Our esteemed colleague John returns for an overview of spring TV: the shows we can't wait to see or be reunited with; the shows we SHOULD be psyched about, but aren't; and the shows noooooobody should go anywhere near. We went around the dial with 13 Reasons Why , Tara's favorite show Legion , teen clam enthusiasts, and the end of Review before John Potts went the extra light-year with his Deep Space Nine Canon submission. Senior citizens both won and lost, before a Game Time had us all trying t...
Apr 05, 2017•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 151
RuPaul's Drag Race has packed up all its wigs to move from LogoTV to VH1, and we welcome back our resident expert, Mark Blankenship, to talk about the Season 9 premiere! Around The Dial spins to HBO's documentary Rock And A Hard Place ; the 29th season of The Amazing Race ; Campus PD'_s and _ER 's triumphant returns to syndication; and another TV ad from the internet's deepest bowels. Sarah pitches the Law & Order episode "Performance" for the Canon, and after naming the week's Winner and Lo...
Mar 29, 2017•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 150
Our esteemed colleague Chris is back to talk about Iron Fist , a show only he among the panel managed to get more than a couple episodes into -- and what exactly the show's problem is, from bad fights to worse accents. We went around the dial with Catfish , Love , Happy Endings , and a violent vintage cologne ad before Caroline tried to "extract" a Canon victory from us for a Golden Girls episode. RuPaul won, Rita Ora lost, and Rob Hartmann took a letter in this week's Game Time. Kick your shoes...
Mar 22, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 149
As VH1 and Ice Cube breathe new life into an old game show format with Hip Hop Squares , Allison Lowe Huff returns to discuss whether circle got the square this time around. Around The Dial stops at Feud , Amazon's Ronja The Robber's Daughter , Samurai Jack , and another classic TV promo Dave unearthed from the depths of the internet. Dave then makes his case for The Venture Bros. episode "The Doctor Is Sin" to the Canon, and after identifying the week's Winner and Loser, we toy with a thrilling...
Mar 15, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 148
But maybe not Paige? Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk tradecraft, Mad Men , and comedy on TV. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🇺🇸 The Americans Around The Dial: 🤫 The Arrangement Around The Dial: 🛋 Crashing (HBO) Around The Dial: 🤣 Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes Around The Dial: 📜 American Experience Around The Dial: ⏳ Time After Time The Canon: 💼 Mad Men Winner & Loser: 👍 The Celebrity Apprentice Arnold Schwarzenegger Winner & Loser: 👎 Eyewitness Game Time: 🧠 Spies Like Them NOTES ...
Mar 07, 2017•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 147
Eve is back to talk about Big Little Lies , from Kidman's wig to good child actors to what we're hoping happens in the finale. Then Eve shared a Tiny Jane The Virgin triumph before we went around the dial with Homeland , The Good Fight , and First Time Flippers . We trundled "Into The Woods" with a Nonac submission from Buffy , and American Crime Story won...but CBS All Access may have lost us (and everyone else). Did Tara take home the season crown in a rhyme-y Game Time? Stare out the floor-to...
Feb 23, 2017•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 146
AMC's return to the zombie apocalypse after a midseason hiatus has us bringing Omar back to talk Negan, King Ezekiel, and zombie dismemberment! The Blotter Presents a look at two Texas true crime stories before stops Around The Dial at Humans , Legion , Imposters , and a vintage ad that might choke you up. Omar makes a case for the induction of the Imposters series finale, "Beyond Life And Death," to The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, names are ALSO the game for Game T...
Feb 15, 2017•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 145
jk, it's 'only' Season 29 -- but will this round of innovations breathe new life into MTV's old warhorse? Kim Reed has thoughts! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤾♂️ The Challenge The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Solitary: Inside Red Onion I Am Not A Crackpot: 📺 TV Should Do More Positive Propaganda Around The Dial: 💼 Detroiters Around The Dial: 🪄 The Magicians Around The Dial: 💄 America's Next Top Model Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro Ad The Canon: 🩺 Scrubs Winner & Loser: 👍 Saturday Night Live Winner & Lo...
Feb 08, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 144
Leah Kwan joins us to talk about The CW's new Archie Comics adaptation! TOPICS Lead Topic: 📚 Riverdale The Blotter Presents: 🔪 The Investigator The Blotter Presents: 👀 Expedition Unknown Around The Dial: 🏙 30 Rock Around The Dial: 🐴 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Around The Dial: ❄️ Timber Creek Lodge Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro Ad The Canon: 👶 Catastrophe Winner & Loser: 👍 60 Minutes Winner & Loser: 👎 Today Game Time: 🧠 Two For Two NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on...
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 143
Monty Ashley on The Amazing Fugitive , home movies, podcasts, and more! TOPICS Lead Topic: 👀 Hunted The Blotter Presents: 😱 Beware The Slenderman The Blotter Presents: 🔪 The Witness Around The Dial: 🕶 Throwing Shade Around The Dial: 💄 Face Off Around The Dial: 🚨 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Around The Dial: 🤑 Return Of The Retro Ad The Canon: 🎞 Home Movies Winner & Loser: 👍 This Is Us Winner & Loser: 👎 Desperate Housewives Marc Cherry, Nicolette Sheridan Game Time: 🧠 ...
Jan 25, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 142
Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk about what may be 'The Final Problem' for real. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🔎 Sherlock The Blotter Presents: 🏈 Is O.J. Innocent? The Missing Evidence The Blotter Presents: 😱 Beware The Slenderman Around The Dial: 🌃 Late Night With Seth MeyersSaturday Night Live Around The Dial: 🤣 Netflix comedy specials; FX Around The Dial: 🇬🇧 Foyle's War Around The Dial: 🛶 Frontier The Canon: 😄 Happy Endings Winner & Loser: 👍 Space Winner & Loser: 👎 Sherlock Game T...
Jan 18, 2017•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 141
It's a new year for EHG, and a new journey for The Bachelor . Jeff Drake returns to talk about the special madness of Corinne, plus we pick our winners and wonder whether watching UnREAL has enhanced our experience of the original. The Blotter Presents caught us up with the Menendezes and OJ, and we debated whether Dave would hate Canadian outlaw period drama Frontier before going around the dial with One Day At A Time 's reboot, The Young Pope , Sleepy Hollow , and games we play with Siri on Ap...
Jan 11, 2017•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 140
Chris Huff returns for a discussion of The Man In The High Castle -- what works (set design; Smith); what doesn't (Juliana; Joe); and whether we'll finish out the season. The Blotter Presents tipped us to Unsolved Mysteries streaming online, plus the '16 crime shows to marathon over the holidays, before we went around the dial with Rectify , The OA , Fuller House , and Intervention . Chris hoped we'd Just Say Yes to a drugs-are-bad ep of Family Ties for the Canon, and we declared a winner (TV qu...
Dec 20, 2016•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 139
TV's most famous cooking competition returns for a new season set in Charleston, South Carolina, so we've brought back our official Top Chef correspondent to talk about the rookies vs. veterans format; the problematic setting; and also, oh right, the food. Dave explains why he is not a crackpot for thinking that TV home buying shows should always end with people actually buying homes. Around The Dial takes us to Divorce , Fleabag , and Pitch , before we consider the submission of the Sopranos ep...
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 138
Allison Lowe Huff is back to talk about This Is Us , the lovably imperfect tearjerker that's occupying the Friday Night Lights lane in our hearts. We bid farewell to The Killing Season , wondered how Noel Crane fit into a true-crime classic, and celebrated a Tiny Twitter Triumph involving poo before going around the dial with Gilmore Girls , Below Deck , Search Party , and Westworld . Listener Matthew submitted a rageful Nonac candidate, the HIMYM finale, and we declared satire a winner and sex ...
Dec 06, 2016•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 137
In anticipation of America's favourite bird-based holiday, we're serving up an all-Canon edition of the podcast, with the focus on episodes taking place around Thanksgiving! Dave presents "Homecoming" ( The Incredible Hulk ); Sarah presents "The Wheel" ( Mad Men ); and for the Nonac, Tara offers "Freefall" ( ER ). Then there's a quick stop to name the week's Winner and Loser before a non-regulation Game Time that's murrrrrrrrrrrder (among other crimes). Load up your plate and listen! TOPICS The ...
Nov 22, 2016•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 136
Eve Batey returns for a comprehensive look at crime TV past and present: Brooklyn 99 , The Jinx , foreign-language series, trashy ID shows and even COPS . We went Around The Dial with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , Rectify , American Horror Story , and an apology for covering a certain business-reality program. Rosie was the winner, SVU was the loser, Tara tried to smoke out our votes with a High Maintenance Canon pitch, and we all played poet in an IMDb-keyword-haiku Game Time on an all-new Extra Hot Gr...
Nov 15, 2016•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 135
On the eve of the election, Omar Gallaga returns to talk about Saturday Night Live 's political comedy, Benedict Cumberbatch's hosting début, and each panelist's personal SNL superlatives! The Blotter Presents a brief (and dismissive) look at Lifetime's scripted movie Who Killed JonBenét ?. Around The Dial stops at Ancient Aliens , Planet Earth II , The Crown , and People Of Earth ! Omar presents the BoJack Horseman episode "Fish Out Of Water" for submission to The Canon, and then after we addre...
Nov 07, 2016•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 134
Our esteemed colleague Danny MacEachern is back on Extra Hot Great for a dystopian good time with the newest season of Black Mirror , from obsessive "like"-checking to robot bees and everything in between. Buntsy updated us on future true-crime programming before we went Around The Dial with Jane The Virgin , Halloween on TV, Bull , superheroes, startups, and Negan. Everybody wants something, and Danny wouldn't give up on his Degrassi Junior High Canon submission, plus Nev Schulman actually pick...
Oct 25, 2016•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 133
Get ready for the knock-down, drag-out, final face-off of all our Season 1 Listener Game Time champions, as they battle to be the ultimate champion! TOPICS Game Time: 🧠 Is This Anything? Supertroll Edition NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 132 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
Oct 12, 2016•57 min•Ep. 132
Our esteemed colleague Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk Luke Cage , from the acting to the soundtrack to whether the 13-episode season felt like (or should have been) two shorter seasons. After a debate about whether David T. Cole will hate the distaff Magnum, PI and a Blotter review of Netflicumentary Amanda Knox , we went Around The Dial with Pitch , Timeless , Westworld (heard of it), and a Rachael Ray-meets- Look Around You web series from Australia before Nick hummed a few bars of Garfu...
Oct 04, 2016•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 131
It's the pumpkin-spice latte of autumnal programming overviews! ...Unless you hate those. Eve Batey's back to look at the best, worst, and meh-est of new and returning shows. TOPICS Lead Topic: 🍂 Fall 2016 Preview The Blotter Presents: 🔪 JonBenet Ramsey JonBenet Ramsey Tiny Triumph: 🍑 Narcos Pedro Pascal RTs Tara's piece on him The Canon: 🤠 Justified Winner & Loser: 👍 The Emmys Winner & Loser: 👎 The Emmys Game Time: 🧠 We're Number 2! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the...
Sep 20, 2016•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 130
With the best of RuPaul's girls returning for another chance at the crown on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Mark Blankenship returns to the podcast to talk about the twists, turns, and tucks! The Blotter Presents a true crime twofer: Sarah's assessment of the latest in JonBenét Ramsey investigations, and a survey of coverage on East Tennessee catfisher Jenelle Potter! Around The Dial stops at Son Of Zorn, the Creative Arts Emmys, an update on how Sarah liked Better Things, and Narcos. Mark makes ...
Sep 13, 2016•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 129
TWW Marathon Diarist Sarah Hope comes to Extra Hot Great for a West Wing floor fight: our favorite characters and relationships from Aaron Sorkin's turn-of-the-millennium political drama, the Sorkiniest moments, and the stuff that hasn't aged well (paging, um, all those pagers in the premiere). The Blotter Presents watched Marg Helgenberger chow the scenery in a vintage JonBenét TV movie, and we went around the dial with new FX sitcoms, Lethal Weapon, The Night Of, and British teen coming-of-age...
Aug 30, 2016•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 128
As Halt And Catch Fire boots up for its third season, Philip Michaels joins us to talk about all the best bits (and bytes) of the first two episodes. The Blotter Presents Sarah's review of MTV's new true crime docuseries Unlocking The Truth, and then we go Around The Dial with stops at Key & Peele, British Premier League soccer on NBC, Ripper Street, and an appropriate vintage Vic-20 ad. Phil presents the Simpsons episode "Last Exit To Springfield" for the Canon, and then after calling out t...
Aug 23, 2016•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 127
Our esteemed colleague Monty Ashley is back to talk about our favorite cartoons for adults in all sorts of categories -- cartoons no kid should ever see (hey, Ren), series that work just as well for adults as for kids (lookin' at you, SpongeBob), the most beautifully drawn (and scored) shows, and much more. The Blotter managed to dig up a crime cartoon, and then we went around the dial with human cartoons on Catfish, Seeso's Take My Wife, the finale of The Great British Baking Show (get the PBS ...
Aug 16, 2016•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 126
For a very special all-'Is This Worse Than Jazz?' installment of the podcast, Dave, Sarah, and Tara invite discussion of their own possibly worse than jazz TV phenomena, and dig into questions submitted by listeners like you, grading them on an appropriately jazzy scale: Rusty Gate The Question Is Zoot Smooth Poison Atonal Omens Of Pain Scat Man Down Barrelhouse Of Horror Boogie Woogie Influenza Slaughterhouse Jive Hateful Freeform Jazz Infernal Tootling The results may...really distress you. (T...
Aug 02, 2016•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 125
Trek Week continues on Previously.TV with an all-new Extra Hot Great featuring Maureen "Mo" Ryan and the Star Trek Fantasy Draft! David Snyder kindly shepherded this EHG enterprise (geddit?!) through the lesser science officers, 90210 Borg Queens, and Count Bakula picks the draft entailed. Who will emerge victorious with the very best Trek team*? Stay tuned! But first, go Around The Dial with us for Full Frontal, UnREAL, the Looking movie, Superstore, and a Stranger Squirrel Girl, then see if Mo...
Jul 26, 2016•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 124
As Elliot and the rest of the gang gear up for another season of hacking shenanigans on Mr. Robot, John Ramos returns to the podcast to talk about what went right, and what went otherwise. Around The Dial spins to the series premiere of HBO's Vice Principals, TNT's Animal Kingdom, last week's Emmy nominations, the pleasingly scaled-back Intervention, and Netflix's throwback suspense series Stranger Things. Tara offers up the Gravity Falls episode "The Time Traveler's Pig" for induction into the ...
Jul 19, 2016•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 123
Criminal Justice remake The Night Of bowed on HBO this week, and Al Lowe Huff is back to discuss the show, the original, and the importance of casting. The History Channel wondered if DB Cooper's case is Closed? before Tara Flipped Out, Allison joined the Odd Squad, Joe was Shown A Hero, and Sarah went on The Hunt while Dave got tired of being Preached to. Ron pitched Deadwood's second season premiere for the fucking Canon; Carrie Coon won and Roger Ailes lost; and Rob Hartmann bent our minds wi...
Jul 12, 2016•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 122
