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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
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Join Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole and their valued guests each week for discussion of what's new on TV plus our hall of fame roundtable segment called The Canon, listen as we appoint Winners and Losers Of The Week and of course our ultra competitive TV trivia quiz: Game Time.
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596: Would You Rather IV: Would You Dan Rather?
Jan 701:08:45Tap to summarizeFor our latest game of Would You Rather?, we asked past guests, friends, and listeners to challenge us with brand-new TV-related scenarios. They came through with some of the craziest conundrums we've ever contemplated. Listen to find out how sick they, and we, actually are!TOPICSLead Topic: 🤔 Would You Rather?SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
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595: The TV Superhero Bracket
Dec 3100:57:57Tap to summarizeFor this special episode, we're returning to the bracket format, but slimmed down for just your three co-hosts: we made up an Elite Eight of TV superheroes -- no one from the DC or Marvel universes allowed -- and argued through which deserved to go all the way. Which hero stands atop the rest of our selected comers? Listen and learn!TOPICSLead Topic: 🦸🏻 The TV Superhero BracketSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦅 Jonathan Chase from Manimal🐆 Manimal's opening credits⏳ Dan Vasser from Journeyman🕰️ Journeyman on Wikipedia📏 Cootie from I'm A Virgo👨🚀 Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man🃏 Charlie Cale from Poker Face🚗 Brett Matthews from Turbo Teen🤺 Samurai Jack📠 Awesome-X from Frisky Dingo
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581: Giving You The Lowdown On The Lowdown
Sep 24Tap to summarizeReservation Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo has reunited with his S03 guest star Ethan Hawke for The Lowdown, a shaggy Tulsa neo-noir. Should you put it high on your list of priorities? We discuss. (Spoiler: yes.) Around The Dial takes us to Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian, The Great Pottery Throw Down, and Lynley. Tara pitches the Regular Show episode "Sleep Cycle" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we finish up with a Game Time on various TV actors' personal and professional histories. Give yourself some rudimentary first aid and join us! GUESTS 👤 Patrick Monahan TOPICS Lead Topic: 📚 The Lowdown Around The Dial: 🤣 Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian Around The Dial: 🏺 The Great Pottery Throw Down Around The Dial: 👮🏻♀️ Lynley The Canon: 🦝 Regular Show S07.E11: Sleep Cycle Winner & Loser: Pete Earley and Gerald Shur Winner & Loser: 🧑🦯 Love Is Blind Game Time: 🙅🏽♀️ Never Have I Ever SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Patrick Monahan on Bluesky 🥃 Tara's review of The Lowdown at Cracked 📰 “Why ‘Rez Dogs’ creator Sterlin Harjo made a love letter to Tulsa and its contradictions” at the Los Angeles Times 🤣 Tara's review of Caleb Hearon: Model Comedian at Cracked 👀 Alan Sepinwall's newsletter, What's Alan Watching? ⏳ The What A Time To Be Alive podcast 🏦 The Extra Hot Great Mutual Aid Vault 🛂 PBS Passport 📷 Photo: Shane Brown / FX
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575: Should You Plot A Course For Alien: Earth?
Aug 13, 202501:10:38Tap to summarizeThe Alien-verse has landed on TV with Noah Hawley's re-imagining (or pre-imagining) of the xenomorphic worlds of the film series -- and Andrew Cunningham has landed back in the guest chair to talk about telepathic blackmail, when hearing is scarier than seeing, and acting choices that don't make sense. Is this essential viewing, or should you jump in a shuttle and bail? Later, we went Around The Dial with War Of The Worlds 2025, The Gilded Age, It's Always Sunny, and American Prince: JFK Jr. before the panel stared into the abyss of Sarah's Sopranos Canon pitch. The Yellowstone-verse won, the Sussexes lost, and we kicked off a new Game Time season with a real facehugger. Skip that cryo-nap and listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great instead! GUESTS 👤 Andrew Cunningham TOPICS Lead Topic: 👽 Alien: Earth Around The Dial: 🌎 War Of The Worlds Around The Dial: 🚂 The Gilded Age Around The Dial: 😎 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Around The Dial: 🤴 American Prince: JFK Jr. The Canon: 👠 The Sopranos S02.E07: D-Girl Winner & Loser: 🐮 Y: Marshals Winner & Loser: 👑 Harry and Meghan Game Time: 🫦 They Mostly Come At Night SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky 📚 Andrew's book pod with Craig Getting, Overdue 👨🏻💻 Andrew at Ars Technica 🌍 Tara's War Of The Worlds review at Cracked 👵🏻 "Oldies but goodies" on sale at Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Patrick Brown / FX
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574: Gassing On About The King Of The Hill Revival
Aug 6, 202501:08:26Tap to summarizeFifteen years after its series finale on Fox, King Of The Hill is back with its fourteenth season, now at on Hulu. Is it worth yelling from the mountains about? We discuss. Around The Dial stops at The Yogurt Shop Murders and S21 of Project Runway. Tara pitches the Close Enough episode "Secret Horse" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close with a Non-Regulation Game Time that's on the level. Grab a can of Alamo and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤠 King Of The Hill Around The Dial: 🍦 The Yogurt Shop Murders Around The Dial: 👗 Project Runway The Canon: 🐴 Close Enough S02.E16: Secret Horse Winner & Loser: 🕵 The Tennessee high school forensic club that solves cold cases Winner & Loser: 📝 Temuera Morrison Game Time: ⚖️ Oops! All Equalizer Challenge Zones SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🗣️ Brian VanHooker's interview with King Of The Hill writer Norm Hiscock at Cracked 🍺 Tara's review of King Of The Hill S14 at Cracked 📅 Tara's ranking of the King Of The Hill's season premiere's most self-consciously 2025 jokes, at Cracked 🦤 Nicholas Quah's review of King Of The Hill S14 at Vulture 🍦 "The Yogurt Shop Murders Unpacks 'The Craziest Crime In Texas'" by Eve Batey at Vanity Fair 🔍 "HBO's Smart New Docuseries Takes On The Yogurt Shop Murders -- And True Crime Itself" by Sam Adams at Slate 📽️ "9 Clips To Remind You Why Kristen Johnston Is One Of The Greatest Living Comedic Actors" at Cracked 🧑🏫 Classroom Essentials Lists at Donors Choose 🎠 Secret Horse
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573: Is Hitmakers Out Of Tune?
Jul 30, 202501:16:55Tap to summarizeCritic and podcaster Mark Blankenship returns to The Blankenship Chair to discuss Hitmakers, a reality show about songwriters that needs less contrived drama and more process -- but did appeal to a couple of our panelists as eye candy. Should you give it a try, or wait until one of its pop creations comes on in an elevator? We went Around The Dial with Happy Gilmore 2, Million Dollar Secret, The Challenge 41, and The Gilded Age spoilers before tapping our toes to a Canon pitch for Buffy's musical episode. A nepo Beatty won, Resident Alien lost, and Non-Regulation Game Time struck a chord with another round of Tube Tunes. We don't want to call it "fire," but it IS an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Mark Blankenship TOPICS Announcement: ❤️🔥 EHG Club Update Lead Topic: 🤩 Hitmakers Around The Dial: 🏒 Happy Gilmore 2 Around The Dial: 🤑 Million Dollar Secret Around The Dial: 🏂 The Challenge Around The Dial: 🐎 The Gilded Age The Canon: 👩🏻🎤 Buffy The Vampire Slayer S06.E07: Once More With Feeling Winner & Loser: 🪓 Ella Beatty Winner & Loser: 👽 Resident Alien Game Time: 🎶 Tube Tunes XVI SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 💿 Mark Blankenship's Lost Songs Project ⛳️ The one Happy Gilmore 2 joke that made Tara laugh 👍 Tara's appreciation of Christopher McDonald 😳 A ranking of all the HG2 non-sports cameos 🔪 The latest true-crime reviews at Best Evidence 📷 Photo: Netflix
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572: Bringing Honesty To Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Jul 24, 202501:35:00Tap to summarizeWell, we all have a face that we hide away forever, and we take them out and show ourselves when everyone has gone -- even Billy Joel, who has decided to take his out for Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part HBO docu-series about his life and work. Should he have kept it to himself (it's his life)? Daniel Blau Rogge returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through S02 of Digman!, The Comeback, and Billionaire Boys' Club. Dan presents the Hacks episode "The Roast Of Deborah Vance" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to Game Time, in which we're listening…to celebrity Frasier callers. Say Goodbye To Hollywood and hello to a new episode! GUESTS 👤 Dan Blau Rogge TOPICS Announcement: 🍎 EHG Apple Podcast Subscription Lead Topic: 🎹 Billy Joel: And So It Goes Around The Dial: Digman! Around The Dial: 🥊 The Comeback Around The Dial: 💰 Billionaire Boys' Club The Canon: 🎤 Hacks S03.E03: The Roast Of Deborah Vance Winner & Loser: 👩🏼❤️👨🏻 High-Concept Dating Shows Winner & Loser: 🙂 Happy Face Game Time: 📻 Notable Residents of Seattle SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Daniel Blau Rogge on Bluesky Tara's Digman! S02 review at Cracked 🛍️ EHG 336, including our discussion of Shangri-La Plaza 🪨 Dan on the Glass Houses ranking episode of Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs 💁🏻♂️ Listen To Sassy 141, featuring Dan 🤦🏻♂️ Listen To Sassy 142, also featuring Dan 👨🏻💻 Dan's website 🍪 Adopt A (PBS) Station 📷 Photo: Courtesy of Art Maillett / Sony Music Archives / HBO
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571: Is Too Much Not Enough, Or Just Right?
Jul 16, 202501:22:58Tap to summarizeLena Dunham is back with Netflix romcom Too Much -- and so is Maris Kreizman, to discuss Dunham's return to the discourse, whether we can separate the creator from the show, and what the panelists who didn't care for it still think it did really well. We went Around The Dial with American Horror Stories's third season, Veronica Mars's FIRST season, and Ballard, and Tara hoped we'd come to praise AND bury "the Giamatti episode" of Black Mirror for the Canon. Richard Gadd won, Today's Craig Melvin lost (while letting Rick Springfield also win), and getting "home free" proved a challenge in a tagline-based Game Time. Throw a nightie on your favorite pet and join us! GUESTS 👤 Maris Kreizman TOPICS Lead Topic: 💂🏻 Too Much Around The Dial: 😱 American Horror Stories Around The Dial: 🕵🏻♀️ Veronica Mars Around The Dial: 🅱️ Ballard The Canon: 🪞 Black Mirror S07.E05: Eulogy Winner & Loser: 🦌 Richard Gadd Winner & Loser: 🥱 Craig Melvin Game Time: 👉 Tag, You're It SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 📇 Maris Kreizman's website 🧨 An excerpt from Maris's new book, I Want To Burn This Place Down, at Rolling Stone 🦋 Maris on Bluesky 🪞 Extra Hot Great 558 on Black Mirror S07 🇬🇧 Tara's review of Too Much 👐 Kerr County Flood Relief Fund ✍🏻 ProPublica's local reporting network 📷 Photo: Ana Blumenkron / Netflix
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570: Bradying Down To The ER Draft
Jul 9, 202501:22:58Tap to summarizeIn the grand tradition of our drafts for Law & Order and the Star Trek franchise, we're using this special episode to draft teams of staff, patients, loved ones, and inanimate shows from ER -- and who better to join us than Laura Hampton, a PA known to us from our Discord as an ER superfan who recently completed a full rewatch of the entire series? No one, which is why she's here picking a team AND organized the draft with the correct number of each category of character for us to choose from. Now we're going to need YOU to vote for which team reigns supreme! Laura also presents Doug saving Ben from a flooding storm drain in "Hell And High Water" for induction into the Hero category of the Tiny Canon. Finally, we close with an on-theme game about body parts in the names of TV shows and actors. Get listening, STAT! GUESTS 👤 Laura Hampton TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏥 ER Draft Tiny Canon: 🌊 ER S02.E07: Hell and High Water Game Time: 🫁 The Body Keeps The Score SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🩻 Final ER draft picks from Laura, Tara and Sarah 📊 Poll: Best ER Lineup 📊 Poll: Hospital You'd Most Want To Be A Patient At 💵 Donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds 💉 Your Local Epidemiologist on Substack 📚 LibraryFinder
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569: Should You Sign On To With Love, Meghan?
Jul 2, 202501:04:53Tap to summarizeWe are off this week but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 343: Should You Sign On To With Love, Meghan? It's clear the former Meghan Markle wants to do something significant with her British-royal influence; it's also clear her new Netflix homekeeping show, With Love, Meghan, isn't that. Stephanie Early Green is back to talk about why it's so dull, what might have helped, and how Martha Stewart succeeded where Meghan Sussex fails. Ask EHG wondered who would replace Noel Fielding on GBBO and which characters we'd want on our bar-trivia teams, and then Tara pitched a lyrical SNL sketch for the Tiny Canon. And after we listed our Not Quite Winners and Losers of the week, Sarah's Extra Credit polled the panel on important princesses of television. Throw on a $300 linen apron and join us! GUESTS 👤 Stephanie Green TOPICS 15s Of Fame: 🤬 The Good Swear Lead Topic: 🕯️ With Love, Meghan Ask EHG: 🎂 Replacing Noel Fielding Tiny Canon: 🏀 Saturday Night Live S38.E18: Vince Vaughn Winner & Loser: 🃏 Poker Face Winner & Loser: 🏈 Tracy Morgan Winner & Loser: 🍄 The Last Of Us Winner & Loser: 🏢 Keegan-Michael Key Winner & Loser: 💜 Prince's estate Winner & Loser: ⛹️♂️ Running Point Winner & Loser: 📉 The Recruit Winner & Loser: 🎥 Arrested Development Winner & Loser: 🥀 Bachelor co-EPs Michael Margolis and Keely Booth Extra Credit: 🫅 Important TV Princesses Mini: 👑 The Royal Them SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 💚 More from Stephanie Early Green at her website 📖 Vanity Fair's Harry 'n' Meghan cover story 🤨 “Meghan Markle Pioneers New Frontiers in Unrelatability” by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture 🗣️ “The Meghan Interview” at People 📷 Photo: Netflix
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