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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
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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.

  1. X: Lickity-Split Trip To Nightsville

    3d ago • Subscribers Only

    X: Lickity-Split Trip To Nightsville

    Two listeners just like you either agreed or collaborated on submitting the series premiere of Epix/MGM+'s From to the Forcening Pool. Did we take TO it, or try our best to escape FROM it? Listen to find out. Ask EHG encompasses questions about our favorite new show this year, how we eat triangular sandwich halves, and more. Past and future guest Adam Grosswirth submits a Leslie Uggams number from the 1993 telecast of A Capitol Fourth for induction into the Tiny Live TV Mishap Canon. Then, after naming the week's Not Quite Winners And Losers, we close up with our picks for who should star in an entirely hypothetical present-day remake of Six Feet Under. Clutch your enchanted rock and stop ringing your curfew bell to listen! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-415/

    1h 2m
  2. Making The Grade With Never Change!

    5d ago

    Making The Grade With Never Change!

    A whole passel of alt-comedy superstars got together to make a comedy feature for Hulu about the class of 2008 having to redo the last two weeks of their senior year. Should they…maybe not have bothered? Brandi Brown returns to discuss it (and we hope will return again after we made her endure this). Around The Dial takes us through Miss You, Love You; Office Romance; a viral video of the cast of The Gilded Age pausing a shoot to celebrate the Knicks winning the NBA championship; Carl The Collector; and Mad Men. Sarah pitches the Law & Order episode “Everybody’s Favorite Bagman” for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week’s Winner and Loser, we close on a Sorkin-ass Game Time. Put your senior high school yearbook away and listen! GUESTS👤 Brandi Brown TOPICSLead Topic: 🎓 Never Change! Around The Dial: 💖 Miss You, Love You Around The Dial: 📌 Office Romance Around The Dial: 🏀 The Gilded Age Around The Dial: 🦝 Carl The Collector Around The Dial: 🥃 Mad Men The Canon: ⚖️ Law & Order S01.E06: Everybody's Favorite BagmanWinner & Loser: 🔫 Stephen FalkWinner & Loser: 🍷 Milania GiudiceGame Time: 🍄‍🟫 Sorkin-Ass Names SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Brandi Brown on Bluesky💥 "Widow’s Bay Creator Tells All After Explosive Finale" by Tara at Daily Beast🏀 The cast of The Gilded Age reacts to the news of the Knicks winning the NBA championship📆 Brandi's imminent standup dates📚 The #majorcase sale at Exhibit B. Books📷 Disney / Brett Roedel

    1h 8m
  3. X: Is Crashers A Total Tear-down?

    Jun 12 • Subscribers Only

    X: Is Crashers A Total Tear-down?

    Ex-New Kid On The Block Jonathan Knight has bounced back from the cancellation of his HGTV show Farmhouse Fixer last year with Crashers, reviving a format the network retired 15 years ago. Find out what we thought of the ambush home makeover conceit -- and, of course, the results. Ask EHG demands that we (among other things) identify TV's worst prom dates and choose the most essential game night party snacks. Sarah pitches a PCP freak-out from Desperate Lives for induction into the Tiny Anti-Drug Messaging Canon. Kari brings us her take on the infamous Snow White/Rob Lowe number from the 61st Academy Awards. We name the week's Not Quite Winners and Losers. Finally, we jump off from Wendy's Extra Credit suggestion with an off-model power-ranking for the stars of The Facts Of Life. Put down that sledgehammer and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-414/

    1h 11m
  4. Interview With The Vampire Rocks Out

    Jun 10

    Interview With The Vampire Rocks Out

    Interview With The Vampire returns with a tonally shifted, maximalist third season — and Caroline Framke also returns to talk about the show’s new POV character, in-universe songcraft, when scenery-chewing works, and how vampires’ greatest trick was convincing the world they don’t exist. We went Around The Dial with Not Suitable For Work, Love Island UK, Gardener’s World, and Michael Jackson: The Verdict, and we wondered Will Dave Hate This? about an upcoming The Littlest Hobo remake; Tara may have had an anxiety dream about her Canon pitch for a fifth-season Hacks episode; and La Brea won (for once), while short-sighted executives lost (as usual). And heaven COULDN’T wait for another iteration of Dan Cassino’s faith-based-TV Game Time. Stage-dive into an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS👤 Caroline Framke TOPICSLead Topic: 🎸 Interview With The Vampire Around The Dial: 🤬 Not Suitable For Work Around The Dial: 🏝️ Love Island UK Around The Dial: 🪴 Gardener's World Around The Dial: ✨ Michael Jackson: The Verdict Will Dave Hate This?: 🐶 The Littlest Hobo The Canon: 🍷 Hacks S05.E07: MontecitoWinner & Loser: 🕳️ La Brea Winner & Loser: 👯 Brothers & Sisters Game Time: 🙏 Thou Shalt Guess The Title, Book II SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🎥 Caroline Framke goes behind the scenes with reality-TV producers for Bustle☘️ Tara's interview with Kate O'Flynn at The Daily Beast😬 Sarah's Michael Jackson: The Verdict review at Best Evidence🐕 Maybe Tomorrow by Terry Bush📷 Photo: Frank W. Ockenfels III / AMC

    1h 30m
  5. X: Would We Rather Go To A Pee-Pee-Soaked Heckhole Than Cape Fear?

    Jun 5 • Subscribers Only

    X: Would We Rather Go To A Pee-Pee-Soaked Heckhole Than Cape Fear?

    Apple's latest book-to-movie-to-series adaptation is Cape Fear, with Patrick Wilson and Amy Adams as married lawyers with A Secret, and Javier Bardem as the recently exonerated man who might know it and is making their lives hell as a consequence; we tell you if it manage to improve on the "Cape Feare" episode of The Simpsons. Ask EHG dares us, among other things, to suggest tenuous TV tie-ins to the World Cup and state how far we are willing to take our convictions on toilet paper roll orientation. Dave pitches Real Bread from Hacks for induction into the Tiny Callback Canon. Then, after naming the week's Not Quite Winners And Losers, it's on to some sticky situations in Vandy's Extra Credit. Treat yourself to a microdose of whatever you favor and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-413/

    1h 19m
  6. In Soviet Russia Star City Space Shows You

    Jun 3

    In Soviet Russia Star City Space Shows You

    While the counter-history of For All Mankind was going on, what counter-historical events were occurring in parallel in the U.S.S.R.? The spinoff Star City is here to dramatize it, and new guest Sophie Brookover is here to say whether it’s a “da” or a “net.” Around The Dial takes us to Make That Movie, The Tower, Deli Boys S02, and Instadocs. Wendy pitches the Designing Women episode “How Great Thou Art” for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week’s Winner and Loser, it’s on to a bookish Game Time about big- and small-screen adaptations. Find any of the many listening devices hidden in your home and join us! GUESTS👤 Sophie Brookover TOPICSAnnouncement: 🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month Gift ExchangeLead Topic: 🚀 Star City Around The Dial: 🎥 Make That Movie Around The Dial: 🏢 The Tower Around The Dial: 🥪 Deli Boys Around The Dial: 📹 Instadocs The Canon: ⛪️ Designing Women S02.E20: How Great Thou ArtWinner & Loser: 👍 Anna KendrickWinner & Loser: 🦆 Jorge R. GutierrezGame Time: 📚 Screen Sizes SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Sophie Brookover on Bluesky👯‍♀️ The Two Bossy Dames newsletter🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month gift exchange information and signup👀 "Why You Should Be Watching Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed" at GQ🛎️ Downton Abbey on the Telly Visions podcast📺 "9 Shows For '80s And '90s PBS And Masterpiece Kids" at Two Bossy Dames📹 Sarah's Instadocs review at Best Evidence🕰️ Sarah's Woman Of The Hour review at Best Evidence🚪 Anthony Bourdain in Narnia at An Archive Of Our Own📷 Photo: Apple CLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

    1h 20m
  7. X: Sticking Around For Spider-Noir

    May 29 • Subscribers Only

    X: Sticking Around For Spider-Noir

    "The Spider" has spun out of the Into The Spider-Verse movie series and into a live-action series starring Nicolas Cage as Ben Reilly, a Depression-era PI who happens to have superpowers. We tell you whether it deserves eight thumbs up. Your latest Ask EHG questions require us, among other things, to disclose whether we would be okay living in a house where a murder had taken place and what our favorite Haribo shape is. Steal Meal Eric pitches They Might Be Giants' rendition of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from a 1990 Tonight Show episode for the Tiny Musical Performance Canon. We name the week's Not Quite Winners And Losers before Kim's Most Awesome Thing. Then, we wrap up with a rare legal/martial Non-Regulation Game Time from Seth. Put yourself in a black-and-white mood and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-412/

    1h 37m
  8. Issuing A Silver Alert For The Boroughs

    May 27

    Issuing A Silver Alert For The Boroughs

    The Stranger Things team (among others) is back with a similar “a community of X bands together against a supernatural force” story in The Boroughs, which features an all-star cast (Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Lester from The Wire) going up against [redacted] AND their own aches and pains. Does the actors’ group chemistry carry the story, or did it need to take one thing off? And have we maybe seen these ideas in other properties like The Descent and Man On The Inside? If that pairing of references didn’t give you whiplash, come Around The Dial with us for Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Animaniacs, The Bear‘s trip to Gary, IN, and a Drunk Dave recovery report before Dave takes us to a DIFFERENT old-folks home with his Aqua Teen Hunger Force Canon pitch. BAffleck won, Tom Hardy lost, and we all hoped Game Time would tie the whole episode together. Barge on in with a six-pack and some gossip: it’s an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS👤 Devindra Hardawar TOPICSAnnouncement: 📢 Club UpdateLead Topic: 👴🏻 The Boroughs Around The Dial: 😃 Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Around The Dial: 🗼 Animaniacs Around The Dial: 🐻 The Bear The Canon: 👨‍🦽‍➡️ Aqua Teen Hunger Force S03.E06: Little BrittleWinner & Loser: ⚾️ Ben AffleckWinner & Loser: 😡 Tom HardyGame Time: 🔌 Also Also Also Connect SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🎧 Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads!🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📺 Devindra Hardawar talks new TV tech on the Engadget podcast🔥 The Extra Hot Great Club page🌃 Tara on The Late Show finale at GQ💥 Sarah's review of The Crash at Best Evidence📷 Photo: Netflix

    1h 8m
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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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    Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    560
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    Explicit
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