Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Happy New Year! We're off for the holidays so we've released two of our Patreon episodes from Extra Extra Hot Great! See you next week for a new episode. EEHG 023: The Post-Buffy The Vampire Slayer Power Rankings In the years since BtVS seemed to dominate the cultural conversation -- and our TWoP forums -- some of the main cast have gone on to bigger and better things; others have gone on…Dr. Phil, with disastrous results. In today's Extra Extra Hot Great, we're ranking the top ten cast members listed on the IMDb, plus Joss Whedon, to see who's chosen and who's cancelled based on what they've done since the show ended in 2003. EEHG 028: Measure Twice, Cut Once In an era when there is, by any reasonable assessment, rather a lot of TV, we tend always to be grateful when a new show doesn't give us more than we would care to handle -- when episodes aren't too long; when a season doesn't feel like it's been overstuffed. The reason we appreciate that is because there are so many shows that we like, but that do impose themselves excessively on our time. TOPICS Lead Topic: ⚰️ Buffy The Vampire Slayer Power Rankings Lead Topic: 🫃🏻 Overstuffed TV Shows NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 283 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

Merry Christmas! We're off for the holidays so we've released two of our Patreon episodes from Extra Extra Hot Great! EEHG 014: Podcast Like It’s 1999 We're hopping in our time machines to imagine what an EHG main episode might look like…in 1999. It's all sequels and prequels in scripted content these days and hey, we're no different, so: What's the main topic on the podcast in a 1999 episode? What is everyone talking about for Around The Dial? What would we put up for the Canon, and who's Winning and Losing? And how the hell are we going to watch that new episode of Twin Peaks when our VCR crapped out and Netflix is decades away? EEHG 030: EHG 1969 Is Extra Hot Groovy Previously, we imagined what an EHG would have looked like in 1999. Today, we're going back even further — to 1969. It was a big year in the news, and we're probably all well sick of retrospectives on Manson and the moon landing…but what was going on in TV-land in these fractured United States? We'll each propose main topics for a 1969 podcast; our Around The Dial, Canon, and Winner/Loser candidates; and possible celebrity guests. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎮 EHG in 1999 Lead Topic: ✌️ EHG in 1969 NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 282 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

It's the most wonderful time of the year...if your very favourite thing is oppressively jolly holiday programming! We asked you, our listeners, to help us choose which piece of brand-new 2019 holiday content we would cover this year, and you delivered unto us the Lifetime original movie Mistletoe & Menorahs. Joining us to discuss it in a wild departure from their usual gig discussing the films of the Hallmark network are David J. Roth and Jeb Lund! Around The Dial clicks through FX's new adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Back To Life, the new season of CNBC's The Profit, The Expanse, and the season (and possibly series) finale of HBO's Watchmen. Lauren uses her Extra Credit to make us all benevolent TV dictators and bestow upon us the power to take a show that's Not For Us and make it meet our specific needs. Tara presents for Nonac induction the Beverly Hills, 90210 episode "It's A Totally Happening Life." Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time with a curious backstory. Take a break from all your a-wassailing and join us! GUESTS 👤 David Roth 👤 Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕎 Mistletoe & Menorahs Around The Dial: 🤶 A Christmas Carol Around The Dial: 🛟 Back To Life Around The Dial: 💸 The Profit Around The Dial: 🌌 The Expanse Around The Dial: ⌚️ Watchmen Extra Credit: 🤑 Benevolent TV Dictator The Nonac: 🤮 Beverly Hills, 90210 S03.E16: It's A Totally Happening Life Winner & Loser: 👍 The Brothers Scott Winner & Loser: 👎 Dan Spilo Game Time: 🧠 Bizarre Backstory NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 281 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 David J. Roth on Twitter 🐦 Jeb Lund on Twitter 🎄 The Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean podcast 🎄 DAJAM on Patreon ⏰ The Culturally Relevant podcast 🎳 UnDeadspin on Twitter 📰 James Poniewozik on Dan Spilo at the New York Times 🏴‍☠️ Andy Dehnart on Spilo at Vulture 🩸 The Blotter Presents

How did Netflix think it would get away with a stinker like V Wars in the age of peak TV? We ponder that question with returning guest Monty, and we investigate the ingredients in a C-minus Syfy show (which this basically is) and wonder whether the show has, well, enough vampires (spoiler: nope). We go Around The Dial with Servant, Mad About You 2019, Making It, Ex On The Beach, and Toast Of London before rebooting dark characters in sunny-genred shows for an Extra Credit. Monty went over the top (as it were) for his Blackadder series finale Canon submission. Non-fiction cheerleaders won, Baby Yoda lost (sort of), and we seconded a motion for Part 2 of a previous Game Time. Keep hacking -- it's a bloody great new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧛 V Wars Around The Dial: 🍽 Servant Around The Dial: 💕 Mad About You Around The Dial: 🔨 Making It Around The Dial: 🌊 Ex On The Beach Around The Dial: 🍞 Toast Of London Extra Credit: 🤑 Shiny De-boot The Canon: 🏆 Blackadder S04.E06: Goodbyeee Winner & Loser: 👍 Cheer Lead Topic: 👎 Disney's failure to figure out the Baby Yoda toy supply chain Game Time: 🧠 Second Second Most Episodes NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 280 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 😖 Ian Somerhalder is kind of a creeper? 🐍 On Blackadder's final scene 🎄 OUR Dave on Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean 🌴 The series finale of Beverly Hills, 90210 on Again With This 🔪 The Blotter Presents 🎨 Yes, Work Of Art actually existed 🐦 Monty Ashley on Twitter

In this episode, we dig in on some of the Canons submitted by you, our beloved listeners! First, we consider Doug Dale's case for Are You The One?'s eighth-season premiere, "Come One, Come All"; Meredith confronts us with the Party Of Five episode "The Intervention"; then Tara pitches Mom's "Spaghetti Sauce And A Dumpster Fire." Which -- if any! -- make it into our TV Hall Of Fame? Join us and find out! TOPICS The Canon: 🏆 Are You The One S08.E01: Come One, Come All The Canon: 🏆 Party Of Five S03.E20: The Intervention The Canon: 🏆 Mom S05.E18: Spaghetti Sauce And A Dumpster Fire NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 279 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

At Extra Hot Great, holiday time means non-regulation episodes -- like a supersized round of Would You Rather? with Blankenship Chair creator Mark Blankenship. The four of us confront identity-crisis-causing brainteasers from each other and you listeners, including terrible live musicals, an eternity with Noah Benson, chyron font battles, Friends-giving episodes, Ken Burns's Raisins, secret Scientologists, Alec Baldwin, theme songs at the dentist, early Law & Order face-offs, and who's going to avenge Buntsy's death onscreen. How would YOU choose in these Would You Rathers -- or COULD you choose? Pepsi-Challenge yourself to find out in Extra Hot Great 278. GUESTS 👤 Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤔 Would You Rather: Panel Round Lead Topic: 🤔 Would You Rather: EHG Assist Round NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 278 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs

The Crown has returned for Season 3 with new actors in all the key roles, and who better to talk about it than semi-professional royal watchers Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan of Go Fug Yourself? Around The Dial takes us through Dollface, All Rise, Evil, and Harlots. Sarah makes the case for American Crime Story S02.E04, titled "House By The Lake," to The Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser. Get all your mates from the polo team over to the house and join us! GUESTS 👤 Heather Cocks 👤 Jessica Morgan TOPICS Lead Topic: 👑 The Crown Around The Dial: 🪆 Dollface Around The Dial: ⚖️ All Rise Around The Dial: 😈 Evil Around The Dial: 👠 Harlots The Canon: 🏆 American Crime Story S02.E04: House By The Lake Winner & Loser: 👍 Clive Owen Winner & Loser: 👎 David Hunt NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 277 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Heather & Jessica on Twitter 👗 Go Fug Yourself 👸 Heather & Jessica's latest novel, The Royal We

Disney+ finally launched earlier this week, so we thought we'd talk The Mandalorian with Adam Grosswirth. How does the show fit into the Star Wars universe -- and should it bother? Is it hiding Pedro Pascal's light under a mask bushel? And was a certain very cute puppet perhaps pandering to longtime franchise fans? Later, we went Around The Dial with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, Encore, Back To Life, a POV on Bill Nye, and two Dark shows, and Adam hoped his and Eleanor's joint Grey's Anatomy presentation for the Canon wouldn't bomb. A League Of Their Own won, Don Cherry (finally) lost, and we trod the boards in a theatrical Game Time (yes, Sarah "actually got some points"). Don't take your masks off: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: 👾 The Mandalorian Around The Dial: 🎭 High School Musical: The Musical The Series Around The Dial: 🎭 Encore! Around The Dial: 🛟 Back To Life Around The Dial: 🧪 Bill Nye The Science Guy Around The Dial: 🔮 The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance Around The Dial: 🧱 His Dark Materials The Canon: 🏆 Grey's Anatomy S02.E17: As We Know It Winner & Loser: 👍 A League Of Their Own Lead Topic: 👎 Don Cherry Game Time: 🧠 Jazz Hands NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 276 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🎬 You Must Remember This 🌴 Again With This 🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs

Apple TV+ is first to market in this month's battle of the brand-new streaming services, and Slate's TV critic Willa Paskin is joining us to talk about it -- starting with its fanciest new series, The Morning Show, but also touching on See, For All Mankind, and Dickinson. Sarah stars in an abbreviated Around The Dial to talk about the season finale of The Great British Bake Off. Then it's on to a discussion of whether American Vandal S01.E05, "Premature Theories," should be inducted into The Canon. After naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to the return of a Game Time classic. Grab your coffee and Red Bull and listen! GUESTS 👤 Willa Paskin TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌅 The Morning Show Lead Topic: 👁 See Lead Topic: 🌕 For All Mankind Lead Topic: ✍️ Dickinson Around The Dial: 🍰 The Great British Bake Off The Canon: 🏆 American Vandal S01.E05: Premature Theories Winner & Loser: 👍 Julia Garner Winner & Loser: 👎 Gina Torres Game Time: 🧠 The Day After Before And After NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 275 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Willa Paskin on Twitter ✍️ Willa on Slate 💍 Willa's podcast, Decoder Ring 🚀 The Season 1 Finale of the Quaid In Full podcast

Mrs. Fletcher gives Kathryn Hahn a star turn as a divorced empty-nester trying to find herself (sexily!), and we're thrilled that star critic Maureen Ryan could return to discuss it with us -- whether we liked it, where it should have ended, and when we can expect this "limited series" to turn into another past-its-sell-by regular series. We went Around The Dial with BoJack Horseman, Lucifer, Netflix cancellation shenanigans, Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant, and Silicon Valley, and then Tara filed a motion to admit a second-season episode of The Good Fight to the Canon. Lizzo won (some more), the Game Of Thrones showrunners lost (for once), and there were no points for second place in a very challenging Game Time. Pack up that minivan: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Mo Ryan TOPICS Lead Topic: 👠 Mrs. Fletcher Around The Dial: 🐴 Bojack Horseman Around The Dial: 🥎 Netflix Moneyballing Around The Dial: 😈 Lucifer Around The Dial: 🤰 Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant Around The Dial: 💻 Silicon Valley The Canon: 🏆 The Good Fight S02.E12: Day 485 Winner & Loser: 👍 Lizzo Winner & Loser: 👎 David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Game Time: 🧠 Second-Most Episodes NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 274 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🌴 Again With This 🚀 The Quaid In Full podcast 🪞 The Through The Looking Glass podcast and more at Mo Ryan's website 🏆 Submit your Canons!