Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

It's time once again for Gordon Ramsay to take a break from screaming at adults and spend a few weeks gently critiquing kids: that's right, MasterChef Junior is back for Season 6. To talk about the premiere, we welcome first-time guest Lindsey Weber of the Who Weekly podcast to talk about the half-sized hash slingers. Around The Dial takes us to Atlanta, Vanderpump Rules, Drunk History, and NightMan, before we ponder whether the series premiere of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, "Josh Just Happens To Live Here!," should be inducted into The Canon. From there, it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, and to a Game Time built on Sound Foundations. Fill some ramekins with snacks and join us! GUESTS 👤 Lindsey Weber TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍽 Masterchef Junior Around The Dial: 🍑 Atlanta Around The Dial: 🍸 Vanderpump Rules Around The Dial: 🥴 Drunk History Around The Dial: 🎷 Nightman The Canon: 🤪 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Winner & Loser: 👍 Gina Rodriguez Winner & Loser: 👎 The Walking Dead Winner & Loser: 👎 The Oscars Game Time: 🧠 Sound Foundations NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 194 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Lindsey Weber on Twitter 🎧 The Who Weekly podcast 💻 Lindsey's UnREAL recaps on Vulture

After a literal car wreck of a second season, UnREAL is finally pulling back the curtain again on fictional dating show The Suitor -- and grown-ish writer Kara Brown pulled up a guesting chair for the first time to help us unpack the show's issues, starting with its, well, need to address capital-I Issues. Also Jeremy, who is not a fetch we're willing to see happen. Does UnREAL try to do too many things, or the wrong ones? Who on the panel is cautiously optimistic about it leaving S2 behind a la Friday Night Lights? And seriously, why is Jeremy? Later, we went Around The Dial with Nashville, Anna Deavere Smith's latest for HBO, Lovesick, and the return of NightMan, and Kara made the "wrecked" theme official with a Canon submission from Season 8 of RHONYC. The White House Correspondents' Dinner won, an entire southern state lost, and we got stuck in the middle (names) with a Game Time from David Dickerson. Please accept this rose, in the form of an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Kara Brown TOPICS Lead Topic: 📹 UnREAL Around The Dial: 🪕 Nashville Around The Dial: ❤️‍🩹 Lovesick Around The Dial: 🎭 Notes From The Field Around The Dial: 🎷 Nightman The Canon: 🏙 The Real Housewives Of New York City Winner & Loser: 👍 Michelle Wolf, hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner Winner & Loser: 👎 Productions in Georgia, after abortion restrictions pass Game Time: 🧠 The Middle NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 193 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kara Brown on Twitter 🎓 Grown-ish on Freeform 🎧 The Keep It! podcast 🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

Netflix has a new period drama, set in the '90s, called Everything Sucks. Where does it fall on the spectrum of Stranger Things to Freaks And Geeks? We've asked true '90s kid Stephanie Green to join us and break it down. Around The Dial takes us to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Bachelor, and Chris Rock's new Netflix special, Tambourine. We ponder whether _The New Adventures Of Old Christine_S03.E06, confusingly also called "The New Adventures Of Old Christine," should be inducted into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's been around the world. Check on your Tamagotchi and then join us! GUESTS 👤 Stephanie Green TOPICS Lead Topic: ✏️ Everything Sucks Around The Dial: 🤪 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Around The Dial: 💍 The Bachelor Around The Dial: 🎭 Chris Rock: Tamborine The Canon: 🧓 The New Adventures Of Old Christine Winner & Loser: 👍 The CW, adding original programming Sunday nights Winner & Loser: 👎 Arrested Development Scott Baio and Jeffrey Tambor, both accused of sexual misconduct Game Time: 🧠 Where In The World Is This Show? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 192 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Stephanie Green on Twitter 💻 StephanieEarlyGreen.com 🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

It's an EHG reunion! Too bad it's for Here & Now, Alan Ball's new HBO show, and while Tara and Sarah couldn't make it past the pilot, Joe had some additional insights on the existential crises (and Jim Carrey-an supernatural twists) of a Portland blended family that even the show itself doesn't seem to like. We went around the dial with the new Queer Eye, American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace, Schitt's Creek, and Homeland, then tripled up on guessing the heart of our producer with a three-fer of Will Dave Hate These? before Joe pitched "the Martin Short episode" of Arrested Development for the Nonac. Netflix talk shows won, Omarosa lost, and Dan Cassino brought us a delightfully bookish Game Time. Park your Prius by the side of the road and sob (with laughter): it's an all-new, yet comfortingly familiar, Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Joe Reid TOPICS Lead Topic: ⏰ Here & Now Around The Dial: 👔 Queer Eye Around The Dial: 🌴 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Around The Dial: 🌹 Schitt's Creek Around The Dial: 🧶 Homeland Will Dave Hate This?: 🚁 Magnum P.I. (2018) Justin Lin directing the pilot Will Dave Hate This?: 🦌 Hanna Will Dave Hate This?: 🏛 The Caesars The Nonac: 🤮 Arrested Development Winner & Loser: 👍 The Break With Michelle Wolf Winner & Loser: 👎 The Celebrity Apprentice Omarosa Manigault Newman Game Time: 🧠 Novel Ideas NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 191 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Joe Reid on Twitter

As NBC leads us into the Olympics with a sneak peek of its new sitcom A.P. Bio, we call on Monty Ashley (get it) to discuss whether it should have been held back. Around The Dial takes us to 2 Dope Queens, Dragula, Intervention, Altered Carbon, and The Cloverfield Paradox. Monty makes the bold case for Episode #1839 of Sesame Street to be inducted into the Canon, and then after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to the season's first Regulation Game Time. Sharpen your #2 pencil and join us! GUESTS 👤 Monty Ashley TOPICS Lead Topic: 🔬 A.P. Bio Around The Dial: 👑 2 Dope Queens Around The Dial: 🧛‍♂️ Dragula Around The Dial: 🥃 Intervention Around The Dial: 🤖 Altered Carbon Around The Dial: 🚀 The Cloverfield Paradox The Canon: 🚸 Sesame Street S15.E04: Episode 1839 Winner & Loser: 👍 The Bachelor Bekah Martinez Winner & Loser: 👎 30 For 30 Bill Belichick Game Time: 🧠 Cliffhangers NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 190 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Monty Ashley on Twitter 🧛‍♂️ Dragula on Amazon Prime 🎧 The Villain Edit podcast

Season 2 of the updated One Day At A Time dropped last weekend, and we talked with Kim Reed about the fine balance between sitcommy and touching; how the two finales stacked up; and whether we'd keep watching if Rita Moreno leaves the show. We went around the dial with I Love Dick, The End Of The F**cking World, Black Lightning, and Big Mouth, and then Tara tried to deliver a Canon win with the first-series finale of Call The Midwife. Charmed won, ESPN lost (some more), and Tara led us in a remake/revival Game Time. How long will Dave stay drunk on power? Find out in an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: 🇨🇺 One Day At A Time Around The Dial: 🖼 I Love Dick Around The Dial: ⚡️ Black Lightning Around The Dial: 📚 Big Mouth The Canon: 👶 Call The Midwife Winner & Loser: 👍 Charmed (2018) Winner & Loser: 👎 SportsCenter Jemele Hill resigns Game Time: 🧠 Don't Call It A Reboot NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 189 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kim Reed on Twitter

High Maintenance is back on HBO, and John Ramos is also back to talk about the adventures of The Guy in marijuana-delivery-land; whether the show's too New York-y to be relatable, or warm-hearted enough to have broad appeal; and what exactly happened to that one lady's cat. We also went around the dial with new Soderbergh joint Mosaic, new-to-John show Insecure, and the same old comforting Top Chef before considering a listener submission for Star Trek: Voyager changed the way we think about amphibians forever. Party Of Five won, casting agents looking for Trumps lost, and speaking of losing, boy did someone screw the pooch in a David T. Cole-authored Game Time. Pass around the edibles: it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS 👤 John Ramos TOPICS Lead Topic: 💨 High Maintenance Around The Dial: 🗻 Mosaic Around The Dial: 🌴 Insecure Around The Dial: 🍽 Top Chef The Nonac: 🚀 Star Trek: Voyager Winner & Loser: 👍 Party Of Five (2020) Winner & Loser: 👎 Fire And Fury Game Time: 🧠 12 Questions NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 188 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 John Ramos on Twitter 💧 What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)

As we count down to the official premiere of Starz's previously sneak-peeked new J.K. Simmons vehicle Counterpart, Eve Batey and Tim Ehhalt join us to discuss all the twists, turns, and...twins? Around The Dial takes us to new series Alone Together and Dr. Pimple Popper; limited series Wormwood; and returning fan favorites The Magicians and The Fosters. We debate the induction of the Justified episode "Brother's Keeper" to the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a non-regulation Game Time (RIP Sarah) (just kidding, she'll probably live). Grab a nostalgic funnel cake and join us! GUESTS 👤 Eve Batey 👤 Tim Ehhalt TOPICS Lead Topic: 👯‍♀️ Counterpart Around The Dial: 🌴 Alone Together Around The Dial: 🌊 The Fosters Around The Dial: 🪄 The Magicians Around The Dial: 🩺 Dr. Pimple Popper Around The Dial: 💊 Wormwood The Canon: 🏆 Justified Winner & Loser: 👍 Norsemen Winner & Loser: 👍 The Terror Game Time: 🧠 The Return Of The Steep Incline Climber NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 187 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter 🐦 Tim Ehhalt on Twitter

A new year means new sitcoms, and Spotted Dick/seasoned business traveler Adam Grosswirth is joining us to discuss one in particular: Fox's budget-airline-com L.A. To Vegas! We debate whether Dave Will Hate Ridley Scott's new TV project The Terror, before Around The Dial takes us to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 9-1-1, The X-Files, and The Leftovers. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode "Kimmy Goes To A Play!" is submitted for induction into the EHG Nonac, and then after naming the new year's first Winner and Loser, it's we finish our televisual tour of these United States in Game Time. Put your chair and tray table into the upright position and listen! GUESTS 👤 Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: 🛩 L.A. To Vegas Will Dave Hate This?: 😡 The Terror Around The Dial: 🤣 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Around The Dial: 🛸 The X-Files Around The Dial: 🫥 The Leftovers The Nonac: 🕳 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S02.E03: Kimmy Goes To A Play! Winner & Loser: 👍 Animaniacs Winner & Loser: 👎 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story The Versace family Game Time: 🧠 The United States of Television Part 2 NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 186 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Adam Grosswirth 💧 What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)

Happy new year! And...unhappy near-future narratives, as Nick returns to discuss the fourth season of Black Mirror. We all ranked the episodes from our least to most favorite, and discussed what worked (Star Trek neckbeard vengeance; "San Junipero" with a twist) and what didn't (chases; barely altered procedurals). After we went Around The Dial with The Profit, Black-ish spin-off Grown-ish, and Runaways, Nick wined and dined us for our Canon votes with the "First Date" episode of Master Of None. Who were our Winners and Losers of all of 2017? Where in these United States (of TV) were the answers to this week's Game Time? And why might Monica Potter's agent be cringing? Auld lang syne up to download the first Extra Hot Great of 2018! GUESTS 👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: ⬛️ Black Mirror Around The Dial: 🎓 Grown-ish Around The Dial: 🦸 Runaways Around The Dial: 📈 The Profit The Canon: 💓 Master Of None Winner & Loser: 👍 Late Night With Seth Meyers Winner & Loser: 👎 Dicks Game Time: 🧠 The United States Of Television, Part I NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 185 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter 🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast