Canon before declaring SVU a long-running winner and Tori Spelling an Insta loser...and then Phil Collins sang us into a very friendly Game Time. There's something on the wing! (It's an all-new Extra Hot Great.) GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Hines TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒŒ The Twilight Zone (2019) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ Veep Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅท Barry Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆพ Love, Death + Robots Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉป ER Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒฌ Deadwind Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Again With Again With This The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Steven Universe S03.E12: Mr. Greg Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tori Spelling Game Time: ๐Ÿง  I've Seen Your Face Before My Friend But I Don't Know If You Know Who I Am NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 244 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒŒ Watch the first ep of Twilight Zone free on YouTube ๐Ÿ Again With This ๐ŸŽถ March MASTAS ๐Ÿ’ฅ Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Spiderman ๐ŸŽ™ Will Hines on Comedy Bang Bang
03/04/19โ€ข1h 36m

243: Having A Bloody Great Time With What We Do In The Shadows

FX has adapted the 2014 vampire mockumentary film What We Do In The Shadows as a TV series: does it have the same bite as the original? Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to discuss! Around The Dial spins through The Village; Playing House alumni Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair's live UCB improv show; Season 3 of The Good Fight; and commonwealth news spoofs This Time With Alan Partridge and Get Krack!n. Tara celebrates a Taskmaster-related Tiny Triumph before pitching the Frasier episode "The Matchmaker" for induction into The Canon. We crown the week's Winner and Loser, and then close up with a Game Time that challenges us all on our spelling ability. Close all your blackout curtains and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง› What We Do In The Shadows Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ The Village Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Lennon Parham & Jessica St. Clair Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Good Fight Around The Dial: โณ This Time With Alan Partridge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Get Krack!n Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Taskmaster The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Frasier S02.E03: The Matchmaker Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Emily Dickinson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Supernatural Mme. Caroline and other Supernatural fans Game Time: ๐Ÿง  If Leaving E Is Easy NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 243 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿช’ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐Ÿซง Nick's new immersive show The Pod at the Hollywood Fringe Festival
27/03/19โ€ข1h 30m

242: Project Runway Makes It Work At Bravo (Again)

Project Runway returns to Bravo for its 17th season (the spread-eagle), and Fug Girls Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks return to the podcast to talk about new judges, new mentor Christian Siriano, a new challenge "twist" we all dislike, and the same old reliable show structure. We make some shot-in-the-dark guesses about the season's eventual winner, too, while feeling relieved the show has a proper budget again. Then it's a super-size Around The Dial discussing Shrill, Instant Hotel, the return of Hoarders, Summer House, and Mental Samurai before we tucked into some wine and cheese with Caroline's Extra Credit on our favorite shows to snack in front of. Spring was in the air for Heather's presentation of a first-season Beverly Hills, 90210 for the Canon; Great British Bake Off won, and Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin lost, some more; and we had our Phil of "Easy Lover," Jacqueline's love-triangle Game Time. Where's Andre? He's listening to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Heather Cocks ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Morgan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชก Project Runway Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ Shrill Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉ Instant Hotel Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฉ Hoarders Around The Dial: โ˜€๏ธ Summer House Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™‡ Mental Samurai Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ The Cheese And Wine Show The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Beverly Hills, 90210 S01.E21: Spring Dance Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Great British Bake Off Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, some more Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Easy Lover NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 242 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŽฉ Go Fug Yourself ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Reality Steve ๐Ÿ Again With This
20/03/19โ€ข1h 49m

241: Surviving After Life

Ricky Gervais has brought us another sitcom and dared us to reject both it and him; Will Leitch has returned to accept the challenge. Around The Dial clicks through Good Girls, Creative Galaxy, and Call The Midwife, before Dave and Tara take on a Taskmaster task for Extra Credit. Will presents Nathan For You's "Finding Frances" for the Canon; we crown the week's Winners and Losers; and then we finish "That's What It's Called?" in Game Time. Take a break from mourning and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜‡ After Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Good Girls Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŒ Creative Galaxy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿผ Call The Midwife Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Taking To Taskmaster The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Nathan For You S04.E08: Finding Frances Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Silver foxes Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Rich parents of dumb children Game Time: ๐Ÿง  That's What It's Called? Part 2 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 241 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Will Leitch on Twitter โœ๏ธ Will's Tinyletter ๐Ÿ€ The Will Leitch Show ๐ŸŽž Grierson & Leitch ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ Sarah on Luke Perry at Pop Culture Happy Hour ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿš’ Sarah on Backdraft at I Hate It But I Love It โ˜„๏ธ Extra Hot Great on Patreon ๐Ÿคท Tara on Decider
13/03/19โ€ข1h 30m

240: Proposing A Toast To Whiskey Cavalier

Does Whiskey Cavalier seem familiar? And is it because ABC is trying to clone Castle again, some more? That's returning guest Kathryn VanArendonk's theory, and the regulars are inclined to agree -- but we also agree that, although the new spy drama isn't prestige TV and doesn't make sense all the time, it's also pretty good and doesn't take itself too seriously, and once Lauren Cohan learns how to handle a gun (and stop looking like Countess Luann from RHONYC), it's got a bright future. After we downed those shots (fired), we went Around The Dial with Desus & Mero, a High Maintenance complaint, The Magicians, Schitt's Creek, Grace & Frankie, and Taskmaster before personalizing our own The Good Places in an Extra Credit for Erica. Tara accepted a months-old Canon challenge from Dave when she tried to get a King Of Queens episode crowned for the Canon, before a boy-band alliance was declared a Winner, another King (of Pop's estate) tried to make a Loser out of HBO, and sad songs said TOO much about Game Time. Hide a knife in your boot and get ready for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅƒ Whiskey Cavalier Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ Desus & Mero Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชด High Maintenance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ The Magicians Around The Dial: ๐Ÿž Schitt's Creek Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง“ Grace & Frankie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ Taskmaster Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The King Of Queens S05.E21: Clothes Encounters Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Bachelor Colton Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž HBO, sort of Game Time: ๐Ÿง  That's What It's Called?! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 240 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฅƒ Kathryn's review of Whiskey Cavalier on Vulture ๐Ÿ“บ The Appointment Television podcast ๐Ÿ›ฉ How to watch Taskmaster "through methods" ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐ŸŽน The Video for Billy Joel's "My Life" ๐Ÿงž Cover of Bob James' "The Genie"
27/02/19โ€ข1h 30m

239: Telling The Truth About Documentary Now!

IFC's parody series Documentary Now! is back for its third season with six new spoofs of noteworthy docs, starting with Wild Wild Country (here reimagined as Batsh*t Valley). Is it still as note-perfect as its first two seasons have been? Molly Lambert makes her Extra Hot Great dรฉbut to join us and discuss! Around The Dial clicks through Adam McKay's new Amazon infotainment series This Giant Beast That Is The Global Economy, Naked & Afraid, Sneaky Pete, and Miracle Workers. Erica presents the Series 6 finale of The Great British Bake Off for induction into the Canon, and then after identifying the week's Winner and Loser -- identifying rather closely, in the former case -- we face off in a Game Time that has some harsh words for all of us. Put on your black and yellow finery and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Molly Lambert TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽž Documentary Now! Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ˆ This Giant Beast That Is The Global Economy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™€ Naked & Afraid Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ Sneaky Pete Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜‡ Miracle Workers The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Great British Bake Off S06.E10: Final Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Us Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Lindsay Lohan Game Time: ๐Ÿง  I'm Rubber And You're Glue NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 239 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Molly Lambert on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ Molly Lambert on Instagram ๐Ÿ’ Sarah and Tara's latest trip to Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean to discuss The Wedding March 3: Here Comes The Bride ๐ŸŒš Night Call Podcast ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Molly's Sleazy Friends ๐Ÿฆ‡ Batsh*t Valley on YouTube ๐Ÿชจ TV Stones Challenge ๐Ÿž Sarah and Dan's GBBO Halloween
20/02/19โ€ข1h 25m

238: Should You Chase White Dragon?

Amazon's import from ITV, White Dragon, is about a life and marriage that isn't what it seemed...and unfortunately, that's a meta comment on the show, because it seemed good, but was not. Allison Lowe Huff returns to discuss the show's first dumb, then too-Bond protagonist; the actors we didn't see enough of; and the Lost-ish Hydra of questions and puzzles. Then we moved on to a mini-Wheel of Murder and recommended overseas crime shows we DID like, including a French Agatha Christie, a Japanese Sherlock Holmes, a Spanish Ocean's 11, and the pretenders to Happy Valley's throne. And we STILL had yet to go Around The Dial to discuss One Day At A Time's third season, American Soul, the Studio 54 doc, and the Big Mouth Valentine's special! After Caroline hit us with an EHG-history game in her Extra Credit, we were...Charmed by a listener's Canon presentation. The Other Two won, NBC lost Bob Costas, and it's all about location in a very stately Game Time. Don't lose your passport: it's time to visit an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Allison Lowe Huff TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฒ White Dragon Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ Private Eyes Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Miss Sherlock Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงฉ Agatha Christie's Criminal Games Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ฌ No Offense Lead Topic: ๐Ÿž Happy Valley Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Money Heist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“† One Day At A Time Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Soul Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฉ Studio 54 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘„ Big Mouth Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ EHG History The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Charmed S02.E02: Morality Bites Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Other Two Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž NBC Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Location, Location, Location NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 238 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ”ฅ The Extra Hot Great Patreon page ๐Ÿฆ Al Lowe Huff on Twitter ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Al's writing at MHz Choice โ˜•๏ธ The Midsomer Murders plot-bot on Twitter ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐ŸŒƒ Tara's I Am The Night recaps at Decider
13/02/19โ€ข2h 2m

237: Is Russian Doll To Die For?

Just in time for Groundhog Day, Netflix has released Russian Doll, in which Natasha Lyonne's Nadia keeps dying and being resurrected into the bathroom at her birthday party. Joining us to discuss is first-time guest/New York Times TV critic James Poniewozik! Around The Dial checks in with Speechless, Corporate, The Challenge (speaking of immortal), and Bud Light's bizarre Game Of Thrones crossover. Lauren tries to make it a Canon submission hat trick with "The Equestranots" episode of Bob's Burgers. Then after a (slightly ambiguous) Winner and Loser pair, Super Nintendo Chalmers returns to Game Time! Pull the trigger on that bathroom door handle and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค James Poniewozik TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช† Russian Doll Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคซ Speechless Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—„ Corporate Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฟ The Challenge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ Bud Light's Super Bowl ad The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Bob's Burgers S04.E17: The Equestranots Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Andy King Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Michael Telek Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Super Nintendo Chalmers 2: Steamed Hams NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 237 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ”ฅ Extra Hot Great on Patreon ๐Ÿฆ James Poniewozik on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ฐ Jim's Times review of Russian Doll ๐Ÿ“† The latest episode of the Appointment Television podcast ๐Ÿ“บ The Times list of The 20 Best TV Dramas Since The Sopranos ๐Ÿ—’ All Jim's work at the Times ๐Ÿ’ป Sarah on SVU's "Avatar" on the These Are Their Stories podcast
06/02/19โ€ข1h 30m

236: Is The Other Two Number One In Our Hearts?

Comedy Central's new..."sibcom"?, The Other Two, follows the (usually falling) fortunes of Cary and Brooke when their 13-year-old brother becomes an overnight internet sensation, and enduring internet sensation Joe Reid is back to talk about the little things the show gets right, how to talk about Survivor superfans, and why lonely and funny can co-exist. We went Around The Dial with The Good Place, Rent! Live, QB1: Beyond The Lights, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt before Dan Cassino asked us to hand out awards for technical achievement in this week's Extra Credit. Joe Pose-d the question of a season finale for the Canon; cookies were a Winner, and messing with Terry Crews always makes a Loser; and we all crammed for a school-based test of wits in Game Time. Grab some napkins from the limo, it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ The Other Two Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš‚ The Good Place Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Rent: Live! Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ QB1 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿฆฐ Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Technical Awards The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Pose S01.E08: Mother Of The Year Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Mackenzie Hanciscsak Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž D.L. Hughley Game Time: ๐Ÿง  School's In NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 236 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ”ฅ Extra Hot Great on Patreon ๐Ÿฆ Joe Reid on Twitter ๐Ÿ† This Had Oscar Buzz ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐ŸŒƒ Tara's I Am The Night recaps at Decider
30/01/19โ€ข1h 53m

235: Getting In A New York State Of Mind-Altering Substances With Black Monday And High Maintenance

Showtime has tried something new with a sitcom project: hired a creator who's actually good at making funny shows! So we're seeing how well this strategy is working with a discussion of David "Happy Endings" Caspe's new '80s Wall Street sitcom Black Monday -- as well as HBO's third season of High Maintenance (now in the Sunday night big leagues) -- with returning guest and tri-state native David J. Roth! The announcement of a Perry Mason remake starring Matthew Rhys has us debating Will Dave Hate This? Around The Dial clicks through The Punisher; Killing Eve; and Hulu and Netflix's dueling Fyre Festival docs, Fyre Fraud and Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. Dave Roth presents Enlightened's Season 1 finale, "Burn It All Down," for induction into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and close up with a Game Time that puts things in order. Roll up your crispest Benjamin and take a big sniff! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค David Roth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“‰ Black Monday Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชด High Maintenance Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ˜ก Perry Mason (2020) Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ The Punisher Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ก Killing Eve Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Top Chef Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Fyre Fraud Around The Dial: โ˜„๏ธ Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Enlightened S01.E10: Burn It Down Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Unsolved Mysteries Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Aaron Sorkin Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Order Of Events NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 235 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ David J. Roth on Twitter ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ Roth on Deadspin ๐ŸŽ… Dave's Hallmark movie podcast Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean
23/01/19โ€ข1h 47m

234: Probing A Rebooted Roswell, New Mexico

Yet another reboot of a '90s WB "classic" has hit the earth in Roswell, a "reimagining" of Roswell -- and we were very lucky that the TWoP recapper of that "fine" original, Dan Blau Rogge, could join us to wonder who the new version is for, why the consistent element among the two series had to be the crappish acting, and when the show will stop being quite so obvious about the double meaning of the word "alien." Next, we went Around The Dial with Fosters spinoff Good Trouble, Adam Ruins Everything, True D Season 3, and Project Blue Book before John "Pottsy" Potts tasked us with competing against each other on a reality show in an Extra Credit (and two of us...Nailed It!). Dan proposed Getting On with/for The Canon; a Korean Villainess won and an American music journo lost; and Tara Hammed it up in a non-regulation Game Time. Submit to our technicolor hands of healing with an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Rogge TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Roswell New Mexico Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜… Good Trouble Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜  Adam Ruins Everything Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ True Detective Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“˜ Project Blue Book Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Competing against each other on reality shows The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Getting On S03.E01: This Is About Vomit, People Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Villainess Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tourรฉ Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Ha Ha Hamm NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 234 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan Rogge on Twitter ๐Ÿ˜ด The Dream ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs, in whose feed you'll also find Money Can't Buy You Podcast
16/01/19โ€ข1h 22m

233: Suiting Up For Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club And The Masked Singer

A new year has dawned, and with it two buzzy new reality shows: MTV's Vanderpump Rules-alike Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club, and Fox's Korean import, The Masked Singer. To join us in discussing any complicated feelings we may have had about them, we've invited Kat Angus and Jocelyn Geddie, co-hosts of the podcast I Hate It But I Love It. Around The Dial takes us through Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, Gary And His Demons, Project Runway All Stars, She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power, and an I Am Not A Crackpot from Dave on how bad Hulu's user interface is. Lauren invites us to describe ourselves in terms of our personal TV Zodiacs. Em makes the case for the induction of Doctor Who's "Midnight" into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we face off in a Game Time that Special Guest Stars. Make sure your VIP hostess has you set up with bottle service, and then listen up! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kat Angus ๐Ÿ‘ค Jocelyn Geddie TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘บ The Masked Singer Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงน Tidying Up With Marie Kondo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ˆ Gary And His Demons Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘– Project Runway All Stars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชž Black Mirror I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Hulu's bad user interface Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Our TV zodiacs The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Doctor Who S04.E10: Midnight Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Royal Pains alums Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ellen DeGeneres Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Special Guest Stars NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 233 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kat Angus on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Jocelyn Geddie on Twitter โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ Kat and Jocelyn's podcast, I Hate It But I Love It
10/01/19โ€ข1h 54m

232: New Year, New Batch Of FMK Matchups

Happy new year! It may comfort you to know that we did not resolve to be less ridiculous in 2019, which is how we have brought you another very special all-FMK episode -- this time, also implicating Nick Rheinwald-Jones. How did your FMK submissions shake out? Find out now! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฐ FMK NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 232 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter
02/01/19โ€ข1h 13m

231: Deck The Halls With The RuPaul's Drag Race And Nailed It! Holiday Specials

'Tis the season to be...janky? Not for us -- we got a top-of-the-line guest, Kevin P. O'Keeffe, to join us -- but janky is Nailed It!'s specialty, and we're here for their melty, slapped-up brand of holiday cheer, including the joy Jacques brings to the world, '80s-movie slow claps, and those hilarious reveals. But we're also discussing the RPDR "Holi-Slay Spectacular," and that hour was not on everyone's nice list despite a festive effort at twerking from Ru and Michelle's stunt doubles. Later, we go Around The Dial with Dr. Pimple Popper, Runaways, Teen Mom: Young And Pregnant, and Little Drummer Girl, and give reality-show side character spin-offs in this week's Extra Credit. Tara lugs her Canon seating chart up to the panel with a One Day At A Time finale before we declare Steve Sanders a winner, and Carlton and his dance a loser (maybe? ask Dave). And Game Time gifted us a look at the before-and-after roles for the casts of legendary shows. Dog rest ye, merry listeners: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kevin O'Keeffe TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฐ Nailed It Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงด Dr. Pimple Popper Around The Dial: ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ Runaways Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฐ Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ The Little Drummer Girl Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Reality-show spin-offs for side characters The Canon: ๐Ÿ† One Day At A Time (2017) S01.E13: Quinces Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ian Ziering Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Alfonso Ribeiro Game Time: ๐Ÿง  On The Map, Off The Map NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 231 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ‘  Kevin O'Keeffe's YouTube show, "The Kiki," on Twitter
19/12/18โ€ข1h 51m

230: Grabbing Our Mics For Season 2 Of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Here's hoping you rested your ears over Thanksgiving, because they're getting battered by Season 2 of Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Sherman-Palladino superfan Nick Rheinwald-Jones is returning to discuss whether it killed or bombed. Around The Dial clicks through the Comedy Central sketch special Goatface, Magic For Humans, The Comedy Lineup, and a whole slate of food shows, including Top Chef, The Final Table, and The Great British Bake Off. For her Extra Credit question, Caroline asks us each to identify a show recommended by a trusted source that just didn't take. Nick pitches Community's "App Development And Condiments" for induction into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and close up with a Game Time that's a bit pricey. You don't need to pay a cover charge to hear our whole set! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽค The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Goatface Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ Magic For Humans Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽค The Comedy Lineup Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ The Final Table Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿณ Top Chef Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ The Great British Bake Off Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Recommended shows that didn't "take" The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Community S05.E08: App Development And Condiments Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ RuPaul's Drag Race Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Kevin Hart Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Price Is Correct NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 230 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐Ÿจ Touch all of Nick's things at his '70s-style L.A. AirBnB
12/12/18โ€ข1h 40m

229: The Christmas-Creep TV Forcening

It's just the three of us for our EHG "holiday episode" -- a meditation on the theme of Christmas creep. And yeah, they DO start playing carols in the mall on, like, November 2 these days...but that's not exactly the definition "creep" that became central to our discussion as we contemplated a Hill Street Blues that contained literally all the acting, plus plenty of judgment of singletons; an All In The Family double episode in which a hate crime led to a lengthy crisis of faith for Edith, who was not that crime's victim; and a Pickle & Peanut segment that abandoned us all in the Uncanny Valley. So when we say "Christmas creep," get ready to shudder as you deck the halls with a very special Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™‚๏ธ Hill Street Blues S03.E12: Santaclaustrophobia Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ All In The Family S08.E13 & S08.E14: Edith's Crisis Of Faith Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅœ Pickle & Peanut S02.E17: Merry Mo-Cap NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 229 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฅœ Watch Pickle & Peanut's Merry Mo-Cap
05/12/18โ€ข42m 16s

228: Making A Break For It With Escape At Dannemora

Resident upstate...er, resident Kim Reed is back to talk about Ben Stiller-directed drama/thriller/Shawshank aspirant Escape At Dannemora. We discuss everything from accents to wardrobe to pacing to whether trying to recreate '70s thrillers is a worthwhile goal. Should Sarah keep watching past Episode 4? Keep listening and find out. After that, we debate whether Dave would Hate This Jekyll-and-Hyde thing on The CW, and go Around The Dial with two comedy specials, Catastrophe, The Final Table, Wellington Paranormal, 30 For 30, and a Very Special Again With This announcement; we also saved five TV characters each in today's lifeboat Extra Credit; declared Ice T's breakfast a winner and NBC a loser, and tried to recognize patterns in Game Time. Tunnel on over to an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš“ Escape At Dannemora Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape Will Dave Hate This?: ๐ŸŽญ Jekyll & Hyde show on the CW Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ— Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ‹ Catastrophe Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ The Final Table Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ป Wellington Paranormal Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ 30 For 30 Extra Credit: ๐Ÿค‘ Put 5 TV characters in a lifeboat The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Game Of Thrones S06.E10: The Winds Of Winter Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ice-T Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž NBC's Megyn Kelly experiment Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Test Patterns NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 228 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฅฏ Ice T eats a bagel at last
28/11/18โ€ข2h 1m

227: Getting High On Narcos: Mexico

Netflix's Narcos has moved to a new time period and a new location with the spinoff Narcos: Mexico, and Maggie Serota has joined us to talk about what's changed as our attention turns from Colombian cartels to ones closer to a certain famous border. Around The Dial clicks through Showtime's Shut Up And Dribble, A&E's The Clinton Affair, perennial segment star Patriot, and an update on Teen Titans Go!. Tara makes the case for inducting The Larry Sanders Show's "Where Is The Love?" to the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser and -- just in time for Thanksgiving -- a Game Time to gorge on. Light up a joint or a field of weed visible from space (we don't judge) and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Maggie Serota TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’Š Narcos: Mexico Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ€ Shut Up And Dribble Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘— The Clinton Affair Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Patriot Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’จ Teen Titans Go! The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Larry Sanders Show S05.E03: Where Is The Love? Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Bosch Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Brian Austin Green Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Order Up NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 227 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Maggie Serota on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ฟ Maggie at Spin.com ๐Ÿช“ Maggie's deep dive on So I Married An Axe Murderer
21/11/18โ€ข1h 26m

226: Talking Through Our Memories Of Homecoming

As Amazon brings the scripted podcast Homecoming to TV in an adaptation starring Julia Roberts -- apparently she's done some films? -- we welcome Mark Lisanti to talk about its music, its colour scheme, and how engrossing we found its conspiracy thriller storyline. Around The Dial takes us to two comedies by and for fortysomething women (Baroness Von Sketch Show and Sally4Ever), two other Amazon series (The Romanoffs and Patriot), the ninth season of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, and Dave's latest forcening: Teen Titans Go!. We consider a very regal Extra Credit query from Corey before Mark pitches 30 Rock's "Succession" for The Canon. We name the week's Winner and Loser, and then kick off a new season of Game Time with an outing that requires us to dig deep into our facility with the alphabet. Grab a giant helping of gnocchi and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Lisanti TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅณ Homecoming Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Baroness Von Sketch Show Around The Dial: โฐ Sally4Ever Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ The Romanoffs Around The Dial: โš”๏ธ Patriot Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฐโ€โ™€๏ธ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’จ Teen Titans Go! Extra Credit: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Canon: ๐Ÿ† 30 Rock S02.E13: Succession Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jesse Pinkman Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ice-T Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Letters From Philo NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 226 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Lisanti on Twitter
14/11/18โ€ข1h 50m

225: House Of Cards Season 6 Faces The Nation

Netflix's political potboiler returned last weekend -- without its former linchpin in the Frank Underwood role. WE returned with first-time guest Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about whether this is the one Netflix-original season that actually felt too short; which is more egregious, Doug's beard or Claire's pregnancy pad; and what the franchise might have gained by just coming back in five years' time with all-new characters and no Spacey baggage. We went Around The Dial with Will & Grace, Superstore, The Shivering Truth, the original Rake, and Bodyguard before exclaiming, "Great Scott!" at the lives, loves, and butts of a first-season Outlander. Julianne Hough won, Alec Baldwin and Kevin James lost, Tara ad-ded value to the episode with her non-regulation Game Time. Fili-bust out your earbuds; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿƒ House Of Cards Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿฆฐ Will & Grace Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช Superstore Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅถ The Shivering Truth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‚ Rake Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’‚โ€โ™€๏ธ Bodyguard The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Outlander S01.E07: The Wedding Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Julianne Hough Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Kevin James and Alec Baldwin Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Promotional Considerations NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 225 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ Diane Lane biffs the Bechdel test ๐Ÿš Tara on Homecoming (warning: spoilerish) ๐Ÿ’‚ Kathryn on that Bodyguard twist ๐Ÿ“† The Appointment TV podcast
07/11/18โ€ข1h 38m

224: Getting Spellbound By Charmed And Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina

With Hallowe'en upon us, we decided to take a look at this season's two witch remakes: The CW's Charmed, and Netflix's Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. Eve Batey joins us to discuss whether they put a spell on us, or if we wished we could burn them at the stake. Around The Dial stops at The House On Haunted Hill, Iron Fist's second (and final) season, and Counterpart. Find out whether the climax for Seinfeld's "The Contest" is its induction into The Canon. And then, after you learn the week's Winner or Loser, you can play along with a Game Time full of memorable First Impressions. It's no toil and only good trouble in our latest Extra Hot Great podcast! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™€๏ธ Charmed (2018) Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ป The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ป The Haunting Of Hill House Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ‹ Iron Fist Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™‚๏ธ Counterpart The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Seinfeld S04.E11: The Contest Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Sofia Vergara Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Megyn Kelly Game Time: ๐Ÿง  First Impressions NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 224 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ž Tara's Twitter thread on Runaway Heart ๐Ÿ—ž Eve's Inside Media newsletter
31/10/18โ€ข1h 20m

223: Life After Roseanne On The Conners

The Conners debuted last week, sans its controversial founder -- and Sarah Baker made HER EHG debut to talk about everything from how the show handled "Roseanne"'s death to the healing properties of Goodman and Metcalf to whether we'll keep watching without a possible train-wreck as motivation. We went Around The Dial with The Cool Kids, Get A Room With Carson And Thom, a Camping/Splitting Up Together comparison, and a German Flying Circus before Dylan Garsee hoped an RPDR All Stars episode would get to sashay-you-stay into the Canon. A Midwife won, Marvel lost, and a monstrous game time had us all screaming -- on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Sarah Baker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›‹ The Conners Around The Dial: โ›บ๏ธ Camping Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” Splitting Up Together Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜Ž The Cool Kids Around The Dial: ๐ŸชŸ Get A Room With Carson And Thom Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽช Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus The Canon: ๐Ÿ† RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars S02.E05: Revenge Of The Queens Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Emerald Fennell Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Marvel's Street Team Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Monster Mash NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 223 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ˆ The Conners's ratings ๐Ÿ‘ด The official Kominsky Method trailer
24/10/18โ€ข1h 26m

222: Going Through Changes With Big Mouth

Big Mouth has returned to Netflix for a second season of monstrous puberty (and puberty monsters), and Joe Reid is joining us to talk about the various sweaty humiliations that come with it! Around The Dial takes us to America To Me, Maniac, Chuck, and Dave's forcened sampling of Dreamland. Joe proposes the induction of the Friends episode "The One Where Rosita Dies" into the Nonac. Then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a golden Game Time. Get a textbook to hide your boner and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘„ Big Mouth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ America To Me Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคช Maniac Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ Chuck Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ด Dreamland The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Friends S07.E13: The One Where Rosita Dies Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Lance Bass Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž James Franco Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Slumming It For An Emmy NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 222 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Joe Reid on Twitter ๐Ÿ—ณ Joe on Decider ๐Ÿ† This Had Oscar Buzz
10/10/18โ€ข1h 48m

221: A Million Little Things: This Is (-n't For) Us

When the most exciting thing about a new show is the moment David T. Cole rechristens it Men Of A Certain Beige, you know you've got problems...but returning guest Jeb Lund soldiered bravely through our grumpy discussion of ABC's attempt to throw This Is Us, Desperate Housewives, and thirtysomething in a blender. We went around the dial with the new Murphy Brown, HBO's Jane Fonda docu, Ken Burns's Prohibition, a plea to reboot Behind The Music, and Dave's French stand-up TV forcening. Jeb hoped we wouldn't declare his House Canon submission dead on arrival before we named Kareem Abdul Jabbar a winner and Weiner a loser, and tossed around a pay-cable pomme frite with an all-HBO Hot Potato. Come for the tasteless puns on "Rutledge"; stay for Sarah saying the phrase "stunt penis" too many times in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿง”โ€โ™‚๏ธ A Million Little Things Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฐ Murphy Brown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Jane Fonda In Five Acts Around The Dial: ๐Ÿธ Ken Burns's Prohibition Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽธ Behind The Music Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›Œ Gad Elmaleh: American Dream The Canon: ๐Ÿฉป House S04.E15: House's Head Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Matthew Weiner Game Time: ๐Ÿง  HBO-t Potato NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 221 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿคฐ Tara on Bristol Palin's Teen Mom-mery ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ The Blotter Presents on Prohibition ๐ŸŽธ Behind The Music on YouTube ๐ŸŽ… Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs and sometimes are mean
03/10/18โ€ข1h 30m

220: Saying Aloha To A New Magnum, P.I.

After the successes of its Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver remakes, CBS has turned west -- way west -- to bring Thomas Magnum to a new generation. Did it work? We invited Stephen J. Skelton and Todd Robert Anderson, co-hosts of the Film Pigs podcast and die-hard fans of the original, to dissect 2018's Magnum P.I. (KEEP YOUR COMMA, GRANDPA). Around The Dial takes us through New Amsterdam (no relation to the one from ten years ago), Netflix's Maniac, The Good Place, and Family Ties. We then go back in time to consider the original Magnum, P.I. with a Canon submission for the two-part Season 3 premiere, "Did You See The Sunrise?" Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and move on to another installment of Backdoor Pilots from our old friend Dan Cassino. Put Zeus and Apollo in their crates and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephen J. Skelton ๐Ÿ‘ค Todd Robert Anderson TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒบ Magnum P.I. (2018) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ New Amsterdam (2018) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคช Maniac Around The Dial: โญ๏ธ The Good Place Around The Dial: ๐Ÿก Family Ties The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Magnum P.I. (1980) S03.E01 & 02: Did You See The Sunrise? Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Marshmallows Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Colin Jost and Michael Che Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Back Door Pilots NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 220 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿท Stephen J. Skelton on Twitter ๐Ÿท Todd Robert Anderson on Twitter ๐ŸŽฌ The Film Pigs podcast ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ You're The Worst on Hulu
26/09/18โ€ข2h 4m

219: Saddle Up A New Season Of BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman dropped another season last weekend -- along with practically every other streaming show, but this simultaneously hilarious, dirty, and dark animated dramedy is the one we chose to discuss, along with the correct amount of Todd; background hilarity; and spot-on guest casting. We went Around The Dial with Forever, The First, Deutschland 83 and 86, the newest American Horror Story, and a years-in-the-making verdict on whether Dave hated Troy: Fall Of A City, and Adam hoped to declare mission accomplished on his submission of the Alias two-part second-season finale for the Canon. Aaron "Todd" Paul won, the Downey/Burnett household lost, and we went through the stages of TV relationships in a quotable Game Time from Caroline. Don't be a neigh-sayer: give Episode 219 a listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿด Bojack Horseman Around The Dial: โณ Forever Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ‡ The First Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Deutschland 83 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ป American Horror Story: Apocalypse Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ› Troy: Fall Of A City The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Alias S02.E21 & 22: Second Double / The Telling Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Aaron Paul Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, and Tom Arnold Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Love, Relationships, And All That Crap NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 219 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ Tara's Sean Penn ranking for Mel Magazine ๐Ÿฃ McElhone tries not to scratch Salmon Penn's eyes out
19/09/18โ€ข1h 32m

218: Getting Into A Pickle With Kidding

Jim Carrey and Michel Gondry have re-teamed, for the first time since Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, on Kidding, the story of a children's TV host dealing with grief; Rolling Stone's Chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall returns to talk about it (and not as if he's talking to a bunch of four-year-olds). Around The Dial brings us to Lifetime's stalker thriller You; Season 2 of American Vandal; and The Forger's Masterclass. Alan presents the ER episode "Exodus" for submission into the Canon. Then after identifying the week's Winner and Loser(s), we start a new season of Game Time with Before & After III. Grab your favourite puppet friend and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Kidding Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซต You Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† American Vandal Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ The Forger's Masterclass The Canon: ๐Ÿ† ER S04.E15: Exodus Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ John Legend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Les Moonves Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Before & After III NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 218 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿชจ Alan Sepinwall on Twitter ๐Ÿ“š Alan's books on Amazon โœ๏ธ Episode 1 of The Forger's Masterclass on YouTube ๐Ÿ‘ Visit SimpleContacts.com/EXTRA and enter promo code EXTRA at checkout ๐Ÿซฆ Visit SuperChewer.com/EXTRA and enter promo code EXTRA at checkout
12/09/18โ€ข1h 10m

217: You Don't Know Jack Ryan

Tom Clancy's foxy CIA nerd is back in John Krasinski form for Amazon's new series, and first-time guests and ATX Festival poohbahs Cait and Emily joined us to talk about its problematic politics, whether the TV-scape needs another Homeland, why Krasinski chose THIS project, and Timothy Hutton's new corporate-douche casting lane. We went Around The Dial with Ozark, Anne With An E, The Big Family Cooking Showdown, Halt & Catch Fire, The Purge, and Paradise PD before taking a ferry to Gay Head for Cory's exasperated submission of a Season 6 Gilmore Girls to the Nonac. New Bachelor Colton won, NBC News lost, and Tara's non-regulation Game Time was music to (some of) our ears. Will Buntsy lose her mind at the Nonac music again? Has Jack Ryan crowned a new William Fichtner? Find out in an explosive new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Caitlin McFarland ๐Ÿ‘ค Emily Gipson TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงจ Jack Ryan Around The Dial: โšฐ๏ธ The Purge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Anne With An E Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Ozark Around The Dial: โฒ The Big Family Cooking Showdown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Halt And Catch Fire Around The Dial: โ›ฑ Paradise Pd The Nonac: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Gilmore Girls S06.E15: A Vineyard Valentine Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Bachelor Colton Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž NBC News Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Tunes III NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 217 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“บ The ATX Festival ๐Ÿ• The TV Campfire Podcast ๐Ÿ”Ž The Blotter ๐Ÿ˜– The Guardian rips a strip off Cooking Showdown ๐Ÿ›ผ Austin Anarchy Men's Roller Derby presents Drag Queens Of The Rink
05/09/18โ€ข1h 48m

216: Will You Be Enchanted By Disenchantment?

Matt Groening and a passel of ex-Futurama writers have brought Netflix a new animated sitcom set in a fantastical world with elves and personal demons and the like, but did we find Disenchantment enchanting? Omar Gallaga returns to join our discussion! Around The Dial clicks on Netflix's new teen romcom feature film To All The Boys I've Loved Before; Jerry Seinfeld's automotive chat show Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, and Bravo's Below Deck-iverse. Omar makes the case for Detroiters's "Hark Motors" to be inducted into the Nonac, and then we're Hailing various Chiefs in the presidential Game Time America, The World, And Beyond. Get an Onion Julius and listen in! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Omar Gallaga TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿช„ Disenchantment Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’™ To All The Boys I've Loved Before Around The Dial: โ˜•๏ธ Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ณ Below Deck The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Detroiters S02.E08: Hark Motors Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Crafters Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Roseanne Game Time: ๐Ÿง  America, The World, And Beyond NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 216 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ฒ TechMinuteTexas.com ๐Ÿ’ฐ Money Can't Buy You Podcast
29/08/18โ€ข1h 14m

215: Regarding Better Call Saul's Fourth Season

Better Call Saul came back for its fourth season a few weeks ago, and Will Leitch came back to discuss what's transpired so far: the deliberate pace, the subplots we don't care as much about (sorry, Nacho), the forecast for Mesa Verde's plans for market domination, and what we think becomes of Kim...and of course the provenance of That Letter. We went Around The Dial with Marching Orders, Sharp Objects, Conan's transition away from music and the death throes (?) of late-night, and Babylon Berlin before Will had just one more thing on his Canon presentation for the first real Columbo episode. Who won the numbers game in a high-volume Game Time? Bag up that cast and hop into an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: โš–๏ธ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ Marching Orders Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿฆฐ Conan Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Sharp Objects Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Babylon Berlin The Canon: ๐Ÿงฅ Columbo S01.E01: Murder By The Book Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Niecy Nash Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Ian Ziering Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Which Aired More, Vol. II NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 215 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿˆ The Will Leitch Show ๐Ÿ“ซ Will's Tinyletter ๐Ÿ”ช Tara on Sharp Objects at Decider ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿงฅ "Murder By The Book" on YouTube
22/08/18โ€ข1h 39m

214: Should You Get Initiated Into Lodge 49?

AMC's newest drama is Lodge 49, the story of a dirtbag ex-surfer mysteriously drawn to a Long Beach fraternal order; does it deserve its Better Call Saul lead-in? Surf fiction fan Adam Sternbergh returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Insecure, Babylon Berlin, and HBO's Ben Bradlee doc Newspaperman. Adam makes the case for us to induct Killing Eve's series premiere into the Canon, and then it's up, up and away to a comic book-themed Game Time. Put on your signet ring and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›– Lodge 49 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฅ Insecure Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Babylon Berlin Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฐ Newspaperman: The Life And Times Of Ben Bradlee Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“บ Dave gets a 4K TV The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Killing Eve S01.E01: Nice Face Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Cord-cutters Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Talking Dead Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Pros & Comic-Cons NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 214 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Sternbergh on Twitter ๐Ÿ“• The official website for Adam's novel, The Blinds ๐Ÿคฌ Tara on I Hate It But I Love It talking Bring It On ๐Ÿ‘— Vulture's interview with Killing Eve's costume designer, Phoebe de Gaye
15/08/18โ€ข1h 57m

213: Does Making It Work?

What's not to love about a crafting competition show hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman? Wellll, Linda Holmes and the regulars could think of a few things, but our nitpicks stem almost entirely from liking the show and wanting it to be its best, punniest self. We talk host bits, judging inconsistencies, the comparison of apples to macrame, and there's even Sarah's obligatory semi-annual reference to Work Of Art. We go Around The Dial with Queer Eye, Kids Baking Championship, The Bletchley Circle: Mission Burrito (...okay, it's actually "San Francisco," but we like Dave's name better), and Trial & Error before Linda serves a warrant for inducting Brooklyn Nine-Nine into The Canon. Deadwood won (maybe; we'll see), networks' lip service to survivors and equal pay lost, and we entered the valley of the shadow of unbelievable/y crappy shows with Dan Cassino's Trough TV Game Time. Glue-gun those earbuds in: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Linda Holmes TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงต Making It Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒˆ Queer Eye Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅง Kids Baking Championship Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ Trial & Error The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Brooklyn Nine-Nine S05.E12: Safe House Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Deadwood Hoopleheads Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž AMC, CBS, and Netflix Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Trough TV NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 213 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ” Lucy Mangan on TBC: SF ๐Ÿฆ Linda Holmes on Twitter
01/08/18โ€ข1h 51m

212: Scaling The Walls Of Castle Rock

Hulu's latest original series, Castle Rock, is inspired by the works of Stephen King -- but is the resulting series Stephen Kingdom Hearts? Deadspin editor, Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean co-host, and spouse of a Maine native David Roth makes his dรฉbut to talk about it! Around The Dial spins to Seven Year Switch, Bosch, Last Chance U, and a vintage ad from Stephen King's past. David makes a pitch for us to induct the Law & Order: SVU episode "Wildlife" into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we continue talking names in a Game Time all about TV characters' monikers. Grab some Wonder Bread and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค David Roth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฐ Castle Rock Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ Seven Year Switch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Bosch Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Last Chance U The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S10.E07: Wildlife Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Supergirl Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Fans of The Brady Bunch Game Time: ๐Ÿง  A Rose By Any Other Name NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 212 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŠ Orange Is The New Black at Vulture ๐ŸŽ… David Roth on Twitter โšพ๏ธ David Roth at Deadspin ๐Ÿ˜ต The Deadcast ๐ŸŽ„ Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean ๐Ÿšจ The Blotter ๐Ÿฆจ Tara discussing "Wildlife" on These Are Their Stories ๐Ÿ—ฃ Pacific Standard's oral history of "Wildlife"
25/07/18โ€ข1h 37m

211: Looking For Signs Of Life On In Search Of

Rebooting a show hosted by original Spock with the new Spock may have seemed...logical, but the summer-weight EHG panel didn't think much of the new In Search Of, which is perhaps a casualty of the internet, and definitely suffers from not committing to its crackpot premises. At least we got to make an American Movie reference about the premiere? Later, we went Around The Dial with Dr. Pimple Popper, an HBO doc on Robin Williams, and Ancient Aliens before Liz presented a fourth-season Frasier farce for the Canon. Jesus won, UnREAL lost (we think?), and Dan Cassino gave new meaning to the term "sibling rivalry" in a family-friendly Game Time. So loosen up those polygraph straps and get comfy with an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ In Search Of (2018) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงด Dr. Pimple Popper Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฏ Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ธ Ancient Aliens The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Frasier S04.E18: Ham Radio Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ John Legend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž UnREAL Game Time: ๐Ÿง  All In The Family NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 211 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
18/07/18โ€ข1h 20m

210: Journeying To The Outpost

Even in 2018, the summer TV season isn't all prestigious limited series and Emmy contenders: there's still misbegotten syndication-quality sci-fantasy stuff like The CW's overseas-Syfy import The Outpost! We stretched the bounds of Monty Ashley's patience by inviting him to join us and discuss it. Around The Dial clicks through the second seasons of Nailed It! and GLOW, as well as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Animal Kingdom. Monty presents Batman: The Animated Series's "Heart Of Ice" for induction into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we belly up to the bar for a Game Time about TV's watering holes. Lend us your pointy ears and enjoy! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›– The Outpost Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฐ Nailed It Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคผโ€โ™€๏ธ GLOW Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ Penn & Teller: Fool Us Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ Animal Kingdom The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Batman: The Animated Series S01.E03: Heart Of Ice Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Seinfeld Elaine Benes Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž HBO Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Where Everybody Knows Your Name NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 210 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆน The Villain Edit podcast ๐Ÿ’ต Tara on Paid Off With Michael Torpey for Slate ๐Ÿ—ก Tara's first Sharp Objects recap at Decider
11/07/18โ€ข1h 23m

209: Does Detroiters S2 Get A Yes In The Room?

The second season ofย Detroitersย started last week, and new guest Josh Gondelman joins us to talk about why it's so great, and why it should be better known: the crack timing, the considered use of Tim Meadows in his lower "gear," and the things it gets right about longtime friendships. We're going Around The Dial with Pose, Nanette, Barry, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion (again), Luke Cage, and Handmaid's Tale beforeย Detroiters's Tim Robinson makes another appearance in Josh's Canon pitch for Robinson's eponymous episode ofย The Characters. Roseanne-lessย Roseanneย won, Prime subscribers lost (and didn't even know it), and Game Time became snacktime in a quiz about food/show mash-ups.ย Put us on for your commute (after you check your gas tank for sardines): it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Josh Gondelman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Detroiters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคญ Nanette Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘— Pose Around The Dial: โ›ฑ Jersey Shore: Family Reunion Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ Luke Cage Around The Dial: โ›ช๏ธ The Handmaid's Tale The Canon: ๐Ÿ† The Characters S01.E07: Tim Robinson Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Conners Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Amazon Prime Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Foodie TV NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 209 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ•ธ Josh Gondelman's website ๐Ÿฆ Josh Gondelman on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ฟ Or enjoy his album, "Physical Whisper" โš–๏ธ Tara's review of Dietland at Vulture
27/06/18โ€ข1h 42m

208: Going Off-Script To Talk About Summer Reality Premieres

While some prestigious shows do find berths on summer schedules, it's also still a dumping ground for C-list reality shows -- and for you, we welcomed back Jeff Drake...and made him join us in suffering through five premieres from the past week. In what ways does Travel Channel's Caribbean Pirate Treasure fail to live up to its title? Whose trust is being broken in Investigation Discovery's Broken Trust, other than the viewer's that her hour will pass enjoyably? Was 24 To Hell & Back too little time to spend with Gordon Ramsay in his latest Fox restaurant makeover show? How little effort could Howie Mandel expend on NatGeo Wild's Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things, and could it possibly be less than went into naming the show? And did The Proposal have us down on our knees praying for ABC to cancel it swiftly? Find out in our rapid-fire roundup! We also ponder the induction of Fleabag's series premiere to The Canon, name the week's Winner and Loser, and go around the world for a World Cup-inspired Game Time. Confirm that your surroundings are free of pirates and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ Caribbean Pirate Treasure Lead Topic: โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน Broken Trust Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell & Back Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆ” Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ The Proposal The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Fleabag S01.E01 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Comic-Con attendees Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Chris Hardwick Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The World Cup Of Television NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 208 page on ExtraHotGreat.com โšฝ๏ธ World Cup 2018 countries
20/06/18โ€ข1h 19m

207: Getting Our Claws Into Season 2

Season 2 of Claws is underway on TNT, and Jeb Lund returns to talk about everything from yummy visuals to tonal whiplash to Franka Potente's Rrrrrrussian accent. We're also going Around The Dial with an ATX Festival round-up, David Cassidy: The Last Session, and Sharp Objects; and into The Box with Jeb's Homicide: Life On The Street submission from the first season. Teresa of RHONJ is a winner, the other People Of Earth were losers, and Tara lit it up with a bad-behavior-based non-regulation Game Time. Hope you've got five ones for a five: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’… Claws Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ› ATX Festival Around The Dial: ๐ŸšŒ David Cassidy: The Last Session The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Homicide: Life On The Streets S01.E05: Three Men And Adena Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Teresa Giudice Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž People Of Earth Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Dumpsters, Fired NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 207 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“บ The ATX Festival ๐Ÿฆ… Vulture's Jen Chaney on Claws ๐ŸšŒ David Cassidy: The Last Session on A&E
13/06/18โ€ข1h 14m

206: Stopping To Smell The Roses On The Bachelorette

It's time already for another Bachelor washout to take her turn as a chooser of men on a new season of The Bachelorette, and Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who also happens to be a citizen of Bachelor Nation, is joining us to discuss the start of the season. Around The Dial flips through AMC's new dramedy Dietland, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion, The Tale, and Succession, before we move on to debate the induction of GLOW's "Live Studio Audience" into The Canon. We name a new Winner & Loser Of The Week, and close out with a Game Time that tk. Put on your most ludicrous sequined gown and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Diablo Cody TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒน The Bachelorette Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ— Dietland Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ– Jersey Shore Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“š The Tale Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคด Succession The Canon: ๐Ÿ† GLOW S01.E07: Live Studio Audience Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dolly Parton Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Jesse Williams Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Pit Of Ultimate Darkness NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 206 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ’Š Jagged Little Pill at the American Repertory Theater ๐ŸŽž Tully
06/06/18โ€ข1h 33m

205: On The Record With The Fourth Estate

Our esteemed colleague and Star Trek fantasy-draft star Mo Ryan returns to the podcast to talk about Liz Garbus's four-part New York Times documentary, The Fourth Estate, and the various frustrations we all had with both the documentary itself; its sometimes navel-gazey and tone-deaf subject; and all the things we wished the series had covered (or skipped)...though the intensity of our feelings probably means it's worth a watch. Also worth a watch in our Around The Dial section: Killjoys, Wynonna Earp, and Jane The Virgin, with another Showtime doc project, Love Means Zero, rating a skip from Buntsy. We mourned Tara's DVR, took Mo's Canon pitch for a season finale One Day At A Time, and declared a couple of vintage sitcoms Winners AND Losers before playing a super(hero)-charged Game Time from Dan Cassino. Let's hope we didn't bury the lede for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mo Ryan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ฐ The Fourth Estate Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ต Tara's DVR: A Eulogy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜‡ Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค  Wynonna Earp Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ก Killjoys Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” Love Means Zero The Canon: ๐Ÿ† One Day At A Time S02.E13: Not Yet Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Golden Girls Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Roseanne Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Not Quite Superheroes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 205 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ—ž Maureen Ryan's review of The Fourth Estate ๐Ÿ‘ต๐Ÿป Deadpool 2 Golden Girls Ad
30/05/18โ€ข1h 48m

204: Counting Down 13 Reasons Why

As Netflix gives us another installment of 13 Reasons Why (and we get why they wouldn't call it 13 More Reasons Why, but...come on), our dear friend Joe Reid returns to dig into the sophomore season that has dramatically divided TV critics. Around The Dial rolls through The Middle, Dancing With The Stars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Champions, The Mick, and Below Deck Mediterranean, with a couple of cameos from Willie Survive. Joe presents Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's "Kimmy Does A Puzzle!" for submission to The Canon, and after naming -- and, in the latter case, really shaming -- the week's Winner and Loser, we put another dime in the TV Jukebox for a musical Game Time. Brace yourself for shocking revelations and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“ 13 Reasons Why Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ–• The Middle Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•บ Dancing With The Stars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš” Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅ‡ Champions Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช The Mick Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ณ Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S03.E08: Kimmy Does A Puzzle! Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Progressive Netflix subscribers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Nev Schulman Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Jukebox NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 204 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
23/05/18โ€ข1h 22m

203: Patrick Melrose Is Best In Small Doses

We hope Nick Rheinwald-Jones won't hold it against us that we invited him back to discuss Patrick Melrose, the Cinnamon Toastencrunch vanity proje-- er, "Benedict Cumberbatch-starring miniseries based on the St. Aubyn novel series." Because y'all, we haaaaated it, and we've got the extended remix of fart noises to prove it. It won't take a Sherlock to deduce that we moved smartly along to our Around The Dial section, with stops at the newest Little Women adaptation, Claws, and some Netflix comedy specials of note before Nick tried to prank the Canon with a third-season Happy Endings episode. Adopted series won, former headliners lost, and we made crossover events out of actors in a character-conflating Game Time. No need to go through Extra Hot Great withdrawal: an all-new episode is right here. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿž Patrick Melrose Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป Little Women Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฃ Netflix stand-up specials Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’… Claws The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Happy Endings S03.E12: The Marry Prankster Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Orphaned/Rehomed Shows Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Former Headliners Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Concise Character Conflation NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 203 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“บ The ATX Festival lineup as of this writing ๐Ÿ“– Ian Parker's St. Aubyn profile from The New Yorker
16/05/18โ€ข1h 1m

202: Having A Bunch Of Different Kinds Of Balls With Dancing With The Stars: Athletes

Will Leitch is a renowned sports journalist, so did we have him on to talk about 30 For 30 or something similarly thoughtful and incisive about the world of athletics? No, he's joining us to talk about the very special all-athletes season of Dancing With The Stars! Around The Dial rolls through Good Girls, Gotham, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dear White People, and Myths And Monsters. Will presents Better Call Saul's "Chicanery" for submission to The Canon, and after identifying the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's got a lot of stamps on its passport. Trade your Under Armor for Danskins and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ€ Dancing With The Stars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿป Good Girls Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฝ Gotham Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš“ Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Dear White People Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŒ Myths And Monsters The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Better Call Saul S03.E05: Chicanery Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Criminal Justice Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Joe Piscopo Game Time: ๐ŸŒ Lost In Translation NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 202 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“บ The Will Leitch Show on SI.com ๐ŸŽค The Grierson & Leitch podcast ๐Ÿ“ฌ Will Leitch's Tinyletter
09/05/18โ€ข1h 52m

201: Now Re-Entering Westworld

As HBO's obsession-inducing dystopia returns for a second season, Eve Batey also returns to discuss reflections on capitalism; college-dorm philosophizing; why wigs are still shite in the future; and whether Ed Harris is using a stunt double. Eve claimed not to be a crackpot for calling for a Simpsons cancellation -- with a surprising hatchet man -- and the Bosch theme may have been deemed Worse Than Jazz before we went Around The Dial with The Handmaid's Tale, Splitting Up Together, and Unforgotten on Masterpiece Mystery. Then we were Flipping Out over Eve's Canon submission. Frankenstein's author won, Rectify's antagonist lost, and it all added up on a very mathy Game Time, in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค  Westworld I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช The Simpsons Is This Worse Than Jazz?: ๐ŸŽท Bosch Around The Dial: โ›ช๏ธ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” Splitting Up Together Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฆ Unforgotten The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Flipping Out S03.E07: Irreconcilable Differences Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Mary Shelley Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Rectify Game Time: ๐Ÿง  I Was Told There Would Be No Math NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 201 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒ‰ The Inside SF newsletter ๐ŸŽณ Help The Ruth Bowler Ginsbergs and the Gateway Women's Access Fund
25/04/18โ€ข1h 20m

200: Finding Our Way Through Lost In Space

Netflix having successfully adapted House Of Cards (*********) and remade One Day At A Time, it's reached back into the archives of classic TV to bring us an all-new take on Lost In Space -- and new guest Jeb Lund is here to talk about all the Robinsons' extraterrestrial meanderings. Around The Dial stops at that bad episode of The Simpsons, Patriot, and Season 4 of Bosch. Jeb presents the Connections episode "Death In The Morning" for induction into the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we mark our 200th episode with a special 200th episode-themed Game Time. Grab your interstellar GPS and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš€ Lost In Space Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉ The Simpsons Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Patriot Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽท Bosch The Canon: ๐Ÿงถ Connections Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Bravo Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž John Mulaney Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Self-Indulgent 200th Episode Spectacular NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 200 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeb Lund on Twitter ๐ŸŽง Jeb's podcast, This Week In Atrocity ๐Ÿ’ธ This Week In Atrocity on Patreon ๐ŸŽง The History Of English Podcast
18/04/18โ€ข1h 42m

199: Does The Howards End Justify The Means?

Buzzfeed's Doree Shafrir joins the panel this week for the latest filmed take on E.M. Forster's Howards End, and while we liked some things -- the casting; the memories of Witches Of East End occasioned by Julia Ormond -- not everything about the new iteration worked for us. We went Around The Dial with New Girl, Billions, Paterno, and Killing Eve before sinking our teeth into Big Little Lies S01.E05, "Once Bitten." Renewed shows won, cretins lost, and Tara put a song in our hearts with the next chapter of Tube Tunes for Game Time. Hail a carriage with wifi; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Doree Shafrir TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฉ Howards End Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง New Girl Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Billions Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Paterno Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Killing Eve The Canon: ๐Ÿคซ Big Little Lies Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Killing Eve Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Deep State Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Pure Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Harvey Weinstein, T.J. Miller Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Tunes II NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 199 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Doree Shafrir on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Forever 35 podcast ๐Ÿ“– Doree's novel Startup on Amazon
11/04/18โ€ข1h 22m

198: Gathering The Comrades For The Americans

The Americans is wrapping up its spy mission in the U.S., and You're The Worst creator Stephen Falk has crammed his viewing of the previous two seasons to prepare for our discussion of the Season 6 premiere! Around The Dial takes us through Alex, Inc.; an update on Here And Now; HBO's latest doc The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling; and the fourth season of the Swedish/Danish crime drama Bron/Broen. Stephen makes the case for us to induct Archer's "Skytanic" into The Canon, before we name the week's Winner and Loser and then roll into a Game Time that Could! Change! EVERYTHING!!! Put on your headphones in the Secret Basement Of Spycraft and see if you can crack our code! (JK, we don't have the patience to make you a code.) GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephen Falk TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Americans Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Margo Martindale interacts with Tara on Twitter Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽง Alex Inc. Around The Dial: โฐ Here And Now Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชถ The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ‰ Bron The Canon: ๐ŸŽฏ Archer S01.E07: Skytanic Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Wendy Williams Show Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž John Kricfalusi Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hot Potato NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 198 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephen Falk on Twitter ๐ŸŽ‰ Margo Martindale's appreciative response to Tara's tweet
04/04/18โ€ข1h 33m

197: Should Silicon Valley Get Another Round Of Funding?

Silicon Valley returns for its fifth season on HBO, and a Who Weekly podcast host returns to the panel -- this time, Jezebel's Bobby Finger, and we're all wondering how much battery the show has left. How many times can it repeat the same cycles? How much longer can it really expect to keep Kumail Nanjiani? And seriously, what's with all the barfing? After Sarah celebrated a Real Housewife Tiny Triumph, we went Around The Dial with Roseanne, Splitting Up Together, the new Queer Eye, grandpa show American Experience, Barry, and a Will Dave Hate This? update on The Terror, before our guest pitched a first-season Leftovers episode, "Guest," for the Canon. Dirty John was a winner, another gross man was our loser, and Dan Cassino's Italianate pronunciation vincit omnia in a Latin-geek-nip Game Time. Grab a mug of your favored office coffee and have a listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Bobby Finger TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ป Silicon Valley Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŽ‰ Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงบ Roseanne Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” Splitting Up Together Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฃ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Queer Eye Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Experience Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Barry Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ The Terror The Canon: ๐Ÿซฅ The Leftovers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dirty John Connie Britton Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dan Schneider Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Will Dave Say This? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 197 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Bobby Finger on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Who? Weekly podcast
28/03/18โ€ข1h 48m

196: Raising Our Voices On Rise

NBC having lined up the showrunner from Friday Night Lights, a producer of Hamilton, and the former Ted Mosby for a weekly drama series about a high school putting on a musical, it was made very clear to us that we had better not think of having any guest on to talk about it other than Adam Grosswirth -- and since we can take a hint, we were happy to have him on to discuss whether the show hits all the right notes. Around The Dial takes us through The Arrangement, Slings & Arrows and Nailed It! before we ponder the induction of The West Wing's "In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen" to the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and a Game Time that's a real banger. Warm up your instrument and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽถ Rise Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” The Arrangement Around The Dial: ๐Ÿน Slings & Arrows Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง Nailed It The Canon: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The West Wing Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Cagney And Lacey Sarah Drew, Michelle Hurd Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Crown Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Man In The High Castle Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tube Tunes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 196 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter ๐Ÿน Slings And Arrows on YouTube ๐ŸŽญ Americans For The Arts
21/03/18โ€ข1h 27m

195: Hitting The High Points Of Jessica Jones Season 2

S2 of Netflix Marvel anti-heroine joint Jessica Jones was a long time coming -- and unfortunately it took a long time to get going. Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton joins the panel to discuss the absence of Kilgrave malice, whether thirteen episodes is five too many, and the evident female gaze of the season's directorial corps. Around The Dial recommended Champions, Altered Carbon, and the second season of The Good Fight, and Dave wondered if the Is This Worse Than Jazz theme is worse than jazz. This week's Canon submission is -- surprise! -- the second in a row from submitter Lauren, as she aims for a two-fer with BoJack Horseman S02.E04, "After The Party." And Dan Cassino hopes we get lucky with another mash-up Game Time, Before & After II. Don't punch a hole in your car; an all-new Extra Hot Great to the rescue! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kirk Hamilton TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅƒ Jessica Jones Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Champions Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค– Altered Carbon Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ The Good Fight Is This Worse Than Jazz?: ๐ŸŽท Joel Kinnaman The Canon: ๐Ÿด Bojack Horseman S02.E04: After The Party Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kim Kardashian, out-earning Kanye West Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Grey's Anatomy Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew, abruptly fired Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Before & After Yet Again NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 195 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kirk Hamilton on Twitter ๐Ÿฅƒ Our first go-round with Jessica Jones in EHG 96 ๐ŸŽง The Splitscreen podcast
14/03/18โ€ข1h 42m

194: Filling Our Plates With MasterChef Junior

It's time once again for Gordon Ramsay to take a break from screaming at adults and spend a few weeks gently critiquing kids: that's right, MasterChef Junior is back for Season 6. To talk about the premiere, we welcome first-time guest Lindsey Weber of the Who Weekly podcast to talk about the half-sized hash slingers. Around The Dial takes us to Atlanta, Vanderpump Rules, Drunk History, and NightMan, before we ponder whether the series premiere of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, "Josh Just Happens To Live Here!," should be inducted into The Canon. From there, it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and to a Game Time built on Sound Foundations. Fill some ramekins with snacks and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Lindsey Weber TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฝ Masterchef Junior Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ Atlanta Around The Dial: ๐Ÿธ Vanderpump Rules Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅด Drunk History Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽท Nightman The Canon: ๐Ÿคช Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Gina Rodriguez Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Walking Dead Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Oscars Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Sound Foundations NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 194 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Lindsey Weber on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Who Weekly podcast ๐Ÿ’ป Lindsey's UnREAL recaps on Vulture
07/03/18โ€ข1h 12m

193: UnREAL Season 3 Tries To Make A Connection

After a literal car wreck of a second season, UnREAL is finally pulling back the curtain again on fictional dating show The Suitor -- and grown-ish writer Kara Brown pulled up a guesting chair for the first time to help us unpack the show's issues, starting with its, well, need to address capital-I Issues. Also Jeremy, who is not a fetch we're willing to see happen. Does UnREAL try to do too many things, or the wrong ones? Who on the panel is cautiously optimistic about it leaving S2 behind a la Friday Night Lights? And seriously, why is Jeremy? Later, we went Around The Dial with Nashville, Anna Deavere Smith's latest for HBO, Lovesick, and the return of NightMan, and Kara made the "wrecked" theme official with a Canon submission from Season 8 of RHONYC. The White House Correspondents' Dinner won, an entire southern state lost, and we got stuck in the middle (names) with a Game Time from David Dickerson. Please accept this rose, in the form of an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kara Brown TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“น UnREAL Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช• Nashville Around The Dial: โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน Lovesick Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Notes From The Field Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽท Nightman The Canon: ๐Ÿ™ The Real Housewives Of New York City Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Michelle Wolf, hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Productions in Georgia, after abortion restrictions pass Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Middle NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 193 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kara Brown on Twitter ๐ŸŽ“ Grown-ish on Freeform ๐ŸŽง The Keep It! podcast ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
28/02/18โ€ข1h 34m

192: Booting Up Our Powerbooks For The '90s Dramedy Everything Sucks

Netflix has a new period drama, set in the '90s, called Everything Sucks. Where does it fall on the spectrum of Stranger Things to Freaks And Geeks? We've asked true '90s kid Stephanie Green to join us and break it down. Around The Dial takes us to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Bachelor, and Chris Rock's new Netflix special, Tambourine. We ponder whether _The New Adventures Of Old Christine_S03.E06, confusingly also called "The New Adventures Of Old Christine," should be inducted into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's been around the world. Check on your Tamagotchi and then join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephanie Green TOPICS Lead Topic: โœ๏ธ Everything Sucks Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคช Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ The Bachelor Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Chris Rock: Tamborine The Canon: ๐Ÿง“ The New Adventures Of Old Christine Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The CW, adding original programming Sunday nights Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Arrested Development Scott Baio and Jeffrey Tambor, both accused of sexual misconduct Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Where In The World Is This Show? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 192 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephanie Green on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ป StephanieEarlyGreen.com ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
21/02/18โ€ข1h 16m

191: A Meditation On Here & Now At Exactly 11:11

It's an EHG reunion! Too bad it's for Here & Now, Alan Ball's new HBO show, and while Tara and Sarah couldn't make it past the pilot, Joe had some additional insights on the existential crises (and Jim Carrey-an supernatural twists) of a Portland blended family that even the show itself doesn't seem to like. We went around the dial with the new Queer Eye, American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, Schitt's Creek, and Homeland, then tripled up on guessing the heart of our producer with a three-fer of Will Dave Hate These? before Joe pitched "the Martin Short episode" of Arrested Development for the Nonac. Netflix talk shows won, Omarosa lost, and Dan Cassino brought us a delightfully bookish Game Time. Park your Prius by the side of the road and sob (with laughter): it's an all-new, yet comfortingly familiar, Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: โฐ Here & Now Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘” Queer Eye Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒน Schitt's Creek Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงถ Homeland Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿš Magnum P.I. (2018) Justin Lin directing the pilot Will Dave Hate This?: ๐ŸฆŒ Hanna Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ› The Caesars The Nonac: ๐Ÿคฎ Arrested Development Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Break With Michelle Wolf Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Celebrity Apprentice Omarosa Manigault Newman Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Novel Ideas NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 191 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Joe Reid on Twitter
14/02/18โ€ข1h 42m

190: Taking Notes On A.P. Bio

As NBC leads us into the Olympics with a sneak peek of its new sitcom A.P. Bio, we call on Monty Ashley (get it) to discuss whether it should have been held back. Around The Dial takes us to 2 Dope Queens, Dragula, Intervention, Altered Carbon, and The Cloverfield Paradox. Monty makes the bold case for Episode #1839 of Sesame Street to be inducted into the Canon, and then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to the season's first Regulation Game Time. Sharpen your #2 pencil and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ฌ A.P. Bio Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ 2 Dope Queens Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Dragula Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅƒ Intervention Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค– Altered Carbon Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš€ The Cloverfield Paradox The Canon: ๐Ÿšธ Sesame Street S15.E04: Episode 1839 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Bachelor Bekah Martinez Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž 30 For 30 Bill Belichick Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Cliffhangers NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 190 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Dragula on Amazon Prime ๐ŸŽง The Villain Edit podcast
07/02/18โ€ข1h 30m

189: Taking It One Day At A Time

Season 2 of the updated One Day At A Time dropped last weekend, and we talked with Kim Reed about the fine balance between sitcommy and touching; how the two finales stacked up; and whether we'd keep watching if Rita Moreno leaves the show. We went around the dial with I Love Dick, The End Of The F**cking World, Black Lightning, and Big Mouth, and then Tara tried to deliver a Canon win with the first-series finale of Call The Midwife. Charmed won, ESPN lost (some more), and Tara led us in a remake/revival Game Time. How long will Dave stay drunk on power? Find out in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ One Day At A Time Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ–ผ I Love Dick Around The Dial: โšก๏ธ Black Lightning Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“š Big Mouth The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Call The Midwife Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Charmed (2018) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž SportsCenter Jemele Hill resigns Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Don't Call It A Reboot NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 189 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter
31/01/18โ€ข1h 27m

188: Does High Maintenance's Second Season Deliver A High?

High Maintenance is back on HBO, and John Ramos is also back to talk about the adventures of The Guy in marijuana-delivery-land; whether the show's too New York-y to be relatable, or warm-hearted enough to have broad appeal; and what exactly happened to that one lady's cat. We also went around the dial with new Soderbergh joint Mosaic, new-to-John show Insecure, and the same old comforting Top Chef before considering a listener submission for Star Trek: Voyager changed the way we think about amphibians forever. Party Of Five won, casting agents looking for Trumps lost, and speaking of losing, boy did someone screw the pooch in a David T. Cole-authored Game Time. Pass around the edibles: it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’จ High Maintenance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ป Mosaic Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Insecure Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฝ Top Chef The Nonac: ๐Ÿš€ Star Trek: Voyager Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Party Of Five (2020) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Fire And Fury Game Time: ๐Ÿง  12 Questions NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 188 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ง What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)
24/01/18โ€ข1h 21m

187: Doubling Our Fun With Counterpart

As we count down to the official premiere of Starz's previously sneak-peeked new J.K. Simmons vehicle Counterpart, Eve Batey and Tim Ehhalt join us to discuss all the twists, turns, and...twins? Around The Dial takes us to new series Alone Together and Dr. Pimple Popper; limited series Wormwood; and returning fan favorites The Magicians and The Fosters. We debate the induction of the Justified episode "Brother's Keeper" to the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a non-regulation Game Time (RIP Sarah) (just kidding, she'll probably live). Grab a nostalgic funnel cake and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Eve Batey ๐Ÿ‘ค Tim Ehhalt TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Counterpart Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Alone Together Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŠ The Fosters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ The Magicians Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ Dr. Pimple Popper Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Š Wormwood The Canon: ๐Ÿ† Justified Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Norsemen Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Terror Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Return Of The Steep Incline Climber NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 187 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Tim Ehhalt on Twitter
17/01/18โ€ข1h 28m

186: Now Boarding L.A. To Vegas

A new year means new sitcoms, and Spotted Dick/seasoned business traveler Adam Grosswirth is joining us to discuss one in particular: Fox's budget-airline-com L.A. To Vegas! We debate whether Dave Will Hate Ridley Scott's new TV project The Terror, before Around The Dial takes us to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 9-1-1, The X-Files, and The Leftovers. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode "Kimmy Goes To A Play!" is submitted for induction into the EHG Nonac, and then after naming the new year's first Winner and Loser, it's we finish our televisual tour of these United States in Game Time. Put your chair and tray table into the upright position and listen! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›ฉ L.A. To Vegas Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ˜ก The Terror Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฃ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ธ The X-Files Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซฅ The Leftovers The Nonac: ๐Ÿ•ณ Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S02.E03: Kimmy Goes To A Play! Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Animaniacs Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story The Versace family Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The United States of Television Part 2 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 186 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth ๐Ÿ’ง What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)
10/01/18โ€ข1h 12m

185: Reflecting On A New Season Of Black Mirror

Happy new year! And...unhappy near-future narratives, as Nick returns to discuss the fourth season of Black Mirror. We all ranked the episodes from our least to most favorite, and discussed what worked (Star Trek neckbeard vengeance; "San Junipero" with a twist) and what didn't (chases; barely altered procedurals). After we went Around The Dial with The Profit, Black-ish spin-off Grown-ish, and Runaways, Nick wined and dined us for our Canon votes with the "First Date" episode of Master Of None. Who were our Winners and Losers of all of 2017? Where in these United States (of TV) were the answers to this week's Game Time? And why might Monica Potter's agent be cringing? Auld lang syne up to download the first Extra Hot Great of 2018! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: โฌ›๏ธ Black Mirror Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ“ Grown-ish Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธ Runaways Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ˆ The Profit The Canon: ๐Ÿ’“ Master Of None Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Late Night With Seth Meyers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dicks Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The United States Of Television, Part I NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 185 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
02/01/18โ€ข1h 35m

184: O Canon-baum, O Canon-baum

What's under the Extra Hot Great tree today in this winter-holiday all-Canon episode? First up is Supernatural's fifth-season "Changing Channels," a TV trope send-up with a couple of Buntnip elements the submitter hopes will guarantee a vote from Sarah, followed by a very courageous anime submission in the form of Gurren Lagann S01.E08. And once we've dispensed with Jeffrey Dean Morgan in-jokes and AT-AT tiki walkers, it's time to contemplate the $165 budget of the pilot of NightMan, a show that couldn't even afford a fan and seems like it's maybe actually a pest-control porno. O Little Town Of *****, N*, there's a message for one of your residents in this very merry episode of Extra Hot Great. TOPICS The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฟ Supernatural S05.E08: "Changing Channels" The Canon: ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann S01.E08: "Later Buddy" The Canon: ๐ŸŽท Nightman S01.E01: "Episode 1" NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 184 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐ŸŒ‰ The NightMan credits sequence you can't live without
27/12/17โ€ข59m 6s

183: The Extra Hot Great Besties

Heading into Christmas, we decided to do our most positive episode ever: offering up our "Best"s in categories selected by listeners like you! What's the best show to watch when you're sick? What's the best fake website from a TV show? What's the best thing about living in The Good Place? We answer these questions and many more in our first Besties-sode! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ† The Extra Hot Great Besties NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 183 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
20/12/17โ€ข41m 46s

182: Curtsying To The Crown

We couldn't decide which was the week's most important TV premiere -- the second season of Netflix's QEII drama The Crown, or Syfy's dark Chris Meloni comedy Happy! -- so we decided to cover both! Joining us from Go Fug Yourself are our official purveyors of Epic Old School Recaps of The Crown, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan! Around The Dial takes us to quick mentions of Married At First Sight: Jamie & Doug Plus One, Encore!, The Mindy Project, Vanderpump Rules, American Vandal, and Norsemen. We consider inducting into The Canon Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's fourth episode, "I'm Going On A Date With Josh's Friend!" Then after discussing the week's Winner and Loser, we close things up with 2017's star-crossed final Game Time. Gather your corgis and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Crown Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ Happy! Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Doug & Jamie Plus One Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Encore! Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ The Mindy Project Around The Dial: ๐Ÿธ Vanderpump Rules Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“น American Vandal Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšฃโ€โ™‚๏ธ Norsemen The Canon: ๐Ÿคช Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Today Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Award nominee snubs Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Star-Crossed NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 182 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Go Fug Yourself on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘™ GoFugYourself.com
13/12/17โ€ข1h 56m

181: The Quest To Care About Knightfall

Jim Durr joined us for the first time (on this pod, anyway) to talk about Knightfall, the new medieval drama on History, and while all its trebuchets, extreme helmet cams, and campy popes can't quite_make us care whether they ever track down that crusty old Grail. We went Around The Dial with _GBBO, Netflix's weird but compelling Stranger Things: Deutschland offering Dark, and the best (and family-friendliest) of recent stand-up specials before Jim sent us back to the late '90s with a Futurama Canon submission. Dave treated us to a very little The Littlest Hobo audio recap, Tara faced off against the Pickle & Peanut theme song (...for the last time???), and Dr. Phil won while just about every other man in television lost. And finally, Game Time got meta as the panel tried to guess the TV-show-based videogames. There is no Benson videogame. Go write your reps about that, and on your way to the mailbox, have a listen to the latest all-new regulation Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jim Durr TOPICS Lead Topic: โš”๏ธ Knightfall Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฃ Recent standup specials from Tiffany Haddish, Brian Regan, and Michelle Wolf Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฐ The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Dark None: ๐Ÿถ The Littlest Hobo The Littlest "Littlest Hobo" Recap for S01.E01: "Smoke" The Canon: ๐Ÿš€ Futurama Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dr. Phil Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Good grief, more TV men accused of sexual misconduct Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Super Nintendo Chalmers NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 181 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jim Durr on Twitter
06/12/17โ€ข1h 36m

180: Bundle Up For A Wintry Round Of TV Forcenings

Daniel MacEachern visits from the Two Spotted Dicks podcast to join Dave and Tara for a special winter-themed all-TV forcening episode of the Extra Hot Great podcast! Whose picks are cool and who would have preferred being left on an ice floe? Listen and find out! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Lead Topic: โšก๏ธ The Flash S03.E17: "Duet" Lead Topic: ๐Ÿถ The Littlest Hobo S01.E16: "Snapshot" Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Royal Pains S04.E15/16: "Off-Season Greetings" NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 180 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Daniel MacEachern on Twitter
29/11/17โ€ข47m 38s

179: Give Thanks For Another All-FMK Episode Of Extra Hot Great

Kevin O'Keeffe and Kim Reed join us as we head into America's favourite eating holiday by gorging on more than two dozen FMK matchups! It's gonna rock you! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Kevin O'Keeffe ๐Ÿ‘ค Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช F/M/K NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 179 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿ“ธ Kevin O'Keeffe on Instagram ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter
22/11/17โ€ข1h 44m

178: Wigging Out With The Trixie & Katya Show

Two ex-contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race see their web series graduate to a half-hour weekly comedy show on Viceland, so Mark Blankenship is here to help us spill the tea on The Trixie & Katya Show! Around The Dial spins to the series finale of The Mindy Project, Season 2 of The Girlfriend Experience, ABC's new high school musical special Encore, and Rolling Stones: Stories From The Edge, before Tara gets another chance to master the Pickle And Peanut theme song. Mark presents Insecure's "Hella LA" for The Canon, and then after calling out the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that'll have you whipping off your bra and/or breathing fire. Tease up your wig and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’„ The Trixie & Katya Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ The Mindy Project Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘œ The Girlfriend Experience Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ Encore! Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽธ Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅœ Pickle & Peanut The "Pickle & Peanut" Challenge The Canon: ๐ŸŒด Insecure Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Dynasty (2017) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Yet more TV men accused to sexual misconduct Game Time: ๐Ÿง  It's Only Tits And Dragons NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 178 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter
15/11/17โ€ข1h 32m

177: Is SMILF A Problem Child?

Frankie Shaw's new Showtime sitcom about a single mom in South Boston shows some promise, but did it make most of the panel -- including guest Stephanie Early Green -- too uncomfortable too continue? We discussed that, cute TV toddlers, and protagonists who don't learn before going around the dial with Rosehaven, 90 Day Fiance, a Netflix doc on Joan Didion, and The Pickle & Peanut Challenge. Tara took us to Detroiters with her Canon presentation, and Jordan Peele was this week's Winner, while our banned-men Loser list got rull long. Who was the odd man out in this week's Game Time? Listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great (while doing your Kegels?) and find out. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephanie Green TOPICS Tiny Triumph: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Old-School Recaps campaign more than 40% funded Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช SMILF Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒน Rosehaven Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ 90 Day Fiancรฉ Around The Dial: โœˆ๏ธ Before The 90 Days Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅœ Pickle & Peanut The "Pickle & Peanut" Challenge The Canon: ๐Ÿ’ผ Detroiters Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jordan Peele Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž More TV men accused of sexual misconduct Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Odd Man Out NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 177 page on ExtraHotGreat.com https://twitter.com/eteffi/ Stephanie Green on Twitter
08/11/17โ€ข1h 38m

176: Getting Locked Up With Alias Grace

As yet another Margaret Atwood novel gets a TV adaptation, Allison Lowe Huff and Extra Hot Game Time impresario Rob Hartmann join us to talk about Alias Grace, Netflix/CBC's period prison drama. Tara and Allison discuss whether Mike Rinder has become The Pierce of Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath, or if Remini and her nails are already an unstoppable team without him. Around The Dial takes us to At Home With Amy Sedaris, Shetland, Stranger Things, and Pickle And Peanut(and to a mea culpa regarding recent episodes of Little House On The Podcast). We ponder whether "Missing Time" is a Nonac-worthy episode of Miami Vice, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that knows its worth. Curl up in your coziest cell and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Rob Hartmann ๐Ÿ‘ค Allison Lowe Huff TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงน Alias Grace None: โš“๏ธ Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath Mike Rinder, The Pierce Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงถ At Home With Amy Sedaris Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด Shetland Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‡ Stranger Things Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅœ Pickle & Peanut The Nonac: ๐Ÿฆฉ Miami Vice Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Pose Queer representation Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Andi Mack Queer representation Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Men being accused of sexual misconduct: Mark Halperin; Kevin Spacey Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Network Worth NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 176 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Rob Hartmann on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Allison Lowe Huff on Twitter
01/11/17โ€ข1h 24m

175: Does Too Funny To Fail Succeed?

Our esteemed colleague Jeff Drake is back -- and so is our esteemedest producer, David T. Cole -- to discuss Too Funny To Fail, Hulu's documentary on the much-anticipated The Dana Carvey Show and its ignominious end. After a Robin Williams-ectomy was proposed, Dave got the blues in his I Am Not A Crackpot segment, and then we went around the dial with Mom, American Vandal, Chance, and The Deuce. Tara hoped an episode of Better Things would be better enough for the Canon, Kardashians and Benson fans were winners and losers, and there was once a man from Nantucket...who wrote Game Time. Sort of. Alphabetize those network notes: it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฃ Too Funny To Fail Lead Topic: ๐Ÿผ The Dana Carvey Show I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Don't let all your lighting look blue Around The Dial: ๐Ÿป Mom Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽจ American Vandal Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ‰ Chance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซฆ The Deuce The Canon: ๐ŸŒด Better Things Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Kardashians Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Showbiz men getting outed for sexual misconduct Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Limericks NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 175 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter
25/10/17โ€ข1h 30m

174: Vote-A-Rama: It's Another All-Canon/Nonac Episode Of Extra Hot Great!

With Dave still in the field, we've invited Monty Ashley back for a very special episode. Will the "Michael's Gambit" episode of The Good Place and "Parker Gail's Location Is Everything" from Documentary Now! make it into The Canon? And will My So-Called Life's "The Substitute" be inducted into The Nonac, The Canon's evil twin? Listen in and find out! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Monty Ashley TOPICS The Canon: ๐Ÿฆ The Good Place The Canon: ๐ŸŽž Documentary Now! The Nonac: ๐Ÿ““ My So-Called Life NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 174 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter
19/10/17โ€ข52m 7s

173: Soft-Soaping Dynasty's 2017 Reboot

In our first-ever EHG without David T. Cole, Tara and Sarah recruited Fug Girls Heather and Jessica to help them dissect the Dynasty reboot. Do the kids today care about these iconic characters? Should the show have gone to a streaming or premium-cable network? And should any show be trying to make big business interesting? We went Around The Dial with Law & Order: SVU, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team, Undercover High, and Grey's Anatomy before settling in for the snark of an MST3K Canon submission. We declared a winner and a loser...and everybody and nobody won in a non-regulation Game Time that forced the panel to make some tough choices. Before you bite the head off a cake-topper, take a listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Heather Cocks ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Morgan TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ถ Dynasty (2017) Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ Undercover High Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ Grey's Anatomy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฃ Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit The Canon: ๐ŸŽž Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Debra Messing Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Project Runway All Stars Georgina Chapman Game Time: ๐Ÿง  King Of Iconic TV Fashion Mountain NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 173 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ The Fug Girls on Twitter
11/10/17โ€ข1h 4m

172: Getting A Forking Forkful Of The Good Place

As The Good Place's second season jumps off from its game-changing freshman finale, Kristen Bell expert John Ramos of the Go Pirates podcast on Veronica Mars returns to talk about how Good it actually is! Around The Dial stops at Broad City, Broad City, Halt And Catch Fire, American Beauty Star, and Star Trek Discovery. John pitches Veep's 'Mother' for induction into The Canon, and then it's on to a very organized Game Time. Load up your frozen yogurt and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฆ The Good Place Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Better Things Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’พ Halt And Catch Fire Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ American Beauty Star Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš€ Star Trek: Discovery Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ณ Veep Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Roseanne Emma Kenney Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Orville Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Attention To Detail NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 172 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter ๐Ÿงบ Emma Kenney, newly cast on The Conners
26/09/17โ€ข1h 46m

171: The Orville Crashes And Burns

We're glad Omar Gallaga returned to Extra Hot Great; we just wish we hadn't inflicted Seth MacFarlane's limp and self-indulgent The Orville on him (and ourselves). Fortunately, things perked up a bit when we went around the dial with Outlander, The Good Place, Ken Burns's latest opus on PBS, and vintage ads by Star Trek. Tara was Insecure about her Canon submission, The Bachelor and Zelda Fitzgerald were our Winners and Losers, and Game Time has a lot more mass appeal than we predict our main topic is going to. Set phasers to kill for an all-new EHG! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Omar Gallaga TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿš€ The Orville Will Dave Hate This?: โš”๏ธ Tong Wars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Outlander Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ The Good Place Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ The Vietnam War The Canon: ๐ŸŒด Insecure Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Bachelor Arie Luyendyk Jr. Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Z: The Beginning Of Everything Christina Ricci Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Masses Have Spoken NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 171 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter ๐Ÿช "Commercials Featuring Star Trek Members" on YouTube
13/09/17โ€ข1h 16m

170: Staying Hooked On Narcos

Narcos reboots for a third season (minus Murphy, not that anyone's complaining), and first-time guest Melissa Locker joins us to discuss all the addictive action! We ask Will Dave Hate This? about ITV's new gladiator-cosplay competition Bromans. Around The Dial stops at American Horror Story, Will Vs. The Future, The Tick, Project Runway, Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath, and the imminent fourth season of BoJack Horseman. Melissa pitches the Designing Women episode 'Killing All The Right People' for The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that really stinks. Supply yourself with the intoxicant of your choice and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Melissa Locker TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Narcos Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ› Bromans Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช American Horror Story: Cult Around The Dial: โŒ›๏ธ Will Vs. The Future Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฒ The Tick (2016) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงต Project Runway Around The Dial: โš“๏ธ Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด Bojack Horseman The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ Designing Women Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Property Brothers Drew Scott Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Tennis fans Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Pot TV Humor NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 170 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Melissa Locker on Twitter
06/09/17โ€ข1h 22m

169: TGIFF: Thank Goodness It's Friday Forcenings

Monty returns during the deadest week on the TV schedule, and Tara proposed a TV forcening that had us all pick episodes from the week's deadest night -- Friday -- for each other to watch. We caught up with House Hunters, searched for Bering Sea Gold, survived A Murder In The Family, and tasted Epic Sweets. Then we assessed whether the Animal Kingdom theme is worse than jazz before going around the dial with Ripper Street, Scientology, and the Face Off spin-off. Will Dave hate an upcoming Orlando Bloom project about faerie expats? Did Monty's MASH submission enter the Nonac? And what the helle is going on with the theme songs in Game Time? Stop searching the guide and settle in for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ—“ Friday Forcenings Is This Worse Than Jazz?: ๐ŸŽท Animal Kingdom Theme song Around The Dial: โš“๏ธ Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘บ Face Off: Game Face Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฉ Ripper Street Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Just Like Mom And Dad Will Dave Hate This?: ๐ŸŽก Carnival Row The Nonac: โ›บ๏ธ M*A*S*H Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Gabrielle Carteris Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Fight fans Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Le Moment De Jeux NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 169 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Villain Edit podcast
30/08/17โ€ข1h 41m

168: Getting Our Hands On The Defenders

Netflix's long-awaited Marvel team-up The Defenders arrives...but given how long it was awaited, why isn't it better? Our Two Spotted Dicks pal Adam Grosswirth joins us to discuss. Around The Dial stops at the Claws finale, Episodes, So You Think You Can Dance, and Project Runway, ahead of Dave's musical question: are Netflix's trailer preview screens Worse Than Jazz? Adam boldly makes the case for inducting Smash's pilot into the Canon, and after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time to die for. Put on your most bulletproof hoodie and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ™ The Defenders Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’… Claws Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฅ Episodes Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•บ So You Think You Can Dance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงต Project Runway Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿณ Just Like Mom Is This Worse Than Jazz?: ๐ŸŽท Netflix auto-play trailers The Canon: ๐ŸŽผ Smash Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Suits Gina Torres Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Joss Whedon Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Dead Like Me NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 168 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Grosswirth on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
23/08/17โ€ข1h 20m

167: We Say 'Good Night, Snuggles' On Our Epic All-FMK Episode

Tara and Dave returned from a brief vacay to the carnage of a Fuck/Marry/Kill round of Wagnerian length and scope. Robot cars, starship captains, streaming (ew) services, Debra Messing characters, Golden Girls, Dean Norris, Briscoe vs. Frisco...people, it was terrifying. And exhilarating! And we can't unknow any of it, and if you listen, neither will you. How many times did Crying Dawson get killed? Only one way to find out, in an all-new, extra-large Extra Hot great. GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช F/M/K NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 167 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter
16/08/17โ€ข1h 55m

166: Drinking Bug Juice With Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

Netflix drops a sequel to its Wet Hot American Summer TV series, and Adam Sternbergh makes his long-awaited return to discuss whether it's as refreshing as an Otter Pop or disappointing as a melted S'More. Around The Dial brings us to USA's new limited whydunit The Sinner, Ozark, and Intervention. Adam boldly proposes the Three's Company episode 'Up In The Air' for induction into The Canon, and after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to another sequel in Game Time. Put on some sunscreen and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅซ Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช The Sinner Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Ozark Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅƒ Intervention The Canon: ๐ŸŒด Three's Company Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Debra Messing Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Last Man Standing Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Return Of Before & After NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 166 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Adam Sternbergh on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
09/08/17โ€ข1h 36m

165: The Lowdown On The Lowe Files

It's a double-date episode (aw) (barf) as Sarah D. Bunting's husband, Dan Brady, joins the panel to discuss the Lowe family's foray into the supernatural. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ป The Lowe Files Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Insecure Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ฐ News Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“ˆ The Profit Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro Ad Corner The Canon: ๐Ÿ“Ž The Office (US) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Ike Barinholtz Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Mario Cantone Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Our Idiot Brothers NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 165 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Dan Patrick Brady on Twitter
02/08/17โ€ข1h 6m

164: A Quartet Of Summer TV Forcenings

Stephanie Green returns, and immediately regrets it when she finds out what Dave is going to make her watch. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜Ž Summer TV Forcenings Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽถ Nashville Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ป The Bold Type Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ Detroiters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Last Chance U Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro Ad Corner The Canon: โ˜˜๏ธ Father Ted Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Shark After Dark Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Small But Perfectly Formed NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 164 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephanie Early Green on Twitter โšพ๏ธ Good Fundies
26/07/17โ€ข1h 42m

163: Shooting The Shit On The Game Of Thrones Poomiere

TV: The Book co-author and Law & Order Fantasy Draft winner Alan Sepinwall is back to talk about Season 7 of Game Of Thrones. Should the show be moving faster, plotwise? Who's going to end up "winning" when all is said and done? Which characters are human memes? And is Ed Sheeran a big baby for deleting his Twitter? After considering these questions, we went Around The Dial with The Challenge, Friends From College, and Ozark before picking off another Canon submission with Justified's "Decoy." Talented (future) parents were our winners, The Biggest Loser was...well, that, and we played with perceptions of opening-credits fame in a hotly contested Game Time. Make sure you pick a rubber mask with holes for your earbuds: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ—ก Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“š Friends From College Around The Dial: โ›ฐ Ozark Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคพโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Challenge The Canon: ๐Ÿค  Justified Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Netflix Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Biggest Loser Game Time: ๐Ÿง  And With NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 163 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alan Sepinwall on Twitter
19/07/17โ€ข1h 17m

162: Plowing Through Snowfall

FX fills Fargo's time slot with Snowfall, John Singleton's drama series about the birth of crack, and Nick Rheinwald-Jones joins us to talk about it because he lives in Los Angeles and definitely NOT because he is a crackhead. Sarah explains why she's not a crackpot for thinking cable networks should just leave swear words in movies. Around The Dial takes us through Lifetime's movie Tiny House Of Terror, Younger, GLOW, and Prime Suspect - Tennison. Hannah makes her case for our inducting the series premiere of Catastrophe into The Canon, and after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a poetic Game Time. Light it up! TOPICS Lead Topic: โ„๏ธ Snowfall I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Basic cable needs to start leaving the swears in movies Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“š Younger Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค GLOW Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Prime Suspect 1973 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Catastrophe Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Donal Logue Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Hawaii Five-0 (2010) Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Haiku TV NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 162 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter
12/07/17โ€ข1h 11m

161: Settling Down With Playing House

Kim Reed joins us for a look at the new season, plus a Cheers Canon and a Dave-hate double dip! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿก Playing House Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Dracula (2020) Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Watchmen Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคพโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Challenge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“บ Battle Of The Network Stars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘€ Big Brother Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽธ Boy Band Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽค GLOW The Canon: ๐Ÿป Cheers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Leftovers Damon Lindelof Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Law & Order True Crime Elizabeth Reaser Game Time: ๐Ÿง  These Are The Daves I Know #2 NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 161 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter ๐Ÿ“ธ Damon Lindelof on Instagram
28/06/17โ€ข1h 29m

160: Scoring The Gong Show

ABC adds The Gong Show to its lineup of rebooted game and variety shows, and Jeff Drake joins us as we get out our scorecards to rate the results. Around The Dial clicks to Better Call Saul, Fargo, and 30 For 30, and includes an update on The Previouslies, our upcoming TV awards. Jeff makes the case for the induction of the Barney Miller episode "Hash" to The Canon, and after a creepier-than-usual Loser (and Winner), it's on to a savage Game Time. Peel a banana and listen in! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽญ The Gong Show (2017) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒจ Fargo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ… 30 For 30 The Canon: ๐Ÿšจ Barney Miller Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Bill Cosby's defense attorney Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Megyn Kelly Today Megyn Kelly, Alex Jones Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Ibex Moose Duck Bumblebee NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 160 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter
21/06/17โ€ข1h 42m

159: Does Claws Scratch An Itch?

Eve returns to the guest chair to discuss whether TNT can finally Claws its way into the prestige-TV discussion with a dramedy about a nail salon's dirty bidness. We went around the dial with OITNB, The Handmaid's Tale, stupid Bravo tricks, and iZombie before muttering "the horror, the horror" at a Simpsons Canon presentation. Alison Brie won, Bachelor In Paradise lost (big-time, probably forever), and Game Time proved monotony can be fun. You'll be gellin' like a felon with an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’… Claws None: ๐ŸŒƒ Saturday Night Live First-time hosts we'd like to see Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฃ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ iZombie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ– Invite Only Cabo Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ณ Below Deck Mediterranean Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉณ Orange Is The New Black The Canon: ๐Ÿฉ The Simpsons Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฅ Entourage Alison Brie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘™ Bachelor In Paradise Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Monotone Readings Of Theme Song Lyrics: The Game NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 159 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter
14/06/17โ€ข1h 49m

158: Standing Up With I'm Dying Up Here

As I'm Dying Up Here, the series adaptation of a non-fiction book, premieres on Showtime, Omar Gallaga returns to talk about its portrayal of the L.A. comedy scene in the '70s (and precisely how awful its opening credits sequence actually is). Around the dial stops at The Leftovers, Fear The Walking Dead, Amazon's documentary Long Strange Trip, and a retro surprise from Dave. Omar makes the case for us to induct the Ren & Stimpy episode "Space Madness"/"The Boy Who Cried Rat" into the Canon; and then after a discussion of the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that might really make you sick. Get ready to shell out for the two-drink minimum and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽ™ I'm Dying Up Here Around The Dial: ๐Ÿซฅ The Leftovers Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ Fear The Walking Dead Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Š Long Strange Trip Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘€ Exploration shows The Canon: ๐Ÿ˜ธ The Ren & Stimpy Show Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Kathy Griffin Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Real Time With Bill Maher Game Time: ๐Ÿง  WebMDTV NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 158 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter
07/06/17โ€ข1h 29m

157: Should House Of Cards Fold Or Double Down?

First-time guest Roger Cormier joins the panel to talk about House Of Cards's fifth season, and whether real-life crazer news cycles have made the Underwoods' nutty machinations suffer by comparison. We discussed whether Dave will hate History's upcoming UFO drama Blue Book, then went around the dial with Drag Race, The Americans, Animal Kingdom, and American Gods, and considered The X-Files's "The Field Where I Died" (...of boredom) for The Nonac. The Big Bang Theory won, a very big human lost, and we put on our best announcer voices to pair off presenters in this week's Game Time. Filibuster your commute with an all-new Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic: โ™ ๏ธ House Of Cards Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ˜ก Project Blue Book Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The Americans Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Twin Peaks: The Return Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŠ Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ American Gods The Nonac: ๐Ÿ›ธ The X-Files Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Big Bang Theory Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Game Of Thrones Thor Bjornsson Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Bruce Vilanch, Eat Your Heart Out NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 157 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Roger Cormier on Twitter
31/05/17โ€ข1h 40m

156: Washing Ashore With Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

John Ramos joins us to talk about the third season! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ณ Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ Dirty Dancing (2017) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Angie Tribeca Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Three Girls Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Twin Peaks: The Return The Canon: ๐Ÿคฏ Fringe Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Saturday Night Live Vanessa Bayer, Bobby Moynihan Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Alex Rodriguez Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Pilot Announcements NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 156 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter ๐ŸŸ What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)
24/05/17โ€ข1h 21m

155: Is Anne With An E The Red-Headed Stepchild Of Reboots?

New guest and certified Canadian Alex Collins sits with the panel for a discussion of Netflix's "gritty" take on Canadian kiddie-lit classic Anne Of Green Gables, and how it fares compared with the Megan Follows classic of yesteryear. We went around the dial with The Mick, a documentary about anxiety, a daytime courtroom show (spoiler: Dave WILL hate this), and Downward Dog's fleas before we came to bury Nate, not to praise him during Alex's Six Feet Under Canon submission. Jessica St. Clair won, the Deadwood movie lost (some more), and Game Time made a (series) run for it as we tried to guess which shows had more episodes. Put a doily on your head and enjoy a brand-new episode of Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฐ Anne With An E Around The Dial: ๐Ÿถ Downward Dog Around The Dial: ๐Ÿบ The Mick Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’Š It's "Just" Anxiety Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ Judge Hatchett Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Ads The Canon: ๐Ÿชฆ Six Feet Under Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Jessica St. Clair Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Deadwood Powers Boothe Game Time: ๐Ÿง  More Episodes! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 155 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Alex Collins on Twitter
17/05/17โ€ข1h 34m

154: Raising Consciousness With Dear White People

With Netflix launching the series sequel to the 2014 film Dear White People, we welcome back Kim Reed to talk about how well the adaptation works. Around The Dial stops at the latest Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Pop's reruns of ER, and Season 3 of Bosch. Kim makes the case for Felicity's "Final Answer" to be inducted into The Canon; then after we name the week's Winner and Losers, we arrive at a deadly Game Time. Dear All People: join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽ“ Dear White People Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ ER Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽท Bosch The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฑ Felicity Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Live With Kelly And Ryan Ryan Seacrest Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž PitchSweet/Vicious Game Time: ๐Ÿง  This Is The End NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 154 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter
03/05/17โ€ข1h 21m

153: The Handmaid's Tale Has Us Seeing Red

Tammy Everts joins us to discuss Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's all-too-relevant dystopian story, plus Oprah and a Nonac! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿงฃ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงฌ The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“” 13 Reasons Why The Nonac: ๐Ÿชฆ Six Feet Under Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The X-Files Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Bachelor Chris Soules Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The One-Second TV Show Theme Challenge NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 153 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Tammy Everts on Twitter
26/04/17โ€ข1h 13m

152: If It Please The Court: Better Call Saul

As Better Call Saul returns for its third season, Jeff Drake joins us to discuss the slow-burning premiere (with a few peeks ahead at its showier second episode, shhhh). Around The Dial clicks through the series finale of Switched At Birth, Amazon's under-the-radar spy show Patriot, and American Experience's three-part series, "The Great War." Jeff presents his case for the induction of Monty Python's Flying Circus's series premiere, "Whither Canada?," to the Canon. And after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we all learn that some demented maniac (you know you are, Rob Hartmann) has gamified F/M/K. All rise! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ผ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Switched At Birth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Patriot Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŽ American Experience The Canon: ๐ŸŽช Monty Python's Flying Circus Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Hasan Minhaj, The White House Correspondents Dinner Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Homeland Game Time: ๐Ÿง  F/M/K: The Game NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 152 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
12/04/17โ€ข1h 29m

151: Spring Forward With Our Midseason Roundup!

Our esteemed colleague John returns for an overview of spring TV: the shows we can't wait to see or be reunited with; the shows we SHOULD be psyched about, but aren't; and the shows noooooobody should go anywhere near. We went around the dial with 13 Reasons Why, Tara's favorite show Legion, teen clam enthusiasts, and the end of Review before John Potts went the extra light-year with his Deep Space Nine Canon submission. Senior citizens both won and lost, before a Game Time had us all trying to guess the hearts of IMDb searchers. We're watering the seeds of chang...ing the channel in an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒธ Midseason TV Roundup Around The Dial: โœ๏ธ Review Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Legion Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“” 13 Reasons Why Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro TV Ad The Canon: ๐Ÿ›ธ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ America's Next Top Model Tyra removes maximum contestant age Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Groundlings founder Gary Austin dies Game Time: ๐Ÿง  IMDb Firsts NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 151 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter
05/04/17โ€ข1h 45m

150: Turning It Out For RuPaul's Drag Race

RuPaul's Drag Race has packed up all its wigs to move from LogoTV to VH1, and we welcome back our resident expert, Mark Blankenship, to talk about the Season 9 premiere! Around The Dial spins to HBO's documentary Rock And A Hard Place; the 29th season of The Amazing Race; Campus PD'_s and _ER's triumphant returns to syndication; and another TV ad from the internet's deepest bowels. Sarah pitches the Law & Order episode "Performance" for the Canon, and after naming the week's Winner and Loser, an old un-favourite rages back into Game Time. Beat your face and join us, honey! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชจ Rock And A Hard Place Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŽ The Amazing Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Campus PD Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ ER The Canon: โš–๏ธ Law & Order Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ True Detective Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Cher Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hot Potato NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 150 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
29/03/17โ€ข1h 14m

149: Getting Punchy With Iron Fist

Our esteemed colleague Chris is back to talk about Iron Fist, a show only he among the panel managed to get more than a couple episodes into -- and what exactly the show's problem is, from bad fights to worse accents. We went around the dial with Catfish, Love, Happy Endings, and a violent vintage cologne ad before Caroline tried to "extract" a Canon victory from us for a Golden Girls episode. RuPaul won, Rita Ora lost, and Rob Hartmann took a letter in this week's Game Time. Kick your shoes off, put on some grimy pajamas, and settle in for an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘Š Iron Fist Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฃ Catfish Around The Dial: โค๏ธ Love Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ Happy Endings Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro Ad Corner The Canon: ๐ŸŒด The Golden Girls Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ RuPaul Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Scientology Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Typos, Part Tw NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 149 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Chris Huff on Twitter
22/03/17โ€ข1h 3m

148: Lining Up For Hip Hop Squares

As VH1 and Ice Cube breathe new life into an old game show format with Hip Hop Squares, Allison Lowe Huff returns to discuss whether circle got the square this time around. Around The Dial stops at Feud, Amazon's Ronja The Robber's Daughter, Samurai Jack, and another classic TV promo Dave unearthed from the depths of the internet. Dave then makes his case for The Venture Bros. episode "The Doctor Is Sin" to the Canon, and after identifying the week's Winner and Loser, we toy with a thrilling new Game Time. Top up your cocktail and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽถ Hip Hop Squares Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฌ Feud Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Ronja The Robber's Daughter Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ก Samurai Jack Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro TV Promo The Canon: ๐Ÿงฌ The Venture Bros. Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Hanna Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Iron Fist Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Children Of The Free Market NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 148 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Allison Lowe Huff on Twitter ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Sarah's Buffy season ranking on Vulture
15/03/17โ€ข1h 20m

147: We're Digging The Americans

But maybe not Paige? Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk tradecraft, Mad Men, and comedy on TV. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The Americans Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคซ The Arrangement Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›‹ Crashing (HBO) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฃ Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“œ American Experience Around The Dial: โณ Time After Time The Canon: ๐Ÿ’ผ Mad Men Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Celebrity Apprentice Arnold Schwarzenegger Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Eyewitness Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Spies Like Them NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 147 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter
07/03/17โ€ข1h 15m

146: Big Little Lies Our Mothers Told Us

Eve is back to talk about Big Little Lies, from Kidman's wig to good child actors to what we're hoping happens in the finale. Then Eve shared a Tiny Jane The Virgin triumph before we went around the dial with Homeland, The Good Fight, and First Time Flippers. We trundled "Into The Woods" with a Nonac submission from Buffy, and American Crime Story won...but CBS All Access may have lost us (and everyone else). Did Tara take home the season crown in a rhyme-y Game Time? Stare out the floor-to-ceiling windows of your eight gazillion-dollar Monterey house as you listen to an all-new EHG! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒŠ Big Little Lies Tiny Triumph: ๐ŸŒด Jane The Virgin Eve predicts time jump Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ The Good Fight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”จ First Time Flippers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘€ Homeland The Canon: ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Buffy The Vampire Slayer Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Darren Criss cast as Andrew Cunanan Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Good Fight Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Rhyming Reboots NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 146 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ Law And Order Jog And Dog on Instagram ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
23/02/17โ€ข1h 38m

145: Joining The Fight With The Walking Dead

AMC's return to the zombie apocalypse after a midseason hiatus has us bringing Omar back to talk Negan, King Ezekiel, and zombie dismemberment! The Blotter Presents a look at two Texas true crime stories before stops Around The Dial at Humans, Legion, Imposters, and a vintage ad that might choke you up. Omar makes a case for the induction of the Imposters series finale, "Beyond Life And Death," to The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, names are ALSO the game for Game Time. Wrap a bat in barbed wire and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ The Walking Dead The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Southwest Of Salem: The Story Of The San Antonio Four The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ“š Tower Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค– Humans Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Legion Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ถ Imposters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro Ad The Canon: ๐Ÿ” Twin Peaks Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Crown Michael C. Hall Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Real Time With Bill Maher Piers Morgan Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Name Of Thrones NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 145 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter ๐Ÿ… The Vine column at TomatoNation.com
15/02/17โ€ข1h 38m

144: Rising To The Challenge's 372nd Season

jk, it's 'only' Season 29 -- but will this round of innovations breathe new life into MTV's old warhorse? Kim Reed has thoughts! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคพโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Challenge The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Solitary: Inside Red Onion I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿ“บ TV Should Do More Positive Propaganda Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ Detroiters Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ The Magicians Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ America's Next Top Model Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro Ad The Canon: ๐Ÿฉบ Scrubs Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Saturday Night Live Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The White House Correspondents; Dinner Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Is This Benson? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 144 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast
08/02/17โ€ข1h 12m

143: Gingerly Broaching The Topic Of Riverdale

Leah Kwan joins us to talk about The CW's new Archie Comics adaptation! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“š Riverdale The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช The Investigator The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ‘€ Expedition Unknown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ 30 Rock Around The Dial: ๐Ÿด My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Around The Dial: โ„๏ธ Timber Creek Lodge Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Retro Ad The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Catastrophe Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ 60 Minutes Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Today Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Two For Two NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 143 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Leah Ariano on Twitter
01/02/17โ€ข1h 16m

142: Does Hunted's Good Idea Make For Bad TV?

Monty Ashley on The Amazing Fugitive, home movies, podcasts, and more! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‘€ Hunted The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Beware The Slenderman The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช The Witness Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ถ Throwing Shade Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Return Of The Retro Ad The Canon: ๐ŸŽž Home Movies Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ This Is Us Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Desperate Housewives Marc Cherry, Nicolette Sheridan Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Just One Letter NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 142 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter ๐Ÿ“น The Villain Edit podcast
25/01/17โ€ข1h 20m

141: Making Deductions About Sherlock

Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk about what may be 'The Final Problem' for real. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”Ž Sherlock The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿˆ Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Beware The Slenderman Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒƒ Late Night With Seth MeyersSaturday Night Live Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคฃ Netflix comedy specials; FX Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Foyle's War Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ถ Frontier The Canon: ๐Ÿ˜„ Happy Endings Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Space Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Sherlock Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Title Treatment NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 141 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
18/01/17โ€ข1h 35m

140: Getting Our Nick-ers In A Twist Over The Bachelor

It's a new year for EHG, and a new journey for The Bachelor. Jeff Drake returns to talk about the special madness of Corinne, plus we pick our winners and wonder whether watching UnREAL has enhanced our experience of the original. The Blotter Presents caught us up with the Menendezes and OJ, and we debated whether Dave would hate Canadian outlaw period drama Frontier before going around the dial with One Day At A Time's reboot, The Young Pope, Sleepy Hollow, and games we play with Siri on Apple TV. Caroline tried to Psych us out in the Canon; the CW lost and NBC News won; and Game Time put us all to work on the chain gang. Can we steal you for a second -- for an all-new Extra Hot Great? TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜˜ The Bachelor The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing EvidenceThe Killing Season Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ›ถ Frontier Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ One Day At A Time (2017) Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ The Young Pope Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ Sleepy Hollow The Canon: ๐Ÿคฏ Psych Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The CW Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Fox News Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Chain Gang NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 140 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake On Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
11/01/17โ€ข1h 51m

139: Who's The King Of The Man In The High Castle?

Chris Huff returns for a discussion of The Man In The High Castle -- what works (set design; Smith); what doesn't (Juliana; Joe); and whether we'll finish out the season. The Blotter Presents tipped us to Unsolved Mysteries streaming online, plus the '16 crime shows to marathon over the holidays, before we went around the dial with Rectify, The OA, Fuller House, and Intervention. Chris hoped we'd Just Say Yes to a drugs-are-bad ep of Family Ties for the Canon, and we declared a winner (TV queens) and loser (the County of Kings) before getting on a first-name basis with another Rob Hartmann Game Time. It's the last all-new full-size Extra Hot Great of the year, so dig in! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The Man In The High Castle The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Unsolved Mysteries Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค” The OA Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Rectify Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅƒ Intervention The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Family Ties Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ RiverdaleStar Trek: Discovery Molly Ringwald, Sonequa Martin-free, Julia Roberts Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Homeland Game Time: ๐Ÿง  First Name Basis (II) NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 139 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Chris Huff on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
20/12/16โ€ข1h 33m

138: Filling Our Plates With Top Chef

TV's most famous cooking competition returns for a new season set in Charleston, South Carolina, so we've brought back our official Top Chef correspondent to talk about the rookies vs. veterans format; the problematic setting; and also, oh right, the food. Dave explains why he is not a crackpot for thinking that TV home buying shows should always end with people actually buying homes. Around The Dial takes us to Divorce, Fleabag, and Pitch, before we consider the submission of the Sopranos episode "Funhouse" to the Canon. After naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new Game Time season with a game that may prove...popular. Choose the right wine pairing and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฝ Top Chef I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿ˜ House hunting shows that end without a purchase Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’” Divorce Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Fleabag Around The Dial: โšพ๏ธ Pitch The Canon: ๐Ÿ The Sopranos Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Oscars Jimmy Kimmel named host Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Celebrity Apprentice Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Popular Hits NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 138 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
13/12/16โ€ข1h 46m

137: Going All In On The Family With This Is Us

Allison Lowe Huff is back to talk about This Is Us, the lovably imperfect tearjerker that's occupying the Friday Night Lights lane in our hearts. We bid farewell to The Killing Season, wondered how Noel Crane fit into a true-crime classic, and celebrated a Tiny Twitter Triumph involving poo before going around the dial with Gilmore Girls, Below Deck, Search Party, and Westworld. Listener Matthew submitted a rageful Nonac candidate, the HIMYM finale, and we declared satire a winner and sex a loser (for Showtime) before juggling a hilarious Hot Potato Game Time. This is EHG -- an all-new one. Listen now! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜ญ This Is Us The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Fatal Vision The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ›ฃ The Killing Season Tiny Triumph: ๐Ÿ† Pickle & Peanut Around The Dial: โ˜•๏ธ Gilmore Girls Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” Search Party Around The Dial: โš“๏ธ Below Deck Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค– Westworld The Nonac: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ How I Met Your Mother Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Swimming With Sharks Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Masters Of Sex Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hot Potato Primetime Laughs Edition NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 137 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Allison Lowe Huff on Twitter
06/12/16โ€ข1h 45m

136: Stuffing Thanksgiving TV Episodes Into The Canon

In anticipation of America's favourite bird-based holiday, we're serving up an all-Canon edition of the podcast, with the focus on episodes taking place around Thanksgiving! Dave presents "Homecoming" (The Incredible Hulk); Sarah presents "The Wheel" (Mad Men); and for the Nonac, Tara offers "Freefall" (ER). Then there's a quick stop to name the week's Winner and Loser before a non-regulation Game Time that's murrrrrrrrrrrder (among other crimes). Load up your plate and listen! TOPICS The Canon: ๐Ÿฆƒ The Incredible Hulk The Nonac: ๐Ÿš ER The Canon: ๐Ÿ’ผ Mad Men Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Mother, May I Sleep With Game Time? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 136 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
22/11/16โ€ข1h 9m

135: The EHG Crime Omnibus: It's Killer

Eve Batey returns for a comprehensive look at crime TV past and present: Brooklyn 99, The Jinx, foreign-language series, trashy ID shows and even COPS. We went Around The Dial with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rectify, American Horror Story, and an apology for covering a certain business-reality program. Rosie was the winner, SVU was the loser, Tara tried to smoke out our votes with a High Maintenance Canon pitch, and we all played poet in an IMDb-keyword-haiku Game Time on an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ”ช Crime Show roundup Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคช Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฌ Sweet/Vicious Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“น American Horror Story: Roanoke Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Rectify The Canon: ๐Ÿšฌ High Maintenance Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ SMILF Rosie O'Donnell Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Plot Keyword Haiku NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 135 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter
15/11/16โ€ข1h 37m

134: Going Long With Saturday Night Live

On the eve of the election, Omar Gallaga returns to talk about Saturday Night Live's political comedy, Benedict Cumberbatch's hosting dรฉbut, and each panelist's personal SNL superlatives! The Blotter Presents a brief (and dismissive) look at Lifetime's scripted movie Who Killed JonBenรฉt?. Around The Dial stops at Ancient Aliens, Planet Earth II, The Crown, and People Of Earth! Omar presents the BoJack Horseman episode "Fish Out Of Water" for submission to The Canon, and then after we address the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's in a family way. Set aside 90 minutes (and then...some more time after that) and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒƒ Saturday Night Live The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Who Killed JonBenรฉt Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Ancient Aliens Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŽ Planet Earth II Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The Crown Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ธ People Of Earth The Canon: ๐Ÿด Bojack Horseman Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Major League Baseball Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Any Given Wednesday With Bill Simmons Bill Simmons Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Showbiz Moms And Dads NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 134 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
07/11/16โ€ข2h 11m

133: Looking Into The Black Mirror

Our esteemed colleague Danny MacEachern is back on Extra Hot Great for a dystopian good time with the newest season of Black Mirror, from obsessive "like"-checking to robot bees and everything in between. Buntsy updated us on future true-crime programming before we went Around The Dial with Jane The Virgin, Halloween on TV, Bull, superheroes, startups, and Negan. Everybody wants something, and Danny wouldn't give up on his Degrassi Junior High Canon submission, plus Nev Schulman actually picked out a half-decent kid name and Sarah's sure NBC's going to lace its Sneakers up wrong. What's the best use of a drone on TV? Why didn't Dave cry at "San Junipero"? And what kind of greasy kid stuff did we get up to in Game Time? Enter the Extra Hot Greatrix with an all-new episode and find out! TOPICS Lead Topic: โฌ›๏ธ Black Mirror The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Murder In The Heartland: In Cold Blood Revisited Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™€๏ธ Supergirl Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงต Project Runway: Fashion Startup Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ The Walking Dead The Canon: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Degrassi Junior High Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Catfish Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Sneakers Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Kids Stuff NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 133 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Daniel MacEachern on Twitter
25/10/16โ€ข1h 54m

132: The Listener Game Time Finals

Get ready for the knock-down, drag-out, final face-off of all our Season 1 Listener Game Time champions, as they battle to be the ultimate champion! TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Is This Anything? Supertroll Edition NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 132 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
12/10/16โ€ข57m 28s

131: Is Luke Cage Bulletproof?

Our esteemed colleague Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk Luke Cage, from the acting to the soundtrack to whether the 13-episode season felt like (or should have been) two shorter seasons. After a debate about whether David T. Cole will hate the distaff Magnum, PI and a Blotter review of Netflicumentary Amanda Knox, we went Around The Dial with Pitch, Timeless, Westworld (heard of it), and a Rachael Ray-meets-Look Around You web series from Australia before Nick hummed a few bars of Garfunkel & Oates for the Canon. A bunch of fall series won, Dr. Phil and Steven Avery lost, and Game Time tried to get between us and our Calvins. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ—ฝ Luke Cage Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Magnum P.I. (2018) The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Amanda Knox Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค  Westworld Around The Dial: โณ Timeless Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒฌ Easy Around The Dial: โšพ๏ธ Pitch The Canon: ๐ŸŽถ Garfunkel & Oates Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ This Is Us Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dr. Phil Game Time: ๐Ÿง  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Men World NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 131 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter
04/10/16โ€ข1h 26m

130: The Extra Hot Great Fall 2016 Preview

It's the pumpkin-spice latte of autumnal programming overviews! ...Unless you hate those. Eve Batey's back to look at the best, worst, and meh-est of new and returning shows. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‚ Fall 2016 Preview The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช JonBenet Ramsey JonBenet Ramsey Tiny Triumph: ๐Ÿ‘ Narcos Pedro Pascal RTs Tara's piece on him The Canon: ๐Ÿค  Justified Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Emmys Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Emmys Game Time: ๐Ÿง  We're Number 2! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 130 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter ๐Ÿšจ "Narcos Faces Law & Order: SVU In The Battle Of The Crime-Fighting Crushes" on Previously.TV ๐Ÿฆ Pedro Pascal's RT
20/09/16โ€ข1h 54m

129: Snatching Wigs With RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

With the best of RuPaul's girls returning for another chance at the crown on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Mark Blankenship returns to the podcast to talk about the twists, turns, and tucks! The Blotter Presents a true crime twofer: Sarah's assessment of the latest in JonBenรฉt Ramsey investigations, and a survey of coverage on East Tennessee catfisher Jenelle Potter! Around The Dial stops at Son Of Zorn, the Creative Arts Emmys, an update on how Sarah liked Better Things, and Narcos. Mark makes the case for The Real World's Season 1 episode "Julie In A Homeless Shelter?" to be inducted into the Canon, and then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we get into a Game Time that's double trouble. Zip up your ball gown and listen in! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช JonBenรฉt Ramsey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ช Son Of Zorn Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ง Girls Peter Scolari's Emmy win Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Better Things Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Narcos The Canon: ๐Ÿ“น The Real World Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ HBO; Jim Jones Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Miss America pageant Game Time: ๐Ÿง  My Single My Single Is Dropping Is Dropping NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 129 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter
13/09/16โ€ข1h 35m

128: Voting Early And Often On The West Wing

TWW Marathon Diarist Sarah Hope comes to Extra Hot Great for a West Wing floor fight: our favorite characters and relationships from Aaron Sorkin's turn-of-the-millennium political drama, the Sorkiniest moments, and the stuff that hasn't aged well (paging, um, all those pagers in the premiere). The Blotter Presents watched Marg Helgenberger chow the scenery in a vintage JonBenรฉt TV movie, and we went around the dial with new FX sitcoms, Lethal Weapon, The Night Of, and British teen coming-of-age story My Mad Fat Diary before Sarah H. held her nose and submitted Friday Night Lights's second-season premiere for the Nonac. Empire won, Dr. Drew lost, and tag we were all it for a very close Game Time. How does a bill become an "aw, man"? Find out on an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The West Wing The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Perfect Murder, Perfect Town Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ Atlanta Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Better Things Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“” My Mad Fat Diary Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒƒ The Night Of Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Lethal Weapon The Nonac: ๐Ÿˆ Friday Night Lights Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Empire Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dr. Drew On Call Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Taglines NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 128 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Sarah Hope on Twitter
30/08/16โ€ข1h 49m

127: Committing Mutiny With Halt And Catch Fire

As Halt And Catch Fire boots up for its third season, Philip Michaels joins us to talk about all the best bits (and bytes) of the first two episodes. The Blotter Presents Sarah's review of MTV's new true crime docuseries Unlocking The Truth, and then we go Around The Dial with stops at Key & Peele, British Premier League soccer on NBC, Ripper Street, and an appropriate vintage Vic-20 ad. Phil presents the Simpsons episode "Last Exit To Springfield" for the Canon, and then after calling out the week's Winner and Loser, we hold our noses through a..."delightful" Game Time. Log in and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’พ Halt And Catch Fire The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Unlocking The Truth Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ— Key & Peele Around The Dial: โšฝ๏ธ British premier league on NBC Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฉ Ripper Street The Canon: ๐Ÿฉ The Simpsons Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Catfish Katy Perry Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Nightly Show Amy Schumer; Kurt Metzger Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The Delightful Dozen NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 127 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Philip Michaels on Twitter ๐Ÿ’ป Phil at Tom's Guide ๐ŸŽง These Are Their Stories podcast
23/08/16โ€ข1h 33m

126: Big Draw: Animated Shows For Grown-Ups

Our esteemed colleague Monty Ashley is back to talk about our favorite cartoons for adults in all sorts of categories -- cartoons no kid should ever see (hey, Ren), series that work just as well for adults as for kids (lookin' at you, SpongeBob), the most beautifully drawn (and scored) shows, and much more. The Blotter managed to dig up a crime cartoon, and then we went around the dial with human cartoons on Catfish, Seeso's Take My Wife, the finale of The Great British Baking Show (get the PBS app, y'all!), and Occupied. Did Monty get whammied in his Press Your Luck Canon submission? Did a Criminal Minds star lose(r) the plot? And who's at the top of the podium after Game Time? We've got the line on an all-new Extra Hot Great, so check it out. TOPICS Lead Topic: โœ๏ธ Adult Cartoons round-up The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Crime: The Animated Series Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฃ Catfish Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Take My Wife Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ‚ The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Occupied The Canon: ๐Ÿ“บ Press Your Luck Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Making A Murderer Brendan Dassey Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Criminal Minds Thomas Gibson Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Gold, Silver, Bronze NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 126 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter
16/08/16โ€ข1h 43m

125: The Question Is Zoot

For a very special all-'Is This Worse Than Jazz?' installment of the podcast, Dave, Sarah, and Tara invite discussion of their own possibly worse than jazz TV phenomena, and dig into questions submitted by listeners like you, grading them on an appropriately jazzy scale: Rusty Gate The Question Is Zoot Smooth Poison Atonal Omens Of Pain Scat Man Down Barrelhouse Of Horror Boogie Woogie Influenza Slaughterhouse Jive Hateful Freeform Jazz Infernal Tootling The results may...really distress you. (Trigger alert: jazz.) Sarah and The Blotter's apprentice investigator Olivia bring us a City Confidential episode about a murdered jazz musician to determine whether it is worse than jazz. Then Around The Dial stops at Married At First Sight, Netflix's Last Chance U, and another topic-appropriate vintage ad unearthed by Dave. We debate whether Everwood's Season 1 finale 'Home' deserves a spot in the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's a non-regulation Game Time that smells a bit...rank. Limber up your trumpeting lips and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽท Is This Worse Than Jazz? The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช City Confidential Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ Last Chance U Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค  The Sixth Gun The Canon: ๐Ÿ” Everwood Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Debra Messing Game Time: ๐Ÿง  This Smells Rank NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 125 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
02/08/16โ€ข1h 26m

124: Where No EHG Has Gone Before: The Star Trek Fantasy Draft

Trek Week continues on Previously.TV with an all-new Extra Hot Great featuring Maureen "Mo" Ryan and the Star Trek Fantasy Draft! David Snyder kindly shepherded this EHG enterprise (geddit?!) through the lesser science officers, 90210 Borg Queens, and Count Bakula picks the draft entailed. Who will emerge victorious with the very best Trek team*? Stay tuned! But first, go Around The Dial with us for Full Frontal, UnREAL, the Looking movie, Superstore, and a Stranger Squirrel Girl, then see if Mo's Deep Space 9 pick entered the Canon wormhole. Rita Ora won, bloodsuckers lost, and nobody contested a winner-take-all political Game Time. Make some SPAAAAAAAACE!! on your iPod, then listen long and prosper! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ซ Star Trek Fantasy Draft Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›’ Superstore Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ Looking Looking: The Movie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“น UnREAL Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฟ Squirrel Girl The Canon: ๐Ÿš€ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Rita Ora Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Vampire Diaries Game Time: ๐Ÿง  The EHG Convention NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 124 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Maureen Ryan on Twitter
26/07/16โ€ข1h 58m

123: Rebooting Mr. Robot

As Elliot and the rest of the gang gear up for another season of hacking shenanigans on Mr. Robot, John Ramos returns to the podcast to talk about what went right, and what went otherwise. Around The Dial spins to the series premiere of HBO's Vice Principals, TNT's Animal Kingdom, last week's Emmy nominations, the pleasingly scaled-back Intervention, and Netflix's throwback suspense series Stranger Things. Tara offers up the Gravity Falls episode "The Time Traveler's Pig" for induction into the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we move on to a Game Time about humble beginnings. Log on and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿค– Mr. Robot Around The Dial: ๐ŸšŒ Vice Principals Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒŠ Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ† The Emmys Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅƒ Intervention Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง‡ Stranger Things The Canon: ๐ŸŒฒ Gravity Falls Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Keeping Up With The Kardashians Kim Kardashian Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Scott Baio Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Before They Were Famous NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 123 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast ๐ŸŽง The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
19/07/16โ€ข1h 56m

122: The Night Of At The EHG Round Table

Criminal Justice remake The Night Of bowed on HBO this week, and Al Lowe Huff is back to discuss the show, the original, and the importance of casting. The History Channel wondered if DB Cooper's case is Closed? before Tara Flipped Out, Allison joined the Odd Squad, Joe was Shown A Hero, and Sarah went on The Hunt while Dave got tired of being Preached to. Ron pitched Deadwood's second season premiere for the fucking Canon; Carrie Coon won and Roger Ailes lost; and Rob Hartmann bent our minds with another timely Game Time. It's time to open a file on an all-new Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒƒ The Night Of The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช D.B. Cooper: Case Closed? Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”จ Flipping Out Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Odd Squad Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ณ Show Me A Hero Around The Dial: ๐Ÿป The Hunt Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ™ Preacher The Canon: โ› Deadwood Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Fargo Carrie Coon Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Roger Ailes Game Time: ๐Ÿง  More Chicken, More Egg NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 122 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Allison Lowe Huff on Twitter
12/07/16โ€ข1h 39m

121: Loading In With Roadies

Remember how much you loved Cameron Crowe circa Almost Famous? Showtime must hope you do, because it's airing his new dramedy series about roadies on a rock tour; designated Rock Cop Jeff Drake joins us to talk about where it went right, and wrong. Around The Dial stops at The Jim Gaffigan Show, Game Of Thrones's Season 6 finale, ABC's rebooted Match Game, and Below Deck Mediterranean. Listener Laura submits the Parenthood episode "Just Go Home" for induction into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and wrap things up with a very animated Game Time. Grab your laminate and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽธ Roadies Around The Dial: ๐Ÿง”โ€โ™‚๏ธ The Jim Gaffigan Show Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชถ Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ“บ Match Game Around The Dial: โš“๏ธ Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Parenthood Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Grace & Frankie Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Vinyl Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Let's Go Grape Ape NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 121 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter
28/06/16โ€ข1h 24m

120: Paying The Piper With Orange Is The New Black

Orange Is The New Black Season 4 dropped over the weekend, and Monty joined the panel to talk pacing, mental illness, casting churn, and dark turns. We went around the dial with The Girlfriend Experience, a Skin Wars spinoff ("skin-off"?), Samantha Bee, OJ, and series that should know when to end before they start. After we got juiced with a Bob's Burgers Canon submission, Younger won, a Game Of Thrones bastard (and viewers) lost, and hilariously passionate user reviews dictated Game Time. Get on the corrections bus for an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿšจ Orange Is The New Black Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’‹ The Girlfriend Experience Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’„ Skin Wars: Fresh Paint Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ O.J.: Made In America Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Orphan Black The Canon: ๐Ÿ” Bob's Burgers Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Younger Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž HBO Now Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Everyone's A Critic NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 120 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Monty Ashley on Twitter
21/06/16โ€ข1h 42m

119: Tackling O.J.: Made In America

Just when you thought you were O.J.ed out after American Crime Story, ESPN presents O.J.: Made In America, and we bring true crime aficionada Stephanie Green back to talk about the first episode! Around The Dial spins through Veep, The Real Housewives Of Orange County, the Tony Awards, Cop Rock, and another very culturally sensitive ad of yesteryear. Stephanie makes her case for the Happy Endings episode "The Shershow Redemption" to be inducted into The Canon, and then after crowning the week's Winner and Loser, Game Time takes us somewhere no one can year you scream. Get your podcast ready for the run of its life! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿˆ O.J.: Made In America Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Veep Around The Dial: ๐ŸŠ Real Housewives Of Orange County Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽญ The Tony Awards Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Cop Rock The Canon: ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Happy Endings Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Nashville Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Fox Sports, Emily Austen Game Time: ๐Ÿง  SPAAAAAACE! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 119 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephanie Green on Twitter
14/06/16โ€ข1h 15m

118: UnREAL-ity Television

UnREAL is back for Season 2, and so is our esteemed colleague John Ramos, who joins the panel for a discussion of Hollywood truisms, miscasting, and whether the show is using Craig Bierko correctly. We went around the dial with Angie Tribeca, The Challenge, RHONYC, comics we had TV hopes for (now dashed), and the "high"lights of 1991 TV, before John brought an episode of Humans (heard of 'em?) to the Canon and we played a Nick Rheinwald-Jones Hot Potato Game Time. Who's more of a winner: The Bachelorette's Chad or Prison Break's Dominic? Is Niska our spirit animal? And will non-carnal wifeys Tara and Sarah be getting matching wristtoos? Buy into the fairy tale on an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ“น UnREAL Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Angie Tribeca Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Archer Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒ„ Twin Peaks Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฝ The Real Housewives Of New York City Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคพโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Challenge Around The Dial: โœ‰๏ธ Letter 44 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The Americans The Canon: ๐Ÿค– Humans Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Bachelorette Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Prison Break Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hot Potato NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 118 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter
07/06/16โ€ข1h 25m

117: Saying A Little Prayer For Preacher

Eve Batey returns, but will it be to worship AMC's new drama Preacher, or to condemn it to Hell? TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ™ Preacher The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Missing: Dial Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽถ Empire Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฉบ Grey's Anatomy Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ 60 Days In The Canon: ๐Ÿฅ ER Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Catfish Nev Schulman Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Damien Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Rhymes With Shonda NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 117 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Eve Batey on Twitter
24/05/16โ€ข1h 29m

116: The Heat Is On: Summer TV Preview

As the "regular season" wraps up -- is that even a thing anymore? -- the gang plus Kim looks ahead to the new crop of shows, old favorites, and what we can't wait to watch...or boot off the season-pass list. Catfish, The Americans, Survivor, Scandal, and the now-weekly plug for Happy Valley took us Around The Dial before we got Lost in Kim's bold Canon submission, and declared the colonies and America our winner and loser. But who won Joe Reid's yodelicious Game Time? Where are we, really? You'll have to listen to find out, Freckles: it's an all-new SPF 50 Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ˜Ž Summer TV Preview Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฃ Catfish Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ Survivor Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช Scandal Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Happy Valley The Canon: โœˆ๏ธ Lost Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Sleepy HollowTurn Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Night Manager Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Mountain Climber NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 116 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter
17/05/16โ€ข2h 26m

115: Sissying That Walk With RuPaul's Drag Race

Mark Blankenship brings his charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to a discussion of Ru's latest girls. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’„ RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ The Good Wife Around The Dial: ๐Ÿจ The Night Manager Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ฉ The Amazing Race Around The Dial: ๐Ÿคพโ€โ™‚๏ธ The Challenge The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Broad City Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Feud Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Dateline Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Oscar Winner TV Dinner NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 115 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Mark Blankenship on Twitter
10/05/16โ€ข1h 39m

114: Blindly Watching Game Of Thrones

As Game Of Thrones returns from hiatus, and moves beyond the books, the gang plus Jeff and Nick talked about Jon Snow, Crone Castle, and what's next for the Starks. We went around the dial with Better Call Saul, Valleys Silicon and Happy, Houdini & Doyle, Project Runway All-Stars, and the National Enquirer before putting Angie's 30 Rock Canon submission under a "Black Light." Humans? Heard of 'em (they're winners), whoever has to retitle Live With Someone and Maybe Kelly is a loser, and Rib Hurtmann changed a few things in this week's Game Time. Don't lose us in the tall grass; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿชถ Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ผ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Happy Valley Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช„ Houdini & Doyle Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ–ฅ Silicon Valley Around The Dial: ๐Ÿงต Project Runway All Stars The Canon: ๐Ÿ“บ 30 Rock Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Humans Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Live With Michael And Kelly Game Time: ๐Ÿง  TV Typos NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 114 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐ŸŒด The Again With This podcast
26/04/16โ€ข1h 33m

113: Crawling Into The Bunker With Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ณ Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Game TIME TO DIE Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ Confirmation Around The Dial: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ iZombie Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ The Outs Around The Dial: ๐Ÿš” 60 Days In The Canon: ๐Ÿท Brothers & Sisters Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Horace And Pete Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Catch The Here's Butt NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 113 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ John Ramos on Twitter
19/04/16โ€ข1h 34m

112: THIS...Was American Idol (And Some Other Stuff)

Sarah D. Bunting is back from baseballing, and Stephanie Cangro is back to discuss the final season of American Idol, the Idol farewell, and what it all meant to us as a culture. Liv and a sugar high told us about Face Off and My Little Pony, and we went around the dial with Togetherness, true crime, dance shows, try-hards, and a creepy deodorant ad. Was Stephanie's I Love Lucy Canon TOO classic? Should Martin Sheen consider shutting up? And why did Sarah get Rickie Vasquez and a Nats catcher mixed up? Don't wait until after an ad break to find out with an all-new, unpitchy Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽถ American Idol None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Togetherness Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”ช The Case Of JonBenet Ramsey Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ƒ So You Think You Can Dance Around The Dial: ๐Ÿˆ American Crime Story The People Vs. O.J. Simpson The Canon: ๐Ÿ’ I Love Lucy Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Greek Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Two For The Price Of One NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 112 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephanie Cangro on Twitter
12/04/16โ€ข1h 26m

111: Delivering A Suspenseful Beating To The Walking Dead

New guest Daniel MacEachern and returning champion Omar Gallaga join us to talk about an apocalyptic cliffhanger! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸงŸโ€โ™€๏ธ The Walking Dead None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ถ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅƒ Horace And Pete Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Scandal Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽธ Vinyl The Canon: ๐Ÿ“น The Newsroom (Canada) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Blacklist Famke Janssen Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž The Emmys Sterling K. Brown, Cuba Gooding Jr. Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Unsung Themes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 111 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Omar Gallaga on Twitter ๐Ÿฆ Daniel MacEachern on Twitter
05/04/16โ€ข1h 31m

110: Daredevil: The Blind Leading The Bored

After David T. Cole died, then came back to life as befitting the Easter weekend, Jeff Alexander sat down with the gang to discuss the second season of Daredevil, Joe's issues with Jon Bernthal, why a character based IN NEW YORK CITY can't just be Irish already, and whether any of us will be back for S3. After Liv's candy high took us through Face Off and Buntsy thumbs-upped the original Helter Skelter TV movie, we checked in with Married At First Sight: The First Year, Untucked, the Flash/Supergirl crossover, and The Real O'Neals. The Tick was a winner, the world's first supermodel was a loser, and Tom & Dick & Harry & Jane & Kate & Mary inspired a hotly-contested Game Time -- or, as Sarah's cold would have it, "Gabe Tibe." (Sorry about that, guys.) Did Jeff's mid-Office submission "win" admission to the Nonac? Does Foggy need a haircut? The answers to all these questions, plus something about a bear attack, in an all-new extra-crunchy Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ถ Daredevil None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Helter Skelter Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: โšก๏ธ SupergirlThe Flash Around The Dial: ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ The Real O'Neals Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’‹ Untucked The Canon: ๐Ÿ“‘ The Office (US) Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ The Tick (2016) Peter Serafinowicz Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Janice Dickinson Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Tom, Dick, Or Harry; Jane, Kate, Or Mary? NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 110 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Alexander on Twitter ๐Ÿ–ฅ Joe on Decider ๐ŸŽถ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs
29/03/16โ€ข1h 29m

109: Pledging Allegiance To The Americans

Tradecraft enthusiast Nick Rheinwald-Jones creeps back onto the podcast under cover of night to talk about the Season 4 premiere of The Americans. We break with tradition to let Dave interview Liv about the latest episode of Face Off, and ponder whether the jazz at the jazz club in House Of Cards is worse than jazz. Around The Dial stops at Royal Pains, Not Safe With Nikki Glaser, the pre-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend YouTube clips of Rachel Bloom, Bosch, and another racist TV ad from the '80s. Nick makes the case for the induction of the "4 Days Out" episode of Breaking Bad to the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a starchy Game Time. Go dark (to the rest of the world) and enjoy! TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Hot Potato Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The Americans None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off Is This Worse Than Jazz?: ๐ŸŽท House Of Cards The Jazz In The Jazz Club Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Royal Pains Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆบ Not Safe With Nikki Glaser Around The Dial: ๐Ÿšจ Bosch The Canon: ๐Ÿงช Breaking Bad Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Game Of Thrones Amy Ryan, Nicole Holofcener, Ian McShane Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Friends Unauthorized Musical NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 109 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter ๐ŸŽถ Rachel Bloom on YouTube ๐ŸŽง Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs
15/03/16โ€ข1h 30m

108: Is House Of Cards A Good Play?

House Of Cards dropped its fourth filibuster last Friday, and our esteemed colleague Kim Reed joined the gang to discuss how Frank Underwood and Scandal's Fitz stack up, plus constitutional procedure, hateful heroes, and a listener's possibly crackpot theory that all sitcoms should end after three seasons. We went around the dial with the end of Downton, new Broad City, Intervention, and Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Joe Reid pitched us an all-star Survivor for the Canon. Nancy Drew won, wigs lost, and a cliffhanger-based Game Time had a shocking outcome! ...Probably! Before you shove your TV in front of a train, have a listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ House Of Cards I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐Ÿคช Sitcoms Should Be Limited To 3 Seasons None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽฉ Downton Abbey Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒƒ Late Night With Seth Meyers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ Broad City Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅƒ Intervention The Canon: ๐ŸŒด Survivor Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Nancy Drew Sarah Shahi Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž House Of CardsThe Good Wife Wigs Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Cliffhangers NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 108 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Kim Reed on Twitter ๐Ÿ–ฅ Joe on Decider
07/03/16โ€ข1h 51m

107: Speaking Truth To Catfish

Max defender and periodically ashamed Michigander Stephanie Green returns to talk about the mรฉnage ร  trois that was the Season 5 premiere of Catfish and whether there's even a point to it anymore (...if ever). Liv takes us through the stages of the latest Gauntlet challenge in her Face Off report; Sarah takes us through American Tragedy, ABC's 2000 miniseries on the O.J. Simpson trial, for The Blotter Presents. Tara and Sarah consider the forthcoming Biblical miniseries Of Kings And Prophets and ask: Will Dave Hate This? Around The Dial stops at Togetherness, Fit To Fat To Fit, Married By Mom And Dad, Love, The Biggest Loser, and The X-Files before Dave In Chicago makes his pitch for That '70s Show's "That '70s Musical" to be inducted into the Nonac. Tara and Joe identify the week's Winner and Loser, and then it's on to a Game Time set in Sarah's very favourite place. Turn off the ringer on your burner phone and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽฃ Catfish None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช American Tragedy Will Dave Hate This?: ๐Ÿ‘‘ Of Kings And Prophets Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Togetherness Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Fit To Fat To Fit Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Married By Mom And Dad Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ž Love Around The Dial: โš–๏ธ The Biggest Loser Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ›ธ The X-Files The Nonac: ๐Ÿ’จ That '70s Show Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ America's Next Top Model Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž American Idol Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Spaaaaaaaaace! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 107 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Stephanie Green on Twitter ๐Ÿ–ฅ Joe on Decider
29/02/16โ€ข1h 45m

106: It's Time For Rhyme

The first round of the Extra Hot Great Listener Game Time concludes with the Son Of The Game That Rhymes from Rob Hartmann. Who's the last one to advance to the Hallowed Hall Of Champions round? Find out! TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Son Of The Game That Rhymes NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 106 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
22/02/16โ€ข36m 31s

105: Ringing In A New Season Of Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul returns for its second season, and Jeff Drake is back to talk about that, plus how much he hates Vinyl and which S2 Fargo should go into the Canon. Liv learned about parasites on Face Off, Sarah talked about American Crime Story's foundation book, and we went around the dial with SNL, The Good Wife, Alyssa Milano's wardrobe issues, and Teresa Giudice's parole tour before Bill Cosby "won" and Michael Skupin lost. Was Game Time Anything? How many times did someone yell "SPAAAAAACE!!"? Only one way to find out: listen to this mint-condition no-creases Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’ผ Better Call Saul None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off The Blotter Presents: ๐Ÿ”ช Jeffrey Toobin's The Run Of His Life Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš–๏ธ The Good Wife Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽธ Vinyl Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ—ฝ Saturday Night Live Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชก Project Runway All Stars The Canon: ๐Ÿš“ Fargo Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ Bill Cosby Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Survivor Michael Skupin Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Is This Anything?: EHG Assist Edition NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 105 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Jeff Drake on Twitter
15/02/16โ€ข1h 53m

104: A Little Taste

Game experts and EHG contributors Trip Payne, David Ellis Dickerson and Rob Hartmann join Dave and Tara for a TV show theme quiz. Oh, the clips are only one and three seconds long. So there's that. TOPICS Game Time: ๐Ÿง  A Little Taste NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 104 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
08/02/16โ€ข54m 27s

103: The People Vs. The People Vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

The old TWoP bullpen is reunited as Pop Culture Happy Hour's own Linda Holmes joins us for a discussion of American Crime Story, Ryan Murphy's dramatization of (this season) the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Where will your panelists fall on the matter of John Travolta and his Robert Shapiro eyebrows?! After Liv's latest report on Face Off, Around The Dial stops at Jane The Virgin, Rehab Addict, Hollywood Game Night, Drunk History, Ken Burns's Prohibition, and an ad from the '80s that maybe should have stayed there. Linda makes her (couch-)explosive case for the induction of the "Honeymoon In Metropolis" episode of Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman into the Canon. Finally, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, Game Time revisits the age-old question Is This Anything? Pull on your gloves and your Bruno Magli shoes and listen up! TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿˆ American Crime Story The People Vs. O.J. Simpson None: ๐Ÿ’„ Face Off Around The Dial: ๐ŸŒด Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”จ Rehab Addict Around The Dial: โœจ Hollywood Game Night Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฅด Drunk HistoryKen Burns's Prohibition The Canon: ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ American Horror Story: Hotel Slenderman Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘Ž Danielle Staub Game Time: ๐Ÿง  Is This Anything?: Competitive Edition NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 103 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ๐Ÿฆ Linda Holmes on Twitter ๐ŸŒด Again With This ๐Ÿ˜Ž Hollywood Handbook ๐Ÿธ Pop Culture Happy Hour
01/02/16โ€ข2h 5m
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