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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. Charting A New Season Of The Pitt

    1D AGO

    Charting A New Season Of The Pitt

    The Pitt returns to take viewers through another remarkably busy day in the ER at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. What is there to celebrate in the show's fictional Fourth of July? Heather Cocks, our S01 guest, returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through a passel of recent comedy specials from George Civeris, Kumail Nanjiani, Frankie Quiñones, and Sarah Squirm (aka Sarah Sherman); Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney's previous hockey show, Shoresy; and Bookish, old to Brits but new to PBS. Seth pitches a Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Non-Regulation Game Time that's beating down our door. Find a comfortable seat in chairs (ideally away from Mr. Digby and his compelling odors) and join us! GUESTS👤 Heather Cocks TOPICSAnnouncement: 🫥 Sarah Is AwayLead Topic: 🏥 The PittAround The Dial: 🤪 Frankie Quiñones: Damn That's CrazyAround The Dial: 💭 Kumail Nanjiani: Night ThoughtsAround The Dial: 💨 George Civeris: A Sense Of UrgencyAround The Dial: 🤮 Sarah Squirm: Live + In The FleshAround The Dial: 🥅 ShoresyAround The Dial: 📚 BookishThe Canon: 🐝 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee S01.E06: The Patriarchy Hasn't Let Me DownWinner & Loser: 🤠 The LowdownWinner & Loser: 🧙‍♀️ Executives at CharmedGame Time: 🚪 Knock Three Times 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🕳️ Tara's review of The Pitt's S02 premiere, at GQ🏍️ “So You Noticed Dr. Robby Wasn’t Wearing A Motorcycle Helmet” at Vulture🤢 "Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think" at The New Yorker✍️ Tara's author page at GQ (new pieces coming this week!)💃 Go Fug Yourself📚 Links to buy Heather and Jessica's books🍸 Drinks With Broads👩‍💻 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Zoom Watch Party with Lolly Adefope, Aaron Chen, Rose Matafeo, and Paul F. Tompkins🧑‍💻 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Zoom Episode 4 with Ayo Edebiri, Rose Matafeo, Blair Socci, and Paul F. Tompkins📷 Photo: Warrick Page / HBO Max

    1h 21m
  2. X: Hacking Around With Whiz Kids

    6D AGO • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: Hacking Around With Whiz Kids

    Listener Jim invited us to enjoy the tonal whiplash of the second ep of Whiz Kids, an eighties show about child hackers and their adventures. We were confused by a lot of "Fatal Error": the amusement-park climax with a fire-breathing dragon; the extremely naive parenting; and especially the "Intimacies" commercials. Doesn't mean we don't recommend it, though, so listen for our thoughts -- plus Ask EHG answers on dressing for Taskmaster and terrible TV-character roommates. Kim hoped we'd be Mad About a sitcom monologue for the Tiny Canon, and we filed Not Quite Top 11 Lists on 1983's one-season wonders, plus Stephanie Early Green screened Seeking Sister Wife. And...do you know what season it is? It's a Winter-y Game Time. Software-bundle up and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-390/

    1h 22m
  3. Would You Rather IV: Would You Dan Rather?

    JAN 7

    Would You Rather IV: Would You Dan Rather?

    For our latest game of Would You Rather?, we asked past guests, friends, and listeners to challenge us with brand-new TV-related scenarios. They came through with some of the craziest conundrums we've ever contemplated. Listen to find out how sick they, and we, actually are!TOPICSLead Topic: 🤔 Would You Rather?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

    1h 9m
  4. X: Talking Talking Dolphins In The Six Million Dollar Man

    JAN 2 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: Talking Talking Dolphins In The Six Million Dollar Man

    When we did our TV superhero bracket on the main show this week, we learned that a Season 1 episode of The Six Million Dollar Man features William Shatner as an astronaut who returns from space not just super-intelligent but able to talk to dolphins. Was there POSSIBLY any way we were NOT going to investigate this? No, and here are our findings. Ask EHG dares us to identify TV's worst brothers and share what we might create a parade for. Sarah pitches one especially memorable "Fuck" from The Sopranos for the Tiny Line Reading Canon. We bust out our latest Not Quite Top 11 Lists. Finally, we mark the 10th anniversary of The Good Place's series premiere (a few months early) by power-ranking its series regulars, plus two of its most frequent guests. Ask the dolphins talking to you to stow it for a while and listen to us instead! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-389/

    1h 35m
  5. The TV Superhero Bracket

    12/31/2025

    The TV Superhero Bracket

    For this special episode, we're returning to the bracket format, but slimmed down for just your three co-hosts: we made up an Elite Eight of TV superheroes -- no one from the DC or Marvel universes allowed -- and argued through which deserved to go all the way. Which hero stands atop the rest of our selected comers? Listen and learn! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🦸🏻 The TV Superhero Bracket 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 🦅 Jonathan Chase from Manimal 🐆 Manimal's opening credits ⏳ Dan Vasser from Journeyman 🕰️ Journeyman on Wikipedia 📏 Cootie from I'm A Virgo 👨‍🚀 Steve Austin from The Six Million Dollar Man 🃏 Charlie Cale from Poker Face 🚗 Brett Matthews from Turbo Teen 🤺 Samurai Jack 📠 Awesome-X from Frisky Dingo

    58 min
  6. X: Giving The Gift Of 1980 Commercials

    12/26/2025 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: Giving The Gift Of 1980 Commercials

    Haaaaappy holidays! Return with us now to December 3, 1980 -- and all the utterly of-their-time commercials (and by "their time," we kind of mean the '70s) from a rerun of an After School Special, including Barbie food, fights over fluoride, and the worst baby-doll ever. We're also answering your Ask EHG questions about real-life tropes and memorable magazines, and Tara is muttering "Rosebud" in the direction of the Tiny Canon; our Not Quite Top 11 Lists explore roadside attractions and board games. Then we're unwrapping the most important boxes of television. Hop on the Starburst-coaster and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-388/

    2h 1m
  7. Gone Fishing With John

    12/24/2025

    Gone Fishing With John

    We are off this week for EHG Prime but present you with this EHG Club unlock of EEHG 330: Gone Fishing With John We aren't sure about J M Buffy's reasons for forcening us to watch early-nineties cult show Fishing With John, but we mostly liked the surrealist slow-TV vibes we got from musician/actor John Lurie's rando travelogue. Ask EHG went deep on Ken Marino's Emmy reel, snacking cereals, and a Sean Bean reboot of Mr. Bean before Dave pitched a CSI cold open for the Tiny Canon. We made Not Quite Top 11 Lists about TV fish, cartoons, and holiday title puns, and wrapped (geddit??) things up with an Extra Credit Game Time from Sarah Claus. Dry off your mittens and have a listen! TOPICS 15s Of Fame: 😮 Do Doo Do Doo Do Forcening Pool: 🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe Ask EHG: 💉 TV Tattoos Tiny Canon: 🐀 C.S.I. S02.E23: The Hunger Artist Not Quite Top 11: 🌺 Inappropriate Movies You Most Want To See Made Into A Mortal Kombat/Toxic Avenger/Beetlejuice Style 90s Saturday Morning Cartoon Not Quite Top 11: 🎄 Shows We're Relieved Never One-Off Changed Their Titles For Christmas Episodes Not Quite Top 11: 🐟 TV Fish Game Time: 🎅🏻 Merry Quizmas Mini: ❄️ Making Our Hallmark (Dec 2016) 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 🎣 Fishing With John S01.E04: Willem Dafoe 🔥 "To Build A Fire" by Jack London 🐀 CSI S02.E23: The Hunger Artist on Hulu 📷 Photo: HBO

    1h 21m
  8. X: Polygoing Places With The Rapsittie Street Kids

    12/19/2025 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    X: Polygoing Places With The Rapsittie Street Kids

    David Dickerson wanted us to watch a legendarily terrible Christmas special called Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe In Santa. One Forcening Pool submission later, here we are, changed on a fundamental level by computer animation of a sub-"Money For Nothing" video calibre that was somehow produced and aired in 2002. From that brain-numbing experience, we move on to your Ask EHG questions about the first TV shows we watched on Netflix DVDs, and the shows we'd have liked to cast. Dave pitches some naval hacking countermeasures from NCIS for induction into the Technology Tiny Nonac. We bring you a trio of Not Quite 11 Lists. Then, we wrap things up with our submissions for TV's worst accents. Finish your letter to Santa, drop it on what is either a snow-covered lawn or a frozen pond, and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-387/

    1h 14m
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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
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    2013 - 2026
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