Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

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 Loser, an old un-favourite rages back into Game Time. Beat your face and join us, honey!TOPICSLead Topic: 💄 RuPaul's Drag Race Around The Dial: 🪨 Rock And A Hard Place Around The Dial: 🌎 The Amazing Race Around The Dial: 🚨 Campus PD Around The Dial: 🩺 ER The Canon: ⚖️ Law & Order Winner & Loser: 👍 True Detective Winner & Loser: 👎 CherGame Time: 🧠 Hot PotatoNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 150 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Mark Blankenship on Twitter🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

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 off, put on some grimy pajamas, and settle in for an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic: 👊 Iron Fist Around The Dial: 🎣 Catfish Around The Dial: ❤️ Love Around The Dial: 😁 Happy Endings Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro Ad Corner The Canon: 🌴 The Golden Girls Winner & Loser: 👍 RuPaul Winner & Loser: 👎 Scientology Game Time: 🧠 TV Typos, Part Tw NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 149 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Chris Huff on Twitter

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 new Game Time. Top up your cocktail and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🎶 Hip Hop Squares Around The Dial: 🤬 Feud Around The Dial: 🚨 Ronja The Robber's Daughter Around The Dial: 🗡 Samurai Jack Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro TV Promo The Canon: 🧬 The Venture Bros. Winner & Loser: 👍 Hanna Winner & Loser: 👎 Iron Fist Game Time: 🧠 Children Of The Free Market NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 148 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Allison Lowe Huff on Twitter 🧛‍♂️ Sarah's Buffy season ranking on Vulture

But maybe not Paige? Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk tradecraft, Mad Men, and comedy on TV.TOPICSLead 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 SchwarzeneggerWinner & Loser: 👎 Eyewitness Game Time: 🧠 Spies Like ThemNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 147 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter

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-ceiling windows of your eight gazillion-dollar Monterey house as you listen to an all-new EHG!TOPICSLead Topic: 🌊 Big Little Lies Tiny Triumph: 🌴 Jane The Virgin Eve predicts time jumpAround The Dial: ⚖️ The Good Fight Around The Dial: 🔨 First Time Flippers Around The Dial: 👀 Homeland The Canon: 🧛‍♂️ Buffy The Vampire Slayer Winner & Loser: 👍 The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Darren Criss cast as Andrew CunananWinner & Loser: 👎 The Good Fight Game Time: 🧠 Rhyming RebootsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 146 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Eve Batey on Twitter👟 Law And Order Jog And Dog on Instagram🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

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 Time. Wrap a bat in barbed wire and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic: 🧟‍♀️ The Walking Dead The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Southwest Of Salem: The Story Of The San Antonio Four The Blotter Presents: 📚 Tower Around The Dial: 🤖 Humans Around The Dial: 🦸‍♂️ Legion Around The Dial: 🕶 Imposters Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro Ad The Canon: 🏔 Twin Peaks Winner & Loser: 👍 The Crown Michael C. Hall Winner & Loser: 👎 Real Time With Bill Maher Piers Morgan Game Time: 🧠 Name Of Thrones NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 145 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Omar Gallaga on Twitter 🍅 The Vine column at TomatoNation.com

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 & Loser: 👎 The White House Correspondents; Dinner Game Time: 🧠 Is This Benson? NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 144 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Kim Reed on Twitter 🌴 The Again With This podcast

Leah Kwan joins us to talk about The CW's new Archie Comics adaptation!TOPICSLead 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 AdThe Canon: 👶 Catastrophe Winner & Loser: 👍 60 Minutes Winner & Loser: 👎 Today Game Time: 🧠 Two For TwoNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 143 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Leah Ariano on Twitter

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: 🧠 Just One Letter NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 142 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Monty Ashley on Twitter 📹 The Villain Edit podcast

Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to talk about what may be 'The Final Problem' for real.TOPICSLead 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; FXAround The Dial: 🇬🇧 Foyle's War Around The Dial: 🛶 Frontier The Canon: 😄 Happy Endings Winner & Loser: 👍 SpaceWinner & Loser: 👎 Sherlock Game Time: 🧠 Title TreatmentNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 141 page on ExtraHotGreat.com🐦 Nick Rheinwald-Jones on Twitter🎧 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast