Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Most weeks, we confront our guests with a Thought Experiment to compile for an end-of-year special. But this time, we're the ones in the hot seat. We asked our friends -- past podcast guests all -- to challenge us with TV-themed Would You Rather? They came through in a big way with hypothetical choices that really set us to some soul-searching. Listen to hear what decisions we're being forced to make!TOPICSLead Topic: 🤔 Would You RatherSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📚 Pre-order Will Leitch's latest novel Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride on Bookshop🛋️ The original credits sequence for what was then called Friends Like Us😳 "Seinfeld In Oz" on Dailymotion📺 The Decoding TV podcast

Black Mirror is back with a seventh season packed with miso jam, thronglings, classic film, Christian counseling services, a whole artists' commune, and more; Brandi Brown joins us to discuss what goes down (sometimes...way down). Around The Dial takes us through Hacks, The Syd + TP Show, and Top Chef. Tara attempts to get yet another game night sitcom episode into The Canon with Will & Grace's "Alley Cats." Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we're trying to get closest to the pin with Return Of The Return Of The Steep Incline Climber. Put that nubbin on your temple and listen!GUESTS👤 Brandi BrownTOPICSLead Topic: 🪞 Black MirrorAround The Dial: 😂 HacksAround The Dial: 🏀 The Syd + TP ShowAround The Dial: 🧑‍🍳 Top ChefAround The Dial: 🪒 Peaky BlindersAnnouncement: 🏦 The EHG Mutual Aid VaultThe Canon: 🎳 Will & Grace S01.E21: Alley CatsWinner & Loser: 👴🏻 The Bold And The BeautifulWinner & Loser: 💩 Mickey RourkeGame Time: 🧗‍♂️ Return Of The Return Of The Steep Incline ClimberSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🔗 Brandi Brown on Linktree🪞 Tara's review of Black Mirror S07 at Cracked🥚 "Every Black Mirror Easter Egg In Season 7" at Vulture🌃 Tara's review of Hacks S04 at Cracked⛹🏽‍♀️ The Syd + TP Show on YouTube🎟️ Tickets for Brandi's May 7 show at Turf Club in Saint Paul🎙️ Tickets to see Brandi among the performers at Rifftrax & Friends at Minneapolis's Parkway Theater👁️ The Crime Seen podcast📷 Photo: Nick Wall / Netflix

The Ankler's awards editor, Katey Rich, thinks Hulu/FX's new dramedy Dying For Sex -- about dying, kink exploration, and friendship love stories -- might be in line for some awards love. Did the panel agree? Listen for our discussion, plus Holofcener vibes, useless men, and rooting for Dawson's alums. We went Around The Dial with The Amazing Race, St. Denis Medical, and Andy Kaufman doc Thank You Very Much, and Katey lured us onto the corporate jet of a third-season 30 Rock episode. Olivia Munn won, legendary TAR teams lost, and we found out which TV set elements are bigger than breadboxes in a special Katey Edition of Game Time. Invite Neighbor Guy over and listen now!GUESTS👤 Katey RichTOPICSAnnouncement: 🏦 EHG Mutual Aid VaultLead Topic: ⚰️ Dying For SexAround The Dial: 🏃🏻‍♂️ The Amazing RaceAround The Dial: 🚑 St. Denis MedicalAround The Dial: 🎙️ Thank You Very MuchThe Canon: 🏫 30 Rock S03.E05 ReunionWinner & Loser: 👩‍🚀 Olivia MunnWinner & Loser: 🌍 Will Forte and Val Kilmer's agentsGame Time: 🙋🏼‍♀️ 19 Questions: Katey EditionSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Follow Katey Rich on Bluesky🏆 The Prestige Junkie podcast🎧 The Fighting In The War Room podcast🥀 Tara's Dying For Sex review at Cracked⛰️ Vanity Fair's Twin Peaks feature📚 20% off "plus-ones" at Exhibit B. BooksCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Will & Grace co-creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are back with a throwback multi-cam sitcom that isn't Gay Golden Girls, but isn't NOT Gay Golden Girls. Would we travel down the road and back again for more? Joe Reid joins us to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Last One Laughing UK, Shrinking, Adolescence, The Pitt, and Gone Girls. Joe pitches the Simpsons episode "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" for induction into the Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's more hard work than usual. Put down the cottage cheese and listen!GUESTS👤 Joe ReidTOPICSLead Topic: 🛋️ Mid-Century ModernAround The Dial: 💂🏻 Last One Laughing UKAround The Dial: 🧠 ShrinkingAround The Dial: 👦🏻 AdolescenceAround The Dial: 🏥 The PittAround The Dial: 🫥 Gone GirlsAnnouncement: 🏦 The EHG Mutual Aid VaultThe Nonac: ☂️ The Simpsons Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)ciousWinner & Loser: 🔪 Scripted true crimeWinner & Loser: 🏰 CitadelGame Time: 🥩 Butcher, Baker, Candlestick MakerSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Joe Reid on Bluesky🪞 Tara's Mid-Century Modern review at Cracked🪦 "Linda Lavin's Husband Reveals Her Touching Final Words" at ExtraTV.com⚔️ Tara's Side Quest review at Cracked🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz🎬 Demi, Myself & I🦤 Joe at Vulture📷 Photo: Disney / Chris Haston

Muppeturgy's Adam Grosswirth returns to talk about Shondaland's latest show for Netflix, The Residence, which takes us behind the scenes at the White House via a murder mystery -- but could the stellar cast make up for a too-long runtime and not-funny-enough writing? Do we have an Only Murders In The West Wing copycat problem? And should you bother watching? We went Around The Dial with The Righteous Gemstones, Smash on Broadway, and B-B-B-B-Bosch: Legacy's swan-song season, and Adam hoped he could train the panel to vote a first-season Murder, She Wrote into the Canon. Project Runway won, Netflix lost, and it came down to the wire in a very (equalizer) challenging Game Time. Grab that Audubon off the windowsill and have a listen! GUESTS 👤 Adam Grosswirth TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏛️ The Residence Around The Dial: 💎 The Righteous Gemstones Around The Dial: 🎼 Smash Around The Dial: 🅱️ Bosch: Legacy Around The Dial: 👹 Daredevil: Born Again Around The Dial: 🍄‍🟫 Scavengers Reign The Canon: 🐶 Murder, She Wrote S01.E06: It's A Dog's Life Winner & Loser: 👠 Project Runway Winner & Loser: 🎙️ Netflix Game Time: ⚖️ Cap’n Grosswirth’s Oops! All Equalizers SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Adam Grosswirth on Bluesky 🐸 The Muppeturgy podcast 🔪 Tara's review of The Residence at Cracked 🔚 Not watching to the end? Here's Decider's recap of the finale ✝️ Tara's review of The Righteous Gemstones at Cracked 🙂 Sarah's review of Happy Face at Best Evidence 📷 Photo: Jessica Brooks / Netflix CLUB-ONLY NOTES 🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To 💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Patreon supporters earn the right to "forcen" us to watch TV episodes of their choosing, and while we usually never know what we're going to get, this time we each made a selection from the list of submissions. Was Dave worshipful of The Chosen's "The Rock On Which It Is Built"? Did Tara want to take The Young Ones episode "Bambi" out back and shoot its mom? Did Sarah thrill to the artistry of Hustle's series premiere, "The Con Is On"? Listen, find out, and then (if you haven't already) join us on Patreon to tell us what we should watch next! TOPICS Forcening Pool: 🐟 The Chosen S01.E04: The Rock On Which It Is Built Forcening Pool: 🧷 The Young Ones S02.E01: Bambi Forcening Pool: 💷 Hustle S01.E01: The Con Is On SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site

We all love the series regulars on our favorite shows. But the magic of episodic television is that someone can pop into your life for just an hour, or 22 minutes, or maybe even just one scene, and make an impression that lasts a lifetime. Your co-hosts invited Jeff Drake to join us for a special episode in which we winnowed down our Sweet 16 of one-off TV characters to the one that, in this particular bracket, towers above them all. Listen to find out who the ONE one-off champion turned out to be!GUESTS👤 Jeff DrakeTOPICSLead Topic: ☝️ The One-Off Character BracketSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🧀 Jerem from 30 Rock🛶 Lord Flashheart from Blackadder II🎹 New Joe from I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson🔫 Agent Miller from Justified🪖 Hans Schmidt from Band Of Brothers😏 Dan Moody from I'm Alan Partridge🗣️ More Dan🍭 Sweet from Buffy The Vampire Slayer😇 Reverend Chatfield from The Mary Tyler Moore Show🛌 Emily Hartley from Newhart🤟 Laura from Seinfeld👩‍⚖️ Katrina Ludlow from Law & Order📻 80s Guy from Futurama📉 More 80s Guy🍼 Mr. Peters from The Dick Van Dyke Show🐎 Anne Berrisford from Beverly Hills, 90210👟 Hank Scorpio from The Simpsons👏 Roger from Friends

Obviously, we couldn't have anyone else come discuss Running Point but Krystal Farmer -- so thank God she agreed, and we went deep on everything from the charms of Kate Hudson to how much of a sport a sports-com should show, plus dumb pro-team fonts and believable sibling energy. Later, we went Around The Dial with Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Futurama on Hulu, and On Call, and Tara schooled us with her A.P. Bio Canon pitch. Éanna Hardwicke won, the Oscars' "In Memoriam" segment lost, and we celebrated the leading ladies of TV in Game Time. It's that that that time again: time to listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great.GUESTS👤 Krystal FarmerTOPICSLead Topic: 🏀 Running PointAround The Dial: 🌷 Grosse Pointe Garden SocietyAround The Dial: 🤖 FuturamaAround The Dial: 👮🏻‍♂️ On CallAnnouncement: 📢 The EHG Mutual Aid VaultThe Canon: 🧫 A.P. Bio S03.E06: That That ThatWinner & Loser: 🙋‍♂️ Éanna HardwickeWinner & Loser: 🪦 The Oscars In Memoriam segmentGame Time: 🏋️‍♀️ Strong Female LeadSUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Krystal Farmer on Bluesky🪙 The Two Cents Plus Tax podcast🏀 Tara's Running Point review for Cracked🧺 Tara on TV basketball comedies, also for Cracked🔥 The Extra Hot Great Club page📷 Photo: Katrina Marcinowski / NetflixCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

After Suits became a surprise streaming hit a couple of years back, of course NBCUniversal couldn't resist going back to the well, and that's how we got the spinoff Suits LA. Is it facing contempt charges? Kari Race returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through The Baldwins, Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years Of SNL Music, Dear Child, America Undercover and A Thousand Blows. Kari makes the case for inducting an episode of Kroll Show into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that could spell doom for some. Take your suit off -- or put another one on -- and listen! GUESTS 👤 Kari Race TOPICS Lead Topic: 👔 Suits LA Around The Dial: 🇪🇸 The Baldwins Around The Dial: 🎸 Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years Of SNL Music Around The Dial: 👧🏻 Dear Child Around The Dial: 🇺🇸 America Undercover Around The Dial: 🥊 A Thousand Blows (AKB) The Canon: 🚽 Kroll Show S03.E05: The In Addition Tos Winner & Loser: 🏆 Martin Short Winner & Loser: 🌃 Saturday Night Live Game Time: 👤 Guess Who? SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🛍️ Shop our merch store! NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site 🦋 Kari Race on Bluesky 👋 "Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life" at New York magazine 😬 Richard Lawson's review of The Baldwins at Vanity Fair 😥 Kathryn VanArendonk's review of The Baldwins at Vulture 🎙️ Tara's interview with Anthony Michael Hall at Cracked 🏠 Charlie's 80s Attic 🤔 Hey, Remember The 80s? 🥶 "The Ice Man: Kuklinski, Soprano, and an unjustly forgotten doc series" at Best Evidence 📷 Photo: David Astorga / NBC

The White Lotus is finally back, and so is novelist and Variety columnist Dan D'Addario to talk about a new locale for familiar hateful-richies storylines. We also talked about who we think gets killed, the most and least successful guest storylines, David Lynch, and what happens when a pandemic lark breaks big for premium cable, before going Around The Dial with Cobra Kai, Yellowjackets, and Lorne Michaels. Dan couldn't help but wonder if his And Just Like That... Canon pitch would succeed; Queens won and Ray Romano lost (guess everybody DIDN'T love him back in the day); and a familiar Game Time had us flipping through the PICI-to-English dictionary. Before you pass out at the dinner table, have a listen!GUESTS👤 Daniel D’AddarioTOPICSLead Topic: 🪷 The White LotusAround The Dial: 🥋 Cobra KaiAround The Dial: 🌃 Lorne (A BOOK!)Around The Dial: 🐝 YellowjacketsThe Canon: 💅 And Just Like That S02.E03: Chapter ThreeWinner & Loser: 🕵🏻‍♂️ Jamaica Bay, NYWinner & Loser: 👨🏻 Ray RomanoIs This Worse Than Jazz?: 📺 Netflix + AppleGame Time: 🗣️ Lost In Translation 2025SUPPORT THE SHOW🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more!🛍️ Shop our merch store!NOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site📕 All things Dan D'addario🏆 Read Dan D'Addario's forthcoming novel, The Talent, available at Bookshop!📺 Variety's 100 Best TV Performances of the 21st century✍🏻 The New Yorker's recent Mike White profile🥋 Tara's Cobra Kai review at Cracked🦅 Tara's Jacob Bertrand interview📚 True-crime reading recs at Best Evidence📷 Photo: HBO