That's right, listeners: Joe "Awardsy" Reid is back in the permanent Extra Hot Great rotation, as the gang (of four!) checks into American Horror Story: Hotel . When will the show lose most of us this season? What's with that kid looking like Noah Syndergaard? And are we gaga for Gaga? Then we ordered up some room service with the Face Off report, bitched about Jason Mann in our Project Project Greenlight segment, and went around the dial with Jane The Virgin , The Walking Dead , Casual , and Sl...
Oct 20, 2015•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 91
As The Good Wife returns for its seventh season, we welcome Adam Grosswirth to talk about how well the season premiere washes away the bad taste left by Season 6. Liv gives us her report on a freak show-focused episode of Face Off , and The Blotter Presents tells you about Showtime's Warren Jeffs documentary Prophet's Prey (and some other highlights from the annals of Mormon true crime). Around The Dial stops at The Daily Show , Once Upon A Time , the just-announced TV series adaptation of the p...
Oct 04, 2015•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 90
Fall premiere season is upon us, and since we know you rely on us to advise you as to what to watch and what you can skip (you do, right?), we've invited Jeff Drake to join us for a discussion of the season: what we're into; what we probably should be into but aren't, or have given up on; and what no one should be into. We move from there into Liv's report on the latest apocalyptic Face Off , and then into Sarah's look at the specials marking the 20th anniversary of the O.J. Simpson murder trial...
Sep 28, 2015•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 89
Now that we've put our champagne flutes in the dishwasher and peeled off our Spanx, we're ready to look back on the 2015 Emmy awards telecast, from how much funnier Andy Samberg was than the stiffs in the room to the feelings we experienced watching Jon Hamm literally climb on stage to accept his statuette -- and thank God Joe Reid was able to return to the podcast and join us. After Liv gives us her report on the latest Face Off , Sarah debuts a new segment, The Blotter Presents, covering all m...
Sep 22, 2015•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 88
The Good Wife Marathon Diarist Kim is back to discuss the un-Moored return of Project Greenlight , and whether a fourth season a decade in the making is off to a first-rate start. Tara shared a You're The Worst Tiny Triumph that is kind of the best before Liv weighed in on two weeks of Face Off and we all bid Under The Dome its overdue (but still dumb) farewell. We went around the dial with Playing House , Colbert's first week, a true-crime show that's actually decent, a pilot that isn't, anothe...
Sep 14, 2015•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 87
Has PICCI been kind to Kim, Lea, Ian, and Michele? Listen to our latest special all-listener Game Time and find out! TOPICS Game Time: 🧌 Don’t Feed The Trolls NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 086 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
Sep 07, 2015•31 min•Ep. 86
Now that Playing House 's second season is well underway, we've invited Nick Rheinwald-Jones, one of its staunchest fans, to join us for a discussion of how things are going so far. Tara shares a Playing House -based Tiny Triumph, after which it's time for Liv to report on the latest Face Off , and for Tara to share the latest insanity from Under The Dome . Around The Dial stops at Regular Show , Show Me A Hero , Drunk History , Project Greenlight , Hannibal , and the apparently infinite galaxy ...
Aug 31, 2015•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 85
Omar's back to talk about AMC's Walking Dead prequel, Fear The Walking Dead . Does it need more process and less teen angst? What's with the stupid driving? And will we keep watching? Dave explained a few EHG facts before Liv learned subtlety on the Face Off report and Tara made us Domer, and we went around the dial with documentary spoofs, vintage reality shows, dysfunctional comedy joints, and crappy Star Wars gifts. Will Dave un-Pierce Gene of Bob's Burgers ? Is Sarah's X-Files Canon submissi...
Aug 24, 2015•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 84
As Humans (heard of 'em) wraps its first season, John Ramos joins us to talk about the titular humans and their synth friends...and foes! Liv tells us all about a wedding-themed episode of Face Off , and Tara takes us through the latest idiocy making us all Domer on Under The Dome . Around The Dial stops at Last Week Tonight , Show Me A Hero , Rectify , Mr. Robot , and another confounding Star Wars toy ad. Dave makes a singular case for the submission to The Canon of the G.I. Joe episode "The Vi...
Aug 17, 2015•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 83
Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan joined the gang this week to take a closer look at Project Runway as it returns for a fourteenth season. Liv trolled us in her Face Off report, Tara recharged the amethysts Under The Dome with rage, and we went around the dial with Jon Stewart, Cait Jenner, Becoming Us , Nic Pizzicato Five, the resurgence of Big Brother , and the lies Saturday-morning ads tell -- before Heather wigged us out with a Melrose Place Canon submission. We declared a winner and loser, t...
Aug 10, 2015•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 82
Since summer TV is no longer dumber TV, we've invited Mark Blankenship back to the Blankenship Chair to join us for a discussion of our most winning series picks! Niece Liv -- now seven years old -- returns to bring us the scoop on Face Off 's Season 9 premiere, and then Tara tells us the latest ways Under The Dome has made us Domer. Mark makes a case for the induction of Downton Abbey 's S05E03 to the Nonac -- the reverse Canon -- and then after identifying the Winner & Loser Of The Week, w...
Aug 03, 2015•2 hr•Ep. 81
Our esteemed colleague Kim helped the gang poke holes in Catfish this week, as we wondered whether Max has gotten better...or everything else around him on the show has gotten worse. We got psyched about the revivals of Wet Hot American Summer and America's Best Dance Crew , took a buggy down memory lane with Little House , and got on board with Humans ("...heard of 'em") before bringing Zoo Under The Dome and trying to bring a Friday Night Lights episode to the Canon championship. Caitlyn Jenne...
Jul 27, 2015•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 80
The vampire zombies of The Strain are back on FX, and Omar Gallaga, our resident expert, is back to tell us all about the early days of the second season. From there, we go on to check on the latest events making us Domer, and flip Around The Dial with stops at In Search Of... , The Astronaut Wives Club , the Netflix documentary Tig , and the Spike miniseries Tut . Omar makes a case for the induction of The Walking Dead episode "The Grove" into The Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner ...
Jul 20, 2015•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 79
Eve Batey makes it a threequel when she returns to discuss -- and diagnose -- Scream with the rest of the gang. We met the newest EHG-themed shirts, despaired of Under The Dome , and recommended Bosch , UnREAL , and British reality-show sleep aids, and Dave was hopeful about Daredevil 's second season. Tara and Melanie explained (at normal volumes) why they are NOT Crackpots before we congratulated Lester Holt and shunned Jared Fogle. And I don't want to alarm you guys but Game Time is COMING FR...
Jul 15, 2015•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 78
Dear Mr. President, There are too many ways TV can confuse us or let us down. Please eliminate three. We are NOT crackpots! Dave, Sarah, Tara, and special guest Nick Rheinwald-Jones share their own crackpot TV theories or opinions, and discuss submissions from listeners just like you. Join us for a completely sane, non-fruitcakey outing! GUESTS 👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones TOPICS Lead Topic: 🥜 I Am Not A Crackpot Game Time: ☁️ I Am Not A Crackpot NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episo...
Jul 06, 2015•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 77
Our esteemed colleague Nick willingly trapped himself Under The Dome as CBS's summer "hit" returns for another season of crappy acting, bad CGI, and inexplicable character beats. After Sarah ripped off a rant about jeans and we compared jazz unfavorable with a certain True Detective 's anti-bullying regime, we went around the dial with Key & Peele , A History of Radness , European shows of Dave enjoyment, and the excellent wardrobe in a bad ad. The Panel considered The Alias for The Inclusio...
Jun 29, 2015•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 76
Point your GPS to Central California and meet your EHG regulars and frequent guest Jeff Drake for a discussion of True Detective 's divisive Season 2 premiere! From there, we zoom on to an Around The Dial that stops at A Deadly Adoption , Poldark , The Crimson Field , Catastrophe , which HBO documentaries you should smarten up your summer with, and another dip into classic TV ads of yore. Jeff makes a case for the induction of The Mary Tyler Moore Show pilot into the Canon, and then after identi...
Jun 22, 2015•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 75
Our esteemed colleague Joe K. Reid (note: not his middle initial) returned to discuss Hannibal 's third season and whether the show's serving cannibalistic realness so far. Then we cleansed our palates with a quintessentially inessential TNT summer drama, an Orphan Black clone ranking, and early returns on Orange Is The New Black , and Joe made his pitches for acting-Emmy long shots. A Canon submission made our gorges rise yet again as we reviewed a notorious episode of Review before Degrassi go...
Jun 15, 2015•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 74
With iZombie 's season finale bearing down on us like a cannibalistic gym rat, we invited our iZombie correspondent Eve Batey to join us to talk about the season. Around The Dial takes us through Hoarders Live !, Serial Thriller , Tara's report on the ATX Festival, and some more outstanding local ads. After Tara shares a recent Tiny Triumph, Eve proposes the "Christmas" episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine for submission to The Canon. After briefly touching on the week's Winner and Loser, we proceed to...
Jun 08, 2015•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 73
Our esteemed colleague Stephanie Green is back to help us mull the current season of The Bachelorette , including the "shocking" twist that began the season, the "explosive" "revelations" we can expect in coming weeks, and why Kaitlyn can't stop sucking her teeth. We also pondered Lifetime's new behind-the-scenes scripted/fictional Bachelor series, UnREAL , before going Around The Dial with That '60s Duchovny Show, Scott & Bailey , all about an HBO documentary from April, and Mr. Robot , and...
May 31, 2015•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 72
