Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

It's just the three of us for our EHG "holiday episode" -- a meditation on the theme of Christmas creep. And yeah, they DO start playing carols in the mall on, like, November 2 these days...but that's not exactly the definition "creep" that became central to our discussion as we contemplated a Hill Street Blues that contained literally all the acting, plus plenty of judgment of singletons; an All In The Family double episode in which a hate crime led to a lengthy crisis of faith for Edith, who was not that crime's victim; and a Pickle & Peanut segment that abandoned us all in the Uncanny Valley. So when we say "Christmas creep," get ready to shudder as you deck the halls with a very special Extra Hot Great.TOPICSLead Topic: 👮‍♂️ Hill Street Blues S03.E12: SantaclaustrophobiaLead Topic: 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All In The Family S08.E13 & S08.E14: Edith's Crisis Of FaithLead Topic: 🥜 Pickle & Peanut S02.E17: Merry Mo-CapNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 229 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🥜 Watch Pickle & Peanut's Merry Mo-Cap

Resident upstate...er, resident Kim Reed is back to talk about Ben Stiller-directed drama/thriller/Shawshank aspirant Escape At Dannemora. We discuss everything from accents to wardrobe to pacing to whether trying to recreate '70s thrillers is a worthwhile goal. Should Sarah keep watching past Episode 4? Keep listening and find out. After that, we debate whether Dave would Hate This Jekyll-and-Hyde thing on The CW, and go Around The Dial with two comedy specials, Catastrophe, The Final Table, Wellington Paranormal, 30 For 30, and a Very Special Again With This announcement; we also saved five TV characters each in today's lifeboat Extra Credit; declared Ice T's breakfast a winner and NBC a loser, and tried to recognize patterns in Game Time. Tunnel on over to an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Kim ReedTOPICSLead Topic: 🚓 Escape At Dannemora Around The Dial: 🦍 Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape Will Dave Hate This?: 🎭 Jekyll & Hyde show on the CWAround The Dial: 🥗 Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh Around The Dial: 🌋 Catastrophe Around The Dial: 🍽 The Final Table Around The Dial: 👻 Wellington Paranormal Around The Dial: 🥍 30 For 30 Extra Credit: 🤑 Put 5 TV characters in a lifeboatThe Canon: 🏆 Game Of Thrones S06.E10: The Winds Of WinterWinner & Loser: 👍 Ice-TWinner & Loser: 👎 NBC's Megyn Kelly experimentGame Time: 🧠 Test PatternsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 228 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🥯 Ice T eats a bagel at last

Netflix's Narcos has moved to a new time period and a new location with the spinoff Narcos: Mexico, and Maggie Serota has joined us to talk about what's changed as our attention turns from Colombian cartels to ones closer to a certain famous border. Around The Dial clicks through Showtime's Shut Up And Dribble, A&E's The Clinton Affair, perennial segment star Patriot, and an update on Teen Titans Go!. Tara makes the case for inducting The Larry Sanders Show's "Where Is The Love?" to the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser and -- just in time for Thanksgiving -- a Game Time to gorge on. Light up a joint or a field of weed visible from space (we don't judge) and join us!GUESTS👤 Maggie SerotaTOPICSLead Topic: 💊 Narcos: Mexico Around The Dial: 🏀 Shut Up And Dribble Around The Dial: 👗 The Clinton Affair Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 Patriot Around The Dial: 💨 Teen Titans Go! The Canon: 🏆 The Larry Sanders Show S05.E03: Where Is The Love?Winner & Loser: 👍 Bosch Winner & Loser: 👎 Brian Austin GreenGame Time: 🧠 Order UpNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 227 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Maggie Serota on Twitter💿 Maggie at Spin.com🪓 Maggie's deep dive on So I Married An Axe Murderer

As Amazon brings the scripted podcast Homecoming to TV in an adaptation starring Julia Roberts -- apparently she's done some films? -- we welcome Mark Lisanti to talk about its music, its colour scheme, and how engrossing we found its conspiracy thriller storyline. Around The Dial takes us to two comedies by and for fortysomething women (Baroness Von Sketch Show and Sally4Ever), two other Amazon series (The Romanoffs and Patriot), the ninth season of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, and Dave's latest forcening: Teen Titans Go!. We consider a very regal Extra Credit query from Corey before Mark pitches 30 Rock's "Succession" for The Canon. We name the week's Winner and Loser, and then kick off a new season of Game Time with an outing that requires us to dig deep into our facility with the alphabet. Grab a giant helping of gnocchi and listen!GUESTS👤 Mark LisantiTOPICSLead Topic: 🥳 Homecoming Around The Dial: 👑 Baroness Von Sketch Show Around The Dial: ⏰ Sally4Ever Around The Dial: 🇷🇺 The Romanoffs Around The Dial: ⚔️ Patriot Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Around The Dial: 💨 Teen Titans Go! Extra Credit: 👑 The Canon: 🏆 30 Rock S02.E13: SuccessionWinner & Loser: 👍 Jesse PinkmanWinner & Loser: 👎 Ice-TGame Time: 🧠 Letters From PhiloNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 226 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Mark Lisanti on Twitter

Netflix's political potboiler returned last weekend -- without its former linchpin in the Frank Underwood role. WE returned with first-time guest Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about whether this is the one Netflix-original season that actually felt too short; which is more egregious, Doug's beard or Claire's pregnancy pad; and what the franchise might have gained by just coming back in five years' time with all-new characters and no Spacey baggage. We went Around The Dial with Will & Grace, Superstore, The Shivering Truth, the original Rake, and Bodyguard before exclaiming, "Great Scott!" at the lives, loves, and butts of a first-season Outlander. Julianne Hough won, Alec Baldwin and Kevin James lost, Tara ad-ded value to the episode with her non-regulation Game Time. Fili-bust out your earbuds; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: 🃏 House Of Cards Around The Dial: 👩🏻‍🦰 Will & Grace Around The Dial: 🏪 Superstore Around The Dial: 🥶 The Shivering Truth Around The Dial: 🍂 Rake Around The Dial: 💂‍♀️ Bodyguard The Canon: 🏆 Outlander S01.E07: The Wedding Winner & Loser: 👍 Julianne Hough Winner & Loser: 👎 Kevin James and Alec Baldwin Game Time: 🧠 Promotional Considerations NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 225 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter 🤦‍♀️ Diane Lane biffs the Bechdel test 🏚 Tara on Homecoming (warning: spoilerish) 💂 Kathryn on that Bodyguard twist 📆 The Appointment TV podcast

With Hallowe'en upon us, we decided to take a look at this season's two witch remakes: The CW's Charmed, and Netflix's Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. Eve Batey joins us to discuss whether they put a spell on us, or if we wished we could burn them at the stake. Around The Dial stops at The House On Haunted Hill, Iron Fist's second (and final) season, and Counterpart. Find out whether the climax for Seinfeld's "The Contest" is its induction into The Canon. And then, after you learn the week's Winner or Loser, you can play along with a Game Time full of memorable First Impressions. It's no toil and only good trouble in our latest Extra Hot Great podcast!GUESTS👤 Eve BateyTOPICSLead Topic: 🧙‍♀️ Charmed (2018) Lead Topic: 👻 The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Around The Dial: 👻 The Haunting Of Hill House Around The Dial: 🥋 Iron Fist Around The Dial: 👯‍♂️ Counterpart The Canon: 🏆 Seinfeld S04.E11: The ContestWinner & Loser: 👍 Sofia VergaraWinner & Loser: 👎 Megyn KellyGame Time: 🧠 First ImpressionsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 224 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter💞 Tara's Twitter thread on Runaway Heart🗞 Eve's Inside Media newsletter

The Conners debuted last week, sans its controversial founder -- and Sarah Baker made HER EHG debut to talk about everything from how the show handled "Roseanne"'s death to the healing properties of Goodman and Metcalf to whether we'll keep watching without a possible train-wreck as motivation. We went Around The Dial with The Cool Kids, Get A Room With Carson And Thom, a Camping/Splitting Up Together comparison, and a German Flying Circus before Dylan Garsee hoped an RPDR All Stars episode would get to sashay-you-stay into the Canon. A Midwife won, Marvel lost, and a monstrous game time had us all screaming -- on an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Sarah BakerTOPICSLead Topic: 🛋 The Conners Around The Dial: ⛺️ Camping Around The Dial: 💔 Splitting Up Together Around The Dial: 😎 The Cool Kids Around The Dial: 🪟 Get A Room With Carson And Thom Around The Dial: 🎪 Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus The Canon: 🏆 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars S02.E05: Revenge Of The QueensWinner & Loser: 👍 Emerald FennellWinner & Loser: 👎 Marvel's Street TeamGame Time: 🧠 Monster MashNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 223 page on ExtraHotGreat.com📈 The Conners's ratings👴 The official Kominsky Method trailer

Big Mouth has returned to Netflix for a second season of monstrous puberty (and puberty monsters), and Joe Reid is joining us to talk about the various sweaty humiliations that come with it! Around The Dial takes us to America To Me, Maniac, Chuck, and Dave's forcened sampling of Dreamland. Joe proposes the induction of the Friends episode "The One Where Rosita Dies" into the Nonac. Then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a golden Game Time. Get a textbook to hide your boner and listen!GUESTS👤 Joe ReidTOPICSLead Topic: 👄 Big Mouth Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 America To Me Around The Dial: 🤪 Maniac Around The Dial: 👟 Chuck Around The Dial: 😴 Dreamland The Nonac: 🤮 Friends S07.E13: The One Where Rosita DiesWinner & Loser: 👍 Lance BassWinner & Loser: 👎 James FrancoGame Time: 🧠 Slumming It For An EmmyNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 222 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Joe Reid on Twitter🗳 Joe on Decider🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz

When the most exciting thing about a new show is the moment David T. Cole rechristens it Men Of A Certain Beige, you know you've got problems...but returning guest Jeb Lund soldiered bravely through our grumpy discussion of ABC's attempt to throw This Is Us, Desperate Housewives, and thirtysomething in a blender. We went around the dial with the new Murphy Brown, HBO's Jane Fonda docu, Ken Burns's Prohibition, a plea to reboot Behind The Music, and Dave's French stand-up TV forcening. Jeb hoped we wouldn't declare his House Canon submission dead on arrival before we named Kareem Abdul Jabbar a winner and Weiner a loser, and tossed around a pay-cable pomme frite with an all-HBO Hot Potato. Come for the tasteless puns on "Rutledge"; stay for Sarah saying the phrase "stunt penis" too many times in an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Jeb LundTOPICSLead Topic: 🧔‍♂️ A Million Little Things Around The Dial: 📰 Murphy Brown Around The Dial: 🏋🏻‍♀️ Jane Fonda In Five Acts Around The Dial: 🍸 Ken Burns's Prohibition Around The Dial: 🎸 Behind The Music Around The Dial: 🛌 Gad Elmaleh: American Dream The Canon: 🩻 House S04.E15: House's HeadWinner & Loser: 👍 Kareem Abdul-JabbarWinner & Loser: 👎 Matthew WeinerGame Time: 🧠 HBO-t PotatoNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 221 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🤰 Tara on Bristol Palin's Teen Mom-mery👩‍⚖️ The Blotter Presents on Prohibition🎸 Behind The Music on YouTube🎅 Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs and sometimes are mean

After the successes of its Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver remakes, CBS has turned west -- way west -- to bring Thomas Magnum to a new generation. Did it work? We invited Stephen J. Skelton and Todd Robert Anderson, co-hosts of the Film Pigs podcast and die-hard fans of the original, to dissect 2018's Magnum P.I. (KEEP YOUR COMMA, GRANDPA). Around The Dial takes us through New Amsterdam (no relation to the one from ten years ago), Netflix's Maniac, The Good Place, and Family Ties. We then go back in time to consider the original Magnum, P.I. with a Canon submission for the two-part Season 3 premiere, "Did You See The Sunrise?" Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and move on to another installment of Backdoor Pilots from our old friend Dan Cassino. Put Zeus and Apollo in their crates and join us!GUESTS👤 Stephen J. Skelton👤 Todd Robert AndersonTOPICSLead Topic: 🌺 Magnum P.I. (2018) Around The Dial: 🏥 New Amsterdam (2018) Around The Dial: 🤪 Maniac Around The Dial: ⭐️ The Good Place Around The Dial: 🏡 Family Ties The Canon: 🏆 Magnum P.I. (1980) S03.E01 & 02: Did You See The Sunrise?Winner & Loser: 👍 MarshmallowsWinner & Loser: 👎 Colin Jost and Michael CheGame Time: 🧠 Back Door PilotsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 220 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐷 Stephen J. Skelton on Twitter🐷 Todd Robert Anderson on Twitter🎬 The Film Pigs podcast🙅‍♀️ You're The Worst on Hulu

BoJack Horseman dropped another season last weekend -- along with practically every other streaming show, but this simultaneously hilarious, dirty, and dark animated dramedy is the one we chose to discuss, along with the correct amount of Todd; background hilarity; and spot-on guest casting. We went Around The Dial with Forever, The First, Deutschland 83 and 86, the newest American Horror Story, and a years-in-the-making verdict on whether Dave hated Troy: Fall Of A City, and Adam hoped to declare mission accomplished on his submission of the Alias two-part second-season finale for the Canon. Aaron "Todd" Paul won, the Downey/Burnett household lost, and we went through the stages of TV relationships in a quotable Game Time from Caroline. Don't be a neigh-sayer: give Episode 219 a listen! GUESTS 👤 Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: 🐴 Bojack Horseman Around The Dial: ⏳ Forever Around The Dial: 🥇 The First Around The Dial: 🇩🇪 Deutschland 83 Around The Dial: 👻 American Horror Story: Apocalypse Around The Dial: 🏛 Troy: Fall Of A City The Canon: 🏆 Alias S02.E21 & 22: Second Double / The Telling Winner & Loser: 👍 Aaron Paul Winner & Loser: 👎 Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, and Tom Arnold Game Time: 🧠 Love, Relationships, And All That Crap NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 219 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🏄‍♂️ Tara's Sean Penn ranking for Mel Magazine 🍣 McElhone tries not to scratch Salmon Penn's eyes out

Jim Carrey and Michel Gondry have re-teamed, for the first time since Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, on Kidding, the story of a children's TV host dealing with grief; Rolling Stone's Chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall returns to talk about it (and not as if he's talking to a bunch of four-year-olds). Around The Dial brings us to Lifetime's stalker thriller You; Season 2 of American Vandal; and The Forger's Masterclass. Alan presents the ER episode "Exodus" for submission into the Canon. Then after identifying the week's Winner and Loser(s), we start a new season of Game Time with Before & After III. Grab your favourite puppet friend and join us! GUESTS 👤 Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: 👶 Kidding Around The Dial: 🫵 You Around The Dial: 🍆 American Vandal Around The Dial: ✍️ The Forger's Masterclass The Canon: 🏆 ER S04.E15: Exodus Winner & Loser: 👍 John Legend Winner & Loser: 👎 Les Moonves Game Time: 🧠 Before & After III NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 218 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🪨 Alan Sepinwall on Twitter 📚 Alan's books on Amazon ✍️ Episode 1 of The Forger's Masterclass on YouTube 👁 Visit SimpleContacts.com/EXTRA and enter promo code EXTRA at checkout 🫦 Visit SuperChewer.com/EXTRA and enter promo code EXTRA at checkout

Tom Clancy's foxy CIA nerd is back in John Krasinski form for Amazon's new series, and first-time guests and ATX Festival poohbahs Cait and Emily joined us to talk about its problematic politics, whether the TV-scape needs another Homeland, why Krasinski chose THIS project, and Timothy Hutton's new corporate-douche casting lane. We went Around The Dial with Ozark, Anne With An E, The Big Family Cooking Showdown, Halt & Catch Fire, The Purge, and Paradise PD before taking a ferry to Gay Head for Cory's exasperated submission of a Season 6 Gilmore Girls to the Nonac. New Bachelor Colton won, NBC News lost, and Tara's non-regulation Game Time was music to (some of) our ears. Will Buntsy lose her mind at the Nonac music again? Has Jack Ryan crowned a new William Fichtner? Find out in an explosive new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS👤 Caitlin McFarland👤 Emily GipsonTOPICSLead Topic: 🧨 Jack Ryan Around The Dial: ⚰️ The Purge Around The Dial: 🍁 Anne With An E Around The Dial: 🏔 Ozark Around The Dial: ⏲ The Big Family Cooking Showdown Around The Dial: 🔥 Halt And Catch Fire Around The Dial: ⛱ Paradise Pd The Nonac: 👩‍👧 Gilmore Girls S06.E15: A Vineyard ValentineWinner & Loser: 👍 The Bachelor ColtonWinner & Loser: 👎 NBC NewsGame Time: 🧠 Tube Tunes IIINOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 217 page on ExtraHotGreat.com📺 The ATX Festival🏕 The TV Campfire Podcast🔎 The Blotter😖 The Guardian rips a strip off Cooking Showdown🛼 Austin Anarchy Men's Roller Derby presents Drag Queens Of The Rink

Matt Groening and a passel of ex-Futurama writers have brought Netflix a new animated sitcom set in a fantastical world with elves and personal demons and the like, but did we find Disenchantment enchanting? Omar Gallaga returns to join our discussion! Around The Dial clicks on Netflix's new teen romcom feature film To All The Boys I've Loved Before; Jerry Seinfeld's automotive chat show Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, and Bravo's Below Deck-iverse. Omar makes the case for Detroiters's "Hark Motors" to be inducted into the Nonac, and then we're Hailing various Chiefs in the presidential Game Time America, The World, And Beyond. Get an Onion Julius and listen in! GUESTS👤 Omar GallagaTOPICSLead Topic: 🪄 Disenchantment Around The Dial: 💙 To All The Boys I've Loved Before Around The Dial: ☕️ Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee Around The Dial: 🛳 Below Deck The Nonac: 🤮 Detroiters S02.E08: Hark MotorsWinner & Loser: 👍 CraftersWinner & Loser: 👎 Roseanne Game Time: 🧠 America, The World, And BeyondNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 216 page on ExtraHotGreat.com📲 TechMinuteTexas.com💰 Money Can't Buy You Podcast

Better Call Saul came back for its fourth season a few weeks ago, and Will Leitch came back to discuss what's transpired so far: the deliberate pace, the subplots we don't care as much about (sorry, Nacho), the forecast for Mesa Verde's plans for market domination, and what we think becomes of Kim...and of course the provenance of That Letter. We went Around The Dial with Marching Orders, Sharp Objects, Conan's transition away from music and the death throes (?) of late-night, and Babylon Berlin before Will had just one more thing on his Canon presentation for the first real Columbo episode. Who won the numbers game in a high-volume Game Time? Bag up that cast and hop into an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS👤 Will LeitchTOPICSLead Topic: ⚖️ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: 🥁 Marching Orders Around The Dial: 👨‍🦰 Conan Around The Dial: 🔪 Sharp Objects Around The Dial: 🇩🇪 Babylon Berlin The Canon: 🧥 Columbo S01.E01: Murder By The BookWinner & Loser: 👍 Niecy NashWinner & Loser: 👎 Ian ZieringGame Time: 🧠 Which Aired More, Vol. IINOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 215 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🏈 The Will Leitch Show📫 Will's Tinyletter🔪 Tara on Sharp Objects at Decider🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs🧥 "Murder By The Book" on YouTube

AMC's newest drama is Lodge 49, the story of a dirtbag ex-surfer mysteriously drawn to a Long Beach fraternal order; does it deserve its Better Call Saul lead-in? Surf fiction fan Adam Sternbergh returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Insecure, Babylon Berlin, and HBO's Ben Bradlee doc Newspaperman. Adam makes the case for us to induct Killing Eve's series premiere into the Canon, and then it's up, up and away to a comic book-themed Game Time. Put on your signet ring and join us!GUESTS👤 Adam SternberghTOPICSLead Topic: 🛖 Lodge 49 Around The Dial: 😥 Insecure Around The Dial: 🇩🇪 Babylon Berlin Around The Dial: 📰 Newspaperman: The Life And Times Of Ben Bradlee Around The Dial: 📺 Dave gets a 4K TVThe Canon: 🏆 Killing Eve S01.E01: Nice FaceWinner & Loser: 👍 Cord-cuttersWinner & Loser: 👎 Talking Dead Game Time: 🧠 Pros & Comic-ConsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 214 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Adam Sternbergh on Twitter📕 The official website for Adam's novel, The Blinds🤬 Tara on I Hate It But I Love It talking Bring It On👗 Vulture's interview with Killing Eve's costume designer, Phoebe de Gaye

What's not to love about a crafting competition show hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman? Wellll, Linda Holmes and the regulars could think of a few things, but our nitpicks stem almost entirely from liking the show and wanting it to be its best, punniest self. We talk host bits, judging inconsistencies, the comparison of apples to macrame, and there's even Sarah's obligatory semi-annual reference to Work Of Art. We go Around The Dial with Queer Eye, Kids Baking Championship, The Bletchley Circle: Mission Burrito (...okay, it's actually "San Francisco," but we like Dave's name better), and Trial & Error before Linda serves a warrant for inducting Brooklyn Nine-Nine into The Canon. Deadwood won (maybe; we'll see), networks' lip service to survivors and equal pay lost, and we entered the valley of the shadow of unbelievable/y crappy shows with Dan Cassino's Trough TV Game Time. Glue-gun those earbuds in: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Linda Holmes TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧵 Making It Around The Dial: 🌈 Queer Eye Around The Dial: 🥧 Kids Baking Championship Around The Dial: 🌁 The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Around The Dial: 👩‍⚖️ Trial & Error The Canon: 🏆 Brooklyn Nine-Nine S05.E12: Safe House Winner & Loser: 👍 Deadwood Hoopleheads Winner & Loser: 👎 AMC, CBS, and Netflix Game Time: 🧠 Trough TV NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 213 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🔐 Lucy Mangan on TBC: SF 🐦 Linda Holmes on Twitter

Hulu's latest original series, Castle Rock, is inspired by the works of Stephen King -- but is the resulting series Stephen Kingdom Hearts? Deadspin editor, Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean co-host, and spouse of a Maine native David Roth makes his début to talk about it! Around The Dial spins to Seven Year Switch, Bosch, Last Chance U, and a vintage ad from Stephen King's past. David makes a pitch for us to induct the Law & Order: SVU episode "Wildlife" into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we continue talking names in a Game Time all about TV characters' monikers. Grab some Wonder Bread and join us! GUESTS👤 David RothTOPICSLead Topic: 🏰 Castle Rock Around The Dial: 👩‍❤️‍👨 Seven Year Switch Around The Dial: 🕵️‍♂️ Bosch Around The Dial: 🏈 Last Chance U The Canon: 🏆 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S10.E07: WildlifeWinner & Loser: 👍 Supergirl Winner & Loser: 👎 Fans of The Brady BunchGame Time: 🧠 A Rose By Any Other NameNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 212 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🍊 Orange Is The New Black at Vulture🎅 David Roth on Twitter⚾️ David Roth at Deadspin😵 The Deadcast🎄 Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean🚨 The Blotter🦨 Tara discussing "Wildlife" on These Are Their Stories🗣 Pacific Standard's oral history of "Wildlife"

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

Even in 2018, the summer TV season isn't all prestigious limited series and Emmy contenders: there's still misbegotten syndication-quality sci-fantasy stuff like The CW's overseas-Syfy import The Outpost! We stretched the bounds of Monty Ashley's patience by inviting him to join us and discuss it. Around The Dial clicks through the second seasons of Nailed It! and GLOW, as well as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Animal Kingdom. Monty presents Batman: The Animated Series's "Heart Of Ice" for induction into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we belly up to the bar for a Game Time about TV's watering holes. Lend us your pointy ears and enjoy! GUESTS👤 Monty AshleyTOPICSLead Topic: 🛖 The Outpost Around The Dial: 🍰 Nailed It Around The Dial: 🤼‍♀️ GLOW Around The Dial: 🪄 Penn & Teller: Fool Us Around The Dial: 🦁 Animal Kingdom The Canon: 🏆 Batman: The Animated Series S01.E03: Heart Of IceWinner & Loser: 👍 Seinfeld Elaine BenesWinner & Loser: 👎 HBOGame Time: 🧠 Where Everybody Knows Your NameNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 210 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🦹 The Villain Edit podcast💵 Tara on Paid Off With Michael Torpey for Slate🗡 Tara's first Sharp Objects recap at Decider

The second season of Detroiters started last week, and new guest Josh Gondelman joins us to talk about why it's so great, and why it should be better known: the crack timing, the considered use of Tim Meadows in his lower "gear," and the things it gets right about longtime friendships. We're going Around The Dial with Pose, Nanette, Barry, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion (again), Luke Cage, and Handmaid's Tale before Detroiters's Tim Robinson makes another appearance in Josh's Canon pitch for Robinson's eponymous episode of The Characters. Roseanne-less Roseanne won, Prime subscribers lost (and didn't even know it), and Game Time became snacktime in a quiz about food/show mash-ups. Put us on for your commute (after you check your gas tank for sardines): it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Josh GondelmanTOPICSLead Topic: 😱 Detroiters Around The Dial: 🤭 Nanette Around The Dial: 👗 Pose Around The Dial: ⛱ Jersey Shore: Family Reunion Around The Dial: 🥊 Luke Cage Around The Dial: ⛪️ The Handmaid's Tale The Canon: 🏆 The Characters S01.E07: Tim RobinsonWinner & Loser: 👍 The Conners Winner & Loser: 👎 Amazon PrimeGame Time: 🧠 Foodie TVNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 209 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🕸 Josh Gondelman's website🐦 Josh Gondelman on Twitter💿 Or enjoy his album, "Physical Whisper"⚖️ Tara's review of Dietland at Vulture

While some prestigious shows do find berths on summer schedules, it's also still a dumping ground for C-list reality shows -- and for you, we welcomed back Jeff Drake...and made him join us in suffering through five premieres from the past week. In what ways does Travel Channel's Caribbean Pirate Treasure fail to live up to its title? Whose trust is being broken in Investigation Discovery's Broken Trust, other than the viewer's that her hour will pass enjoyably? Was 24 To Hell & Back too little time to spend with Gordon Ramsay in his latest Fox restaurant makeover show? How little effort could Howie Mandel expend on NatGeo Wild's Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things, and could it possibly be less than went into naming the show? And did The Proposal have us down on our knees praying for ABC to cancel it swiftly? Find out in our rapid-fire roundup! We also ponder the induction of Fleabag's series premiere to The Canon, name the week's Winner and Loser, and go around the world for a World Cup-inspired Game Time. Confirm that your surroundings are free of pirates and join us! GUESTS👤 Jeff DrakeTOPICSLead Topic: 🏴‍☠️ Caribbean Pirate Treasure Lead Topic: ❤️‍🩹 Broken Trust Lead Topic: 🔥 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell & Back Lead Topic: 🦔 Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things Lead Topic: 💍 The Proposal The Canon: 🏆 Fleabag S01.E01Winner & Loser: 👍 Comic-Con attendeesWinner & Loser: 👎 Chris HardwickGame Time: 🧠 The World Cup Of TelevisionNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 208 page on ExtraHotGreat.com⚽️ World Cup 2018 countries

Season 2 of Claws is underway on TNT, and Jeb Lund returns to talk about everything from yummy visuals to tonal whiplash to Franka Potente's Rrrrrrussian accent. We're also going Around The Dial with an ATX Festival round-up, David Cassidy: The Last Session, and Sharp Objects; and into The Box with Jeb's Homicide: Life On The Street submission from the first season. Teresa of RHONJ is a winner, the other People Of Earth were losers, and Tara lit it up with a bad-behavior-based non-regulation Game Time. Hope you've got five ones for a five: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS👤 Jeb LundTOPICSLead Topic: 💅 Claws Around The Dial: 🎛 ATX FestivalAround The Dial: 🚌 David Cassidy: The Last Session The Canon: 🏆 Homicide: Life On The Streets S01.E05: Three Men And AdenaWinner & Loser: 👍 Teresa GiudiceWinner & Loser: 👎 People Of Earth Game Time: 🧠 Dumpsters, FiredNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 207 page on ExtraHotGreat.com📺 The ATX Festival🦅 Vulture's Jen Chaney on Claws🚌 David Cassidy: The Last Session on A&E

It's time already for another Bachelor washout to take her turn as a chooser of men on a new season of The Bachelorette, and Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who also happens to be a citizen of Bachelor Nation, is joining us to discuss the start of the season. Around The Dial flips through AMC's new dramedy Dietland, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion, The Tale, and Succession, before we move on to debate the induction of GLOW's "Live Studio Audience" into The Canon. We name a new Winner & Loser Of The Week, and close out with a Game Time that tk. Put on your most ludicrous sequined gown and join us! GUESTS👤 Diablo CodyTOPICSLead Topic: 🌹 The Bachelorette Around The Dial: 🥗 Dietland Around The Dial: 🏖 Jersey Shore Around The Dial: 📚 The Tale Around The Dial: 🤴 Succession The Canon: 🏆 GLOW S01.E07: Live Studio AudienceWinner & Loser: 👍 Dolly PartonWinner & Loser: 👎 Jesse WilliamsGame Time: 🧠 Pit Of Ultimate DarknessNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 206 page on ExtraHotGreat.com💊 Jagged Little Pill at the American Repertory Theater🎞 Tully

Our esteemed colleague and Star Trek fantasy-draft star Mo Ryan returns to the podcast to talk about Liz Garbus's four-part New York Times documentary, The Fourth Estate, and the various frustrations we all had with both the documentary itself; its sometimes navel-gazey and tone-deaf subject; and all the things we wished the series had covered (or skipped)...though the intensity of our feelings probably means it's worth a watch. Also worth a watch in our Around The Dial section: Killjoys, Wynonna Earp, and Jane The Virgin, with another Showtime doc project, Love Means Zero, rating a skip from Buntsy. We mourned Tara's DVR, took Mo's Canon pitch for a season finale One Day At A Time, and declared a couple of vintage sitcoms Winners AND Losers before playing a super(hero)-charged Game Time from Dan Cassino. Let's hope we didn't bury the lede for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS👤 Mo RyanTOPICSLead Topic: 📰 The Fourth Estate Around The Dial: 😵 Tara's DVR: A EulogyAround The Dial: 😇 Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: 🤠 Wynonna Earp Around The Dial: 😡 Killjoys Around The Dial: 💔 Love Means Zero The Canon: 🏆 One Day At A Time S02.E13: Not YetWinner & Loser: 👍 The Golden Girls Winner & Loser: 👎 Roseanne Game Time: 🧠 Not Quite SuperheroesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 205 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🗞 Maureen Ryan's review of The Fourth Estate👵🏻 Deadpool 2 Golden Girls Ad

As Netflix gives us another installment of 13 Reasons Why (and we get why they wouldn't call it 13 More Reasons Why, but...come on), our dear friend Joe Reid returns to dig into the sophomore season that has dramatically divided TV critics. Around The Dial rolls through The Middle, Dancing With The Stars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Champions, The Mick, and Below Deck Mediterranean, with a couple of cameos from Willie Survive. Joe presents Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's "Kimmy Does A Puzzle!" for submission to The Canon, and after naming -- and, in the latter case, really shaming -- the week's Winner and Loser, we put another dime in the TV Jukebox for a musical Game Time. Brace yourself for shocking revelations and join us! TOPICSLead Topic: 📝 13 Reasons Why Around The Dial: 🖕 The Middle Around The Dial: 🕺 Dancing With The Stars Around The Dial: 🚔 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: 🥇 Champions Around The Dial: 🇮🇪 The Mick Around The Dial: 🛳 Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: 🏆 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S03.E08: Kimmy Does A Puzzle!Winner & Loser: 👍 Progressive Netflix subscribersWinner & Loser: 👎 Nev SchulmanGame Time: 🧠 TV JukeboxNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 204 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

We hope Nick Rheinwald-Jones won't hold it against us that we invited him back to discuss Patrick Melrose, the Cinnamon Toastencrunch vanity proje-- er, "Benedict Cumberbatch-starring miniseries based on the St. Aubyn novel series." Because y'all, we haaaaated it, and we've got the extended remix of fart noises to prove it. It won't take a Sherlock to deduce that we moved smartly along to our Around The Dial section, with stops at the newest Little Women adaptation, Claws, and some Netflix comedy specials of note before Nick tried to prank the Canon with a third-season Happy Endings episode. Adopted series won, former headliners lost, and we made crossover events out of actors in a character-conflating Game Time. No need to go through Extra Hot Great withdrawal: an all-new episode is right here. GUESTS👤 Nick Rheinwald-JonesTOPICSLead Topic: 🍞 Patrick Melrose Around The Dial: 👧🏻 Little Women Around The Dial: 🤣 Netflix stand-up specialsAround The Dial: 💅 Claws The Canon: 🏆 Happy Endings S03.E12: The Marry PranksterWinner & Loser: 👍 Orphaned/Rehomed ShowsWinner & Loser: 👎 Former HeadlinersGame Time: 🧠 Concise Character ConflationNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 203 page on ExtraHotGreat.com📺 The ATX Festival lineup as of this writing📖 Ian Parker's St. Aubyn profile from The New Yorker

Will Leitch is a renowned sports journalist, so did we have him on to talk about 30 For 30 or something similarly thoughtful and incisive about the world of athletics? No, he's joining us to talk about the very special all-athletes season of Dancing With The Stars! Around The Dial rolls through Good Girls, Gotham, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dear White People, and Myths And Monsters. Will presents Better Call Saul's "Chicanery" for submission to The Canon, and after identifying the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's got a lot of stamps on its passport. Trade your Under Armor for Danskins and join us! GUESTS 👤 Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏀 Dancing With The Stars Around The Dial: 👧🏻 Good Girls Around The Dial: 🗽 Gotham Around The Dial: 🚓 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: 🐁 Dear White People Around The Dial: 🧌 Myths And Monsters The Canon: 🏆 Better Call Saul S03.E05: Chicanery Winner & Loser: 👍 Criminal Justice Winner & Loser: 👎 Joe Piscopo Game Time: 🌏 Lost In Translation NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 202 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 📺 The Will Leitch Show on SI.com 🎤 The Grierson & Leitch podcast 📬 Will Leitch's Tinyletter

As HBO's obsession-inducing dystopia returns for a second season, Eve Batey also returns to discuss reflections on capitalism; college-dorm philosophizing; why wigs are still shite in the future; and whether Ed Harris is using a stunt double. Eve claimed not to be a crackpot for calling for a Simpsons cancellation -- with a surprising hatchet man -- and the Bosch theme may have been deemed Worse Than Jazz before we went Around The Dial with The Handmaid's Tale, Splitting Up Together, and Unforgotten on Masterpiece Mystery. Then we were Flipping Out over Eve's Canon submission. Frankenstein's author won, Rectify's antagonist lost, and it all added up on a very mathy Game Time, in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS👤 Eve BateyTOPICSLead Topic: 🤠 Westworld I Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 The Simpsons Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 Bosch Around The Dial: ⛪️ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: 💔 Splitting Up Together Around The Dial: 🪦 Unforgotten The Canon: 🏆 Flipping Out S03.E07: Irreconcilable DifferencesWinner & Loser: 👍 Mary ShelleyWinner & Loser: 👎 Rectify Game Time: 🧠 I Was Told There Would Be No MathNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 201 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🌉 The Inside SF newsletter🎳 Help The Ruth Bowler Ginsbergs and the Gateway Women's Access Fund

Netflix having successfully adapted House Of Cards (*********) and remade One Day At A Time, it's reached back into the archives of classic TV to bring us an all-new take on Lost In Space -- and new guest Jeb Lund is here to talk about all the Robinsons' extraterrestrial meanderings. Around The Dial stops at that bad episode of The Simpsons, Patriot, and Season 4 of Bosch. Jeb presents the Connections episode "Death In The Morning" for induction into the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we mark our 200th episode with a special 200th episode-themed Game Time. Grab your interstellar GPS and listen! GUESTS👤 Jeb LundTOPICSLead Topic: 🚀 Lost In Space Around The Dial: 🍩 The Simpsons Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 Patriot Around The Dial: 🎷 Bosch The Canon: 🧶 Connections Winner & Loser: 👍 BravoWinner & Loser: 👎 John MulaneyGame Time: 🧠 The Self-Indulgent 200th Episode SpectacularNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 200 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Jeb Lund on Twitter🎧 Jeb's podcast, This Week In Atrocity💸 This Week In Atrocity on Patreon🎧 The History Of English Podcast

Buzzfeed's Doree Shafrir joins the panel this week for the latest filmed take on E.M. Forster's Howards End, and while we liked some things -- the casting; the memories of Witches Of East End occasioned by Julia Ormond -- not everything about the new iteration worked for us. We went Around The Dial with New Girl, Billions, Paterno, and Killing Eve before sinking our teeth into Big Little Lies S01.E05, "Once Bitten." Renewed shows won, cretins lost, and Tara put a song in our hearts with the next chapter of Tube Tunes for Game Time. Hail a carriage with wifi; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Doree Shafrir TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎩 Howards End Around The Dial: 👧 New Girl Around The Dial: 💰 Billions Around The Dial: 🏈 Paterno Around The Dial: 🔪 Killing Eve The Canon: 🤫 Big Little Lies Winner & Loser: 👍 Killing Eve Winner & Loser: 👍 Deep State Winner & Loser: 👍 Pure Winner & Loser: 👎 Harvey Weinstein, T.J. Miller Game Time: 🧠 Tube Tunes II NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 199 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Doree Shafrir on Twitter 🎧 The Forever 35 podcast 📖 Doree's novel Startup on Amazon

The Americans is wrapping up its spy mission in the U.S., and You're The Worst creator Stephen Falk has crammed his viewing of the previous two seasons to prepare for our discussion of the Season 6 premiere! Around The Dial takes us through Alex, Inc.; an update on Here And Now; HBO's latest doc The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling; and the fourth season of the Swedish/Danish crime drama Bron/Broen. Stephen makes the case for us to induct Archer's "Skytanic" into The Canon, before we name the week's Winner and Loser and then roll into a Game Time that Could! Change! EVERYTHING!!! Put on your headphones in the Secret Basement Of Spycraft and see if you can crack our code! (JK, we don't have the patience to make you a code.) GUESTS👤 Stephen FalkTOPICSLead Topic: 🗽 The Americans Tiny Triumph: 🎉 Margo Martindale interacts with Tara on TwitterAround The Dial: 🎧 Alex Inc. Around The Dial: ⏰ Here And Now Around The Dial: 🪶 The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling Around The Dial: 🌉 Bron The Canon: 🎯 Archer S01.E07: SkytanicWinner & Loser: 👍 The Wendy Williams Show Winner & Loser: 👎 John KricfalusiGame Time: 🧠 Hot PotatoNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 198 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Stephen Falk on Twitter🎉 Margo Martindale's appreciative response to Tara's tweet

Silicon Valley returns for its fifth season on HBO, and a Who Weekly podcast host returns to the panel -- this time, Jezebel's Bobby Finger, and we're all wondering how much battery the show has left. How many times can it repeat the same cycles? How much longer can it really expect to keep Kumail Nanjiani? And seriously, what's with all the barfing? After Sarah celebrated a Real Housewife Tiny Triumph, we went Around The Dial with Roseanne, Splitting Up Together, the new Queer Eye, grandpa show American Experience, Barry, and a Will Dave Hate This? update on The Terror, before our guest pitched a first-season Leftovers episode, "Guest," for the Canon. Dirty John was a winner, another gross man was our loser, and Dan Cassino's Italianate pronunciation vincit omnia in a Latin-geek-nip Game Time. Grab a mug of your favored office coffee and have a listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Bobby FingerTOPICSLead Topic: 💻 Silicon Valley Tiny Triumph: 🎉 Around The Dial: 🧺 Roseanne Around The Dial: 💔 Splitting Up Together Around The Dial: 🧣 The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Eye Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 American Experience Around The Dial: 🎭 Barry Around The Dial: 😱 The Terror The Canon: 🫥 The Leftovers Winner & Loser: 👍 Dirty John Connie BrittonWinner & Loser: 👎 Dan SchneiderGame Time: 🧠 Will Dave Say This?NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 197 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Bobby Finger on Twitter🎧 The Who? Weekly podcast

NBC having lined up the showrunner from Friday Night Lights, a producer of Hamilton, and the former Ted Mosby for a weekly drama series about a high school putting on a musical, it was made very clear to us that we had better not think of having any guest on to talk about it other than Adam Grosswirth -- and since we can take a hint, we were happy to have him on to discuss whether the show hits all the right notes. Around The Dial takes us through The Arrangement, Slings & Arrows and Nailed It! before we ponder the induction of The West Wing's "In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen" to the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and a Game Time that's a real banger. Warm up your instrument and join us!GUESTS👤 Adam GrosswirthTOPICSLead Topic: 🎶 Rise Around The Dial: 💔 The Arrangement Around The Dial: 🏹 Slings & Arrows Around The Dial: 🧁 Nailed It The Canon: 🇺🇸 The West Wing Winner & Loser: 👍 Cagney And Lacey Sarah Drew, Michelle HurdWinner & Loser: 👎 The Crown Winner & Loser: 👎 The Man In The High Castle Game Time: 🧠 Tube TunesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 196 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Adam Grosswirth on Twitter🏹 Slings And Arrows on YouTube🎭 Americans For The Arts

S2 of Netflix Marvel anti-heroine joint Jessica Jones was a long time coming -- and unfortunately it took a long time to get going. Kotaku's Kirk Hamilton joins the panel to discuss the absence of Kilgrave malice, whether thirteen episodes is five too many, and the evident female gaze of the season's directorial corps. Around The Dial recommended Champions, Altered Carbon, and the second season of The Good Fight, and Dave wondered if the Is This Worse Than Jazz theme is worse than jazz. This week's Canon submission is -- surprise! -- the second in a row from submitter Lauren, as she aims for a two-fer with BoJack Horseman S02.E04, "After The Party." And Dan Cassino hopes we get lucky with another mash-up Game Time, Before & After II. Don't punch a hole in your car; an all-new Extra Hot Great to the rescue! GUESTS👤 Kirk HamiltonTOPICSLead Topic: 🥃 Jessica Jones Around The Dial: 🏋️‍♀️ Champions Around The Dial: 🤖 Altered Carbon Around The Dial: 💼 The Good Fight Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 Joel KinnamanThe Canon: 🐴 Bojack Horseman S02.E04: After The PartyWinner & Loser: 👍 Kim Kardashian, out-earning Kanye WestWinner & Loser: 👎 Grey's Anatomy Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew, abruptly firedGame Time: 🧠 Before & After Yet AgainNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 195 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Kirk Hamilton on Twitter🥃 Our first go-round with Jessica Jones in EHG 96🎧 The Splitscreen podcast

It's time once again for Gordon Ramsay to take a break from screaming at adults and spend a few weeks gently critiquing kids: that's right, MasterChef Junior is back for Season 6. To talk about the premiere, we welcome first-time guest Lindsey Weber of the Who Weekly podcast to talk about the half-sized hash slingers. Around The Dial takes us to Atlanta, Vanderpump Rules, Drunk History, and NightMan, before we ponder whether the series premiere of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, "Josh Just Happens To Live Here!," should be inducted into The Canon. From there, it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and to a Game Time built on Sound Foundations. Fill some ramekins with snacks and join us! GUESTS 👤 Lindsey Weber TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍽 Masterchef Junior Around The Dial: 🍑 Atlanta Around The Dial: 🍸 Vanderpump Rules Around The Dial: 🥴 Drunk History Around The Dial: 🎷 Nightman The Canon: 🤪 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Winner & Loser: 👍 Gina Rodriguez Winner & Loser: 👎 The Walking Dead Winner & Loser: 👎 The Oscars Game Time: 🧠 Sound Foundations NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 194 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Lindsey Weber on Twitter 🎧 The Who Weekly podcast 💻 Lindsey's UnREAL recaps on Vulture

After a literal car wreck of a second season, UnREAL is finally pulling back the curtain again on fictional dating show The Suitor -- and grown-ish writer Kara Brown pulled up a guesting chair for the first time to help us unpack the show's issues, starting with its, well, need to address capital-I Issues. Also Jeremy, who is not a fetch we're willing to see happen. Does UnREAL try to do too many things, or the wrong ones? Who on the panel is cautiously optimistic about it leaving S2 behind a la Friday Night Lights? And seriously, why is Jeremy? Later, we went Around The Dial with Nashville, Anna Deavere Smith's latest for HBO, Lovesick, and the return of NightMan, and Kara made the "wrecked" theme official with a Canon submission from Season 8 of RHONYC. The White House Correspondents' Dinner won, an entire southern state lost, and we got stuck in the middle (names) with a Game Time from David Dickerson. Please accept this rose, in the form of an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Kara BrownTOPICSLead Topic: 📹 UnREAL Around The Dial: 🪕 Nashville Around The Dial: ❤️‍🩹 Lovesick Around The Dial: 🎭 Notes From The Field Around The Dial: 🎷 Nightman The Canon: 🏙 The Real Housewives Of New York City Winner & Loser: 👍 Michelle Wolf, hosting the White House Correspondents DinnerWinner & Loser: 👎 Productions in Georgia, after abortion restrictions passGame Time: 🧠 The MiddleNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 193 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Kara Brown on Twitter🎓 Grown-ish on Freeform🎧 The Keep It! podcast🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

Netflix has a new period drama, set in the '90s, called Everything Sucks. Where does it fall on the spectrum of Stranger Things to Freaks And Geeks? We've asked true '90s kid Stephanie Green to join us and break it down. Around The Dial takes us to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Bachelor, and Chris Rock's new Netflix special, Tambourine. We ponder whether _The New Adventures Of Old Christine_S03.E06, confusingly also called "The New Adventures Of Old Christine," should be inducted into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's been around the world. Check on your Tamagotchi and then join us! GUESTS👤 Stephanie GreenTOPICSLead Topic: ✏️ Everything Sucks Around The Dial: 🤪 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Around The Dial: 💍 The Bachelor Around The Dial: 🎭 Chris Rock: Tamborine The Canon: 🧓 The New Adventures Of Old Christine Winner & Loser: 👍 The CW, adding original programming Sunday nightsWinner & Loser: 👎 Arrested Development Scott Baio and Jeffrey Tambor, both accused of sexual misconductGame Time: 🧠 Where In The World Is This Show?NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 192 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Stephanie Green on Twitter💻 StephanieEarlyGreen.com🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

It's an EHG reunion! Too bad it's for Here & Now, Alan Ball's new HBO show, and while Tara and Sarah couldn't make it past the pilot, Joe had some additional insights on the existential crises (and Jim Carrey-an supernatural twists) of a Portland blended family that even the show itself doesn't seem to like. We went around the dial with the new Queer Eye, American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, Schitt's Creek, and Homeland, then tripled up on guessing the heart of our producer with a three-fer of Will Dave Hate These? before Joe pitched "the Martin Short episode" of Arrested Development for the Nonac. Netflix talk shows won, Omarosa lost, and Dan Cassino brought us a delightfully bookish Game Time. Park your Prius by the side of the road and sob (with laughter): it's an all-new, yet comfortingly familiar, Extra Hot Great. GUESTS👤 Joe ReidTOPICSLead Topic: ⏰ Here & Now Around The Dial: 👔 Queer Eye Around The Dial: 🌴 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Around The Dial: 🌹 Schitt's Creek Around The Dial: 🧶 Homeland Will Dave Hate This?: 🚁 Magnum P.I. (2018) Justin Lin directing the pilotWill Dave Hate This?: 🦌 Hanna Will Dave Hate This?: 🏛 The CaesarsThe Nonac: 🤮 Arrested Development Winner & Loser: 👍 The Break With Michelle Wolf Winner & Loser: 👎 The Celebrity Apprentice Omarosa Manigault NewmanGame Time: 🧠 Novel IdeasNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 191 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Joe Reid on Twitter

As NBC leads us into the Olympics with a sneak peek of its new sitcom A.P. Bio, we call on Monty Ashley (get it) to discuss whether it should have been held back. Around The Dial takes us to 2 Dope Queens, Dragula, Intervention, Altered Carbon, and The Cloverfield Paradox. Monty makes the bold case for Episode #1839 of Sesame Street to be inducted into the Canon, and then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to the season's first Regulation Game Time. Sharpen your #2 pencil and join us!GUESTS👤 Monty AshleyTOPICSLead Topic: 🔬 A.P. Bio Around The Dial: 👑 2 Dope Queens Around The Dial: 🧛‍♂️ Dragula Around The Dial: 🥃 Intervention Around The Dial: 🤖 Altered Carbon Around The Dial: 🚀 The Cloverfield Paradox The Canon: 🚸 Sesame Street S15.E04: Episode 1839Winner & Loser: 👍 The Bachelor Bekah MartinezWinner & Loser: 👎 30 For 30 Bill BelichickGame Time: 🧠 CliffhangersNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 190 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Monty Ashley on Twitter🧛‍♂️ Dragula on Amazon Prime🎧 The Villain Edit podcast

Season 2 of the updated One Day At A Time dropped last weekend, and we talked with Kim Reed about the fine balance between sitcommy and touching; how the two finales stacked up; and whether we'd keep watching if Rita Moreno leaves the show. We went around the dial with I Love Dick, The End Of The F**cking World, Black Lightning, and Big Mouth, and then Tara tried to deliver a Canon win with the first-series finale of Call The Midwife. Charmed won, ESPN lost (some more), and Tara led us in a remake/revival Game Time. How long will Dave stay drunk on power? Find out in an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Kim ReedTOPICSLead Topic: 🇨🇺 One Day At A Time Around The Dial: 🖼 I Love Dick Around The Dial: ⚡️ Black Lightning Around The Dial: 📚 Big Mouth The Canon: 👶 Call The Midwife Winner & Loser: 👍 Charmed (2018) Winner & Loser: 👎 SportsCenter Jemele Hill resignsGame Time: 🧠 Don't Call It A RebootNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 189 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Kim Reed on Twitter

High Maintenance is back on HBO, and John Ramos is also back to talk about the adventures of The Guy in marijuana-delivery-land; whether the show's too New York-y to be relatable, or warm-hearted enough to have broad appeal; and what exactly happened to that one lady's cat. We also went around the dial with new Soderbergh joint Mosaic, new-to-John show Insecure, and the same old comforting Top Chef before considering a listener submission for Star Trek: Voyager changed the way we think about amphibians forever. Party Of Five won, casting agents looking for Trumps lost, and speaking of losing, boy did someone screw the pooch in a David T. Cole-authored Game Time. Pass around the edibles: it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS👤 John RamosTOPICSLead Topic: 💨 High Maintenance Around The Dial: 🗻 Mosaic Around The Dial: 🌴 Insecure Around The Dial: 🍽 Top Chef The Nonac: 🚀 Star Trek: Voyager Winner & Loser: 👍 Party Of Five (2020) Winner & Loser: 👎 Fire And Fury Game Time: 🧠 12 QuestionsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 188 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 John Ramos on Twitter💧 What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)

As we count down to the official premiere of Starz's previously sneak-peeked new J.K. Simmons vehicle Counterpart, Eve Batey and Tim Ehhalt join us to discuss all the twists, turns, and...twins? Around The Dial takes us to new series Alone Together and Dr. Pimple Popper; limited series Wormwood; and returning fan favorites The Magicians and The Fosters. We debate the induction of the Justified episode "Brother's Keeper" to the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a non-regulation Game Time (RIP Sarah) (just kidding, she'll probably live). Grab a nostalgic funnel cake and join us! GUESTS👤 Eve Batey👤 Tim EhhaltTOPICSLead Topic: 👯‍♀️ Counterpart Around The Dial: 🌴 Alone Together Around The Dial: 🌊 The Fosters Around The Dial: 🪄 The Magicians Around The Dial: 🩺 Dr. Pimple Popper Around The Dial: 💊 Wormwood The Canon: 🏆 Justified Winner & Loser: 👍 Norsemen Winner & Loser: 👍 The Terror Game Time: 🧠 The Return Of The Steep Incline ClimberNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 187 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter🐦 Tim Ehhalt on Twitter

A new year means new sitcoms, and Spotted Dick/seasoned business traveler Adam Grosswirth is joining us to discuss one in particular: Fox's budget-airline-com L.A. To Vegas! We debate whether Dave Will Hate Ridley Scott's new TV project The Terror, before Around The Dial takes us to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 9-1-1, The X-Files, and The Leftovers. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode "Kimmy Goes To A Play!" is submitted for induction into the EHG Nonac, and then after naming the new year's first Winner and Loser, it's we finish our televisual tour of these United States in Game Time. Put your chair and tray table into the upright position and listen! GUESTS👤 Adam GrosswirthTOPICSLead Topic: 🛩 L.A. To Vegas Will Dave Hate This?: 😡 The Terror Around The Dial: 🤣 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Around The Dial: 🛸 The X-Files Around The Dial: 🫥 The Leftovers The Nonac: 🕳 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S02.E03: Kimmy Goes To A Play!Winner & Loser: 👍 Animaniacs Winner & Loser: 👎 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story The Versace familyGame Time: 🧠 The United States of Television Part 2NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 186 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Adam Grosswirth💧 What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)

Happy new year! And...unhappy near-future narratives, as Nick returns to discuss the fourth season of Black Mirror. We all ranked the episodes from our least to most favorite, and discussed what worked (Star Trek neckbeard vengeance; "San Junipero" with a twist) and what didn't (chases; barely altered procedurals). After we went Around The Dial with The Profit, Black-ish spin-off Grown-ish, and Runaways, Nick wined and dined us for our Canon votes with the "First Date" episode of Master Of None. Who were our Winners and Losers of all of 2017? Where in these United States (of TV) were the answers to this week's Game Time? And why might Monica Potter's agent be cringing? Auld lang syne up to download the first Extra Hot Great of 2018!GUESTS👤 Nick Rheinwald-JonesTOPICSLead Topic: ⬛️ Black Mirror Around The Dial: 🎓 Grown-ish Around The Dial: 🦸 Runaways Around The Dial: 📈 The Profit The Canon: 💓 Master Of None Winner & Loser: 👍 Late Night With Seth Meyers Winner & Loser: 👎 DicksGame Time: 🧠 The United States Of Television, Part INOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 185 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

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

Heading into Christmas, we decided to do our most positive episode ever: offering up our "Best"s in categories selected by listeners like you! What's the best show to watch when you're sick? What's the best fake website from a TV show? What's the best thing about living in The Good Place? We answer these questions and many more in our first Besties-sode!TOPICSLead Topic: 🏆 The Extra Hot Great BestiesNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 183 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

We couldn't decide which was the week's most important TV premiere -- the second season of Netflix's QEII drama The Crown, or Syfy's dark Chris Meloni comedy Happy! -- so we decided to cover both! Joining us from Go Fug Yourself are our official purveyors of Epic Old School Recaps of The Crown, Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan! Around The Dial takes us to quick mentions of Married At First Sight: Jamie & Doug Plus One, Encore!, The Mindy Project, Vanderpump Rules, American Vandal, and Norsemen. We consider inducting into The Canon Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's fourth episode, "I'm Going On A Date With Josh's Friend!" Then after discussing the week's Winner and Loser, we close things up with 2017's star-crossed final Game Time. Gather your corgis and listen!TOPICSLead Topic: 👑 The Crown Lead Topic: 😁 Happy! Around The Dial: 💍 Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 👨‍👩‍👧 Doug & Jamie Plus One Around The Dial: 🎭 Encore! Around The Dial: 🩺 The Mindy Project Around The Dial: 🍸 Vanderpump Rules Around The Dial: 📹 American Vandal Around The Dial: 🚣‍♂️ Norsemen The Canon: 🤪 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Winner & Loser: 👍 Today Winner & Loser: 👎 Award nominee snubsGame Time: 🧠 Star-CrossedNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 182 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Go Fug Yourself on Twitter👙 GoFugYourself.com

Jim Durr joined us for the first time (on this pod, anyway) to talk about Knightfall, the new medieval drama on History, and while all its trebuchets, extreme helmet cams, and campy popes can't quite_make us care whether they ever track down that crusty old Grail. We went Around The Dial with _GBBO, Netflix's weird but compelling Stranger Things: Deutschland offering Dark, and the best (and family-friendliest) of recent stand-up specials before Jim sent us back to the late '90s with a Futurama Canon submission. Dave treated us to a very little The Littlest Hobo audio recap, Tara faced off against the Pickle & Peanut theme song (...for the last time???), and Dr. Phil won while just about every other man in television lost. And finally, Game Time got meta as the panel tried to guess the TV-show-based videogames. There is no Benson videogame. Go write your reps about that, and on your way to the mailbox, have a listen to the latest all-new regulation Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Jim DurrTOPICSLead Topic: ⚔️ Knightfall Around The Dial: 🤣 Recent standup specials from Tiffany Haddish, Brian Regan, and Michelle WolfAround The Dial: 🍰 The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: 🇩🇪 Dark None: 🐶 The Littlest Hobo The Littlest "Littlest Hobo" Recap for S01.E01: "Smoke"The Canon: 🚀 Futurama Winner & Loser: 👍 Dr. Phil Phil McGraw, Jay McGrawWinner & Loser: 👎 Good grief, more TV men accused of sexual misconductGame Time: 🧠 Super Nintendo ChalmersNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 181 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Jim Durr on Twitter

Daniel MacEachern visits from the Two Spotted Dicks podcast to join Dave and Tara for a special winter-themed all-TV forcening episode of the Extra Hot Great podcast! Whose picks are cool and who would have preferred being left on an ice floe? Listen and find out!GUESTS👤 Daniel MacEachernTOPICSLead Topic: ⚡️ The Flash S03.E17: "Duet"Lead Topic: 🐶 The Littlest Hobo S01.E16: "Snapshot"Lead Topic: 👑 Royal Pains S04.E15/16: "Off-Season Greetings"NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 180 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Daniel MacEachern on Twitter