Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

GLOW returned to Netflix for its third season last weekend, and Adam Grosswirth returned to EHG to discuss the action's move to Vegas, the realism of a long run, whether a more serious tone worked, and where a possible Season 4 can go from here. We went Around The Dial with The Family, Wu Assassins, So You Think You Can Dance, and Last Tango In Halifax before Erica challenged us to create Tony-winning musical episodes from TV shows of yore. We got out the paddles for a Canon submission from Sean on Schitt's Creek, then declared a dead Confederate a winner, and LiLo's antics a loser, before sampling a rollercoaster of a musical Game Time. Hike up those leotards and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤼‍♀️ GLOW Around The Dial: 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 The Family Around The Dial: 🩰 So You Think You Can Dance Around The Dial: 💃 Last Tango In Halifax Around The Dial: 🥷 Wu Assassins Extra Credit: 🤑 When The Emmys Meet The Tonys The Canon: 🏆 Schitt's Creek S01.E06: Wine And Roses Winner & Loser: 👍 HBO Lead Topic: 👎 Lindsay Lohan Game Time: 🧠 Would You Care To Try A Sample? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 263 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🚀 Sarah's Quaid In Full podcast on Twitter

Noted romcom fan Mindy Kaling has been tasked by Hulu to bring the world a series adaptation of the 1994 feature film Four Weddings And A Funeral, and noted romcom fan Linda Holmes is joining us to talk about whether this ever should have happened! Around The Dial has us discussing HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, the series finale of Jane The Virgin, and the end (we hope) of Big Little Lies. Linda makes the case for the induction of The Good Place's "Dance Dance Resolution" into the Canon; then after naming the week's Winner(s) and Loser, we move on to a Game Time that soars. Get out of the rain (or hadn't you noticed?) and join us! GUESTS 👤 Linda Holmes TOPICS Lead Topic: ⚰️ Four Weddings And A Funeral Around The Dial: ✍️ A Black Lady Sketch Show Around The Dial: 👧🏻 Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: 🤥 Big Little Lies The Canon: 🏆 The Good Place S02.E02: Dance Dance Resolution Winner & Loser: 👍 Nico Tortorella (and Auli'i Cravalho) Winner & Loser: 👎 Gabrielle Carteris Game Time: 🧠 Pilot Test NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 262 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Linda Holmes on Twitter ⚰️ Linda's review of Four Weddings And A Funeral at NPR.org 🤼‍♀️ Vulture's coverage of GLOW 🎙 The Sweet Smell Of Succession podcast 🏝 The Again With This podcast 🦞 Linda's book, Evvie Drake Starts Over 🍸 Pop Culture Happy Hour 🎙 Linda on The Maris Review podcast 🎯 Linda on Bullseye ⚾️ Linda on the Effectively Wild podcast 🚀 The Quaid In Full podcast on Twitter 👵🏻 The Gabrielle Carteris tag on Deadline.com

John couldn't make it last week for our Veronica Mars discussion, but he fired a baby's laser-beam eyes at Amazon's latest original, The Boys, which we all quite liked. Does Jack Quaid look more like his famous parents, or like a Bill Heder/Pacey Witter hybrid? How will the show diverge even further from its graphic-novel parent in Season 2? And does Butcher swear more than Buntsy? We went Around The Dial with Sherman's Showcase and South Side, John's belated take on Veronica Mars S4, Animal Kingdom, and Pennyworth before descending into a boring, disturbing sex fog with Dave's presentation of TNG's "Sub Rosa" for the Nonac. Nickelodeon slime won the space race, Diddy became a Loser, and Dan Cassino merged shows old and new for a Before & After Game Time. Don't get sent to Sandusky for missing this all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸🏻‍♂️ The Boys Around The Dial: 🎪 Sherman's Showcase Around The Dial: 📺 South Side Around The Dial: 🕵🏻‍♀️ Veronica Mars Around The Dial: 🦁 Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: 🪙 Pennyworth The Nonac: 🤮 Star Trek: The Next Generation S07.E14: Sub Rosa Winner & Loser: 👍 Nickelodeon slime Lead Topic: 👎 P. Diddy Game Time: 🧠 Before & After NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 261 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🧡 Tara's Primetimer post on OITNB 🎙 Tara and Dave Chen's Succession podcast 🦁 Sarah's Animal Kingdom power rankings at Primetimer ♣️ Bridge champion John Ramos 🛸 This weird and wonderful Star Trek on a theremin video

Hulu dropped Veronica Mars a week sooner than anyone expected, but Kathryn VanArendonk was ready to leap into action and join us in a VERY SPOILER-FILLED discussion of Season 4! Around The Dial takes us to Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein on Netflix; a spoiler-free farewell to the imminently-ending Jane The Virgin; Last Chance U; and a potpourri of TV-adjacent remarks from Dave (including an update on the original book version of The Rook). Leanna cashes in her Extra Credit to get us to pick TV characters who deserve theme songs. Then Tara makes the case for One Day At A Time's "Strays" to be inducted into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser, and kick off a new season of Game Time with Sitcom Keyword Search. Post up on the couch with Pony and listen in! GUESTS 👤 Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕵🏻‍♀️ Veronica Mars Around The Dial: 🧌 Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein Around The Dial: 👧🏻 Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: 🏈 Last Chance U Around The Dial: 😑 FMK Korrection Korner Around The Dial: 👶 The Rook Around The Dial: ☕️ Big Little Lies Extra Credit: 🤑 The Canon: 🏆 One Day At A Time S01.E05: Strays Winner & Loser: 👍 Sarah Winner & Loser: 👎 Crybaby Game Of Thrones alums Game Time: 🧠 Sitcom Keyword Search NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 260 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kathryn on Twitter 📺 Kathryn at Vulture 🎙 David Chen's new podcast, Culturally Relevant 📕 Tara's Handmaid's Tale post on BN.com 🦴 The Bones Zone podcast 🎄 Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean 🧀 Cheddar Cheese Song 🏥 Clínica De Migrantes on HBO

TV-based F*ck, Marry, Kill is back, and so is famous original panelist Joe Reid, as we decide whether to bone, betroth, or bash in the heads of Mad Men items, Handmaid's deaths, episode types, trains, fonts, and unkillable robber barons of yesteryear. From Aquarius to Zoo and every Sophie's choice in between -- but this time we've added our own brainteasers for our fellow panelists. Cool off with an extra-hot Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: 💍 F*ck, Marry, Kill NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 259 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

Showtime has turned Gabriel Sherman's Roger Ailes book into a seven-part miniseries, and Will Leitch has returned to talk about what it is, whom it's for, and how it compares to recent-history HBO docudramas like Game Change. Around The Dial takes us through Divorce, the triumph of the USWNT, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Rook. Will Leitch presents "Pt. 5" of (the masterpiece) O.J.: Made In America to the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, an old favourite returns to Non-Regulation Game Time. Put on your shortest skirt, sit down behind a transparent desk, and join us! GUESTS 👤 Will Leitch TOPICS Lead Topic: 📢 The Loudest Voice Around The Dial: 💔 Divorce Around The Dial: ⚽️ The US Women's National Soccer Team Around The Dial: 🤦‍♀️ The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: 👶 The Rook The Canon: 🏆 O.J.: Made In America Pt. 5 Winner & Loser: 👍 Stranger Things Winner & Loser: 👎 Amber Portwood Game Time: 🧠 Tube Tunes 5 NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 258 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Will Leitch on Twitter ⚽️ Will on the USWNT, for New York 🏀 Will on Kevin Durant, also for New York ✉️ Will's (free!) TinyLetter 📺 The Will Leitch Show 🎙 The Grierson & Leitch Podcast 💔 Ben Travers on Divorce ⛳️ Tara on Holey Moley

Try as we might, we couldn't get that "putt down the remote" joke to work, so we'll just say we're happy Daniel MacEachern is back on the pod, and we're even happier to be talking about Holey Moley, the "Wipeout meets mini-golf" summer offering from ABC that finally found a way to use Kenny G's talents properly. From hosts to holes to gimmicky guest get-ups, it's fun for the whole family -- really! Later, we go Around The Dial with Years And Years, Animal Kingdom, Bosch, Lethal Weapon, Collateral, and Dave's non-crackpot theory on TV knockout drugs, before contemplating a universally despised Golden Girls episode that closed out that otherwise-great show's second season. Michael Sheen (not in character from The Good Fight) was a winner, execs trying to step to Buntsy's girl Roma Torre were losers, and someone got a helping hand on this week's Game Time. This is our windmil-lieu: an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Around The Dial: ⛳️ Holey Moley Around The Dial: 📆 Years And Years Around The Dial: 🔫 Lethal Weapon Around The Dial: 🦁 Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: 🌒 Bosch Around The Dial: 💰 Collateral I Am Not A Crackpot: 🤪 Using Chloroform The Nonac: 🤮 The Golden Girls S02.E26: Empty Nests Winner & Loser: 👍 Michael Sheen Winner & Loser: 👎 NY1 execs trying to step to Roma Torre Game Time: 🧠 Chums And Helpers NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 257 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ⛳️ Carl Carmoni and Quebecois putt-putt 👗 Pose ⚖️ The Best Evidence newsletter 🥼 How chloroform actually works ✍️ Michael Sheen takes up for fan-fic 🤺 NY1 anchors sue Charter Communications for marginalizing them

Comedy writer/performers Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres have brought HBO a new sitcom about a "horror group" that creates practical horror effects for ridiculous reasons (Fred Armisen's hardly in it, we swear!), and Omar Gallaga has returned to discuss it with us! Around The Dial clicks through Younger, Comedy Central's new sketch show Alternatino With Arturo Castro, the upcoming Amazon series Undone, and the third seasons of Claws and Jessica Jones. For her Extra Credit topic, Corey asks us each to choose a title from the AFI's top 100 films and turn it into a TV series. Omar presents the Atlanta episode "Teddy Perkins" for the Canon. Once we've recovered (barely), it's on to the week's Winner and Loser and a Game Time with a lot of cipherin'. Put on your werewolf teeth and join us! GUESTS 👤 Omar Gallaga TOPICS Lead Topic: 👻 Los Espookys Around The Dial: 👶 Younger Around The Dial: 🎤 Alternatino With Arturo Castro Around The Dial: 🤪 Undone Around The Dial: 💅 Claws Around The Dial: 🦸‍♀️ Jessica Jones Extra Credit: 🤑 The Canon: 🏆 Atlanta S02.E06: Teddy Perkins Winner & Loser: 👍 PoseQueer Eye Winner & Loser: 👎 Bill Cosby Game Time: 🧠 I Was Told There Would Be No Math NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 256 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Omar Gallaga on Twitter 👻 Omar's post on Los Espookys on Primetimer 🛣 The Washington Post's By The Way travel series 🩸 The Blotter Presents podcast 🍿 The AFI 100 Films list 🙅‍♀️ Bill Cosby's Father's Day tweet

We're thrilled to welcome Eve back to the guest chair...but were we as thrilled to welcome Big Little Lies back into our primetime lives? We talked about Meryl Streep's flawlessly passive-aggressive performance and loved Laura Dern because it's a day ending in Y. After Tara reported on a Kit-Kat-jingle-related Tiny Triumph, Sarah joined her to capsule-review the ATX Festival before we went around the dial with Pose, RuPaul's Drag Race, and Black Mirror. Dan Cassino tasked us with assembling our own personal A-Teams as an Extra Credit, and everyone from Villanelle to Pam Poovey got in on the act. Then we took a tour of Senegal with Françoise's lovely Canon presentation on behalf of Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. Kristen Bell is a winner, Linda Fairstein is a loser, and we all shared a bowl of alphabet soup in Game Time. Don't get stuck in a hallway marching band: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤥 Big Little Lies Tiny Triumph: 🎉 Tara’s Kit-Kat jingle gets a key RT Around The Dial: 📺 ATX Festival Report Around The Dial: 💃 Pose Around The Dial: 💄 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 🪞 Black Mirror Extra Credit: 🤑 Your Own Personal A-Team The Canon: 🏆 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S07.E06: Senegal Winner & Loser: 👍 Kristen Bell Winner & Loser: 👎 Linda Fairstein Game Time: 🧠 ABC TV Trivia NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 255 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 📺 The Alternatino premiere on YouTube ⚖️ The Best Evidence newsletter 📺 ATX’s TV Campfire podcast

Shocking the world, the Deadwood movie no one dared believe would actually happen has actually happened, and our old friend Alan Sepinwall, Chief TV Critic of Rolling Stone, returns to discuss it. Around The Dial clicks through American Princess, The Handmaid's Tale, Netflix's sequel to Tales Of The City, Scott & Bailey, Good Omens, and Epix's Perpetual Grace, LTD. Alan takes a leap by submitting the Quantum Leap episode "The Leap Home, Part 1" to the Canon. Then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a very animated Game Time. Meet us in the thoroughfare and listen! GUESTS 👤 Alan Sepinwall TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤠 Deadwood Around The Dial: 👸 American Princess Around The Dial: 👺 The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: 🌁 Tales Of The City Around The Dial: 👮‍♀️ Scott & Bailey Around The Dial: 📿 Good Omens Around The Dial: ⏰ Perpetual Grace Ltd The Canon: ⚛️ Quantum Leap S03.E01: The Leap Home, Part 1 Winner & Loser: 👍 Vida Winner & Loser: 👎 Bravo and Viola Davis Game Time: 🧠 Cels From Celluloid NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 254 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 📊 The Extra Hot Great submission form 🐦 Alan Sepinwall on Twitter 🎸 Alan at Rolling Stone, including all his coverage on Deadwood: The Movie 📺 The ATX Festival 📚 All Alan's books on Amazon 🏊‍♀️ Sarah and Tara on Melrose Place at Primetimer 🦁 Sarah's Animal Kingdom power rankings at Primetimer ⚛️ Kathryn VanArendonk's interview with Scott Bakula about the 30th anniversary of Quantum Leap