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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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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488: Professor Nick's TV SATs

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2023/12/06

Do you know what time it is? It's Non-Regulation Game Time, courtesy of our friend Nick Rheinwald-Jones! Get out your No. 2 pencils, because Nick found a vacant high school gym, sat your co-hosts down, and administered The TV SATs. Whose scores will qualify them for consideration at prestigious Hillman College, and who's going to have to settle for Bovine University? Listen to find out! GUESTS 👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Game Time: 🎓 The TV SATs SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for

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50:40

487: COOP! There He Is

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2023/11/29

For years, you've heard us sing the D.B. Cooper song; now you're going to hear us talk about him. Just because no one knows what actually happened to Dan Cooper after he jumped out of that plane with a bag full of cash doesn't mean TV writers can't speculate about it in their entirely fictional shows. Three shows -- Leverage, Prison Break, and NewsRadio -- had three very different versions of how he could have ended up; we're leaping in to all three with today's very special episode! TOPICS Lead

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91:07

486: Hanging Up The Crown

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2023/11/22

The Crown is back with the first half (or so) of its final season; as it sends off Princess Diana, Heather Cocks joins us to discuss whether the season had to happen at all. Around The Dial takes us through The Real Housewives Of New York, Killing It, the second season of Julia, and the latest episode of Opera Wars, aka The Gilded Age. Heather makes the case for For All Mankind's "Hi Bob" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time you and

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71:18

485: Going Down Under (Navally) With NCIS: Sydney

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2023/11/15

Our esteemed colleague Alan Sepinwall is back, mate(y)! An Australian spin-off of an already banal cop-show franchise is maybe not the best use of his time, but we talked about NCIS-franchise stock characters, unmemorable TV for aging parents, and what happens when English actors try to play ugly Americans. Later, we went Around The Dial with The Curse, The O.C., and Murder One before wondering whether God is dead during Mike's The Leftovers Canon presentation. Alex P. Keaton won, Nickelodeon execs

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87:47

484: Sharing Arrr Views On The Buccaneers

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2023/11/08

AppleTV+'s new dramedy is a series adaptation of the famously unfinished Edith Wharton novel The Buccaneers; Margaret H. Willison joins us to discuss how it compares to the many other current and recently past entires into the thriving genre of corset TV. Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Beckham, and Get Gotti, with just a little bit more on The Gilded Age than we already discussed in relation to our lead topic. Erin makes the case for the Spaced episode "Gone" to be inducted

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89:23

483: Planning A Stay With Fellow Travelers

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2023/11/01

Showtime's new limited series, Fellow Travelers, takes us back to the 1950s AND the 1980s via Matt Bomer's closeted Don Draper-esque life and loves -- and the great Joe Reid is back in the guest chair to talk about whether the whole is less than the sum of a few very good parts; what Roy Cohn content might do a better job with midcentury context than this show; and how much sex creates character development. Then we went Around The Dial with Everyone Else Burns, The Fall of the House of Usher, and

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77:30

482: Spending Time With Bodies

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2023/10/25

Bodies is the latest comic book to get a limited series adaptation at Netflix; Devindra Hardawar returns to discuss its many storylines, and timelines! Around The Dial takes us through Savior Complex; RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop; and (speaking of multiple timelines) various different iterations of Alfred Hitchcock on TV. Erin presents the series premiere of Starstruck for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we compete in a Game Time that's all 1s and 0s

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85:23

493: Frasier Has Not Left The Building

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2023/10/18

Appointment Television and Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham returns to talk about the return of Frasier, and whether it was necessary. Should the creators have taken a hint from the universe (and David Hyde Pierce)? Could the re-imagining of the beloved original have worked with a few conceptual tweaks? Would we advise you to watch it, or take Eddie for a walk instead? Later, we went Around The Dial with Shining Vale's second season, Home Movies, AHS: Roanoke, and updates on Devil's Plan and House

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78:07

480: Testifying On The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

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2023/10/11

The latest screen adaptation of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial was directed by the late William Friedkin and premiered on Paramount+ With Showtime, which means we can claim it as TV and we have; certified film critic Tim Grierson returns to discuss it! Around The Dial takes us through Our Flag Means Death S02, comedy specials from John Mulaney and (separately) Taylor Tomlinson, The Restaurant, and The Devil's Plan. Bezoar Laura presents the Scrubs episode "My Screw Up" for induction into The Canon

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74:41

479: Gen V's Good Genes

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2023/10/04

Amazon Prime takes us back to the Vought cinematic universe with Gen V, a The Boys spinoff of sorts about up-and-coming college "supes" -- and we're glad Nick Rheinwald-Jones could join us to talk about whether it's a TV campus worth visiting, plus the pleasures of thorough world-building, CGI peens, and putting the grodiest deaths out of frame. We went Around The Dial with Starstruck, Only Connect, and the first season of Feud, then headed out to Neptune, CA for Sarah's Canon presentation on the

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72:19

478: Side-Eyeing The Season 5 Premiere Of Love Is Blind

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2023/09/27

Love Is Blind is back with a whole new crop of singles willing to try their luck at finding love sight unseen; Tara's fellow Coelenologist Brittany Luse returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through American Horror Story, Still Up, and the AppleTV+ documentary feature Still. Theresa pitches the third episode of Normal People for the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that feels really connected to you already. Grab your gold goblet and join

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81:57

477: Should You Go For The Gold?

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2023/09/20

Al Lowe Huff drags in a portable smelter -- and Dave gets high off the fumes -- for The Gold, a six-part scripted story about the 1983 Brink's Mat robbery in the UK. We're talking about proportions of process-iness, the class struggle in South London, and how much BAFTA-bait monologuing is too much, before we go Around The Dial with The Other Black Girl, Harry Wild, Whitstable Pearl, and Cagney & Lacey. (And Sean Connery. Don't ask.) Then Laura unfurled HER list of reasons we should consider a

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79:07

476: Rocking The Cradle With The Changeling

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2023/09/13

AppleTV+'s latest sci-fi series is the "modern fairy tale" The Changeling; Dan Cassino returns to discuss what, if anything, we'd have liked to see change. Around The Dial takes us through BS High, Season 2 of Wheel Of Time, the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Murder, She Wrote. Eleanor pitches the Project Runway episode "A Suitable Twist" for induction into The Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's time for us to stagger into a Non-Regulation Game Time, hoping our brains

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86:20

475: TV Boss Thunderdome

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2023/09/06

To mark another Labor Day, we're turning our attention to TV bosses -- specifically, putting them all in a geodesic dome in a radiation-ravaged Australian Outback, and determining which of them would survive mortal combat with one another. We can say for certain that the ultimate victor will surprise you...but they surprised us! Listen for all the bloody speculation. TOPICS Lead Topic: 👔 TV Boss Thunderdome SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and

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78:31

474: In Not-So-Hot Pursuit Of Wanted: The Escape Of...

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2023/08/30

Stephanie Green is back to talk about a too-long, badly structured true-crime series from AppleTV+, and the many opportunities Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn wastes to tell a good story. Sarah thought it had nonfiction The Morning Show vibes, a characterization Tara resented; listen to our correct-length, non-backloaded conversation and see if you agree! We went Around The Dial with The Ultimatum, Sister Wives, 90 Day UK, and Project Greenlight, and Tara was NOT a crackpot about DIY haircuts on

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473: This Week In EHG Anniversary TV History

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2023/08/23

To celebrate the 10th (!!!) anniversary of EHG Mark II, we're flashing back to the week of August 17-23 in historical TV listings. Our time travel takes us back to 2003 for the fourth-season finale of The Amazing Race; to 2012, for a trip to the Hamptons with Royal Pains; and to the very day of our first episode to watch Lance Reddick's visit to NTSF: SD: SUV::. Join us as we revisit Augusts past! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌎 The Amazing Race S04.E13: It's Like Adam Building His First House! Lead Topic:

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75:41

472: Should You Pick Up Telemarketers?

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2023/08/16

HBO's newest true crime docu-series, Telemarketers, a look at a New Jersey phone scam; Robert Krut returns to discuss it, and brings personal stories to share! Around The Dial takes us through Winning Time, Poker Face, and Painkiller. Bobby pitches the Atlanta episode "Woods" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes us, and our bidding acumen, back to the Garden State. Hang up on that Likely Scam and listen! GUESTS 👤 Robert

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79:03

471: Getting Cozy In Only Murders In The Building

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2023/08/09

Only Murders In The Building is back for a third season of death, mayhem, and...theatre? New guest David Wiebe joins us to discuss all the players new and old. Around The Dial takes us through Physical, Letterman Originals on YouTube, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and Star Trek's Paramount+ branding. Julie pitches The Bear's Season 1 episode "Dogs" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a highly questionable Game Time. Grab your Beats and

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75:05

470: Don't Let Reservation Dogs Lie

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2023/08/02

Reservation Dogs is back on FX/Hulu this week, and Variety's Alison Herman is back on EHG to talk about the show's final season: realistic teenage-character arcs, spiritual cousins to Atlanta, and the meanings of "home." We went Around The Dial with This Fool, Minx's second season, and Hunted, aka "the darkest Amazing Race" (which we completely forgot we covered the American version of in a long-ago episode) before Tara took the solo on a Girls5Eva Canon pitch. The Glovers' future won, the former

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64:44

469: Should You Revere Praise Petey?

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2023/07/26

Ex-SNL head writer Anna Drezen teamed up with King Of The Hill co-creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge on Praise Petey, the story of a New York girl boss taking over her late father's doomsday cult; we tell you whether it's...well, doomed. Around The Dial takes us through the re-re-revived Futurama, the spinoff XO, Kitty, and the true crime miniseries Myth Of The Zodiac Killer. Mlle. Caroline presents the Abbott Elementary episode "Candy Zombies" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the

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