

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
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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Jan 10, 2019 โข 1h 55min
233: Suiting Up For Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club And The Masked Singer
A new year has dawned, and with it two buzzy new reality shows: MTV's Vanderpump Rules-alike Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club, and Fox's Korean import, The Masked Singer. To join us in discussing any complicated feelings we may have had about them, we've invited Kat Angus and Jocelyn Geddie, co-hosts of the podcast I Hate It But I Love It. Around The Dial takes us through Tidying Up With Marie Kondo, Gary And His Demons, Project Runway All Stars, She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power, and an I Am Not A Crackpot from Dave on how bad Hulu's user interface is. Lauren invites us to describe ourselves in terms of our personal TV Zodiacs. Em makes the case for the induction of Doctor Who's "Midnight" into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we face off in a Game Time that Special Guest Stars. Make sure your VIP hostess has you set up with bottle service, and then listen up!
GUESTS
๐ค Kat Angus
๐ค Jocelyn Geddie
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club
Lead Topic: ๐บ The Masked Singer
Around The Dial: ๐งน Tidying Up With Marie Kondo
Around The Dial: ๐ Gary And His Demons
Around The Dial: ๐ Project Runway All Stars
Around The Dial: ๐ฆธโโ๏ธ She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power
Around The Dial: ๐ช Black Mirror
I Am Not A Crackpot: ๐คช Hulu's bad user interface
Extra Credit: ๐ค Our TV zodiacs
The Canon: ๐ Doctor Who S04.E10: Midnight
Winner & Loser: ๐ Royal Pains alums
Winner & Loser: ๐ Ellen DeGeneres
Game Time: ๐ง Special Guest Stars
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 233 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Kat Angus on Twitter
๐ฆ Jocelyn Geddie on Twitter
โค๏ธโ๐ฅ Kat and Jocelyn's podcast, I Hate It But I Love It

Jan 2, 2019 โข 1h 14min
232: New Year, New Batch Of FMK Matchups
Happy new year! It may comfort you to know that we did not resolve to be less ridiculous in 2019, which is how we have brought you another very special all-FMK episode -- this time, also implicating Nick Rheinwald-Jones. How did your FMK submissions shake out? Find out now!
GUESTS
๐ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ฐ FMK
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 232 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter

Dec 19, 2018 โข 1h 51min
231: Deck The Halls With The RuPaul's Drag Race And Nailed It! Holiday Specials
'Tis the season to be...janky? Not for us -- we got a top-of-the-line guest, Kevin P. O'Keeffe, to join us -- but janky is Nailed It!'s specialty, and we're here for their melty, slapped-up brand of holiday cheer, including the joy Jacques brings to the world, '80s-movie slow claps, and those hilarious reveals. But we're also discussing the RPDR "Holi-Slay Spectacular," and that hour was not on everyone's nice list despite a festive effort at twerking from Ru and Michelle's stunt doubles. Later, we go Around The Dial with Dr. Pimple Popper, Runaways, Teen Mom: Young And Pregnant, and Little Drummer Girl, and give reality-show side character spin-offs in this week's Extra Credit. Tara lugs her Canon seating chart up to the panel with a One Day At A Time finale before we declare Steve Sanders a winner, and Carlton and his dance a loser (maybe? ask Dave). And Game Time gifted us a look at the before-and-after roles for the casts of legendary shows. Dog rest ye, merry listeners: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.
GUESTS
๐ค Kevin O'Keeffe
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ RuPaul's Drag Race
Lead Topic: ๐ฐ Nailed It
Around The Dial: ๐งด Dr. Pimple Popper
Around The Dial: ๐โโ๏ธ Runaways
Around The Dial: ๐คฐ Teen Mom: Young & Pregnant
Around The Dial: ๐ฅ The Little Drummer Girl
Extra Credit: ๐ค Reality-show spin-offs for side characters
The Canon: ๐ One Day At A Time (2017) S01.E13: Quinces
Winner & Loser: ๐ Ian Ziering
Winner & Loser: ๐ Alfonso Ribeiro
Game Time: ๐ง On The Map, Off The Map
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 231 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ Kevin O'Keeffe's YouTube show, "The Kiki," on Twitter

Dec 12, 2018 โข 1h 40min
230: Grabbing Our Mics For Season 2 Of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Here's hoping you rested your ears over Thanksgiving, because they're getting battered by Season 2 of Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Sherman-Palladino superfan Nick Rheinwald-Jones is returning to discuss whether it killed or bombed. Around The Dial clicks through the Comedy Central sketch special Goatface, Magic For Humans, The Comedy Lineup, and a whole slate of food shows, including Top Chef, The Final Table, and The Great British Bake Off. For her Extra Credit question, Caroline asks us each to identify a show recommended by a trusted source that just didn't take. Nick pitches Community's "App Development And Condiments" for induction into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and close up with a Game Time that's a bit pricey. You don't need to pay a cover charge to hear our whole set!
GUESTS
๐ค Nick Rheinwald-Jones
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ค The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Around The Dial: ๐ Goatface
Around The Dial: ๐ช Magic For Humans
Around The Dial: ๐ค The Comedy Lineup
Around The Dial: ๐ฝ The Final Table
Around The Dial: ๐งโ๐ณ Top Chef
Around The Dial: ๐ฅ The Great British Bake Off
Extra Credit: ๐ค Recommended shows that didn't "take"
The Canon: ๐ Community S05.E08: App Development And Condiments
Winner & Loser: ๐ RuPaul's Drag Race
Winner & Loser: ๐ Kevin Hart
Game Time: ๐ง The Price Is Correct
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 230 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter
๐จ Touch all of Nick's things at his '70s-style L.A. AirBnB

Dec 5, 2018 โข 42min
229: The Christmas-Creep TV Forcening
It's just the three of us for our EHG "holiday episode" -- a meditation on the theme of Christmas creep. And yeah, they DO start playing carols in the mall on, like, November 2 these days...but that's not exactly the definition "creep" that became central to our discussion as we contemplated a Hill Street Blues that contained literally all the acting, plus plenty of judgment of singletons; an All In The Family double episode in which a hate crime led to a lengthy crisis of faith for Edith, who was not that crime's victim; and a Pickle & Peanut segment that abandoned us all in the Uncanny Valley. So when we say "Christmas creep," get ready to shudder as you deck the halls with a very special Extra Hot Great.
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ฎโโ๏ธ Hill Street Blues S03.E12: Santaclaustrophobia
Lead Topic: ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ All In The Family S08.E13 & S08.E14: Edith's Crisis Of Faith
Lead Topic: ๐ฅ Pickle & Peanut S02.E17: Merry Mo-Cap
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 229 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฅ Watch Pickle & Peanut's Merry Mo-Cap

Nov 28, 2018 โข 2h 1min
228: Making A Break For It With Escape At Dannemora
Resident upstate...er, resident Kim Reed is back to talk about Ben Stiller-directed drama/thriller/Shawshank aspirant Escape At Dannemora. We discuss everything from accents to wardrobe to pacing to whether trying to recreate '70s thrillers is a worthwhile goal. Should Sarah keep watching past Episode 4? Keep listening and find out. After that, we debate whether Dave would Hate This Jekyll-and-Hyde thing on The CW, and go Around The Dial with two comedy specials, Catastrophe, The Final Table, Wellington Paranormal, 30 For 30, and a Very Special Again With This announcement; we also saved five TV characters each in today's lifeboat Extra Credit; declared Ice T's breakfast a winner and NBC a loser, and tried to recognize patterns in Game Time. Tunnel on over to an all-new Extra Hot Great!
GUESTS
๐ค Kim Reed
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ Escape At Dannemora
Around The Dial: ๐ฆ Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape
Will Dave Hate This?: ๐ญ Jekyll & Hyde show on the CW
Around The Dial: ๐ฅ Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
Around The Dial: ๐ Catastrophe
Around The Dial: ๐ฝ The Final Table
Around The Dial: ๐ป Wellington Paranormal
Around The Dial: ๐ฅ 30 For 30
Extra Credit: ๐ค Put 5 TV characters in a lifeboat
The Canon: ๐ Game Of Thrones S06.E10: The Winds Of Winter
Winner & Loser: ๐ Ice-T
Winner & Loser: ๐ NBC's Megyn Kelly experiment
Game Time: ๐ง Test Patterns
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 228 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฅฏ Ice T eats a bagel at last

Nov 21, 2018 โข 1h 27min
227: Getting High On Narcos: Mexico
Netflix's Narcos has moved to a new time period and a new location with the spinoff Narcos: Mexico, and Maggie Serota has joined us to talk about what's changed as our attention turns from Colombian cartels to ones closer to a certain famous border. Around The Dial clicks through Showtime's Shut Up And Dribble, A&E's The Clinton Affair, perennial segment star Patriot, and an update on Teen Titans Go!. Tara makes the case for inducting The Larry Sanders Show's "Where Is The Love?" to the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser and -- just in time for Thanksgiving -- a Game Time to gorge on. Light up a joint or a field of weed visible from space (we don't judge) and join us!
GUESTS
๐ค Maggie Serota
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ Narcos: Mexico
Around The Dial: ๐ Shut Up And Dribble
Around The Dial: ๐ The Clinton Affair
Around The Dial: ๐บ๐ธ Patriot
Around The Dial: ๐จ Teen Titans Go!
The Canon: ๐ The Larry Sanders Show S05.E03: Where Is The Love?
Winner & Loser: ๐ Bosch
Winner & Loser: ๐ Brian Austin Green
Game Time: ๐ง Order Up
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 227 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Maggie Serota on Twitter
๐ฟ Maggie at Spin.com
๐ช Maggie's deep dive on So I Married An Axe Murderer

Nov 14, 2018 โข 1h 50min
226: Talking Through Our Memories Of Homecoming
As Amazon brings the scripted podcast Homecoming to TV in an adaptation starring Julia Roberts -- apparently she's done some films? -- we welcome Mark Lisanti to talk about its music, its colour scheme, and how engrossing we found its conspiracy thriller storyline. Around The Dial takes us to two comedies by and for fortysomething women (Baroness Von Sketch Show and Sally4Ever), two other Amazon series (The Romanoffs and Patriot), the ninth season of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, and Dave's latest forcening: Teen Titans Go!. We consider a very regal Extra Credit query from Corey before Mark pitches 30 Rock's "Succession" for The Canon. We name the week's Winner and Loser, and then kick off a new season of Game Time with an outing that requires us to dig deep into our facility with the alphabet. Grab a giant helping of gnocchi and listen!
GUESTS
๐ค Mark Lisanti
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ฅณ Homecoming
Around The Dial: ๐ Baroness Von Sketch Show
Around The Dial: โฐ Sally4Ever
Around The Dial: ๐ท๐บ The Romanoffs
Around The Dial: โ๏ธ Patriot
Around The Dial: ๐ฐโโ๏ธ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey
Around The Dial: ๐จ Teen Titans Go!
Extra Credit: ๐
The Canon: ๐ 30 Rock S02.E13: Succession
Winner & Loser: ๐ Jesse Pinkman
Winner & Loser: ๐ Ice-T
Game Time: ๐ง Letters From Philo
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 226 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Mark Lisanti on Twitter

Nov 7, 2018 โข 1h 38min
225: House Of Cards Season 6 Faces The Nation
Netflix's political potboiler returned last weekend -- without its former linchpin in the Frank Underwood role. WE returned with first-time guest Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about whether this is the one Netflix-original season that actually felt too short; which is more egregious, Doug's beard or Claire's pregnancy pad; and what the franchise might have gained by just coming back in five years' time with all-new characters and no Spacey baggage. We went Around The Dial with Will & Grace, Superstore, The Shivering Truth, the original Rake, and Bodyguard before exclaiming, "Great Scott!" at the lives, loves, and butts of a first-season Outlander. Julianne Hough won, Alec Baldwin and Kevin James lost, Tara ad-ded value to the episode with her non-regulation Game Time. Fili-bust out your earbuds; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.
GUESTS
๐ค Kathryn VanArendonk
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐ House Of Cards
Around The Dial: ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ Will & Grace
Around The Dial: ๐ช Superstore
Around The Dial: ๐ฅถ The Shivering Truth
Around The Dial: ๐ Rake
Around The Dial: ๐โโ๏ธ Bodyguard
The Canon: ๐ Outlander S01.E07: The Wedding
Winner & Loser: ๐ Julianne Hough
Winner & Loser: ๐ Kevin James and Alec Baldwin
Game Time: ๐ง Promotional Considerations
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 225 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Diane Lane biffs the Bechdel test
๐ Tara on Homecoming (warning: spoilerish)
๐ Kathryn on that Bodyguard twist
๐ The Appointment TV podcast

Oct 31, 2018 โข 1h 20min
224: Getting Spellbound By Charmed And Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina
With Hallowe'en upon us, we decided to take a look at this season's two witch remakes: The CW's Charmed, and Netflix's Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina. Eve Batey joins us to discuss whether they put a spell on us, or if we wished we could burn them at the stake. Around The Dial stops at The House On Haunted Hill, Iron Fist's second (and final) season, and Counterpart. Find out whether the climax for Seinfeld's "The Contest" is its induction into The Canon. And then, after you learn the week's Winner or Loser, you can play along with a Game Time full of memorable First Impressions. It's no toil and only good trouble in our latest Extra Hot Great podcast!
GUESTS
๐ค Eve Batey
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ๐งโโ๏ธ Charmed (2018)
Lead Topic: ๐ป The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina
Around The Dial: ๐ป The Haunting Of Hill House
Around The Dial: ๐ฅ Iron Fist
Around The Dial: ๐ฏโโ๏ธ Counterpart
The Canon: ๐ Seinfeld S04.E11: The Contest
Winner & Loser: ๐ Sofia Vergara
Winner & Loser: ๐ Megyn Kelly
Game Time: ๐ง First Impressions
NOTES
๐ Full episode notes can be found on the episode 224 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
๐ฆ Eve Batey on Twitter
๐ Tara's Twitter thread on Runaway Heart
๐ Eve's Inside Media newsletter