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Doing The Most With Phoebe Robinson joined the ranks of "rich people hanging out with each other" shows last week, and Here For It author R. Eric Thomas joined US to talk about the 2 Dope Queens co-host's foray into TV, including clunky animations, guest chemistry, and whether the animals in the pilot were too well-behaved. Dave was Not A Crackpot about leaving internet-based "fun" to the experts before we went Around The Dial with Kung Fu, Home Economics, Cybill, The Great Pottery Throwdown, United States Of Al, and Pennyworth. Then we studied some layouts for a first-season Ugly Betty submission before declaring a Winner and Loser and mashing up character names in Game Time. Don't be an ass; listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great.Show TopicsDoing The Most With Phoebe RobinsonATD: Kung FuATD: Home EconomicsATD: CybillATD: The Great Pottery ThrowdownATD: United States Of AlATD: PennyworthThe Canon: Ugly Betty S01.E18: Don't Ask Don't TellWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Connective TissueShow NotesFollow Eric on TwitterEric's weekly humor newsletterEric's websiteAnd check out Eric's book, Here For ItTara's Home Economics review at PrimetimerPast guest Roxana Hadadi's United States Of Al review at RogerEbert.comQuaid In Full's Something To Talk About episode featuring TaraPhoto: Tyler TwinsDiscussionTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSupport EHG on PatreonThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Elliot Stabler has returned from his ignominious exile in...uh, a very nice-sounding job in Italy, and into an SVU spinoff that will find him Taking! His wife's murder! Personally! all over the Mob. Christina Tucker joins us to discuss this new vehicle and what a(n unpleasantly) surprising departure it actually is from the Law & Ordermodel. Around The Dial takes us through Made For Love, Wipeout, Godzilla vs. Kong(on HBO Max! Watch it while you can! A lot!), and The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Olivia makes the case for Doctor Who's "Silence In The Library" to be inducted into our Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a non-regulation Game Time that has us choosing some odd numbers. Get on the Wonder Wheel and crank us up!Show TopicsLaw & Order: Organized CrimeATD: Made For LoveATD: WipeoutATD: Godzilla vs. KongATD: The Falcon And The Winter SoldierThe Canon: Doctor Who S04.E08: Silence In The LibraryWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: I'm Not Like The OthersShow NotesChristina Tucker on TwitterKathryn VanArendonk's review of the Organized Crime premiereVariety's list of the best L&O intra-franchise crossoversTara's review of FX's HysterycalChristina's review of Martha Stewart's Very Good Things at the Boston GlobeThe Unfriendly Black Hotties podcastChristina at AutostraddlePhoto: Will Hart / NBCDiscussionTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSupport EHG on PatreonThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Reality-television expert Andy is back to talk about Pooch Perfect, and why you shouldn't sit, stay in front of the show, including awkward hosting by Rebel Wilson, consent issues with dyeing dogs, and a total lack of narrative tension. Matters improved with Around The Dial, as we discussed Genius: Aretha, Superstore, Race To The Center Of The Earth, Tough As Nails, The Bridge, and Housewives in the age of COVID before generating a suite of new Survivor themes for Josh's Extra Credit. After Andy tried to find Starz's The Chair a seat in The Canon, true crime won, CBS lost, and Dan Cassino forced us to answer casting calls during Game Time. Give yourself a treat: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.Show TopicsPooch PerfectATD: Genius: ArethaATD: SuperstoreATD: Race To The Center Of The EarthATD: Tough As NailsATD: The BridgeATD: Real Housewives Of New JerseyExtra Credit: New Survivor ThemesThe Canon: The Chair S01.E09: The TestWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Casting CallsShow NotesFollow Andy Dehnart on TwitterSubscribe to Andy's newsletterRead Andy's reviews of The Bridge, Tough As Nails, and Race To The Center Of The EarthTara's Ben Feldman interview for Vanity FairGet that sweet true-crime discount at Exhibit B. Books (that code is EXTRAHOTB348)Photo: ABC / Robert TrachtenbergDiscussionTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSupport EHG on PatreonThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over New Year's, we treated our Patreon supporters to a very important thought experiment: if 27 Smurfs entered Thunderdome to compete in battles to the death, who would be the last Smurf standing? Now, we are turning our minds to the same question...but with Muppets from The Muppet Show. Naturally, we had to bring in an expert to consider the question, which is why Adam Grosswirth of the Muppeturgy podcast is here. Will Fozzie Bear emerge alive from combat with Lew Zealand and Sam the Eagle? Does Camilla the Chicken peck her way out of battle with Sweetums and Scooter? Listen as we plumb the depths of these philosophical questions and so many more!Show TopicsMuppet ThunderdomeShow NotesAdam Grosswirth on TwitterThe Muppeturgy podcastMuppeturgy on TwitterPhoto: Disney+DiscussionTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSupport EHG on PatreonThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're thrilled the third time was the charm for our guest Alison Herman, as we all dug into the pro-cooking kids' show from the Obama-tainment industrial complex, Waffles + Mochi. We talked about "variety" shows for children, whether Mrs. Obama is as stiff as Mochi is adorable, and supplemental tomato facts before going Around The Dial with Step Up: High Water, kid 90, Allen vs. Farrow, Greek, Last Chance U: Basketball, and famous original 9-1-1. Dave hoped a first-season episode of Warrior had a fighting chance to get into the Canon. British divorces won, American engagements lost, and we all struggled to see the answers in Tara's non-regulation Game Time. Put a potato in some formalwear and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great.Show TopicsWaffles + MochiATD: Step Up: High WaterATD: kid 90ATD: Allen vs. FarrowATD: GreekATD: Last Chance U: BasketballATD: 9-1-1The Canon: Warrior S01.E05: The Blood and the ShitWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Camera-ShyShow NotesWaffles + Mochi review by Alison's colleague Just Charity at The RingerSonia Saraiya's review for Vanity FairAlison's anniversary piece on GreekAlison on TwitterListen To Sassy"I Am Your Bachelor, and I Am Also Running to Be Your Governor" by Stephanie Early GreenPhoto: Adam Rose / NetflixDiscussionTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSupport EHG on PatreonThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As part of the relaunch of CBS All Access as Paramount Plus, the original Season 1 cast of The Real World has reunited in their old Soho loft for a limited series, so we got back together with our former Real World recapper Kim Reed to discuss the series premiere! Also on the Paramount Plus tip, Tara also has to stress that she is not a crackpot for being irate that Oprah's interview with Harry and Meghan is somehow not on it. Around The Dial takes us through Good Girls, an update on Married At First Sight, the WandaVision finale, a Cop Rock tie-in on Last Week Tonight, and the midseason finale of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Lauren uses her Extra Credit to make us assemble a group of TV friends we would want to hang out with -- and who we think would enjoy hanging out with each other; then Sean makes the case for the Nonac induction of ER's Season 4 travelogue "Fathers And Sons." Finally, we crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close up with a Game Time as sticky as it is speedy. After you're done taking Gouda for a quick walk around the block, join us for our latest episode!SHOW TOPICSThe Real World Homecoming: New YorkI Am Not A Crackpot: Not having Oprah's Harry and Meghan interview on Paramount Plus is a gigantic failure for a brand-new (re-skinned) streaming platform just tree days after its launch ATD: Good GirlsATD: Married At First SightATD: WandaVisionATD: Cop Rock on Last Week TonightATD: 9-1-1: Lone StarExtra Credit: Make New FriendsThe Nonac: ER S04.E07: Fathers And SonsWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: The Wide Stick That Gives You The EdgeSHOW NOTESKim on TwitterAndy Dehnart's The Real World Homecoming: New York premiere reviewJen Chaney's review at VultureJames Poniewozik's review at The New York TimesTara's review at Variety"Why Isn't Oprah's Bombshell Interview With Meghan and Harry on Paramount Plus?" at VarietyThe Married At First Sight scene where two women shut Chris down HARDTara on SlashfilmcastAlan Sepinwall's podcast, Too Long Didn't WatchLast Week Tonight's "Raids" segment on YouTubeMarch MASTAS 2021: Ultimate Teen Idols

Brandon is back to talk about last weekend's Brutal Bridesmaids and its strange lack of bloodshed, plus ugly bridal fashion, an emergency male-stripper substitution, and realistic wedding-party cliques. We went Around The Dial with Close Enough, Punky Brewster's reboot, Search Party, Murder Among The Mormons, and Dave's 911 Lone Star report before re-imagining legendary episodes of TV as Lifetime movies in an Extra Credit from David Ellis Dickerson. We dug into a classic episode of The Mole for Canon Consideration, then declared the GLOW team winners and Joss Whedon a huge loser before heading to the DC-verse for Game Time. Chug that Booty Blaster; it's time for an all-new Extra Hot Great.SHOW TOPICSBrutal BridesmaidsATD: Close EnoughATD: Punky BrewsterATD: Search PartyATD: Murder Among The MormonsATD: 911: Lone StarExtra Credit: Mother, May I Sleep With Angel?The Canon: The Mole S02.E11: The Eleventh BetrayalWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: It Happened In D.C.SHOW NOTESSubmit your Canons and Nonacs for consideration! Here's how!Tara's review of the new Punky Brewster for PrimetimerFind Brandon on TwitterListen to Brandon's podcast, The DiscourseAnd/or support it on PatreonUse that ExtraHot344 discount code at Exhibit B. BooksPhoto: LMNDISCUSSIONTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After illness prevented her from making her earlier booking, LaToya Ferguson has returned to talk about another show she feels passionate about: The CW's Superman & Lois! Is she all in on this latest iteration of the Man of Steel and his family? Listen and find out! Around The Dial takes us through It's A Sin, Cherries Wild, In & Of Itself, the full-throated endorsement of Firefly Lane that circumstances ROBBED LaToya of the chance to deliver earlier this month, and a report on a particularly bonkers episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star. Francoise uses her Extra Credit to ask us to share any TV-related resolutions we've made for 2021 (look, we're close to the Lunar New Year); then it's on to Tara's Canon presentation on Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E07: "House Party." Finally, we crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close up with a game that requires us to determine, once again: is this anything? Put on your tights and cape -- or take them off; whichever feels right -- and join us!SHOW TOPICSSuperman & LoisATD: It's A SinATD: Cherries WildATD: In & Of ItselfATD: Firefly LaneATD: 9-1-1: Lone StarExtra Credit: TV ResolutionsThe Canon: Saved By The Bell (2020) S01.E07: House PartyWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Again, Is This Anything?SHOW NOTESLaToya Ferguson on TwitterExplaining the Cherries Wild slot machine disclaimerTara's Cherries Wild review at PrimetimerTara's For All Mankind Season 2 review at VanityFair.comLaToya's Vampire Diaries podcast The AMPire Diaries on TwitterLaToya's Angel podcast Angel On Top on TwitterLinda Holmes's review of In & Of Itself at NPR.orgExhibit B. Books online"Monkey Christ"The Muppeturgy podcastPhoto: The CWDISCUSSIONTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Austin HQ had a water pipe burst on record day so we celebrate with two EEHG about other bad things in your house.094: Dave Forces Everyone To Watch The 1974 Made For TV Movie “Bad Ronald”: Bad Ronald lives in a hidden room in the house you just bought. What a weirdo!096: Tara Forces Everyone To Watch Crawlspace: When the search results for Bad Ronald included another TV movie called Crawlspace, Tara decided we had to stay in the "'70s paranoia about a dude living in your home's secret places" genre. But is Richard another (Bad) Ronald? Plus! Tara gives her report on Bad Ronald: the novel. Spoiler: there is toilet strat!!!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fametracker's own Adam Sternbergh (oh, also the New York Times's but whatever)(hee) is back to discuss The Equalizer, the perfectly acceptable re-imagining of the '80s classic. Whom on the panel did the new verzh win over with casting coups, origami tradecraft, and similarities to Leverage and Blindspot? Who called it the three-camera sitcom of cop shows? And is anyone setting their DVR to watch more of it? We went Around The Dial with Framing Britney Spears, Married At First Sight, GBBO, Big Family Cooking Showdown, and Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil Hotel before finding ways to Defund The Police Shows in an Extra Credit from Francoise. Succession tried to ascend to the Canon throne; comedy both won AND lost; and we may have flunked out of electoral college during Game Time. Settle down in front of your only-on-TV massive monitor bank for an all-new Extra Hot Great!SHOW TOPICSThe EqualizerATD: The New York Times Presents: Framing Britney SpearsATD: Married At First SightATD: Big Family Cooking ShowdownATD: Crime Scene: The Vanishing At The Cecil HotelExtra Credit: Defund The Police ShowsThe Canon: Succession S02.E04: Safe RoomWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Hail To The ChiefsSHOW NOTESTara's review of The Equalizer for Primetimer"The Oracle of Britney Spears" in Vanity Fair"How The Elderly Lose Their Rights" in the New YorkerTara (and John Ramos!) on the Postcards From The Edge ep of Quaid In FullThe Sweet Smell Of Succession podcastExhibit B. Books on Twitter and InstagramPhoto: CBS / Barbara NitkeDISCUSSIONTalk about this episode on its dedicated page on ExtraHotGreat.comTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With our intended guest and Firefly Lane expert LaToya Ferguson forced to bow out (we'll re-book her again ASAP!), your co-hosts muddled through on Netflix's new middlebrow book adaptation to the best of our ability. Around The Dial takes us through the late Quibi sitcom Mapleworth Murders, Hulu's Canadian import Jann, HBO Max's Danish import The Investigation -- and Borgen, with which it shares approximately half its cast -- the just-announced Black Panther show coming to Disney+ from Ryan Coogler, and Syfy's Resident Alien. Tara presents the A.P. Bioepisode "Teacher Jail" to The Canon. And because the Loser is VERY dark, we name the Loser THEN the Winner this week, rather than send you home on a downer. Freshen up your Aqua Net and join us!SHOW TOPICSFirefly LaneATD: Mapleworth MurdersATD: JannATD: The InvestigationATD: BorgenATD: The Black Panther TV ShowATD: Resident AlienThe Canon: A.P. Bio S01.E02: Teacher JailWinner and Loser of the WeekSHOW NOTESCanon and Nonac submission guidelinesTara's Jann review at PrimetimerThe Listen To Sassy podcastCollider's report on Ryan Coogler's Black Panther TV seriesSarah's review of The Investigation at PrimetimerPhoto: NetflixDISCUSSIONTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up a 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreonmpt to grapple with Netflix's new lady-dramedy!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our esteemed colleague, "Pot Ledom"-ologist, and Long Island native Dan Rogge returns to analyze Edward Burns's thoroughly mediocre Bridge & Tunnel, about the post-college lives and loves of six suspiciously hot high-school friends...none of whom can seem to master the accent. A huge music budget (and equally large commitment to the sex scenes) can't make up for stilted dialogue, anachronistic argot, and Burns's Lena Dunham-esque estrangement from the real-world problems of his characters. We went Around The Dial with Perfect Life, Walker, an America's Next Top Model book, Everwood, and 9-1-1 Lone Star before contemplating our ideal 2024 presidential tickets in an Extra Credit, and then Dan proposed burning down Riverdale's fourth-season musical episode "Wicked Little Town" in his Nonac presentation. Jane Lynch won, Seventeen lost, and none of us had perfect 2020 vision in a mash-up Game Time from Dan Cassino. Chuck that EZ-Pass tag out the window: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.SHOW TOPICSBridge & TunnelATD: Perfect LifeATD: WalkerATD: ANTMATD: EverwoodATD: 9-1-1 Lone StarExtra Credit: Commander On ScreenThe Canon: Riverdale S04.E17: Wicked Little TownWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: 2020 Double VisionSHOW NOTESDan recommends Emily VanDerWerff on The LeftoversTara's Sassy piece in the New York Times MagazineThe Listen To Sassy podcastThe Quaid In Full podcastThe Great American Pop Culture Quiz ShowPhoto: EpixDISCUSSIONTalk about this episode on its dedicated page on ExtraHotGreat.comTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marvel Studios has kicked off its slate of TV series with WandaVision, a sort-of spoof of classic sitcoms starring a couple of Avengers. What's actually going on? We don't know (though Dave has theories), but Caroline Framke is here to talk about the two-part premiere! Around The Dial takes us through The Good Lord Bird, Call Your Mother, Season 2's new Batwoman, the Premier League of football (or soccer, if you will), The Challenge, and Superstore -- specifically, the voice Mark McKinney is using to play Glenn, and whether it's worse than jazz. Suley presents the Steven Universe episode "So Many Birthdays" for The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes it to the bridge. Grab your nearest nosy neighbour and listen!SHOW TOPICSWandaVisionATD: The Good Lord BirdATD: Call Your MotherATD: BatwomanATD: The English Premier LeagueATD: The ChallengeATD: Is Mark McKinney's Voice As Glenn On Superstore Worse Than Jazz?The Canon: Steven Universe S01.E13: So Many BirthdaysWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Extension ChordsSHOW NOTESCaroline Framke on TwitterCaroline's WandaVision review at VarietyDavid Chen's PatreonDoreen St. Felix's review of The Good Lord Bird at The New YorkerThe Listen To Sassy podcastListenToSassy on TwitterListenToSassy on InstagramCaroline's Batwoman reviewCaroline's author page at Variety.comThe Best Evidence newsletterPhoto: Disney+DISCUSSIONTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up a 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The regular panelists had to forge ahead without esteemed colleague Kathryn VanArendonk in our discussion of Dickinson's second season; that's the bad news. The good news is, we all like Apple TV's imagining of poet Emily Dickinson's life and loves with lots of swearing and twenty-first-century slang. How DOES the show balance the demands of historical fact with flights of fancy, and not take itself too seriously? And are Season 2's creepy [character spoiler redacted] the key to its success? Later, we went Around The Dial with The Masked Dancer, Everything Is Going Great, Cheers Season 5, Mr. Mayor's debut, and Lupin and other "Pringle mysteries." A new detective franchise won, an old HBO franchise lost, and we continued the episode's verse theme with the Tara-crafted Tube Tunes VII. Pass Nobody an earbud for an all-new Extra Hot Great.SHOW TOPICSDickinsonATD: Everyone Is Doing GreatATD: The Masked DancerATD: CheersATD: Mr. MayorATD: LupinWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Tube Tunes VIISHOW NOTESKathryn VanArendonk, with us in spirit with her Dickinson deep dive for VultureTara's Everyone Is Doing Great review for PrimetimerTara's Masked Dancer review, dittoTara's Force Five podcast appearanceSarah on Tiger's identity crisis for PrimetimerPhoto: Apple TVDISCUSSIONTalk about this episode on its dedicated page on ExtraHotGreat.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're off this week but we've glued together three episode forcening, uh, episodes from our Patreon supporter bonus podcast Extra Extra Hot Great.LISTENER FORCENING: THE BIG BANG THEORYPatreon supporter Sharon Johnson had us watch The Big Bang Theory S07.E03: "The Scavenger Vortex," writing, "While I'm aware that it's not well thought of among the EHG family, BBT is one of my all-time favorite television shows," and this episode a fave among faves. Did this selection make us come around? Listen and find out! From Aug 21, 2020.DAVE FORCES EVERYONE TO WATCH MATLOCKWe watch the second season episode "Network" in which all the late-80s stars of NBC shine as talking heads on "Entertainment Today." ALF is among them. We have questions. From September 29, 2020CO-HOST FORCENING: SHANGRI-LA PLAZAAfter Michael Darling eulogized the ill-fated pilot of Shangri-La Plaza in Los Angeles magazine this August, Tara made a mental note to expose her co-hosts -- and our Patreon supporters! -- to the insanity he described. Finally, it is time for all of us to take that journey! From October 9, 2020.SHOW NOTESShangri-La Plaza, the Star-Studded, All-Musical Sitcom Time Forgot' in Los Angeles magazine  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To help get you through our holiday break, Tara wrote a special festive version of her fan-favorite (...is it?) Non-Regulation Game Time: it's Wrapping Paper Tube Tunes! Some original holiday songs from TV shows; some covers; all comfort and joy. Please enjoy this gift from us to you, and don't try to return it.DISCUSSIONTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up a 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stephen King's 1978 novel has already been turned into a miniseries once, but it's time for this generation to get its own, apparently? So CBS All Access has made one, and Roxana Hadadi is joining us to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Flight Attendant, Celebrity IOU, TKTK, The Wilds, and Season 2 of The Mandalorian. Mlle. Caroline presents the Parks & Recreation episode "Recall Vote" for induction to The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that defies categorization. Make yourself a nice cup of Thera-Flu and join us! SHOW TOPICSThe StandATD: The Flight AttendantATD: Celebrity IOUATD: BridgertonATD: LetterkennyATD: The WildsATD: The MandalorianThe Canon: Parks & Recreation S06.E07: Recall VoteWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Netflix RatholeSHOW NOTESRoxana Hadadi on TwitterRoxana's review of The Stand at Variety1994 Harold LauderRogerEbert.com Best TV of 2020 coverageThe A.V. Club Best Films of 2020 coverageA goofy piece about the hotness of the Letterkeny cast, sort of jumping off me mentioning the show during the recording, over at PajibaA Very Special 90210 BookMadonna A to ZFilm Crit Hulk on the Season 2 finale of The MandalorianThe Mandalorian animation vs. deepfakePhoto: Robert Falconer / CBSDISCUSSIONTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up a 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! 

First-time guest Kamille joins us for a conversation about Tiny Pretty Things, Netflix's new Center Stage-with-teens ballet thriller (?), and while she watched the whole thing, neither she nor the fulltime panel thinks it's good. But aside from the wretched VO, suspect acting, unwelcome parallels to 13 Reasons Why and decided un-Frenchness of cartoon villain Lauren Holly, is TPT a good time-waster? Not to worry: we found you some definite time-wasters when we went Around The Dial with The Wilds and 12 Dates Of Christmas, panned Deliciousness, and helped you cut down that HBO-documentary backlog with a watch-skip index of recent prestige true crime. We couldn't help but wonder if Sex & The City's fourth-season premiere was the Canon's soulmate. Boots Riley and Jharrel Jerome won (for now), Ellen and Ellen lost (again), and Suley wassailed us with a TV/Christmas song Game Time. Don't let the dorm mother catch you listening to an all-new Extra Hot Great!SHOW TOPICSTiny Pretty ThingsATD: The WildsATD: DeliciousnessATD: 12 Dates Of ChristmasATD: HBO true-crime documentariesThe Canon: Sex & The City S04.E01: The Agony and the Ex-tacyWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: The Caroling Burnett ShowSHOW NOTESKamille Washington on TwitterKamille's podcast (with past guest Christina Tucker) Unfriendly Black HottiesTara's Pennyworth piece on DeciderThe Quaid In Full podcastTara and Sarah talk about their 90210 book on the People Still Read Books podcast...and about Northpole on Dave And Jeb Aren't MeanSarah's HBO-docs coverage at PrimetimerThe Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs Patreon pagePhoto: NetflixDISCUSSIONTalk about this episode on its dedicated page on ExtraHotGreat.comTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hulu and Canada's kids' broadcaster YTV have brought the world a new adaptation of the nearly-100-year-old boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy, and we've enlisted Adam Grosswirth to join us in discussing it! A super-sized Around The Dial takes us through Selena: The Series, Nurses, Jingle Jangle, Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square, the original '70s version of The Hardy Boys, and Gangs Of London. After Joe M. uses his Extra Credit topic to have us write a character-revealing power ballad into an otherwise un-musical show, Adam makes his pitch for the "Fair Is Foul And Foul Is Fair" episode of Slings & Arrows to be inducted into The Canon. We crown the week's Winner and Loser, and close out with a Game Time perfectly tailored (heh heh) to our interests. Get your flashlight and your VERY loud walkie-talkie and listen in!SHOW TOPICSThe Hardy BoysATD: Selena: The SeriesATD: NursesATD: Jingle JangleATD: Christmas On The SquareATD: The Hardy Boys (1977)ATD: Gangs Of LondonExtra Credit: Once More With FeelsThe Canon: Slings & Arrows S02.E04: Fair Is Foul And Foul Is FairWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: Signature LookSHOW NOTESAdam Grosswirth on TwitterThe drunk episode of Overwhelming Positivity, "Two Hundred Headless Snowman In Review""The Latine Delegation Has Decided Netflix's Selena: The Series Is Not Good"Tara's review of Stylish With Jenna Lyons at PrimetimerTara on Kaley Cuoco in The Flight Attendant at DeciderTara on the end of The Undoing at Dave Chen's PatreonWesley Morris's review of Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square in The New York TimesAdam on Caroline And The PodcastThe 12 Days Of Best EvidencePhoto: Brooke Palmer / HuluDISCUSSIONTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The panel is contemplating three user submissions for the Canon this week, starting with the extremely highly rated, extreeeeemely looooong series finale of MASH. Lindy makes a fascinating parallel between [waves hands vaguely] All This and the world MASH portrayed, but is the episode's status as a historical reference enough to earn it a medal of honor? Next, we're sampling a first-season Strangers With Candy episode submitted by Tim (and the second in which a chicken figures heavily). Does Amy Sedaris's satirical take on The Best Little Girl In The World -- and a solid comedic turn from one Ellen Pompeo -- have what we'd call a debater's body? Finally, Mlle. Caroline files a support ticket for The IT Crowd, which pits Matt Berry and a great PSA parody against suboptimal pacing and an intrusive laugh track. Try turning it off and then back on again: it's an all-Canon Extra Hot Great!SHOW TOPICSThe Canon: MASH S11.E16: Goodbye, Farewell and AmenThe Canon: Strangers With Candy S01.E07 (or E08): Feather in the StormThe Canon: The IT Crowd S02.E03: Moss and the German"EXTRA HIC GREAT" YEAR-END PATREON DRIVEIf we can get up to 1000 patrons by Dec 15, we're going to record a drunk episode of Extra Hot Great.Support us in this bad idea on our Patreon page!Listen to "Two Hundred Headless Snowman In Review" on Damn Hell Ass KingsDISCUSSIONTalk about this episode on its dedicated page on ExtraHotGreat.comTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on InstagramSUPPORT EHG ON PATREONThe EHG gang have been recording this podcast for almost a decade now. In podcasting terms, that makes us positively Methuselahian. Since the start of EHG, our listeners have asked if we had a tip jar or donation system and we'd look at each other and say surely that is a joke, people don't pay other people to do podcasts. We'd email them back "Ha ha ha, good one, Chet" and go about our business. Now we are told this is a real thing that real nice people do. Value for value? In today's topsy turvy world? It's madness but that good kind of madness, like when you wake up at 3:15am and clean your house. Or something. In all seriousness, we are humbled by your continued prodding to get a Patreon page up for EHG and here it is! Extra Hot Great on Patreon  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.