Our resident (reluctant) GoT expert Jeff Drake is back to talk about HBO's ponderous, poorly wigged prequel to Game Of Thrones , House Of The Dragon -- who it's for, why it's so murkily lit, when it's going to get out of the administrative world-building weeds and get interesting, and which actors are making us long for the upcoming time jump. After that, we jumped into Around The Dial with She-Hulk: Attorney At Law , Bluey 's third season, and Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist , and Erica...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 421
Beloved baseball movie in which there is no crying A League Of Their Own is the latest film to get a series reboot -- with a bunch of twists -- on Amazon Prime. We talked to Yahoo! Sports's Liz Roscher about the casting, the bifurcated stories, whether the baseball holds up, what happened to the Rockford Peaches' manager (and to Candy Bar Guy #1), and all that 2022 dialogue rattling around 1943. Is it a homer, or a whiff? We also went Around The Dial with Never Have I Ever , Drag Race 's interna...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 420
Netflix is the latest platform to turn a Neil Gaiman property into a series with The Sandman . How does this one go? First-time guest Ilan Muskat is here to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Season 3 of Harley Quinn ; Season 2 of Girls5Eva ; the TV movie Helter Skelter ; and the ILM doc Light & Magic . Keira cashes in her Extra Credit to make us turn unexpected TV properties into videogames. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that hits some re...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 419
Sex & The City creator Darren Star has teamed up with Modern Family alumnus Jeffrey Richman to create Uncoupled , a NEW show about dating in New York, but from the perspective of a fortysomething gay man who's just been dumped HARD after 17 years. Should you make room for it on your schedule? Malcolm Venable returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Surface , Hulu's forthcoming This Fool , Young & Pregnant , and The Ipcress File . Sean makes the case for inducting the Un...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 418
Wretched real estate, Retta, and rocks indoors -- The Ugliest House In America is back, and so is Alison Herman, as we debate which of the houses "in paradise" is the most hideous, talk Sarah through money-pit PTSD, and wonder if we haven't finally found a show that actually belonged on Quibi. Then we went Around The Dial with a Hider In My House follow-up, Rap Sh!t , and Black Bird before Tara tried to stock the Canon aisles with a fourth-season Superstore . Teachers won, cops lost, and Number ...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 417
Did you know that the crime of secretly living in someone else's house happens so much it has A NAME? It's called "phrogging," and it's the subject of Lifetime's new true crime show, Phrogging: Hider In My House , which we're discussing with returning guest (and house-hider survivor) Robert Krut! Around The Dial takes us through 101 Places To Party Before You Die ; a new season of Married At First Sight ; the Emmy-snubbed Somebody Somewhere and Reservation Dogs ; D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! ; T...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 416
We asked our Patreon supporters to suggest TV episodes we should be forced to watch, and boy, did they come through. From their many picks, we've gone with Breakout Kings 's Season 2 premiere "An Unjust Death"; "Basic Lupine Urology," Community 's take on Law & Order ; and a Buck Rogers episode that features both frenetic youth dancing and Jerry Orbach. Join us, won't you? TOPICS Lead Topic: 👑 Breakout Kings S02.E01: An Unjust Death Lead Topic: ✳️ Community S03.E17: Basic Lupine Urology Lea...
Jul 13, 2022•48 min•Ep. 415
EEHG 104: Spreading Around The Holiday Cheer Eric A writes: lots of shows have done Christmas episodes. Friends did some great Thanksgiving episodes, and Roseanne was known for its Halloween episodes. Pitch an episode for a lesser-known or covered holiday. What show should do the episode, and how does it teach (or subvert) the message of the day? EEHG 112: Making Your Theme Park Mark Jim challenged us to turn a TV show into a theme park. The result is a real...roller coaster. EEHG 132: You Can't...
Jul 06, 2022•52 min•Ep. 414
Nadia Chaudhury is back to beef up our panel's discussion of The Bear , Hulu's tense, swear-packed story of a young chef's return to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop -- and how his fine-dining past collides with a blue-collar present. Is Jeremy Allen White giving us William Fichtner vibes as Carmy? Can Sarah get enough of Richie's profanity? Is the show really about Carmy's journey, or Sydney's? And did watching make us hungry, or worn out? Then we went Around The Dial with Loot , Ms. M...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 413
Fill a dish with hard candies for Dave Chen, who's back after a long absence to talk about the somewhat mysterious appeal of FX's aging-spy-vs.-spy drama, The Old Man . Does Sarah think it needs more process-y bits? Does the excellent acting by Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and their younger versions make up for long nobody-talks-like-that passages of abstraction? And are Dave and Carol the real heroes? Later, we went Around The Dial with Rutherford Falls , RHONJ , and Players before Tara tried to...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 412
Ms. Marvel , the latest MCU TV series to arrive on Disney+, takes viewers home to Jersey City with the titular character, but what did certified Kamala Khan expert Kate Sánchez think of the liberties the show takes with the source material? We discuss! Around The Dial takes us through the New Orleans season of The Real World Homecoming ; First Kill ; and Physical . Tara pitches Vida 's "Episode 13" for induction into the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, before closing up with ...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 411
The Boys are back in town for a third season of extremely bloody mayhem, and Will Hines has returned to talk to us about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Real World (NOT Homecoming ) New Orleans; The Expanse ; and the Houston season of Top Chef . Skylar pitches "Part 8" of Twin Peaks 's Showtime season for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time full of finales. Grab yourself a Lean Lady Frozen Dinner by Vought and join us! GUESTS �...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 410
The latest live-action Disney Plus series to tell us what happened between Star Wars movies is Obi-Wan Kenobi , and first-time guest Simone Chavoor is here to discuss whether it's worth your time! Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight , Julia , Under The Banner Of Heaven , Magnum P.I. (the original), The Lincoln Lawyer , and Prehistoric Planet . Simone pitches us "Apéritif," the series premiere of Hannibal , for induction into The Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 409
Some maniac got the idea to throw a bunch of British adults (and one Irish adult) into a fake American high school set and make them date each other in the manner of teen movie characters; some other maniacs decided to discuss this brand-new offering from Amazon Prime Video on this podcast, and we've brought back Brandi Brown to join us! Around The Dial takes us through Hacks , New Scandinavian Cooking , and Naked City . Tara pitches the Shrill episode "WAHAM" for induction into the Canon. Then ...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 408
EEHG 143: Dave Forces Everyone To Watch The Nero Episode Of Ancient Rome Don't you DAAAAAAAAAARE miss this episode. EEHG 160: Titulus Deest Memento Quaeso Titulum Creare Antequam Conveniant 2071 years ago today, January 7th, the Senate of Rome decreed that Caesar would be declared a public enemy unless he disbanded his army. In 'celebration' we each bring two TV entities (show, characters, networks, etc) to the floor that have not quite crossed the Rubicon. Explain why they are on the precipice ...
May 18, 2022•48 min•Ep. 407
We're joined on the bridge this week by ATV Podcast 's Andrew Cunningham, to talk about the latest addition to the Star Trek family, Paramount+'s Strange New Worlds : the benefits of procedural narrative, the Shatnerian properties of Anson Mount, and horny Spock. Then we transported ourselves Around The Dial with I Love That For You , Our Flag Means Death , and B-B-B-B-Bosch: Legacy , and listener Keira hoped to transport the lazily crappish series finale of The Good Wife into the EHG Nonac. Joh...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 406
Mother's Day 2022 is nearly upon us, and if you haven't made a brunch reservation by this point, you're probably screwed. However, we have made something for you that you can pass on to Mom that's much better than an omelet and a macaroni collage: it's the TV Mom Thunderdome! We have selected 27 TV mothers to face off in a series of three-combatant elimination rounds. By the end of the episode, we will have determined which is the mother to end all mothers, which we will know for sure because sh...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 405
The fact-based cop drama We Own This City brings co-creator David Simon back to Baltimore and to HBO; it also brings Santiago Melli-Huber back to the podcast to discuss this take on Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force scandal. Around The Dial takes us through even more true crime with WeCrashed , Captive Audience , and Gaslit , plus The Baby and RuPaul's Drag Race . Santiago pitches the WandaVision episode "Previously On" for induction into The Canon; then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, ...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 404
Our longtime Better Call Saul correspondent Will Leitch returns along with BCS to discuss the first episodes of the show's final season. Which moments made us think, "Ah yes, our show is back"? How have we revised our predictions on what happens to Kim Wexler? When and where will we see Walter White and Jesse Pinkman as the story comes to a close? And can we please get Lalo Babies to happen? After a quick gold-potty break, we went Around The Dial with Russian Doll , The First Lady , Just One Kis...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 403
Sometimes American remakes of British comedies are big hits, like The Office ! And sometimes they're not, like Taskmaster . Where does The CW's take on Would I Lie To You? land? Panel show aficionado Dan Cassino returns to discuss it. Around The Dial takes us through Minx , The Ultimatum , Beforeigners , Julia , and Atlanta . Dave S. uses his Extra Credit to challenge us to reinvent the dating show à la The Courtship (except...good). Listener Françoise pitches the Top Chef All-Stars episode "Res...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 402
Roxana Hadadi is back to talk about the latest minor Marvel superhero, Moon Knight , and whether an inconsistent premiere outweighs the charisma of Oscar Isaac in the lead role. Will TV's usual difficulty portraying gods apply to this series? Should Ethan Hawke's cult-leader subplot have gotten cut entirely? And is Dave a crackpot for thinking it's enough already with animated tattoos? After we went Around The Dial with Julia , How We Roll , Eye Candy , Tokyo Vice , 30 Rock , and The Andy Warhol...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 401
Hulu apparently felt that the Michelle Carter "texting suicide" case hadn't been sufficiently covered by a Lifetime movie and a multi-hour documentary, so now its latest scripted true crime series, The Girl From Plainville , is taking its turn; Stephanie Early Green returns to discuss it. Around The Dial takes us through Music Box: Listening To Kenny G ; Is It Cake? ; Love On The Spectrum ; and Mare Of Easttown . Amelia S. challenges us to forcen TV characters with TV episodes -- to delight ones...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 400
Do you know what time it is? It's Game Time -- except THIS time, all our Valued Guests were drawn from among our Patreon supporters, and they're playing in a mini-tournament with your co-hosts as their lifelines. Listen to find out who defeats all their opponents and emerges victorious! TOPICS Game Time: 🌭 Order Up Game Time: 📻 Tube Tunes IX Game Time: 💬 Describe It To Me Game Time: ⏩ Fast Jams NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 399 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🗽 The Great ...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 399
Brittany Luse took a break from co-hosting FCN and HBO Docs Club to talk about FOX's newest silly-competition reality show, Domino Masters -- and we all found lots of reasons you should probably just watch "topples" on YouTube instead, including weak chemistry, weaker jokes, frustrating lack of camera coverage, and drama that doesn't come from the craft. Oh, and: it's about 38 minutes too long. We did better going Around The Dial with Winning Time , Survivor , select Euphoria episodes, Top Chef:...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 398
With Sarah unexpectedly out for the week, it's a slimmed-down installment of the podcast (no Canon or Game Time) -- but fortunately Eve Batey is here to bring her expertise in both San Francisco and true crime to join our discussion on The Dropout ! Around The Dial takes us through Our Flag Means Death , The Courtship , the Late Night With Seth Meyers Corrections series on YouTube, Vikings: Valhalla , and the latest on 9-1-1: Lone Star . Mlle. Caroline asks us to pick non-canonical middle names ...
Mar 09, 2022•51 min•Ep. 397
After almost 12 years, the original Law & Order has been revived at NBC for its 21st season, and superfan Mark Blankenship has returned to The Blankenship Chair to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through Super Pumped , Love Is Blind , Reacher , Bug Out , and Worst Roommate Ever . Ilan cashes in an Extra Credit to get us to propose our finales for series that ended badly, or didn't really end at all. Carlos makes the case for inducting the series premiere of Mare Of Easttown to The Ca...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 396
Two Cents Plus Tax co-host Krystal Farmer came by to talk about The Endgame , an overstuffed and underwhelming procedural that tries to do too much and is assembled from the spare parts of too many early-aughts shows. Why do networks still make shows like this? Do we need The Endgame if we still (seriously!) have The Blacklist ? And how is Fedorova writing on the sticky side of Post-Its? We fared better going Around The Dial with Severance , a Married At First Sight update, Creamerie , Inventing...
Feb 23, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 395
We love it when our listeners submit Canon pitches so much that we're considering not one but THREE in this special episode. Will Karen's pitch on The Odd Couple rack up the requisite odd couple of votes? Will Doug Dale's advocacy for Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist move and challenge us? Will we make holiday dreams come true for Dave in Chicago and his case for Pee-wee's Playhouse 's 1988 Christmas special? Listen and learn! TOPICS The Canon: 🏢 The Odd Couple S02.E04: Sleepwalker The Canon:...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 394
With so much TV either taken up by the Olympics or getting out of their way, we took our own stab at counter-programming: for our last episode before Valentine's Day, we're each forcening each other to watch a TV episode with "love" somewhere in its title. Dave assigns Sarah "The Secret War" from Love, Death + Robots ; Sarah challenges Tara to take on the ABC Afterschool Special "It's No Crush, I'm In Love"; and Dave endures the series premiere of Tori & Dean: Inn Love . Following all our re...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 393
Waiting for Impact and Truu Stowray host Dave Holmes stopped by for the first time to talk about Pam & Tommy , Hulu's prestige miniseries about Pamela Anderson, Tommy Lee, their whirlwind romance, and the sex tape seen 'round the world. Is the story of Seth Rogen's stiffed (...heh) contractor the real heart of the tale, or is it the Pam/Tommy romance? Is the mid-nineties soundtrack intrusive? And should that penis have talked? We went Around The Dial with Somebody Somewhere , The Real Dirty ...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 392
