Jim Durr joined us for the first time (on this pod, anyway) to talk about Knightfall , the new medieval drama on History, and while all its trebuchets, extreme helmet cams, and campy popes can't quite_make us care whether they ever track down that crusty old Grail. We went Around The Dial with _GBBO , Netflix's weird but compelling Stranger Things: Deutschland offering Dark , and the best (and family-friendliest) of recent stand-up specials before Jim sent us back to the late '90s with a Futuram...
Dec 06, 2017•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 181
Daniel MacEachern visits from the Two Spotted Dicks podcast to join Dave and Tara for a special winter-themed all-TV forcening episode of the Extra Hot Great podcast! Whose picks are cool and who would have preferred being left on an ice floe? Listen and find out! GUESTS 👤 Daniel MacEachern TOPICS Lead Topic: ⚡️ The Flash S03.E17: "Duet" Lead Topic: 🐶 The Littlest Hobo S01.E16: "Snapshot" Lead Topic: 👑 Royal Pains S04.E15/16: "Off-Season Greetings" NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on ...
Nov 29, 2017•48 min•Ep. 180
Kevin O'Keeffe and Kim Reed join us as we head into America's favourite eating holiday by gorging on more than two dozen FMK matchups! It's gonna rock you! GUESTS 👤 Kevin O'Keeffe 👤 Kim Reed TOPICS Lead Topic: 🔪 F/M/K NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 179 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 📸 Kevin O'Keeffe on Instagram 🐦 Kim Reed on Twitter...
Nov 22, 2017•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 179
Two ex-contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race see their web series graduate to a half-hour weekly comedy show on Viceland, so Mark Blankenship is here to help us spill the tea on The Trixie & Katya Show ! Around The Dial spins to the series finale of The Mindy Project , Season 2 of The Girlfriend Experience , ABC's new high school musical special Encore , and Rolling Stones: Stories From The Edge , before Tara gets another chance to master the Pickle And Peanut theme song. Mark presents Insecur...
Nov 15, 2017•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 178
Frankie Shaw's new Showtime sitcom about a single mom in South Boston shows some promise, but did it make most of the panel -- including guest Stephanie Early Green -- too uncomfortable too continue? We discussed that, cute TV toddlers, and protagonists who don't learn before going around the dial with Rosehaven , 90 Day Fiance , a Netflix doc on Joan Didion, and The Pickle & Peanut Challenge. Tara took us to Detroiters with her Canon presentation, and Jordan Peele was this week's Winner, wh...
Nov 08, 2017•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 177
As yet another Margaret Atwood novel gets a TV adaptation, Allison Lowe Huff and Extra Hot Game Time impresario Rob Hartmann join us to talk about Alias Grace , Netflix/CBC's period prison drama. Tara and Allison discuss whether Mike Rinder has become The Pierce of Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath , or if Remini and her nails are already an unstoppable team without him. Around The Dial takes us to At Home With Amy Sedaris , Shetland , Stranger Things , and Pickle And Peanut (and to a m...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 176
Our esteemed colleague Jeff Drake is back -- and so is our esteemedest producer, David T. Cole -- to discuss Too Funny To Fail , Hulu's documentary on the much-anticipated The Dana Carvey Show and its ignominious end. After a Robin Williams-ectomy was proposed, Dave got the blues in his I Am Not A Crackpot segment, and then we went around the dial with Mom , American Vandal , Chance , and The Deuce . Tara hoped an episode of Better Things would be better enough for the Canon, Kardashians and Ben...
Oct 25, 2017•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 175
With Dave still in the field, we've invited Monty Ashley back for a very special episode. Will the "Michael's Gambit" episode of The Good Place and "Parker Gail's Location Is Everything" from Documentary Now! make it into The Canon? And will My So-Called Life 's "The Substitute" be inducted into The Nonac, The Canon's evil twin? Listen in and find out! GUESTS 👤 Monty Ashley TOPICS The Canon: 🍦 The Good Place The Canon: 🎞 Documentary Now! The Nonac: 📓 My So-Called Life NOTES 🗒 Full episode n...
Oct 19, 2017•52 min•Ep. 174
In our first-ever EHG without David T. Cole, Tara and Sarah recruited Fug Girls Heather and Jessica to help them dissect the Dynasty reboot. Do the kids today care about these iconic characters? Should the show have gone to a streaming or premium-cable network? And should any show be trying to make big business interesting? We went Around The Dial with Law & Order: SVU , Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team , Undercover High , and Grey's Anatomy before settling in for the snark of an...
Oct 11, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 173
As The Good Place 's second season jumps off from its game-changing freshman finale, Kristen Bell expert John Ramos of the Go Pirates podcast on Veronica Mars returns to talk about how Good it actually is! Around The Dial stops at Broad City , Broad City , Halt And Catch Fire , American Beauty Star , and Star Trek Discovery . John pitches Veep 's 'Mother' for induction into The Canon, and then it's on to a very organized Game Time. Load up your frozen yogurt and join us! GUESTS 👤 John Ramos TOP...
Sep 26, 2017•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 172
We're glad Omar Gallaga returned to Extra Hot Great; we just wish we hadn't inflicted Seth MacFarlane's limp and self-indulgent The Orville on him (and ourselves). Fortunately, things perked up a bit when we went around the dial with Outlander , The Good Place , Ken Burns's latest opus on PBS, and vintage ads by Star Trek . Tara was Insecure about her Canon submission, The Bachelor and Zelda Fitzgerald were our Winners and Losers, and Game Time has a lot more mass appeal than we predict our main...
Sep 13, 2017•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 171
Narcos reboots for a third season (minus Murphy, not that anyone's complaining), and first-time guest Melissa Locker joins us to discuss all the addictive action! We ask Will Dave Hate This? about ITV's new gladiator-cosplay competition Bromans . Around The Dial stops at American Horror Story , Will Vs. The Future , The Tick , Project Runway , Leah Remini: Scientology And The Aftermath , and the imminent fourth season of BoJack Horseman . Melissa pitches the Designing Women episode 'Killing All ...
Sep 06, 2017•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 170
Monty returns during the deadest week on the TV schedule, and Tara proposed a TV forcening that had us all pick episodes from the week's deadest night -- Friday -- for each other to watch. We caught up with House Hunters , searched for Bering Sea Gold , survived A Murder In The Family , and tasted Epic Sweets . Then we assessed whether the Animal Kingdom theme is worse than jazz before going around the dial with Ripper Street , Scientology , and the Face Off spin-off. Will Dave hate an upcoming ...
Aug 30, 2017•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 169
Netflix's long-awaited Marvel team-up The Defenders arrives...but given how long it was awaited, why isn't it better? Our Two Spotted Dicks pal Adam Grosswirth joins us to discuss. Around The Dial stops at the Claws finale, Episodes , So You Think You Can Dance , and Project Runway , ahead of Dave's musical question: are Netflix's trailer preview screens Worse Than Jazz? Adam boldly makes the case for inducting Smash 's pilot into the Canon, and after we name the week's Winner and Loser, it's on...
Aug 23, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 168
Tara and Dave returned from a brief vacay to the carnage of a Fuck/Marry/Kill round of Wagnerian length and scope. Robot cars, starship captains, streaming (ew) services, Debra Messing characters, Golden Girls, Dean Norris, Briscoe vs. Frisco...people, it was terrifying. And exhilarating! And we can't unknow any of it, and if you listen, neither will you. How many times did Crying Dawson get killed? Only one way to find out, in an all-new, extra-large Extra Hot great. GUESTS 👤 Jeff Drake TOPICS...
Aug 16, 2017•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 167
Netflix drops a sequel to its Wet Hot American Summer TV series, and Adam Sternbergh makes his long-awaited return to discuss whether it's as refreshing as an Otter Pop or disappointing as a melted S'More. Around The Dial brings us to USA's new limited whydunit The Sinner , Ozark , and Intervention . Adam boldly proposes the Three's Company episode 'Up In The Air' for induction into The Canon, and after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to another sequel in Game Time. Put on some sunsc...
Aug 09, 2017•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 166
It's a double-date episode (aw) (barf) as Sarah D. Bunting's husband, Dan Brady, joins the panel to discuss the Lowe family's foray into the supernatural. TOPICS Lead Topic: 👻 The Lowe Files Around The Dial: 🌴 Insecure Around The Dial: 📰 News Around The Dial: 📈 The Profit Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro Ad Corner The Canon: 📎 The Office (US) Winner & Loser: 👍 Ike Barinholtz Winner & Loser: 👎 Mario Cantone Game Time: 🧠 Our Idiot Brothers NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the e...
Aug 02, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 165
Stephanie Green returns, and immediately regrets it when she finds out what Dave is going to make her watch. TOPICS Lead Topic: 😎 Summer TV Forcenings Around The Dial: 🎶 Nashville Around The Dial: 💻 The Bold Type Around The Dial: 💼 Detroiters Around The Dial: 🏈 Last Chance U Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro Ad Corner The Canon: ☘️ Father Ted Winner & Loser: 👍 Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker Winner & Loser: 👎 Shark After Dark Game Time: 🧠 Small But Perfectly Formed NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes...
Jul 26, 2017•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 164
TV: The Book co-author and Law & Order Fantasy Draft winner Alan Sepinwall is back to talk about Season 7 of Game Of Thrones . Should the show be moving faster, plotwise? Who's going to end up "winning" when all is said and done? Which characters are human memes? And is Ed Sheeran a big baby for deleting his Twitter? After considering these questions, we went Around The Dial with The Challenge , Friends From College , and Ozark before picking off another Canon submission with Justified 's "D...
Jul 19, 2017•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 163
FX fills Fargo's time slot with Snowfall , John Singleton's drama series about the birth of crack, and Nick Rheinwald-Jones joins us to talk about it because he lives in Los Angeles and definitely NOT because he is a crackhead. Sarah explains why she's not a crackpot for thinking cable networks should just leave swear words in movies. Around The Dial takes us through Lifetime's movie Tiny House Of Terror , Younger , GLOW , and Prime Suspect - Tennison. Hannah makes her case for our inducting the...
Jul 12, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 162
Kim Reed joins us for a look at the new season, plus a Cheers Canon and a Dave-hate double dip! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏡 Playing House Will Dave Hate This?: 🧛♂️ Dracula (2020) Will Dave Hate This?: 🦸♂️ Watchmen Around The Dial: 💄 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 🤾♂️ The Challenge Around The Dial: 📺 Battle Of The Network Stars Around The Dial: 👀 Big Brother Around The Dial: 🎸 Boy Band Around The Dial: 👩🎤 GLOW The Canon: 🍻 Cheers Winner & Loser: 👍 The Leftovers Damon Lindelof Wi...
Jun 28, 2017•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 161
ABC adds The Gong Show to its lineup of rebooted game and variety shows, and Jeff Drake joins us as we get out our scorecards to rate the results. Around The Dial clicks to Better Call Saul , Fargo , and 30 For 30 , and includes an update on The Previouslies, our upcoming TV awards. Jeff makes the case for the induction of the Barney Miller episode "Hash" to The Canon, and after a creepier-than-usual Loser (and Winner), it's on to a savage Game Time. Peel a banana and listen in! TOPICS Lead Topi...
Jun 21, 2017•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 160
Eve returns to the guest chair to discuss whether TNT can finally Claws its way into the prestige-TV discussion with a dramedy about a nail salon's dirty bidness. We went around the dial with OITNB , The Handmaid's Tale , stupid Bravo tricks, and iZombie before muttering "the horror, the horror" at a Simpsons Canon presentation. Alison Brie won, Bachelor In Paradise lost (big-time, probably forever), and Game Time proved monotony can be fun. You'll be gellin' like a felon with an all-new Extra H...
Jun 14, 2017•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 159
As I'm Dying Up Here , the series adaptation of a non-fiction book, premieres on Showtime, Omar Gallaga returns to talk about its portrayal of the L.A. comedy scene in the '70s (and precisely how awful its opening credits sequence actually is). Around the dial stops at The Leftovers , Fear The Walking Dead , Amazon's documentary Long Strange Trip , and a retro surprise from Dave. Omar makes the case for us to induct the Ren & Stimpy episode "Space Madness"/"The Boy Who Cried Rat" into the Ca...
Jun 07, 2017•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 158
First-time guest Roger Cormier joins the panel to talk about House Of Cards 's fifth season, and whether real-life crazer news cycles have made the Underwoods' nutty machinations suffer by comparison. We discussed whether Dave will hate History's upcoming UFO drama Blue Book , then went around the dial with Drag Race , The Americans , Animal Kingdom , and American Gods , and considered The X-Files 's "The Field Where I Died" (...of boredom) for The Nonac. The Big Bang Theory won, a very big huma...
May 31, 2017•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 157
John Ramos joins us to talk about the third season! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🕳 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Around The Dial: 💃 Dirty Dancing (2017) Around The Dial: 🚨 Angie Tribeca Around The Dial: 🇬🇧 Three Girls Around The Dial: 🏔 Twin Peaks: The Return The Canon: 🤯 Fringe Winner & Loser: 👍 Saturday Night Live Vanessa Bayer, Bobby Moynihan Winner & Loser: 👎 Alex Rodriguez Game Time: 🧠 TV Pilot Announcements NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 156 page on ExtraHotGre...
May 24, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 156
New guest and certified Canadian Alex Collins sits with the panel for a discussion of Netflix's "gritty" take on Canadian kiddie-lit classic Anne Of Green Gables , and how it fares compared with the Megan Follows classic of yesteryear. We went around the dial with The Mick , a documentary about anxiety, a daytime courtroom show (spoiler: Dave WILL hate this), and Downward Dog 's fleas before we came to bury Nate, not to praise him during Alex's Six Feet Under Canon submission. Jessica St. Clair ...
May 17, 2017•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 155
With Netflix launching the series sequel to the 2014 film Dear White People , we welcome back Kim Reed to talk about how well the adaptation works. Around The Dial stops at the latest Brooklyn Nine-Nine , Pop's reruns of ER , and Season 3 of Bosch . Kim makes the case for Felicity 's "Final Answer" to be inducted into The Canon; then after we name the week's Winner and Losers, we arrive at a deadly Game Time. Dear All People: join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎓 Dear White People Around The Dial: 🚨 B...
May 03, 2017•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 154
Tammy Everts joins us to discuss Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's all-too-relevant dystopian story, plus Oprah and a Nonac! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧣 The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: 🧬 The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks Around The Dial: 📔 13 Reasons Why The Nonac: 🪦 Six Feet Under Winner & Loser: 👍 The X-Files Winner & Loser: 👎 The Bachelor Chris Soules Game Time: 🧠 The One-Second TV Show Theme Challenge NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 153 page on Ex...
Apr 26, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 153
As Better Call Saul returns for its third season, Jeff Drake joins us to discuss the slow-burning premiere (with a few peeks ahead at its showier second episode, shhhh). Around The Dial clicks through the series finale of Switched At Birth , Amazon's under-the-radar spy show Patriot , and American Experience 's three-part series, "The Great War." Jeff presents his case for the induction of Monty Python's Flying Circus 's series premiere, "Whither Canada?," to the Canon. And after naming the week...
Apr 12, 2017•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 152
