Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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👤 Dan RoggeTOPICSLead Topic: 👁 The Watcher Around The Dial: 🏫 High School Around The Dial: ⚾️ Baseball On TVAround The Dial: 📿 The Vow Around The Dial: 🛍 Shopping ComasThe Canon: 👨‍🚀 Frasier S04.E01: The Two Mrs. CranesWinner & Loser: 👍 Vivica A. FoxWinner & Loser: 👎 Jenna LyonsGame Time: 🤔 19 QuestionsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 429 page on ExtraHotGreat.com👀 The original reporting The Watcher is based on, at The Cut🥽 A 2022 update on the case, also at The Cut💄 The September 1989 Fashion Etc. episode of Listen To Sassy👻 Tara's post on Los Espookys and What We Do In The Shadows, at Slate🎞 Tara's review of Documentary Now! S04 at VanityFair.com🐦 Dan Rogge on Twitter🗼 The Seattle Film Commission💍 The Decoder Ring podcast🏠 Quaid In Full on Cold Creek Manor🔎 The Best Evidence newsletter📷 Photo: Netflix

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👤 Daniel MacEachernTOPICSLead Topic: 🦀 Alaska Daily I Am Not A Crackpot: ⚠️ TV Characters Need To Watch The GD RoadAround The Dial: 🛳 The Real Love Boat Around The Dial: 🥾 Reboot Around The Dial: 👹 The Winchesters Around The Dial: 🐺 Werewolf By Night The Canon: 💌 Taskmaster S05.E08: Their Water's So DeliciousWinner & Loser: 👍 The 1996 movie FearWinner & Loser: 👎 TV True CrimeGame Time: 📖 Novel IdeasNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 428 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Danny MacEachern on Twitter🔦 CBC's Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo podcast📣 Pre-ordering for Kase Wickman's Bring It On book🌅 Tara's Paul Reiser interview at GQ.com💌 Taskmaster S05.E08 on YouTube🕵🏻‍♀️ The Best Evidence newsletter📷 Photo: ABC

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👤 Karina LongworthTOPICSLead Topic: 🧛🏻‍♂️ Interview With The Vampire Around The Dial: 🌎 The Amazing Race Around The Dial: 🧑🏽‍🏫 Abbott Elementary Around The Dial: 🙋‍♀️ Celebrity Jeopardy Around The Dial: 🥁 Bands On The Run I Am Not A Crackpot: 🧑‍✈️ Pilot LoveWinner & Loser: 👍 Vanessa WilliamsWinner & Loser: 👎 House Of The Dragon Game Time: 👨‍🍳 It's A Cookbook!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 427 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Karina Longworth on Twitter🦋 "Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson Explain How 'Interview with the Vampire' Created Lestat and Louis's 'Beautiful' Floating Sex Scene" at Decider⚰️ Tara's Interview With The Vampire review at VanityFair.com✍️ Tara's Ramy S03 review at VanityFair.com🎞 The You Must Remember This podcast🐦 You Must Remember This on Twitter🥁 Bands On The Run on YouTube🧨 A 2001 interview with Soulcracker🎶 Mark Blankenship's newsletter, The Lost Songs Project📷 Photo: Alfonso Bresciani / AMC

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👤 Matt BelknapTOPICSLead Topic: 🚀 Andor Around The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1 Around The Dial: 🙅🏽‍♀️ Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: ⚖️ Law & Order Triple CrossoverAround The Dial: 💵 Wee Hours Benefit Helpline AdWill Dave Hate This?: 👮🏻 NoPoFo The Nonac: ⚽️ Friends S05.E21: The One With The BallWinner & Loser: 👍 True Detective Winner & Loser: 👎 Cobra Kai Game Time: 🤩 Captain Needa's Oops! All Star WarsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 426 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🫑 Matt Belknap on Never Not Funny🐦 Never Not Funny on Twitter🎙 Tara interviews Johnny Knoxville at VanityFair.com🌴 Again With Them at the Again With This Patreon💄 Listen To Sassy Club📚 Save 10% on new books at Exhibit B. Books🐍 Cobra Kai, boiled down to its tropes by @NetflixIsAJoke📷 Photo: Disney+

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 👤 Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦘 Quantum Leap (2022) Around The Dial: 👻 Los Espookys Around The Dial: 🐶 Reservation Dogs Around The Dial: 💾 Halt And Catch Fire Around The Dial: ⏰ Journeyman Will Dave Hate This?: 🐺 Werewolf By Night Extra Credit: ❤️‍🩹 Another Sad Divorce Statistic The Canon: 🧑‍🚀 Station Eleven S01.E09: Dr. Chaudhary Winner & Loser: 👍 Grimm Winner & Loser: 👎 NY1 Meteorologist Erick Adame Game Time: 🤯 Quantum Leaping NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 425 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter 🎙 Kathryn's 2019 interview with Scott Bakula about the original Quantum Leap 💄 The Listen To Sassy podcast on Patreon 👤 Kathryn's Kate Beaton profile at Vulture 🦤 The Vulture Festival 👋 Kathryn and Jesse David Fox's conversation about Welcome To Wrexham at Vulture ✍️ Kathryn at Vulture 📚 Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Ron Batzdorff / NBC

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👤 Sarah BakerTOPICSLead Topic: 🕺 American Gigolo Around The Dial: 👑 Monarch Around The Dial: 💼 The Dick Van Dyke Show Around The Dial: 👒 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Around The Dial: 🐷 Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: 🐍 Cobra Kai I Am Not A Crackpot: 🍕 Cobra Kai LocationsAround The Dial: 💍 The Rings Of Power The Canon: 🍆 PEN15 S01.E10: DanceWinner & Loser: 👍 Lee Jung-jaeWinner & Loser: 👎 Dick WolfGame Time: ☎️ Call ThemNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 424 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🎙 Tara's Rosie O'Donnell interview at Vanity Fair👀 Watch Sarah Baker in The Kominsky Method on Netflix🎞 Kominsky's third-season trailer🧭 The Great North on Hulu🌳 Central Park on AppleTV+🪫 Tara's Mark Proksch interview at VF❌ Tara's Decider piece about current primetime soaps, ALL of which ended up getting cancelled🤰 Tara's The Handmaid's Tale S05 review at VF🎶 The #LilithFair40 season finale on MASTAS💄 Listen To Sassy📷 Photo: Warrick Page / Showtime

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.TOPICSLead Topic: 🧑‍🏫 TV Teacher ThunderdomeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 423 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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👤 Patrick MonahanTOPICSLead Topic: 🔗 The Patient Around The Dial: 🚂 Star Trek: Lower Decks Around The Dial: 🌙 For All Mankind Around The Dial: 🏦 Industry Around The Dial: 🥊 Mike The Canon: 🦝 Regular Show S04.E18: That’s My TelevisionWinner & Loser: 👍 Dads getting hit in the nutsWinner & Loser: 👎 NBCGame Time: 📻 Tube Tunes XINOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 422 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Patrick Monahan on Twitter🤒 Alan Sepinwall's review of The Patient at RollingStone.com (subscription required)⚾️ Tara's essay on A League Of Their Own at Defector🐝 Tara on the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, discussing A Walk On The Moon🤹‍♀️ Tara moderating the "Dangerous Women" panel at the 2022 ATX TV Festival🥧 The What A Time To Be Alive! podcast🧛🏻‍♂️ The Not You, Guillermo podcast📸 Patty on Instagram🥊 Sarah's review of Mike at the Best Evidence newsletter☠️ Sarah discussing I Just Killed My Dad on the Crime Seen podcast📸 Photo: Frank Ockenfells / FX

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👤 Jeff DrakeTOPICSLead Topic: 🐲 House Of The Dragon Around The Dial: ⚖️ She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Around The Dial: 🐶 Bluey Around The Dial: 🦈 Zig & Sharko Around The Dial: 🫥 Untold Extra Credit: 🌉 An Infinite Number Of BridgesThe Canon: 🔔 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia S12.E02: The Gang Goes To A Water ParkWinner & Loser: 👍 Only Murders In The Building Winner & Loser: 👎 Love Is Blind Game Time: 👴🏼 House Of The Draggin'NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 421 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🦆 Jeff Drake's show Central Park🤬 Jeff's podcast 9 Chickweed Rage is now up!🚓 The Hot Fuzz gif🤢 "Inside Hollywood's Visual Effects Crisis" at Defector🎙 Tara's interview with Stefani Robinson at Vanity Fair👑 The top 50 King Of Queens episodes at Vulture📚 15% off selected items at Exhibit B. Books📷 Photo: Ollie Upton / HBO

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👤 Liz RoscherTOPICSLead Topic: ⚾️ A League Of Their Own Around The Dial: 🙅🏽‍♀️ Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: 🏁 International Drag RaceAround The Dial: 🤳 Better Call Saul Around The Dial: 😜 This Fool The Canon: 💌 Taskmaster S07.E04 OllieWinner & Loser: 👍 Weird NJWinner & Loser: 👎 Wanda SykesGame Time: 🗓 Watch TV Every DayNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 420 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🏒 Liz Roscher at Yahoo! Sports🐦 Liz on Twitter🔔 The Good Phight podcast🙅🏽‍♀️ Tara's Poorna Jagannathan interview at Vanity Fair🗣 Tara's Seth Meyers interview at VF🌴 Again With This podcast🐧 The raven t-shirt on Threadless📷 Photo: Nicola Goode / Amazon

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👤 Ilan MuskatTOPICSLead Topic: ✨ The Sandman Around The Dial: 🦇 Harley Quinn Around The Dial: 🎶 Girls5Eva Around The Dial: 😳 Helter Skelter Around The Dial: 🚀 Light & Magic Extra Credit: 🕹 TV gamesWinner & Loser: 👍 Jeremy Allen WhiteWinner & Loser: 👎 HBO Max subscribersGame Time: 🔫 Nonac HuntingNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 419 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Ilan Muskat on Twitter🪶 Tara's Reservation Dogs S02 review at VanityFair.com🤕 The Captive by Fiona King Foster at Bookshop.org😇 Scoundrel by Sarah Weinman at Exhibit B. Books👂 "The Weird, Analog Delights Of Foley Sound Effects" at NewYorker.com📰 The Best Evidence newsletter🏰 The Team Fortress 2 character intro videos on YouTube📷 Photo: Netflix

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👤 Malcolm VenableTOPICSLead Topic: 💔 Uncoupled Around The Dial: 🏊‍♀️ Surface Around The Dial: 😜 This Fool Around The Dial: 🤰 Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: 🕵️‍♂️ The Ipcress File The Canon: 🔦 Underground S02.E06: MintyWinner & Loser: 👍 Breaking Bad Winner & Loser: 👎 PeacockGame Time: 🧠 Breaking InNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 418 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Malcolm Venable on Twitter⭐️ Tara's interview with Darren Star at GQ.com😬 "Netflix Show Uncoupled Cuts A Latina Housekeeper Character That Was Criticized As Offensive" at CNN.com🗣 Tara's interview with Surface star Oliver Jackson-Cohen at GQ.com🎶 Mark & Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon📷 Photo: Netflix

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👤 Alison HermanTOPICSLead Topic: 🏚 The Ugliest House In America Around The Dial: 👀 Hider In My House Around The Dial: 💩 Rap Shit Around The Dial: 🐧 Black Bird The Canon: 🏆 Superstore S04.E06: Maternity LeaveWinner & Loser: 👍 Abbott Elementary Winner & Loser: 👎 On Patrol: Live Game Time: 🧠 Keeping Up With The NielsensNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 417 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Alison Herman on Twitter🥊 Alison at The Ringer💩 Alison's Rap Sh!t review☠️ Alison on Criticism Is Dead🧎‍♀️ Justice for Retta's new knees🏚 Richard Lawson on the HGTVCU and real-estate inequality🎞 Join the movie-trivia-for-abortions event🛋 Tara on overdue Friends apologies at VF📚 Get 15 percent off hardcovers at Exhibit B. Books through 7/31

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 👤 Robert Krut TOPICS Lead Topic: 👀 Phrogging: Hider In My House Around The Dial: 🥳 101 Places To Party Before You Die Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 📍 Somebody Somewhere Around The Dial: 🪶 Reservation Dogs Around The Dial: 🎒 D.B. Cooper Where Are You Around The Dial: 💉 This Is Going To Hurt Around The Dial: 🏰 Downton Abbey Around The Dial: 🏜 Obi-Wan Kenobi Around The Dial: 🦸🏽‍♀️ Ms. Marvel Around The Dial: 🪐 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Extra Credit: 🤑 Two Wrongs Do Make A Right The Canon: 🏆 What We Do In The Shadows S03.E04: The Casino Winner & Loser: 👍 The Powerpuff Girls Winner & Loser: 👎 Desus & Mero Game Time: 🧠 Gratuitous Karaoke Moments NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 416 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Robert Krut on Twitter 🏠 EHG 342: "The Stinky Teenagers Who Live In Secret Places In Your House" 🏝 Tara's review of FBoy Island S02 at VanityFair.com 💄 The Listen To Sassy Club on Patreon 👻 Bobby's new book of poetry, Watch Me Trick Ghosts 🕵️ Bobby's guest appearance in History's Greatest Mysteries 💻 Bobby's website ✈️ Sarah's review of D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! at Best Evidence 👩‍🎤 The Lilith Fair 40 on Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs 🧛🏻‍♂️ Tara's review of What We Do In The Shadows S04 at VanityFair.com

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: 👑 Breakout Kings S02.E01: An Unjust Death Lead Topic: ✳️ Community S03.E17: Basic Lupine Urology Lead Topic: 🚀 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century S01.E21: Space Rockers NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 415 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 👑 Breakout Kings S02.E01: An Unjust Death on Hulu ✳️ Community S03.E17: Basic Lupine Urology on Hulu 🚀 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century S01.E21: Space Rockers on NBC.com

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!TOPICSLead Topic: 🎎 Lesser Known Holiday ProgrammingLead Topic: 🎢 TV Theme ParksLead Topic: 🏖 TV Vacation LocationsLead Topic: 🗓 Hallmark Full Year Holiday ProgrammingNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 414 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🎄 The Hallmark podcast It's Christmastown

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👤 Nadia ChaudhuryTOPICSLead Topic: 🐻 The Bear Around The Dial: ⚱️ Loot Around The Dial: 🦸🏽‍♀️ Ms. Marvel Around The Dial: 🔪 The Janes The Canon: 🏆 New Girl S04.E17: SpiderhuntWinner & Loser: 👍 Documentary Now! Winner & Loser: 👎 Nathan FillionGame Time: 🧠 Is This A Thing: C.S.I. EditionNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 413 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter📸 Nadia on Instagram🍴 Nadia at Eater⚱️ Alison Herman's Loot review at The Ringer💵 National Network Of Abortion Funds🧵 Best Evidence's repro-justice resource thread

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 👤 Dave Chen TOPICS Lead Topic: 👴🏻 The Old Man Around The Dial: 🎰 Rutherford Falls Around The Dial: 🎮 Players Around The Dial: 🤷‍♀️ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey The Canon: 🏆 Seinfeld S06.E15: The Beard Winner & Loser: 👍 D.B. Cooper Winner & Loser: 👎 Canada Game Time: 🧠 Tommy Westphall's Home For Imaginary Friends NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 412 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Dave Chen on Twitter 🕰 Dave Chen on Tiktok 🎧 The Culturally Relevant podcast 🎬 The Film Cast 🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs goes to 11 📺 Tara on "The Best 15 TV Shows of 2022, So Far" at Vanity Fair

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 Sánchez 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 👤 Kate Sánchez TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸🏽‍♀️ Ms. Marvel Around The Dial: 🎷 The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans Around The Dial: 💀 First Kill Around The Dial: 🤸‍♀️ Physical The Canon: 🏆 Vida S02.E07: Episode 13 Winner & Loser: 👍 American Rust Winner & Loser: 👎 Amy Schumer Game Time: 🧠 Your Honorifics NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 411 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kate Sánchez on Twitter 🧐 Kate's thesis, "Heroes Wear Dupattas," at the University Of Texas 💊 Tara on the special Dopesick episode of Little Gold Men 🌚 Tara's For All Mankind review at VanityFair.com 🏛 Tara's Borgen: Power & Glory essay at TheDailyBeast.com ✍️ Kate's author page at But Why Tho

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👤 Will HinesTOPICSLead Topic: 👦🏻 The Boys Around The Dial: 🤮 The Real World: New Orleans Around The Dial: 🪐 The Expanse Around The Dial: 👩‍🍳 Top Chef The Canon: 🥧 Twin Peaks S03.E08: Part 8Winner & Loser: 👍 Fargo Winner & Loser: 👎 American Gigolo Game Time: 🧠 All Good ThingsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 410 page on ExtraHotGreat.com📸 Will Hines on Instagram👦🏻 Tara's review of The Boys Season 3 at VanityFair.com💄 The Listen To Sassy Club at Patreon🕵️‍♂️ Will's podcast You Can't Handle The Sleuths at CBB World📚 Sarah's interview with Sarah Weinman at the Exhibit B. Books blog

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 "Apéritif," 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👤 Simone ChavoorTOPICSLead Topic: 🌵 Obi-Wan Kenobi Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🍳 Julia Around The Dial: 🌈 Under The Banner Of Heaven Around The Dial: 🌺 Magnum P.I. (2018) Around The Dial: 💼 The Lincoln Lawyer Around The Dial: 🦖 Prehistoric Planet The Canon: 🏆 Hannibal S01.E01: ApéritifWinner & Loser: 👍 Kate BushWinner & Loser: 👎 Kevin SpaceyGame Time: 🧠 Relativity II: The SiblingsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 409 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Simone Chavoor on Twitter🍅 "Empire State," Sarah's essay on the Star Wars prequels, at TomatoNation.com🏛 Tara's Borgen: Power & Glory at VanityFair.com📺 The ATX Festival🖤 The Black Mass Appeal podcast📚 Exhibit B. Books

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👤 Brandi BrownTOPICSLead Topic: 💘 Lovestruck High Around The Dial: 🪚 Hacks Around The Dial: 🥘 New Scandinavian Cooking Around The Dial: 🌉 Naked City The Canon: 🏆 Shrill S02.E06: WAHAMWinner & Loser: 👍 Smash Winner & Loser: 👎 TV-adjacent criminalsGame Time: 🧠 We Get LettersNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 408 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Brandi Brown on Twitter😭 Tara's essay "When Did Emmy-Friendly Comedies Stop Being Funny?" at VanityFair.com😵 The Listen To Sassy Club, which is hosting a Zoom watch-along of Weekend At Bernie's on May 25 at 8 PM ET💥 The Smash Boom Best podcast

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: 🏛 Ancient Rome S01.E01: Nero Lead Topic: 🔪 Crossing The Rubicon NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 407 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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👤 Andrew CunninghamTOPICSLead Topic: 🪐 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Around The Dial: 💞 I Love That For You Around The Dial: 🏴‍☠️ Our Flag Means Death Around The Dial: 🕵️‍♂️ Bosch: Legacy Around The Dial: 🤨 Totally Nude NudesThe Nonac: 🤮 The Good Wife S07.E22: EndWinner & Loser: 👍 Johnny WeirWinner & Loser: 👎 Queens Game Time: 🧠 Tube Tunes XNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 406 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Andrew Cunningham on Twitter🐦 ATV Podcast on Twitter🎧 The Overdue podcast💻 Andrew at Ars Technica📹 "Todd Glass Sells The NNF Folio" on YouTube😇 Tara interviews Pablo Schreiber at GQ.com🎨 Sarah talks about The Painter & The Thief on the Crime Seen podcast

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: 🙆‍♀️ TV Mom Thunderdome NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 405 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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👤 Santiago Melli-HuberTOPICSLead Topic: 👮🏻‍♂️ We Own This City Around The Dial: 💥 Wecrashed Around The Dial: 🍼 The Baby Around The Dial: 🏁 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 👁 Captive Audience Around The Dial: ⛽️ Gaslit The Canon: 🏆 Wandavision S01.E08: Previously OnWinner & Loser: 👍 Katherine HeiglWinner & Loser: 👎 Killing Eve Game Time: 🧠 It's Almost Like The DC Tri-State Area Is Another CharacterNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 404 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Santiago Melli-Huber on Twitter👮🏻‍♂️ James Poniewozik's We Own This City review at NYTimes.com🗣 Tara's interview with Dagmara Domińczyk at VanityFair.com🔴 "Thirty Seconds To Mars' Jared Leto Started A Cult -- Because Of Course He Did" at KQED.org🍼 Tara's review of The Baby at VanityFair.com🏳️‍🌈 Santiago's newsletter Hot Gay Nerd☝️ "The One Weird Trick Making Jared Leto's And Dan Stevens's Latest Performances So Great" at VanityFair.com👁 Sarah's review of Captive Audience at the Best Evidence newsletter🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast😗 "An Honest Conversation With Josh Charles" at Esquire.com

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👤 Will LeitchTOPICSLead Topic: ⚖️ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: 🪆 Russian Doll Around The Dial: 💁‍♀️ The First Lady Around The Dial: 💋 Just One Kiss Around The Dial: ✂️ Severance Around The Dial: 🏀 Winning Time Around The Dial: 🏟 The Tournament: A History Of ACC Men's Basketball Around The Dial: 🫀 When Calls The Heart Extra Credit: 🤑 This Podcast Is Brought To You By The Philip Morris CompaniesThe Canon: 🏆 Mr. Show With Bob And David S03.E10: The Return Of The Creature’s GhostWinner & Loser: 👍 Jennifer Lopez and Ben AffleckWinner & Loser: 👎 Tyra BanksGame Time: 🧠 The Black LodgeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 403 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Will Leitch on Twitter🎬 The Grierson & Leitch podcast🍀 Will's novel, How Lucky, out in paperback on May 10📰 Will's newsletter🪆 Tara's Russian Doll review at Vanity Fair☔️ MASTAS: The "America's Damp 40" Season👩‍🎤 Vinyl Nation on Amazon Prime💦 Comedy Bang Bang 752: "Wet Day Special"

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 à la The Courtship (except...good). Listener Françoise 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👤 Dan CassinoTOPICSLead Topic: 🙊 Would I Lie To You Around The Dial: 🦦 Minx Around The Dial: 🖐 The Ultimatum Around The Dial: 🪓 Beforeigners Around The Dial: 🍳 Julia Around The Dial: 🥤 Atlanta Extra Credit: 👩‍❤️‍👨 Beyond The CourtshipThe Canon: 👩‍🍳 Top Chef S08.E07: Restaurant Wars: One Night OnlyWinner & Loser: 👍 Better Call Saul Winner & Loser: 👎 Dancing With The Stars Game Time: 🧠 TV Taglines of the 21st CenturyNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 402 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Dan Cassino on Twitter👃 The Classic WILTY channel on YouTube🦦 Kathryn VanArendonk's review of Minx on Vulture💄 The Listen To Sassy podcast♣️ The Listen To Sassy Club⏳ Nina Metz's Beforeigners review at the Chicago Tribune😖 Dan's new book, Gender Threat: American Masculinity In The Face Of Change at Stanford University Press👎 "Why are Republicans so focused on restricting trans lives?" by Dan Cassino at the Washingon Post🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast🕵️‍♀️ The Best Evidence newsletter📷 Photo: The CW

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👤 Roxana HadadiTOPICSLead Topic: 🌜 Moon Knight Around The Dial: 🍳 Julia Around The Dial: 🍬 Eye Candy Around The Dial: 🎏 Tokyo Vice Around The Dial: 👨‍🎨 The Andy Warhol Diaries The Canon: 🏆 The Righteous Gemstones S02.E04: As To How They May Destroy HimWinner & Loser: 👍 Naomi WattsWinner & Loser: 👎 The AMPTPGame Time: 🧠 RelativityNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 401 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Roxana Hadadi on Twitter🦤 Roxana at Vulture🌙 Roxana's Moon Knight review🌴 Again With This on Patreon☔️ MASTAS: The "America's Damp 40" Season

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👤 Stephanie GreenTOPICSLead Topic: 👧🏻 The Girl From Plainville Around The Dial: 📯 Music Box Around The Dial: 🥮 Is It Cake Around The Dial: 🌈 Love On The Spectrum Around The Dial: 🐴 Mare Of Easttown Around The Dial: 🐮 9-1-1: Lone Star Around The Dial: 💖 When Calls The Heart Around The Dial: 🚀 Star Trek: Picard Extra Credit: 👀 Forcening For Good And For EvilThe Canon: 🏆 Detroiters S01.E02: Hog RidersWinner & Loser: 👍 Cress WilliamsWinner & Loser: 👎 Ex-Bachelor Colton UnderwoodGame Time: 🧠 Hey! It's Those Three Guys!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 400 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Stephanie Early Green on Twitter👧🏻 "The Girl From Plainville" by Jesse Barron on Esquire.com☠️ I Love You, Now Die on HBO Max🚨 The Blotter Presents 103: "I Love You, Now Die and Patty Hearst (1988)🍰 "Let's Make Is It Cake More Chaotic" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture👩‍🚒 Tara's interview with 9-1-1 stars Arielle Kebbel and Oliver Stark at Decider🏠 Stephanie's "Hacienda," at Juked🕸 More of Stephanie's fiction at her website, StephanieEarlyGreen.com🎧 Sarah on the Crime Seen podcast, from the Rob Has A Podcast network📰 The Best Evidence newletter🕶 D.O.C.'s TV ad for Sexy Specs

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! TOPICSGame Time: 🌭 Order UpGame Time: 📻 Tube Tunes IXGame Time: 💬 Describe It To MeGame Time: ⏩ Fast JamsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 399 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast💰 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show on Patreon🎶 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast💰 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon

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👤 Brittany LuseTOPICSLead Topic: 💥 Domino Masters Around The Dial: 🏀 Winning Time Around The Dial: 🗿 Survivor Around The Dial: 💊 Euphoria Around The Dial: 👩‍🍳 Top Chef Around The Dial: 🍟 Fast Foodies Lead Topic: 🕌 Ramy S01.E07: Ne Me Quitte PasWinner & Loser: 👍 The Good Fight Winner & Loser: 👎 The Baby-Sitters Club Game Time: 🧠 Selective Effective Objective DetectiveNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 398 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🍽 Please put koshari in Dave's stomach🐦 Brittany Luse on Twitter🎧 The FCN podcast🐦 FCN on Twitter📸 FCN on Instagram📹 The HBO Docs Club podcast (with Ronald Young Jr.)🧼 Tara's soaps post at Decider💄 Listen To Sassy Club☔️ MASTAS: The "America's Damp 40" Season📷 Photo: Ray Mickshaw / FOX

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👤 Eve BateyTOPICSLead Topic: 💊 The Dropout Around The Dial: 🏴‍☠️ Our Flag Means Death Around The Dial: 👩‍❤️‍👨 The Courtship Around The Dial: ✨ Late Night With Seth Meyers Around The Dial: ⚔️ Vikings: Valhalla Around The Dial: 🐮 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: 🤑 What's Your Middle Name?Winner & Loser: 👍 Nailed It Winner & Loser: 👎 The Big Leap NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 397 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter☀️ "The Dropout's Naveen Andrews Saw Sunny Balwani As Lady Macbeth" at Vulture🍖 Tara's Jon Hamm interview at GQ.com🤢 "How Seth Meyers Turned Internet Toxicity Into Emmy-Nominated Gold" at VanityFair.com🌭 East Bay Nosh🔍 The Best Evidence newsletter🛍 Avenues Dry Goods

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👤 Mark BlankenshipTOPICSLead Topic: 👮🏻‍♂️ Law & Order Around The Dial: 🧴 Super Pumped Around The Dial: 👩‍🦯 Love Is Blind Around The Dial: 🫱 Reacher Around The Dial: 🪳 Bug Out Around The Dial: 😳 Worst Roommate Ever Extra Credit: 🛬 Re-Sticking The LandingThe Canon: 🏆 Mare Of Easttown S01.E01: Miss Lady Hawk HerselfWinner & Loser: 👍 DaveWinner & Loser: 👎 Twitting CelebsGame Time: 🧠 Ignorance Of The Law & Order Is No ExcuseNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 396 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Mark Blankenship on Twitter👩‍🦯 "Love Is Blind's Creator Answers Our Burning Season-Two Finale Questions" at Vulture🌴 Again With This on Patreon📺 Primetimer.com🪳 Sarah's Bug Out and Worst Roommate Ever reviews at Best Evidence☁️ The Far From Heaven episode of Quaid In Full

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👤 Krystal FarmerTOPICSLead Topic: 🤯 The Endgame Around The Dial: ✂️ Severance Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🥛 Creamerie Around The Dial: 🤷‍♀️ Inventing Anna Around The Dial: 🤕 Inside The Mind Of A Con Artist Around The Dial: 🐮 9-1-1: Lone Star Around The Dial: 🫱 Reacher The Canon: 🏆 Cougar Town S03.E05: A One Story TownWinner & Loser: 👍 Great Expectations Lead Topic: 👎 Erika JayneGame Time: 🧠 Knock-KnockNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 395 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Krystal Farmer on Twitter🪙 The Two Cents Plus Tax podcast💰 The Two Cents Plus Tax Patreon🗣 Tara's Adam Scott interview at GQ🎙 Tara's Arian Moayed interview, also at GQ🔎 Best Evidence on Inventing Anna

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! TOPICSThe Canon: 🏢 The Odd Couple S02.E04: SleepwalkerThe Canon: 🖼 Work Of Art S01.E02: The Shape Of Things To ComeThe Canon: 🎄 Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special 1988NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 394 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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: 🤖 Love, Death + Robots S01.E18: The Secret War Lead Topic: 🚌 ABC Afterschool Special It's No Crush, I'm In Love Lead Topic: 🏨 Tori & Dean: Inn Love S01.E01: Dump Everything You Can Dump! Game Time: 🧠 Channel 69 NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 393 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🤖 Love, Death + Robots S01.E18: The Secret War on Netflix 🚌 ABC Afterschool Special: It's No Crush, I'm In Love on YouTube

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👤 Dave HolmesTOPICSLead Topic: 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 Pam & Tommy Around The Dial: 📍 Somebody Somewhere Around The Dial: 💃 The Real Dirty Dancing Around The Dial: 📹 Museum of Home Video Around The Dial: ❌ Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour Around The Dial: 😥 We Need To Talk About Cosby Around The Dial: 🐮 9-1-1: Lone Star The Canon: 🏆 Once & Again S03.E16: Aaron's List Of DreamsWinner & Loser: 👍 Law & Order Winner & Loser: 👎 Black Monday Game Time: 🧠 Music TelevisionNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 392 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Dave Holmes on Twitter📻 Waiting For Impact: A Dave Holmes Passion Project📹 Museum Of Home Video on Twitch✍️ Tara's author page at Decider😥 Eve Batey's review of We Need To Talk About Cosby🎧 Quaid In Full on Twitter

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👤 Mark LisantiTOPICSLead Topic: 💡 The Gilded Age Around The Dial: 🚗 American Auto Around The Dial: 📓 Abbott Elementary Around The Dial: 🐊 Ozark Around The Dial: 📣 Cheer Around The Dial: 🦅 Peacemaker Around The Dial: 🐮 9-1-1: Lone Star Around The Dial: 🍞 Toast Of Tinseltown Extra Credit: 🥔 Mashed Debate-osThe Canon: 🏆 The Mandalorian S01.E08: RedemptionWinner & Loser: 👍 Amy SchneiderWinner & Loser: 👎 Maggie Game Time: 🧠 Mark The HallsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 391 page on ExtraHotGreat.com💡 "How The Gilded Age's Denée Benton Made Sure Peggy Scott's Story Was Told Right" at Glamour.com🥁 Tara's post on The CW's March at Decider🗣 Tara's Christina Ricci interview at GQ.com📣 Sarah on Season 2 of Cheer at BestEvidence.fyi

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!TOPICSLead Topic: 🥸 TV Moustache ThunderdomeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 390 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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👤 Jessica LieseTOPICSLead Topic: 🌍 The Amazing Race Around The Dial: 💰 Joe Millionaire: For Richer Or Poorer Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🍺 Letterkenny Around The Dial: 🐝 Yellowjackets Around The Dial: 🤠 9-1-1: Lone Star Tiny Triumph: 🎉 Soapdish Extra Credit: 🤑 Pop Culture VetoThe Canon: 🏆 The Letdown S01.E04: Trivial PursuitsWinner & Loser: 👍 Tobias MenziesWinner & Loser: 👎 Stephanie MattoGame Time: 🧠 Best Of Times, Worst Of TimesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 389 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Jessica Liese on Twitter🎧 Jessica's TAR podcasts at Rob Has A Website🏔 EEHG 109: Adding To Paramount+🎙 Tara's interview with Tim Minear🔍 Best Evidence✂️ Jourdain Searles intro-ing In The Cut at the Nitehawk

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👤 Dan CassinoTOPICSAround The Dial: 🏛 Backstairs At The White House Game Time: 🧠 His Name Is My Name TooGame Time: 🧠 Tube Tunes VIIIGame Time: 🧠 TV ReunionsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 388 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Dan Cassino on Twitter

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 👤 Pamela Ribon TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎩 Bridgerton Around The Dial: 📐 How To With John Wilson Around The Dial: 🧟‍♀️ We Are Little Zombies Around The Dial: 🔗 The Weakest Link Around The Dial: 💌 Taskmaster New Zealand The Canon: 👀 Peep Show S03.E03: Shrooming Winner & Loser: 🍺 ??!? Game Time: 🧠 TV Theme Karaoke NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 387 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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 👤 Tim Grierson TOPICS Lead Topic: 😘 Being The Ricardos Around The Dial: 🕺 Finding Magic Mike Around The Dial: 🧨 Macgruber Around The Dial: 🧍🏽‍♀️ Insecure Around The Dial: 📐 How To With John Wilson Around The Dial: 🛌 Dead Asleep Around The Dial: 🧑‍⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Extra Credit: 🏖 TV Getaways The Canon: 🏆 The Simpsons S04.E06: Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Winner & Loser: 👍 Texas Monthly Winner & Loser: 👎 Peloton Game Time: 🧠 The Caroling Burnett Show II NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 386 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Tim Grierson on Twitter 🙃 "Aaron Sorkin Defends Being the Ricardos Casting Decisions" at The Hollywood Reporter 🤥 "What's Fact and What's Fiction in Being The Ricardos" 🗣 Tara's interview with Gloria Calderón Kellett at Decider 🎞 Tim at Screen International 🍈 Tim at Mel 📚 Tim's book, This Is How You Make A Movie, at The Last Bookshop 🛌 Sarah's Dead Asleep review at Best Evidence

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👤 Heather Cocks👤 Jessica MorganTOPICSLead Topic: 🌆 And Just Like That Around The Dial: 💝 Love Life Around The Dial: 😂 Live In Front Of A Studio Audience Around The Dial: 🎭 The Big Leap Around The Dial: 🐒 The Monkees Around The Dial: ☎️ Call My Agent! I Am Not A Crackpot: ⏩ Speed Watching TVThe Canon: 👽 The X-Files S05.E12: Bad BloodWinner & Loser: 👍 1883 Winner & Loser: 👎 Jussie SmollettGame Time: 🧠 The Sexinest CityNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 385 page on ExtraHotGreat.com💃 Go Fug Yourself🐦 GFY on Twitter📸 GFY on Instagram📚 Heather and Jessica on Bookshop💝 The For Colored Nerds podcast on S02 of Love Life🎭 Vulture on The Big Leap🐒 The Monkees S02.E22 ("the Paris episode")👩🏽‍⚕️ Tara's Doogie Kamealoha, MD post at Decider✍️ Tara's author page at Decider🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs📷 Photo: HBO Max

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👤 Taylor ColeTOPICSLead Topic: ⛲️ Landscapers Around The Dial: 💸 Money Heist Around The Dial: 👩🏻‍🦰 Annie Live Around The Dial: 🎨 Baptiste Around The Dial: 🎯 Hawkeye Extra Credit: 🏖 TV GetawaysThe Canon: 🏆 Drunk History S05.E05: Civil RightsWinner & Loser: 👍 FXWinner & Loser: 👎 Chris CuomoGame Time: 🧠 Do You Know What Not Ready For Prime Time It Is?NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 384 page on ExtraHotGreat.com📰 The Guardian's deep dive on the Edwards case🤔 Streaming options for Quiz🚨 The Blotter Presents podcast on Quiz👩🏻‍🦰 Jackson McHenry and Kathryn VanArendonk on Annie Live! at Vulture💸 Tara's Money Heist recaps at Vulture🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show on Patreon📚 12(% off) Days Of Christmas at Exhibit B. Books

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?!TOPICSLead Topic: ⛈ Selective HBO Character ThunderdomeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 383 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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👤 Dan Cassino👤 Jim Durr👤 Sean PfluegerTOPICSLead Topic: ⏳ Wheel Of Time Game Time: 🧠 Wheel Of ThymeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 382 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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 👤 David Roth TOPICS Lead Topic: 😶‍🌫️ The Shrink Next Door Around The Dial: 🐝 Yellowjackets Around The Dial: 🌃 Saturday Night Live Around The Dial: 😈 Evil Around The Dial: 🧢 The Curse Of Von Dutch The Canon: 🏆 Lodge 49 S01.E03: Corpus Winner & Loser: 👍 Alan Toy Winner & Loser: 👎 Terry Crews Game Time: 🧠 Keeping It 100 NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 381 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🏓 David J. Roth at Defector.com 🦜 The Distraction podcast 🤶 The It's Christmastown podcast with Jeb Lund 🐨 Tara on Frayed S02 for Decider 🌃 Tara's SNL recap at VF 🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show Patreon 🧢 Sarah's Von Dutch review on Best Evidence 🎧 Subscribe to Quaid In Full for even more Roth and Lund in our S05 finale

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👤 Daniel MacEachernTOPICSLead Topic: 👩‍🏫 Head Of The Class Around The Dial: 🐨 Frayed Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🇩🇪 Deutschland 89 Around The Dial: 👄 Big Mouth Around The Dial: 🥐 The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: 👠 Project Runway Around The Dial: 🎁 TV Holiday Corridor Committee FindingsI Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 Rick Was Funnier Before Big Mouth Started Subtitling HimThe Canon: 🏆 Ted Lasso S01.E03: Trent Crimm: The IndependentWinner & Loser: 👍 Fantasy Island (2021) Winner & Loser: 👎 Ingo RademacherGame Time: 🧠 Dead? Simpsons? Both? Neither?NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 380 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Daniel MacEachern on Twitter🚽 "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💄 Listen To Sassy on Patreon🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show on Patreon📰 CBC Newfoundland and Labrador🛑 "Please Stop The Great British Baking Show From Becoming The Great British Science Fair" at VanityFair.com🌴 The Again With This podcast🎧 Quaid In Full on Patreon