Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

AppleTV+'s newest musical series, Schmigadoon!, strands a couple of contemporary big-city doctors in a strange town lost in time, requiring them to find their true loves before they can cross the bridge home. Did we true-love it, or did we feel trapped? New guest Sean Pflueger joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through American Horror Stories, Never Have I Ever, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Love, Victor, and Dr. Death. Don (on behalf of the @EHGAssist crew) uses his Extra Credit segment to let us give a TV character a late-night cable access show. Tara explains why she's not a crackpot for thinking the Marvel shows on Disney+ are just very expensive advertainment. Sean pitches Schitt's Creek's "Open Mic" for induction into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time with perfect pitch. Ladle up a big bowl of corn puddin' and listen in!GUESTS👤 Sean PfluegerTOPICSLead Topic: 🎼 Schmigadoon Around The Dial: 🪦 American Horror Stories Around The Dial: 🤞 Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: 🏫 High School Musical: The Musical The Series Around The Dial: 💕 Love Victor Around The Dial: ☠️ Dr. Death Extra Credit: 🚠 Cable AccessI Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 The Marvel Shows On Disney+ Are Just 2020s WebisodesThe Canon: 💩 Schitt's Creek S04.E06: Open MicWinner & Loser: 👍 CrocsWinner & Loser: 👎 Erika JayneGame Time: 🧠 Another Pair Of Jazz HandsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 364 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Sean Pflueger on Twitter🎼 Tara's Schmigadoon! review at VanityFair.com☠️ Roundup of Dr. Death reviews at Best Evidence🧵 Best Evidence's Dr. Death open thread🗣 Tara's Joshua Jackson interview at VanityFair.com🐦 EHG Assist on Twitter🐊 "The Loki Season Finale Exit Survey" at The Ringer

Nadia Chaudhury of Eater Austin joins us for the first time to talk about the second time around for Gossip Girl. Does the 2021 reboot know who it's for? Did the original benefit from the suspense surrounding Gossip Girl's identity? And will we keep watching even if Tavi Gevinson's acting doesn't improve? After Gordon Lightfoot Cole dropped in to make a request, we went Around The Dial with White Lotus, Monsters At Work, We Are Lady Parts, Heist, and This Is Pop before listener Lauren pitched an ICO (initial Canon offering) for a third-season Halt And Catch Fire episode. Kiefer won (the presidency), a Netflix show lost, and we cast about for answers in Game Time. Listen now! xoxo, EHGGUESTS👤 Nadia ChaudhuryTOPICSLead Topic: 😮 Gossip Girl Around The Dial: 🧘‍♀️ The White Lotus Around The Dial: 🧌 Monsters At Work Around The Dial: 💅🏽 We Are Lady Parts Around The Dial: 🦹 Heist Around The Dial: 🍾 This Is Pop The Canon: 🧯 Halt And Catch Fire S03.E07: The ThresholdWinner & Loser: 👍 Kiefer SutherlandWinner & Loser: 👎 Cursed Game Time: 🧠 Last Minute ChangesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 363 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Follow Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter🍱 Nadia at at Eater Austin👨‍🍳 Nadia's "The 38 Essential Restaurants In Austin"🪷 Willa Paskin's White Lotus review at Slate💁‍♀️ Tara's Laura Leighton piece at Decider🎄 Tara discusses You Had Me At Aloha on the It's Christmastown podcast🦹 Sarah's Heist review on Primetimer🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs📷 Photo: HBO Max

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

Disney Plus's latest series for teens and tweens is the very puzzle-y The Mysterious Benedict Society, based on a beloved novel, and Leigh-Ann Jackson is here to talk about how well it works! Around The Dial takes us through In Treatment, The Good Fight, Jiva!, Flack, the (sort of) final season of B-B-B-B-Bosch, CSI, and Derry Girls! Craig and Courtney argue for the Canon induction of the King Of The Hill episode "The Wedding Of Bobby Hill." Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new Game Time season with a contest that may be something, or may be nothing. No need to pass any test: our latest podcast is right here for you to enjoy!GUESTS👤 Leigh-Ann JacksonTOPICSLead Topic: 🧙‍♀️ The Mysterious Benedict Society Around The Dial: 😶‍🌫️ In Treatment Around The Dial: ✊ The Good Fight Around The Dial: 💃🏽 Jiva Around The Dial: 🧨 Flack Around The Dial: 🅱️ Bosch Around The Dial: 🍎 The Crime AppleAround The Dial: 🇮🇪 Derry Girls The Canon: 🏆 King Of The Hill S03.E14: The Wedding Of Bobby HillWinner & Loser: 👍 True-crime castingWinner & Loser: 👎 Jared PadaleckiGame Time: 🧠 Once Again, Is This Anything?NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 361 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Leigh-Ann Jackson on Twitter🛋 "New Pop Culture Tred Alert: the Black Lady Therapist" at Slate👩‍🚒 Tara on the 9-1-1 franchise at Primetimer.com🛍 Leanna Lin's Wonderland

The latest new series from AppleTV+ is Physical, starring Rose Byrne as an aerobics addict in 1981 San Diego; Jeb Lund joins us to discuss whether the first three episodes left us wanting more, or...wanting more of GLOW (R.I.P.). Around The Dial takes us through Cruel Summer, Holey Moley, Exterminate All The Brutes, American Barbecue Showdown, the I'll Be Gone In The Dark special, and Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell. Tara and Sarah share a Tiny Triumph (thanks, Slate!), and Shan takes to Extra Credit to have us gender-swap TV detectives. Jeb makes his case for the Rick & Morty episode "The Ricklantis Mixup" to be inducted into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time with a lot of pomp and circumstance. Pull on your leg warmers and join us!GUESTS👤 Jeb LundTOPICSLead Topic: 🤸‍♀️ Physical Around The Dial: 😎 Cruel Summer Around The Dial: ⛳️ Holey Moley Around The Dial: 🪦 Exterminate All The Brutes Around The Dial: 🍖 American Barbecue Showdown Around The Dial: 🎑 I'll Be Gone In The Dark Around The Dial: 😬 Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell Tiny Triumph: 🎉 Again With Them in SlateExtra Credit: 🕵️‍♀️ Flipping The DetectivesThe Canon: 🏆 Rick And Morty S03.E07: The Ricklantis MixupWinner & Loser: 👍 Legendary Winner & Loser: 👎 Michael CostelloGame Time: 🧠 Dads, Grads, And BradsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 360 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Jeb Lund on Twitter🏌️‍♂️ Vulture's roundup of Season 3's new Holey Moley holes🧊 Tara's review of The Cube at Primetimer🎄 Jeb's Hallmark podcast It's Christmastown on Facebook🎑 Sarah's review of the I'll Be Gone In The Dark special at Primetimer🎧 Slate's article on B-list stars' podcasts recapping their own shows

Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair is back to talk about the latest product off the Marvel industrial complex assembly line: Disney+'s Loki. We discussed everything from Religion 101 to DB Cooper to mid-century production design to canonical gender identity -- but should you make TIME (...sorry) for the show? Then we went Around The Dial with Younger, Starstruck, Bargain Block, Crime Scene Kitchen, The Housewife and the Hustler, and a weird movie on HBO Max, and then it got REALLY weird when we all sent in the clowns for David Ellis Dickerson's Extra Credit. Richard signed our yearbooks "I hope this overlooked-classic Simpsons episode stays sweet" in his Canon presentation; Farrow won and Toobin (and pooin') lost; and a role-playing Game Time had us all wondering if we'd (IMD)be crowning a season winner. Grab your timey-wimey remote: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Richard LawsonTOPICSLead Topic: 🐊 Loki Around The Dial: 🐣 Younger Around The Dial: 💫 Starstruck Around The Dial: 🏷 Bargain Block Around The Dial: ⏲ Crime Scene Kitchen Around The Dial: 💸 The Housewife And The Hustler Extra Credit: 🤡 Send In The ClownsThe Canon: 🏆 The Simpsons S07.E25: Summer Of 4 Ft. 2Winner & Loser: 👍 Catch And Kill Winner & Loser: 👎 Ultimate Slip 'N Slide Game Time: 🧠 Role-Playing GameNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 359 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Follow Richard Lawson on Twitter🏚 Richard at Vanity Fair on HGTV: “Home Truths: How HGTV, Magnolia, and Netflix Are Building a Massive Space in the Stream”👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Richard on Luca👀 Richard's podcast Still Watching🫅 Richard's other podcast Little Gold Men⏳ And Richard's book, All We Can Do Is Wait🐩 Rose Matafeo: Horndog on HBO Max🖕 Tara's Kevin Can Go F*ck Himself review at Primetimer🧐 VF's Chris Murphy on whether we can/should keep enjoying Housewives what with all the felonies📷 Photo: Disney+

Netflix joins Amazon in boldly dropping a soft sci-fi story about an extremely contagious disease outbreak mid-covid pandemic...but at least Sweet Tooth, unlike Utopia, also has as its lead character a very cute little deer boy? New guest Santiago Melli-Huber joins us to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us to the premiere of We Are Lady Parts on Peacock, the finale of Pose on FX; then to AMC's Kevin Can F**k Himself; to Sarah's summer TV preview pick Mike Tyson: The Knockout (and related 30 For 30 episodes about Mike Tyson that might work better); and to The Boy In The Plastic Bubble, which we recently screened, watch-along style, with our high-pledge Patreon supporters (stay tuned for more details on future hangouts!). GuyIsDelightful challenges us to create TV news-based scripted series that actually feature and are about real news shows. Santiago makes his case for the Nonac induction of RuPaul's Drag Race's Season 12 episode "World's Worst." Finally, we name the week's Winner and Loser, and wrap up with a toes-up Game Time. Grab a sweet confection of your own and join us!GUESTS👤 Santiago Melli-HuberTOPICSLead Topic: 🦌 Sweet Tooth Around The Dial: 🦵 We Are Lady Parts Around The Dial: 🙆🏽‍♀️ Pose Around The Dial: 🖕 Kevin Can F**k Himself Around The Dial: 🥊 Mike Tyson: The Knockout Around The Dial: 🎾 30 For 30 Around The Dial: 🫧 The Boy In The Plastic Bubble Extra Credit: 🎭 Like Studio 60...But EntertainingThe Nonac: 🤮 RuPaul's Drag Race S12.E03: World's WorstWinner & Loser: 👍 Dennis QuaidWinner & Loser: 👎 Helen MirrenGame Time: 🧠 Death Becomes ThemNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 358 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Santiago Melli-Huber on Twitter💄 The Listen To Sassy podcast📚 Exhibit B. Books🫧 The Boy In The Plastic Bubble On YouTube🧋 The Boy In The Plastic Bubble On Amazon Prime Video

Writer and co-host of The Nod Brittany Luse joins us for a double shot of summer TV fare, starting with NBC's well-hosted but incorrectly constructed Small Fortune. We like the dioramas; we're not sure about the durability of the games (or future guests). Then we ducked under the yellow tape to look at FOX's Crime Scene Kitchen, which isn't as bad as Sarah expected, but also isn't as good as it could be. Will any of us keep watching either of these? Is Curtis Stone the Joel Kinnaman of celebrity chefs? And did we actually invoke Quibi...favorably? Next we went Around The Dial with the Friends reunion, Legendary, Married At First Sight, Love After Lockup (instead of Who Killed Little Grégory?, but watch 'em both!), and Bad Batch. Kimberly hoped her Derry Girls Canon submission would have the luck of the Irish before Firefly Lane won and Alec Baldwin lost (...twice), and then we transitioned between scenes with a few bars of Game Time. Pour yourself a cup of lemon chiffon pie -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Brittany LuseTOPICSLead Topic: 🪙 Small Fortune Lead Topic: 🔪 Crime Scene Kitchen Around The Dial: 🛋 The Friends reunionAround The Dial: 💃🏽 Legendary Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 💔 Love After Lockup Around The Dial: ☠️ Who Killed Little Gregory Around The Dial: 🤢 The Bad Batch The Canon: 🏆 Derry Girls S01.E02Winner & Loser: 👍 LaToya FergusonWinner & Loser: 👎 Alec BaldwinGame Time: 🧠 Seven Days Since Our Last IncidentalNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 357 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Follow Brittany Luse on Twitter👁 Why Brittany's watching MAFS instead of planning her wedding, at Harper's Bazaar☕️ The Friends creators' interview at THR☘️ The Joey Irish-uncle meme🔫 Alec Baldwin offered to off Tony Soprano🌴 The Again With This podcast🔎 Best Evidence📷 Photos: FOX, NBC

With summer nearly upon us, we're dusting off a format we haven't done in a while, looking at the premieres that are coming in the weeks and months ahead and each choosing one title we're into; one we SHOULD be into but aren't; and one NO ONE should be into. Joining us for this very important work is longtime listener, first-time guest Stacy Lambe! After we all offer our summer picks (and un-picks), we consider Dave In Chicago's Extra Credit question and answer which TV side character deserves their own Kevin Can F--- Himself-type star vehicle. We also play a notable scene from the Netflix original movie Stowaway and discuss whether it's Worse Than Jazz. Next, we debate whether Daria's "Dye! Dye! My Darling" should be inducted into the Canon. Finally, we name the week's Winner and Loser, and close out with a Game Time you might want to enjoy with a sachet of jordan almonds. Grab yourself a popsicle and join us!GUESTS👤 Stacy LambeTOPICSLead Topic: 👙 Summer TV PreviewExtra Credit: 🖕 Eff You Too!Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 A scene from Netflix's StowawayThe Canon: 🏆 Daria S04.E13: Dye! Dye! My DarlingWinner & Loser: 👍 Scripted true-crime projectsWinner & Loser: 👎 Glenn Gordon CaronGame Time: 🧠 Just MarriedNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 356 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Stacy Lambe on Twitter🎆 Entertainment Tonight Online😎 "Summertime Lovin'" from Regular Show🗣 Tara's interview with Allison Janney at VanityFair.com

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

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

A while back, we put out a call for six-word pitches to program a whole episode of this podcast, and our listener Heather was the victor with "Nice British People Doing Nice Things." As a result, she has slotted in (virtually) every show you will hear us talk about in this episode, for which we are joined by returning guest Alex Collins! First, we all tuck in on the pop history series Back In Time For Dinner. Then Around The Dial takes us to France for Escape To The Chateau, Newfoundland and Kenya for Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby, Wales for Escape To The Country, and a British mail route for Postman Pat. As required by Heather, Tara presents the Corner Gas episode "Happy Campers" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the Winner and Loser of the year 1992, we go knocking on Game Time's door. Make yourself a lovely cup of tea and join us! GUESTS 👤 Alex Collins TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥘 Back In Time For Dinner Around The Dial: 🏰 Escape To The Chateau Around The Dial: 🏨 Amazing Hotels Around The Dial: 🚵 Escape To The Country Around The Dial: 📮 Postman Pat The Canon: ⛽️ Corner Gas S04.E18: Happy Campers Winner & Loser: 👍 New York City Winner & Loser: 👎 Vatican City Game Time: 🧠 You've Got Mail NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 353 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Alex Collins on Twitter 🫔 Back In Time For Dinner on DailyMotion 🦟 Tara's review of AppleTV+'s The Mosquito Coast at Primetimer 🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast 🚵 Escape To The Country on DailyMotion 🎶 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

Jessica Liese is here to talk about a brand-new, brand-content competition reality show from Hulu -- Exposure, in which professional photographers compete in irrelevant-to-their-strengths "influencer" challenges while rookie hosts Cole Walliser and Cat Jimenez make terrible photo puns. The problem isn't so much the Samsung-fluffing; it's that the show isn't process-y enough, isn't transparent about how the challenges work, and isn't made by the same people who make Bake Off and could figure out how to turn an hour-long commercial for phone cameras into something informative with clear stakes. We were relieved to FOCUS (...sorry) on other topics in Around The Dial, including MAFS: Unmatchables, a ranking of MAFS: Mothership couples, Offspring, Top Chef, and 9-1-1: Lone Star. Listener Michaela pitched an un-Harmon-ious episode of Community for the Nonac before boats won, SNL lost, and we got bookish for Game Time. Take a break from dyeing your brows and hit play on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Jessica Liese TOPICS Lead Topic: 📸 Exposure Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 👶 Offspring Around The Dial: 🧑‍🍳 Top Chef Around The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1: Lone Star The Nonac: ✳️ Community S04.E03: Conventions of Space and Time Winner & Loser: 👍 "...Navally" Winner & Loser: 👎 Saturday Night Live Game Time: 🧠 Books We've Watched NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 352 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Follow Jessica Liese on Twitter 🧟 Listen to Jessica's Fear The Walking Dead podcast 💅🏽 And to her Tough As Nails pod on the Rob Has A Podcast network 🍵 Tara's Unmatchables review at Primetimer 🥋 Tara talks Mortal Kombat on the Slashfilmcast 🔎 Sarah's true-crime rec newsletter, Best Evidence 📷 Photo: Christian / Unsplash

Dr. Orna Guralnik has returned to Showtime to work with a whole new crop of troubled partners in a new season of Couples Therapy, and Vulture's Kathryn VanArendonk -- one of the show's biggest boosters -- has returned to our podcast to yell about it! (Positively!) Around The Dial takes us through Younger, a new Mythic Quest special, PBS's Philly D.A., Why Did You Kill Me?, Sasquatch, and the midseason premiere of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Mlle. Caroline uses her Extra Credit topic to ask us about the 20-year-old (or older) shows we still like, and those we don't. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that challenges our knowledge of both anime and bullshit. Put on your artiest geometric necklace, put the dog in its bed, and join us!GUESTS👤 Kathryn VanArendonkTOPICSLead Topic: 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 Couples Therapy Around The Dial: 🐣 Younger Around The Dial: ⚔️ Mythic Quest Around The Dial: 🔔 Philly D.A. Around The Dial: 😵 Why Did You Kill Me Around The Dial: 👣 Sasquatch Around The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: ⏳ Passing The Test Of TimeWinner & Loser: 👍 Warrior Winner & Loser: 👎 MorrisseyGame Time: 🧠 Anime BullshitNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 351 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter🦤 Kathryn's Couples Therapy review at Vulture🛋 Rich Juzwiak's interview with Orna Guralnik at Jezebel📺 Tara's review of Couples Therapy Season 2 at Primetimer📡 Tara talking about Season 1 of Couples Therapy on the Appointment Television podcast💰 Dave Chen's Patreon🔔 Kathryn's review of Philly D.A. at Vulture✍️ Kathryn's author page on Vulture🎧 The Appointment Television podcast🤩 The Specials podcast📚 Exhibit B Books Online

Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson joined the ranks of "rich people hanging out with each other" shows last week, and Here For It author R. Eric Thomas joined US to talk about the 2 Dope Queens co-host's foray into TV, including clunky animations, guest chemistry, and whether the animals in the pilot were too well-behaved. Dave was Not A Crackpot about leaving internet-based "fun" to the experts before we went Around The Dial with Kung Fu, Home Economics, Cybill, The Great Pottery Throw Down, United States Of Al, and Pennyworth. Then we studied some layouts for a first-season Ugly Betty submission before declaring a Winner and Loser and mashing up character names in Game Time. Don't be an ass; listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 R. Eric ThomasTOPICSLead Topic: 💨 Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson Around The Dial: 🥋 Kung Fu Around The Dial: 🏡 Home Economics Around The Dial: 👱 Cybill Around The Dial: 🏺 The Great Pottery Throw Down Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 United States Of Al Around The Dial: 🤵🏻‍♂️ Pennyworth The Canon: 🏆 Ugly Betty S01.E18: Don't Ask Don't TellWinner & Loser: 👍 Ancient Aliens Winner & Loser: 👎 Don't Game Time: 🧠 Connective TissueNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 350 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Follow Eric on Twitter📰 Eric's weekly humor newsletter🕸 Eric's website📍 And check out Eric's book, Here For It🏠 Tara's Home Economics review at Primetimer🇺🇸 Past guest Roxana Hadadi's United States Of Al review at RogerEbert.com🎧 Quaid In Full's Something To Talk About episode featuring Tara📷 Photo: Tyler Twins

Elliot Stabler has returned from his ignominious exile in...uh, a very nice-sounding job in Italy, and into an SVU spinoff that will find him Taking! His wife's murder! Personally! all over the Mob. Christina Tucker joins us to discuss this new vehicle and what a(n unpleasantly) surprising departure it actually is from the Law & Order model. Around The Dial takes us through Made For Love, Wipeout, Godzilla vs. Kong (on HBO Max! Watch it while you can! A lot!), and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Olivia makes the case for Doctor Who's "Silence In The Library" to be inducted into our Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a non-regulation Game Time that has us choosing some odd numbers. Get on the Wonder Wheel and crank us up!GUESTS👤 Christina TuckerTOPICSLead Topic: 👮‍♂️ Law & Order: Organized Crime Around The Dial: 😍 Made For Love Around The Dial: 🔴 Wipeout Around The Dial: 🦍 Godzilla vs. KongAround The Dial: ⛄️ The Falcon And The Winter Soldier The Canon: 🏆 Doctor Who S04.E08: Silence In The LibraryWinner & Loser: 👍 C.S.I.: Vegas Winner & Loser: 👎 Paul PierceGame Time: 🧠 I'm Not Like The OthersNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 349 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Christina Tucker on Twitter🧱 Kathryn VanArendonk's review of the Organized Crime premiere🔀 Variety's list of the best L&O intra-franchise crossovers😖 Tara's review of FX's Hysterical👩🏻‍🌾 Christina's review of Martha Stewart's Very Good Things at the Boston Globe✋🏽 The Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast🌈 Christina at Autostraddle

Reality-television expert Andy is back to talk about Pooch Perfect, and why you shouldn't sit, stay in front of the show, including awkward hosting by Rebel Wilson, consent issues with dyeing dogs, and a total lack of narrative tension. Matters improved with Around The Dial, as we discussed Genius: Aretha, Superstore, Race To The Center Of The Earth, Tough As Nails, The Bridge, and Housewives in the age of COVID before generating a suite of new Survivor themes for Josh's Extra Credit. After Andy tried to find Starz's The Chair a seat in The Canon, true crime won, CBS lost, and Dan Cassino forced us to answer casting calls during Game Time. Give yourself a treat: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Andy DehnartTOPICSLead Topic: 🐶 Pooch Perfect Around The Dial: 🤯 Genius Around The Dial: 🛒 Superstore Around The Dial: 🌎 Race To The Center Of The Earth Around The Dial: 💪 Tough As Nails Around The Dial: 🌉 The Bridge Around The Dial: 🤷‍♀️ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Extra Credit: 🗿 New Survivor ThemesThe Canon: 🪑 The Chair S01.E09: The TestWinner & Loser: 👍 True CrimeWinner & Loser: 👎 CBSGame Time: 🧠 Casting CallsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 348 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Follow Andy Dehnart on Twitter📰 Subscribe to Andy's newsletter👓 Read Andy's reviews of The Bridge, Tough As Nails, and Race To The Center Of The Earth on Reality Blurred🗣 Tara's Ben Feldman interview for Vanity Fair📷 Photo: ABC / Robert Trachtenberg

Over New Year's, we treated our Patreon supporters to a very important thought experiment: if 27 Smurfs entered Thunderdome to compete in battles to the death, who would be the last Smurf standing? Now, we are turning our minds to the same question...but with Muppets from The Muppet Show. Naturally, we had to bring in an expert to consider the question, which is why Adam Grosswirth of the Muppeturgy podcast is here. Will Fozzie Bear emerge alive from combat with Lew Zealand and Sam the Eagle? Does Camilla the Chicken peck her way out of battle with Sweetums and Scooter? Listen as we plumb the depths of these philosophical questions and so many more!GUESTS👤 Adam GrosswirthTOPICSLead Topic: ☠️ Muppet ThunderdomeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 347 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Adam Grosswirth on Twitter🐸 The Muppeturgy podcast🐦 Muppeturgy on Twitter▶️ Adam's collection of relevant GIFs

We're thrilled the third time was the charm for our guest Alison Herman, as we all dug into the pro-cooking kids' show from the Obama-tainment industrial complex, Waffles + Mochi. We talked about "variety" shows for children, whether Mrs. Obama is as stiff as Mochi is adorable, and supplemental tomato facts before going Around The Dial with Step Up: High Water, kid 90, Allen vs. Farrow, Greek, Last Chance U: Basketball, and famous original 9-1-1. Dave hoped a first-season episode of Warrior had a fighting chance to get into the Canon. British divorces won, American engagements lost, and we all struggled to see the answers in Tara's non-regulation Game Time. Put a potato in some formalwear and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Alison HermanTOPICSLead Topic: 🧇 Waffles + Mochi Around The Dial: 💃🏽 Step Up: High Water Around The Dial: 👧🏼 Kid 90 Around The Dial: 💥 Allen Vs. Farrow Around The Dial: 🏺 Greek Around The Dial: 🏀 Last Chance U: Basketball Around The Dial: 👨‍🚒 9-1-1 The Canon: 🏆 Warrior S01.E05: The Blood and the ShitWinner & Loser: 👍 Paul Bettany and Claire FoyWinner & Loser: 👎 Chris HarrisonGame Time: 🧠 Camera-ShyNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 346 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🧇 Waffles + Mochi review by Alison's colleague Justin Charity at The Ringer🍡 Sonia Saraiya's review for Vanity Fair🏛 Alison's anniversary piece on Greek🐦 Alison on Twitter💄 Listen To Sassy🌹 "I Am Your Bachelor, and I Am Also Running to Be Your Governor" by Stephanie Early Green📷 Photo: Adam Rose / Netflix

As part of the relaunch of CBS All Access as Paramount Plus, the original Season 1 cast of The Real World has reunited in their old Soho loft for a limited series, so we got back together with our former Real World recapper Kim Reed to discuss the series premiere! Also on the Paramount Plus tip, Tara also has to stress that she is not a crackpot for being irate that Oprah's interview with Harry and Meghan is somehow not on it. Around The Dial takes us through Good Girls, an update on Married At First Sight, the WandaVision finale, a Cop Rock tie-in on Last Week Tonight, and the midseason finale of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Lauren uses her Extra Credit to make us assemble a group of TV friends we would want to hang out with -- and who we think would enjoy hanging out with each other; then Sean makes the case for the Nonac induction of ER's Season 4 travelogue "Fathers And Sons." Finally, we crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close up with a Game Time as sticky as it is speedy. After you're done taking Gouda for a quick walk around the block, join us for our latest episode!GUESTS👤 Kim ReedTOPICSLead Topic: 🌎 The Real World Homecoming: New York I Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 Not having Oprah's Harry and Meghan interview on Paramount Plus is a gigantic failureAround The Dial: 😊 Good Girls Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🧙🏻‍♀️ Wandavision Around The Dial: 🚓 Cop Rock Around The Dial: 👩‍🚒 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: 👯‍♀️ Make New FriendsThe Nonac: 🩻 ER S04.E07: Fathers And SonsWinner & Loser: 👍 Bosch Winner & Loser: 👎 HBO MaxGame Time: 🧠 The Wide Stick That Gives You The EdgeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 345 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Kim on Twitter🌎 Andy Dehnart's The Real World Homecoming: New York premiere review🦤 Jen Chaney's review at Vulture🗞 James Poniewozik's review at The New York Times🎥 Tara's review at Variety🤴🏻 "Why Isn't Oprah's Bombshell Interview With Meghan and Harry on Paramount Plus?" at Variety👰‍♀️ The Married At First Sight scene where two women shut Chris down HARD🎞 Tara on Slashfilmcast👀 Alan Sepinwall's podcast, Too Long Didn't Watch🗓 Last Week Tonight's "Raids" segment on YouTube🎶 March MASTAS 2021: Ultimate Teen Idols

Brandon is back to talk about last weekend's Brutal Bridesmaids and its strange lack of bloodshed, plus ugly bridal fashion, an emergency male-stripper substitution, and realistic wedding-party cliques. We went Around The Dial with Close Enough, Punky Brewster's reboot, Search Party, Murder Among The Mormons, and Dave's 911 Lone Star report before re-imagining legendary episodes of TV as Lifetime movies in an Extra Credit from David Ellis Dickerson. We dug into a classic episode of The Mole for Canon Consideration, then declared the GLOW team winners and Joss Whedon a huge loser before heading to the DC-verse for Game Time. Chug that Booty Blaster; it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Brandon TOPICS Lead Topic: 👰‍♀️ Brutal Bridesmaids Around The Dial: 🏠 Close Enough Around The Dial: 🧑‍🎤 Punky Brewster Around The Dial: 🔦 Search Party Around The Dial: ☠️ Murder Among The Mormons Around The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: 👼 Mother, May I Sleep With Angel? The Canon: 🏆 The Mole S02.E11: The Eleventh Betrayal Winner & Loser: 👍 GLOW creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch Winner & Loser: 👎 Joss Whedon Game Time: 🧠 It Happened in DC NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 344 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🧑‍🎤 Tara's review of the new Punky Brewster for Primetimer 🐦 Find Brandon on Twitter 🎧 Listen to Brandon's podcast, The Discourse 📷 Photo: LMN

After illness prevented her from making her earlier booking, LaToya Ferguson has returned to talk about another show she feels passionate about: The CW's Superman & Lois! Is she all in on this latest iteration of the Man of Steel and his family? Listen and find out! Around The Dial takes us through It's A Sin, Cherries Wild, In & Of Itself, the full-throated endorsement of Firefly Lane that circumstances ROBBED LaToya of the chance to deliver earlier this month, and a report on a particularly bonkers episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Francoise uses her Extra Credit to ask us to share any TV-related resolutions we've made for 2021 (look, we're close to the Lunar New Year); then it's on to Tara's Canon presentation on Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E07: "House Party." Finally, we crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close up with a game that requires us to determine, once again: is this anything? Put on your tights and cape -- or take them off; whichever feels right -- and join us! GUESTS 👤 LaToya Ferguson TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸🏻‍♂️ Superman & Lois Around The Dial: 😈 It's A Sin Around The Dial: 🍒 Cherries Wild Around The Dial: 🗂 In & Of Itself Around The Dial: 🪰 Firefly Lane Around The Dial: 👨‍🚒 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: 📺 TV Resolutions The Canon: 🔔 Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E07: House Party Winner & Loser: 👍 Bosch Winner & Loser: 👎 HBO Max Game Time: 🧠 Again, Is This Anything? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 343 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 LaToya Ferguson on Twitter 🎰 Explaining the Cherries Wild slot machine disclaimer 🍒 Tara's Cherries Wild review at Primetimer 🌙 Tara's For All Mankind Season 2 review at VanityFair.com 🧛🏻‍♂️ LaToya's Vampire Diaries podcast The AMPire Diaries on Twitter 😇 LaToya's Angel podcast Angel On Top on Twitter 🗳 Linda Holmes's review of In & Of Itself at NPR.org 🐒 "Monkey Christ" 🐸 The Muppeturgy podcast

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

Fametracker's own Adam Sternbergh (oh, also the New York Times's but whatever)(hee) is back to discuss The Equalizer, the perfectly acceptable re-imagining of the '80s classic. Whom on the panel did the new verzh win over with casting coups, origami tradecraft, and similarities to Leverage and Blindspot? Who called it the three-camera sitcom of cop shows? And is anyone setting their DVR to watch more of it? We went Around The Dial with Framing Britney Spears, Married At First Sight, GBBO, Big Family Cooking Showdown, and Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel before finding ways to Defund The Police Shows in an Extra Credit from Francoise. Succession tried to ascend to the Canon throne; comedy both won AND lost; and we may have flunked out of electoral college during Game Time. Settle down in front of your only-on-TV massive monitor bank for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: ⚖️ The Equalizer Around The Dial: 🖼 The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney Spears Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🥮 The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: ⏲ The Big Family Cooking Showdown Around The Dial: 🫥 Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel Extra Credit: 🚔 Defund The Police Shows The Canon: 🦺 Succession S02.E04: Safe Room Winner & Loser: 🤣 Impractical Jokers Winner & Loser: 🦚 NBC Game Time: 🧠 Hail To The Chiefs NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 341 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ⚖️ Tara's review of The Equalizer for Primetimer 🔮 "The Oracle of Britney Spears" in Vanity Fair 👴🏼 "How The Elderly Lose Their Rights" in the New Yorker 🌅 Tara (and John Ramos!) on the Postcards From The Edge ep of Quaid In Full 💰 The Sweet Smell Of Succession podcast 📷 Photo: CBS / Barbara Nitke

With our intended guest and Firefly Lane expert LaToya Ferguson forced to bow out (we'll re-book her again ASAP!), your co-hosts muddled through on Netflix's new middlebrow book adaptation to the best of our ability. Around The Dial takes us through the late Quibi sitcom Mapleworth Murders, Hulu's Canadian import Jann, HBO Max's Danish import The Investigation -- and Borgen, with which it shares approximately half its cast -- the just-announced Black Panther show coming to Disney+ from Ryan Coogler, and Syfy's Resident Alien. Tara presents the A.P. Bio episode "Teacher Jail" to The Canon. And because the Loser is VERY dark, we name the Loser THEN the Winner this week, rather than send you home on a downer. Freshen up your Aqua Net and join us!TOPICSLead Topic: 🏘 Firefly Lane Around The Dial: 🍁 Mapleworth Murders Around The Dial: 👩🏻‍🌾 Jann Around The Dial: 🕵️‍♀️ The Investigation Around The Dial: 🇩🇰 Borgen Around The Dial: 🐆 Black Panther Around The Dial: 👽 Resident Alien The Canon: 🏆 A.P. Bio S01.E02: Teacher JailWinner & Loser: 👍 Whac-a-MoleWinner & Loser: 👎 Wipeout NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 340 page on ExtraHotGreat.com👩🏻‍🌾 Tara's Jann review at Primetimer💄 The Listen To Sassy podcast🐆 Collider's report on Ryan Coogler's Black Panther TV series🕵️‍♀️ Sarah's review of The Investigation at Primetimer

Our esteemed colleague, "Pot Ledom"-ologist, and Long Island native Dan Rogge returns to analyze Edward Burns's thoroughly mediocre Bridge & Tunnel, about the post-college lives and loves of six suspiciously hot high-school friends...none of whom can seem to master the accent. A huge music budget (and equally large commitment to the sex scenes) can't make up for stilted dialogue, anachronistic argot, and Burns's Lena Dunham-esque estrangement from the real-world problems of his characters. We went Around The Dial with Perfect Life, Walker, an America's Next Top Model book, Everwood, and 9-1-1 Lone Star before contemplating our ideal 2024 presidential tickets in an Extra Credit, and then Dan proposed burning down Riverdale's fourth-season musical episode "Wicked Little Town" in his Nonac presentation. Jane Lynch won, Seventeen lost, and none of us had perfect 2020 vision in a mash-up Game Time from Dan Cassino. Chuck that EZ-Pass tag out the window: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Dan RoggeTOPICSLead Topic: 🌉 Bridge & Tunnel Around The Dial: 🌈 Perfect Life Around The Dial: 🤠 Walker Around The Dial: 👠 America's Next Top Model Around The Dial: 🪵 Everwood Around The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1: Lone Star Extra Credit: 🤑 Commander On ScreenThe Nonac: 🦦 Riverdale S04.E17: Wicked Little TownWinner & Loser: 👍 The Weakest Link Winner & Loser: 👎 Seventeen MagazineGame Time: 🧠 2020 Double VisionNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 339 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🫥 Dan recommends Emily VanDerWerff on The Leftovers📰 Tara's Sassy piece in the New York Times Magazine💄 The Listen To Sassy podcast🎧 The Quaid In Full podcast🗽 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast📸 Photo: Epix

Marvel Studios has kicked off its slate of TV series with WandaVision, a sort-of spoof of classic sitcoms starring a couple of Avengers. What's actually going on? We don't know (though Dave has theories), but Caroline Framke is here to talk about the two-part premiere! Around The Dial takes us through The Good Lord Bird, Call Your Mother, Season 2's new Batwoman, the Premier League of football (or soccer, if you will), The Challenge, and Superstore -- specifically, the voice Mark McKinney is using to play Glenn, and whether it's worse than jazz. Suley presents the Steven Universe episode "So Many Birthdays" for The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes it to the bridge. Grab your nearest nosy neighbour and listen!GUESTS👤 Caroline FramkeTOPICSLead Topic: 📺 Wandavision Around The Dial: 🕊 The Good Lord Bird Around The Dial: ☎️ Call Your Mother Around The Dial: 🦇 Batwoman Around The Dial: ⚽️ The English Premier LeagueAround The Dial: 🤺 The Challenge Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 Mark McKinney's Voice As Glenn On SuperstoreThe Canon: 💎 Steven Universe S01.E13: So Many BirthdaysWinner & Loser: 👍 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: 👎 At Home With Amy Sedaris Game Time: 🧠 Extension ChordsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 338 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Caroline Framke on Twitter🧙‍♀️ Caroline's WandaVision review at Variety💰 David Chen's Patreon🕊 Doreen St. Felix's review of The Good Lord Bird at The New Yorker💄 The Listen To Sassy podcast🐦 ListenToSassy on Twitter📸 ListenToSassy on Instagram🦇 Caroline's Batwoman review✍️ Caroline's author page at Variety.com📰 The Best Evidence newsletter

The regular panelists had to forge ahead without esteemed colleague Kathryn VanArendonk in our discussion of Dickinson's second season; that's the bad news. The good news is, we all like Apple TV's imagining of poet Emily Dickinson's life and loves with lots of swearing and twenty-first-century slang. How DOES the show balance the demands of historical fact with flights of fancy, and not take itself too seriously? And are Season 2's creepy [character spoiler redacted] the key to its success? Later, we went Around The Dial with The Masked Dancer, Everything Is Going Great, Cheers Season 5, Mr. Mayor's debut, and Lupin and other "Pringle mysteries." A new detective franchise won, an old HBO franchise lost, and we continued the episode's verse theme with the Tara-crafted Tube Tunes VII. Pass Nobody an earbud for an all-new Extra Hot Great.TOPICSLead Topic: 🪶 Dickinson Around The Dial: 🎉 Everyone Is Doing Great Around The Dial: 🕺 The Masked Dancer Around The Dial: 🍻 Cheers Around The Dial: 🏢 Mr. Mayor Around The Dial: 🥷 Lupin Winner & Loser: 👍 Keegan-Michael KeyWinner & Loser: 👎 And Just Like That Game Time: 🧠 Tube Tunes VIINOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 337 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🪶 Kathryn VanArendonk, with us in spirit with her Dickinson deep dive for Vulture🎉 Tara's Everyone Is Doing Great review for Primetimer🕺 Tara's Masked Dancer review, ditto🖐 Tara's Force Five podcast appearance🐯 Sarah on Tiger's identity crisis for Primetimer📷 Photo: Apple TV

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

To help get you through our holiday break, Tara wrote a special festive version of her fan-favorite (...is it?) Non-Regulation Game Time: it's Wrapping Paper Tube Tunes! Some original holiday songs from TV shows; some covers; all comfort and joy. Please enjoy this gift from us to you, and don't try to return it.TOPICSGame Time: 🎁 Wrapping Paper Tube TunesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 335 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

Stephen King's 1978 novel has already been turned into a miniseries once, but it's time for this generation to get its own, apparently? So CBS All Access has made one, and Roxana Hadadi is joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Flight Attendant, Celebrity IOU, TKTK, The Wilds, and Season 2 of The Mandalorian. Mlle. Caroline presents the Parks & Recreation episode "Recall Vote" for induction to The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that defies categorization. Make yourself a nice cup of Thera-Flu and join us! GUESTS 👤 Roxana Hadadi TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦠 The Stand Around The Dial: ✈️ The Flight Attendant Around The Dial: 💸 Celebrity IOU Around The Dial: 👒 Bridgerton Around The Dial: 🍺 Letterkenny Around The Dial: 🐆 The Wilds Around The Dial: 🐸 The Mandalorian The Canon: 🌳 Parks And Recreation S06.E07: Recall Vote Winner & Loser: 👍 Dopesick Winner & Loser: 👎 The Rookie Game Time: 🧠 Netflix Rathole NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 334 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Roxana Hadadi on Twitter 🦠 Roxana's review of The Stand at Variety 📚 1994 Harold Lauder 🥇 RogerEbert.com Best TV of 2020 coverage 🎗 The A.V. Club Best Films of 2020 coverage 🍺 A goofy piece about the hotness of the Letterkenny cast, sort of jumping off me mentioning the show during the recording, over at Pajiba 🌴 A Very Special 90210 Book 🎙 Madonna A to Z 🐸 Film Crit Hulk on the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian 🥸 The Mandalorian animation vs. deepfake

First-time guest Kamille joins us for a conversation about Tiny Pretty Things, Netflix's new Center Stage-with-teens ballet thriller (?), and while she watched the whole thing, neither she nor the fulltime panel thinks it's good. But aside from the wretched VO, suspect acting, unwelcome parallels to 13 Reasons Why and decided un-Frenchness of cartoon villain Lauren Holly, is TPT a good time-waster? Not to worry: we found you some definite time-wasters when we went Around The Dial with The Wilds and 12 Dates Of Christmas, panned Deliciousness, and helped you cut down that HBO-documentary backlog with a watch-skip index of recent prestige true crime. We couldn't help but wonder if Sex & The City's fourth-season premiere was the Canon's soulmate. Boots Riley and Jharrel Jerome won (for now), Ellen and Ellen lost (again), and Suley wassailed us with a TV/Christmas song Game Time. Don't let the dorm mother catch you listening to an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Kamille WashingtonTOPICSLead Topic: 🩰 Tiny Pretty Things Around The Dial: 🏝 The Wilds Around The Dial: 🍕 Deliciousness Around The Dial: 💕 12 Dates Of Christmas Around The Dial: 🔪 HBO true-crime documentariesThe Canon: 🏙 Sex And The City Winner & Loser: 👍 Amazon orders a series from Boots RileyWinner & Loser: 👎 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Game Time: 🧠 The Caroling Burnett ShowNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 333 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Kamille Washington on Twitter🇬🇧 Tara's post on Pennyworth at Decider📚 Sarah and Tara on the People Still Read Books podcast🎄 Sarah and Tara discussion Northpole on the Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean podcast🎧 The Unfriendly Black Hotties podcast💸 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon

Hulu and Canada's kids' broadcaster YTV have brought the world a new adaptation of the nearly-100-year-old boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy, and we've enlisted Adam Grosswirth to join us in discussing it! A super-sized Around The Dial takes us through Selena: The Series, Nurses, Jingle Jangle, Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square, the original '70s version of The Hardy Boys, and Gangs Of London. After Joe M. uses his Extra Credit topic to have us write a character-revealing power ballad into an otherwise un-musical show, Adam makes his pitch for the "Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair" episode of Slings & Arrows to be inducted into The Canon. We crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close out with a Game Time perfectly tailored (heh heh) to our interests. Get your flashlight and your VERY loud walkie-talkie and listen in!GUESTS👤 Adam GrosswirthTOPICSLead Topic: 🔍 The Hardy Boys Around The Dial: 🎶 Selena: The Series Around The Dial: 🏥 Nurses Around The Dial: 🔔 Jingle Jangle Around The Dial: 🎄 Christmas On The Square Around The Dial: 🔎 The Hardy Boys (1977) Around The Dial: 🇬🇧 Gangs Of London Extra Credit: 🤑 Once More With FeelsThe Canon: 🏹 Slings & Arrows S02.E04: Fair Is Foul And Foul Is FairWinner & Loser: 👍 Vantage Point, getting a series adaptation at NBCWinner & Loser: 👎 CBS Sunday Morning David SedarisGame Time: 🧠 Signature LookNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 332 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Adam Grosswirth on Twitter🥴 The drunk episode of Overwhelming Positivity, "Two Hundred Headless Snowman In Review"🎶 "The Latine Delegation Has Decided Netflix's Selena: The Series Is Not Good" at Jezebel👗 Tara's review of Stylish With Jenna Lyons at Primetimer🛩 Tara on Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant at Decider👩‍🦰 Tara on the end of The Undoing at Dave Chen's Patreon🎄 Wesley Morris;s review of Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square in The New York Times🎧 Adam on Caroline And The Podcast🔪 The 12 Days Of Best Evidence

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

After 15 seasons on two networks, Supernatural has finally hunted its last monster, and our French friend Caroline Lefloch is joining us to bury the series finale in an unmarked, shallow grave. Around The Dial takes us through I Hate Suzie, Peacock's sequel to Saved By The Bell, Agatha Christie's Poirot, and new looks at the D.B. Cooper case in both History's Greatest Mysteries and HBO's The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper. Kimberly challenges us to Fleabag-enize a show by adding a hot clergy person to it; then it's on to Guy's submission of the Perfect Strangers episode "Just Desserts" for induction into The Canon. Finally, after crowning the week's Winner and Loser, we end on a Game Time with a little Gallic flair. Load up the vintage Impala and join us!GUESTS👤 Caroline LeflochTOPICSLead Topic: 👻 Supernatural Around The Dial: 😡 I Hate Suzie Around The Dial: ✏️ Saved By The Bell (2020) Around The Dial: 🥸 Agatha Christie's Poirot Around The Dial: 📜 History's Greatest Mysteries Around The Dial: 🪂 The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper Extra Credit: 🤑 Fleabag ReduxThe Canon: 👨‍🍳 Perfect Strangers S03.E16: Just DessertsWinner & Loser: 👍 Nick OffermanWinner & Loser: 👎 The Drew Barrymore Show Game Time: 🧠 How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 330 page on ExtraHotGreat.com😷 "Supernatural: COVID May Be To Blame for a Lackluster Finale" on VanityFair.com🌴 Again With This on Patreon🎧 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs🛶 "Nick Offerman's Woodshop Is Crafting Sustainable Solutions To Homelessness In LA" on Uproxx

It might not be Olivia Colman's highest-profile streaming series this week, but Apple TV+'s Becoming You, which explores how the first 2000 days of our lives shape our futures, is perfectly on-brand: expensive, gorgeously shot, and not quiiiiite essential. Omar returns to the guest chair to talk about the series' limited concept of diversity; whether the show made him miss his kids' first years; and what a visual subtweet of Brooklyn parents looks like. After that, we moved on to Colman's other big gig in Around The Dial as Tara talked about The Crown (plus Candy Land, and alas, there's no crossover event there...yet) before the rest of us made stops at The Animal Rescue Show and SVU's odious season premiere. Suley asked us to script a Jack McCoy rant for Extra Credit, and then Tara Talked To Us about a first-season Joe Pera Talks To You episode about The Who ("second base!"). Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammer won; COVID production shutdowns lost; and we curled up with cozy murders (and gardening ghosts) in Game Time. Insert your own "baby bunting" joke here: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Omar GallagaTOPICSLead Topic: 👶 Becoming You Around The Dial: 👑 The Crown Around The Dial: 🍭 Candy Land Around The Dial: 🐾 The Animal Rescue Show Around The Dial: 🚨 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Extra Credit: 🤑 Indignant Jack McCoyThe Canon: 🌲 Joe Pera Talks With You Winner & Loser: 👍 Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammar teaming for a new sitcomWinner & Loser: 👎 More covid shutdownsGame Time: 🧠 Revenge Of The Cozy MysteriesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 329 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Omar Gallaga on Twitter🏆 Tara's We Are The Champions review at Primetimer👓 Omar's Steve Treviño interview at Pulso📚 Omar's Treviño piece at Book And Film Globe💻 SteveTrevino.com🎧 John Ramos joins the Quaid In Full podcast for Suspect

Perhaps you feel the 2020 holiday season should start a little earlier than may be strictly traditional? So does Netflix, as it brings us all Dash & Lily, in which a pair of adorable teens who've never met use a red notebook to challenge each other to dares all over New York City. Internet Boyfriend taxonomist Esther Zuckerman jumps over from Thrillist to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through A Teacher, B Positive, Ted Lasso, The Reagans, and the maddening episode numbering of Disney+. Andrea pitches the Barry episode "ronny/lily" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that you should thank for its service. Make yourself a nice cup of hot chocolate and join us! GUESTS 👤 Esther Zuckerman TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎄 Dash & Lily Around The Dial: ✏️ A Teacher Around The Dial: 🩸 B Positive Around The Dial: ⚽️ Ted Lasso Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 The Reagans Lead Topic: ✨ Disney+'s episode numbering The Canon: 🎭 Barry S02.E05: ronny/lily Winner & Loser: 👍 Love Life William Jackson Harper Winner & Loser: 👎 Brian Austin Green Game Time: 🧠 Support The TV Troops NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 328 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Esther Zuckerman on Twitter 💻 Esther's Dash & Lily review at Thrillist 🥃 Tara on Mom at Primetimer 🇬🇧 Tara on Hugh Laurie at Primetimer 📚 Esther's book, A Field Guide To Internet Boyfriends 🌙 Kristen Stewart excerpt from Esther's book, at The Daily Beast 🌊 Keanu Reeves excerpt at Thrillist 🎸 Harry Styles excerpt at Billboard 💻 Esther at Thrillist 🔪 Best Evidence Book Club 🛒 "Fields Market: One Of LA's Hottest Filming Locations" in Southern California Life magazine

EHG's Dave and Game Time veteran Dan Cassino along with host Taylor Cole welcome Tara, Sarah and Mark Blankenship for a special crossover episode with The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show! Tara, Sarah and Mark battle it out in TV trivia modelled after a typical Extra Hot Great episode! We'll open with a new release for the week, go Around the Dial with a game about shows that change networks, and play The Canon where our contestants must separate great works of literature from TV favorites. It all comes down to a contentious lightning round to determine the Winner and Losers of the week!GUESTS👤 Dan Cassino👤 Taylor Cole👤 Mark BlankenshipTOPICSGame Time: 🧠 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show crossoverNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 327 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Mark Blankenship on Twitter🐦 Dan Cassino on Twitter🐦 Taylor Cole on Twitter🎧 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast

What if Big Little Lies, but in New York City and with no point? That's kind of how Emily and the regulars all felt about The Undoing, the latest Nicole Kidman-David E. Kelley collaboration for HBO; we admired the workmanship, while not really understanding what sets it apart from BLL (besides the quality of the wigs), or buying Kidman and Hugh Grant's chemistry. Will any of us be successfully cliff-hung into watching all six episodes? Later, we investigated Around The Dial with stops at Archer, the new Supermarket Sweep, Revolutionary Girl Utena, The Morning Show, City So Real, and The Queen's Gambit, before location-scouting "Domestic Survivor" for Don's Extra Credit. Emily hoped the signal-to-noise ratio of a fourth-season Halt And Catch Fire episode would be good enough to connect it to the Canon. Stath Lets Flats won, Quibi lost, and Game Time proved a severe insult to the brain (and other things). Quick, look hunted! It's an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Emily YoshidaTOPICSLead Topic: 🔪 The Undoing Around The Dial: 🏹 Archer Around The Dial: 🛒 Supermarket Sweep Around The Dial: 👧 Revolutionary Girl Utena Around The Dial: 🌞 The Morning Show Around The Dial: 🏙 City So Real Extra Credit: 🤑 Domestic SurvivorThe Canon: 💾 Halt And Catch Fire Winner & Loser: 👍 Stath Lets Flats Winner & Loser: 👎 QuibiGame Time: 🧠 A Game For HoopleheadsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 326 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Emily Yoshida on Twitter👓 Emily's Hugh Grant profile from when he was shooting The Undoing🧺 Tara on the premiere of The Conners vs. other quarantine-era shows, at Primetimer🎧 The Film Cast (fka Slashfilmcast)🌃 The Night Call podcast🔪 Kartemquin best bets on Best Evidence

Netflix's new import is a miniseries set in Franco-era Spain and revolving around a just-returned college grad and his Mexican ballerino friend. How does Lázaro's arrival tear the community apart (with lust)? Will Ellis joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Social Distance, The Conners, Selling Sunset, Australia's Next Top Model, and HBO's A West Wing Special. Will presents Naomi Campbell's visit to The Tyra Banks Show for induction to The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close things up with a Game Time that has spirit(s). Settle into your favorite wing chair at the Shooting Club and join us! GUESTS👤 Will EllisTOPICSLead Topic: 🇪🇸 Someone Has To Die Around The Dial: 😷 Social Distance Around The Dial: 🧺 The Conners Around The Dial: 🏡 Selling Sunset Around The Dial: 🇦🇺 Australia's Next Top Model Around The Dial: 🗳 The West Wing The Canon: 🎙 The Tyra Banks Show Winner & Loser: 👍 Paramount PlusWinner & Loser: 👎 Hubie Halloween Alaina PintoGame Time: 🧠 Bar SomeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 325 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Will Ellis on Twitter😷 Kathryn VanArendonk's review of Social Distance at Vulture🇨🇦 Tara on Baroness von Sketch Show at Primetimer🕵️‍♂️ Sarah on Unsolved Mysteries at Primetimer🎙 The Tyra Banks Show S01.E50 on YouTube👓 Sarah Hagi on Naomi Campbell's appearance on The Tyra Banks Show, at Zora

Disney+ and NatGeo decided to remake beloved '80s Mercury-astronauts epic (and earlier Tom Wolfe book) The Right Stuff as a series...and Adam Moussa decided to talk about it with us, a choice he may regret, because the four of us struggled to care. We struggled even to tell various astronauts apart, even, when we weren't wondering why this needed to be made, whether we should recommend For All Mankind instead, and where various actors would be in the Twink Taxonomy. Then we splashed down into Around The Dial with stops at Connecting, The Good Wife, Dark Side Of The Ring, and Rise Of Empires: Ottoman, we ordered some bangers and Smash with a Canon presentation on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. AppleTV+ won, Max Ehrich was a giant loser, and we were absolutely horrified by the wordplay in Game Time. Strap in to the vomit comet: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Adam MoussaTOPICSLead Topic: 👨‍🚀 The Right Stuff Around The Dial: 😷 Connecting Around The Dial: ⚖️ The Good Wife Around The Dial: 👨‍🎤 Dark Side Of The Ring Around The Dial: 📜 Rise Of Empires: Ottoman The Canon: 🏆 RuPaul's Drag Race UK S01.E05: Girl GroupsWinner & Loser: 👍 AppleTV+Winner & Loser: 👎 Under The Dome Max EhrichGame Time: 🧠 TerrorvisionNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 324 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Adam Moussa on Twitter👨‍🚀 The Right Stuff movie on the Quaid In Full podcast🚀 Tara's review of The Right Stuff at Primetimer🍽 Adam at Eater🌎 Eater's Guide To The World on Hulu

Showtime's latest docuseries is a deep (maybe too deep) dive on L.A. comedy club The Comedy Store, and first-time guest Brandi Brown -- herself a comic -- is joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Emily In Paris, Polar Bear's Café, and Paramount's doc I Am Richard Pryor. CoreyAH challenges us to cast the Hallmark Christmas movies of tomorrow, today! Then, after her successful pitch of "Senegal," Françoise goes back to the Parts Unknown well to pitch us the "Houston" episode. We crown the week's Winner and Loser; then it's on to a Game Time that takes place in front of an unadorned brick wall. Join us -- but just so you know, there's a two-drink minimum! GUESTS👤 Brandi BrownTOPICSLead Topic: 🎙 The Comedy Store Around The Dial: 🥖 Emily In Paris Around The Dial: 🐻‍❄️ Polar Bear's Café Around The Dial: 🔥 I Am Richard Pryor Extra Credit: 🤑 Counting Down To The Countdown To Christmas 2035The Canon: 🤠 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Winner & Loser: 👍 Ryan MurphyWinner & Loser: 👎 GLOW Game Time: 🧠 My Name Is [Blank] And You've Been GreatNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 323 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Brandi Brown on Twitter🎙 Brandi's mentor Tracey Ashley's episode of They Ready👓 A profile on Ashley at Forbes.com🎧 Ashley's album on Spotify🎧 Minnesota comic Cy Amundson on Spotify🔭 Astronomy Club on Netflix🥖 Tara's review of Emily In Paris at Primetimer🐦 Brandi's Twitter thread on Succession as Gritty Family Circus🐦 Brandi's Twitter thread on every 2020 Democratic primary candidate and who they'd be on Law & Order🎧 A Very Special 90210 Book, the audiobook🌴 Deleted scenes from the book in the Again With This podcast feed🛍 The Shangri-La Plaza pilot🌴 A Very Special 90210 Conversation with Tara Ariano and Sarah D. Bunting, presented by ATX Festival

We're thrilled Devindra could step over from Engadget and Slashfilm to talk to us about Utopia, Gillian Flynn's reimagining of a belovedly culty UK original. Sarah was less thrilled by the show itself, which she's probably bailing on after only two episodes, but the rest of the panel had good things to say about the story, the acting (especially John Cusack), and how fundamentally weird it is that Amazon chose to release Utopia anyway during All Of This. After a trip Around The Dial with Enola Holmes, Julie And The Phantoms, The Legend Of Korra, 30 For 30's new Oscar Pistorius deep-dive, and Dave's long-awaited Cobra Kai review, we took the correct train to Coney Island for Whitney's Canon presentation on the Mr. Robot pilot. Christine Baranski won, tight pants lost, and Game Time put a song in our hearts. Put down those raisins and cue up an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Devindra HardawarTOPICSLead Topic: 😷 Utopia Around The Dial: 🔍 Enola Holmes Around The Dial: 🎸 Julie And The Phantoms Around The Dial: ⚔️ The Legend Of Korra Around The Dial: 🤾‍♂️ 30 For 30 Around The Dial: 🥋 Cobra Kai The Canon: 🤖 Mr. Robot Winner & Loser: 👍 Christmas On The Square NetflixWinner & Loser: 👎 Family Feud Kathie Lee Gifford's son-in-lawGame Time: 🧠 The Man From Simon & Garfunkel, Vol. 3NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 322 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Devindra Hardawar on Twitter🤠 ATX Festival🎧 The Korra cast on Fighting In The War Room💻 Devindra at Engadget🎧 Engadget podcasts🎧 The Film Cast (fka Slashfilmcast) on Apple Podcasts🔪 The Best Evidence newsletter🌴 The Again With This podcast👖 The video of Kathie Lee Giffords's son-in-law and his too-tight pants

Fox's newest soap opera places Kim Cattrall at the head of a televangelist family that -- and you're never going to believe this -- are not as polished and pious as they appear on TV. First-time guest Meredith Haggerty joins us to discuss whether this is a good use of La Cattrall's many talents! Around The Dial takes us through Sing On!, Just Shoot Me!, and Netflix's videogame docs-series High Score. Lauren presents the "Co-op" episode of Documentary Now! for induction into the Canon; then after naming the week's Winner(s) and Loser(s), it's on to a Game Time that could buy and sell you. We hope you'll find it in your heart and in your spirit to join us!GUESTS👤 Meredith HaggertyTOPICSLead Topic: 🙏 Filthy Rich Around The Dial: 🎶 Sing On Around The Dial: 📸 Just Shoot Me Around The Dial: 🏆 High Score The Canon: 📽 Documentary Now! Winner & Loser: 👍 The Emmys Winner & Loser: 👎 QuitGame Time: 🧠 More Filthy RichesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 321 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Meredith Haggerty on Twitter💻 Meredith at Vox🎶 Tara's review of Sing On! at Primetimer🌴 A Very Special 90210 Book in hardcover🎧 A Very Special 90210 Book, the audiobook🌴 The Again With This podcast💸 Again With This on Patreon🎧 Charting TV theme songs of the '90s at Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs🎶 MASTAS ranks songs called "Hold On"📽 MASTAS on "Co-op"

Reality-TV vet Andy Dehnart has seen a LOT of unscripted crap in his decades in the field, so we're glad he brought his expertise to our discussion of this unprecedented time in the genre's history: the home-shot, socially-distanced versions/spin-offs of some of our old "favorites," plus some new DIY unscripted stuff tailored to pandemic "set" safety. We talked about the challenges facing reality competitions in the Zoom-show era, then drilled down on a few specific shows like Dr. Pimple Popper: Before The Pop, Ghosted: Love Gone Missing, Design At Your Door, and Amy Schumer Learns To Cook. What works for these shows and what doesn't? What innovations -- or filler-busters -- should they keep when quarantine's over? Later, we went Around The Dial with Challenger: The Final Flight, Get Organized With The Home Edit, 16 And Recovering, and The Great Pottery Throw Down, and Tara shared a Tiny Tessitoriumph. We petitioned a reality-competition court to overthrow legendary injustices in the day's Extra Credit, and Andy argued to OUR jury that the first-season Survivor finale acquitted itself well enough to join the Canon. Sam Elliott won, the English language lost, and every night is Saturday night at Game Time. Set up that ring light: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Andy DehnartTOPICSLead Topic: 🩺 Dr. Pimple Popper: Before The Pop Lead Topic: 👣 My Feet Are Killing Me: First Steps Lead Topic: 👻 Ghosted: Love Gone Missing Lead Topic: 🗝 Love After Lockup Lead Topic: 🪞 Design At Your Door Lead Topic: 🥘 Amy Schumer Learns To Cook Tiny Triumph: 🎉 Holey Moley Joe Tessitore tweetAround The Dial: 📚 Get Organized With The Home Edit Around The Dial: 💊 16 And Recovering Around The Dial: 🏺 The Great Pottery Throw Down Around The Dial: 🚀 Challenger: The Final Flight Extra Credit: 🤑 The People’s Appellate CourtThe Canon: 🏝 Survivor Winner & Loser: 👍 Family Guy Sam ElliottWinner & Loser: 👎 CBS All Access rebranding as Paramount PlusGame Time: 🧠 Ready For Primetime PlayersNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 320 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Andy Dehnart on Twitter🐦 Joe Tessitore tweets at Tara📸 The Home Edit on Instagram⚾️ Defector💻 Reality Blurred📧 Andy's Newsletter🔪 Best Evidence

Netflix's latest space drama takes a mother, played by Hilary Swank, to Mars, to try to balance work and family; Inkoo Kang of THR joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Boys, 90 Day Fiancé, and For All Mankind. We ponder whether The X-Files's "Humbug" should burrow into The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that reads us all for filth. Put on your space suit and join us!GUESTS👤 Inkoo KangTOPICSLead Topic: 👩‍🚀 Away Around The Dial: 🦸‍♂️ The Boys Around The Dial: 💍 90 Day Fiancé Around The Dial: 🚀 For All Mankind The Canon: 👽 The X-Files Winner & Loser: 👍 Andre DawsonWinner & Loser: 👎 The Venture Bros. Game Time: 🧠 Like TV But Silent And BoringNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 319 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Inkoo Kang on Twitter👩‍🚀 Inkoo's review of Away at THR☄️ Michael Baumann at The Ringer on what makes a good space show🦸‍♂️ Tara's review of The Boys at Primetimer⛳️ Tara on Holey Moley at Mel🎧 The Quaid In Full Podcast

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

Podcaster and Lifetime-movie-ologist Brandon is going deep on not just Ruthless Realtor (we would give you a plot summary, but it's...that, with a dash of Bad Ronald) but the evolution of Lifetime movies and the cultural anxieties they reflect; whether we'd ghost a weirdo who brought us a brisket; and why nobody seems to get a second take, or any direction. Then we staged an Around The Dial with stops at Love In The Time Of Corona, vintage Amazing Race, and Below Deck Med before Doug made an animated Canon case for Avatar: The Last Airbender's Empire Strikes Back episode. Dan Mallory won, Drunk History lost, and you won't believe who got re-cast at the pilot stage during Game Time. Don't change those locks: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 BrandonTOPICSLead Topic: 🏠 Ruthless Realtor Around The Dial: 😷 Love In The Time Of Corona Around The Dial: 🌎 The Amazing Race Around The Dial: ⚓️ Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: 🌬 Avatar: The Last Airbender Winner & Loser: 👍 Dan Mallory, subject of a limited series from Janicza Bravo, in which he'll be portrayed by Jake GyllenhaalWinner & Loser: 👎 Drunk History Winner & Loser: 👎 Tosh.0 Winner & Loser: 👎 The Other Two Winner & Loser: 👎 South Side Winner & Loser: 👎 The Society Winner & Loser: 👎 I Am Not Okay With This Game Time: 🧠 Ch-ch-ch-changesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 317 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Brandon on Twitter👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Tara's Singletown review at Primetimer🎧 The Discourse podcast🤝 Sarah's review of The Vow at Primetimer

TV Guide senior editor Malcolm Venable is here to talk about Lovecraft Country, HBO's series imagining of Matt Ruff's novel -- and why everything from the show's look and feel to the acting to Jonathan Majors's believable charisma drew us in. Then we drove our woody wagon Around The Dial with stops at Ted Lasso, Little Voice, and The Great Heist before Rebecca's Extra Credit tasked us with casting reality-competition shows with our favorite TV characters. Sarah then filed a Canon motion on behalf of a latter-season Law & Order Mothership episode. The British Empire won, the DC Universe lost, and we mashed up actor names and fictional reboots in Game Time. Grab a wooden bat and an illustrated map: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Malcolm VenableTOPICSLead Topic: 🛣 Lovecraft Country Around The Dial: ⚽️ Ted Lasso Around The Dial: 🎙 Little Voice Around The Dial: 💸 The Great Heist Extra Credit: 🤑 Be Our HostThe Canon: ⚖️ Law & Order S15.E13: Ain't No LoveWinner & Loser: 👍 The Crown Jonathan Pryce, Elizabeth DebickiWinner & Loser: 👎 DC UniverseGame Time: 🧠 Name Above The TitleNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 316 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Malcolm Venable on Twitter👓 "How Lovecraft Country Reappropriates H.P. Lovecraft's Notoriously Racist Creations" at Slate🦴 The Bones Zone podcast📖 Malcolm at TVGuide.com🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast🏆 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast🎶 "2 Are Charged In Killing Of Jam Master Jay, Hip-Hop Pioneer" at NYTimes.com📖 Rap On Trial at TheNewPress.com🚨 "A History of Violence: Why I Loved Cop Shows, and Why They Must Change" by Alan Sepinwall at RollingStone.com👮‍♂️ "Cops Are Always the Main Characters" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture

Before they were the original co-hosts of The Great British Bake Off, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were comedy partners, and their new project Hitmen, imported from Sky to Peacock, returns them to their roots. Did it slay us? We'll talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through An American Pickle, Hard Knocks, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. For his Extra Credit, Taylor Cole -- inspired by The Great -- asks us to create our own heightened, quasi-comedic bio-series about a world leader of yesteryear. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's back to school for Game Time. Pop an extra-strong mint and join us!TOPICSLead Topic: 🔪 Hitmen Around The Dial: 🥒 An American Pickle Around The Dial: 🏈 Hard Knocks Around The Dial: 🚀 Star Trek: Lower Decks Extra Credit: 🤑 World Leader PretendWinner & Loser: 👍 C.S.I.: Vegas Winner & Loser: 👎 Taskmaster Winner & Loser: 👎 Succession Game Time: 🧠 It's All Academic: Second SemesterNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 315 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🧢 Defector🏈 Joe Reid on Hard Knocks at Primetimer🏝 Sarah on Surviving Jeffrey Epstein at Primetimer⛈ Sarah on Storm Over Brooklyn at Primetimer🚀 Tara's Star Trek: Lower Decks review at Primetimer🤔 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast