Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Blue Bloods is dead, but its spirit lives on (along with however many actors don't have anything better to do) in Boston Blue, CBS's new Beantown-set spinoff. How authentic is it to the Boston a Bostonian would know? Boston's own Margaret H. Willison returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Downey Wrote That, The Good Wife, The Good Fight, Love Is Blind, and Task. Never Not Mike pitches the Mad Men episode "The Suitcase" for induction into The Canon -- because no, it wasn't in there already, and we were surprised about that too. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that only has a little bit to say. Park yourself at the Green Monster and join us!GUESTS👤 Margaret H. WillisonTOPICSLead Topic: 🦞 Boston BlueAround The Dial: ✍🏻 Downey Wrote ThatAround The Dial: 😇 The Good WifeAround The Dial: 👨‍🦯 Love Is BlindAround The Dial: 🛩️ TaskThe Canon: 🧳 Mad Men S04.E07: The SuitcaseWinner & Loser: 🏛️ Michael FassbenderWinner & Loser: 😷 Rockmond DunbarGame Time: 😶 Get Margaret ThereSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📸 Margaret H. Willison on Instagram🦋 Margaret on Bluesky🌴 Again With Again With This✈️ EEHG 372 [in which we talked about Task]🕵🏻‍♀️ Best Evidence👀 Game Time answers: Streaming, Westeros, Neilsen, Pivot, Showrunner, Dharma, Crossover, Wednesday, Chyron, Maggie📷 Photo: John Medland / CBS

Tim Robinson is back with The Chair Company, a cringe-com with a mystery (or is it??) at its center, and Variety's Alison Herman is also back to talk about it: the little self-flagellating moments the show gets right, whether it's the Tim Robinson property for people who usually don't enjoy Tim Robinson, and why Robinson is like David Lynch. We went Around The Dial with 9-1-1s old and new, Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, and The Alabama Solution, and Tara busted out her see! cret! skill! at Canon pitching for a first-season episode of Platonic. Julio Torres won, Yellowjackets lost, and the panel tried to hit IMDb episode-count bulls-eyes in the second half of the 30 Under 30 Game Time. Leave that deviled-egg remnant right where it is and come join us!GUESTS👤 Alison HermanTOPICSLead Topic: 🪑 The Chair CompanyAround The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1: NashvilleAround The Dial: 🚒 9-1-1Around The Dial: 🤡 Devil In DisguiseAround The Dial: 😮‍💨 The Alabama SolutionThe Canon: 🏟️ Platonic S01.E05: My Wife's BoyfriendWinner & Loser: 🔷 Julio TorresWinner & Loser: 🐝 YellowjacketsGame Time: ⬇️ 30 Under 30 Part 2SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site✍️ Alison Herman at Variety💺 Alison's review of The Chair Company for Variety📜 Sarah's review of The Alabama Solution at Best Evidence📚 Exhibit B. Books🍆 Tara's interview with Platonic's Luke Macfarlane🤝 Alison's review of Platonic S01📷 Photo: Sarah Shatz / HBO

The fourth season of Monster, Netflix's true crime anthology, concerns itself with Wisconsin serial killer (or was he? (he probably was)) Ed Gein, played by former Queer As Folk cutie Charlie Hunnam. Did it get under our skin? Richard Lawson returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, Only Connect, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Richard presents the Season 2 finale of The Traitors Australia for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time about the shows select actors did for up to but NOT more than 30 episodes. Take a break from wood chopping and join us! GUESTS 👤 Richard Lawson TOPICS Lead Topic: 🔪 Monster: The Ed Gein Story Around The Dial: ⛄️ Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Around The Dial: 🔌 Only Connect Around The Dial: 🖖 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds The Canon: 🪃 The Traitors (AU) S02.E09 Winner & Loser: 🅱️ Ballard Winner & Loser: 🌴 Beverly Hills, 90210 Game Time: ⬇️ 30 Under 30: Part 1 SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Richard Lawson on Bluesky ✍🏻 Sarah's review of Monster: The Ed Gein Story at Best Evidence 💂🏻 Richard's profile page (including his Monster: The Ed Gein Story review) at The Guardian 💄 The Listen To Sassy Club 🎹 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ranking of the tracks on Billy Joel's The Stranger, with Dan Rogge 📷 Photo: Netflix

Pretend we made a witty "third and taking-too-long" pun, because that's what we -- and guest Kim "Best Thing" Reed -- thought about Glen Powell vehicle Chad Powers. It isn't bad, but between the first-drafty jokes and getting stuck between two tones, we're not sure you should watch all the way to the end zone. Okay, let's ditch the football puns to go Around The Dial with On Brand With Jimmy Fallon, Kim's recent-reality overview, and Sarah's High Maintenance rewatch; and let's see if the panel respected "Authority," Sarah's L&O: SVU Canon pitch. Nicole Beharie won, Mid-Century Modern lost, and we juggled a hot potato of HBO series "lifers" in Game Time. Pair your podcast app with your Cybertruck's sound system and join us!GUESTS👤 Kim ReedTOPICSAnnouncement: 📢 Club Drive UpdateLead Topic: 🏈 Chad PowersAround The Dial: 📦 On Brand With Jimmy FallonAround The Dial: 🏃🏻‍♂️ Competitive Reality RoundupAround The Dial: 🚬 High MaintenanceThe Canon: 🐑 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S09.E17: AuthorityWinner & Loser: 🩸 All The Sinners BleedWinner & Loser: 🛋️ Mid-Century ModernGame Time: ↔️ Cap'n Connors's Oops! All HBO SurvivorsSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🍏 Kim Reed's "Most Awesome Thing" segment in EEHG 374🏟️ Tara's Chad Powers review at Cracked💀 Tara's interview with Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson🌴 Again With This🪦 Sarah's essay on the passing of Robin Williams🏀 EHG 212 with the monkey/basketball🛋️ EHG 556 on Mid-Century Modern📷 Photo: Disney / Daniel Delgado Jr.

Reservation Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo has reunited with his S03 guest star Ethan Hawke for The Lowdown, a shaggy Tulsa neo-noir. Should you put it high on your list of priorities? We discuss. (Spoiler: yes.) Around The Dial takes us to Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian, The Great Pottery Throw Down, and Lynley. Tara pitches the Regular Show episode "Sleep Cycle" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we finish up with a Game Time on various TV actors' personal and professional histories. Give yourself some rudimentary first aid and join us!GUESTS👤 Patrick MonahanTOPICSLead Topic: 📚 The LowdownAround The Dial: 🤣 Caleb Hearon: Model ComedianAround The Dial: 🏺 The Great Pottery Throw DownAround The Dial: 👮🏻‍♀️ LynleyThe Canon: 🦝 Regular Show S07.E11: Sleep CycleWinner & Loser: 🫆 Pete Earley and Gerald ShurWinner & Loser: 🧑‍🦯 Love Is BlindGame Time: 🙅🏽‍♀️ Never Have I EverSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Patrick Monahan on Bluesky🥃 Tara's review of The Lowdown at Cracked📰 “Why ‘Rez Dogs’ creator Sterlin Harjo made a love letter to Tulsa and its contradictions” at the Los Angeles Times🤣 Tara's review of Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian at Cracked👀 Alan Sepinwall's newsletter, What's Alan Watching?⏳ The What A Time To Be Alive podcast🏦 The Extra Hot Great Mutual Aid Vault🛂 PBS Passport📷 Photo: Shane Brown / FX

The Morning Show is back to bring us its version of 2024. Can any of us possibly be ready to go back there? Maybe not, but we don't have the strength to resist gorging on The Morning Show's baloney, either. Morning Show-ologist Christina Tucker returns to talk about it. Around The Dial clicks through Futurama S13, Rivals, and Celebrity Weakest Link, then takes a trip to the cinema for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale. Margaret pitches The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air episode "The Big Four-Oh" -- yes, the one where Aunt Viv slays a dance audition in a clip you've probably watched at least once if not 20 times -- for induction into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close on a Game Time everyone should swipe right on. Get yourself the strongest coffee commercially available and join us!GUESTS👤 Christina TuckerTOPICSLead Topic: ☀️ The Morning ShowAround The Dial: 🚀 FuturamaAround The Dial: 💷 RivalsAround The Dial: 🔗 The Weakest LinkAround The Dial: 🏰 Downton AbbeyThe Canon: 💃 The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air S02.E07: The Big Four-OhWinner & Loser: 👨🏻‍⚖️ Presumed InnocentWinner & Loser: 👊 The guy who sucker-punched James McAvoy in TorontoGame Time: 👩🏻‍🦳 Silver VixensSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Christina Tucker on Bluesky🚀 Tara's review of Futurama S13🤦🏻‍♂️ Tara's essay on aka Charlie Sheen📰 Christina's newsletter, Chaos! It's The New Cocaine!💿 The hip-hop episode of Celebrity Weakest Link on YouTube👑 1999: The Podcast on The Thomas Crown Affair, guest-starring Sarah📷 Photo: Apple

Will Leitch, sportswriter and newspaper journalist, is back to talk about The Office-verse sitcom The Paper -- and whether you should bother with the season that just dropped in its entirety on Peacock. Has the world moved on from the TV mockumentary? Does this show understand what it is to love reporting? And does any of that matter if the show's not quite funny enough? Later, we went Around The Dial with Only Murders In The Building's fifth season, 30 Rock's YouTube channel, and Love Con Revenge before Will tried to find room in the Canon budget for Dept. Q's premiere episode. Going Dutch won, Selena Gomez lost, and we found out who skips the closing credits in Game Time. Take a break from lining that birdcage and have a listen!GUESTS👤 Will LeitchTOPICSAnnouncement: 🥴 Drunk Dave ComethLead Topic: 📰 The PaperAround The Dial: 🏢 Only Murders In The BuildingAround The Dial: 🪨 30 RockAround The Dial: 🖤 Love Con RevengeThe Canon: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dept. Q S01.E01: Episode 1Winner & Loser: 🪖 Going DutchWinner & Loser: 🍪 Selena GomezGame Time: 🎶 Outré OutrosSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📚 Keep up with all things Will Leitch🧻 Tara's review of The Paper at Cracked🏢 Tara's Only Murders S05 review🪨 30 Rock's YouTube channel👠 Step On Me Giganta🖤 Sarah's review of Love Con Revenge at Best Evidence🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our discussion of Dept. Q in EHG 565🏝 The Lonely Island And Seth Meyers Podcast "Listener Q&A Episode 5"📷 Photo: Aaron Epstein / Peacock

We are off this week but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 324: This Week In Historical TV: September 4-10, 1991.Earlier this year, our Patreon supporters unlocked a new milestone, and with it a new annual BONUS bonus episode: This Week In Historical TV! Since we've gone with September 4-10, 1991 and chosen as our lead topic Cast A Deadly Spell, an HBO TV movie that combines classic hard-boiled detective fiction with the works of H.P. Lovecraft, we had to invite Dan Cassino, a fan of both, to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through some highlights of our week in programming: the series premiere of Herman's Head; an all-timer Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode on Gamera vs. Guiron; Parker Lewis Can't Lose; and the Merlin Olsen-hosted Fantastic Facts. Tara pitches the S09 Cheers episode "Days Of Wine And Neuroses" for induction into The Canon. Then, after plucking a winner and loser out of the September 6, 1991 issue of Entertainment Weekly, it's on to a Game Time that has us asking many MORE than 19 Questions about the characters, places, and things of the 1991-92 TV season. Send your zombie henchman outside and join us!GUESTSDan CassinoTOPICS Lead Topic → Cast A Deadly Spell Will Dave Hate This? → The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw Around The Dial → Herman's Head Around The Dial → Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Around The Dial → Parker Lewis Can't Lose Around The Dial → Fantastic Facts The Canon → Cheers S09.E16: Days Of Wine And Neuroses Winner & Loser → Jack Wagner Winner & Loser → Ramy Zada Game Time → 19 Questions: 1991-92 TV Season Edition SUPPORT THE SHOW Join the EHG Club Shop our store EPISODE NOTES Full episode notes Dan Cassino on Bluesky The Herman's Head pilot on YouTube Mystery Science Theater 3000's episode on Gamera vs. Guiron on YouTube Parker Lewis Can't Lose S02.E04 on YouTube Dark Justice on Wikipedia Dark Justice on the Internet Archive Photo: HBO

We haven't heard much from creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg since BoJack Horseman ended in early 2020, but he's back with a new animated family dramedy, Long Story Short, which has already been picked up for a second season. Are we excited to lengthen our time with it? New guest Eli Yudin joins us to talk about it. Around The Dial clicks through Peacemaker S02, Zach Galifianakis: Live At The Purple Onion, and Smoke. Mlle. Caroline pitches the Andor episode "Who Are You?" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close up with a particularly fraternal Game Time. Grab some kugel and join us!GUESTS👤 Eli YudinTOPICSAnnouncement: 🤏 Patreon UpdateLead Topic: 🕍 Long Story ShortAround The Dial: 🕊️ PeacemakerAround The Dial: 🧅 Zach Galifianakis: Live At The Purple OnionAround The Dial: 🚒 SmokeThe Canon: ⁉️ Andor S02.E08: Who Are You?Winner & Loser: 🌃 Saturday Night LiveWinner & Loser: 📜 Lifetime's non-scripted teamGame Time: 👯‍♂️ All In The FamilySUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site👨🏻‍💻 Eli Yudin's website🗣️ Tara's Paul Reiser interview at Cracked✌️ Tara's Peacemaker S02 review at Cracked🎤 Eli's standup special Humble Offering on YouTube📚 "The Dog-Eared Days Of Summer" sale at Exhibit B. Books📷 Photo: Netflix

Amanda Knox's arrest for murder in Italy became a sensational true crime story...so of course it is now the subject of a scripted true crime series. Did we find it sensational? Eve Batey joins us to discuss it. Around The Dial lands on North Of North, The Yogurt Shop Murders, Back To The Frontier, and The Fixer. Tara pitches the Friends episode "The One With Russ" for induction into The Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that knows: triples is best. Put down your old cell phone and your platter of pasta and join us!GUESTS👤 Eve BateyTOPICSLead Topic: 🍝 The Twisted Tale Of Amanda KnoxAround The Dial: 🧭 North Of NorthAround The Dial: 🍦 The Yogurt Shop MurdersAround The Dial: 🪵 Back To The FrontierAround The Dial: 🛠️ The FixerThe Nonac: 🍷 Friends S02.E10: The One With RussWinner & Loser: 📞 Wendell PierceWinner & Loser: 🚨 MS NowGame Time: 3️⃣ Three For AllSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Eve Batey on Bluesky❄️ North Of North Outfits at Victoria Jacket💩 "And Just Like That Goes Out With A 'Bah'" at Cracked🍦 "The Yogurt Shop Murders Unpacks 'The Craziest Crime In Texas'" at Vanity Fair📰 The Pleat⚒️ "The Fixer: Marcus Lemonis's New Show Is Very Similar To The Profit" at Reality Blurred🔎 Best Evidence👯‍♂️ "Friends: Why Russ Is Played By 'Snaro' (When It's Really David Schwimmer)" at ScreenRant😉 "'Diner Wink' Full Sketch - I Think You Should Leave Season 2" [origin of "triples is best"] on YouTube📷 Photo: Hulu

The Alien-verse has landed on TV with Noah Hawley's re-imagining (or pre-imagining) of the xenomorphic worlds of the film series -- and Andrew Cunningham has landed back in the guest chair to talk about telepathic blackmail, when hearing is scarier than seeing, and acting choices that don't make sense. Is this essential viewing, or should you jump in a shuttle and bail? Later, we went Around The Dial with War Of The Worlds 2025, The Gilded Age, It's Always Sunny, and American Prince: JFK Jr. before the panel stared into the abyss of Sarah's Sopranos Canon pitch. The Yellowstone-verse won, the Sussexes lost, and we kicked off a new Game Time season with a real facehugger. Skip that cryo-nap and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great instead! GUESTS 👤 Andrew Cunningham TOPICS Lead Topic: 👽 Alien: Earth Around The Dial: 🌎 War Of The Worlds Around The Dial: 🚂 The Gilded Age Around The Dial: 😎 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Around The Dial: 🤴 American Prince: JFK Jr. The Canon: 👠 The Sopranos S02.E07: D-Girl Winner & Loser: 🐮 Y: Marshals Winner & Loser: 👑 Harry and Meghan Game Time: 🫦 They Mostly Come At Night SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky 📚 Andrew's book pod with Craig Getting, Overdue 👨🏻‍💻 Andrew at Ars Technica 🌍 Tara's War Of The Worlds review at Cracked 👵🏻 "Oldies but goodies" on sale at Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Patrick Brown / FX

Fifteen years after its series finale on Fox, King Of The Hill is back with its fourteenth season, now at on Hulu. Is it worth yelling from the mountains about? We discuss. Around The Dial stops at The Yogurt Shop Murders and S21 of Project Runway. Tara pitches the Close Enough episode "Secret Horse" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close with a Non-Regulation Game Time that's on the level. Grab a can of Alamo and join us!TOPICSLead Topic: 🤠 King Of The HillAround The Dial: 🍦 The Yogurt Shop MurdersAround The Dial: 👗 Project RunwayThe Canon: 🐴 Close Enough S02.E16: Secret HorseWinner & Loser: 🕵 The Tennessee high school forensic club that solves cold casesWinner & Loser: 📝 Temuera MorrisonGame Time: ⚖️ Oops! All Equalizer Challenge ZonesSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🗣️ Brian VanHooker's interview with King Of The Hill writer Norm Hiscock at Cracked🍺 Tara's review of King Of The Hill S14 at Cracked📅 Tara's ranking of the King Of The Hill's season premiere's most self-consciously 2025 jokes, at Cracked🦤 Nicholas Quah's review of King Of The Hill S14 at Vulture🍦 "The Yogurt Shop Murders Unpacks 'The Craziest Crime In Texas'" by Eve Batey at Vanity Fair🔍 "HBO's Smart New Docuseries Takes On The Yogurt Shop Murders -- And True Crime Itself" by Sam Adams at Slate📽️ "9 Clips To Remind You Why Kristen Johnston Is One Of The Greatest Living Comedic Actors" at Cracked🧑‍🏫 Classroom Essentials Lists at Donors Choose🎠 Secret Horse

Critic and podcaster Mark Blankenship returns to The Blankenship Chair to discuss Hitmakers, a reality show about songwriters that needs less contrived drama and more process -- but did appeal to a couple of our panelists as eye candy. Should you give it a try, or wait until one of its pop creations comes on in an elevator? We went Around The Dial with Happy Gilmore 2, Million Dollar Secret, The Challenge 41, and The Gilded Age spoilers before tapping our toes to a Canon pitch for Buffy's musical episode. A nepo Beatty won, Resident Alien lost, and Non-Regulation Game Time struck a chord with another round of Tube Tunes. We don't want to call it "fire," but it IS an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Mark BlankenshipTOPICSAnnouncement: ❤️‍🔥 EHG Club UpdateLead Topic: 🤩 HitmakersAround The Dial: 🏒 Happy Gilmore 2Around The Dial: 🤑 Million Dollar SecretAround The Dial: 🏂 The ChallengeAround The Dial: 🐎 The Gilded AgeThe Canon: 👩🏻‍🎤 Buffy The Vampire Slayer S06.E07: Once More With FeelingWinner & Loser: 🪓 Ella BeattyWinner & Loser: 👽 Resident AlienGame Time: 🎶 Tube Tunes XVISUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site💿 Mark Blankenship's Lost Songs Project⛳️ The one Happy Gilmore 2 joke that made Tara laugh👍 Tara's appreciation of Christopher McDonald😳 A ranking of all the HG2 non-sports cameos🔪 The latest true-crime reviews at Best Evidence📷 Photo: Netflix

Well, we all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone -- even Billy Joel, who has decided to take his out for Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part HBO docu-series about his life and work. Should he have kept it to himself (it's his life)? Daniel Blau Rogge returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through S02 of Digman!, The Comeback, and Billionaire Boys' Club. Dan presents the Hacks episode "The Roast Of Deborah Vance" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to Game Time, in which we're listening…to celebrity Frasier callers. Say Goodbye To Hollywood and hello to a new episode!GUESTS👤 Dan Blau RoggeTOPICSAnnouncement: 🍎 EHG Apple Podcast SubscriptionLead Topic: 🎹 Billy Joel: And So It GoesAround The Dial: 🪏 Digman!Around The Dial: 🥊 The ComebackAround The Dial: 💰 Billionaire Boys' ClubThe Canon: 🎤 Hacks S03.E03: The Roast Of Deborah VanceWinner & Loser: 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 High-Concept Dating ShowsWinner & Loser: 🙂 Happy FaceGame Time: 📻 Notable Residents of SeattleSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Daniel Blau Rogge on Bluesky🪏 Tara's Digman! S02 review at Cracked🛍️ EHG 336, including our discussion of Shangri-La Plaza🪨 Dan on the Glass Houses ranking episode of Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs💁🏻‍♂️ Listen To Sassy 141, featuring Dan🤦🏻‍♂️ Listen To Sassy 142, also featuring Dan👨🏻‍💻 Dan's website🍪 Adopt A (PBS) Station📷 Photo: Courtesy of Art Maillett / Sony Music Archives / HBO

Lena Dunham is back with Netflix romcom Too Much -- and so is Maris Kreizman, to discuss Dunham's return to the discourse, whether we can separate the creator from the show, and what the panelists who didn't care for it still think it did really well. We went Around The Dial with American Horror Stories's third season, Veronica Mars's FIRST season, and Ballard, and Tara hoped we'd come to praise AND bury "the Giamatti episode" of Black Mirror for the Canon. Richard Gadd won, Today's Craig Melvin lost (while letting Rick Springfield also win), and getting "home free" proved a challenge in a tagline-based Game Time. Throw a nightie on your favorite pet and join us!GUESTS👤 Maris KreizmanTOPICSLead Topic: 💂🏻 Too MuchAround The Dial: 😱 American Horror StoriesAround The Dial: 🕵🏻‍♀️ Veronica MarsAround The Dial: 🅱️ BallardThe Canon: 🪞 Black Mirror S07.E05: EulogyWinner & Loser: 🦌 Richard GaddWinner & Loser: 🥱 Craig MelvinGame Time: 👉 Tag, You're ItSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📇 Maris Kreizman's website🧨 An excerpt from Maris's new book, I Want To Burn This Place Down, at Rolling Stone🦋 Maris on Bluesky🪞 Extra Hot Great 558 on Black Mirror S07🇬🇧 Tara's review of Too Much👐 Kerr County Flood Relief Fund✍🏻 ProPublica's local reporting network📷 Photo: Ana Blumenkron / Netflix

In the grand tradition of our drafts for Law & Order and the Star Trek franchise, we're using this special episode to draft teams of staff, patients, loved ones, and inanimate shows from ER -- and who better to join us than Laura Hampton, a PA known to us from our Discord as an ER superfan who recently completed a full rewatch of the entire series? No one, which is why she's here picking a team AND organized the draft with the correct number of each category of character for us to choose from. Now we're going to need YOU to vote for which team reigns supreme! Laura also presents Doug saving Ben from a flooding storm drain in "Hell And High Water" for induction into the Hero category of the Tiny Canon. Finally, we close with an on-theme game about body parts in the names of TV shows and actors. Get listening, STAT!GUESTS👤 Laura HamptonTOPICSLead Topic: 🏥 ER DraftTiny Canon: 🌊 ER S02.E07: Hell and High WaterGame Time: 🫁 The Body Keeps The ScoreSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🩻 Final ER draft picks from Laura, Tara and Sarah📊 Poll: Best ER Lineup📊 Poll: Hospital You'd Most Want To Be A Patient At💵 Donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds💉 Your Local Epidemiologist on Substack📚 LibraryFinder

We are off this week but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 343: Should You Sign On To With Love, Meghan?It's clear the former Meghan Markle wants to do something significant with her British-royal influence; it's also clear her new Netflix homekeeping show, With Love, Meghan, isn't that. Stephanie Early Green is back to talk about why it's so dull, what might have helped, and how Martha Stewart succeeded where Meghan Sussex fails. Ask EHG wondered who would replace Noel Fielding on GBBO and which characters we'd want on our bar-trivia teams, and then Tara pitched a lyrical SNL sketch for the Tiny Canon. And after we listed our Not Quite Winners and Losers of the week, Sarah's Extra Credit polled the panel on important princesses of television. Throw on a $300 linen apron and join us!GUESTS👤 Stephanie GreenTOPICS15s Of Fame: 🤬 The Good SwearLead Topic: 🕯️ With Love, MeghanAsk EHG: 🎂 Replacing Noel FieldingTiny Canon: 🏀 Saturday Night Live S38.E18: Vince VaughnWinner & Loser: 🃏 Poker FaceWinner & Loser: 🏈 Tracy MorganWinner & Loser: 🍄 The Last Of UsWinner & Loser: 🏢 Keegan-Michael KeyWinner & Loser: 💜 Prince's estateWinner & Loser: ⛹️‍♂️ Running PointWinner & Loser: 📉 The RecruitWinner & Loser: 🎥 Arrested DevelopmentWinner & Loser: 🥀 Bachelor co-EPs Michael Margolis and Keely BoothExtra Credit: 🫅 Important TV PrincessesMini: 👑 The Royal ThemSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site💚 More from Stephanie Early Green at her website📖 Vanity Fair's Harry 'n' Meghan cover story🤨 “Meghan Markle Pioneers New Frontiers in Unrelatability” by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture🗣️ “The Meghan Interview” at People📷 Photo: Netflix

Like a lot of family-owned businesses, Havenport, North Carolina's Buckley Fishery is having a rough go of it lately. If they can't make their nut and pay all their employees on fish alone, maybe...smuggling cocaine will make up the shortfall? What could go wrong?! Jessica Morgan returns to talk about the ways Kevin Williamson's new show crosses over with the one we know him for best (Dawson's Creek), and the ways it doesn't but that we WISH it would. Around The Dial takes us through Season 3 of The Gilded Age, The Valley, and Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy. Sarah pitches the Law & Order episode "Empire" -- aka "The Julia Roberts One" -- for induction into The Canon. Then, after identifying the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a game that's naming names -- lots of them. Grab a serving of fresh oysters and join us! GUESTS 👤 Jessica Morgan TOPICS Announcement: 🏦 EHG Mutual Aid Vault Lead Topic: 🌊 The Waterfront Around The Dial: 👒 The Gilded Age Around The Dial: 😎 The Valley Around The Dial: 🏟️ Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy The Canon: ⚖️ Law & Order S09.E20: Empire Winner & Loser: ⭐️ Five-Star Weekend Winner & Loser: 😱 Ryan Murphy Game Time: 🪞 Same Name Game SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Jessica Morgan on Bluesky 🔥 Extra Hot Great Club 🏦 Contact Sarah about making a deposit to or withdrawal from the Extra Hot Great Mutual Aid Vault at [email protected] 🔫 "Kevin Williamson Reveals How His Dad's Sordid Past Inspired New Crime Drama 'The Waterfront': 'He Paid The Price'" at the New York Post 🤰🏻 "'Adults' Takes A Strong Stance On Abortion: Everyone Deserves Access, Including Jerks" at Cracked 🌴 Again With This's Membership Campaign 👗 Go Fug Yourself 🍹 The Drinks With Broads Newsletter 📚 Save On True-Crime Paperbacks at Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Dana Hawley / Netflix

And that truth is: none of us thinks you should bother, including returning guest Will Leitch, who agrees that We Were Liars moves too slowly; shows AND tells too fart-sniffily; wastes the talents of an impressive cast, including Mamie Gummer and David Morse; and is based on a property whose author sounds fake. We went Around The Dial with the very real The Chicken Sisters, Untold, and The Mortician before Tara's Canon pitch reunited us with Party Down's third-season premiere. General Hospital won, Doctor Odyssey (maybe??) lost, and Dan Cassino got us all a volume discount on long-running shows in Game Time. Cannonball verrrrrry sloooowwwly into our all-new episode now! GUESTS 👤 Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤥 We Were Liars Around The Dial: 🐔 The Chicken Sisters Around The Dial: 🏟️ Untold Around The Dial: 🪦 The Mortician Around The Dial: 👺 The Devil's Plan The Canon: 🎉 Party Down S03.E01: Kyle Bradway Is Nitromancer Winner & Loser: 🏥 General Hospital Winner & Loser: 🚢 Doctor Odyssey Game Time: 📺 Intermittent FASTing SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🎶 Will Leitch on the Rick Astley/popularity conundrum 🏙️ Will at NYMag 📰 Will at WaPo 📚 Buy Will's books 🎉 EHG 448 on the return of Party Down 😝 Tara runs down the best non-Daily Show comedic performances by TDS cast on Cracked 💀 Sarah reviews The Mortician 📖 Exhibit B.'s paperback sale 📷 Photo: Amazon Content Services LLC

Summer is upon us, but what are we going to watch? Robert Krut joins us to help make our traditional lists of what we're into; what we should be into but aren't; what NO ONE should be into; and what's fine for others but not for us. Dave pitches the South Side episode "Treat Yourself" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close out with a Game Time that's pure poetry. Find a spot directly in front of a fan and join us!GUESTS👤 Robert KrutTOPICSAnnouncement: 🏦 EHG Mutual Aid VaultLead Topic: 🏖️ 2025 Summer TV PreviewThe Canon: 🦝 South Side S02.E01: Treat YourselfWinner & Loser: 👨‍🍳 Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-BachrachWinner & Loser: 🩰 ÉtoileGame Time: ☘️ There Once Was A Man From TVSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🪶 Robert Krut's website🌴 The Again With This Club campaign✊ CHIRLA / Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights🙊 Sarah's review of Ask Not at Best Evidence🏦 How to reach Sarah for Mutual Aid Vault withdrawals🥮 EEHG 323, including Dave's "Treat Yourself" pitch for the Anger Tiny Canon🎙️ Tara's interview with Bashir Salahuddin at Cracked

David T.'s beautiful son Taylor S. Cole is back to discuss Dept. Q, a Scottish take on a Nordic-noir book series that has the good sense not to mess with star Matthew Goode's face. Chemistry in trope-y scenes, why Scandi crime stories often have a submarine, whether the mystery needed so many episodes to solve -- we're talking about all of that AND recommending actually Nordic Nordic-noir TV if you liked Dept. Q. Then we're going Around The Dial with Mountainhead, The Rehearsal, and The Last Of Us S01 before seeing whether Taylor can do his entire The Studio Canon pitch before we lose the light. True-crime actors won, late night lost some more, and three was the magic number for one of us in Game Time. Throw on a nubbly sweater and join us!GUESTS👤 Taylor ColeTOPICSAnnouncement: 📈 Club CampaignAnnouncement: 🎧 Incoming Apple Podcast ChangesLead Topic: 🛗 Dept. QAround The Dial: 🏔️ MountainheadAround The Dial: 👨‍✈️ The RehearsalAround The Dial: 🍄 The Last Of UsThe Canon: 🎥 The Studio S01.E02: The OnerWinner & Loser: 🪙 Anthony Boyle and Julia GarnerWinner & Loser: 🌙 Late-night prestigeGame Time: 3️⃣SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🎞️ Hear more Taylor S. Cole at the G&T Podcast🐝 Taylor's also headed to the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast🪞 And the Demi Myself and I podcast🐸 AND the Muppeturgy podcast⛰️ Tara's Mountainhead review and ATX Festival coverage at Cracked😻 Support Bookstore Cats🔥 The Extra Hot Great Patreon📷 Photo: Netflix

Matt Wolf (The Stroll) got unprecedented access to Paul Reubens, generally better known as his alter ego, Pee-wee Herman; Will Hines joins us to talk about what resulted from their 40 hours of interviews. Around The Dial takes us through Big Mouth's eighth and final season; The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox, and Magic & Bird: A Courtship Of Rivals. Sean makes his pitch for the "Long, Long Time" episode of The Last Of Us to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that really knows the score. Put on your reddest bow tie and join us!GUESTS👤 Will HinesTOPICSLead Topic: 🚲 Pee-wee As HimselfAround The Dial: 👄 Big MouthAround The Dial: ⚾️ The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red SoxAround The Dial: 🏀 Magic & Bird: A Courtship Of RivalsThe Canon: 🍄 The Last Of Us S01.E03: Long, Long TimeWinner & Loser: 📣 Taran KillamWinner & Loser: 🤬 Charles BarkleyGame Time: 🎶 Stay TunedSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📸 Will Hines on Instagram🫦 Tara's review of Big Mouth S08 at Cracked🗣️ Tara's interview with Big Mouth co-creators Jennifer Flackett, Andrew Goldberg, and Mark Levin, at Cracked🪲 The Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About The Beatles podcast👤 Will Hines's website🔎 Best Evidence📷 Photo: Dennis Keeley/HBO

Vulture's Kathryn VanArendonk is back to talk about Apple TV+'s Murderbot, and whether the books do a better job of exploring questions of gender and essential humanity without Alexander Skarsgard's Ken-doll crotch confusing matters. Should YOU give it a watch? We went Around The Dial with Overcompensating, Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives, and Leverage: Redemption's third season before Anne offered another variation on the Utahn theme with a Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City Canon Presentation. Kelli Giddish won, Tom Hardy lost, and we all tried to survive the process of Venn-diagramming premiere and finale casting in Game Time. Hack into your governor modules and join us!GUESTS👤 Kathryn VanArendonkTOPICSLead Topic: 🤖 MurderbotAround The Dial: 🏋️‍♀️ OvercompensatingAround The Dial: ⏳ Kids Right Now ShowsAround The Dial: 🎭 The RehearsalAround The Dial: 🤫 The Secret Lives Of Mormon WivesAround The Dial: 🥷 Leverage: RedemptionThe Canon: 🧂 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City S04.E16: Mysteries, Revealed?Winner & Loser: ⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims UnitWinner & Loser: 🦴 Tom HardyGame Time: 🛟 Survivor Round IISUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦤 Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture🦋 Kathryn on Bluesky🌮 The ATX Festival🤖 Kathryn's Murderbot review at Vulture🏋️‍♀️ Tara's Overcompensating review at Cracked🏦 Contact Buntsy about the EHG Mutual Aid Vault📷 Photo: AppleCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

After more than two years, Rian Johnson's Poker Face -- aka "What if Columbo, but a lady named Charlie who's a human lie detector" -- is back for its second season on Peacock. Does it still deliver a pleasing throwback mystery vibe? David J. Roth returns to discuss. Around The Dial takes us through the second season of Conan O'Brien Must Go and Netflix's special Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize For American Humor; Killing It; and Untold: Shooting Guards. Mike presents the episode "A Mercy" from The Terror 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 very long drive between fictional TV cities in America -- hey, kind of like Charlie! Gas up and join us!GUESTS👤 David J. RothTOPICSAnnouncement: 🍹 Club Campaign UpdateLead Topic: 🃏 Poker FaceAround The Dial: ✈️ Conan O'Brien Must GoAround The Dial: 🤣 Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize For American HumorAround The Dial: 🐊 Killing ItAround The Dial: 🏀 Untold: Shooting GuardsThe Canon: ⚓️ The Terror S01.E06: A MercyWinner & Loser: 🥊 Mike "The Miz" MizaninWinner & Loser: 🏈 Tom BradyGame Time: 🚘 The Great American Fictional TV Road TripSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 David J. Roth on Bluesky♠️ Tara's review of Poker Face S02🤩 "John Mulaney Is One Of The Best TV Comedy Guest Stars Ever" by Tara at Cracked📍 Tara's review of Conan O'Brien Must Go S02 at Cracked🤗 Tara's review of Friendship at Cracked🏆 Dave Roth's write-up on Killing It in "The Best Things We Saw In 2024" at Defector💥 The Distraction podcast🎄 The It's Christmastown! podcast🔫 Sarah's review of Whack Job at Best Evidence🗺️ The Road Trip Game Time Map📷 Photo: Peacock

Did Alan Alda vehicle The Four Seasons need an eight-part dramedy reboot? The panel -- joined by Alyson Lewis of Cracked -- doesn't think so, although one of us enjoyed returning to a version of a property that aired constantly on HBO in the mid-eighties. But did the story need this many episodes, or this downbeat a tone? Do we enjoy this iteration of a Tina Fey character? And why is a certain actor almost certain to get killed in prestige programs like this? Later, we went Around The Dial with Taskmaster's 19th season, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and The Clubhouse, and Tara hoped Mary (and "That Woman") would make it into the Canon. Kali Reis won, Disney lost, and we synchronized our schedules for a timely Non-Regulation Game Time. Boot up your favorite second-screen farm game and have a listen!GUESTS👤 Alyson LewisTOPICSLead Topic: 🍂 The Four SeasonsAround The Dial: 💌 TaskmasterAround The Dial: 😺 The Mary Tyler Moore Show S05.E04: Lou And That WomanAround The Dial: 🧦 The Clubhouse: A Year With The Boston Red SoxAround The Dial: 🚀 AndorWinner & Loser: 🏦 12 12 12Winner & Loser: 🏹 DisneyGame Time: 📆 Let Me Check My CalendarSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site😵‍💫 More from Alyson Lewis at Yes I Was High When I Wrote This🌷 Tara's review of The Four Seasons at Cracked🔪 Tara's Jason Mantzoukas interview at Cracked🐈 Cookie the foster cat needs a forever home📷 Photo: Jon Pack / Netflix

Heather wanted us to watch a 29-year-old Sam Elliott playing a cowboy in a Season 2 episode of The Streets Of San Francisco, and who were we to resist? We tell you whether the episode's worth ripping off your pearl snap shirt over. Our latest Ask EHG takes us through questions about, among others, our most out-of-character favorite shows and the strangest places we've ever run into someone we knew. Sarah pitches "Smizing" for the TV coinage Tiny Canon. Then, after sharing a new batch of Not Quite Top 11 lists, we close up by recasting famous original CSI. Find yourself a comfortable bunk and listen!TOPICSForcening Pool: 🌉 The Streets Of San Francisco S02.E21: The Hard BreedAsk EHG: 😩 Coping With EverythingTiny Canon: 👁️ America's Next Top Model S13.E03: Fortress Of FiercenessNot Quite Top 11: 😵 Defunct TV NetworksNot Quite Top 11: 🌨️ Significant TV SnowNot Quite Top 11: ⚠️ Cleopatra 2525 Character NamesExtra Credit: 🔬 Recast This: C.S.I.Mini: 🎸 Mark's TV Forcening (Jan 2014)SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🐮 The Streets Of San Francisco S02.E21: The Hard Breed on DailyMotion🙏 Volunteer Match👄 "'America's Next Top Model' recap: Private smeyes, watching you" at Entertainment Weekly🤢 Our Nonac discussion of "Amends" in EHG 024

Most weeks, we confront our guests with a Thought Experiment to compile for an end-of-year special. But this time, we're the ones in the hot seat. We asked our friends -- past podcast guests all -- to challenge us with TV-themed Would You Rather? They came through in a big way with hypothetical choices that really set us to some soul-searching. Listen to hear what decisions we're being forced to make!TOPICSLead Topic: 🤔 Would You RatherSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📚 Pre-order Will Leitch's latest novel Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride on Bookshop🛋️ The original credits sequence for what was then called Friends Like Us😳 "Seinfeld In Oz" on Dailymotion📺 The Decoding TV podcast

Black Mirror is back with a seventh season packed with miso jam, thronglings, classic film, Christian counseling services, a whole artists' commune, and more; Brandi Brown joins us to discuss what goes down (sometimes...way down). Around The Dial takes us through Hacks, The Syd + TP Show, and Top Chef. Tara attempts to get yet another game night sitcom episode into The Canon with Will & Grace's "Alley Cats." Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we're trying to get closest to the pin with Return Of The Return Of The Steep Incline Climber. Put that nubbin on your temple and listen!GUESTS👤 Brandi BrownTOPICSLead Topic: 🪞 Black MirrorAround The Dial: 😂 HacksAround The Dial: 🏀 The Syd + TP ShowAround The Dial: 🧑‍🍳 Top ChefAround The Dial: 🪒 Peaky BlindersAnnouncement: 🏦 The EHG Mutual Aid VaultThe Canon: 🎳 Will & Grace S01.E21: Alley CatsWinner & Loser: 👴🏻 The Bold And The BeautifulWinner & Loser: 💩 Mickey RourkeGame Time: 🧗‍♂️ Return Of The Return Of The Steep Incline ClimberSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🔗 Brandi Brown on Linktree🪞 Tara's review of Black Mirror S07 at Cracked🥚 "Every Black Mirror Easter Egg In Season 7" at Vulture🌃 Tara's review of Hacks S04 at Cracked⛹🏽‍♀️ The Syd + TP Show on YouTube🎟️ Tickets for Brandi's May 7 show at Turf Club in Saint Paul🎙️ Tickets to see Brandi among the performers at Rifftrax & Friends at Minneapolis's Parkway Theater👁️ The Crime Seen podcast📷 Photo: Nick Wall / Netflix

The Ankler's awards editor, Katey Rich, thinks Hulu/FX's new dramedy Dying For Sex -- about dying, kink exploration, and friendship love stories -- might be in line for some awards love. Did the panel agree? Listen for our discussion, plus Holofcener vibes, useless men, and rooting for Dawson's alums. We went Around The Dial with The Amazing Race, St. Denis Medical, and Andy Kaufman doc Thank You Very Much, and Katey lured us onto the corporate jet of a third-season 30 Rock episode. Olivia Munn won, legendary TAR teams lost, and we found out which TV set elements are bigger than breadboxes in a special Katey Edition of Game Time. Invite Neighbor Guy over and listen now!GUESTS👤 Katey RichTOPICSAnnouncement: 🏦 EHG Mutual Aid VaultLead Topic: ⚰️ Dying For SexAround The Dial: 🏃🏻‍♂️ The Amazing RaceAround The Dial: 🚑 St. Denis MedicalAround The Dial: 🎙️ Thank You Very MuchThe Canon: 🏫 30 Rock S03.E05 ReunionWinner & Loser: 👩‍🚀 Olivia MunnWinner & Loser: 🌍 Will Forte and Val Kilmer's agentsGame Time: 🙋🏼‍♀️ 19 Questions: Katey EditionSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Follow Katey Rich on Bluesky🏆 The Prestige Junkie podcast🎧 The Fighting In The War Room podcast🥀 Tara's Dying For Sex review at Cracked⛰️ Vanity Fair's Twin Peaks feature📚 20% off "plus-ones" at Exhibit B. BooksCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Will & Grace co-creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are back with a throwback multi-cam sitcom that isn't Gay Golden Girls, but isn't NOT Gay Golden Girls. Would we travel down the road and back again for more? Joe Reid joins us to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Last One Laughing UK, Shrinking, Adolescence, The Pitt, and Gone Girls. Joe pitches the Simpsons episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" for induction into the Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's more hard work than usual. Put down the cottage cheese and listen!GUESTS👤 Joe ReidTOPICSLead Topic: 🛋️ Mid-Century ModernAround The Dial: 💂🏻 Last One Laughing UKAround The Dial: 🧠 ShrinkingAround The Dial: 👦🏻 AdolescenceAround The Dial: 🏥 The PittAround The Dial: 🫥 Gone GirlsAnnouncement: 🏦 The EHG Mutual Aid VaultThe Nonac: ☂️ The Simpsons Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)ciousWinner & Loser: 🔪 Scripted true crimeWinner & Loser: 🏰 CitadelGame Time: 🥩 Butcher, Baker, Candlestick MakerSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Joe Reid on Bluesky🪞 Tara's Mid-Century Modern review at Cracked🪦 "Linda Lavin's Husband Reveals Her Touching Final Words" at ExtraTV.com⚔️ Tara's Side Quest review at Cracked🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz🎬 Demi, Myself & I🦤 Joe at Vulture📷 Photo: Disney / Chris Haston

Muppeturgy's Adam Grosswirth returns to talk about Shondaland's latest show for Netflix, The Residence, which takes us behind the scenes at the White House via a murder mystery -- but could the stellar cast make up for a too-long runtime and not-funny-enough writing? Do we have an Only Murders In The West Wing copycat problem? And should you bother watching? We went Around The Dial with The Righteous Gemstones, Smash on Broadway, and B-B-B-B-Bosch: Legacy's swan-song season, and Adam hoped he could train the panel to vote a first-season Murder, She Wrote into the Canon. Project Runway won, Netflix lost, and it came down to the wire in a very (equalizer) challenging Game Time. Grab that Audubon off the windowsill and have a listen! GUESTS 👤 Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏛️ The Residence Around The Dial: 💎 The Righteous Gemstones Around The Dial: 🎼 Smash Around The Dial: 🅱️ Bosch: Legacy Around The Dial: 👹 Daredevil: Born Again Around The Dial: 🍄‍🟫 Scavengers Reign The Canon: 🐶 Murder, She Wrote S01.E06: It's A Dog's Life Winner & Loser: 👠 Project Runway Winner & Loser: 🎙️ Netflix Game Time: ⚖️ Cap’n Grosswirth’s Oops! All Equalizers SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Adam Grosswirth on Bluesky 🐸 The Muppeturgy podcast 🔪 Tara's review of The Residence at Cracked 🔚 Not watching to the end? Here's Decider's recap of the finale ✝️ Tara's review of The Righteous Gemstones at Cracked 🙂 Sarah's review of Happy Face at Best Evidence 📷 Photo: Jessica Brooks / Netflix CLUB-ONLY NOTES 🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To 💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Patreon supporters earn the right to "forcen" us to watch TV episodes of their choosing, and while we usually never know what we're going to get, this time we each made a selection from the list of submissions. Was Dave worshipful of The Chosen's "The Rock On Which It Is Built"? Did Tara want to take The Young Ones episode "Bambi" out back and shoot its mom? Did Sarah thrill to the artistry of Hustle's series premiere, "The Con Is On"? Listen, find out, and then (if you haven't already) join us on Patreon to tell us what we should watch next! TOPICS Forcening Pool: 🐟 The Chosen S01.E04: The Rock On Which It Is Built Forcening Pool: 🧷 The Young Ones S02.E01: Bambi Forcening Pool: 💷 Hustle S01.E01: The Con Is On SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

We all love the series regulars on our favorite shows. But the magic of episodic television is that someone can pop into your life for just an hour, or 22 minutes, or maybe even just one scene, and make an impression that lasts a lifetime. Your co-hosts invited Jeff Drake to join us for a special episode in which we winnowed down our Sweet 16 of one-off TV characters to the one that, in this particular bracket, towers above them all. Listen to find out who the ONE one-off champion turned out to be!GUESTS👤 Jeff DrakeTOPICSLead Topic: ☝️ The One-Off Character BracketSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🧀 Jerem from 30 Rock🛶 Lord Flashheart from Blackadder II🎹 New Joe from I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson🔫 Agent Miller from Justified🪖 Hans Schmidt from Band Of Brothers😏 Dan Moody from I'm Alan Partridge🗣️ More Dan🍭 Sweet from Buffy The Vampire Slayer😇 Reverend Chatfield from The Mary Tyler Moore Show🛌 Emily Hartley from Newhart🤟 Laura from Seinfeld👩‍⚖️ Katrina Ludlow from Law & Order📻 80s Guy from Futurama📉 More 80s Guy🍼 Mr. Peters from The Dick Van Dyke Show🐎 Anne Berrisford from Beverly Hills, 90210👟 Hank Scorpio from The Simpsons👏 Roger from Friends

Obviously, we couldn't have anyone else come discuss Running Point but Krystal Farmer -- so thank God she agreed, and we went deep on everything from the charms of Kate Hudson to how much of a sport a sports-com should show, plus dumb pro-team fonts and believable sibling energy. Later, we went Around The Dial with Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Futurama on Hulu, and On Call, and Tara schooled us with her A.P. Bio Canon pitch. Éanna Hardwicke won, the Oscars' "In Memoriam" segment lost, and we celebrated the leading ladies of TV in Game Time. It's that that that time again: time to listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Krystal FarmerTOPICSLead Topic: 🏀 Running PointAround The Dial: 🌷 Grosse Pointe Garden SocietyAround The Dial: 🤖 FuturamaAround The Dial: 👮🏻‍♂️ On CallAnnouncement: 📢 The EHG Mutual Aid VaultThe Canon: 🧫 A.P. Bio S03.E06: That That ThatWinner & Loser: 🙋‍♂️ Éanna HardwickeWinner & Loser: 🪦 The Oscars In Memoriam segmentGame Time: 🏋️‍♀️ Strong Female LeadSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Krystal Farmer on Bluesky🪙 The Two Cents Plus Tax podcast🏀 Tara's Running Point review for Cracked🧺 Tara on TV basketball comedies, also for Cracked🔥 The Extra Hot Great Club page📷 Photo: Katrina Marcinowski / NetflixCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

After Suits became a surprise streaming hit a couple of years back, of course NBCUniversal couldn't resist going back to the well, and that's how we got the spinoff Suits LA. Is it facing contempt charges? Kari Race returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through The Baldwins, Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years Of SNL Music, Dear Child, America Undercover and A Thousand Blows. Kari makes the case for inducting an episode of Kroll Show into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that could spell doom for some. Take your suit off -- or put another one on -- and listen! GUESTS 👤 Kari Race TOPICS Lead Topic: 👔 Suits LA Around The Dial: 🇪🇸 The Baldwins Around The Dial: 🎸 Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years Of SNL Music Around The Dial: 👧🏻 Dear Child Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 America Undercover Around The Dial: 🥊 A Thousand Blows (AKB) The Canon: 🚽 Kroll Show S03.E05: The In Addition Tos Winner & Loser: 🏆 Martin Short Winner & Loser: 🌃 Saturday Night Live Game Time: 👤 Guess Who? SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Kari Race on Bluesky 👋 "Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life" at New York magazine 😬 Richard Lawson's review of The Baldwins at Vanity Fair 😥 Kathryn VanArendonk's review of The Baldwins at Vulture 🎙️ Tara's interview with Anthony Michael Hall at Cracked 🏠 Charlie's 80s Attic 🤔 Hey, Remember The 80s? 🥶 "The Ice Man: Kuklinski, Soprano, and an unjustly forgotten doc series" at Best Evidence 📷 Photo: David Astorga / NBC

The White Lotus is finally back, and so is novelist and Variety columnist Dan D'Addario to talk about a new locale for familiar hateful-richies storylines. We also talked about who we think gets killed, the most and least successful guest storylines, David Lynch, and what happens when a pandemic lark breaks big for premium cable, before going Around The Dial with Cobra Kai, Yellowjackets, and Lorne Michaels. Dan couldn't help but wonder if his And Just Like That... Canon pitch would succeed; Queens won and Ray Romano lost (guess everybody DIDN'T love him back in the day); and a familiar Game Time had us flipping through the PICI-to-English dictionary. Before you pass out at the dinner table, have a listen!GUESTS👤 Daniel D’AddarioTOPICSLead Topic: 🪷 The White LotusAround The Dial: 🥋 Cobra KaiAround The Dial: 🌃 Lorne (A BOOK!)Around The Dial: 🐝 YellowjacketsThe Canon: 💅 And Just Like That S02.E03: Chapter ThreeWinner & Loser: 🕵🏻‍♂️ Jamaica Bay, NYWinner & Loser: 👨🏻 Ray RomanoIs This Worse Than Jazz?: 📺 Netflix + AppleGame Time: 🗣️ Lost In Translation 2025SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📕 All things Dan D'addario🏆 Read Dan D'Addario's forthcoming novel, The Talent, available at Bookshop!📺 Variety's 100 Best TV Performances of the 21st century✍🏻 The New Yorker's recent Mike White profile🥋 Tara's Cobra Kai review at Cracked🦅 Tara's Jacob Bertrand interview📚 True-crime reading recs at Best Evidence📷 Photo: HBO

Family Feud is a game show that has delighted audiences for decades by challenging teams of related players to guess answers supplied by randomly selected survey subjects. Completely unrelatedly, our latest special episode, Kinfolk Kerfuffle, has contestants trying to match poll answers submitted by our Discord members. Dave presides as chosen family Tara, Sarah, Adam Grosswirth, and Kim Reed take on handpicked tribe Taylor Cole, Dan Cassino, Larra Morris, and Nick Rheinwald-Jones. It's time to play the Feud Kerfuffle!GUESTS👤 Dan Cassino👤 Taylor Cole👤 Adam Grosswirth👤 Larra Morris👤 Kim Reed👤 Nick Rheinwald-JonesTOPICSLead Topic: 🤬 Kinfolk KerfuffleSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🗳️ The results of the survey in Google SheetsCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

After NBC screwed up Charles Star's booking by dropping The Hunting Party series premiere weeks early, it's fitting (?) that he should, instead, join us for a Prime Video original movie about a scheduling snafu: the Nicholas Stoller-written and -directed You're Cordially Invited, starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon at war over a wedding venue. Did it leave us wanting to toss rice, or toss our cookies? Listen to find out. Around The Dial takes us to Clean Slate, The Hunting Party (Charles watched it so he might as well warn the community about it), Band Of Brothers, and just a whisper about the imminent third season of Reacher. Sarah pitches "Forks" from The Bear for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that tests our TV and movie knowledge SAT-style. Grab a slice of cake -- hope it's not too dry -- and listen!GUESTS👤 Charles StarTOPICSAnnouncement: 📢 Patreon UpdateLead Topic: 👰‍♀️ You're Cordially InvitedAround The Dial: 🫧 Clean SlateAround The Dial: 🏹 The Hunting PartyAround The Dial: 🪖 Band Of BrothersAround The Dial: 🧱 ReacherThe Canon: 🍴 The Bear S02.E07: ForksWinner & Loser: 🐲 James NortonWinner & Loser: 🗯️ Dumb fans of InsecureGame Time: 🎬 Adaptation Aptitude TestSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Charles Star on Bluesky💍 Tara's You're Cordially Invited review at Cracked🫧 Tara's Clean Slate review at Cracked🏳️‍⚧️ Donate to Trans Lifeline⚖️ Donate to the Transgender Law Center✊ Donate to Advocates For Trans Equality👨‍💼 The ALAB Series podcast🏈 The City Saint/Country Saint and Hostile Witness podcast⚾️ Baseball Prospectus🎶 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs Grammy episode💰 Sweet Relief Musicians' Fund📷 Photo: Glen Wilson / Amazon

Sterling K. Brown takes the lead in Paradise, and in the investigation that drives Hulu's new paranoid thriller -- and Rolling Stone's lead TV critic, Alan Sepinwall, is back to discuss both. Do the layered flashbacks work better for this material than for Brown's previous Dan Fogelman project, This Is Us? Does the dumb world-building outweigh the watchable acting? After we talked about how this underground/domed world stacked up against others on TV, we went Around The Dial with Common Side Effects, Mythic Quest, and the latest documentary from the Ken Burns Industrial Complex before Alan carefully constructed a Canon pitch for a Better Call Saul episode. Jennifer Garner won, Don Lemon lost, and what hark through yonder earbud breaks but a Shakespearean Game Time. Pack a bag for Colorado and join us!GUESTS👤 Alan SepinwallTOPICSAnnouncement: 📋 Form URL ChangesLead Topic: 🏝️ ParadiseAround The Dial: 🍄‍🟫 Common Side EffectsAround The Dial: ⚔️ Mythic QuestAround The Dial: 📜 Leonardo da VinciThe Canon: 🕳️ Better Call Saul S06.E07: Plan And ExecutionWinner & Loser: 💁‍♀️ Jennifer GarnerWinner & Loser: 🍋 Don LemonGame Time: 🪶 Shakespeare TV Dinner TheatreSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📚 Buy Alan Sepinwall's book, Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill: The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul🐉 Tara's review of Mythic Quest S04 at Rolling Stone🍄‍🟫 Tara's review of Common Side Effects at Cracked.com💰 Save on newly-minted books at Exhibit B.📷 Photo: Disney / Brian RoedelCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

With Saturday Night Live about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its series premiere, Peacock has assembled four documentary specials about how the show is made. Do any of them really advance our knowledge about this comedy institution? Omar Gallaga returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Severance, A.P. Bio, Playing For Peanuts, and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Omar pitches the Shōgun episode "Crimson Sky" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time about who stayed standing from series premiere to finale. Finish that bowl of Colon Blow and join us!GUESTS👤 Omar GallagaTOPICSLead Topic: 🌃 SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightAround The Dial: 🗂️ SeveranceAround The Dial: 🔬 A.P. BioAround The Dial: 🥜 Playing For PeanutsAround The Dial: 🏴‍☠️ Skeleton CrewAround The Dial: 🤠 American PrimevalThe Canon: 🏯 Shōgun S01.E09: Crimson SkyWinner & Loser: 👨🏻‍🦰 Conan O'BrienWinner & Loser: 🦊 The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick TurpinGame Time: 🎭 SurvivorsSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Omar Gallaga on Bluesky🤩 "Lorne Michaels Is The Real Star Of 'Saturday Night Live'" at The New Yorker🗃️ "Adam Scott Goes Back To Work" at GQ🗄️ Tara's Severance S02 review at Cracked🏚️ "Don't Take Home-Buying Tips From 'No Good Deed'" at Book And Film Globe📷 Photo: Peacock

Various legal proceedings aside, The Pitt is ABSOLUTELY not ER...but if you liked ER, Fug Girl Heather Cocks agrees with the panel that you'll like Max's new and extremely gnarly medical drama. It has all the ingredients that make a doctor show (versus a soap with doctors in it) compelling: solid casting; elegant world-building via medical students; and just enough jargon. We're going Around The Dial with Switching Gears, The Breakthrough, and comfort TV scripted and non- in the form of The Traitors and The Summer I Turned Pretty. We're also interrogating The West Wing's ill-advised 9/11 response episode, "Isaac And Ishmael," to see if it belongs in the EHG Nonac. Sanrio won, the Chrisleys lost, and Dan Cassino brings us below the line with a crazy-credits Game Time. Roll your gurney up to a speaker and listen!GUESTS👤 Heather CocksTOPICSLead Topic: 👨🏻‍⚕️ The PittAround The Dial: ⚙️ Switching GearsAround The Dial: 🔪 The TraitorsAround The Dial: 👙 The Summer I Turned PrettyAround The Dial: ⛓️‍💥 The BreakthroughThe Nonac: 🏛️ The West Wing S03.E00: Isaac And IshmaelWinner & Loser: 😸 Sanrio character My MelodyWinner & Loser: 😤 Chase ChrisleyGame Time: 🎬 Where Credit Is DueSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site💃 Go Fug Yourself🧯 The Anti-Recidivism Coalition's firefighter fund🧑‍🚒 The L.A. Fire Department Foundation📚 Exhibit B. Books's L.A. County Library fundraiser🚗 Tara's Switching Gears review at Cracked⚖️ In August, Michael Crichton’s estate sued The Pitt for revamping a proposed ER sequel into The Pitt🤷‍♀️ In November, Warner Bros. claimed it was NOT derivative of ER🍓 Ramy S01.E04, "Strawberries," on Hulu📷 Photo: Warrick Page / Max

Amy is a hard-charging doctor who's alienated almost everyone in her life. Then amnesia following a car accident erases the last eight years of her life from her memory. Can she start over and fix what she broke during that lost time?! Sarah Baker is here to discuss whether Fox's new drama Doc imprinted on her memory at all. Around The Dial takes us through Going Dutch, The Circle, Somebody Somewhere, and Everwood. Mlle. Caroline pitches the Ghosts (UK) episode "The Thomas Thorne Affair" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time about VERY useless keywords. Tighten up that head bandage and join us!GUESTS👤 Sarah BakerTOPICSLead Topic: 😶‍🌫️ DocAround The Dial: 🫡 Going DutchAround The Dial: ⭕️ The CircleAround The Dial: 🍣 Somebody SomewhereAround The Dial: 🪵 EverwoodThe Canon: 👻 Ghosts (UK) S02.E05: The Thomas Thorne AffairWinner & Loser: 🏆 Joey King and Cooper KochWinner & Loser: 📰 CNNGame Time: 🤷‍♀️ Decidedly UnhelpfulSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📸 Sarah Baker on Instagram🪖 Tara's Going Dutch review at Cracked🧭 The Great North on Hulu🔦 Sarah D. Bunting at Best Evidence📷 Photo: FoxCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 313: Taking A Journey In The World Of David The Gnome. It's time again for us to submit to the wishes of listeners like you, which is how we've ended up watching the series finale of The World Of David The Gnome. What was clearly conceived as a sweet story about gnomes and animals living harmoniously together in nature takes a WILD turn for its very last episode, so: thanks for exposing us all to that, Matt! Then it's on to your answers to our last Ask Ask EHG question, and our answers to your latest Ask EHG questions about Bryan Fuller's career, whether we are brat, and more. Some Not Quite Winners and Losers get their time in the sun and shade. Then we welcome in the grandpas for cartoon crossovers. Hop onto the fox that transports you around the forest and join us!TOPICS15s Of Fame: 🍔 RaxForcening Pool: 🌳 The World Of David The Gnome S01.E26: The Mountains of BeyondAsk EHG: 🦴 TV Theme Boning PitfallsWinner & Loser: 🤣 Jimmy FallonWinner & Loser: 🐴 My Lady JaneWinner & Loser: 💤 The AcolyteWinner & Loser: 🔫 The SopranosWinner & Loser: ⚖️ Andy CohenWinner & Loser: ⛳️ Owen Wilson's untitled AppleTV+ golf comedyWinner & Loser: 😑 An NBC executive who was wrong about FriendsExtra Credit: 🖖 Those Old Something Elses15s Of Fame: 🍔 RaxMini: 🪓 Cartoon Version (Jun 2016)SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦊 The World Of David The Gnome S01.E26: The Mountains Of Beyond on YouTube🧠 Mojo Jojo after getting absolutely wrecked by the Powerpuff GirlsCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 296: Showing Proper Deference To Star Maidens. We're in the doldrums of mid-May. None of the week's TV premieres lit us with a fire of passion. What better time for Dave to make us all watch Star Maidens, a mid-70s British sci-fi show about a CRAZY planet where women are in charge and men are their bitter servants. What could go wrong? For Ask EHG, we solicited your DUMBEST questions, and you came through with queries about, among others, how our pets would get in trouble if they went to school and which of the three of us would win in an EHG Thunderdome. We bring you some all-new Not Quite Top 11 Lists in lieu of the week's Winner and Loser. Then we close up with Anthobuzz's Extra Credit submission on updating a Rodman's World Tour poker segment for the decade of our choice. Get in the Hypnomat and join us!TOPICSLead Topic: 👸 Dave Forces Everyone To Watch The Series Premiere Of Star MaidensAsk EHG: 🤪 Your dumbest questionsNot Quite Top 11: 🚐 Saturday Morning Programs Whose Titles Could Double As Basic Cable Shows In A Different GenreNot Quite Top 11: 🎀 TV Portrayals Of Jackie ONot Quite Top 11: 🍁 Canadian Snacks To Enjoy While Watching TVExtra Credit: 🃏 Rodman FlushSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site👸 Star Maidens S01.E01: Escape To Paradise on YouTube🤴 Sexy King Vitaman🃏 "Dennis Rodman plays poker with Kelsey Grammar & Pat Smear (1997)" on YouTubeCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

One week out from Christmas, we're bringing you a special all about the holidays. Will festive episodes of The Twilight Zone and Frasier take their place in our TV Hall of Fame? Will a famous failure of a Veronica Mars episode land in our Hall of Shame? Fa la la la la la la la listen and find out!TOPICSThe Canon: 👞 The Twilight Zone S01.E12: What You NeedThe Nonac: 📼 Veronica Mars S02.E10: One Angry VeronicaThe Canon: 🤶🏻 Frasier S06.E10: Merry Christmas, Mrs. MoskowitzSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📷 Paramount / CBS / Warner Bros.CLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

It had been far too long since we played Mullendash, one of our favorite games, so we reached out to our network and gathered three people who write jokes for a living: standup comic Brandi Brown; comic and former Desus & Mero head writer Josh Gondelman; and former Last Week Tonight writer Jill Twiss. How good were they at writing bad punchlines that could pass for Jim Mullen's, thus fooling their fellow players? Listen and find out!GUESTS👤 Josh Gondelman👤 Brandi Brown👤 Jill TwissTOPICSLead Topic: 🧠 MullendashSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🫠 The first Mullendash episode from 2023📸 Brandi Brown on Instagram🦋 Josh Gondelman on Bluesky🦋 Jill Twiss on Bluesky🦙 "What I Saw At The Minnesota State Fair's Llama-Alpaca Experience" by Brandi at Defector🎡 "We Must Never Forget That Amy Klobuchar Is A Cowardly State Fair Centrist" by Brandi at Defector🗳️ Jill's book Everyone Gets A Say😌 Josh's newsletter That's Marvelous🏟️ Tour dates and more at Josh's websiteCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Once again, 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 yearly EHG tradition!GUESTS👤 Alan Sepinwall👤 Brandi Brown👤 Caroline Lefloch👤 Sarah Baker👤 Alison Herman👤 Adam Grosswirth👤 Taylor Cole👤 Omar Gallaga👤 Krystal Farmer👤 Dan Cassino👤 David Wiebe👤 Eve Batey👤 Monty Ashley👤 Andy Dehnart👤 Alex Collins👤 Daniel MacEachern👤 Kari Race👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones👤 Jessica Morgan👤 Devindra Hardawar👤 Stephanie GreenTOPICSLead Topic: 🧠 Guest Thought ExperimentsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🤔 2023 Guest Thought Experiments🧐 2022 Guest Thought Experiments👕 Dave made Dave the shirt

One of the oldest and most venerated game show formats is Password, dating back to well before all your co-hosts were alive. On an entirely unrelated note, for this special episode, we're playing a game called Personal Authorization Code! We've invited our friends Sarah Baker, Robert Krut, Jeff Drake, and Wendy Molyneux to play; since all of them live on the west coast and had to record in the middle of the night, our beloved Joe Reid sat in for Sarah as Tara's partner. Who can do the most with the least...number of words? Listen and learn!GUESTS👤 Sarah Baker👤 Jeff Drake👤 Robert Krut👤 Wendy Molyneux👤 Joe ReidTOPICSGame Time: 🤐 Personal Authorization CodeSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📸 Sarah Baker on Instagram🦋 Jeff Drake on Bluesky📸 Robert Krut on Instagram📸 Wendy Molyneux on Instagram🦋 Joe Reid on BlueskyCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Prestige series Dune: Prophecy travels more than ten thousand years into the past to see what put in motion the Dune-iverse events we already knew about. Guest Phil Maciak took the time-machine trip with us to discuss whether the series is only for fans of the existing IP; what the series might have focused on instead of administrative wrangling; and why the club always looks annoying regardless of timeline. We went Around The Dial with A Man On The Inside, Junior Taskmaster, Say Nothing, and a Day Of The Jackel update before Phil appealed to our hearts -- and guts -- with a Somebody Somewhere pitch. Friday Night Lights won, Jenny Mollen lost, and the melody lingered on with another round of Tube Tunes. Cue up your thinking machines and listen now!GUESTS👤 Philip MaciakTOPICSLead Topic: 🪱 Dune: ProphecyAround The Dial: 🚪 A Man On The InsideAround The Dial: 💌 Junior TaskmasterAround The Dial: 🇮🇪 Say NothingAround The Dial: 🔫 The Day Of The JackalThe Canon: 🧻 Somebody Somewhere S02.E02: #2Winner & Loser: 🏈 Friday Night LightsWinner & Loser: ✈️ Jenny MollenGame Time: 🎶 Tube Tunes XVSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Phillip Maciak on Bluesky🔥 EHG Humans Bluesky Starter List🤐 Phil's Say Nothing review🤫 ...which Sarah's review links to in her review😻 Find cat TNR and rescue groups near you (in the U.S.)🥋 Tara's Cobra Kai S06 review at Cracked🧤 Donate to Street Forum's winter-gear fundraiser💵 The National Network Of Abortion Funds📷 Photo: HBOCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Superstore creator Justin Spitzer has teamed up with Eric Ledgin for a new sitcom set at an Oregon hospital. Is it goofier than the subject matter demands? Stephanie Early Green returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Anatomy Of Lies, Sister Wives, Cruel Doubt, and The Penguin. Stephanie pitches the 10th episode of Australia's Instant Hotel's first season for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close up with a Game Time about TV shows that burned brightly, but too briefly (and...not always brightly). Put your feet up -- in or out of traction; that's up to you -- and join us! GUESTS 👤 Stephanie Green TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏥 St. Denis Medical Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🩻 Anatomy Of Lies Around The Dial: 💍 Sister Wives Around The Dial: 🤔 Cruel Doubt Around The Dial: 🐧 The Penguin The Canon: 🏨 Instant Hotel S01.E10 Winner & Loser: 😱 Macaulay Culkin Winner & Loser: 🐮 Taylor Sheridan Game Time: 📉 One Season And No Movie SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🩺 Tara's comedies about doctors and hospitals, at Cracked 🍽️ Stephanie's essay "My Great Hunger" at The Cincinnati Review 🤔 Cruel Doubt on YouTube 📚 The major-case sale at Exhibit B. Books 🎁 Extra Hot Great gift subscriptions at Patreon 📷 Photo: Ron Batzdorff / NBC