Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

As a TV host, Conan O'Brien has moved on from a nightly interview and variety show on TBS to a comedy travel show on Max; as the whole season drops, Will Hines joins us to discuss how well it fits into the genre, and what it was like doing sketches during Conan's run of Late Night. Around The Dial takes us through Dinner With The Parents, X-Men '97, and The Jinx II. Kari pitches the "Heat Stroke" episode of Taskmaster NZ for induction into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to an extraordinarily resourceful Game Time. No passport needed to listen!

GUESTS

? Will Hines

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ?? Conan O'Brien Must Go

Around The Dial: ?? Dinner With The Parents

Around The Dial: ???? X-Men '97

Around The Dial: ? The Jinx

The Canon: ? Taskmaster New Zealand S02.E02: Heat Stroke

Winner & Loser: ? Oz

Winner & Loser: ? Tom Sandoval

Game Time: ? MacGyver With Quotes

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 508 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

?? Will Hines on TikTok

? Will on Instagram

? Tara's review of Conan O'Brien Must Go at Cracked.com

?? Tara's review of Dinner With The Parents at Cracked.com

? Tara's review of Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen at Cracked.com

? The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast on Patreon

? Ginger Crunch recipe at CarolinesCooking.com

? Photo: Conaco / Max

It's yet another expensive-looking and ambitious limited series from Apple TV+ -- this time, Franklin, starring Michael "Gordon Gekko" Douglas as the flatulence-forward inventor of electricity. Is this limited series focused on the wrong thing? Is Franklin as a colonial weirdo better in smaller doses? And why isn't there more farting? Later, we went Around The Dial with Loot's second season, Top Chef's Wisconsin season, and Carol & The End of the World, and then we took cover for an incoming Canon pitch about the Justified S01 finale. Cold Case won, Billy Joel fans lost, and Tara ran the numbers with us in a non-regulation Game Time. Pin a scale-model tall ship to your head and get ready for an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Krystal Farmer

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Franklin

Around The Dial: ? Loot

Around The Dial: ? Carol & The End of the World

Around The Dial: ? Top Chef

The Canon: ? S01.E13: Bulletville

Winner & Loser: ? Cold Case

Winner & Loser: ? Billy Joel

Game Time: ? Keeping Everything 100

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 507 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Krystal Farmer's podcast, Two Cents Plus Tax

? Anne Hathaway quieting a crowd in Italy

? Tara's Loot S02 review at Cracked

? The "as seen on TV" sale at Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: Apple

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Tom Ripley, a Talented character we already saw on screen in his namesake movie in 1999, is back, now in a limited series on Netflix; Dan Rogge joins us to discuss how this version compares to Anthony Minghella's film, what we thought of its use of black and white, and how it works to age up the character so he can be played by Andrew Scott. Around The Dial takes us through Monsters At Work S02, Only Murders In The Building S03, and Space Show (aka For All Mankind). Britt pitches the Moonlighting episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" for induction into the Canon; then we name the week's Winner and Loser and move on to a Game Time about TV therapists: how does that make you feel? Row out into the middle of the open sea and listen!

GUESTS

? Dan Rogge

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Patreon Update

Lead Topic: ?? Ripley

Around The Dial: ? Monsters At Work

Around The Dial: ?? Only Murders In The Building

Around The Dial: ? For All Mankind

The Canon: ? Moonlighting S02.E04: The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice

Winner & Loser: ? The NCIS franchise

Winner & Loser: ? Homophobic 9-1-1 viewers

Game Time: ? TV Head Shrinkers (Brought To You By BetterHelp)

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 506 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

?? All Summer In A Day (1982) on YouTube

? Michael Penn's ?Try? video on YouTube

? Tara's essay on Monsters At Work S02 at Cracked

? Dan Rogge on LinkedIn

? The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast on Patreon

? Photo: Philippe Antonello / Netflix

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AMC's latest prestige drama, Parish, features Giancarlo Esposito as a retired wheelman trying to do former associate Skeet Ulrich a favor, and we're thrilled Omar Gallaga is parking it on the panel to talk about the show. Does the show do anything with 2010s crime-show cliches? Who has notes on car-chase credibility? And on a scale of one to ten plastic babies, how "Nawlins" is the show? Later, we're going Around The Dial with Taskmaster's seventeenth season, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, and how to rewatch Boardwalk Empire; and finding out whether Tara's Canon pitch for This Fool is worth one MEEELLION dollars. RHONY won, Tori Spelling lost, and we obeyed a VERY strict speed limit for Game Time -- so buckle your seatbelt for an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Omar Gallaga

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Parish

Around The Dial: ? Taskmaster

Around The Dial: ? Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show

Around The Dial: ? Boardwalk Empire

The Canon: ? This Fool S01.E05: Sandy Says

Winner & Loser: ? The Real Housewives Of New York City

Winner & Loser: ? Tori Spelling

Game Time: ? Slowly At First II

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 505 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Omar Gallaga at CNET

?? Omar Gallaga at Book & Film Globe

? Tara's interview with Alex and Greg of Taskmaster at Cracked.com

? Tara's interview with Justin Willman of The Magic Prank Show

?? Ottawa University's Baseball in Literature and Culture Conference

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? Photo: AMC

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Doug Liman has taken Rowdy Herrington's glorious 1989 feature Road House and remade it for Prime Video with Jake Gyllenhaal as a Dalton for the 21st century; Taylor S. Cole joins us to discuss whether it's a hard slap in the face to our memories of the original. Around The Dial takes us through Girls5eva, Lost, Homicide: New York, and Chicken Nugget. Taylor makes the case for inducting Andor's "One Way Out" into the Canon; then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close up with a game about who's at whose throat. No throats are ripped out in the course of this episode, so feel free to listen!

GUESTS

? Taylor Cole

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Road House

Around The Dial: ?? Girls5Eva

Around The Dial: ?? Lost

Around The Dial: ? Homicide: New York

Around The Dial: ? Chicken Nugget

The Canon: ?? Andor S01.E10: One Way Out

Winner & Loser: ? Cypress Hill

Winner & Loser: ? Brian Austin Green

Game Time: ? Nemeses

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 504 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Taylor S. Cole on Twitter

? "Original 'Road House' Writer Sues Amazon, Alleges Streamer Used AI to Replicate Actors' Voices" at Variety.com

? "The New 'Road House' Shows the Perils of Adapting Ridiculous 80s Movies" at DecodingEverything.com

?? Tara's interview with Girls5eva creator Meredith Scardino at Cracked

? Tara's Palm Royale review at Cracked

?? The Docket on Homicide: New York

? Photo: Laura Radford / Prime Video

Time was, the Extra Credit segment regularly appeared in the main episode. But with the expansion of the Patreon-exclusive Friday bonus episode, a lot of them snuck over there. We also just fell behind. So we're catching up: in this very special episode, we're addressing not one, not two, but NINE Extra Credit submissions with answers as considered as they are ridiculous. Cha-ching!

TOPICS

Extra Credit: ? Hook Line And Sinker

Extra Credit: ??? Creative Compromise

Extra Credit: ? Historical Absurdity

Extra Credit: ? Insert Yourselves

Extra Credit: ?? Keoghan's Heroes

Extra Credit: ? New Benedict Arnolds

Extra Credit: ?? Initial Similarities

Extra Credit: ?? Everything Old Is Old Again

Extra Credit: ? Great TV Bezoars

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 503 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? NewsRadio: "Smoking" clip on YouTube

Guy Ritchie's 2019 movie has spun off a vaguely related drama series on Netflix; Will Leitch returns to discuss where it ranks in his filmography. Around The Dial takes us through Animal Control, The Curse, and As We Speak: Rap Music On Trial. Sarah makes the case for the Law & Order episode "Trophy" to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we play BALL (sometimes; sometimes not) with a sportsy Non-Regulation Game Time. Get to your club, pour some 18-year-old scotch, and join us!

GUESTS

? Will Leitch

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? The Gentlemen

Around The Dial: ? Animal Control

Around The Dial: ? The Curse

Around The Dial: ? As We Speak: Rap Music On Trial

Around The Dial: ? Sh?gun

The Canon: ? Law & Order S06.E12: Trophy

Winner & Loser: ? James Wolk

Winner & Loser: ? Gary Goldsmith

Game Time: ????? The World Series Of 19 Questions

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 502 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Will Leitch on Bluesky

? Will and Tim Grierson's Guy Ritchie movie ranking, at Vulture

? Tara at Cracked.com

? Will's books at HarperCollins

? The Will Leitch Experience

? Sarah's review of As We Speak: Rap Music On Trial at Best Evidence

? Best Evidence, where Sarah's interview with Manhunt author James L. Swanson will run later this week

? Photo: Kevin Baker / Netflix

The Good [X]-verse returns to network television with Elsbeth, a procedural starring Carrie Preston's capital-Q Quirky Elsbeth Tascioni -- and Adam Grosswirth returns to EHG to talk about how the show is trying to have it both ways with the character's historical anti-establishment attitude; whether these creators should have moved this set of shows' universe off of streaming; and what exactly is in all those massive tote bags. We went Around The Dial with Love Is Blind's sixth season, So You Think You Can Dance's surprise return, and Sarah's belated finishing of The Good Fight, and then we threw Tubi's tortured new brand identity into the ring of Will Dave Hate This?. Wendy told us about Tasha Yar in her Canon pitch for a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode before Netflix won, Paramount+ lost, and we confronted time rifts of our own during Game Time. Diaphragms, double spaces, and thee: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Adam Grosswirth

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Elsbeth

Around The Dial: ??? Love Is Blind

Around The Dial: ? So You Think You Can Dance

Around The Dial: ? The Good Fight

Will Dave Hate This?: ? Tubi branding

The Canon: ? Star Trek: The Next Generation S03.E15: Yesterday's Enterprise

Winner & Loser: ? Netflix

Winner & Loser: ? Paramount+

Game Time: ? Where In Time Are These Nielsen Ratings?

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 501 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? More on Adam's Muppets podcast, Muppeturgy

??? Our discussion of Love Is Blind S05 in EHG 478

?? The Tubi rebrand announcement

? Tara's Dick Turpin review at Cracked

? Sarah's As We Speak: Rap Music On Trial review at Best Evidence

? Photo: Elizabeth Fisher / CBS

James Clavell's doorstop of a novel Sh?gun was already adapted as a network miniseries when your three regular panelists were all kids. Now it's getting a cable and streaming take, and you know what that means: beheadings and boobs! Variety TV critic Alison Herman returns to join us in describing everything ELSE that's also going on. Around The Dial takes us through S03 of Abbott Elementary, S02 of Tokyo Vice, and the grand (or is it) finale of True Detective: Night Country. Returning submitter Francoise makes a case for the Better Things episode "Rising" to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to The One Where We Wonder What Time It Is (it's Game Time). Put on your most sumptuous silks and join us!

GUESTS

? Alison Herman

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Sh?gun

Around The Dial: ? Abbott Elementary

Around The Dial: ? Tokyo Vice

Around The Dial: ? True Detective

The Canon: ?? Better Things

Winner & Loser: ? Glaring SNL band member

Winner & Loser: ? Netflix

Game Time: ? The One With The Canon Episodes

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? Alison Herman on Twitter

? Alison's Sh?gun review

? Tara's interview with Late Night With Seth Meyers writer Sal Gentile about A Closer Look at Cracked

? Tara's review of The Second Best Hospital In The Galaxy at Cracked

? Alison at Variety

? True Detective magazine for sale at Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: Katie Yu / FX

When we threw a Zoom game night over the holidays for our Patreon supporters (hop down to join them!), Dave decided one was too good to play once. So we invited three of our Patreon supporters who hadn't made it to play it again. Listen to hear Taylor, Lucy, and (Bezoar) Laura try to decipher TV theme songs slowed WAY down; then, Dave hops in for a surprise round of 19 Questions. Don't just slow down everything else in your life: put it on pause and join us for this very special episode!

TOPICS

Game Time: ? Slowly At First

Game Time: ? Revenge Of 19 Questions

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This year, Super Bowl home CBS gambled its coveted post-game time slot on a brand-new action drama called Tracker; David J. Roth joins us for a conversation on, among other things, how it stacks up to the similarly-named Reacher. Around The Dial takes us through The Amazing Race, This Fool, Kings From Queens, and Griselda. Tara pitches the Primo episode "The Game Champ" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time located next to either a wormhole or a dolphin tank. Hop in your RV and join us!

GUESTS

? David J. Roth

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Tracker

Around The Dial: ?? The Amazing Race

Around The Dial: ? This Fool

Around The Dial: ? Kings From Queens

Around The Dial: ? Griselda

The Canon: ? Primo S01.E04: The Game Champ

Winner & Loser: ? Eric Deggans

Winner & Loser: ? Holly Marie Combs and Wil Wheaton

Game Time: ? Before & After: Deep Six Twelve Edition

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?? David J. Roth on Bluesky

? "It's Tracker" at Defector.com

? Tara's ranking of every Super Bowl lead-out at Cracked

? Tara's Dos & Don'ts of action comedies at Cracked

?? "It Is Now Time To Discuss Jack Reacher Throwing A Grill At A Guy" at Defector

? Sarah's King From Queens review at Best Evidence

? Tara's Primo review at Cracked

?? Tara's Shea Serrano interview at Cracked

? Eric Deggans's book Race Baiter at Bookshop.org

? Photo: Lindsay Siu / CBS

Mr. And Mrs. Smith is back, in TV form, on Amazon Prime, and Sarah Baker is back, in fine form, to talk about it: whether it improves on the movie, how we feel about leads Donald Glover and Maya Erskine's chemistry, how many Brooklyn landmarks Sarah D. Bunting zoomed in on for confirmation, and what the Phoebe Waller-Bridge iteration of the show might have looked like. Then we went Around The Dial with Clone High, The Floor, Fargo, and Law & Order: SVU; and Buntsy stayed in the Order-verse to declare that she's NOT a crackpot for thinking Tony Goldwyn should play his Criminal Intent character on Mothership even though that character is dead. Alan Partridge won, Alyssa Milano lost, and we all tried to guess the horndog hearts of IMDb searchers in Game Time. This time it's cake AND death in an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

? Sarah Baker

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ????? Mr. And Mrs. Smith 

Around The Dial: ? Clone High 

Around The Dial: ? The Floor 

Around The Dial: ?? Fargo 

Around The Dial: ?? Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 

I Am Not A Crackpot: ? Tony Goldwyn on L&O

The Canon: ? M*A*S*H S03.E11: Adam's Ribs

Winner & Loser: ? Alan Partridge

Winner & Loser: ? Alyssa Milano

Game Time: ? TV Popularity Contest

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 497 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Watch Sarah Baker in Go On on Peacock

?? Deadline on Tony Goldwyn joining Law & Order

? Fandom Wikia on Frank Goren's canonical deadness

? Tara's Clone High review at Cracked.com

? Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs: The Weird Al vs. Everybody season

? The latest round of Milano vs. Everybody...

????? ...and Milano's stylist vs. Milano

? Upcoming Again With Again With Thises will dig into the Charmed contretemps

? Photo: David Lee / Prime Video

With Masters Of The Air, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have, once again, teamed up to tell a story of troops in the Second World War; Jeff Drake returns to discuss whether it soars, or never quite leaves the runway. Around The Dial takes us through a midseason Married At First Sight check-in; Season 1 of The Traitors; Bluey; and an Edgar Allan Poe episode of Homicide: Life On The Street. Jeff presents the Colin From Accounts episode "Toyota Cressida" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's fun much more than a third of the time. Fasten your seatbelt and listen!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ?? Masters Of The Air

Around The Dial: ???? Married At First Sight

Around The Dial: ? The Traitors

Around The Dial: ? Homicide: Life On The Street

The Canon: ? Colin From Accounts S01.E03: Toyota Cressida

Winner & Loser: ? Kate Hudson

Winner & Loser: ? Bravo

Game Time: 3?? Third Word Problems

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?? Jeff Drake on Bluesky

? "All Of The Allegations Against Director Cary Fukunaga" at TheCut.com

? Tara at Cracked.com

? Jet Lag: The Game on YouTube.com

? The 9 Chickweed Rage podcast

? Homicide: Life On The Street S04.E07: "Heartbeat" on Dailymotion

? Feud: Capote vs. The Swans prep list at Best Evidence at Reality Blurred

? Photo: Apple

We are off this week due to a family emergency but we bring you a couple choice cuts from the EHG Club archive.

EEHG 223: Tara Forces Dave To Watch Alice S06.E10: The Wild One

Remember the 70s and 80s when our greatest collective fear was that bikers would just grab a waitress from a diner and make her join their gang?

EEHG 216: Dave Forces Tara To Watch Ancient Aliens S13.E05: The Desert Codes

We close out our ?Dry January? Forcening miniseries with Dave?s imposition on Tara: an episode of Ancient Aliens all about how desert geoglyphs were probably definitely designed by aliens as a way for humans to communicate with them. ?Why?? Shut up, that?s why!

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?? Watch Alice S06.E01: The Wild One on YouTube

? Watch Ancient Aliens S13.E05: The Desert Codes on Hulu

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Mon dieu: Dashiell Hammett's legendary P.I. Sam Spade is back on AMC -- and because he's now noiring it up in the south of France, legendary Gallic guest Mademoiselle Caroline is back to talk about it. Is the limited series too long, or not long enough? How well does star Clive Owen contend with the character's, and Humphrey Bogart's, legend? And should we strike until we get the full-frontal outtakes from the swimming scenes? Later, we went Around The Dial with Mr. Bates Vs. The Post Office, So Help Me Todd, and For All Mankind, and Tara tried to paint a pretty picture of a King Of Queens episode for the Canon. Clone High won, Julia lost, and WE may have gotten lost in translation in a French-themed Non-Regulation Game Time. It's an all-new Extra Hot Great, and c'est magnifique.

GUESTS

? Caroline Lefloch

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ?? Monsieur Spade

Around The Dial: ? Mr. Bates Vs. The Post Office

Around The Dial: ????? So Help Me Todd

Around The Dial: ?? For All Mankind

The Canon: ?? The King Of Queens S08.E17: Present Tense

Winner & Loser: ? Clone High

Winner & Loser: ? Julia

Game Time: ? Ah Ah Ah, En Français

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 494 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? "How A Script Doctor Found His Own Voice" in The New Yorker

??? The For All Mankind Canon presentation in EHG 486

? The first King Of Queens Canon attempt in EHG 240

? King Of Queens's top 50 episodes ranked at Vulture

? Tara on Ted at Cracked.com

?? Tara demands justice for Son Of Zorn

? Joe on Break Point

? How true-crimey is Leonardo DiCaprio's c.v.?

? Photo: Jean-Claude Lother / AMC

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AppleTV+'s latest very polished drama, Criminal Record, is about race and corruption in London's Metropolitan police force; Brandi Brown takes a break from cozy mysteries to discuss whether this copperganda is worth watching. Around The Dial takes us through Grimsburg, Julia, The Gilded Age (including a Tiny Triumph from Brandi), Break Point, and The Bob Newhart Show. Past guest Ilan pitches Shoresy's "Players Wanted" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time about screens big and small. Make yourself a nice cup of tea and join us!

GUESTS

? Brandi Brown

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Club Campaign Update

Lead Topic: ?? Criminal Record

Around The Dial: ???? Grimsburg

Around The Dial: ? Julia

Around The Dial: ? The Gilded Age

Around The Dial: ? Break Point

Around The Dial: ?? The Bob Newhart Show

The Canon: ? Shoresy S02.E04: Players Only

Winner & Loser: ? Jeremy Allen White

Winner & Loser: ? Pat McAfee

Game Time: ? Small Silver Screen

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?? Brandi Brown on Bluesky

? Brandi on Instagram

???? Tara's review of Grimsburg at Cracked.com

? Tara's interview with Shea Serrano at Cracked.com

?? Buy tickets to see Brandi Brown with headliner River Butcher at Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis February 7-10

?? Comedy Night at The Mudd Room in Mendota, MN, where you can see Brandi on February 14

????? The Best Evidence newsletter

? Photo: AppleTV+

Some of you might have made a New Year's resolution to watch less bad TV. Couldn't be us: we've decided to face bad TV head-on with this special all-Nonac episode. Sean pitches an infamous Survivor about sexual harassment among players. Erica dares us to watch a Monty Python's Flying Circus that breaks from both standard episode structure and good taste. And Françoise tries to exorcise the nadir of her House rewatch. You may need to suspend Dry January to get through this one, but we hope that won't stop you from joining us!

TOPICS

The Nonac: ?? Survivor S39.E08: We Made It To The Merge!

The Nonac: ? Monty Python's Flying Circus S03.E08: The Cycling Tour

The Nonac: ????? House S02.E13: Skin Deep

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? "Julius Caesar On An Aldis Lamp" on YouTube

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It's about to be a new year, so what better topic could there be for a Thunderdome than...the new? With that in mind, we've assembled a list of 27 TV people with "new," "neu," or "noo" in their names, and are subjecting them to mortal combat in rounds of three contestants at a time -- standard Thunderdome stuff -- to see which of them will survive into the new year. Grab your newest headphones and join us!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ?? New Thunderdome

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We are off this week but we bring you three great presents in the form of three Extra Extra Hot Great episodes from the club vault.

EEHG 212: Christmastalgia

Sequels to The Santa Clause and A Christmas Story have come to TV this week, so we're sharing the holiday programming of yesteryear we want to see reimagined for TV, and how.

EEHG 216: Tara Forces Everyone To Watch A Compilation Of TV Commercials From December 1992

What ads were ABC viewers subjected to during an airing of the Olsen twins-starring TV movie To Grandmother's House We Go? Thanks to YouTube, we know, and we're going to talk about them.

EEHG 219: Sarah Forces Everyone To Watch The French Chef S02.E04: Bringing In The New Year!

We'd just been talking about Snack vs. Chef with Adam on the main podcast, so we were glad he could join us for a look waaaay back at the grandmama of cooking shows, The French Chef. In this episode, filmed in black and white and aired at the end of 1963, Julia Child rants about crappy kitchenware, coughs on stuff, grosses us out with canned ham...but is her usual welcoming, soothing self, full of practical tips for last-minute appetizers (and trying valiantly not to swear on camera). Join us for a fond reminiscence about monoculture public television and midcentury decor, and Happy New Year!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Reimagining Classic Christmas TV

Lead Topic: ? December 6, 1992 Commercials

Lead Topic: ???? The French Chef S02.E04: Bringing In The New Year!

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 490 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? "It's A Wonderful Plot" at TVTropes.org

? A Claymation Christmas Celebration on DailyMotion.com

? "Christmas In Clay" at Tedium.co

? "ABC TV Commercial Breaks - Dec 6th 1992 - Part One" on YouTube

???? Watch The French Chef S02.E04 on Pluto TV (it's free!)

? Watch the show Julia on HBO Max

? Watch the documentary Julia, also on HBO Max

We made some of our Valued Guests stick around after their tapings and muse about TV in our version of a What If? Find out where their imaginations took them in this very special episode!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Guest Thought Experiments

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NOTES

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Do you know what time it is? It's Non-Regulation Game Time, courtesy of our friend Nick Rheinwald-Jones! Get out your No. 2 pencils, because Nick found a vacant high school gym, sat your co-hosts down, and administered The TV SATs. Whose scores will qualify them for consideration at prestigious Hillman College, and who's going to have to settle for Bovine University? Listen to find out!

GUESTS

? Nick Rheinwald-Jones

TOPICS

Game Time: ? The TV SATs

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NOTES

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For years, you've heard us sing the D.B. Cooper song; now you're going to hear us talk about him. Just because no one knows what actually happened to Dan Cooper after he jumped out of that plane with a bag full of cash doesn't mean TV writers can't speculate about it in their entirely fictional shows. Three shows -- Leverage, Prison Break, and NewsRadio -- had three very different versions of how he could have ended up; we're leaping in to all three with today's very special episode!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Leverage S05.E06: The D.B. Cooper Job

Lead Topic: ? Prison Break S01.E11: And Then There Were 7

Lead Topic: ? Buntsy's D.B. Cooper Doc Recs

Lead Topic: ? NewsRadio S05.E06: Jail; S05.E07: The Lam; S05.E08: Clash Of The Titans

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 487 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Leverage S05.E06: The D.B. Cooper Job on Freevee

? Prison Break S01.E11: And Then There Were 7 on Hulu

? NewsRadio S05.E06: Jail on The Roku Channel

? NewsRadio S05.E07: The Lam on The Roku Channel

? NewsRadio S05.E08: Clash Of The Titans on The Roku Channel

? I Am DB Cooper on Prime Video

? Sarah's review of I Am DB Cooper at Best Evidence

?? The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper on Prime Video

?? Sarah's review of The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper at Primetimer

? https://www.primetimer.com/quickhits/the-mystery-of-db-cooper-gives-an-old-case-new-life

? Sarah's review of DB Cooper, Where Are You?! at Best Evidence

????? Unsolved Mysteries S01.E05 on Freevee

CLUB-ONLY NOTES

? EHG Club Perk Links & How-To

? Get On Our Community Discord

The Crown is back with the first half (or so) of its final season; as it sends off Princess Diana, Heather Cocks joins us to discuss whether the season had to happen at all. Around The Dial takes us through The Real Housewives Of New York, Killing It, the second season of Julia, and the latest episode of Opera Wars, aka The Gilded Age. Heather makes the case for For All Mankind's "Hi Bob" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time you and all your nieces can enjoy. Shoo out any palace mice and listen!

GUESTS

? Heather Cocks

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? The Crown

Around The Dial: ?? The Real Housewives Of New York City

Around The Dial: ?? Love Island: The Game

Around The Dial: ? Killin' It

Around The Dial: ? Julia

Around The Dial: ? The Gilded Age

The Canon: ? For All Mankind S01.E07: Hi Bob

Winner & Loser: ? Big Little Lies

Winner & Loser: ? Tori Spelling

Game Time: ?? Murder, She Wrote?

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 486 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

?? The Fug Girls on Bluesky

? Tara's list of the 15 best Thanksgiving sitcom episodes

?? The Again With This podcast, soon to start covering Dawson's Creek

? Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan on Substack: Drinks With Broads

? Heather Cocks on Bookshop.org

?? Trip-tested true crime at BestEvidence.fyi

? Photo: Des Willie / Netflix

Our esteemed colleague Alan Sepinwall is back, mate(y)! An Australian spin-off of an already banal cop-show franchise is maybe not the best use of his time, but we talked about NCIS-franchise stock characters, unmemorable TV for aging parents, and what happens when English actors try to play ugly Americans. Later, we went Around The Dial with The Curse, The O.C., and Murder One before wondering whether God is dead during Mike's The Leftovers Canon presentation. Alex P. Keaton won, Nickelodeon execs lost, and Game Time had us Quantum Leap-ing into TV characters -- all that and more on an all-new Extra Hot Great, oh boy!

GUESTS

? Alan Sepinwall

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? NCIS: Sydney

Tiny Triumph: ? The Gilded Age

Around The Dial: ? The Curse

Around The Dial: ? The O.C.

Around The Dial: ? Murder One

The Canon: ? The Leftovers S03.E05: It's A Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World

Winner & Loser: ? Still

Winner & Loser: ? Unnamed Nickelodeon pilot

Game Time: ?? Quantum Leaping 2

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 485 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Pre-order Alan Sepinwall's latest book, Welcome to The O.C.!

? Alan's review of The Curse for Rolling Stone

? And Tara's for Cracked

? An entirely different Murder One at Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: Daniel Asher Smith / Paramount+

AppleTV+'s new dramedy is a series adaptation of the famously unfinished Edith Wharton novel The Buccaneers; Margaret H. Willison joins us to discuss how it compares to the many other current and recently past entires into the thriving genre of corset TV. Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Beckham, and Get Gotti, with just a little bit more on The Gilded Age than we already discussed in relation to our lead topic. Erin makes the case for the Spaced episode "Gone" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winners and Losers, we ROLE into a returning Game Time! Find a little time to yourself -- a nine-day Atlantic crossing should be plenty -- and join us!

GUESTS

? Margaret Willison

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Quick Club Plug

Lead Topic: ???? The Buccaneers

Around The Dial: ? Married At First Sight

Around The Dial: ?? Beckham

Around The Dial: ? Get Gotti

Around The Dial: ? The Gilded Age

The Canon: ? Spaced S02.E05: Gone

Winner & Loser: ?? American Sports Story

Winner & Loser: ? After Midnight

Game Time: ? Re-Re-Role Playing Game

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 484 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Margaret H. Willison on Instagram

? Tara on FBoy Island host Nikki Glaser, at Cracked

? The Appointment Television podcast

? The Two Bossy Dames newsletter

? Sarah's Get Gotti review at Best Evidence

? John Gotti at Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: AppleTV+

Showtime's new limited series, Fellow Travelers, takes us back to the 1950s AND the 1980s via Matt Bomer's closeted Don Draper-esque life and loves -- and the great Joe Reid is back in the guest chair to talk about whether the whole is less than the sum of a few very good parts; what Roy Cohn content might do a better job with midcentury context than this show; and how much sex creates character development. Then we went Around The Dial with Everyone Else Burns, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Paramount+'s Milli Vanilli documentary, and Tara plotted to get a tenth (!) Simpsons episode into the Canon. Seth Rogen's ceramics hobby won, an ex-SNL writer lost, and we piled into the virtual minivan for a road-trippy Game Time. Moisturize your necks: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Joe Reid

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Fellow Travelers

Around The Dial: ???? Everyone Else Burns

Around The Dial: ?? The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Around The Dial: ???? Our Flag Means Death

Around The Dial: ?? Milli Vanilli

The Canon: ??? The Simpsons S08.E16: Brother From Another Series

Winner & Loser: ? Seth Rogen

Winner & Loser: ? Kevin Brennan

Game Time: ? The Great American TV Road Trip

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 483 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Joe's review of Fellow Travelers at Primetimer

?? Joe Reid on Bluesky

? This Had Oscar Buzz on Patreon

?? Vulture?s Movie Fantasy League

? Tara on the best imported comedies to stream right now at Cracked

?? Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon

? Photo: Ben Mark Holzberg / SHOWTIME

Bodies is the latest comic book to get a limited series adaptation at Netflix; Devindra Hardawar returns to discuss its many storylines, and timelines! Around The Dial takes us through Savior Complex; RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop; and (speaking of multiple timelines) various different iterations of Alfred Hitchcock on TV. Erin presents the series premiere of Starstruck for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we compete in a Game Time that's all 1s and 0s. Grab your badge and join us!

GUESTS

? Devindra Hardawar

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Bodies

Around The Dial: ? Savior Complex

Around The Dial: ? RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop

Around The Dial: ? The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Canon: ? Starstruck S01.E01: NYE

Winner & Loser: ? Coach K

Winner & Loser: ? SAG-AFTRA

Game Time: ? I, Robot

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 482 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Devindra Hardawar on Twitter

?? "A Missionary On Trial" at The New Yorker

? Tara's Big Mouth S07 review

? "'RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop' - Four-Part Docuseries Premieres August 29 on SCREAMBOX" at BloodyDisgusting.com

?? The Film Cast podcast

???? Devindra at Engadget

? The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents playlist on YouTube

? The Best Evidence newsletter

? The EHG listener discount at Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: Matt Towers / Netflix

Appointment Television and Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham returns to talk about the return of Frasier, and whether it was necessary. Should the creators have taken a hint from the universe (and David Hyde Pierce)? Could the re-imagining of the beloved original have worked with a few conceptual tweaks? Would we advise you to watch it, or take Eddie for a walk instead? Later, we went Around The Dial with Shining Vale's second season, Home Movies, AHS: Roanoke, and updates on Devil's Plan and House Of Usher, then pinned on our corsages for a Canon entry on a super-size episode of The Venture Bros.. JFK won, walkers lost, and points for trying was more than a metaphor in a b-b-b-b-brilliant Game Time. We'll meet you at the copyright-compliant local tavern for an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Andrew Cunningham

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Frasier

Around The Dial: ? Shining Vale

Around The Dial: ? Home Movies

Around The Dial: ? American Horror Story: Roanoke

Around The Dial: ? The Devil's Plan

Around The Dial: ?? The Fall Of The House Of Usher

The Canon: ?? The Venture Bros. S04.E16: Operation P.R.O.M.

Winner & Loser: ? JFK

Winner & Loser: ? Results-oriented on-TV guide grids

Game Time: ? B-B-B-B-Broadcast!

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 493 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Tara's review of the Frasier reboot at Cracked

? Alan Sepinwall's at Rolling Stone

? More on the reboot's Twitter origins at Vulture

?? 130 animators remake "My Coffee With Niles" one frame at a time

?? Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky

???? Andrew at Ars Technica

? Andrew on The Wheel Of Time

? The Appointment Television podcast

? Tara reviews Shining Vale S02 at Cracked

? EHG 135 with Tara and Eve Batey talking about AHS: Roanoke

?? Tara's Roanoke coverage from Previously.TV

? The Best Evidence newsletter

? Photo: Pamela Littky / Paramount+

The latest screen adaptation of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial was directed by the late William Friedkin and premiered on Paramount+ With Showtime, which means we can claim it as TV and we have; certified film critic Tim Grierson returns to discuss it! Around The Dial takes us through Our Flag Means Death S02, comedy specials from John Mulaney and (separately) Taylor Tomlinson, The Restaurant, and The Devil's Plan. Bezoar Laura presents the Scrubs episode "My Screw Up" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new season of Game Time by regarding some TV stars who crossed over into the movies. Put on your dress blues and join us!

GUESTS

? Tim Grierson

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Patreon Update!

Lead Topic: ? The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Around The Dial: ???? Our Flag Means Death

Around The Dial: ?? Stand Up For Parents

Around The Dial: ? The Restaurant

The Canon: ? Scrubs S03.E14: My Screw Up

Winner & Loser: ? Turn-On

Winner & Loser: ? Teresa Giudice

Game Time: ? The Nominees Were...

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 480 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Tim Grierson on Twitter

???? Tara's review of Our Flag Means Death S02

? Tim's book, How To Make A Movie, at Bookshop.org

? GriersonLeitch.com

? Wilco The Podcast on Apple Podcasts

? "Spaghetti Western" at NYMag.com

? Eve Batey, Marcia Chatelain, and Sarah on food crime at The Docket

? Turn-On E01

? Turn-On E02

? Photo: Paramount Pictures

Amazon Prime takes us back to the Vought cinematic universe with Gen V, a The Boys spinoff of sorts about up-and-coming college "supes" -- and we're glad Nick Rheinwald-Jones could join us to talk about whether it's a TV campus worth visiting, plus the pleasures of thorough world-building, CGI peens, and putting the grodiest deaths out of frame. We went Around The Dial with Starstruck, Only Connect, and the first season of Feud, then headed out to Neptune, CA for Sarah's Canon presentation on the Veronica Mars pilot. Kevin James won, Linda Fairstein lost, and we all gathered around the non-regulation piano for another round of Tube Tunes in Game Time. Add this all-new Extra Hot Great to your core listening curriculum today!

GUESTS

? Nick Rheinwald-Jones

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Canon Levels Low!

Lead Topic: ? Gen V

Around The Dial: ? Starstruck

Around The Dial: ? Only Connect

Around The Dial: ? Feud

The Canon: ???? Veronica Mars S01.E01: Pilot

Winner & Loser: ? Kevin James

Winner & Loser: ? Linda Fairstein

Game Time: ? Tube Tunes XIII

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 479 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Tara's Gen V review at Cracked

???? Chance Perdomo's "explanation" of his social-media challenges

????? Nick Rheinwald-Jones at SpyBrunch.com

?? Nick on Bluesky

? Tara on romcom creators at Cracked

? Save some money at Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: Brooke Palmer / Prime Video

Love Is Blind is back with a whole new crop of singles willing to try their luck at finding love sight unseen; Tara's fellow Coelenologist Brittany Luse returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through American Horror Story, Still Up, and the AppleTV+ documentary feature Still. Theresa pitches the third episode of Normal People for the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that feels really connected to you already. Grab your gold goblet and join us!

GUESTS

? Brittany Luse

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Patreon Drive Update

Lead Topic: ??? Love Is Blind

Around The Dial: ? American Horror Story: Delicate

Around The Dial: ? Still Up

Around The Dial: ? Still

The Canon: ?? Normal People S01.E03

Winner & Loser: ? The WGA

Winner & Loser: ? Oprah Winfrey

Game Time: ? Also Also Connect

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 478 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Brittany Luse on Twitter

? Tara's Still Up review at Cracked

?? The It's Been A Minute podcast

? Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon

? Photo: Netflix

Al Lowe Huff drags in a portable smelter -- and Dave gets high off the fumes -- for The Gold, a six-part scripted story about the 1983 Brink's Mat robbery in the UK. We're talking about proportions of process-iness, the class struggle in South London, and how much BAFTA-bait monologuing is too much, before we go Around The Dial with The Other Black Girl, Harry Wild, Whitstable Pearl, and Cagney & Lacey. (And Sean Connery. Don't ask.) Then Laura unfurled HER list of reasons we should consider a My Name Is Earl episode for the Canon. Disney won, Jeremy Strong lost, and we tried to connect the TV dots in Game Time. Put your corrupt lawyer on speed-dial for an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

? Allison Lowe Huff

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? The Gold

Around The Dial: ?? The Other Black Girl

Around The Dial: ? Harry Wild

Around The Dial: ? Whitstable Pearl

Around The Dial: ????? Cagney And Lacey

The Canon: ? My Name Is Earl S02.E05: Van Hickey

Winner & Loser: ? Disney

Winner & Loser: ? Jeremy Strong

Game Time: ? Also Connect

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 477 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Dave summons The Gold into existence in EEHG 017

?? Tara's review of Krapopolis

?? Sarah's review of Amityville: An Origin Story

? Photo: Sally Mais / Tannadice Pictures / Paramount+

AppleTV+'s latest sci-fi series is the "modern fairy tale" The Changeling; Dan Cassino returns to discuss what, if anything, we'd have liked to see change. Around The Dial takes us through BS High, Season 2 of Wheel Of Time, the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Murder, She Wrote. Eleanor pitches the Project Runway episode "A Suitable Twist" for induction into The Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's time for us to stagger into a Non-Regulation Game Time, hoping our brains don't fail us. Put your baby (or is it) down for a nap and join us!

GUESTS

? Dan Cassino

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ?? The Changeling

Around The Dial: ? BS High

Around The Dial: ? Wheel Of Time

Around The Dial: ??? Iron Chef

Around The Dial: ?? Murder, She Wrote

The Nonac: ? Project Runway S13.E05: A Suitable Twist

Winner & Loser: ? Fans of The Brady Bunch

Winner & Loser: ? Drew Barrymore

Game Time: ???? He's In The Walking Dead?!

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 476 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

?? Dan Cassino on Bluesky

? "The Changeling's Problem With a Disappearing Woman" at NewRepublic.com

? Tara's piece on the end of How To With John Wilson at Cracked

? The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast

? Gender Threat, the book Dan co-authored with Yasemin Besen-Cassino, on Bookshop.org

? Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: AppleTV+

To mark another Labor Day, we're turning our attention to TV bosses -- specifically, putting them all in a geodesic dome in a radiation-ravaged Australian Outback, and determining which of them would survive mortal combat with one another. We can say for certain that the ultimate victor will surprise you...but they surprised us! Listen for all the bloody speculation.

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? TV Boss Thunderdome

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NOTES

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Stephanie Green is back to talk about a too-long, badly structured true-crime series from AppleTV+, and the many opportunities Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn wastes to tell a good story. Sarah thought it had nonfiction The Morning Show vibes, a characterization Tara resented; listen to our correct-length, non-backloaded conversation and see if you agree! We went Around The Dial with The Ultimatum, Sister Wives, 90 Day UK, and Project Greenlight, and Tara was NOT a crackpot about DIY haircuts on Ahsoka. Listener Jeff begged us to Please Like Me -- well, a third-season episode, anyway -- in this week's Canon segment, and then Adriana La Cerva won and Doogie Kamealoha lost before we all walked down the aisle for Game Time. About to flee the country? Download this all-new episode to your lawyer's hard-drive and hit the road!

GUESTS

? Stephanie Green

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn

Around The Dial: ? The Ultimatum

Around The Dial: ? Sister Wives

Around The Dial: ?? 90 Day UK

Around The Dial: ? Project Greenlight

I Am Not A Crackpot: ????? Ahsoka Haircuts

The Canon: ? Please Like Me S03.E04: Natural Spring Water

Winner & Loser: ? Drea de Matteo

Winner & Loser: ? Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.

Game Time: ???? I Do, Or Maybe I Don't

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 474 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

?? Stephanie Early Green's website

? Stephanie talks about Please Like Me in episode 306

???? Tara on the 50 greatest sitcom pilots at Cracked

? BestEvidence.fyi

? Photo: AppleTV+

To celebrate the 10th (!!!) anniversary of EHG Mark II, we're flashing back to the week of August 17-23 in historical TV listings. Our time travel takes us back to 2003 for the fourth-season finale of The Amazing Race; to 2012, for a trip to the Hamptons with Royal Pains; and to the very day of our first episode to watch Lance Reddick's visit to NTSF: SD: SUV::. Join us as we revisit Augusts past!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? The Amazing Race S04.E13: It's Like Adam Building His First House!

Lead Topic: ? Royal Pains S04.E10: Who's Your Daddy

Lead Topic: ? NTSF:SD:SUV:: S03.E05: TGI Murder

Game Time: ?? In The Year 2013

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 473 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

???? Lance Reddick as Todd Broger

HBO's newest true crime docu-series, Telemarketers, a look at a New Jersey phone scam; Robert Krut returns to discuss it, and brings personal stories to share! Around The Dial takes us through Winning Time, Poker Face, and Painkiller. Bobby pitches the Atlanta episode "Woods" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes us, and our bidding acumen, back to the Garden State. Hang up on that Likely Scam and listen!

GUESTS

? Robert Krut

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Club Campaign Update

Lead Topic: ?? Telemarketers

Around The Dial: ? Winning Time

Around The Dial: ?? Poker Face

Around The Dial: ? Painkiller

The Canon: ? Atlanta S02.E08: Woods

Winner & Loser: ? Sam Levinson

Winner & Loser: ? Sam Levinson

Game Time: ? Garden State TV

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 472 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Bobby Krut on Instagram

? Patton Oswalt's "Toronto Open Mic" on YouTube

? Holy Hell on Peacock

? 30 For 30's "Celtics/Lakers: Best Of Enemies" on ESPN

? Tara on The Osbournes and At Home With The Furys for Cracked

? Bobby on X

? Bobby's website

? The Masterminds Crazy Eddie episode, on YouTube

? Sarah's full Painkiller review at Best Evidence

? "An Open Letter To David Simon, Who Tweeted NYC Is 'On The Make' Because He Got A $50 Speeding Ticket" at HellGate

? Photo: HBO

Only Murders In The Building is back for a third season of death, mayhem, and...theatre? New guest David Wiebe joins us to discuss all the players new and old. Around The Dial takes us through Physical, Letterman Originals on YouTube, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and Star Trek's Paramount+ branding. Julie pitches The Bear's Season 1 episode "Dogs" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a highly questionable Game Time. Grab your Beats and listen!

GUESTS

? David Wiebe

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Patreon Snafu & Crisistunity

Lead Topic: ? Only Murders In The Building

Around The Dial: ???? Physical

Around The Dial: ? Letterman Originals

Around The Dial: ?? Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Around The Dial: ? Star Trek

The Canon: ? The Bear S01.E04: Dogs

Winner & Loser: ? Suits

Winner & Loser: ? The Church Of Scientology

Game Time: ? 19 Questions: Wiebe Edition

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 471 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? David Wiebe on Twitter

? Tara's post on Only Murders In The Building at Cracked

? "Can Comedy Shows Please Stop Killing Dogs For Laughs?" at Cracked [warning: spoilers]

? Letterman Originals on YouTube

? Barbie: Life In The Dreamhouse on Netflix

? Big House Stories on Twitter

?? Sarah on Anthony Bourdain at the Best Evidence newsletter

? Photo: Patrick Harbron / Hulu

Reservation Dogs is back on FX/Hulu this week, and Variety's Alison Herman is back on EHG to talk about the show's final season: realistic teenage-character arcs, spiritual cousins to Atlanta, and the meanings of "home." We went Around The Dial with This Fool, Minx's second season, and Hunted, aka "the darkest Amazing Race" (which we completely forgot we covered the American version of in a long-ago episode) before Tara took the solo on a Girls5Eva Canon pitch. The Glovers' future won, the former Arrow lost, and we set our minds to siblings of the small screen in Game Time. The bus is leaving, so charge up your phone for an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

? Alison Herman

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Reservation Dogs

Around The Dial: ?? This Fool

Around The Dial: ? Minx

Around The Dial: ? Hunted

The Canon: ? Girls5Eva S02.E06: B.P.E.

Winner & Loser: ? The Glover Brothers

Winner & Loser: ? Stephen Amell

Game Time: ? Sibling Rivalry

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 470 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Alison on Twitter

? Alison Herman at Variety

? Alison's review of Reservation Dogs

? Tara talks Citadel on the Appointment Television podcast

? Sarah reviews Hunted on Best Evidence

???? We reviewed Hunted U.S. in episode 142 with Monty Ashley; oops

? Photo: Shane Brown / FX

Ex-SNL head writer Anna Drezen teamed up with King Of The Hill co-creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge on Praise Petey, the story of a New York girl boss taking over her late father's doomsday cult; we tell you whether it's...well, doomed. Around The Dial takes us through the re-re-revived Futurama, the spinoff XO, Kitty, and the true crime miniseries Myth Of The Zodiac Killer. Mlle. Caroline presents the Abbott Elementary episode "Candy Zombies" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time we can really sink our teeth into. Take a break from preparing a beloved character actor for human sacrifice and join us!

GUESTS

? Nadia Chaudhury

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ???? Praise Petey

Around The Dial: ? Futurama

Around The Dial: ? XO, Kitty

Around The Dial: ?? Myth of the Zodiac Killer

The Canon: ? Abbott Elementary S02.E06: Candy Zombies

Winner & Loser: ? Jeopardy Winners

Winner & Loser: ? Al "Bubba" Baker

Game Time: ? The Leftovers

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 469 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter

? Tara's Praise Petey review at Cracked

? Tara's Futurama S11 review at Cracked

? Eater Austin

????? BestEvidence.fyi

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Justified is back, and so is Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about it: vibes versus process, when you can't replace Walton Goggins, what great villains know about themselves, and whether (...sigh) Kentucky was a character in the original. Then we went Around The Dial with The Real Housewives Of Jenna Ly-- er, New York, Project Greenlight, Dennis Quaid's Full Circle coif, and Hack My Home before Tara made the case for a second-season Detroiters episode as a Canon gem. Streaming shows won, Zaslav lost, and "band name, called it!" took on new meaning in a tube-tunes-adjacent Game Time from Rebecca. Curl up with a German Shepherd on steroids, take off that clip-on nose ring, and get comfy for an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

? Kathryn VanArendonk

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Patreon Update

Lead Topic: ? Justified: City Primeval

Around The Dial: ?? The Real Housewives Of New York City

Around The Dial: ? Project Greenlight

Around The Dial: ?? Hack My Home

The Canon: ? Detroiters S02.E04: Trevor

Winner & Loser: ? Streaming shows on broadcast

Winner & Loser: ? David Zaslav's public Venmo

Game Time: ???? Tube Tune Crooners

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 468 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter

? Kathryn's author page at Vulture

????? "The copaganda piece" by Kathryn, also at Vulture

? Kathryn on Project Greenlight

? Tara's Stylish With Jenna Lyons review at Primetimer

? From Late Night With Seth Meyers, Conner O?Malley?s interpretive dance set to the theme of Frasier

? Conner O?Malley on YouTube

?? Tara's Luke Macfarlane interview at Cracked

?? The David Copperfield Niagara Falls watch-along for Listen To Sassy Club members

? Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: Chuck Hodes / FX

The Horror Of Dolores Roach has evolved from a one-person Broadway play to a podcast to a Prime Video series; Liz Shannon Miller of Consequence.com joins us to discuss the story's final (?) form. Around The Dial takes us through Couples Therapy, My Adventures With Superman, and Last Call. Erica pitches the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Terminal Provocations" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a cryptic, puzzling Game Time. Grab an empanada or two -- filling is up to you -- and join us!

GUESTS

? Liz Shannon Miller

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? The Horror Of Dolores Roach

Around The Dial: ???????? Couples Therapy

Around The Dial: ????? My Adventures With Superman

Around The Dial: ? Last Call

The Canon: ? Star Trek: Lower Decks S01.E06: Terminal Provocations

Winner & Loser: ? Ariana Madix

Winner & Loser: ? Blake Bjornson

Game Time: ? Double Straights

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 467 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Liz Shannon Miller on Twitter

? "The Best TV Of 2023, So Far" at VanityFair.com

?? Liz on Letterboxd

? Sign up for Consequence's Stream On newsletter

? Stream On, on the web

? Exhibit B. Books

? "Ariana Madix Is Making A Fortune From All This" at The Cut

? Alabama TV Reporter Valerie Bell Creates Breaking News At Alleged Crime Scene

? Photo: Prime Video

For the first week of this July, we decided to honor the other national holiday: Canada Day! And what genre delivers the most CONCENTRATED dose of Canadian TV crappiness? Game shows! Therefore, Dave is forcening Sarah to watch Pitfall; Sarah's forcening Tara to watch Acting Crazy; and Tara's forcening Dave to watch Jackpot. We can't promise you that listening will help you win an 8-and-a-half-pound portable TV, but you should do it anyway!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? Pitfall

Lead Topic: ? Acting Crazy

Lead Topic: ? Jackpot

Game Time: ? Canadian Or Something Else?

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 466 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Sarah's forcened episode of Pitfall on YouTube

? Tara's forcened episode of Acting Crazy on YouTube

???? Tara's interview with Maureen Ryan on Cracked.com

? Signed copies of Last Call at Exhibit B.

? The 1975 episode of American Jackpot Dave was initially forcened to watch

? Dave's forcened episode of (Canadian) Jackpot

Sorry to Bother You creator Boots Riley is back with a delightful Marxist fairy-tale dramedy (...right? Let's just go with it) on Amazon Prime, and Dan D'Addario is back in the guest chair for the first time since EHG Mark 1 to talk about it: how much overt Marxism it gets away with given where we're watching it, the care of the world-building, Jharrel Jerome's storytelling superpowers, and more. We went Around The Dial with Judge Steve Harvey, And Just Like That..., and McEnroe, and Mlle. Caroline was NOT a crackpot for thinking we don't need pilot episodes anymore. After Tara crammed us all into a phone booth for her Saved By The Bell (2020) Canon presentation, Ryan Seacrest won, Will & Grace lost, and we all made sure to park wheels-in for a Bay-Area-based non-regulation Game Time. Don't let silence happen -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Daniel D?Addario

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ?? I'm A Virgo

Around The Dial: ????? Judge Steve Harvey

Around The Dial: ? And Just Like That

Around The Dial: ? McEnroe

Around The Dial: ? Secret Invasion

I Am Not A Crackpot: ????? Pilots in 2023

The Canon: ?? Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E06: Teen-Line

Winner & Loser: ? Ryan Seacrest

Winner & Loser: ? Will & Grace

Game Time: ? It's Almost Like The San Francisco Bay Area Is Another Character

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 465 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Dan D'Addario on Twitter

? Dan at Variety

?? Dan?s review of I'm A Virgo

? Dan?s review of The Unicorn

? Kelsey Grammer falls off stage

? The Again With This podcast

? MASTAS chooses our #FirstNameBasis Top 20

? Photo: Pete Lee / Prime Video

Black Mirror has returned for Season 6 with five new episodes of (as usual) varying quality; Brandi Brown has also returned to discuss and rank them! Around The Dial takes us through The Righteous Gemstones; Ovation as a background cable channel; Season 2 of The Cleaner on BritBox; and an important line reading from a Camp LeJeune-related class-action legal solicitation commercial. Sarah makes the case for the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Avatar" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's really into labels. Pause the latest hit Streamberry drama and listen!

GUESTS

? Brandi Brown

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Club Sticker Reminder

Lead Topic: ? Black Mirror

Around The Dial: ? The Righteous Gemstones

Around The Dial: ? Ovation

Around The Dial: ? The Cleaner

Around The Dial: ? Ridley

Around The Dial: ? The "No" Challenge

The Canon: ???? Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S09.E02: Avatar

Winner & Loser: ? Shannen Doherty

Winner & Loser: ? Dean McDermott

Game Time: ? The Game Of The Name

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NOTES

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? Brandi Brown on Twitter

? Terms & Conditions May Apply on Amazon

????? Ranking the new wigs of the Righteous Gemstones Season 3 premiere, at Cracked

? Gideon Gemstone Appreciation Post, at Cracked

? The Exhibit B. Books "(allegedly)" t-shirt

? Photo: Nick Wall / Netflix

More than a quarter century after The Full Monty unexpectedly charmed movie audiences, the boys are back for a limited-series TV sequel -- and not everyone on the panel is as charmed by Round 2. Mo Ryan returns to the guest chair to talk about unmitigated in "dramedies," whether TFM: The TV Show started as a feature-length sequel, and the correct amount of onscreen nudity. We went Around The Dial with Never Have I Ever, I, Tina, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds before Tara hoped a second-season episode of Reservation Dogs would get adopted into the Canon. Bill Hader won, The Crowded Room lost, and Game Time had us scouring the index of Mo's book. Grab a bag of chips and run: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Mo Ryan

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? The Full Monty

Around The Dial: ? Never Have I Ever

Around The Dial: ? Tina

Around The Dial: ?? The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

Around The Dial: ? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

The Canon: ? Reservation Dogs S02.E07: Stay Gold Cheesy Boy

Winner & Loser: ? Bill Hader

Winner & Loser: ? The Crowded Room

Game Time: ? 19 Questions: Burn It Down Edition

NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 463 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Mo Ryan on Twitter

???? Buy Burn It Down

? The NY Daily News cites Burn It Down on Jeff Garlin's The Goldbergs power trip

? Garlin denies getting fired to Vanity Fair

? Tara's Based On A True Story review at Cracked.com

? ?America loved Tina Turner. But it wasn?t good to her.? at Andscape.com

? Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Twitter

? Photo: Ben Blackall / FX

Prime Video's newest international import is Deadloch, an Australian comedy that parodies the tropes of dark season-long murder mysteries from national treasures Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. Actual Australian Anthony Farrell joins us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Ultimatum: Queer Love, Fear The Walking Dead, and 30 For 30. Julie presents the thirtysomething episode "Mr. Right" for induction into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that has us hearing double. Check your peripherals for Kevin The Seal and listen!

GUESTS

? Anthony Farrell

TOPICS

Announcement: ?

Lead Topic: ? Deadloch

Around The Dial: ? The Ultimatum

Around The Dial: ???? Fear The Walking Dead

Around The Dial: ? 30 For 30

The Canon: ? thirtysomething S03.E03: Mr. Right

Winner & Loser: ? Somebody Somewhere

Winner & Loser: ? Top Chef

Game Time: ?? Syllable Bull

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NOTES

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? Anthony on Twitter

? Tara's Deadloch review at Cracked

? Kroll Show's "Dead Girl Town" on YouTube

? Tara's ATX Festival coverage at Cracked

? Exhibit B. Books

???? Buy Maureen Ryan's book Burn It Down at Exhibit B. Books

? Photo: Amazon Studios

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson is back on Netflix for Season 3, and actor/comedian/media mogul Will Hines is also back to talk about the season's best sketches, unique sketch-show rhythms, and whether Robinson is still TV's best screamer. We went Around The Dial with Platonic, The Night Agent, and Primo, and then relaxed by the pool with Chris's Lodge 49 Canon submission. Kenan Thompson won, Andy Cohen lost, and we rolled the dice in TV real estate during Game Time. Hop off the zipline and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? Will Hines

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ? I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson

Around The Dial: ? Platonic

Around The Dial: ? The Night Agent

Around The Dial: ?? Primo

The Canon: ? Lodge 49 S02.E09: The Reve Impossible

Winner & Loser: ? Kenan Thompson

Winner & Loser: ? Andy Cohen

Game Time: ? Go Directly To Jail

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? Mr. Boop

? Alec Robbins's egg-game tweet

? Will Hines on Twitter

? CBB World

? More from Will Hines

? Alison Herman's review of Platonic at Variety

?? Sarah's coverage of The Secrets of Hillsong at Vanity Fair

? Future guest Mo Ryan's book, Burn It Down, as excerpted in VF

? ATX Festival

? Photo: Terence Patrick / Netflix

Way way back in the early aughties, we all adored Clone High, an animated satire of Dawson's Creek and its ilk that featured wall-to-wall gags and catchphrases your regular panelists -- and esteemed guest John -- still use to this day. Naturally, we welcomed news of a decades-later second season...but does the show still have the same deranged energy, or is it too careful? We talked about how long it dwells on cancel culture (...sigh), who's the best new clone (and who's our most beloved returning character), and whether this version is getting renewed (spoiler: doubt it). Then we went Around The Dial with Primo, a last-minute Tiny Triumph, Mrs. Davis, and Happy Valley before Tara tried to pile-drive another episode of Glow into the Canon. Jason Momoa won, SVU's casting department lost, and DJ Farnsworth mixed everyone up with a theme-song mash-up Game Time. Try not to burn yourself on an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

? John Ramos

TOPICS

Announcement: ? Patreon Update

Lead Topic: ? Clone High

Around The Dial: ??? Primo

Around The Dial: ? Mrs. Davis

Around The Dial: ? Happy Valley

The Canon: ???? GLOW S03.E05: Freaky Tuesday

Winner & Loser: ? Jason Momoa

Winner & Loser: ? Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Game Time: ? DJ Farnsworth's Fresh Dope Drops

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NOTES

? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 460 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? The original very good Clone High website on the Wayback Machine

???? Tara?s review of Clone High

? John Ramos on Twitter

??? Tara's Primo review for Cracked.com

? EEHG 237 on Mrs. Davis

? Quaid In Full on Twitter

? GLOW cast members of color's letter to producers about the show's portrayal of race

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The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are nearly upon us, and there's only one thing on all our minds: what shows are we going to be watching? The New Republic's TV critic Phillip Maciak joins us for the first time as we all share our picks for the shows we're into; the shows we SHOULD be into, but aren't; and the shows we feel NO ONE should be into. Philip makes the case for the pilot of The Americans to be inducted into the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that may require parental guidance. Make yourself a nice Arnold Palmer (or a Negroni; you're an adult) and join us!

GUESTS

? Philip Maciak

TOPICS

Lead Topic: ?? Summer TV Preview

The Canon: ? The Americans S01.E01: Pilot

Winner & Loser: ? Justin Kirk

Winner & Loser: ? Tori Spelling

Game Time: ? Nepo Babies Of 21st Century TV

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? Full episode notes can be found on the episode 459 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

? Phillip Maciak on Twitter

? Avidly Reads Screen Time at NYUPress.org

?? Phil at The New Republic

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