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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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568: We Cover The Waterfront
Jun 25, 202501:17:53Tap to summarizeLike a lot of family-owned businesses, Havenport, North Carolina's Buckley Fishery is having a rough go of it lately. If they can't make their nut and pay all their employees on fish alone, maybe...smuggling cocaine will make up the shortfall? What could go wrong?! Jessica Morgan returns to talk about the ways Kevin Williamson's new show crosses over with the one we know him for best (Dawson's Creek), and the ways it doesn't but that we WISH it would. Around The Dial takes us through Season 3 of The Gilded Age, The Valley, and Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy. Sarah pitches the Law & Order episode "Empire" -- aka "The Julia Roberts One" -- for induction into The Canon. Then, after identifying the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a game that's naming names -- lots of them. Grab a serving of fresh oysters and join us! GUESTS 👤 Jessica Morgan TOPICS Announcement: 🏦 EHG Mutual Aid Vault Lead Topic: 🌊 The Waterfront Around The Dial: 👒 The Gilded Age Around The Dial: 😎 The Valley Around The Dial: 🏟️ Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy The Canon: ⚖️ Law & Order S09.E20: Empire Winner & Loser: ⭐️ Five-Star Weekend Winner & Loser: 😱 Ryan Murphy Game Time: 🪞 Same Name Game 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 🦋 Jessica Morgan on Bluesky 🔥 Extra Hot Great Club 🏦 Contact Sarah about making a deposit to or withdrawal from the Extra Hot Great Mutual Aid Vault at bunting@tomatonation.com 🔫 "Kevin Williamson Reveals How His Dad's Sordid Past Inspired New Crime Drama 'The Waterfront': 'He Paid The Price'" at the New York Post 🤰🏻 "'Adults' Takes A Strong Stance On Abortion: Everyone Deserves Access, Including Jerks" at Cracked 🌴 Again With This's Membership Campaign 👗 Go Fug Yourself 🍹 The Drinks With Broads Newsletter 📚 Save On True-Crime Paperbacks at Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Dana Hawley / Netflix
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567: Telling The Truth About We Were Liars
Jun 18, 202501:15:39Tap to summarizeAnd that truth is: none of us thinks you should bother, including returning guest Will Leitch, who agrees that We Were Liars moves too slowly; shows AND tells too fart-sniffily; wastes the talents of an impressive cast, including Mamie Gummer and David Morse; and is based on a property whose author sounds fake. We went Around The Dial with the very real The Chicken Sisters, Untold, and The Mortician before Tara's Canon pitch reunited us with Party Down's third-season premiere. General Hospital won, Doctor Odyssey (maybe??) lost, and Dan Cassino got us all a volume discount on long-running shows in Game Time. Cannonball verrrrrry sloooowwwly into our all-new episode now! GUESTS 👤 Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤥 We Were Liars Around The Dial: 🐔 The Chicken Sisters Around The Dial: 🏟️ Untold Around The Dial: 🪦 The Mortician Around The Dial: 👺 The Devil's Plan The Canon: 🎉 Party Down S03.E01: Kyle Bradway Is Nitromancer Winner & Loser: 🏥 General Hospital Winner & Loser: 🚢 Doctor Odyssey Game Time: 📺 Intermittent FASTing 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 🎶 Will Leitch on the Rick Astley/popularity conundrum 🏙️ Will at NYMag 📰 Will at WaPo 📚 Buy Will's books 🎉 EHG 448 on the return of Party Down 😝 Tara runs down the best non-Daily Show comedic performances by TDS cast on Cracked 💀 Sarah reviews The Mortician 📖 Exhibit B.'s paperback sale 📷 Photo: Amazon Content Services LLC
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566: Burning Through The 2025 Summer TV Preview
Jun 11, 202501:30:03Tap to summarizeSummer is upon us, but what are we going to watch? Robert Krut joins us to help make our traditional lists of what we're into; what we should be into but aren't; what NO ONE should be into; and what's fine for others but not for us. Dave pitches the South Side episode "Treat Yourself" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close out with a Game Time that's pure poetry. Find a spot directly in front of a fan and join us! GUESTS 👤 Robert Krut TOPICS Announcement: 🏦 EHG Mutual Aid Vault Lead Topic: 🏖️ 2025 Summer TV Preview The Canon: 🦝 South Side S02.E01: Treat Yourself Winner & Loser: 👨🍳 Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Winner & Loser: 🩰 Étoile Game Time: ☘️ There Once Was A Man From TV 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 🪶 Robert Krut's website 🌴 The Again With This Club campaign ✊ CHIRLA / Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights 🙊 Sarah's review of Ask Not at Best Evidence 🏦 How to reach Sarah for Mutual Aid Vault withdrawals 🥮 EEHG 323, including Dave's "Treat Yourself" pitch for the Anger Tiny Canon 🎙️ Tara's interview with Bashir Salahuddin at Cracked
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463: Should You Hang With The Full Monty?
Jun 14, 2023Tap to summarizeMore than a quarter century after The Full Monty unexpectedly charmed movie audiences, the boys are back for a limited-series TV sequel -- and not everyone on the panel is as charmed by Round 2. Mo Ryan returns to the guest chair to talk about unmitigated in "dramedies," whether TFM: The TV Show started as a feature-length sequel, and the correct amount of onscreen nudity. We went Around The Dial with Never Have I Ever, I, Tina, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds before Tara hoped a second-season episode of Reservation Dogs would get adopted into the Canon. Bill Hader won, The Crowded Room lost, and Game Time had us scouring the index of Mo's book. Grab a bag of chips and run: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Mo Ryan TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍆 The Full Monty Around The Dial: 🤞 Never Have I Ever Around The Dial: 🎶 Tina Around The Dial: ⛽️ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Around The Dial: 🪐 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds The Canon: 🧀 Reservation Dogs S02.E07: Stay Gold Cheesy Boy Winner & Loser: 🔫 Bill Hader Winner & Loser: 🚪 The Crowded Room Game Time: 🔥 19 Questions: Burn It Down Edition NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 463 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Mo Ryan on Twitter ❤️🔥 Buy Burn It Down 🪫 The NY Daily News cites Burn It Down on Jeff Garlin's The Goldbergs power trip 🤨 Garlin denies getting fired to Vanity Fair 📜 Tara's Based On A True Story review at Cracked.com 💔 “America loved Tina Turner. But it wasn’t good to her.” at Andscape.com 🐦 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Twitter 📷 Photo: Ben Blackall / FX
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421: Should You Take House Of The Dragon For A Ride?
Aug 24, 2022Tap to summarizeOur resident (reluctant) GoT expert Jeff Drake is back to talk about HBO's ponderous, poorly wigged prequel to Game Of Thrones, House Of The Dragon -- who it's for, why it's so murkily lit, when it's going to get out of the administrative world-building weeds and get interesting, and which actors are making us long for the upcoming time jump. After that, we jumped into Around The Dial with She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Bluey's third season, and Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, and Erica challenged us to drop Jeff "the Dude" Bridges into existing shows. The gang slipped and slid towards the Canon in a twelfth-season It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia pitch; Paul Rudd won, and arranged TV marriages lost; and Game Time had us contemplating the shows that just keep draggin' on. The old gods have spoken: listen to the latest Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: 🐲 House Of The Dragon Around The Dial: ⚖️ She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Around The Dial: 🐶 Bluey Around The Dial: 🦈 Zig & Sharko Around The Dial: 🫥 Untold Extra Credit: 🌉 An Infinite Number Of Bridges The Canon: 🔔 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia S12.E02: The Gang Goes To A Water Park Winner & Loser: 👍 Only Murders In The Building Winner & Loser: 👎 Love Is Blind Game Time: 👴🏼 House Of The Draggin' NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 421 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🦆 Jeff Drake's show Central Park 🤬 Jeff's podcast 9 Chickweed Rage is now up! 🚓 The Hot Fuzz gif 🤢 "Inside Hollywood's Visual Effects Crisis" at Defector 🎙 Tara's interview with Stefani Robinson at Vanity Fair 👑 The top 50 King Of Queens episodes at Vulture 📚 15% off selected items at Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Ollie Upton / HBO
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