Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV (Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV)
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| 03 Aug 2022 | 418: Should You Get Consciously Uncoupled? | 01:06:56 | |
Sex & The City creator Darren Star has teamed up with Modern Family alumnus Jeffrey Richman to create Uncoupled, a NEW show about dating in New York, but from the perspective of a fortysomething gay man who's just been dumped HARD after 17 years. Should you make room for it on your schedule? Malcolm Venable returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Surface, Hulu's forthcoming This Fool, Young & Pregnant, and The Ipcress File. Sean makes the case for inducting the Underground episode "Minty" into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a smash-and-grab of a Game Time. Take a break from swiping through the apps and join us! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 💔 Uncoupled Around The Dial: 🏊♀️ Surface Around The Dial: 😜 This Fool Around The Dial: 🤰 Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: 🕵️♂️ The Ipcress File The Canon: 🔦 Underground S02.E06: Minty Winner & Loser: 👍 Breaking Bad Winner & Loser: 👎 Peacock Game Time: 🧠 Breaking In NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 418 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ⭐️ Tara's interview with Darren Star at GQ.com 🗣 Tara's interview with Surface star Oliver Jackson-Cohen at GQ.com 🎶 Mark & Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon 📷 Photo: Netflix | |||
| 10 Aug 2022 | 419: Should You Sleep On The Sandman? | 01:07:40 | |
Netflix is the latest platform to turn a Neil Gaiman property into a series with The Sandman. How does this one go? First-time guest Ilan Muskat is here to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Season 3 of Harley Quinn; Season 2 of Girls5Eva; the TV movie Helter Skelter; and the ILM doc Light & Magic. Keira cashes in her Extra Credit to make us turn unexpected TV properties into videogames. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that hits some real lows and highs. Stay wide awake and listen! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: ✨ The Sandman Around The Dial: 🦇 Harley Quinn Around The Dial: 🎶 Girls5Eva Around The Dial: 😳 Helter Skelter Around The Dial: 🚀 Light & Magic Extra Credit: 🕹 TV games Winner & Loser: 👍 Jeremy Allen White Winner & Loser: 👎 HBO Max subscribers Game Time: 🔫 Nonac Hunting NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 419 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🪶 Tara's Reservation Dogs S02 review at VanityFair.com 🤕 The Captive by Fiona King Foster at Bookshop.org 😇 Scoundrel by Sarah Weinman at Exhibit B. Books 👂 "The Weird, Analog Delights Of Foley Sound Effects" at NewYorker.com 📰 The Best Evidence newsletter 🏰 The Team Fortress 2 character intro videos on YouTube 📷 Photo: Netflix | |||
| 31 Mar 2014 | 26: Talking The Walking Dead | 01:12:29 | |
As The Walking Dead trudges its last walker of the fourth season across our screens, first-time guest/Walking Dead Particleer Omar Gallaga joins us to discuss it, all the way from Austin for our first tri-city podcast! Around The Dial finds us discussing Call The Midwife, Lindsay, How I Met Your Mother, and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge. Omar offers up South Park’s "Terrance And Phillip In: Not Without My Anus" for submission into The Canon, and then after we name the week’s Winner and Loser, it’s on to THE Game Time of the season! Brains! Butts! Get into it! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧟♀️ The Walking Dead Around The Dial: 🤰 Call The Midwife Around The Dial: 🍹 Lindsay Around The Dial: 👩👧 How I Met Your Mother Around The Dial: 🐸 Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge The Canon: 🏔 South Park S02.E01: Terrance And Phillip In: Not Without My Anus Winner & Loser: 👍 Helix Winner & Loser: 👎 Satire Game Time: 🧠 The Definite Article NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 026 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 07 Apr 2014 | 27: Game Of Thrones And Chicken | 01:32:56 | |
HBO’s monster hit sci-fantasy series Game Of Thrones, which means we tapped our two Thronesters — Rankler Jeff Drake and Particleer Nick Rheinwald-Jones — to discuss it. We also go Around The Dial to touch on David Letterman’s retirement from The Late Show; the Season 3 premiere of Veep; the series premiere of Turn; the promised crossover of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.; and the Previously.TV forum rewatches of Firefly and Stargate SG1. We consider user Victor Savage’s Canon submission: the "Insane In The Mainframe" episode of Futurama. Then it’s on to Winner and Loser and a non-regulation Game Time with THREE Dave Points at stake! Feed your dragon and settle in. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🚽 Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: 🦷 Letterman retires Around The Dial: 🗽 Turn Around The Dial: 🛡 Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Around The Dial: 👀 Rewatches The Canon: 🤖 Futurama S03.E10: Insane in the Mainframe Winner & Loser: 👍 Surprise! Winner & Loser: 👎 The Carrie Diaries Game Time: 🎸 Bands On The Run NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 027 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 21 Apr 2014 | 28: It's A Mad Mad Mad Men World | 01:33:32 | |
As Tara takes a vacay, John Ramos joins the rest of the crew to discuss Mad Men's return for the first half of its final season. Has it lost its sense of humor? And how would we like to see it end? We also discussed a few shows we're late to the party on -- Parks & Recreation, The Clone Wars -- and one whose party we should have left weeks ago. After considering That Mitchell & Webb Look for the Canon, we gave rare and qualified kudos to Carlton Cuse, and during Game Time, reading was fundamental. So grab some Ritz Crackers (but not a Hershey bar), steal your secretary's roses, and settle in for a real Weiner of an episode of Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 📇 Mad Men I Am Not A Crackpot: 🥜 Tina Fey Amex Spokesperson Around The Dial: 👯♀️ The Clone Wars Around The Dial: 🌳 Parks And Recreation Around The Dial: 🔪 Those Who Kill The Canon: 🔢 That Mitchell And Webb Look S01.E01: Episode One Winner & Loser: 👍 Carlton Cuse Winner & Loser: 👎 The ad department grunts at ABC’s Black Box Game Time: 🤓 TV Is My Friend Who Reads Books To Me NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 028 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 28 Apr 2014 | 29: Orphan Black's Clone Club Colloquy | 01:25:41 | |
The great Jesse Murray returns for the first time in this podcast run to talk about the first season of Orphan Black, and what we’ve seen thus far of Season 2. Then he joins us to go Around The Dial with discussion of Playing House, Season 1 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Penny Dreadful, and RuPaul's Drag Race. Tara addresses the Tiny Triumph (or is it?!) of Late Night With Seth Meyers getting a bigger guest chair (or did they?!); Sarah and Tara consider the matter of Black Box and whether it's worse than jazz. Jesse submits the "Cherie Lifesaver" episode of Punky Brewster to The Canon, and then after the week's Winner and Loser, it's back to regulation Game Time! Unless you're on the run from religious wackos, you have no excuse not to listen. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧬 Orphan Black Around The Dial: 🏡 Playing House Around The Dial: ⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Around The Dial: 🧛🏻♂️ Penny Dreadful Around The Dial: 💋 RuPaul's Drag Race Tiny Triumph: 🪑 Late Night guest chair Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 Black Box The Canon: 🍒 Punky Brewster S02.E16: Cherie Lifesaver Winner & Loser: 👍 The Bold And The Beautiful Winner & Loser: 👎 NBC Game Time: 🐶 Gordon Lightfoot Presents: TV Doogs NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 029 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 05 May 2014 | 30: Back To Louie | 01:10:34 | |
Sports On Earth's Will Leitch takes another run at what we like to call 'The Leitch' -- successfully pitching a Canon entry AND winning a Game Time in a single guest shot -- as we discuss the return of Louie. We went around the dial, singing 'Sunrise, Sunset' to some shows (Sirens, Almost Human) and saying 'Hello, Charlie!' to another (Charlie's Angels), and Sarah celebrated Project Tiny Triumph before we considered a recent Eastbound & Down episode for the Canon. In a sportsy Game Time, could our honored guest pull off a Leitch-peat...or will he have to wait 'til next year? Join us as we swing for the fences on this week's Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🪴 Louie Around The Dial: 🚑 Sirens Around The Dial: 🔫 Charlie's Angels Around The Dial: 🦾 Almost Human Around The Dial: 🥞 Review Tiny Triumph: 🚥 Project Greenlight The Canon: ⚾️ Eastbound And Down S04.E02: Chapter 23 Winner & Loser: 👍 Efficient TV Marathoners Winner & Loser: 👎 Jeremy Clarkson Game Time: 🥌 Name That Sport NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 030 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 11 May 2014 | 31: 24 Goes BOOP BEEP! BOOP BEEP! | 01:20:58 | |
Official 24 correspondent Jeff Alexander joins us all the way from Minneapolis to discuss the first two episodes of the new mini-series. Around The Dial brings discussion of The Good Wife, NBC’s Rosemary’s Baby miniseries, and the cancelled shows we’ll miss the most, including the one about an undead entrepreneur. We consider the induction of Parks & Recreation’s "Sister City" to The Canon, and then it’s on to the week’s Winner and Loser and a Game Time that’s all about One-Season Wonders (except for the ones where it’s no wonder they got canned). GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: ⏰ 24: Live Another Day Around The Dial: 🤦🏻♀️ The Good Wife Around The Dial: 🍼 Rosemary's Baby Around The Dial: ☹️ Bummer Cancellations Around The Dial: 🧛🏻♂️ Ask Dracula The Canon: 🌳 Parks And Recreation S02.E05: Sister City Winner & Loser: 👍 Larry Wilmore Winner & Loser: 👎 J.J. Abrams Game Time: 💥 One And Done NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 031 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 19 May 2014 | 32: Gone Catfish-ing | 01:26:37 | |
It's about finding love on this week's EHG, as we're joined by @midnight writer and Frasier superfan Matt Mira to try to answer burning questions about Catfish: how much of it is fake? what exactly did Carmen do to make her cousin fall in love with her 'Tony' over the phone? why...is Max? We went around the dial with 'pitiless tear-extraction machine' Call The Midwife, the revamped American Idol, and Dave's nomination for the Pierce of Bob's Burgers; considered a fifth-season Star Trek: TNG episode for the Canon, declared a Winner and Loser, and went to the bitter end of Game Time. Remove your personal information from Spokeo and join us! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🐡 Catfish Around The Dial: 👩⚕️ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: 🎵 American Idol I Am Not A Crackpot: 🥜 Bob's Burgers The Canon: 💡 Star Trek: The Next Generation S05.E25: The Inner Light Winner & Loser: 👍 Washington Irving Winner & Loser: 👎 Neil Patrick Harris Game Time: 👋 Call It Goodbye NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 032 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 09 Jun 2014 | 33: Summer TV Weather Report | 01:54:15 | |
The great Joe Reid returns to his old stomping grounds for a roundup of the shows we'll be watching this summer, as we each pick one respectable series and one piece of beloved garbage. A super-sized Around The Dial features talk of game nights, possible movie news, and the shows that have disappointed Sarah and Tara most this week. Joe presents the "Valerie Relaxes In Palm Springs" episode of The Comeback for submission into The Canon, and then after identifying the Winner & Loser Of The Week, we round things off with an exciting, suspenseful Game Time about shows that noooooooobody remembers. Get into a kiddie pool and enjoy! GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ⛱ Summer TV Picks Around The Dial: 🗽 Veep Around The Dial: 🪴 Louie Around The Dial: 👨👩👧👦 True Tori Around The Dial: 🧫 Clone High Around The Dial: 🎲 Hollywood Game Night Around The Dial: 🏛 The West Wing The Canon: 🪃 The Comeback S01.E08: Valerie Relaxes in Palm Springs Winner & Loser: 👍 Margaret Atwood Winner & Loser: 👎 The Daytime Emmys Game Time: 💀 Grim Reality NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 033 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 16 Jun 2014 | 34: Never Poop In Westeros Or The Ultimate Game Of Thrones | 01:46:44 | |
Our esteemed colleagues Jeff Drake and Nick Rheinwald-Jones join the gang to talk Game Of Thrones, including the fate of The Hound, why Stannis sucks, whether we can compare the show to The Sopranos, and the wisdom of locking the door before visiting, er, the throne. We went around the dial with Playing House, Orange Is The New Black, and Last Week Tonight; Dave recommended the wonderfully bad Unsealed: Conspiracy Files, and VP of the Nobody Cares Department S. Douglas Bunting reviewed Those Who Kill. After assessing an X-Files classic for The Canon, we crowned a Winner and Loser, then celebrated a 'read wedding' during a password-based Game Time. It's a magical episode that gets pretty Ser-ious! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🚽 Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: 🏡 Playing House Around The Dial: 🔪 Those Who Kill Around The Dial: 🛸 Unsealed: Conspiracy Files Around The Dial: 🫥 The Leftovers Around The Dial: 🗓 Last Week Tonight The Canon: 👽 The X-Files S03.E04: Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose Winner & Loser: 👍 Natasha Leggero & Riki Lindhome Winner & Loser: 👎 I Wanna Marry Harry Game Time: 🤐 Secret Code Word NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 034 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 23 Jun 2014 | 35: Fargo's Got Such Super Ladies | 01:28:02 | |
Learned correspondent Jeff Alexander returns to discuss what worked and what didn't in the season finales of Fargo and Orphan Black. Around The Dial takes us through The Haunting Of..., Doctor Who, Big Brother, Enlisted, Tyrant, and Dominion. Jeff makes the case for The Walking Dead's "Seed" to be inducted into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we dig into a thrilling new Game Time from Trip Payne. Grab your sisters, bundle up, and enjoy! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🪵 Fargo Lead Topic: 🧬 Orphan Black Around The Dial: 👻 The Haunting Of... Around The Dial: 👁 Big Brother Around The Dial: 🪖 Enlisted Around The Dial: 😈 Dominion The Canon: 🧟♀️ The Walking Dead S03.E01: Seed Winner & Loser: 👍 Better Call Saul Winner & Loser: 👎 Chelsea Handler Game Time: 🧩 The Game Game NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 035 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 30 Jun 2014 | 36: Mentally Challenged | 01:05:29 | |
Our esteemed colleague and Challenge poobah Lilit Marcus joined the regulars this week for a spirited discussion of the artist formerly known as The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: is it money? fame? Bolivian marching powder? We went Around The Dial with Canadian foodvertising, British crime shows, and Drunk History before considering the show's first Doctor Who ep for the Canon. After declaring our Winner and Loser, we looked to the silver screen for this week's Game Time. Don't blink or you'll miss this week's Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤺 The Challenge Around The Dial: 🥶 Cold Justice Around The Dial: 😇 Last Seen Alive Around The Dial: 👩🌾 Body Farm Around The Dial: 🌿 Rosemary & Thyme Around The Dial: ✍🏻 Murder, She Wrote Around The Dial: 🦁 Zoodles Around The Dial: 🥴 Drunk History The Canon: 👀 Doctor Who S03.E11: Blink Winner & Loser: 👍 e.coli Winner & Loser: 👎 RuPaul Game Time: 📺 Big Screen Small Screen NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 036 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 07 Jul 2014 | 37: The Most Bad-Ass Podcast You're Going To Hear All Week! | 01:39:58 | |
If we were going to be talking about the greatest TV bad-asses in a variety of sub-categories, it seemed obvious that we would need to bring bad-ass Omar Gallaga into the mix to join us and share his picks. We then move on to an Around The Dial segment that takes us through Restaurant Start-Up, Under The Dome, the World Cup, and The Strain. The pre-cancellation of Hieroglyph and Dave's timely discovery of a pilot script online inspired a very special Is This Worse Than Jazz?. Omar presents the "Rick Potion #9" episode of Rick And Morty for submission into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we all place our bids in a Price Is Right-y Game Time. Put on your toughest leather jacket and enjoy! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 💥 TV Bad-Asses Around The Dial: 🍕 Restaurant Startup Around The Dial: 🫠 Under The Dome Around The Dial: ⚽️ World Cup Around The Dial: 🦠 The Strain Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 Hieroglyph The Canon: 🧪 Rick And Morty S01.E06: Rick Potion #9 Winner & Loser: 👍 Reading Rainbow Winner & Loser: 👎 The Biggest Loser Game Time: 🤑 Long Running TV Show, Come On Down! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 037 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 28 Jul 2014 | 38: Making Up Is Hard To Do On Face Off | 01:04:24 | |
The return of SyFy's Face Off brings series expert/first-time guest Monty Ashley (plus six-year-old fan Olivia Kwan) to the podcast to talk locked molds, co-operation, and why taking one class with your son might not be adequate preparation for a prospective contestant on the show. Then Sarah's network craps out and we're forced to carry on without her to talk Ancient Aliens, the original Batman TV series, and Married At First Sight. Tara inaugurates a new Under The Dome segment and Dave shares a Batman Day Tiny Triumph, and then it's on to Monty's Canon submission: the "Scott Tenorman Must Die" episode of South Park. Tara names the week's Winner and Loser, and then it's on to a very educational Game Time. Without giving anything away...trust when we say this episode is more suspenseful than most. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 👽 Ancient Aliens Around The Dial: 🦇 Batman Around The Dial: 👰 Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🫥 The Leftovers Tiny Triumph: 💩 Batman Day Poo Justice The Canon: 🌶 South Park S05.E04: Scott Tenorman Must Die Winner & Loser: 👍 The Mindy Project Winner & Loser: 👎 Good Grief Game Time: 👩🏫 School’s In NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 038 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 04 Aug 2014 | 39: The Bachelorette: Hear For The Right Reasons | 01:23:20 | |
Previously's Bachelor/ette expert, Stephanie Green, joins us -- even Sarah, with Time Warner Cable's capricious blessing! -- to discuss the latest Bachelorette finale, slut-shaming, and whether anyone's still watching it (or going on the show) unironically. After we went around the dial with Stephen 'DGAF' Colbert, Dave's take on Tara's Fringe rewatch, and The Leftovers book club, Olivia Kwan reported on Face Off, and we wrote Felicity's first-season sex episode in our day planners. Did Game Time accept this rose? Was Janeane Garofalo drunk when she recorded those 'Dear Felicity' spots? The gang tells all in this week's Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌹 The Bachelorette Around The Dial: 🏥 The Knick Around The Dial: 🪺 Sex In The Wild Around The Dial: 🐮 Fringe Around The Dial: 🫥 The Leftovers Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🫠 Under The Dome The Canon: 💇🏻♀️ Felicity S01.E11: Gimme An O! Winner & Loser: 👍 Tara Reid Winner & Loser: 👎 Fox News Game Time: 🤡 Also Known As NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 039 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 11 Aug 2014 | 40: Getting Knicked | 01:28:46 | |
Alan Sepinwall joins us for his first-ever full episode of the podcast for a discussion of The Knick! After Face Off correspondent Olivia Kwan updates us on Episode 3, we go around the dial with Outlander, Dirk Gently, Amy Pascale's new Joss Whedon biography, and Extreme Guide To Parenting. Sarah shares a couple of recent Tiny Triumphs, Tara tells us why We Are All Domer for knowing anything at all about Under The Dome, Alan presents the Cheers episode "Endless Slumper" for submission into The Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser and a musical Game Time. Dip your beard in some water and scrub in! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥼 The Knick Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🏴 Outlander Around The Dial: 🫖 Dirk Gently Around The Dial: 🤮 Joss Whedon: The Biography Around The Dial: 🪂 Extreme Guide To Parenting Tiny Triumph: 🪅 Richard LaGravenese and the Banza Brothers Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome The Canon: 🍺 Cheers S01.E10: Endless Slumper Winner & Loser: 👍 James Corden Winner & Loser: 👎 Victoria Jackson Game Time: 🏂 Most X-Treme 90s TV Theme Song Quiz NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 040 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 18 Aug 2014 | 41: Making It Work (Yum!) With Project Runway | 01:22:42 | |
One half of the Fug Girls, Jessica Morgan, returns to the guest chair as we consider Project Runway and whether it's showing its age. We also talked about Utopia's not-that-crazy ideas, Rectify's Emmy chances in 2015, corporate fan-fic, and televised LARPing before assessing a five-makeover Clone High ep for the canon. Could the gang guess which portmanteaux names went with which couples in Game Time? Will Nicollette Sheridan have her day in court? Find out on a one-day-challenge episode of Extra Hot Great. ...STAMOS! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 👗 Project Runway Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🕊 Utopia Around The Dial: 💥 Rectify Around The Dial: 🩼 Kindle Worlds Around The Dial: ⚔️ The Quest Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome The Canon: ⚗️ Clone High S01.E12: Makeover, Makeover, Makeover: The Makeover Episode Winner & Loser: 👍 Bob's Burgers Winner & Loser: 👎 Nicollette Sheridan Game Time: 💑 Ships Ahoy! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 041 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 15 Sep 2014 | 42: The Fall Guys | 01:34:07 | |
Our long, long three-week hiatus comes to an end with the return of John Ramos, and a discussion of new fall series -- the ones each of us are into; the ones we should be into but aren't; and the ones we feel no one should be into. After Olivia's latest Face Off report (warning: contains Beauty And The Beast and Frozen spoilers), we go around the dial to touch on Couples Therapy, The Chair, Iyanla, Fix My Life, and an insane rant from Dave about marketing The Blacklist. The episode also features Tiny Triumphs, the Domest thing about the latest Under The Dome, John's submission of the Enlisted series finale to the Canon, and finally the week's Winner and Loser and a Game Time that is fought...navally. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍁 Fall TV Picks Around The Dial: 🤼♀️ Couples Therapy Around The Dial: 🪑 The Chair Around The Dial: ⬛️ The Blacklist Around The Dial: 🛠 Iyanla, Fix My Life Tiny Triumph: 🦌 Moose tweets Sarah Tiny Triumph: 👕 Glarkware on TV Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off The Canon: 🪖 Enlisted S01.E13: Alive Day Winner & Loser: 👍 Peter Gallagher Winner & Loser: 👎 Nev Schulman Game Time: 🚢 I’m On A Boat NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 042 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 22 Sep 2014 | 43: Madam Secretary's Diplomatic Immunity Is Revoked | 01:26:48 | |
Our esteemed colleague and EHG first-timer Allison Lowe Huff headed up the Madam Secretary discussion committee this week before Liv and Dave filed reports on Face Off and Billy Eichner, respectively. We also put a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode to a vote (...at Tenagra), tried to solve The Mysteries Of Laura, and fell for Gravity Falls before taking a trip through fictional small-town America during Game Time. Is Space Louis a real place? What does "Shaka" mean? And is Tea Leoni really our most underrated actress? Join us for state dinner and a movie on Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🗽 Madam Secretary Around The Dial: ⚠️ Gravity Falls Around The Dial: 👗 Project Runway Around The Dial: 😈 Lucifer Around The Dial: 🤷♀️ The Mysteries Of Laura Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Tiny Triumph: 🛣 Billy Eichner Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome The Canon: 🚀 Star Trek: The Next Generation S05.E02: Darmok Winner & Loser: 👍 Graham Yost Winner & Loser: 👎 Darrell Hammond Game Time: 🗺 Quirky Falls, USA NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 043 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 29 Sep 2014 | 44: Wayney Days In Gotham | 01:13:48 | |
Fox gets into the comic book adaptation game with Gotham, and Previously.TV's resident Gotham watcher Nick Rheinwald-Jones is here to talk about it with us! Around The Dial rolls through The Flash, Chicago PD, The Good Wife, and How To Get Away With Murder. True professional Olivia Kwan updates us on the latest Face Off even though its "childhood fears" theme was so scary that her mom only let her watch a little bit of it. Tara busts out the last "We Are All Domer" of the season (or maybe forever...?). Nick offers up the Season 3 finale of Episodes for submission into The Canon, and then after we call out the week's Winner and Loser, it's a game that's so vain, it probably thinks this Game Time's about it. Quit morbidly fixating on local street crime and listen! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦇 Gotham Around The Dial: ⚡️ The Flash Around The Dial: 💨 Chicago PD Around The Dial: 🐂 The Roosevelts Around The Dial: 🔪 How To Get Away With Murder Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome The Canon: 📺 Episodes S03.E09: Episode Nine Winner & Loser: 👍 True Detective Winner & Loser: 👎 Rob Schneider Game Time: 🦚 Vanity Fare NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 044 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 06 Oct 2014 | 45: Homeland Wants Its Spy Mommy | 01:19:45 | |
Our esteemed colleague Jeff Drake came not to praise Homeland's season premiere, but to bury it -- but he and the gang found a lot to like. We went around the dial with animated shows, British-history-based streaming sleep aids, and a great ending to a great Bob's Burgers, before Liv accidentally NSFWed the Face Off report and Sarah reviewed Lena Dunham's new book. The Giudices got jail time, Tara got (pea)cocky for Game Time, and we tried not to drone on in a radical Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕵🏻♀️ Homeland Around The Dial: ⚠️ Gravity Falls Around The Dial: 🚀 Star Wars: Rebels Around The Dial: 👑 Monarchy Around The Dial: 🍔 Bob's Burgers Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 📖 TV-Book Korner The Canon: 🍆 The Dick Van Dyke Show S05.E01: Coast To Coast Big Mouth Winner & Loser: 👍 Alyssa Milano Winner & Loser: 👎 The Giudices Game Time: 🦚 Be NBC’s Guest NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 045 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 15 Oct 2014 | 46: Dead And Circuses On American Horror Story | 01:27:49 | |
Joe Reid joins us to discuss the week in TV as Ryan Murphy premieres the fourth season of American Horror Story, murderous clown and all. Around The Dial takes us through Extreme Cheapskates, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., HBO's announcement of a standalone streaming service, and Sarah and Joe engaging in a postseason baseball commentator fantasy draft (and if you're friends with Joe Buck, don't let him listen). The unwelcome return of the We Are All Domer segment carries us into a much more enjoyable topic: Joe's submission of The Good Wife's "Red Team, Blue Team" to The Canon. An overstuffed listing of the week's Winner and Loser is our last stop before a seasonally appropriate spoooooky Game Time, with a very special host. Snuggle up on your picnic blanket without a single care in the world and enjoy! GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤡 American Horror Story: Freakshow Around The Dial: 👛 Extreme Cheapskates Around The Dial: ⚾️ Baseball Around The Dial: 📺 HBO Around The Dial: 🛡 Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome The Canon: 😇 The Good Wife S04.E14: Red Team Blue Team Winner & Loser: 👍 NFL Winner & Loser: 👎 Phil Robertson Game Time: 🧌 Monster Mash NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 046 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 21 Oct 2014 | 47: The Trip Has Spoken On Survivor | 01:19:42 | |
Our esteemed colleague Trip Payne takes a break from hunting for the hidden immunity idol to join us for discussions of Survivor, TV's krappiest kids, a notable casting change, and a South Korean reality show. The hills were alive with the sound of a Will & Grace nomination for the Canon, and we also heard from Liv on Face Off and crowned our Winner and Loser before Game Time blindsided everyone! (Well, almost.) Drop your buffs: it's time to merge with Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🗿 Survivor Around The Dial: 😯 Scandal Around The Dial: 🧠 The Genius Around The Dial: 😇 The Good Wife Around The Dial: 📚 Read All About It Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off The Canon: 👩🏻🎨 Will & Grace S08.E10: Von Trapped Winner & Loser: 👍 Kim Dickens Winner & Loser: 👎 Freaks & Geeks Game Time: 🎲 The Game Game: Second Edition NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 047 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 26 Oct 2014 | 48: The Extra Hot Great TV Cop Special | 00:26:37 | |
For our very special TV Cop special, we hear from specially trained officers working cases involving special effects overreach, sexual ethics, booze, and much more! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🚔 TV Cops NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 048 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 02 Nov 2014 | 49: The Extra Hot Great Program Parole Board Special | 00:36:38 | |
Our very special all-Program Parole Board special looks around the TV landscape and makes recommendations on which currently-barely-available series deserve to be put online for streaming, put back into the syndication rotation, or straight-up rebooted. TOPICS Lead Topic: 👩🏽⚖️ Program Parole Board Special NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 049 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 09 Nov 2014 | 50: The A&E Afternoon-Programming Canon | 01:00:52 | |
Once upon a time, long ago (read: "the early aughts"), before the tyranny of Duck Dynasty, A&E really was about art and entertainment -- viz. their weekday-afternoon "rock block" of enjoyable classics. NewsRadio, Northern Exposure, and Law & Order: Mothership helped the gang while away many a dull PM at their desks. Today, we nominate favorites from each show for Canon consideration, and fondly remember Phil Hartman, Joel Fleischman's mullet, and that halcyon time before Michael Moriarty went bonkers and started running for king of countries he isn't a citizen of. Do you agree with our decisions? Hop in Extra Hot Great's daytime-TV time machine. TOPICS The Canon: 📻 NewsRadio S04.E04: Arcade The Canon: 👨🏾⚖️ Law & Order S01.E07: Mushrooms The Canon: 🐻❄️ Northern Exposure S04.E23: Cicely NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 050 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 16 Nov 2014 | 51: Nonacs-travaganza! | 00:48:51 | |
It's time once again to consider nominees for the Nonac -- the opposite of the EHG Canon, where the worst-ever episodes of otherwise-good shows reside. After Dave clarified a point of Nonac law, we turned our attention to the "disgusting clothing" and ridiculous challenge in a ninth-season Project Runway; remembered how much we hated stupid Nick, Kalinda's stupid husband, on The Good Wife; failed to take Joey Potter's mugging plight seriously on Dawson's Creek; and said nice things about James Van Der Beek, Michael Kors, and soft-serve ice cream. Did this trio of terror make it into the Nonac, thus closing the books on their respective shows...FOREVAAAAAH? Quick, listen to Extra Hot Great and find out before you get hit by a car or something. TOPICS The Nonac: 🛶 Dawson's Creek S05.E15: Downtown Crossing The Nonac: 😇 The Good Wife S04.E02: And The Law Won The Nonac: 👗 Project Runway S09.E03: Go Big Or Go Home NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 051 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 29 Dec 2014 | 52: 2014 In Review | 01:00:03 | |
The EHG team breaks its long silence for a quick look back at the TV year that was, with some highly partial superlatives including Best New Show, Most Tragic Renewal, and Pierce Of The Year. Join us for all the triumphant laurels and rotten tomatoes! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍾 Year In Review NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 052 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 04 Jan 2015 | 53: Downton For The Count | 01:30:40 | |
Our esteemed colleague John Ramos is back to assess the stateside season premiere of Downton Abbey -- with all the Sarah Buntings that entails. We also sicced Wardrobe Cop on Rags To Riches, admired FXX's movie-advertising game, ran through the pleasures of The Flash, and worked up an appetite for The Great British Bake Off. John then gestated a Playing House Canon submission before Game Time forced us to wonder Who In The What Now. How much do the two S. Buntings have in common? What does the newest Spike reality competition have on Common? Are times changing? The latest full-strength ep of EHG has more info than a clever schoolteacher. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 👒 Downton Abbey Around The Dial: 🎩 Rags To Riches Around The Dial: 🥮 The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: 🎞 FXX Movie Ads Around The Dial: ⚡️ The Flash The Canon: 🏡 Playing House S01.E08: 37 Weeks Winner & Loser: 👍 Hip-hop furniture Winner & Loser: 👎 Teresa Giudice Game Time: 🤷♂️ Who In The What Now? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 053 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 12 Jan 2015 | 54: The 72nd Oscars Jr. Awards | 01:20:58 | |
The 2015 televised entertainment award season kicks off with the People's Choice Awards, and...just kidding, we're talking Golden Globes with Joe Reid. We then revive "Will Dave Hate This?" in response to Amazon's announcement of its TV adaptation of Philip K. Dick's The Man In The High Castle, and examine the latest Downton Abbey through the lens of Sarah Bunting vs. Sarah D. Bunting. Around The Dial stops at Parenthood, the American Heroes Channel, The Celebrity Apprentice, and My Husband's Not Gay, before Joe presents "The One Where Ross Got High" episode of Friends to The Canon. GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: 🟡 The Golden Globes Will Dave Hate This?: 🏰 The Man In The High Castle Around The Dial: 👨👩👧 Parenthood Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 American Heroes Channel Around The Dial: 🤑 The Celebrity Apprentice Around The Dial: 🥍 My Strange Addiction The Canon: 🛋 Friends S06.E09: The One Where Ross Got High Winner & Loser: 👍 The CW Winner & Loser: 👎 Chris Carter Game Time: 🔪 Broadcast To Kill NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 054 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 19 Jan 2015 | 55: Gleeking Out | 02:02:18 | |
Our esteemed colleague Adam Grosswirth returned to EHG to talk about Glee's final season, the two Ryan Murphys, and how the polarizing show will end. After we laughed at Kroll Show and failed to fall for The Fall, Dave showed off his Night Moves, and we wondered which live musical would hit the nets next. Liv took inspiration from Face Off, one Sarah Bunting cleared a manor house of Russians, and Adam produced a third-season Muppet Show for the Canon before we played a dy-no-miiiiiiiite theme-song Game Time. Find out why we got kicked out of Fuddrucker's and why Buntsy's doing the robot on all-new old-school super-size Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 📣 Glee Around The Dial: 🌆 Broad City Around The Dial: 🥩 Kroll Show Around The Dial: 🍂 The Fall Around The Dial: 🌃 Night Moves Around The Dial: 🦴 Flesh And Bone Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 👯♀️ Sarah Bunting vs. Sarah D. Bunting The Canon: 🐽 The Muppet Show S03.E05: Pearl Bailey Winner & Loser: 👍 NBC News Winner & Loser: 👎 Gary Sinise Game Time: 🙂 The Super Funky 70s TV Theme Show Quiz NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 055 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 26 Jan 2015 | 56: Boyds On The Side On Justified | 01:38:30 | |
Nick Rheinwald-Jones is our guest for a discussion of the just-kicked-off final season of Justified, just in time for Sarah to get on board. Niece Liv returns to cover Part 2 of the Face Off season premiere, before we move on to the most explosive Bunting vs. Bunting segment of Downton Abbey Series 5 to date. Around The Dial makes stops at The Nightly Show, Togetherness, Wolf Hall, Better Call Saul, and Restaurant Startup, before Nick makes the case for inducting the Gilmore Girls episode "Twenty-One Is The Loneliest Number" to The Canon. Once we crown the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time we...got through, eventually, after some misadventure. Put on your cowboy hat and set a spell! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤠 Justified Around The Dial: 🎆 The Nightly Show Around The Dial: 🤲 Togetherness Around The Dial: 🐺 Wolf Hall Around The Dial: ☎️ Better Call Saul Around The Dial: 👩🍳 Restaurant Startup The Canon: 👧 Gilmore Girls S06.E07: Twenty-One Is The Loneliest Number Winner & Loser: 👍 Serial fans Winner & Loser: 👎 Mike Huckabee Game Time: 💩 Shitcoms NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 056 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 02 Feb 2015 | 57: Holmes Sweet Holmes On Elementary | 01:57:17 | |
Our esteemed colleague Allison Lowe Huff joined us to discuss a recent major arc on Elementary, and why the Sherlock Holmes-verse is so durable. After Liv reported on Face Off and the dietary preferences of lion sunflower creatures, we considered whether Dave would hate Syfy Greek-myth drama Olympus, mourned the once-great Sleepy Hollow, compared The Americans and Allegiance, and set sail with Vikings, before a (final?) round of Bunting vs. Bunting. David Dickerson endured a Star Trek: TNG episode to submit it for the Nonac before we declared a winner, a loser, and another loser. Who won the elaborate and awesome 25,000 Dave Point Pyramid-esque Game Time? Which Bunting prevailed? Will Dave follow Matt Frewer anywhere? Get a clue with an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕵🏻 Elementary Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Will Dave Hate This?: 🏛 Olympus Around The Dial: 👯♀️ Sarah Bunting vs. Sarah D. Bunting Around The Dial: 🎃 Sleepy Hollow Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 The Americans Around The Dial: 🎩 Downton Abbey Around The Dial: 🪓 Vikings The Nonac: 🌠 Star Trek: The Next Generation S02.E22: Shades Of Gray Winner & Loser: 👍 Stan Lee Pointer-outers Winner & Loser: 👎 Nationwide Insurance Game Time: 👂 Eary Similarities NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 057 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 09 Feb 2015 | 58: Riddle Of The Jinx | 01:43:31 | |
If HBO's going to bring us a true crime docuseries about notorious non-convicted alleged murderer Robert Durst, we're going to talk about it -- and we're going to get true crime expert Eve Batey to pause her Marathon Diary of The Wire and join us. A playing card-based Face Off challenges our six-year-old correspondent Liv. Around The Dial takes us through one of Dave's favourite old Canadian ads, Netflix's Daredevil, the sudden improvement on SVU, and the sweet Jane The Virgin. Eve presents the "Never Again" episode of The X-Files for admission to The Canon, and then after we identify the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time Ripped From The Headlines! Put down your hoagie and listen. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤞 The Jinx Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🇨🇦 A Very Canadian Ad Around The Dial: 👺 Daredevil Around The Dial: 👩🏽⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Around The Dial: 🍆 Jane The Virgin The Canon: 👽 The X-Files S04.E13: Never Again Winner & Loser: 👍 Chicago Winner & Loser: 👎 Brian Williams Game Time: 📰 Ripped From The Headlines NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 058 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 16 Feb 2015 | 59: Top Chef Is Here For The Right Seasonings | 01:15:23 | |
Our esteemed colleague Jeff Drake helped the gang dish on the Boston season of Top Chef, before seeing if we felt a connection with the current Bachelor and his crop o' lipstick-sharing crazies. Then Tara backhanded The Slap (for its own good, of course!), Jeff visited Broad City and Transparent, and Sarah pitched PBS's endangered documentary programs before Dave taught us all a very important lesson about admitting it when you break a crotchety neighbor's window. A Canon nomination for Fringe may have frozen us in amber; terrorists won, TV journalism lost; and FOEHG Alan Sepinwall submitted a great Game Time about lesser partners. Listeners, will you accept this rose...water aioli? GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧑🍳 Top Chef Around The Dial: 📆 The Daily Show Around The Dial: 👋 The Slap Around The Dial: 🏙 Broad City Around The Dial: 🏳️⚧️ Transparent Around The Dial: 📹 HBO Documentaries Around The Dial: 🪟 Who Broke My Window? The Canon: 🐮 Fringe S05.E01: Transilience Thought Unifier-Model 11 Winner & Loser: 👍 The Terrorists Winner & Loser: 👎 Brian Williams Game Time: 👭 Partners And Other Strangers NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 059 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 23 Feb 2015 | 60: Empire Delivers Tough Cookies | 01:36:10 | |
Dean of the Blankenship Chair Mark Blankenship joins us to talk about the newest show he's covering for Previously.TV -- Fox's runaway hit hip-hop soap opera Empire! Liv returns to tell us all about the "Troll Bridge" episode of Face Off, and then we go around the dial to discuss The Americans, the new Emmy eligibility rules, another weird old TV ad, and the imminent return of Intervention. Mark presents the "Don't Make Me Over" episode of Roseanne to The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we all dig into a Game Time (from our beloved Joe Reid) that requires us to bust out our calculators. Take a dose of your experimental medicine and enjoy! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 💿 Empire Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 The Americans Around The Dial: 🤥 Lying Around The Dial: 🏆 Emmy Rules Around The Dial: 🍦 Carvel Ice Cream Around The Dial: 🙅♂️ Intervention The Canon: 🌹 Roseanne S04.E24: Don’t Make Me Over Winner & Loser: 👍 Professor Utonium Winner & Loser: 👎 The Nutty Professor Game Time: 🧗 Mountain Climber NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 060 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 09 Mar 2015 | 61: Burning Down The House Of Cards | 01:37:12 | |
Thanks for your patience, friends! We're back, and we're joined by our esteemed colleague Alex Zeidel for a discussion of House Of Cards's third season. Sarah's not a crackpot for thinking TV kids need to have a seat at the dinner table, Liv's talking scary makeup with Dave, and we're circling the dial with Togetherness, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, obscure Nimoy, and CSI: Dawson. After considering whether Alex's RuPaul's Drag Race Canon submission was sickening in the right ways, we crowned a winner and a loser, and Game Time really stretched the term "working title." Over the Underwoods? Either way, there's something fishy about this week's episode of Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: ♠️ House Of Cards I Am Not A Crackpot: 🍽 Kids Dinner Stormin' Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🤲 Togetherness Around The Dial: 🕳 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Around The Dial: 🔎 In Search Of Around The Dial: 🚙 Flo From Progressive Lore Around The Dial: 💾 C.S.I.: Cyber The Canon: 🏁 RuPaul's Drag Race S05.E05: Snatch Game Winner & Loser: 👍 Sex Criminals Winner & Loser: 👎 Phil Robertson Game Time: 🙋♂️ First Name Basis NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 061 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 16 Mar 2015 | 62: Singing Along With The Voice And American Idol | 01:48:33 | |
American Idol and The Voice correspondent Stephanie Cangro joins us to compare and contrast TV's current big two singing competition shows, and confirm for all of us that Harry Connick Jr. is, in fact, the best. Liv walks us through an intergalactic beauty pageant challenge on Face Off, before we go Around The Dial with stops at The Jinx, The Royals, The Last Man On Earth, and Syfy's forthcoming Olympus. Stephanie makes her case for the submission of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode "Hush" to The Canon, and then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, a mega-sized Game Time may decide the standings for the season! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎶 The Voice Lead Topic: 🎵 American Idol Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🤞 The Jinx Around The Dial: 🤴 The Royals Around The Dial: 🌎 The Last Man On Earth Around The Dial: 🏛 Olympus The Canon: 🧛🏻♂️ Buffy The Vampire Slayer Winner & Loser: 👍 Fixers Winner & Loser: 👎 The Bachelorette Basic Bitches Game Time: 🛟 Women And Children First NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 062 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 23 Mar 2015 | 63: Scandalously Dancing With The Stars | 02:05:13 | |
Our esteemed colleague and ABC aficionado Kim Reed joins the gang for a discussion of Scandal, Dancing With The Stars's 20th season, and the extraneous bits of both. We premiered a new Phrase That Doesn't Pay, learned about Liv's superpower in the Face Off report, Catfished Nev Schulman's podcast, sank one at the buzzer with ESPN's Christian Laettner doc, and got public-service announcements about poison and bad plotting. Kim proposed a Parks & Recreation episode for the Canon before RuPaul and James Caan helped us out with Winners and Losers, and Game Time got aughty by nature. We're the white hats -- and we'd like you to stop pooping on this week's Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: 👩🏽🔧 Scandal Lead Topic: 💃🏽 Dancing With The Stars Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍆 Dick Week Around The Dial: 🐟 Nev Schulman Around The Dial: 🏈 30 For 30 Around The Dial: ⛪️ Broadchurch Around The Dial: 😱 '70s PSA The Canon: 🌳 Parks And Recreation S03.E02: Flu Season Winner & Loser: 👍 RuPaul's Drag Race Winner & Loser: 👎 Punters Game Time: 🎼 The Cyber Awesome Millennial TV Theme Quiz NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 063 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 30 Mar 2015 | 64: Walking Dead And Loving It | 01:49:43 | |
As The Walking Dead wraps up its fifth season, regular Dead correspondent and designated pinch-hitter Jeff Alexander join us for a talk that ranges through the show, the comics, the spinoff, and which characters we could stand to see axed in Season 6! Liv gives the kid perspective on a kid-centered Face Off challenge. We go Around The Dial with stops at Going Clear, The Daily Show, Orphan Black, and Scandal, and The Good Wife. Dave presents the Magnum, P.I. episode "Paper War" for the Canon. After identifying the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a very special, maybe never-to-be-repeated Game Time event! Shamble on in and join us! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧟 The Walking Dead Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 👩⚕️ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: 📆 The Daily Show Around The Dial: 🧬 Orphan Black Around The Dial: 👩🏽🔧 Scandal Around The Dial: 🤦🏻♀️ The Good Wife The Canon: 🌺 Magnum P.I. (1980) S07.E08: Paper War Winner & Loser: 👍 X-Philes Winner & Loser: 👎 Looking Game Time: 🍌 Third Bananas NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 064 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 06 Apr 2015 | 65: The Beginning Of The End Of Mad Men | 01:44:07 | |
With Sarah back from baseball nerd camp at last, esteemed contributor John Ramos returned to EHG to talk Mad Men, shapeless narrative, and Roger Sterling's savvy borrowing of Sam Elliott's mustache. After a Face Off report on creepy dollies from Liv, we iced The Slap, bowed before Game Of Thrones, hummed along with the recent crop of awesome music documentaries, and reproached reboots before the Canon parole board considered the case of a first-season Oz episode. Lip-sync battles and communicable diseases were our Winners and Losers, and it took a global village to play Dan Blau Rogge's fantastic Game Time. Dolls, diners, the death penalty, Devon Gummersall and more, in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥃 Mad Men Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 👋 The Slap Around The Dial: 🚽 Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: 🎼 Music Docs Around The Dial: 🥾 Reboots Aplenty The Canon: 🛖 Oz S01.E04: Capital P Winner & Loser: 👍 Spike Winner & Loser: 👎 The Measles Game Time: 🐵 Purple Monkey Dishwasher NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 065 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 13 Apr 2015 | 66: High Five For Game Of Thrones | 02:01:28 | |
As Game Of Thrones launches its fifth season, both Particleer Nick Rheinwald-Jones and Ravens correspondent Jeff Drake join us to talk about the premiere. Sarah then launches her new Mad Men D.B. Cooper-watch segment, and Liv checks in with her comments on Face Off's penultimate episode of the season. Sarah explains why she is NOT a crackpot for believing there need to be more dance-school teen dramas on TV, and then Around The Dial makes stops at Daredevil, Slate's podcast on The Americans, The Daily Show's Trevor Noah problem, a worthy webseries replacement for Kroll Show, and the revamped Turn. Nick presents Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's "Kimmy's In A Love Triangle!" for submission to the Canon, and then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a clip-riffic Game Time. Put your direwolves outside and listen in! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🚽 Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: 🪂 Mad Men D.B. Cooper Watch Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off I Am Not A Crackpot: 🥜 Dance-School Teen Dramas Around The Dial: 👹 Daredevil Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 The Americans Around The Dial: 📆 The Daily Show Around The Dial: 🐣 I Wanna Have Your Baby Around The Dial: 🗽 Turn The Canon: 🕳 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S01.E10: Kimmy’s In A Love Triangle! Winner & Loser: 👍 '80s Rock Stars Winner & Loser: 👎 James Corden Game Time: 👂 Eary Similarities II NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 066 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 22 Apr 2015 | 67: Orphan Black Marks | 01:11:42 | |
Our Orphan Black and Daredevil correspondent, Jeff Alexander, returns to talk boy clones, beatings, and Buntsy's boneheaded D.B. Cooper theory. Liv submitted her final Face Off report of the season, and we all learned something about corporate synergy. Then we went Around The Dial with the Justified finale (approved), the Daredevil renewal (approved), Catfish's obviously imminent end (should be approved), and some TV Canadiana ("Meat!") before bending an elbow for Jeff's Canon submission, Cheers's "Simon Says." Galaxy Quest goes to TV, Baffleck's foot goes in his mouth, and Game Time gets a see-plus in an Extra Hot Great worth waiting for. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 👯♀️ Orphan Black Around The Dial: 🪂 Mad Men D.B. Cooper Watch Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🤠 Justified Around The Dial: 👹 Daredevil Around The Dial: 🐟 Catfish Around The Dial: 💥 Ads The Canon: 🍻 Cheers S05.E21: Simon Says Winner & Loser: 👍 Britt McHenry Winner & Loser: 👎 Britt McHenry Game Time: 🫥 The Invisible Man NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 067 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 05 May 2015 | 68: Do They Know What Time It Is? | 00:55:07 | |
Lauren, Andrew, and Shannon join us for our first listeners-only Game Time event! TOPICS Game Time: 👥 The Name Game NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 068 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 14 May 2015 | 69: In For A Penny Dreadful | 01:35:34 | |
It's officially summer, and you know what that means: time to start a fire in the hearth, brew a pot of tea, and snuggle under a fur blanket for Showtime's Victorian supernatural drama, Penny Dreadful! Naturally, we were thrilled to welcome Matt Debenham, our resident Penny Dreadful correspondent, to join in the discussion. From there, we check in on the evolution of Mad Men's Don Draper into D.B. Cooper on the eve of the series finale. Around The Dial takes us through stops at Finding Carter, The Following, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, and a very brief peek back at 30 Rock. Matt makes the case for the induction of The Comeback's Season 2 finale, "Valerie Gets What She Really Wants," into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a very descriptive Game Time. Grab all your werewolf buddies and join us! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🐺 Penny Dreadful Around The Dial: 🪂 Mad Men D.B. Cooper Watch Around The Dial: 🫀 The Following Around The Dial: 🔦 Finding Carter Around The Dial: 👩🏼⚕️ Nurse Jackie Around The Dial: 🤦🏻♀️ The Good Wife Around The Dial: 🪨 30 Rock Will Dave Hate This?: 👑 Tut The Canon: ⏮ The Comeback S02.E08: Valerie Gets What She Really Wants Winner & Loser: 👍 Ladies Winner & Loser: 👎 American Idol Game Time: 📺 Title Carded NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 069 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 18 May 2015 | 70: The Mad End Of Mad Men | 01:16:41 | |
Have a/some Coke and a smile as our esteemed colleague John Ramos returns to discuss whether Mad Men and Don Draper got a proper sendoff -- and Buntsy finally stops torturing Dave with the DB Cooper thing. (Probably.) We discuss Nashville, vintage ads, crappy Washingtons, and Under The Dome trolling Tara before Sarah proposes another Weiner-related finale, The Sopranos's "Made In America," for its Canon button. Mindy won, Gossip Girl lost, and the panel put on ears for a Game Time about signature sounds. Pack your "The Suitcase" and take a hobo trip with these friends of ours on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 😡 Mad Men Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🎸 Nashville Around The Dial: 🗽 Turn Around The Dial: 🦌 Deer Forest The Canon: 🔫 The Sopranos S06.E09: Made In America Winner & Loser: 👍 The Mindy Project Winner & Loser: 👎 Gossip Girl Game Time: 📟 Bleep Bloop NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 070 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 25 May 2015 | 71: Drag Race To The Finish | 01:34:53 | |
Now that the field of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants has been whittled down to just about the size of Violet Chachki's waist, it's time for us to bring back our resident Drag Race expert Mark Blankenship for a discussion of the season to date, and the outcome we want and/or predict will occur. Around The Dial stops at The Bachelorette, Nurse Jackie, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and some more adorable local TV ads, and then a mini-Game Time just for Mark regarding a recent Tiny Triumph. Listener Patrick Felton submits the "Wacky Delly" episode of Rocko's Modern Life for submission to the Canon, and then after the Winner and Loser, it's on to Name Ti-- excuse us, "Game Time." Tuck in and enjoy! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏁 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 🌹 The Bachelorette Around The Dial: 👩🏼⚕️ Nurse Jackie Around The Dial: 👩🏽⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Around The Dial: 🍛 Quickway Diner Tiny Triumph: 💬 Jeopardy! Audition! The Canon: 🐕 Rocko's Modern Life S05.E04: Wacky Delly Winner & Loser: 👍 Mindy Kaling Winner & Loser: 👎 Nicholas Brendon Game Time: 🙋🏻♂️ These Are The Daves I Know NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 071 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 31 May 2015 | 72: The Bachelorette's Rose-Colored Asses | 01:20:19 | |
Our esteemed colleague Stephanie Green is back to help us mull the current season of The Bachelorette, including the "shocking" twist that began the season, the "explosive" "revelations" we can expect in coming weeks, and why Kaitlyn can't stop sucking her teeth. We also pondered Lifetime's new behind-the-scenes scripted/fictional Bachelor series, UnREAL, before going Around The Dial with That '60s Duchovny Show, Scott & Bailey, all about an HBO documentary from April, and Mr. Robot, and Stephanie hoped Freaks & Geeks could sit at the Canon table. Which Girl is our Winner of the week, and which one's our Loser? How many guest-star Emmy nominations does it take for Sarah to get screwed by Sorkin in Game Time? Can we steal you for a second -- to listen to the latest EHG? GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌹 The Bachelorette Lead Topic: 🎥 UnREAL Around The Dial: ♒️ Aquarius Around The Dial: 🦺 Scott & Bailey Around The Dial: 👵🏻 All About Ann Around The Dial: 🤖 Mr. Robot The Canon: 🤓 Freaks & Geeks S01.E12: The Garage Door Winner & Loser: 👍 Zosia Mamet Winner & Loser: 👎 Wendy Molyneux Game Time: 🏨 Be Our Guests NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 072 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 08 Jun 2015 | 73: Brain, Fried On iZombie | 01:34:38 | |
With iZombie's season finale bearing down on us like a cannibalistic gym rat, we invited our iZombie correspondent Eve Batey to join us to talk about the season. Around The Dial takes us through Hoarders Live!, Serial Thriller, Tara's report on the ATX Festival, and some more outstanding local ads. After Tara shares a recent Tiny Triumph, Eve proposes the "Christmas" episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine for submission to The Canon. After briefly touching on the week's Winner and Loser, we proceed to a Game Time that just might be fatal. Grab your Cholula and listen up! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧠 iZombie Around The Dial: 🌮 ATX Festival Around The Dial: 🧽 Hoarders Live Around The Dial: 🔪 Serial Thriller Around The Dial: 📺 Local Ads Tiny Triumph: 🗯 Pull Quoted The Canon: 👮♂️ Brooklyn Nine-Nine S01.E11: Christmas Winner & Loser: 👍 Love, Pride Winner & Loser: 👎 The Duggars Game Time: 😵 Bring Out Your Dead! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 073 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 15 Jun 2015 | 74: Hannibal: Food, Sex, And Death | 01:33:01 | |
Our esteemed colleague Joe K. Reid (note: not his middle initial) returned to discuss Hannibal's third season and whether the show's serving cannibalistic realness so far. Then we cleansed our palates with a quintessentially inessential TNT summer drama, an Orphan Black clone ranking, and early returns on Orange Is The New Black, and Joe made his pitches for acting-Emmy long shots. A Canon submission made our gorges rise yet again as we reviewed a notorious episode of Review before Degrassi got a stay of execution and Stamos got pulled over. Who did the best job explaining our TV culture to aliens in this week's Game Time? Which Hannibal characters do we hold most deer? Save room for dessert, Clarice: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍽 Hannibal Around The Dial: 🔪 Murder In The First Around The Dial: 🏆 The Emmys Around The Dial: 🍊 Orange Is The New Black Around The Dial: 🧬 Orphan Black The Canon: 🥞 Review S01.E03: Pancakes, Divorce, Pancakes Winner & Loser: 👍 Degrassi Winner & Loser: 👎 STAMOOOOS! Game Time: 👽 EMDb NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 074 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 22 Jun 2015 | 75: The Ew In True Detective | 01:25:36 | |
Point your GPS to Central California and meet your EHG regulars and frequent guest Jeff Drake for a discussion of True Detective's divisive Season 2 premiere! From there, we zoom on to an Around The Dial that stops at A Deadly Adoption, Poldark, The Crimson Field, Catastrophe, which HBO documentaries you should smarten up your summer with, and another dip into classic TV ads of yore. Jeff makes a case for the induction of The Mary Tyler Moore Show pilot into the Canon, and then after identifying the week's Winner and Loser, we wind up with a Game Time you might consider a little too informal. Swirl it all a little before you gulp it down! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: ⭕️ True Detective Around The Dial: 💈 Poldark Around The Dial: 🟥 The Crimson Field Around The Dial: 🤯 Catastrophe Around The Dial: 📹 HBO Documentaries Around The Dial: 🚂 The Old West The Canon: 📡 The Mary Tyler Moore Show S01.E01: Love Is All Around Winner & Loser: 👍 Lester Holt Winner & Loser: 👎 Married At First Sight Game Time: 💐 Call A Rose NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 075 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 29 Jun 2015 | 76: Under The Dome And Dumber | 01:21:35 | |
Our esteemed colleague Nick willingly trapped himself Under The Dome as CBS's summer "hit" returns for another season of crappy acting, bad CGI, and inexplicable character beats. After Sarah ripped off a rant about jeans and we compared jazz unfavorable with a certain True Detective's anti-bullying regime, we went around the dial with Key & Peele, A History of Radness, European shows of Dave enjoyment, and the excellent wardrobe in a bad ad. The Panel considered The Alias for The Inclusion in The Canon and we cringed at Messrs. Trump and Lecter before a Game Time on finales. If you can jump the chasm of killer butterflies, join us at the Zenith of fun on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍙 Under The Dome Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 Your Father Being Buttfucked With Your Mom’s Headless Corpse On This Goddamn Lawn Around The Dial: 🔑 Key & Peele Around The Dial: 🩸 Another Period Around The Dial: 🧥 Humira-Commercial Jacket Fashion Around The Dial: 👂 Humans Around The Dial: 🇩🇪 Deutschland 83 The Canon: 🕵🏻♀️ Alias S03.E19: Hourglass Winner & Loser: 👍 Univision Winner & Loser: 👎 Hannibal Game Time: 🎁 Wrapping It Up NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 076 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 06 Jul 2015 | 77: I Am Not A Crackpot, And Neither Are You | 01:38:56 | |
Dear Mr. President, There are too many ways TV can confuse us or let us down. Please eliminate three. We are NOT crackpots! Dave, Sarah, Tara, and special guest Nick Rheinwald-Jones share their own crackpot TV theories or opinions, and discuss submissions from listeners just like you. Join us for a completely sane, non-fruitcakey outing! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥜 I Am Not A Crackpot Game Time: ☁️ I Am Not A Crackpot NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 077 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 15 Jul 2015 | 78: Scream-ing Meanies | 01:19:25 | |
Eve Batey makes it a threequel when she returns to discuss -- and diagnose -- Scream with the rest of the gang. We met the newest EHG-themed shirts, despaired of Under The Dome, and recommended Bosch, UnREAL, and British reality-show sleep aids, and Dave was hopeful about Daredevil's second season. Tara and Melanie explained (at normal volumes) why they are NOT Crackpots before we congratulated Lester Holt and shunned Jared Fogle. And I don't want to alarm you guys but Game Time is COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. (Unless it was only the cat.) GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🙀 Scream Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🐼 We Bought Into A Zoo Around The Dial: 🕵🏻♂️ Bosch Around The Dial: 🫠 UnREAL Around The Dial: 🧹 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners Around The Dial: 👹 Daredevil I Am Not A Crackpot: 👂 Humans Winner & Loser: 👍 Lester Holt Winner & Loser: 👎 Jared Fogle Game Time: 🔪 Do You Want To Play A Game? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 078 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 20 Jul 2015 | 79: Strained Explanations | 01:27:55 | |
The vampire zombies of The Strain are back on FX, and Omar Gallaga, our resident expert, is back to tell us all about the early days of the second season. From there, we go on to check on the latest events making us Domer, and flip Around The Dial with stops at In Search Of..., The Astronaut Wives Club, the Netflix documentary Tig, and the Spike miniseries Tut. Omar makes a case for the induction of The Walking Dead episode "The Grove" into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we finish up with a Game Time that's the OPPOSITE of boring and tedious! Grab a cup of worms and enjoy! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦠 The Strain Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🔦 In Search Of Around The Dial: 👨🚀 The Astronaut Wives Club Around The Dial: 🐯 Tig Around The Dial: 👑 Tut The Canon: 🧟♀️ The Walking Dead Winner & Loser: 👍 Colonists Winner & Loser: 👎 Aquarius & Hannibal Game Time: 🌓 Opposites NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 079 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 27 Jul 2015 | 80: A Fine Kettle Of Catfish | 01:48:03 | |
Our esteemed colleague Kim helped the gang poke holes in Catfish this week, as we wondered whether Max has gotten better...or everything else around him on the show has gotten worse. We got psyched about the revivals of Wet Hot American Summer and America's Best Dance Crew, took a buggy down memory lane with Little House, and got on board with Humans ("...heard of 'em") before bringing Zoo Under The Dome and trying to bring a Friday Night Lights episode to the Canon championship. Caitlyn Jenner won another event, Jon Stewart's imitation game is a loser, and we passed the Hot Potato in a brand-new Game Time. Should you arrange to meet an all-new Extra Hot Great in a park? Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose. GUESTS 👤 Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: 🐟 Catfish Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🦁 Zoo Around The Dial: 🕺 America's Best Dance Crew Around The Dial: 🤩 The Most Awesome Thing Around The Dial: 👂 Humans Around The Dial: 🦷 The War On Teeth I Am Not A Crackpot: 🥜 How To Answer A Phone The Canon: 🏈 Friday Night Lights S01.E20: Mud Bowl Winner & Loser: 👍 Caitlyn Jenner Winner & Loser: 👎 Jon Stewart Game Time: 🥔 Blank Stuffed Hot Potato NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 080 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 03 Aug 2015 | 81: Let's Give Summer TV A Hand! | 01:59:52 | |
Since summer TV is no longer dumber TV, we've invited Mark Blankenship back to the Blankenship Chair to join us for a discussion of our most winning series picks! Niece Liv -- now seven years old -- returns to bring us the scoop on Face Off's Season 9 premiere, and then Tara tells us the latest ways Under The Dome has made us Domer. Mark makes a case for the induction of Downton Abbey's S05E03 to the Nonac -- the reverse Canon -- and then after identifying the Winner & Loser Of The Week, we finish up with a very critical Game Time. Turn up the AC and enjoy! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 😎 Summer TV Picks Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome The Nonac: 🎩 Downton Abbey S05.E03: Episode 3 Winner & Loser: 👍 Nicholas Brendon Winner & Loser: 👎 Chris Harrison Game Time: 🤦♂️ You’re The Worst NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 081 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 10 Aug 2015 | 82: Project Runway Makes The Cut...Barely. | 01:59:19 | |
Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan joined the gang this week to take a closer look at Project Runway as it returns for a fourteenth season. Liv trolled us in her Face Off report, Tara recharged the amethysts Under The Dome with rage, and we went around the dial with Jon Stewart, Cait Jenner, Becoming Us, Nic Pizzicato Five, the resurgence of Big Brother, and the lies Saturday-morning ads tell -- before Heather wigged us out with a Melrose Place Canon submission. We declared a winner and loser, then scaled a traditional Egyptian burial structure for 25 Dave points in this week's Game Time. Work wives, dead wives, crying and cutting: we've got it all (plus a ton of TV Republicans for some reason?) on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 👗 Project Runway Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 📆 The Daily Show Around The Dial: 🙋🏻♀️ I Am Cait Around The Dial: 👏 Becoming Us Around The Dial: ⭕️ True Detective Around The Dial: 👁 Big Brother Around The Dial: ⚔️ Return Of The Jedi The Canon: 🏠 Melrose Place S02.E28: The Bitch Is Back Winner & Loser: 👍 Republicans Winner & Loser: 👎 David Fincher Game Time: 🔺 The New 25 Dave Point Pharaoh’s Tomb NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 082 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 17 Aug 2015 | 83: Humans: Heard Of 'Em? | 01:51:20 | |
As Humans (heard of 'em) wraps its first season, John Ramos joins us to talk about the titular humans and their synth friends...and foes! Liv tells us all about a wedding-themed episode of Face Off, and Tara takes us through the latest idiocy making us all Domer on Under The Dome. Around The Dial stops at Last Week Tonight, Show Me A Hero, Rectify, Mr. Robot, and another confounding Star Wars toy ad. Dave makes a singular case for the submission to The Canon of the G.I. Joe episode "The Viper Is Coming," and no, that is not a very long typo. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close up with a Game Time that takes us through all of life's biggest events! Top up your synth fluid and join us! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 👂 Humans Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🦸🏻♂️ Show Me A Hero Around The Dial: ⬛️ Rectify Around The Dial: 🤖 Mr. Robot Around The Dial: 🚀 More Star Wars Ads The Canon: 🪖 G.I. Joe S01.E29: The Viper Is Coming Winner & Loser: 👍 Michael Moriarty and DJ Jazzy Jeff Winner & Loser: 👎 David Simon Game Time: 😍 First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes Game Time With The Baby Carriage NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 083 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 24 Aug 2015 | 84: Challenge Accepted: Fear The Walking Dead | 01:58:27 | |
Omar's back to talk about AMC's Walking Dead prequel, Fear The Walking Dead. Does it need more process and less teen angst? What's with the stupid driving? And will we keep watching? Dave explained a few EHG facts before Liv learned subtlety on the Face Off report and Tara made us Domer, and we went around the dial with documentary spoofs, vintage reality shows, dysfunctional comedy joints, and crappy Star Wars gifts. Will Dave un-Pierce Gene of Bob's Burgers? Is Sarah's X-Files Canon submission out of this world? Did Sorkin win or lose this week? And who used his or her brain best -- i.e., not eating them -- in Game Time? It's an apocalyptically good time on this week's all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧟 Fear The Walking Dead Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🎥 Documentary Now! Around The Dial: 🤷🏾♂️ Why? With Hannibal Buress Around The Dial: 🚥 Project Greenlight Around The Dial: 🚀 Yet More Star Wars Ads The Canon: 👽 The X-Files S06.E19: The Unnatural Winner & Loser: 👍 Aaron Sorkin Winner & Loser: 👎 90210 Stars Game Time: 🤔 Is This Anything? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 084 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 31 Aug 2015 | 85: Coming Home To Playing House | 01:34:19 | |
Now that Playing House's second season is well underway, we've invited Nick Rheinwald-Jones, one of its staunchest fans, to join us for a discussion of how things are going so far. Tara shares a Playing House-based Tiny Triumph, after which it's time for Liv to report on the latest Face Off, and for Tara to share the latest insanity from Under The Dome. Around The Dial stops at Regular Show, Show Me A Hero, Drunk History, Project Greenlight, Hannibal, and the apparently infinite galaxy of Star Wars toy ads from the '80s. Nick makes a case for the induction of the Veronica Mars episode "Spit And Eggs" into the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we dive into Rob Hartmann's latest diabolical Game Time. Load up some gingi and new-news and enjoy! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏠 Playing House Tiny Triumph: 🐦 Retweeted by Jessica St. Clair Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🦝 Regular Show Around The Dial: 🦸🏻♂️ Show Me A Hero Around The Dial: 🥴 Drunk History Around The Dial: 🚥 Project Greenlight Around The Dial: 🍽 Hannibal Around The Dial: 🚀 Good Gravy, Yet More Star Wars Ads The Canon: 🕵🏻♀️ Veronica Mars S03.E09: Spit & Eggs Winner & Loser: 👍 Jorge Ramos Winner & Loser: 👎 Curt Schilling Game Time: 🔢 4-5-6-7 NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 085 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 07 Sep 2015 | 86: Do You EHG Listeners Know What Time It is? | 00:31:12 | |
Has PICCI been kind to Kim, Lea, Ian, and Michele? Listen to our latest special all-listener Game Time and find out! TOPICS Game Time: 🧌 Don’t Feed The Trolls NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 086 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 14 Sep 2015 | 87: Giving Project Greenlight The, Well, Green Light | 01:46:03 | |
The Good Wife Marathon Diarist Kim is back to discuss the un-Moored return of Project Greenlight, and whether a fourth season a decade in the making is off to a first-rate start. Tara shared a You're The Worst Tiny Triumph that is kind of the best before Liv weighed in on two weeks of Face Off and we all bid Under The Dome its overdue (but still dumb) farewell. We went around the dial with Playing House, Colbert's first week, a true-crime show that's actually decent, a pilot that isn't, another Star Wars ad, and the lameness of Good Wife S06 before Tara oppo-researched the hell out of Buntsy's sitcom preferences as she tried to get a Veep episode into the Canon. Ugly cars won, Johnny Depp lost, and Game Time fell into a K-hole. Don't put this episode of Extra Hot Great in turnaround: listen now! GUESTS 👤 Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: 🚥 Project Greenlight Tiny Triumph: 🥤 Free Lacroix For Stephen Falk Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🍙 Under The Dome Around The Dial: 🏠 Playing House Around The Dial: 🌃 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Around The Dial: 🤦🏻♀️ The Good Wife Around The Dial: 📼 Missing Evidence Around The Dial: 🚀 Man, More Star Wars Ads? The Canon: 🗽 Veep S03.E07: Special Relationship Winner & Loser: 👍 Pontiac Aztek Winner & Loser: 👎 Johnny Depp Game Time: 🦖 Tyrannosaurus Rx NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 087 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 22 Sep 2015 | 88: They Win Some, We Lose Some | 01:45:45 | |
Now that we've put our champagne flutes in the dishwasher and peeled off our Spanx, we're ready to look back on the 2015 Emmy awards telecast, from how much funnier Andy Samberg was than the stiffs in the room to the feelings we experienced watching Jon Hamm literally climb on stage to accept his statuette -- and thank God Joe Reid was able to return to the podcast and join us. After Liv gives us her report on the latest Face Off, Sarah debuts a new segment, The Blotter Presents, covering all manner of true crime TV, starting with the 1986 Ted Bundy miniseries The Deliberate Stranger. Around The Dial makes stops at Best Time Ever, So You Think You Can Dance, Project Runway, and Fargo. Mark makes a brief cameo to update us on a past Tiny Triumph and -- spoiler alert! -- it's quite a bit less Tiny than it used to be. Joe makes the case for the induction of the Best Friends Forever episode "Butt Dial" into the Canon, and then after a more overstuffed Winners and Losers segment than usual, it's on to a Game Time that has us pondering wheels within wheels. Grab some sliders and crab puffs and listen in! GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏆 The Emmys Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 🚨 Deliberate Stranger Around The Dial: 🎉 Best Time Ever Around The Dial: 💃 So You Think You Can Dance Around The Dial: 👗 Project Runway Tiny Triumph: 📺 Mark on Jeopardy! The Canon: 👯♀️ Best Friends Forever S01.E02: The Butt Dial Winner & Loser: 👍 Once Upon A Time Winner & Loser: 👎 Steve Rannazzisi Game Time: ⚙️ Wheels Within Wheels NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 088 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 28 Sep 2015 | 89: It's The Most TV-ful Time Of The Year! | 01:59:23 | |
Fall premiere season is upon us, and since we know you rely on us to advise you as to what to watch and what you can skip (you do, right?), we've invited Jeff Drake to join us for a discussion of the season: what we're into; what we probably should be into but aren't, or have given up on; and what no one should be into. We move from there into Liv's report on the latest apocalyptic Face Off, and then into Sarah's look at the specials marking the 20th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson murder trial verdict in The Blotter Presents. We take a moment to speculate in a special Will Dave Hate These? segment covering both Troy: Fall Of A City and a just-announced reboot of The A Team. Then Jeff makes his case for "The Germans" episode of Fawlty Towers to be inducted into The Canon, from which point we name the week's Winner and Loser, and then wind up with a thrilling installment of Game Time. Put on your gloves and earmuffs and then take off your earmuffs and listen! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍁 Fall Tv Hopes And Dreams Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 🚨 O.J. Anniverdictsary Will Dave Hate This?: 🐴 Troy: Fall Of A City Will Dave Hate This?: 🏅 The A-Team Remake The Canon: 🏨 Fawlty Towers S01.E06: The Germans Winner & Loser: 👍 Jill & Jessa Winner & Loser: 👎 "Comedian" Krista Allen Game Time: 👬 Team Building Exercise NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 089 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 04 Oct 2015 | 90: The Good Wife: Still Good? | 01:45:43 | |
As The Good Wife returns for its seventh season, we welcome Adam Grosswirth to talk about how well the season premiere washes away the bad taste left by Season 6. Liv gives us her report on a freak show-focused episode of Face Off, and The Blotter Presents tells you about Showtime's Warren Jeffs documentary Prophet's Prey (and some other highlights from the annals of Mormon true crime). Around The Dial stops at The Daily Show, Once Upon A Time, the just-announced TV series adaptation of the podcast Serial, and Manhattan, and then Adam makes the case for Star Trek's "Mirror Mirror" to be inducted into The Canon. We very briefly discuss the week's Winner and Loser before barreling ahead to a Game Time that will decide the season's victor! Make sure your wig's on straight and then listen! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤦🏻♀️ The Good Wife Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 🦅 Prophet's Prey Around The Dial: 📆 The Daily Show Around The Dial: 🔮 Once Upon A Time Around The Dial: 🔪 Serial Around The Dial: 🏙 Manhattan The Canon: 🪞 Star Trek S02.E04: Mirror, Mirror Winner & Loser: 👍 Smithers Winner & Loser: 👎 Fuller House Game Time: 🍽 Food & Drink NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 090 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 20 Oct 2015 | 91: Raiding The Mini Bar With American Horror Story: Hotel | 02:12:58 | |
That's right, listeners: Joe "Awardsy" Reid is back in the permanent Extra Hot Great rotation, as the gang (of four!) checks into American Horror Story: Hotel. When will the show lose most of us this season? What's with that kid looking like Noah Syndergaard? And are we gaga for Gaga? Then we ordered up some room service with the Face Off report, bitched about Jason Mann in our Project Project Greenlight segment, and went around the dial with Jane The Virgin, The Walking Dead, Casual, and Sleepy Hollow. Joe made a list! Abby Lee Miller got indicted! David took us on an Adventure Time with his Canon submission! But just how happy is Joe's reunion with Game Time? He says he's just honored to be nominated; we're very glad he's back, on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏨 American Horror Story: Hotel Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🚥 Project Greenlight Around The Dial: 😇 Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: 💪 TV's Hot Jerks Around The Dial: 🎃 Sleepy Hollow Around The Dial: 🧟 The Walking Dead The Canon: ⚔️ Adventure Time S01.E23: Rainy Day Daydream Winner & Loser: 👍 Heba Amin, Caram Kapp & Stone Winner & Loser: 👎 Abby Lee Miller Game Time: 🏆 It’s An Honor Just To Be Nominated NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 091 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 26 Oct 2015 | 92: Supergirl Takes Her First Flight | 01:45:56 | |
Does CBS's new Supergirl soar or splat? Jeff Alexander, who'll be covering the show for Previously.TV all season, returns to the podcast to join us in a discussion about the pilot. Liv gives us her thoughts on the season's penultimate Face Off before the rest of us chew over the season's penultimate Project Greenlight. (TOO SOON!) The Blotter Presents takes us through the high points of The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case before Around The Dial stops at Arranged and Married At First Sight: The First Year; The Librarians; You're The Worst; and Residue. Jeff makes an intoxicating case for the induction of Drunk History's "Montgomery, AL" into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that risks going tit...ulars up. Make sure all your green kryptonite's safely locked up and listen! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸♀️ Supergirl Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 👶 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Around The Dial: 🏥 The Knick Around The Dial: 📚 The Librarians Around The Dial: 😞 You're The Worst Around The Dial: 🫠 Residue The Canon: 🥴 Drunk History S02.E01: Montgomery, AL Winner & Loser: 👍 Rocky Horror Picture Show Winner & Loser: 👎 Jimmy Fallon Game Time: 🍈 Show Me Your Titulars NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 092 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 02 Nov 2015 | 93: Ghouls Between Giggles: iZombie And Ash Vs. Evil Dead | 01:54:54 | |
With Ash Vs. Evil Dead premiering on Starz and iZombie well into a strong second season on The CW, we felt it was time to bring back horror/comedy/horror-comedy fan (and iZombie correspondent) Eve Batey for a discussion of both. Liv delivers her final Face Off report on Season 9, and all of us share our thoughts on the season finale of Project Greenlight...until next week when we talk about The Leisure Class, the movie it spawned. Around The Dial stops at Nashville, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Scream Queens, Project Runway, and CBS's just-announced new Star Trek series. Patrick presents the 30 Rock episode "Cleveland" for induction into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes us on a whirlwind trip around the world! Make sure your hand's screwed on tight, and then make sure your headphones are! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🪚 Ash Vs. Evil Dead Lead Topic: 🧟♀️ iZombie Around The Dial: 🧌 Face Off Around The Dial: 🚥 Project Greenlight Around The Dial: 🎸 Nashville Around The Dial: 🤪 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Around The Dial: 😱 Scream Queens Around The Dial: 👗 Project Runway Around The Dial: 🔭 Star Trek: Discovery The Canon: 🪨 30 Rock S01.E20: Cleveland Winner & Loser: 👍 Viola Davis Winner & Loser: 👎 Scientology Game Time: 🌎 America, The World and Beyond! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 093 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 09 Nov 2015 | 94: Less Kissing, More Superpowers | 01:53:51 | |
Our esteemed colleague Monty Ashley covers most of the comic-book shows on Previously.TV, and he's back to talk about superhero TV from Arrow to, er, Zagents of SHIELD. We wrapped Project Project Greenlight, recommended Maura Murray materials in The Blotter Presents, and went around the dial with ballet, buried treasure, Survivor's eternal allure, Aussie TV recs, and Cheese of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends. Monty made his pitch to put an It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia episode in the Nonac; Jones won and Trump lost; and the rule of threes ruled Game Time in another Rob Hartmann creation. Who saved the day and who got stuck in the phone booth? Listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great and find out! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸♀️ Superhero Television Around The Dial: 🚥 Project Greenlight The Blotter Presents: 🫥 The Disappearance of Maura Murray Around The Dial: 🏴☠️ The Curse of Oak Island Around The Dial: 🗿 Survivor Around The Dial: 🧀 Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends Around The Dial: 🦘 Aussie Stuff The Nonac: 🔔 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia S07.E05: Frank's Brother Winner & Loser: 👍 Angie Tribeca Winner & Loser: 👎 Saturday Night Live Game Time: 😓 We're All Busy People NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 094 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 16 Nov 2015 | 95: Dressing Down With Project Runway: Junior | 01:44:07 | |
Tim Gunn gets another chance at shoring up his fan base with Project Runway: Junior, the shrunk-down version of the fashion competition, and Stephanie Cangro returns to talk about it! Around The Dial stops at Peep Show, London Spy, The Man In The High Castle, How To Get Away With Murder, MasterChef Junior, Into The Badlands, and W/ Bob & David. Stephanie makes her case for the induction to The Canon of the West Wing episode "The Indians In The Lobby." Then after a quick consideration of the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a sequel to one of our most math-intensive Game Times ever. Put away your pinking shears and listen! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🩳 Project Runway Junior Around The Dial: 👀 Peep Show Around The Dial: 🕵️♂️ London Spy Around The Dial: 🏰 The Man In The High Castle Around The Dial: 🔪 How To Get Away With Murder Around The Dial: 👩🍳 Masterchef Junior Around The Dial: 🤯 Into The Badlands Around The Dial: 🐛 W/ Bob And David The Canon: 🏛 The West Wing S03.E08: The Indians in the Lobby Winner & Loser: 👍 DJ Arch Jnr Winner & Loser: 👎 Rob Lowe Game Time: 🧗♀️ Return Of The Mountain Climber NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 095 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 23 Nov 2015 | 96: The Marvel-ous Jessica Jones | 01:24:38 | |
Let's get this Joe on the road: with Reid off for the week, we asked esteemed colleagues John and Nick to join us for a discussion of Netflix's Jessica Jones, whether it works as a Veronica McNulty PI show of its own, and who Wil Traval reminds us of. The Blotter Presents scratched your Panettiere itch with an Amanda Knox movie before we went around the dial with bullshit dream-sequisodes, Britcoms, How To Get Away With Murder, nutty Thanksgiving Day programming, and Dave's suggestion for the next TV/comics adaptation. Nick and John tag-teamed a heisty half hour of Brooklyn Nine-Nine for their Canon presentation, and we deemed a couple of farewells Winner and Loser before Tara rolled out a very learned non-regulation Game Time. From all of us Agents Of E.H.G., we're thankful you're listening to an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥃 Jessica Jones The Blotter Presents: 🍝 Amanda Knox Around The Dial: 🫥 The Leftovers Around The Dial: 💥 Catastrophe Around The Dial: 🪃 The Comeback Kid Around The Dial: 🦃 Thanksgiving TV The Canon: 👻 Brooklyn Nine-Nine S02.E04: Halloween II Winner & Loser: 👍 Gravity Falls Winner & Loser: 👎 Tyra Banks Game Time: 📚 TV Is My Friend Who Reads Books To Me That Do Not Exist NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 096 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 07 Dec 2015 | 97: Heading Into The Lyons' Den For Empire | 01:59:58 | |
Empire has taken its final bow (before coming back in like a Lyon next March), so we've invited Empire correspondents Eve Batey and Mark Blankenship back to tell us what they thought of the season to date. For The Blotter Presents..., Sarah tells us about Investigation Discovery's Barbara Walters Presents American Scandals. Joe shares a recent Tiny Triumph. Around The Dial stops at American Horror Story, The Wiz Live!, The Great Pottery Throw Down, Transparent, Homeland, the Dolly Parton TV movie Coat Of Many Colors, and Fargo, and then Mark presents the series finale of Six Feet Under, "Everyone's Waiting," for submission into The Canon. We crown the week's Winner and Loser, and then Rob Hartmann tests us with his latest Game Time! Hop on your hoverboard and listen! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 💿 Empire Around The Dial: 🏨 American Horror Story: Hotel Around The Dial: 🧙♀️ The Wiz: Live! Around The Dial: 🏺 The Great Pottery Throw Down Around The Dial: 🏳️⚧️ Transparent Around The Dial: 🗽 Homeland Around The Dial: 🧥 Coat Of Many Colours Around The Dial: 🪵 Fargo The Canon: 🪦 Six Feet Under S05.E12: Everybody's Waiting Winner & Loser: 👍 Sarah Paulson Winner & Loser: 👎 Ramsay Bolton Game Time: 👤 Name Game NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 097 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 14 Dec 2015 | 98: That Championship Season: The Law & Order Fantasy Draft | 02:01:33 | |
Hitfix's Alan Sepinwall kindly subjected himself to our very first Extra Hot Great franchise draft as we all picked from our favorite detectives, ADAs, MEs, and baddies to form Law & Order-verse superteams. Who emerged victorious? That's up to you, and you'll have to listen to know what we mean! After Sarah recommended Netflix's inconveniently timed but still solid Making A Murderer, we went Around The Dial with the Fargo finale, iZombie, 30 For 30, the Globe noms, and a vintage Star Wars ad. Someone's agent won, Eli Gold lost, and we were family for the last Game Time of 2015. Thanks for making it a great year, listeners! Insert your own "should auld acquaintance be my first ex-wife" joke here, and enjoy backseat general-managing another episode of Extra Hot Great. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: ⚖️ Law & Order Fantasy Draft Around The Dial: 🧟♀️ iZombie Around The Dial: 🪵 Fargo Around The Dial: 🟡 The Golden Globes Around The Dial: 🏀 30 For 30 The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Making A Murderer The Canon: 🧪 Breaking Bad S05.E14: Ozymandias Winner & Loser: 👍 Abigail Breslin Winner & Loser: 👎 Eli Gold Game Time: 👩👧👦 Brother From Another Mothershow NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 098 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 05 Jan 2016 | 99: The Bachelor Turns Things Over To Gentle Ben | 01:59:37 | |
It's a new year, which means it's time for a new Bachelor, and we've brought our Bachelor correspondent Stephanie Green back to the podcast to discuss the Season 20 premiere (AND TWINNNNNNNS!). We also update you on the most popular team of the Law & Order draft, and return to the topic of Netflix's Making A Murderer to discuss whether it's worse than jazz (uh, in the sense, this time, of more infuriating and upsetting, of course). Around The Dial makes stops at Call The Midwife, Last Tango In Halifax, The Art Of More, and the forthcoming Lucifer. Joe dials in to present his case for inducting Enlightened's "Consider Helen" into the Canon. Finally, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we dig into a Game Time everyone's dying to play. Grab a glass or twelve of champagne and join us! GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤵♂️ The Bachelor Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 Making A Murderer The Blotter Presents: 🚨 I Made A List Around The Dial: 👩🏼⚕️ Call The Midwife Around The Dial: 💃 Last Tango In Halifax Around The Dial: 🖼 The Art Of More Around The Dial: 👹 Lucifer The Canon: 🧘♀️ Enlightened S01.E09: Consider Helen Winner & Loser: 👍 Jane Lynch Winner & Loser: 👎 Bill Cosby Game Time: 🧾 That Eulogy Better Not Show Up On The Bill NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 099 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 11 Jan 2016 | 100: The Final Count-Downton | 01:34:32 | |
Downton Abbey is back for one last spin around the foxhunting course...or something, and Nick's back to discuss the wedding, ageless Daisy, and what will become of Thomas and Lady f'ing Edith. We celebrated a Tiny Triumph, welcomed Smooth Joey Apollo to talk Golden Globes, joined The Hunt For John Wilkes Booth, and went around the dial with Angie Tribeca, Sherlock, American Crime (NOT American Crime Story or, um, Crime Story), Hoarders, and Pickle & Peanut before declaring an unlikely winner and a tardy loser. Will Game Time coin a new phrase? Did Flight Of The Conchords come in for a smooth Canon landing? How many times did we scream "SPAAAACE"? Don't make us blackmail you into listening to an all-new EHG. GUESTS TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎩 Downton Abbey Around The Dial: 🟡 The Golden Globes The Blotter Presents: 🔫 The Hunt For John Wilkes Booth Around The Dial: 👮🏻 Angie Tribeca Around The Dial: 🔎 Sherlock Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 American Crime Around The Dial: 🗑 Hoarders Around The Dial: 🥒 Pickle & Peanut Tiny Triumph: 🥳 In The Guardian The Canon: 🎸 Flight Of The Conchords S01.E10: New Fans Winner & Loser: 👍 Aaron Sorkin Winner & Loser: 👎 George R.R. Martin Game Time: 💬 Perfectly Cromulent Words NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 100 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 18 Jan 2016 | 101: Legends Of Tomorrow...Today! | 02:11:42 | |
Our designated Legends Of Tomorrow correspondent John Ramos joins us to bend the very laws of time itself and discuss the series premiere of The CW's Legends Of Tomorrow DAYS before it actually premieres! Also returning? Liv Kwan, our seven-year-old Face Off reporter, with a report on the season premiere. Around The Dial stops at Mercy Street, The Laramie Project, the mytharc episodes of The X-Files, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Second Chance (...but really Almost Human). Erin presents the Mad Men episode "Shut The Door. Have A Seat." to the Canon, and after pausing to identify the week's Winner and Loser, Rob Hartman challenges us with a Game Time straight from the barnyard. If you don't listen now, you'll have regrets in the future! TIME TRAVEL!!! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸♀️ Legends Of Tomorrow None: 💄 Face Off Around The Dial: 🏥 Mercy Street Around The Dial: 🎭 The Laramie Project Around The Dial: 👽 The X-Files Around The Dial: 🚨 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Around The Dial: 🥼 Second Chance Around The Dial: 🤖 Almost Human The Canon: 💼 Mad Men Winner & Loser: 🥃 Jessica Jones Winner & Loser: 🔪 Making A Murderer Game Time: 🐔 Chicken And Egg NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 101 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 25 Jan 2016 | 102: The X-Files Returns, And We Want To Believe | 01:53:21 | |
As The X-Files gets back on the case, so does our esteemed colleague Eve Batey -- does the show improve after the premiere? What's with the cast not aging? And who greenlighted those super-gross SFX? After Liv (and Ellie) took us through Face Off, The Blotter recommended American Experience's crimey new season, and we went around the dial with Blackish, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Pablo Escobar, enraging insurance ads, and Andre Braugher -- who popped up again in Eve's Canon nom, Homicide: LOTS's "Subway" ep. UNReal won, Second Chance lost, and the Game Time season hung in the balance as the panel Venn-diagrammed actors. Give us a listen while you're hitchhiking to meet your Deep Throat; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🛸 The X-Files The Blotter Presents: 🔪 American Experience None: 💄 Face Off Around The Dial: 🖤 Black-ish Around The Dial: 🤪 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Around The Dial: 📺 Liberty Mutual ads Around The Dial: 🇨🇴 Narcos Around The Dial: 🚨 Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Canon: 🚊 Homicide: Life On The Street Winner & Loser: 👍 UnREAL Breeda Wool Winner & Loser: 👎 The Golden Globes "John Hamm" Game Time: 🧠 Haven't We Met Before? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 102 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 01 Feb 2016 | 103: The People Vs. The People Vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story | 02:05:26 | |
The old TWoP bullpen is reunited as Pop Culture Happy Hour's own Linda Holmes joins us for a discussion of American Crime Story, Ryan Murphy's dramatization of (this season) the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Where will your panelists fall on the matter of John Travolta and his Robert Shapiro eyebrows?! After Liv's latest report on Face Off, Around The Dial stops at Jane The Virgin, Rehab Addict, Hollywood Game Night, Drunk History, Ken Burns's Prohibition, and an ad from the '80s that maybe should have stayed there. Linda makes her (couch-)explosive case for the induction of the "Honeymoon In Metropolis" episode of Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman into the Canon. Finally, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, Game Time revisits the age-old question Is This Anything? Pull on your gloves and your Bruno Magli shoes and listen up! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏈 American Crime Story The People Vs. O.J. Simpson None: 💄 Face Off Around The Dial: 🌴 Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: 🔨 Rehab Addict Around The Dial: ✨ Hollywood Game Night Around The Dial: 🥴 Drunk HistoryKen Burns's Prohibition The Canon: 🦸♂️ Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman Winner & Loser: 👍 American Horror Story: Hotel Slenderman Winner & Loser: 👎 Danielle Staub Game Time: 🧠 Is This Anything?: Competitive Edition NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 103 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 08 Feb 2016 | 104: A Little Taste | 00:54:27 | |
Game experts and EHG contributors Trip Payne, David Ellis Dickerson and Rob Hartmann join Dave and Tara for a TV show theme quiz. Oh, the clips are only one and three seconds long. So there's that. TOPICS Game Time: 🧠 A Little Taste NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 104 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 15 Feb 2016 | 105: Ringing In A New Season Of Better Call Saul | 01:53:44 | |
Better Call Saul returns for its second season, and Jeff Drake is back to talk about that, plus how much he hates Vinyl and which S2 Fargo should go into the Canon. Liv learned about parasites on Face Off, Sarah talked about American Crime Story's foundation book, and we went around the dial with SNL, The Good Wife, Alyssa Milano's wardrobe issues, and Teresa Giudice's parole tour before Bill Cosby "won" and Michael Skupin lost. Was Game Time Anything? How many times did someone yell "SPAAAAAACE!!"? Only one way to find out: listen to this mint-condition no-creases Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 💼 Better Call Saul None: 💄 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Jeffrey Toobin's The Run Of His Life Around The Dial: 👩⚖️ The Good Wife Around The Dial: 🎸 Vinyl Around The Dial: 🗽 Saturday Night Live Around The Dial: 🪡 Project Runway All Stars The Canon: 🚓 Fargo Winner & Loser: 👍 Bill Cosby Winner & Loser: 👎 Survivor Michael Skupin Game Time: 🧠 Is This Anything?: EHG Assist Edition NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 105 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 22 Feb 2016 | 106: It's Time For Rhyme | 00:36:31 | |
The first round of the Extra Hot Great Listener Game Time concludes with the Son Of The Game That Rhymes from Rob Hartmann. Who's the last one to advance to the Hallowed Hall Of Champions round? Find out! TOPICS Game Time: 🧠 Son Of The Game That Rhymes NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 106 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 29 Feb 2016 | 107: Speaking Truth To Catfish | 01:45:34 | |
Max defender and periodically ashamed Michigander Stephanie Green returns to talk about the ménage à trois that was the Season 5 premiere of Catfish and whether there's even a point to it anymore (...if ever). Liv takes us through the stages of the latest Gauntlet challenge in her Face Off report; Sarah takes us through American Tragedy, ABC's 2000 miniseries on the O.J. Simpson trial, for The Blotter Presents. Tara and Sarah consider the forthcoming Biblical miniseries Of Kings And Prophets and ask: Will Dave Hate This? Around The Dial stops at Togetherness, Fit To Fat To Fit, Married By Mom And Dad, Love, The Biggest Loser, and The X-Files before Dave In Chicago makes his pitch for That '70s Show's "That '70s Musical" to be inducted into the Nonac. Tara and Joe identify the week's Winner and Loser, and then it's on to a Game Time set in Sarah's very favourite place. Turn off the ringer on your burner phone and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎣 Catfish None: 💄 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 🔪 American Tragedy Will Dave Hate This?: 👑 Of Kings And Prophets Around The Dial: 👨👩👧 Togetherness Around The Dial: 🏋️♀️ Fit To Fat To Fit Around The Dial: 💍 Married By Mom And Dad Around The Dial: 💞 Love Around The Dial: ⚖️ The Biggest Loser Around The Dial: 🛸 The X-Files The Nonac: 💨 That '70s Show Winner & Loser: 👍 America's Next Top Model Winner & Loser: 👎 American Idol Game Time: 🧠 Spaaaaaaaaace! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 107 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 07 Mar 2016 | 108: Is House Of Cards A Good Play? | 01:51:46 | |
House Of Cards dropped its fourth filibuster last Friday, and our esteemed colleague Kim Reed joined the gang to discuss how Frank Underwood and Scandal's Fitz stack up, plus constitutional procedure, hateful heroes, and a listener's possibly crackpot theory that all sitcoms should end after three seasons. We went around the dial with the end of Downton, new Broad City, Intervention, and Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Joe Reid pitched us an all-star Survivor for the Canon. Nancy Drew won, wigs lost, and a cliffhanger-based Game Time had a shocking outcome! ...Probably! Before you shove your TV in front of a train, have a listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🇺🇸 House Of Cards I Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 Sitcoms Should Be Limited To 3 Seasons None: 💄 Face Off Around The Dial: 🎩 Downton Abbey Around The Dial: 🌃 Late Night With Seth Meyers Around The Dial: 👯♀️ Broad City Around The Dial: 🥃 Intervention The Canon: 🌴 Survivor Winner & Loser: 👍 Nancy Drew Sarah Shahi Winner & Loser: 👎 House Of CardsThe Good Wife Wigs Game Time: 🧠 Cliffhangers NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 108 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 15 Mar 2016 | 109: Pledging Allegiance To The Americans | 01:30:35 | |
Tradecraft enthusiast Nick Rheinwald-Jones creeps back onto the podcast under cover of night to talk about the Season 4 premiere of The Americans. We break with tradition to let Dave interview Liv about the latest episode of Face Off, and ponder whether the jazz at the jazz club in House Of Cards is worse than jazz. Around The Dial stops at Royal Pains, Not Safe With Nikki Glaser, the pre-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend YouTube clips of Rachel Bloom, Bosch, and another racist TV ad from the '80s. Nick makes the case for the induction of the "4 Days Out" episode of Breaking Bad to the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a starchy Game Time. Go dark (to the rest of the world) and enjoy! TOPICS Game Time: 🧠 Hot Potato Lead Topic: 🇺🇸 The Americans None: 💄 Face Off Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 🎷 House Of Cards The Jazz In The Jazz Club Around The Dial: 👑 Royal Pains Around The Dial: 🦺 Not Safe With Nikki Glaser Around The Dial: 🚨 Bosch The Canon: 🧪 Breaking Bad Winner & Loser: 👍 Game Of Thrones Amy Ryan, Nicole Holofcener, Ian McShane Winner & Loser: 👎 Friends Unauthorized Musical NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 109 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 29 Mar 2016 | 110: Daredevil: The Blind Leading The Bored | 01:29:11 | |
After David T. Cole died, then came back to life as befitting the Easter weekend, Jeff Alexander sat down with the gang to discuss the second season of Daredevil, Joe's issues with Jon Bernthal, why a character based IN NEW YORK CITY can't just be Irish already, and whether any of us will be back for S3. After Liv's candy high took us through Face Off and Buntsy thumbs-upped the original Helter Skelter TV movie, we checked in with Married At First Sight: The First Year, Untucked, the Flash/Supergirl crossover, and The Real O'Neals. The Tick was a winner, the world's first supermodel was a loser, and Tom & Dick & Harry & Jane & Kate & Mary inspired a hotly-contested Game Time -- or, as Sarah's cold would have it, "Gabe Tibe." (Sorry about that, guys.) Did Jeff's mid-Office submission "win" admission to the Nonac? Does Foggy need a haircut? The answers to all these questions, plus something about a bear attack, in an all-new extra-crunchy Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕶 Daredevil None: 💄 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Helter Skelter Around The Dial: 💍 Married At First Sight Around The Dial: ⚡️ SupergirlThe Flash Around The Dial: 🏳️🌈 The Real O'Neals Around The Dial: 💋 Untucked The Canon: 📑 The Office (US) Winner & Loser: 👍 The Tick (2016) Peter Serafinowicz Winner & Loser: 👎 Janice Dickinson Game Time: 🧠 Tom, Dick, Or Harry; Jane, Kate, Or Mary? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 110 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 05 Apr 2016 | 111: Delivering A Suspenseful Beating To The Walking Dead | 01:31:02 | |
New guest Daniel MacEachern and returning champion Omar Gallaga join us to talk about an apocalyptic cliffhanger! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧟♀️ The Walking Dead None: 💄 Face Off Around The Dial: 👶 Call The Midwife Around The Dial: 🥃 Horace And Pete Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 Scandal Around The Dial: 🎸 Vinyl The Canon: 📹 The Newsroom (Canada) Winner & Loser: 👍 The Blacklist Famke Janssen Winner & Loser: 👎 The Emmys Sterling K. Brown, Cuba Gooding Jr. Game Time: 🧠 Unsung Themes NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 111 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 12 Apr 2016 | 112: THIS...Was American Idol (And Some Other Stuff) | 01:26:10 | |
Sarah D. Bunting is back from baseballing, and Stephanie Cangro is back to discuss the final season of American Idol, the Idol farewell, and what it all meant to us as a culture. Liv and a sugar high told us about Face Off and My Little Pony, and we went around the dial with Togetherness, true crime, dance shows, try-hards, and a creepy deodorant ad. Was Stephanie's I Love Lucy Canon TOO classic? Should Martin Sheen consider shutting up? And why did Sarah get Rickie Vasquez and a Nats catcher mixed up? Don't wait until after an ad break to find out with an all-new, unpitchy Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎶 American Idol None: 💄 Face Off Around The Dial: 👨👩👧👦 Togetherness Around The Dial: 🔪 The Case Of JonBenet Ramsey Around The Dial: 💃 So You Think You Can Dance Around The Dial: 🏈 American Crime Story The People Vs. O.J. Simpson The Canon: 💝 I Love Lucy Winner & Loser: 👍 Greek Winner & Loser: 👎 Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence Game Time: 🧠 Two For The Price Of One NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 112 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 19 Apr 2016 | 113: Crawling Into The Bunker With Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | 01:34:52 | |
TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕳 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt None: 💄 Face Off The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Game TIME TO DIE Around The Dial: ⚖️ Confirmation Around The Dial: 🧟♀️ iZombie Around The Dial: 👨❤️👨 The Outs Around The Dial: 🚔 60 Days In The Canon: 🍷 Brothers & Sisters Winner & Loser: 👍 Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce Winner & Loser: 👎 Horace And Pete Game Time: 🧠 Catch The Here's Butt NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 113 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 26 Apr 2016 | 114: Blindly Watching Game Of Thrones | 01:33:49 | |
As Game Of Thrones returns from hiatus, and moves beyond the books, the gang plus Jeff and Nick talked about Jon Snow, Crone Castle, and what's next for the Starks. We went around the dial with Better Call Saul, Valleys Silicon and Happy, Houdini & Doyle, Project Runway All-Stars, and the National Enquirer before putting Angie's 30 Rock Canon submission under a "Black Light." Humans? Heard of 'em (they're winners), whoever has to retitle Live With Someone and Maybe Kelly is a loser, and Rib Hurtmann changed a few things in this week's Game Time. Don't lose us in the tall grass; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🪶 Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: 💼 Better Call Saul Around The Dial: 🚨 Happy Valley Around The Dial: 🪄 Houdini & Doyle Around The Dial: 🖥 Silicon Valley Around The Dial: 🧵 Project Runway All Stars The Canon: 📺 30 Rock Winner & Loser: 👍 Humans Winner & Loser: 👎 Live With Michael And Kelly Game Time: 🧠 TV Typos NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 114 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 10 May 2016 | 115: Sissying That Walk With RuPaul's Drag Race | 01:39:19 | |
Mark Blankenship brings his charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to a discussion of Ru's latest girls. TOPICS Lead Topic: 💄 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 💼 The Good Wife Around The Dial: 🏨 The Night Manager Around The Dial: 🛩 The Amazing Race Around The Dial: 🤾♂️ The Challenge The Canon: 👯♀️ Broad City Winner & Loser: 👍 Feud Winner & Loser: 👎 Dateline Game Time: 🧠 Oscar Winner TV Dinner NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 115 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 17 May 2016 | 116: The Heat Is On: Summer TV Preview | 02:26:05 | |
As the "regular season" wraps up -- is that even a thing anymore? -- the gang plus Kim looks ahead to the new crop of shows, old favorites, and what we can't wait to watch...or boot off the season-pass list. Catfish, The Americans, Survivor, Scandal, and the now-weekly plug for Happy Valley took us Around The Dial before we got Lost in Kim's bold Canon submission, and declared the colonies and America our winner and loser. But who won Joe Reid's yodelicious Game Time? Where are we, really? You'll have to listen to find out, Freckles: it's an all-new SPF 50 Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 😎 Summer TV Preview Around The Dial: 🎣 Catfish Around The Dial: 🏝 Survivor Around The Dial: 🔪 Scandal Around The Dial: 🚨 Happy Valley The Canon: ✈️ Lost Winner & Loser: 👍 Sleepy HollowTurn Winner & Loser: 👎 The Night Manager Game Time: 🧠 Mountain Climber NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 116 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 24 May 2016 | 117: Saying A Little Prayer For Preacher | 01:29:39 | |
Eve Batey returns, but will it be to worship AMC's new drama Preacher, or to condemn it to Hell? TOPICS Lead Topic: 🙏 Preacher The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Missing: Dial Around The Dial: 👶 Call The Midwife Around The Dial: 🎶 Empire Around The Dial: 🩺 Grey's Anatomy Around The Dial: 🚨 60 Days In The Canon: 🏥 ER Winner & Loser: 👍 Catfish Nev Schulman Winner & Loser: 👎 Damien Game Time: 🧠 Rhymes With Shonda NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 117 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 07 Jun 2016 | 118: UnREAL-ity Television | 01:25:52 | |
UnREAL is back for Season 2, and so is our esteemed colleague John Ramos, who joins the panel for a discussion of Hollywood truisms, miscasting, and whether the show is using Craig Bierko correctly. We went around the dial with Angie Tribeca, The Challenge, RHONYC, comics we had TV hopes for (now dashed), and the "high"lights of 1991 TV, before John brought an episode of Humans (heard of 'em?) to the Canon and we played a Nick Rheinwald-Jones Hot Potato Game Time. Who's more of a winner: The Bachelorette's Chad or Prison Break's Dominic? Is Niska our spirit animal? And will non-carnal wifeys Tara and Sarah be getting matching wristtoos? Buy into the fairy tale on an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 📹 UnREAL Around The Dial: 🚨 Angie Tribeca Around The Dial: 🕵️♂️ Archer Around The Dial: 🌄 Twin Peaks Around The Dial: 🗽 The Real Housewives Of New York City Around The Dial: 🤾♂️ The Challenge Around The Dial: ✉️ Letter 44 Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 The Americans The Canon: 🤖 Humans Winner & Loser: 👍 The Bachelorette Winner & Loser: 👎 Prison Break Game Time: 🧠 Hot Potato NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 118 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 14 Jun 2016 | 119: Tackling O.J.: Made In America | 01:15:04 | |
Just when you thought you were O.J.ed out after American Crime Story, ESPN presents O.J.: Made In America, and we bring true crime aficionada Stephanie Green back to talk about the first episode! Around The Dial spins through Veep, The Real Housewives Of Orange County, the Tony Awards, Cop Rock, and another very culturally sensitive ad of yesteryear. Stephanie makes her case for the Happy Endings episode "The Shershow Redemption" to be inducted into The Canon, and then after crowning the week's Winner and Loser, Game Time takes us somewhere no one can year you scream. Get your podcast ready for the run of its life! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏈 O.J.: Made In America Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 Veep Around The Dial: 🍊 Real Housewives Of Orange County Around The Dial: 🎭 The Tony Awards Around The Dial: 🚨 Cop Rock The Canon: 😃 Happy Endings Winner & Loser: 👍 Nashville Winner & Loser: 👎 Fox Sports, Emily Austen Game Time: 🧠 SPAAAAAACE! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 119 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 21 Jun 2016 | 120: Paying The Piper With Orange Is The New Black | 01:42:57 | |
Orange Is The New Black Season 4 dropped over the weekend, and Monty joined the panel to talk pacing, mental illness, casting churn, and dark turns. We went around the dial with The Girlfriend Experience, a Skin Wars spinoff ("skin-off"?), Samantha Bee, OJ, and series that should know when to end before they start. After we got juiced with a Bob's Burgers Canon submission, Younger won, a Game Of Thrones bastard (and viewers) lost, and hilariously passionate user reviews dictated Game Time. Get on the corrections bus for an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🚨 Orange Is The New Black Around The Dial: 💋 The Girlfriend Experience Around The Dial: 💄 Skin Wars: Fresh Paint Around The Dial: 🐝 Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Around The Dial: 🏈 O.J.: Made In America Around The Dial: 👯♀️ Orphan Black The Canon: 🍔 Bob's Burgers Winner & Loser: 👍 Younger Winner & Loser: 👎 HBO Now Game Time: 🧠 Everyone's A Critic NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 120 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 28 Jun 2016 | 121: Loading In With Roadies | 01:24:02 | |
Remember how much you loved Cameron Crowe circa Almost Famous? Showtime must hope you do, because it's airing his new dramedy series about roadies on a rock tour; designated Rock Cop Jeff Drake joins us to talk about where it went right, and wrong. Around The Dial stops at The Jim Gaffigan Show, Game Of Thrones's Season 6 finale, ABC's rebooted Match Game, and Below Deck Mediterranean. Listener Laura submits the Parenthood episode "Just Go Home" for induction into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and wrap things up with a very animated Game Time. Grab your laminate and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎸 Roadies Around The Dial: 🧔♂️ The Jim Gaffigan Show Around The Dial: 🪶 Game Of Thrones Around The Dial: 📺 Match Game Around The Dial: ⚓️ Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: 👨👩👧👦 Parenthood Winner & Loser: 👍 Grace & Frankie Winner & Loser: 👎 Vinyl Game Time: 🧠 Let's Go Grape Ape NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 121 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 12 Jul 2016 | 122: The Night Of At The EHG Round Table | 01:39:13 | |
Criminal Justice remake The Night Of bowed on HBO this week, and Al Lowe Huff is back to discuss the show, the original, and the importance of casting. The History Channel wondered if DB Cooper's case is Closed? before Tara Flipped Out, Allison joined the Odd Squad, Joe was Shown A Hero, and Sarah went on The Hunt while Dave got tired of being Preached to. Ron pitched Deadwood's second season premiere for the fucking Canon; Carrie Coon won and Roger Ailes lost; and Rob Hartmann bent our minds with another timely Game Time. It's time to open a file on an all-new Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌃 The Night Of The Blotter Presents: 🔪 D.B. Cooper: Case Closed? Around The Dial: 🔨 Flipping Out Around The Dial: 🕵️♀️ Odd Squad Around The Dial: 🗳 Show Me A Hero Around The Dial: 🐻 The Hunt Around The Dial: 🙏 Preacher The Canon: ⛏ Deadwood Winner & Loser: 👍 Fargo Carrie Coon Winner & Loser: 👎 Roger Ailes Game Time: 🧠 More Chicken, More Egg NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 122 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||
| 19 Jul 2016 | 123: Rebooting Mr. Robot | 01:56:32 | |
As Elliot and the rest of the gang gear up for another season of hacking shenanigans on Mr. Robot, John Ramos returns to the podcast to talk about what went right, and what went otherwise. Around The Dial spins to the series premiere of HBO's Vice Principals, TNT's Animal Kingdom, last week's Emmy nominations, the pleasingly scaled-back Intervention, and Netflix's throwback suspense series Stranger Things. Tara offers up the Gravity Falls episode "The Time Traveler's Pig" for induction into the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we move on to a Game Time about humble beginnings. Log on and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤖 Mr. Robot Around The Dial: 🚌 Vice Principals Around The Dial: 🌊 Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: 🏆 The Emmys Around The Dial: 🥃 Intervention Around The Dial: 🧇 Stranger Things The Canon: 🌲 Gravity Falls Winner & Loser: 👍 Keeping Up With The Kardashians Kim Kardashian Winner & Loser: 👎 Scott Baio Game Time: 🧠 Before They Were Famous NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 123 page on ExtraHotGreat.com | |||