Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
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Aug 6, 2025 โ€ข 1h 8min

574: Gassing On About The King Of The Hill Revival

Fifteen 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: ๐Ÿค  King Of The Hill Around The Dial: ๐Ÿฆ The Yogurt Shop Murders Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘— Project Runway The Canon: ๐Ÿด Close Enough S02.E16: Secret Horse Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ•ต The Tennessee high school forensic club that solves cold cases Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ“ Temuera Morrison Game Time: โš–๏ธ Oops! All Equalizer Challenge Zones SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐ŸŽง Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Brian VanHooker's interview with King Of The Hill writer Norm Hiscock at Cracked ๐Ÿบ Tara's review of King Of The Hill S14 at Cracked ๐Ÿ“… Tara's ranking of the King Of The Hill's season premiere's most self-consciously 2025 jokes, at Cracked ๐Ÿฆค Nicholas Quah's review of King Of The Hill S14 at Vulture ๐Ÿฆ "The Yogurt Shop Murders Unpacks 'The Craziest Crime In Texas'" by Eve Batey at Vanity Fair ๐Ÿ” "HBO's Smart New Docuseries Takes On The Yogurt Shop Murders -- And True Crime Itself" by Sam Adams at Slate ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ "9 Clips To Remind You Why Kristen Johnston Is One Of The Greatest Living Comedic Actors" at Cracked ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ Classroom Essentials Lists at Donors Choose ๐ŸŽ  Secret Horse
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Jul 30, 2025 โ€ข 1h 17min

573: Is Hitmakers Out Of Tune?

Critic 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 ๐Ÿ‘ค Mark Blankenship TOPICS Announcement: โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ EHG Club Update Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฉ Hitmakers Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ Happy Gilmore 2 Around The Dial: ๐Ÿค‘ Million Dollar Secret Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‚ The Challenge Around The Dial: ๐ŸŽ The Gilded Age The Canon: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽค Buffy The Vampire Slayer S06.E07: Once More With Feeling Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿช“ Ella Beatty Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ฝ Resident Alien Game Time: ๐ŸŽถ Tube Tunes XVI SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐ŸŽง Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿ’ฟ Mark Blankenship's Lost Songs Project โ›ณ๏ธ The one Happy Gilmore 2 joke that made Tara laugh ๐Ÿ‘ Tara's appreciation of Christopher McDonald ๐Ÿ˜ณ A ranking of all the HG2 non-sports cameos ๐Ÿ”ช The latest true-crime reviews at Best Evidence ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
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Jul 24, 2025 โ€ข 1h 35min

572: Bringing Honesty To Billy Joel: And So It Goes

Well, 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 listeningโ€ฆto celebrity Frasier callers. Say Goodbye To Hollywood and hello to a new episode! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Dan Blau Rogge TOPICS Announcement: ๐ŸŽ EHG Apple Podcast Subscription Lead Topic: ๐ŸŽน Billy Joel: And So It Goes Around The Dial: ๐Ÿช Digman! Around The Dial: ๐ŸฅŠ The Comeback Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ’ฐ Billionaire Boys' Club The Canon: ๐ŸŽค Hacks S03.E03: The Roast Of Deborah Vance Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป High-Concept Dating Shows Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy Face Game Time: ๐Ÿ“ป Notable Residents of Seattle SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐ŸŽง Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿฆ‹ Daniel Blau Rogge on Bluesky ๐Ÿช Tara's Digman! S02 review at Cracked ๐Ÿ›๏ธ EHG 336, including our discussion of Shangri-La Plaza ๐Ÿชจ Dan on the Glass Houses ranking episode of Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Listen To Sassy 141, featuring Dan ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Listen To Sassy 142, also featuring Dan ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ป Dan's website ๐Ÿช Adopt A (PBS) Station ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Courtesy of Art Maillett / Sony Music Archives / HBO
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Jul 16, 2025 โ€ข 1h 23min

571: Is Too Much Not Enough, Or Just Right?

Lena 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 ๐Ÿ‘ค Maris Kreizman TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ’‚๐Ÿป Too Much Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ American Horror Stories Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ•ต๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Veronica Mars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ…ฑ๏ธ Ballard The Canon: ๐Ÿชž Black Mirror S07.E05: Eulogy Winner & Loser: ๐ŸฆŒ Richard Gadd Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿฅฑ Craig Melvin Game Time: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Tag, You're It SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐ŸŽง Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿ“‡ Maris Kreizman's website ๐Ÿงจ An excerpt from Maris's new book, I Want To Burn This Place Down, at Rolling Stone ๐Ÿฆ‹ Maris on Bluesky ๐Ÿชž Extra Hot Great 558 on Black Mirror S07 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Tara's review of Too Much ๐Ÿ‘ Kerr County Flood Relief Fund โœ๐Ÿป ProPublica's local reporting network ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Ana Blumenkron / Netflix
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Jul 9, 2025 โ€ข 1h 23min

570: Bradying Down To The ER Draft

In 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 ๐Ÿ‘ค Laura Hampton TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿฅ ER Draft Tiny Canon: ๐ŸŒŠ ER S02.E07: Hell and High Water Game Time: ๐Ÿซ The Body Keeps The Score SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿฉป Final ER draft picks from Laura, Tara and Sarah ๐Ÿ“Š Poll: Best ER Lineup ๐Ÿ“Š Poll: Hospital You'd Most Want To Be A Patient At ๐Ÿ’ต Donate to the National Network of Abortion Funds ๐Ÿ’‰ Your Local Epidemiologist on Substack ๐Ÿ“š LibraryFinder
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Jul 2, 2025 โ€ข 1h 5min

569: Should You Sign On To With Love, Meghan?

We 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 ๐Ÿ‘ค Stephanie Green TOPICS 15s Of Fame: ๐Ÿคฌ The Good Swear Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ With Love, Meghan Ask EHG: ๐ŸŽ‚ Replacing Noel Fielding Tiny Canon: ๐Ÿ€ Saturday Night Live S38.E18: Vince Vaughn Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿƒ Poker Face Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿˆ Tracy Morgan Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ„ The Last Of Us Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿข Keegan-Michael Key Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ’œ Prince's estate Winner & Loser: โ›น๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Running Point Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ“‰ The Recruit Winner & Loser: ๐ŸŽฅ Arrested Development Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿฅ€ Bachelor co-EPs Michael Margolis and Keely Booth Extra Credit: ๐Ÿซ… Important TV Princesses Mini: ๐Ÿ‘‘ The Royal Them SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿ’š More from Stephanie Early Green at her website ๐Ÿ“– Vanity Fair's Harry 'n' Meghan cover story ๐Ÿคจ โ€œMeghan Markle Pioneers New Frontiers in Unrelatabilityโ€ by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ โ€œThe Meghan Interviewโ€ at People ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix
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Jun 25, 2025 โ€ข 1h 18min

568: We Cover The Waterfront

Like 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 ๐Ÿ‘ค Jessica Morgan TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿฆ EHG Mutual Aid Vault Lead Topic: ๐ŸŒŠ The Waterfront Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘’ The Gilded Age Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ˜Ž The Valley Around The Dial: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy The Canon: โš–๏ธ Law & Order S09.E20: Empire Winner & Loser: โญ๏ธ Five-Star Weekend Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Ryan Murphy Game Time: ๐Ÿชž Same Name Game SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿฆ‹ Jessica Morgan on Bluesky ๐Ÿ”ฅ Extra Hot Great Club ๐Ÿฆ Contact Sarah about making a deposit to or withdrawal from the Extra Hot Great Mutual Aid Vault at bunting@tomatonation.com ๐Ÿ”ซ "Kevin Williamson Reveals How His Dad's Sordid Past Inspired New Crime Drama 'The Waterfront': 'He Paid The Price'" at the New York Post ๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿป "'Adults' Takes A Strong Stance On Abortion: Everyone Deserves Access, Including Jerks" at Cracked ๐ŸŒด Again With This's Membership Campaign ๐Ÿ‘— Go Fug Yourself ๐Ÿน The Drinks With Broads Newsletter ๐Ÿ“š Save On True-Crime Paperbacks at Exhibit B. Books ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Dana Hawley / Netflix
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Jun 18, 2025 โ€ข 1h 16min

567: Telling The Truth About We Were Liars

And 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 ๐Ÿ‘ค Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: ๐Ÿคฅ We Were Liars Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ” The Chicken Sisters Around The Dial: ๐ŸŸ๏ธ Untold Around The Dial: ๐Ÿชฆ The Mortician Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘บ The Devil's Plan The Canon: ๐ŸŽ‰ Party Down S03.E01: Kyle Bradway Is Nitromancer Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿฅ General Hospital Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿšข Doctor Odyssey Game Time: ๐Ÿ“บ Intermittent FASTing SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐ŸŽถ Will Leitch on the Rick Astley/popularity conundrum ๐Ÿ™๏ธ Will at NYMag ๐Ÿ“ฐ Will at WaPo ๐Ÿ“š Buy Will's books ๐ŸŽ‰ EHG 448 on the return of Party Down ๐Ÿ˜ Tara runs down the best non-Daily Show comedic performances by TDS cast on Cracked ๐Ÿ’€ Sarah reviews The Mortician ๐Ÿ“– Exhibit B.'s paperback sale ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Amazon Content Services LLC
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Jun 11, 2025 โ€ข 1h 30min

566: Burning Through The 2025 Summer TV Preview

Summer 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 ๐Ÿ‘ค Robert Krut TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿฆ EHG Mutual Aid Vault Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ–๏ธ 2025 Summer TV Preview The Canon: ๐Ÿฆ South Side S02.E01: Treat Yourself Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿณ Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿฉฐ ร‰toile Game Time: โ˜˜๏ธ There Once Was A Man From TV SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐Ÿชถ Robert Krut's website ๐ŸŒด The Again With This Club campaign โœŠ CHIRLA / Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights ๐Ÿ™Š Sarah's review of Ask Not at Best Evidence ๐Ÿฆ How to reach Sarah for Mutual Aid Vault withdrawals ๐Ÿฅฎ EEHG 323, including Dave's "Treat Yourself" pitch for the Anger Tiny Canon ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Tara's interview with Bashir Salahuddin at Cracked
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Jun 4, 2025 โ€ข 1h 15min

565: Taking The Down Elevator To Dept. Q

David T.'s beautiful son Taylor S. Cole is back to discuss Dept. Q, a Scottish take on a Nordic-noir book series that has the good sense not to mess with star Matthew Goode's face. Chemistry in trope-y scenes, why Scandi crime stories often have a submarine, whether the mystery needed so many episodes to solve -- we're talking about all of that AND recommending actually Nordic Nordic-noir TV if you liked Dept. Q. Then we're going Around The Dial with Mountainhead, The Rehearsal, and The Last Of Us S01 before seeing whether Taylor can do his entire The Studio Canon pitch before we lose the light. True-crime actors won, late night lost some more, and three was the magic number for one of us in Game Time. Throw on a nubbly sweater and join us! GUESTS ๐Ÿ‘ค Taylor Cole TOPICS Announcement: ๐Ÿ“ˆ Club Campaign Announcement: ๐ŸŽง Incoming Apple Podcast Changes Lead Topic: ๐Ÿ›— Dept. Q Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ”๏ธ Mountainhead Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โœˆ๏ธ The Rehearsal Around The Dial: ๐Ÿ„ The Last Of Us The Canon: ๐ŸŽฅ The Studio S01.E02: The Oner Winner & Loser: ๐Ÿช™ Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner Winner & Loser: ๐ŸŒ™ Late-night prestige Game Time: 3๏ธโƒฃ SUPPORT THE SHOW ๐Ÿ”ฅ Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Shop our merch store! NOTES ๐Ÿ—’ Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site ๐ŸŽž๏ธ Hear more Taylor S. Cole at the G&T Podcast ๐Ÿ Taylor's also headed to the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast ๐Ÿชž And the Demi Myself and I podcast ๐Ÿธ AND the Muppeturgy podcast โ›ฐ๏ธ Tara's Mountainhead review and ATX Festival coverage at Cracked ๐Ÿ˜ป Support Bookstore Cats ๐Ÿ”ฅ The Extra Hot Great Patreon ๐Ÿ“ท Photo: Netflix

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