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212: Scaling The Walls Of Castle Rock Jul 25, 2018

Show notes

Hulu's latest original series, Castle Rock, is inspired by the works of Stephen King -- but is the resulting series Stephen Kingdom Hearts? Deadspin editor, Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean co-host, and spouse of a Maine native David Roth makes his début to talk about it! Around The Dial spins to Seven Year Switch, Bosch, Last Chance U, and a vintage ad from Stephen King's past. David makes a pitch for us to induct the Law & Order: SVU episode "Wildlife" into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we continue talking names in a Game Time all about TV characters' monikers. Grab some Wonder Bread and join us!

GUESTS

👤 David Roth

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🏰 Castle Rock

Around The Dial: 👩‍❤️‍👨 Seven Year Switch

Around The Dial: 🕵️‍♂️ Bosch

Around The Dial: 🏈 Last Chance U

The Canon: 🏆 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S10.E07: Wildlife

Winner & Loser: 👍 Supergirl

Winner & Loser: 👎 Fans of The Brady Bunch

Game Time: 🧠 A Rose By Any Other Name

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 212 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🍊 Orange Is The New Black at Vulture

🎅 David Roth on Twitter

⚾️ David Roth at Deadspin

😵 The Deadcast

🎄 Dave And Jeb Aren't Mean

🚨 The Blotter

🦨 Tara discussing "Wildlife" on These Are Their Stories

🗣 Pacific Standard's oral history of "Wildlife"

211: Looking For Signs Of Life On In Search Of Jul 18, 2018

Show notes

Rebooting a show hosted by original Spock with the new Spock may have seemed...logical, but the summer-weight EHG panel didn't think much of the new In Search Of, which is perhaps a casualty of the internet, and definitely suffers from not committing to its crackpot premises. At least we got to make an American Movie reference about the premiere? Later, we went Around The Dial with Dr. Pimple Popper, an HBO doc on Robin Williams, and Ancient Aliens before Liz presented a fourth-season Frasier farce for the Canon. Jesus won, UnREAL lost (we think?), and Dan Cassino gave new meaning to the term "sibling rivalry" in a family-friendly Game Time.

So loosen up those polygraph straps and get comfy with an all-new Extra Hot Great.

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🕵️ In Search Of (2018)

Around The Dial: 🧴 Dr. Pimple Popper

Around The Dial: 🤯 Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Around The Dial: 🛸 Ancient Aliens

The Canon: 🏆 Frasier S04.E18: Ham Radio

Winner & Loser: 👍 John Legend

Winner & Loser: 👎 UnREAL

Game Time: 🧠 All In The Family

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 211 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

210: Journeying To The Outpost Jul 11, 2018

Show notes

Even in 2018, the summer TV season isn't all prestigious limited series and Emmy contenders: there's still misbegotten syndication-quality sci-fantasy stuff like The CW's overseas-Syfy import The Outpost! We stretched the bounds of Monty Ashley's patience by inviting him to join us and discuss it. Around The Dial clicks through the second seasons of Nailed It! and GLOW, as well as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Animal Kingdom. Monty presents Batman: The Animated Series's "Heart Of Ice" for induction into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we belly up to the bar for a Game Time about TV's watering holes. Lend us your pointy ears and enjoy!

GUESTS

👤 Monty Ashley

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🛖 The Outpost

Around The Dial: 🍰 Nailed It

Around The Dial: 🤼‍♀️ GLOW

Around The Dial: 🪄 Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Around The Dial: 🦁 Animal Kingdom

The Canon: 🏆 Batman: The Animated Series S01.E03: Heart Of Ice

Winner & Loser: 👍 Seinfeld Elaine Benes

Winner & Loser: 👎 HBO

Game Time: 🧠 Where Everybody Knows Your Name

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 210 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🦹 The Villain Edit podcast

💵 Tara on Paid Off With Michael Torpey for Slate

🗡 Tara's first Sharp Objects recap at Decider

209: Does Detroiters S2 Get A Yes In The Room? Jun 27, 2018

Show notes

The second season of Detroiters started last week, and new guest Josh Gondelman joins us to talk about why it's so great, and why it should be better known: the crack timing, the considered use of Tim Meadows in his lower "gear," and the things it gets right about longtime friendships. We're going Around The Dial with Pose, Nanette, Barry, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion (again), Luke Cage, and Handmaid's Tale before Detroiters's Tim Robinson makes another appearance in Josh's Canon pitch for Robinson's eponymous episode of The Characters. Roseanne-less Roseanne won, Prime subscribers lost (and didn't even know it), and Game Time became snacktime in a quiz about food/show mash-ups. Put us on for your commute (after you check your gas tank for sardines): it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Josh Gondelman

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 😱 Detroiters

Around The Dial: 🤭 Nanette

Around The Dial: 👗 Pose

Around The Dial: ⛱ Jersey Shore: Family Reunion

Around The Dial: 🥊 Luke Cage

Around The Dial: ⛪️ The Handmaid's Tale

The Canon: 🏆 The Characters S01.E07: Tim Robinson

Winner & Loser: 👍 The Conners

Winner & Loser: 👎 Amazon Prime

Game Time: 🧠 Foodie TV

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 209 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🕸 Josh Gondelman's website

🐦 Josh Gondelman on Twitter

💿 Or enjoy his album, "Physical Whisper"

⚖️ Tara's review of Dietland at Vulture

208: Going Off-Script To Talk About Summer Reality Premieres Jun 20, 2018

Show notes

While some prestigious shows do find berths on summer schedules, it's also still a dumping ground for C-list reality shows -- and for you, we welcomed back Jeff Drake...and made him join us in suffering through five premieres from the past week. In what ways does Travel Channel's Caribbean Pirate Treasure fail to live up to its title? Whose trust is being broken in Investigation Discovery's Broken Trust, other than the viewer's that her hour will pass enjoyably? Was 24 To Hell & Back too little time to spend with Gordon Ramsay in his latest Fox restaurant makeover show? How little effort could Howie Mandel expend on NatGeo Wild's Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things, and could it possibly be less than went into naming the show? And did The Proposal have us down on our knees praying for ABC to cancel it swiftly? Find out in our rapid-fire roundup! We also ponder the induction of Fleabag's series premiere to The Canon, name the week's Winner and Loser, and go around the world for a World Cup-inspired Game Time. Confirm that your surroundings are free of pirates and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Jeff Drake

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🏴‍☠️ Caribbean Pirate Treasure

Lead Topic: ❤️‍🩹 Broken Trust

Lead Topic: 🔥 Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours To Hell & Back

Lead Topic: 🦔 Howie Mandel's Animals Doing Things

Lead Topic: 💍 The Proposal

The Canon: 🏆 Fleabag S01.E01

Winner & Loser: 👍 Comic-Con attendees

Winner & Loser: 👎 Chris Hardwick

Game Time: 🧠 The World Cup Of Television

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 208 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

⚽️ World Cup 2018 countries

207: Getting Our Claws Into Season 2 Jun 13, 2018

Show notes

Season 2 of Claws is underway on TNT, and Jeb Lund returns to talk about everything from yummy visuals to tonal whiplash to Franka Potente's Rrrrrrussian accent. We're also going Around The Dial with an ATX Festival round-up, David Cassidy: The Last Session, and Sharp Objects; and into The Box with Jeb's Homicide: Life On The Street submission from the first season. Teresa of RHONJ is a winner, the other People Of Earth were losers, and Tara lit it up with a bad-behavior-based non-regulation Game Time. Hope you've got five ones for a five: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Jeb Lund

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 💅 Claws

Around The Dial: 🎛 ATX Festival

Around The Dial: 🚌 David Cassidy: The Last Session

The Canon: 🏆 Homicide: Life On The Streets S01.E05: Three Men And Adena

Winner & Loser: 👍 Teresa Giudice

Winner & Loser: 👎 People Of Earth

Game Time: 🧠 Dumpsters, Fired

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 207 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

📺 The ATX Festival

🦅 Vulture's Jen Chaney on Claws

🚌 David Cassidy: The Last Session on A&E

206: Stopping To Smell The Roses On The Bachelorette Jun 06, 2018

Show notes

It's time already for another Bachelor washout to take her turn as a chooser of men on a new season of The Bachelorette, and Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who also happens to be a citizen of Bachelor Nation, is joining us to discuss the start of the season. Around The Dial flips through AMC's new dramedy Dietland, Jersey Shore: Family Reunion, The Tale, and Succession, before we move on to debate the induction of GLOW's "Live Studio Audience" into The Canon. We name a new Winner & Loser Of The Week, and close out with a Game Time that tk. Put on your most ludicrous sequined gown and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Diablo Cody

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🌹 The Bachelorette

Around The Dial: 🥗 Dietland

Around The Dial: 🏖 Jersey Shore

Around The Dial: 📚 The Tale

Around The Dial: 🤴 Succession

The Canon: 🏆 GLOW S01.E07: Live Studio Audience

Winner & Loser: 👍 Dolly Parton

Winner & Loser: 👎 Jesse Williams

Game Time: 🧠 Pit Of Ultimate Darkness

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 206 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

💊 Jagged Little Pill at the American Repertory Theater

🎞 Tully

205: On The Record With The Fourth Estate May 30, 2018

Show notes

Our esteemed colleague and Star Trek fantasy-draft star Mo Ryan returns to the podcast to talk about Liz Garbus's four-part New York Times documentary, The Fourth Estate, and the various frustrations we all had with both the documentary itself; its sometimes navel-gazey and tone-deaf subject; and all the things we wished the series had covered (or skipped)...though the intensity of our feelings probably means it's worth a watch. Also worth a watch in our Around The Dial section: Killjoys, Wynonna Earp, and Jane The Virgin, with another Showtime doc project, Love Means Zero, rating a skip from Buntsy. We mourned Tara's DVR, took Mo's Canon pitch for a season finale One Day At A Time, and declared a couple of vintage sitcoms Winners AND Losers before playing a super(hero)-charged Game Time from Dan Cassino. Let's hope we didn't bury the lede for an all-new Extra Hot Great!

GUESTS

👤 Mo Ryan

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 📰 The Fourth Estate

Around The Dial: 😵 Tara's DVR: A Eulogy

Around The Dial: 😇 Jane The Virgin

Around The Dial: 🤠 Wynonna Earp

Around The Dial: 😡 Killjoys

Around The Dial: 💔 Love Means Zero

The Canon: 🏆 One Day At A Time S02.E13: Not Yet

Winner & Loser: 👍 The Golden Girls

Winner & Loser: 👎 Roseanne

Game Time: 🧠 Not Quite Superheroes

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 205 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🗞 Maureen Ryan's review of The Fourth Estate

👵🏻 Deadpool 2 Golden Girls Ad

204: Counting Down 13 Reasons Why May 23, 2018

Show notes

As Netflix gives us another installment of 13 Reasons Why (and we get why they wouldn't call it 13 More Reasons Why, but...come on), our dear friend Joe Reid returns to dig into the sophomore season that has dramatically divided TV critics. Around The Dial rolls through The Middle, Dancing With The Stars, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Champions, The Mick, and Below Deck Mediterranean, with a couple of cameos from Willie Survive. Joe presents Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's "Kimmy Does A Puzzle!" for submission to The Canon, and after naming -- and, in the latter case, really shaming -- the week's Winner and Loser, we put another dime in the TV Jukebox for a musical Game Time. Brace yourself for shocking revelations and join us!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 📝 13 Reasons Why

Around The Dial: 🖕 The Middle

Around The Dial: 🕺 Dancing With The Stars

Around The Dial: 🚔 Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Around The Dial: 🥇 Champions

Around The Dial: 🇮🇪 The Mick

Around The Dial: 🛳 Below Deck Mediterranean

The Canon: 🏆 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S03.E08: Kimmy Does A Puzzle!

Winner & Loser: 👍 Progressive Netflix subscribers

Winner & Loser: 👎 Nev Schulman

Game Time: 🧠 TV Jukebox

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 204 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

203: Patrick Melrose Is Best In Small Doses May 16, 2018

Show notes

We hope Nick Rheinwald-Jones won't hold it against us that we invited him back to discuss Patrick Melrose, the Cinnamon Toastencrunch vanity proje-- er, "Benedict Cumberbatch-starring miniseries based on the St. Aubyn novel series." Because y'all, we haaaaated it, and we've got the extended remix of fart noises to prove it. It won't take a Sherlock to deduce that we moved smartly along to our Around The Dial section, with stops at the newest Little Women adaptation, Claws, and some Netflix comedy specials of note before Nick tried to prank the Canon with a third-season Happy Endings episode. Adopted series won, former headliners lost, and we made crossover events out of actors in a character-conflating Game Time. No need to go through Extra Hot Great withdrawal: an all-new episode is right here.

GUESTS

👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🍞 Patrick Melrose

Around The Dial: 👧🏻 Little Women

Around The Dial: 🤣 Netflix stand-up specials

Around The Dial: 💅 Claws

The Canon: 🏆 Happy Endings S03.E12: The Marry Prankster

Winner & Loser: 👍 Orphaned/Rehomed Shows

Winner & Loser: 👎 Former Headliners

Game Time: 🧠 Concise Character Conflation

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