Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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 Topic: 🎭 The Gong Show (2017) Around The Dial: 💼 Better Call Saul Around The Dial: 🌨 Fargo Around The Dial: 🏅 30 For 30 The Canon: 🚨 Barney Miller Winner & Loser: 👍 Bill Cosby's defense attorney Winner & Loser: 👎 Megyn Kelly Today Megyn Kelly, Alex Jones Game Time: 🧠 Ibex Moose Duck Bumblebee NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 160 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Jeff Drake on Twitter

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 Hot Great.TOPICSLead Topic: 💅 Claws None: 🌃 Saturday Night Live First-time hosts we'd like to seeAround The Dial: 🧣 The Handmaid's Tale Around The Dial: 🧟‍♀️ iZombie Around The Dial: 💄 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 🏖 Invite Only Cabo Around The Dial: 🛳 Below Deck Mediterranean Around The Dial: 🩳 Orange Is The New Black The Canon: 🍩 The Simpsons Around The Dial: 🎥 Entourage Alison BrieAround The Dial: 👙 Bachelor In Paradise Game Time: 🧠 Monotone Readings Of Theme Song Lyrics: The GameNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 159 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter

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 Canon; and then after a discussion of the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that might really make you sick. Get ready to shell out for the two-drink minimum and listen!TOPICSLead Topic: 🎙 I'm Dying Up Here Around The Dial: 🫥 The Leftovers Around The Dial: 🧟‍♀️ Fear The Walking Dead Around The Dial: 💊 Long Strange Trip Around The Dial: 👀 Exploration showsThe Canon: 😸 The Ren & Stimpy Show Winner & Loser: 👍 Kathy GriffinWinner & Loser: 👎 Real Time With Bill Maher Game Time: 🧠 WebMDTVNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 158 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Omar Gallaga on Twitter

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 human lost, and we put on our best announcer voices to pair off presenters in this week's Game Time. Filibuster your commute with an all-new Extra Hot Great!TOPICSLead Topic: ♠️ House Of Cards Will Dave Hate This?: 😡 Project Blue Book Around The Dial: 💄 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 The Americans Around The Dial: 🏔 Twin Peaks: The Return Around The Dial: 🌊 Animal Kingdom Around The Dial: 🙏 American Gods The Nonac: 🛸 The X-Files Winner & Loser: 👍 The Big Bang Theory Winner & Loser: 👎 Game Of Thrones Thor BjornssonGame Time: 🧠 Bruce Vilanch, Eat Your Heart OutNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 157 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Roger Cormier on Twitter

John Ramos joins us to talk about the third season!TOPICSLead 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 MoynihanWinner & Loser: 👎 Alex RodriguezGame Time: 🧠 TV Pilot AnnouncementsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 156 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 John Ramos on Twitter🐟 What Lies Upstream on YouTube (for rent or purchase)

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 won, the Deadwood movie lost (some more), and Game Time made a (series) run for it as we tried to guess which shows had more episodes. Put a doily on your head and enjoy a brand-new episode of Extra Hot Great.TOPICSLead Topic: 👩‍🦰 Anne With An E Around The Dial: 🐶 Downward Dog Around The Dial: 🍺 The Mick Around The Dial: 💊 It's "Just" Anxiety Around The Dial: ⚖️ Judge Hatchett Around The Dial: 🤑 AdsThe Canon: 🪦 Six Feet Under Winner & Loser: 👍 Jessica St. ClairWinner & Loser: 👎 Deadwood Powers BootheGame Time: 🧠 More Episodes!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 155 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Alex Collins on Twitter

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!TOPICSLead Topic: 🎓 Dear White People Around The Dial: 🚨 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Around The Dial: 🩺 ER Around The Dial: 🎷 Bosch The Canon: 👩‍🦱 Felicity Winner & Loser: 👍 Live With Kelly And Ryan Ryan SeacrestWinner & Loser: 👎 PitchSweet/Vicious Game Time: 🧠 This Is The EndNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 154 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Kim Reed on Twitter

Tammy Everts joins us to discuss Hulu's adaptation of Margaret Atwood's all-too-relevant dystopian story, plus Oprah and a Nonac!TOPICSLead 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 SoulesGame Time: 🧠 The One-Second TV Show Theme ChallengeNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 153 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Tammy Everts on Twitter

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's Winner and Loser, we all learn that some demented maniac (you know you are, Rob Hartmann) has gamified F/M/K. All rise!TOPICSLead Topic: 💼 Better Call Saul Around The Dial: 👶 Switched At Birth Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 Patriot Around The Dial: 🌎 American Experience The Canon: 🎪 Monty Python's Flying Circus Winner & Loser: 👍 Hasan Minhaj, The White House Correspondents DinnerWinner & Loser: 👎 Homeland Game Time: 🧠 F/M/K: The GameNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 152 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Jeff Drake on Twitter🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

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 to guess the hearts of IMDb searchers. We're watering the seeds of chang...ing the channel in an all-new Extra Hot Great.TOPICSLead Topic: 🌸 Midseason TV RoundupAround The Dial: ✍️ Review Around The Dial: 🦸‍♂️ Legion Around The Dial: 📔 13 Reasons Why Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro TV AdThe Canon: 🛸 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Winner & Loser: 👍 America's Next Top Model Tyra removes maximum contestant ageWinner & Loser: 👎 Groundlings founder Gary Austin diesGame Time: 🧠 IMDb FirstsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 151 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 John Ramos on Twitter