Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

To celebrate the 10th (!!!) anniversary of EHG Mark II, we're flashing back to the week of August 17-23 in historical TV listings. Our time travel takes us back to 2003 for the fourth-season finale of The Amazing Race; to 2012, for a trip to the Hamptons with Royal Pains; and to the very day of our first episode to watch Lance Reddick's visit to NTSF: SD: SUV::. Join us as we revisit Augusts past! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌎 The Amazing Race S04.E13: It's Like Adam Building His First House! Lead Topic: 🩺 Royal Pains S04.E10: Who's Your Daddy Lead Topic: 🔫 NTSF:SD:SUV:: S03.E05: TGI Murder Game Time: ⌛️ In The Year 2013 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 the episode 473 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ❤️‍🔥 Lance Reddick as Todd Broger

HBO's newest true crime docu-series, Telemarketers, a look at a New Jersey phone scam; Robert Krut returns to discuss it, and brings personal stories to share! Around The Dial takes us through Winning Time, Poker Face, and Painkiller. Bobby pitches the Atlanta episode "Woods" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes us, and our bidding acumen, back to the Garden State. Hang up on that Likely Scam and listen! GUESTS 👤 Robert Krut TOPICS Announcement: 📢 Club Campaign Update Lead Topic: ☎️ Telemarketers Around The Dial: 🏀 Winning Time Around The Dial: ♠️ Poker Face Around The Dial: 💊 Painkiller The Canon: 🌲 Atlanta S02.E08: Woods Winner & Loser: 👍 Sam Levinson Winner & Loser: 👎 Sam Levinson Game Time: 🐄 Garden State TV 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 the episode 472 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 📸 Bobby Krut on Instagram 💉 Patton Oswalt's "Toronto Open Mic" on YouTube 👹 Holy Hell on Peacock 🏀 30 For 30's "Celtics/Lakers: Best Of Enemies" on ESPN 🤘 Tara on The Osbournes and At Home With The Furys for Cracked 🐦 Bobby on X 🪶 Bobby's website 🧠 The Masterminds Crazy Eddie episode, on YouTube 💊 Sarah's full Painkiller review at Best Evidence 🚗 "An Open Letter To David Simon, Who Tweeted NYC Is 'On The Make' Because He Got A $50 Speeding Ticket" at HellGate 📷 Photo: HBO

Only Murders In The Building is back for a third season of death, mayhem, and...theatre? New guest David Wiebe joins us to discuss all the players new and old. Around The Dial takes us through Physical, Letterman Originals on YouTube, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and Star Trek's Paramount+ branding. Julie pitches The Bear's Season 1 episode "Dogs" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a highly questionable Game Time. Grab your Beats and listen! GUESTS 👤 David Wiebe TOPICS Announcement: 📢 Patreon Snafu & Crisistunity Lead Topic: 🏢 Only Murders In The Building Around The Dial: 🤸‍♀️ Physical Around The Dial: 🌃 Letterman Originals Around The Dial: 🗺️ Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Around The Dial: 🖖 Star Trek The Canon: 🐻 The Bear S01.E04: Dogs Winner & Loser: 👍 Suits Winner & Loser: 👎 The Church Of Scientology Game Time: 🤔 19 Questions: Wiebe Edition 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 the episode 471 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 David Wiebe on Twitter 🏢 Tara's post on Only Murders In The Building at Cracked 🐶 "Can Comedy Shows Please Stop Killing Dogs For Laughs?" at Cracked [warning: spoilers] 🌃 Letterman Originals on YouTube 🏡 Barbie: Life In The Dreamhouse on Netflix 🐦 Big House Stories on Twitter 🗺️ Sarah on Anthony Bourdain at the Best Evidence newsletter 📷 Photo: Patrick Harbron / Hulu

Reservation Dogs is back on FX/Hulu this week, and Variety's Alison Herman is back on EHG to talk about the show's final season: realistic teenage-character arcs, spiritual cousins to Atlanta, and the meanings of "home." We went Around The Dial with This Fool, Minx's second season, and Hunted, aka "the darkest Amazing Race" (which we completely forgot we covered the American version of in a long-ago episode) before Tara took the solo on a Girls5Eva Canon pitch. The Glovers' future won, the former Arrow lost, and we set our minds to siblings of the small screen in Game Time. The bus is leaving, so charge up your phone for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Alison Herman TOPICS Lead Topic: 🪶 Reservation Dogs Around The Dial: ☕️ This Fool Around The Dial: 🍆 Minx Around The Dial: 🏹 Hunted The Canon: 🐈 Girls5Eva S02.E06: B.P.E. Winner & Loser: 👍 The Glover Brothers Winner & Loser: 👎 Stephen Amell Game Time: 👯 Sibling Rivalry 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 the episode 470 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Alison on Twitter 📰 Alison Herman at Variety 🪶 Alison's review of Reservation Dogs 🤬 Tara talks Citadel on the Appointment Television podcast 🔦 Sarah reviews Hunted on Best Evidence 🤷‍♀️ We reviewed Hunted U.S. in episode 142 with Monty Ashley; oops 📷 Photo: Shane Brown / FX

Ex-SNL head writer Anna Drezen teamed up with King Of The Hill co-creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge on Praise Petey, the story of a New York girl boss taking over her late father's doomsday cult; we tell you whether it's...well, doomed. Around The Dial takes us through the re-re-revived Futurama, the spinoff XO, Kitty, and the true crime miniseries Myth Of The Zodiac Killer. Mlle. Caroline presents the Abbott Elementary episode "Candy Zombies" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time we can really sink our teeth into. Take a break from preparing a beloved character actor for human sacrifice and join us! GUESTS 👤 Nadia Chaudhury TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧎‍♂️ Praise Petey Around The Dial: 🤖 Futurama Around The Dial: 💋 XO, Kitty Around The Dial: ♋️ Myth of the Zodiac Killer The Canon: 🏫 Abbott Elementary S02.E06: Candy Zombies Winner & Loser: 👍 Jeopardy Winners Winner & Loser: 👎 Al "Bubba" Baker Game Time: 🍕 The Leftovers 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 the episode 469 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ❌ Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter 🙏 Tara's Praise Petey review at Cracked 🤖 Tara's Futurama S11 review at Cracked 🌮 Eater Austin 🕵🏻‍♀️ BestEvidence.fyi 📷 Photo: Freeform

Justified is back, and so is Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about it: vibes versus process, when you can't replace Walton Goggins, what great villains know about themselves, and whether (...sigh) Kentucky was a character in the original. Then we went Around The Dial with The Real Housewives Of Jenna Ly-- er, New York, Project Greenlight, Dennis Quaid's Full Circle coif, and Hack My Home before Tara made the case for a second-season Detroiters episode as a Canon gem. Streaming shows won, Zaslav lost, and "band name, called it!" took on new meaning in a tube-tunes-adjacent Game Time from Rebecca. Curl up with a German Shepherd on steroids, take off that clip-on nose ring, and get comfy for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Announcement: 📢 Patreon Update Lead Topic: 🤠 Justified: City Primeval Around The Dial: 🏙️ The Real Housewives Of New York City Around The Dial: 🟢 Project Greenlight Around The Dial: 🏚️ Hack My Home The Canon: 👺 Detroiters S02.E04: Trevor Winner & Loser: 👍 Streaming shows on broadcast Winner & Loser: 👎 David Zaslav's public Venmo Game Time: 👨🏻‍🎤 Tube Tune Crooners 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 the episode 468 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter 🦤 Kathryn's author page at Vulture 👮🏻‍♂️ "The copaganda piece" by Kathryn, also at Vulture 🟢 Kathryn on Project Greenlight 👗 Tara's Stylish With Jenna Lyons review at Primetimer 🥗 From Late Night With Seth Meyers, Conner O’Malley’s interpretive dance set to the theme of Frasier 🥓 Conner O’Malley on YouTube 🎙️ Tara's Luke Macfarlane interview at Cracked ⛲️ The David Copperfield Niagara Falls watch-along for Listen To Sassy Club members 📚 Exhibit B. Books 📷 Photo: Chuck Hodes / FX

The Horror Of Dolores Roach has evolved from a one-person Broadway play to a podcast to a Prime Video series; Liz Shannon Miller of Consequence.com joins us to discuss the story's final (?) form. Around The Dial takes us through Couples Therapy, My Adventures With Superman, and Last Call. Erica pitches the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Terminal Provocations" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a cryptic, puzzling Game Time. Grab an empanada or two -- filling is up to you -- and join us! GUESTS 👤 Liz Shannon Miller TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥟 The Horror Of Dolores Roach Around The Dial: 👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 Couples Therapy Around The Dial: 🦸🏻‍♂️ My Adventures With Superman Around The Dial: 🥃 Last Call The Canon: 🖖 Star Trek: Lower Decks S01.E06: Terminal Provocations Winner & Loser: 👍 Ariana Madix Winner & Loser: 👎 Blake Bjornson Game Time: 🪢 Double Straights 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 the episode 467 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Liz Shannon Miller on Twitter 🏆 "The Best TV Of 2023, So Far" at VanityFair.com 🎞️ Liz on Letterboxd 📰 Sign up for Consequence's Stream On newsletter 🎏 Stream On, on the web 📚 Exhibit B. Books 💰 "Ariana Madix Is Making A Fortune From All This" at The Cut 🚨 Alabama TV Reporter Valerie Bell Creates Breaking News At Alleged Crime Scene 📷 Photo: Prime Video

For the first week of this July, we decided to honor the other national holiday: Canada Day! And what genre delivers the most CONCENTRATED dose of Canadian TV crappiness? Game shows! Therefore, Dave is forcening Sarah to watch Pitfall; Sarah's forcening Tara to watch Acting Crazy; and Tara's forcening Dave to watch Jackpot. We can't promise you that listening will help you win an 8-and-a-half-pound portable TV, but you should do it anyway! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🛗 Pitfall Lead Topic: 😜 Acting Crazy Lead Topic: 💰 Jackpot Game Time: 🍁 Canadian Or Something Else? 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 the episode 466 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🛗 Sarah's forcened episode of Pitfall on YouTube 😜 Tara's forcened episode of Acting Crazy on YouTube ❤️‍🔥 Tara's interview with Maureen Ryan on Cracked.com 📚 Signed copies of Last Call at Exhibit B. 💵 The 1975 episode of American Jackpot Dave was initially forcened to watch 💰 Dave's forcened episode of (Canadian) Jackpot

Sorry to Bother You creator Boots Riley is back with a delightful Marxist fairy-tale dramedy (...right? Let's just go with it) on Amazon Prime, and Dan D'Addario is back in the guest chair for the first time since EHG Mark 1 to talk about it: how much overt Marxism it gets away with given where we're watching it, the care of the world-building, Jharrel Jerome's storytelling superpowers, and more. We went Around The Dial with Judge Steve Harvey, And Just Like That..., and McEnroe, and Mlle. Caroline was NOT a crackpot for thinking we don't need pilot episodes anymore. After Tara crammed us all into a phone booth for her Saved By The Bell (2020) Canon presentation, Ryan Seacrest won, Will & Grace lost, and we all made sure to park wheels-in for a Bay-Area-based non-regulation Game Time. Don't let silence happen -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Daniel D’Addario TOPICS Lead Topic: ♍️ I'm A Virgo Around The Dial: 👨🏾‍⚖️ Judge Steve Harvey Around The Dial: 👠 And Just Like That Around The Dial: 🎾 McEnroe Around The Dial: 👽 Secret Invasion I Am Not A Crackpot: 👩🏼‍✈️ Pilots in 2023 The Canon: 🛎️ Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E06: Teen-Line Winner & Loser: 👍 Ryan Seacrest Winner & Loser: 👎 Will & Grace Game Time: 🌁 It's Almost Like The San Francisco Bay Area Is Another Character 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 the episode 465 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Dan D'Addario on Twitter 🎬 Dan at Variety ♍️ Dan’s review of I'm A Virgo 🦄 Dan’s review of The Unicorn 💥 Kelsey Grammer falls off stage 🌴 The Again With This podcast 🎶 MASTAS chooses our #FirstNameBasis Top 20 📷 Photo: Pete Lee / Prime Video

Black Mirror has returned for Season 6 with five new episodes of (as usual) varying quality; Brandi Brown has also returned to discuss and rank them! Around The Dial takes us through The Righteous Gemstones; Ovation as a background cable channel; Season 2 of The Cleaner on BritBox; and an important line reading from a Camp LeJeune-related class-action legal solicitation commercial. Sarah makes the case for the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Avatar" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's really into labels. Pause the latest hit Streamberry drama and listen! GUESTS 👤 Brandi Brown TOPICS Announcement: 📢 Club Sticker Reminder Lead Topic: 🪞 Black Mirror Around The Dial: 💎 The Righteous Gemstones Around The Dial: 👏 Ovation Around The Dial: 🧹 The Cleaner Around The Dial: 🎭 Ridley Around The Dial: 🚫 The "No" Challenge The Canon: 👨🏻‍💻 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S09.E02: Avatar Winner & Loser: 👍 Shannen Doherty Winner & Loser: 👎 Dean McDermott Game Time: 👯 The Game Of The Name 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 the episode 464 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Brandi Brown on Twitter 📜 Terms & Conditions May Apply on Amazon 💇🏻‍♂️ Ranking the new wigs of the Righteous Gemstones Season 3 premiere, at Cracked 💎 Gideon Gemstone Appreciation Post, at Cracked 👕 The Exhibit B. Books "(allegedly)" t-shirt 📷 Photo: Nick Wall / Netflix