Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

What's not to love about a crafting competition show hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman? Wellll, Linda Holmes and the regulars could think of a few things, but our nitpicks stem almost entirely from liking the show and wanting it to be its best, punniest self. We talk host bits, judging inconsistencies, the comparison of apples to macrame, and there's even Sarah's obligatory semi-annual reference to Work Of Art. We go Around The Dial with Queer Eye, Kids Baking Championship, The Bletchley Circle: Mission Burrito (...okay, it's actually "San Francisco," but we like Dave's name better), and Trial & Error before Linda serves a warrant for inducting Brooklyn Nine-Nine into The Canon. Deadwood won (maybe; we'll see), networks' lip service to survivors and equal pay lost, and we entered the valley of the shadow of unbelievable/y crappy shows with Dan Cassino's Trough TV Game Time. Glue-gun those earbuds in: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Linda Holmes TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧵 Making It Around The Dial: 🌈 Queer Eye Around The Dial: 🥧 Kids Baking Championship Around The Dial: 🌁 The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Around The Dial: 👩‍⚖️ Trial & Error The Canon: 🏆 Brooklyn Nine-Nine S05.E12: Safe House Winner & Loser: 👍 Deadwood Hoopleheads Winner & Loser: 👎 AMC, CBS, and Netflix Game Time: 🧠 Trough TV NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 213 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🔐 Lucy Mangan on TBC: SF 🐦 Linda Holmes on Twitter

Hulu's latest original series, Castle Rock, is inspired by the works of Stephen King -- but is the resulting series Stephen Kingdom Hearts? Deadspin editor, Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean co-host, and spouse of a Maine native David Roth makes his début to talk about it! Around The Dial spins to Seven Year Switch, Bosch, Last Chance U, and a vintage ad from Stephen King's past. David makes a pitch for us to induct the Law & Order: SVU episode "Wildlife" into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we continue talking names in a Game Time all about TV characters' monikers. Grab some Wonder Bread and join us! GUESTS 👤 David Roth TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏰 Castle Rock Around The Dial: 👩‍❤️‍👨 Seven Year Switch Around The Dial: 🕵️‍♂️ Bosch Around The Dial: 🏈 Last Chance U The Canon: 🏆 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S10.E07: Wildlife Winner & Loser: 👍 Supergirl Winner & Loser: 👎 Fans of The Brady Bunch Game Time: 🧠 A Rose By Any Other Name NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 212 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🍊 Orange Is The New Black at Vulture 🎅 David Roth on Twitter ⚾️ David Roth at Deadspin 😵 The Deadcast 🎄 Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean 🚨 The Blotter 🦨 Tara discussing "Wildlife" on These Are Their Stories 🗣 Pacific Standard's oral history of "Wildlife"

Rebooting a show hosted by original Spock with the new Spock may have seemed...logical, but the summer-weight EHG panel didn't think much of the new In Search Of, which is perhaps a casualty of the internet, and definitely suffers from not committing to its crackpot premises. At least we got to make an American Movie reference about the premiere? Later, we went Around The Dial with Dr. Pimple Popper, an HBO doc on Robin Williams, and Ancient Aliens before Liz presented a fourth-season Frasier farce for the Canon. Jesus won, UnREAL lost (we think?), and Dan Cassino gave new meaning to the term "sibling rivalry" in a family-friendly Game Time. So loosen up those polygraph straps and get comfy with an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕵️ In Search Of (2018) Around The Dial: 🧴 Dr. Pimple Popper Around The Dial: 🤯 Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Around The Dial: 🛸 Ancient Aliens The Canon: 🏆 Frasier S04.E18: Ham Radio Winner & Loser: 👍 John Legend Winner & Loser: 👎 UnREAL Game Time: 🧠 All In The Family NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 211 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

Even in 2018, the summer TV season isn't all prestigious limited series and Emmy contenders: there's still misbegotten syndication-quality sci-fantasy stuff like The CW's overseas-Syfy import The Outpost! We stretched the bounds of Monty Ashley's patience by inviting him to join us and discuss it. Around The Dial clicks through the second seasons of Nailed It! and GLOW, as well as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Animal Kingdom. Monty presents Batman: The Animated Series's "Heart Of Ice" for induction into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we belly up to the bar for a Game Time about TV's watering holes. Lend us your pointy ears and enjoy! GUESTS 👤 Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: 🛖 The Outpost Around The Dial: 🍰 Nailed It Around The Dial: 🤼‍♀️ GLOW Around The Dial: 🪄 Penn & Teller: Fool Us Around The Dial: 🦁 Animal Kingdom The Canon: 🏆 Batman: The Animated Series S01.E03: Heart Of Ice Winner & Loser: 👍 Seinfeld Elaine Benes Winner & Loser: 👎 HBO Game Time: 🧠 Where Everybody Knows Your Name NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 210 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🦹 The Villain Edit podcast 💵 Tara on Paid Off With Michael Torpey for Slate 🗡 Tara's first Sharp Objects recap at Decider

The second season of Detroiters started last week, and new guest Josh Gondelman joins us to talk about why it's so great, and why it should be better known: the crack timing, the considered use of Tim Meadows in his lower "gear," and the things it gets right about longtime friendships. We're going Around The Dial with Pose, Nanette, Barry, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion (again), Luke Cage, and Handmaid's Tale before Detroiters's Tim Robinson makes another appearance in Josh's Canon pitch for Robinson's eponymous episode of The Characters. Roseanne-less Roseanne won, Prime subscribers lost (and didn't even know it), and Game Time became snacktime in a quiz about food/show mash-ups. Put us on for your commute (after you check your gas tank for sardines): it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Josh Gondelman TOPICS Lead Topic: 😱 Detroiters Around The Dial: 🤭 Nanette Around The Dial: 👗 Pose Around The Dial: ⛱ Jersey Shore: Family Reunion Around The Dial: 🥊 Luke Cage Around The Dial: ⛪️ The Handmaid's Tale The Canon: 🏆 The Characters S01.E07: Tim Robinson Winner & Loser: 👍 The Conners Winner & Loser: 👎 Amazon Prime Game Time: 🧠 Foodie TV NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 209 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🕸 Josh Gondelman's website 🐦 Josh Gondelman on Twitter 💿 Or enjoy his album, "Physical Whisper" ⚖️ Tara's review of Dietland at Vulture

While some prestigious shows do find berths on summer schedules, it's also still a dumping ground for C-list reality shows -- and for you, we welcomed back Jeff Drake...and made him join us in suffering through five premieres from the past week. In what ways does Travel Channel's Caribbean Pirate Treasure fail to live up to its title? Whose trust is being broken in Investigation Discovery's Broken Trust, other than the viewer's that her hour will pass enjoyably? Was 24 To Hell & Back too little time to spend with Gordon Ramsay in his latest Fox restaurant makeover show? How little effort could Howie Mandel expend on NatGeo Wild's Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things, and could it possibly be less than went into naming the show? And did The Proposal have us down on our knees praying for ABC to cancel it swiftly? Find out in our rapid-fire roundup! We also ponder the induction of Fleabag's series premiere to The Canon, name the week's Winner and Loser, and go around the world for a World Cup-inspired Game Time. Confirm that your surroundings are free of pirates and join us! GUESTS 👤 Jeff Drake TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏴‍☠️ Caribbean Pirate Treasure Lead Topic: ❤️‍🩹 Broken Trust Lead Topic: 🔥 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell & Back Lead Topic: 🦔 Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things Lead Topic: 💍 The Proposal The Canon: 🏆 Fleabag S01.E01 Winner & Loser: 👍 Comic-Con attendees Winner & Loser: 👎 Chris Hardwick Game Time: 🧠 The World Cup Of Television NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 208 page on ExtraHotGreat.com ⚽️ World Cup 2018 countries

Season 2 of Claws is underway on TNT, and Jeb Lund returns to talk about everything from yummy visuals to tonal whiplash to Franka Potente's Rrrrrrussian accent. We're also going Around The Dial with an ATX Festival round-up, David Cassidy: The Last Session, and Sharp Objects; and into The Box with Jeb's Homicide: Life On The Street submission from the first season. Teresa of RHONJ is a winner, the other People Of Earth were losers, and Tara lit it up with a bad-behavior-based non-regulation Game Time. Hope you've got five ones for a five: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Jeb Lund TOPICS Lead Topic: 💅 Claws Around The Dial: 🎛 ATX Festival Around The Dial: 🚌 David Cassidy: The Last Session The Canon: 🏆 Homicide: Life On The Streets S01.E05: Three Men And Adena Winner & Loser: 👍 Teresa Giudice Winner & Loser: 👎 People Of Earth Game Time: 🧠 Dumpsters, Fired NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 207 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 📺 The ATX Festival 🦅 Vulture's Jen Chaney on Claws 🚌 David Cassidy: The Last Session on A&E

It's time already for another Bachelor washout to take her turn as a chooser of men on a new season of The Bachelorette, and Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who also happens to be a citizen of Bachelor Nation, is joining us to discuss the start of the season. Around The Dial flips through AMC's new dramedy Dietland, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion, The Tale, and Succession, before we move on to debate the induction of GLOW's "Live Studio Audience" into The Canon. We name a new Winner & Loser Of The Week, and close out with a Game Time that tk. Put on your most ludicrous sequined gown and join us! GUESTS 👤 Diablo Cody TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌹 The Bachelorette Around The Dial: 🥗 Dietland Around The Dial: 🏖 Jersey Shore Around The Dial: 📚 The Tale Around The Dial: 🤴 Succession The Canon: 🏆 GLOW S01.E07: Live Studio Audience Winner & Loser: 👍 Dolly Parton Winner & Loser: 👎 Jesse Williams Game Time: 🧠 Pit Of Ultimate Darkness NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 206 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 💊 Jagged Little Pill at the American Repertory Theater 🎞 Tully

Our esteemed colleague and Star Trek fantasy-draft star Mo Ryan returns to the podcast to talk about Liz Garbus's four-part New York Times documentary, The Fourth Estate, and the various frustrations we all had with both the documentary itself; its sometimes navel-gazey and tone-deaf subject; and all the things we wished the series had covered (or skipped)...though the intensity of our feelings probably means it's worth a watch. Also worth a watch in our Around The Dial section: Killjoys, Wynonna Earp, and Jane The Virgin, with another Showtime doc project, Love Means Zero, rating a skip from Buntsy. We mourned Tara's DVR, took Mo's Canon pitch for a season finale One Day At A Time, and declared a couple of vintage sitcoms Winners AND Losers before playing a super(hero)-charged Game Time from Dan Cassino. Let's hope we didn't bury the lede for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Mo Ryan TOPICS Lead Topic: 📰 The Fourth Estate Around The Dial: 😵 Tara's DVR: A Eulogy Around The Dial: 😇 Jane The Virgin Around The Dial: 🤠 Wynonna Earp Around The Dial: 😡 Killjoys Around The Dial: 💔 Love Means Zero The Canon: 🏆 One Day At A Time S02.E13: Not Yet Winner & Loser: 👍 The Golden Girls Winner & Loser: 👎 Roseanne Game Time: 🧠 Not Quite Superheroes NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 205 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🗞 Maureen Ryan's review of The Fourth Estate 👵🏻 Deadpool 2 Golden Girls Ad

As Netflix gives us another installment of 13 Reasons Why (and we get why they wouldn't call it 13 More Reasons Why, but...come on), our dear friend Joe Reid returns to dig into the sophomore season that has dramatically divided TV critics. Around The Dial rolls through The Middle, Dancing With The Stars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Champions, The Mick, and Below Deck Mediterranean, with a couple of cameos from Willie Survive. Joe presents Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's "Kimmy Does A Puzzle!" for submission to The Canon, and after naming -- and, in the latter case, really shaming -- the week's Winner and Loser, we put another dime in the TV Jukebox for a musical Game Time. Brace yourself for shocking revelations and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: 📝 13 Reasons Why Around The Dial: 🖕 The Middle Around The Dial: 🕺 Dancing With The Stars Around The Dial: 🚔 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: 🥇 Champions Around The Dial: 🇮🇪 The Mick Around The Dial: 🛳 Below Deck Mediterranean The Canon: 🏆 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S03.E08: Kimmy Does A Puzzle! Winner & Loser: 👍 Progressive Netflix subscribers Winner & Loser: 👎 Nev Schulman Game Time: 🧠 TV Jukebox NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 204 page on ExtraHotGreat.com