Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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 👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎤 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Around The Dial: 🐐 Goatface Around The Dial: 🪄 Magic For Humans Around The Dial: 🎤 The Comedy Lineup Around The Dial: 🍽 The Final Table Around The Dial: 🧑‍🍳 Top Chef Around The Dial: 🥐 The Great British Bake Off Extra Credit: 🤑 Recommended shows that didn't "take" The Canon: 🏆 Community S05.E08: App Development And Condiments Winner & Loser: 👍 RuPaul's Drag Race Winner & Loser: 👎 Kevin Hart Game Time: 🧠 The Price Is Correct NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 230 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter 🏨 Touch all of Nick's things at his '70s-style L.A. AirBnB

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: 👮‍♂️ Hill Street Blues S03.E12: Santaclaustrophobia Lead Topic: 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 All In The Family S08.E13 & S08.E14: Edith's Crisis Of Faith Lead Topic: 🥜 Pickle & Peanut S02.E17: Merry Mo-Cap NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 229 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🥜 Watch Pickle & Peanut's Merry Mo-Cap

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 👤 Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: 🚓 Escape At Dannemora Around The Dial: 🦍 Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape Will Dave Hate This?: 🎭 Jekyll & Hyde show on the CW Around The Dial: 🥗 Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh Around The Dial: 🌋 Catastrophe Around The Dial: 🍽 The Final Table Around The Dial: 👻 Wellington Paranormal Around The Dial: 🥍 30 For 30 Extra Credit: 🤑 Put 5 TV characters in a lifeboat The Canon: 🏆 Game Of Thrones S06.E10: The Winds Of Winter Winner & Loser: 👍 Ice-T Winner & Loser: 👎 NBC's Megyn Kelly experiment Game Time: 🧠 Test Patterns NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 228 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🥯 Ice T eats a bagel at last

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 👤 Maggie Serota TOPICS Lead Topic: 💊 Narcos: Mexico Around The Dial: 🏀 Shut Up And Dribble Around The Dial: 👗 The Clinton Affair Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 Patriot Around The Dial: 💨 Teen Titans Go! The Canon: 🏆 The Larry Sanders Show S05.E03: Where Is The Love? Winner & Loser: 👍 Bosch Winner & Loser: 👎 Brian Austin Green Game Time: 🧠 Order Up NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 227 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Maggie Serota on Twitter 💿 Maggie at Spin.com 🪓 Maggie's deep dive on So I Married An Axe Murderer

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 👤 Mark Lisanti TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥳 Homecoming Around The Dial: 👑 Baroness Von Sketch Show Around The Dial: ⏰ Sally4Ever Around The Dial: 🇷🇺 The Romanoffs Around The Dial: ⚔️ Patriot Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Around The Dial: 💨 Teen Titans Go! Extra Credit: 👑 The Canon: 🏆 30 Rock S02.E13: Succession Winner & Loser: 👍 Jesse Pinkman Winner & Loser: 👎 Ice-T Game Time: 🧠 Letters From Philo NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 226 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Mark Lisanti on Twitter

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 👤 Kathryn VanArendonk TOPICS Lead Topic: 🃏 House Of Cards Around The Dial: 👩🏻‍🦰 Will & Grace Around The Dial: 🏪 Superstore Around The Dial: 🥶 The Shivering Truth Around The Dial: 🍂 Rake Around The Dial: 💂‍♀️ Bodyguard The Canon: 🏆 Outlander S01.E07: The Wedding Winner & Loser: 👍 Julianne Hough Winner & Loser: 👎 Kevin James and Alec Baldwin Game Time: 🧠 Promotional Considerations NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 225 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kathryn VanArendonk on Twitter 🤦‍♀️ Diane Lane biffs the Bechdel test 🏚 Tara on Homecoming (warning: spoilerish) 💂 Kathryn on that Bodyguard twist 📆 The Appointment TV podcast

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 👤 Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧙‍♀️ Charmed (2018) Lead Topic: 👻 The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Around The Dial: 👻 The Haunting Of Hill House Around The Dial: 🥋 Iron Fist Around The Dial: 👯‍♂️ Counterpart The Canon: 🏆 Seinfeld S04.E11: The Contest Winner & Loser: 👍 Sofia Vergara Winner & Loser: 👎 Megyn Kelly Game Time: 🧠 First Impressions NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 224 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter 💞 Tara's Twitter thread on Runaway Heart 🗞 Eve's Inside Media newsletter

The Conners debuted last week, sans its controversial founder -- and Sarah Baker made HER EHG debut to talk about everything from how the show handled "Roseanne"'s death to the healing properties of Goodman and Metcalf to whether we'll keep watching without a possible train-wreck as motivation. We went Around The Dial with The Cool Kids, Get A Room With Carson And Thom, a Camping/Splitting Up Together comparison, and a German Flying Circus before Dylan Garsee hoped an RPDR All Stars episode would get to sashay-you-stay into the Canon. A Midwife won, Marvel lost, and a monstrous game time had us all screaming -- on an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Sarah Baker TOPICS Lead Topic: 🛋 The Conners Around The Dial: ⛺️ Camping Around The Dial: 💔 Splitting Up Together Around The Dial: 😎 The Cool Kids Around The Dial: 🪟 Get A Room With Carson And Thom Around The Dial: 🎪 Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus The Canon: 🏆 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars S02.E05: Revenge Of The Queens Winner & Loser: 👍 Emerald Fennell Winner & Loser: 👎 Marvel's Street Team Game Time: 🧠 Monster Mash NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 223 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 📈 The Conners's ratings 👴 The official Kominsky Method trailer

Big Mouth has returned to Netflix for a second season of monstrous puberty (and puberty monsters), and Joe Reid is joining us to talk about the various sweaty humiliations that come with it! Around The Dial takes us to America To Me, Maniac, Chuck, and Dave's forcened sampling of Dreamland. Joe proposes the induction of the Friends episode "The One Where Rosita Dies" into the Nonac. Then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a golden Game Time. Get a textbook to hide your boner and listen! GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: 👄 Big Mouth Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 America To Me Around The Dial: 🤪 Maniac Around The Dial: 👟 Chuck Around The Dial: 😴 Dreamland The Nonac: 🤮 Friends S07.E13: The One Where Rosita Dies Winner & Loser: 👍 Lance Bass Winner & Loser: 👎 James Franco Game Time: 🧠 Slumming It For An Emmy NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 222 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Joe Reid on Twitter 🗳 Joe on Decider 🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz

When the most exciting thing about a new show is the moment David T. Cole rechristens it Men Of A Certain Beige, you know you've got problems...but returning guest Jeb Lund soldiered bravely through our grumpy discussion of ABC's attempt to throw This Is Us, Desperate Housewives, and thirtysomething in a blender. We went around the dial with the new Murphy Brown, HBO's Jane Fonda docu, Ken Burns's Prohibition, a plea to reboot Behind The Music, and Dave's French stand-up TV forcening. Jeb hoped we wouldn't declare his House Canon submission dead on arrival before we named Kareem Abdul Jabbar a winner and Weiner a loser, and tossed around a pay-cable pomme frite with an all-HBO Hot Potato. Come for the tasteless puns on "Rutledge"; stay for Sarah saying the phrase "stunt penis" too many times in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧔‍♂️ A Million Little Things Around The Dial: 📰 Murphy Brown Around The Dial: 🏋🏻‍♀️ Jane Fonda In Five Acts Around The Dial: 🍸 Ken Burns's Prohibition Around The Dial: 🎸 Behind The Music Around The Dial: 🛌 Gad Elmaleh: American Dream The Canon: 🩻 House S04.E15: House's Head Winner & Loser: 👍 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Winner & Loser: 👎 Matthew Weiner Game Time: 🧠 HBO-t Potato NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 221 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🤰 Tara on Bristol Palin's Teen Mom-mery 👩‍⚖️ The Blotter Presents on Prohibition 🎸 Behind The Music on YouTube 🎅 Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean 🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs and sometimes are mean