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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. Is Rooster A C**k-A-Doodle Doo Or A C**k-A-Doodle Don't?

    1D AGO

    Is Rooster A C**k-A-Doodle Doo Or A C**k-A-Doodle Don't?

    The third Bill Lawrence show to début or return in 2026 Q1 is Rooster, loosely "What if Carl Hiaasen had a daughter he needed to help through her divorce from a fellow prof at a New England liberal arts college by taking a job there?" College English instructor Robert Krut returns to discuss whether it's worth auditing. Around The Dial lands on Vladimir, The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins, Chris Fleming: Live At The Palace, The Lowdown, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and Young Sherlock. Bobby pitches the 9-1-1 episode "Karma's A Bitch" for induction into The Canon. Then, after identifying the week's Winner and Loser (promulgating a conspiracy theory along the way), we go to the head of the class for Non-Regulation Game Time. Get yourself some warm nuts and join us! GUESTS👤 Robert Krut TOPICSLead Topic: 🐓 RoosterAround The Dial: 📚 VladimirAround The Dial: 🏈 The Fall And Rise Of Reggie DinkinsAround The Dial: 🕺 Chris Fleming: Live At The PalaceAround The Dial: 🤠 The LowdownAround The Dial: 💷 Peaky Blinders The Immortal ManAround The Dial: 🔎 Young SherlockThe Canon: 🌳 9-1-1 S01.E08: Karma's A BitchWinner & Loser: 📜 The LowdownWinner & Loser: 👎 Carrie UnderwoodGame Time: 👩‍🏫 Teacher Appreciation Week 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🦋 Robert Krut on Bluesky✍️ Tara at Decider📖 Robert Krut's Website🗣️ Dirty Talk (featuring Sarah) on Hulu📷 Katrina Marcinowski/HBO

    1h 12m
  2. X: Welcome To You're "Doomwatch!"

    2D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: Welcome To You're "Doomwatch!"

    For the supporter perk series “Three Of These” for 2026 we're looking at three different British Sci-fi series of the 1970s starting with the early rat-infested episode of the weird science shit watchdog organization program Doomwatch. Join us as we find out why London children, pets and good sense are all being eaten by a colony of giant genetically engineered cannibal super rats and just how The Department for the Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work is going keep Britain safe from the terror of stuffed rodents glued to actor's pants. Why does it say "Welcome to you-apostrophe-R-E Doomwatch?" And why is Doomwatch in quotes? EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-399/

    33 min
  3. X: We’re DTF With DTF St. Louis

    6D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: We’re DTF With DTF St. Louis

    Steve Conrad, creator of cult TV comedies like Patriot, is back with a new HBO dramedy about middle-aged restlessness; we tell you whether DTF St. Louis is worth swiping right on. We answer your latest questions about the comics that would make us break in a Last One Laughing scenario, the foods that should be available to spray, and more. Emilymae pitches a Season 1 moment between Sam and Max for the Tiny Pep Talk Canon. Then, after naming the week's Not Quite Winners And Losers, we end on our list of favorite TV commercial villains. Find an Outback Steakhouse near you and listen! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-398/

    1h 8m
  4. Investigating R.J. Decker

    MAR 4

    Investigating R.J. Decker

    R.J. Decker is a photojournalist-turned-private investigator who originated in a novel by Carl Hiaasen. Is he more than just the network-TV version of Bad Monkey? Kim Reed returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us to Nate Bargatze's new ABC game show The Greatest Average American, and all over the current reality landscape: The Traitors S04, Survivor 50, House Of Villains S03, and Australian Survivor: Redemption. Julie offers an argument for The Good Wife episode "Closing Arguments" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close up with a flat and grassy Non-Regulation Game Time. Leave your trailer precariously balanced on the edge of a sinkhole and join us! GUESTS👤 Kim Reed TOPICSAnnouncement: 📢 Discord Re-orgLead Topic: 🦩 R.J. DeckerAround The Dial: 🤷‍♂️ The Greatest Average AmericanAround The Dial: 🏝️ Reality RoundupThe Canon: 🧤 The Good Wife S02.E23: Closing ArgumentsWinner & Loser: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Groundskeeper WillieWinner & Loser: 🍷 Possibly Sonja MorganGame Time: 🌾 Little Houses On The Prairie NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Kim Reed on Bluesky🎤 Chris Fleming: Live At The Palace on HBO Max🗡️ "The Traitors Needs To Ban Housewives" by Joe Reid at Vulture [subscription required]📷 Photo: ABC CLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

    55 min
  5. X: Scrubbing Up For Scrubs

    FEB 27 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: Scrubbing Up For Scrubs

    Scrubs is back on ABC for a 10th season. None of us might have asked for it, but are we glad it's here? ER Draft Commissioner "Bezoar" Laura Hampton is back to discuss it (including bringing her medical expertise to bear). Ask EHG invites us to name the coolest moms on television and how we might sneak out public hints that we'd won the lottery. Laura pitches Holt winning a game in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode "Jake And Sophia" for the Tiny Cold Open Canon. We all name our Not Quite Winners And Losers of the week. Finally, Tara forces everyone to watch five commercials from Tony Hale's pre-fame era for discussion and evaluation. Find a quiet place -- a supply closet, perhaps -- and listen! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-397/

    1h 22m
  6. A Little More Conversation About Paradise

    FEB 25

    A Little More Conversation About Paradise

    Paradise is back for a whole new season of [major spoiler redacted]. After we made guest Alyson Lewis cram 11 episodes in a week, is she mad at us, or delighted to welcome her favorite new show into her life? Listen to find out. Around The Dial takes us through Reality Check: America's Next Top Model, Tales Of The Unexpected, and The Rockford Files. Tara pitches Northern Exposure's S02 premiere, "Goodbye To All That," for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close up with a Non-Regulation Game Time about matching titles to shows. Saddle up your ride and join us! GUESTS👤 Alyson Lewis TOPICSLead Topic: 🏝️ ParadiseAround The Dial: 💃 Reality Check: America's Next Top ModelAround The Dial: ⁉️ Tales Of The UnexpectedAround The Dial: 🕵🏻‍♂️ The Rockford FilesThe Canon: 🫎 Northern Exposure S02.E01: Goodbye To All ThatWinner & Loser: 🥖 The HuntWinner & Loser: 🌽 Caleb FlynnGame Time: 3️⃣ Three-Title Problem 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🏒 The Overdue podcast episode on the Heated Rivalry book😵‍💫 Alyson's newsletter, Yes I Was High👋 "Goodbye To All That" by Joan Didion, from Slouching Towards Bethlehem📷 Photo: Ser Baffo / Disney

    1h 29m
  7. X: Bringing Strong Arguments And Razzmatazz To Strip Law

    FEB 20 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: Bringing Strong Arguments And Razzmatazz To Strip Law

    Netflix's latest foray into adult animation is Strip Law, about a Las Vegas attorney trying (and generally failing) to live up to his legendary mother's legal legacy; Dave and Tara tell you why it's ten episodes very well spent. Ask EHG forces us to ponder the TV mob character we'd reach out to for IT help and whether Saturday Night Live or The Simpsons is doing more damage to its legacy by insisting on remaining extant. Michael pitches a Sharon Osbourne story from Would I Lie To You? for the Tiny Anecdote Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we imagine how brand-name toys could be integrated into storylines at The Pitt. Take a handful of pills, pop into your ferris wheel hot tub, and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-396/

    1h 4m
  8. Did We Love Love Story?

    FEB 17

    Did We Love Love Story?

    The latest true-life story from the Ryan Murphy factory is Love Story, all about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Was our 90s nostalgia powerful enough to get us past its taste issues? Jessica Morgan returns to talk about it. Around The Dial stops at Going Dutch Season 2 (NOT Tara's favorite show, but she does like it!) and Summer House. Dave wonders if a certain recent piece of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is Worse Than Jazz. Tara pitches "The Modernization Of Emily" from The Bob Newhart Show for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we end on a Non-Regulation Game Time that might be a tough sell. Put down your vintage copy of People's Sexiest Man Alive (1988) and listen! GUESTS👤 Jessica Morgan TOPICSLead Topic: 💙 Love StoryAround The Dial: 🇳🇱 Going DutchAround The Dial: 🩳 Summer HouseIs This Worse Than Jazz?: 💦 A specific line delivered by Paul Giamatti in Star Trek: Starfleet AcademyThe Canon: 🛋️ The Bob Newhart Show S02.E17: The Modernization Of EmilyWinner & Loser: 🦍 Saturday Night LiveWinner & Loser: 🍝 Jimmy FallonGame Time: 💰 Promotional Considerations 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🦋 Jessica Morgan on Bluesky✍️ Tara's Decider author page (where you can find her recaps of Love Story and James Van Der Beek tribute)👗 Go Fug Yourself🍸 The Drinks With Broads newsletter🦷 Peter Bonerz wearing the Tommy Tooth shirt📷 Photo: FX

    1h 13m
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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
    543
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