Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Once again, we made some of our Valued Guests stick around after their tapings and muse about TV in our version of a What If? Find out where their imaginations took them in this very special yearly EHG tradition!GUESTS👤 Alan Sepinwall👤 Brandi Brown👤 Caroline Lefloch👤 Sarah Baker👤 Alison Herman👤 Adam Grosswirth👤 Taylor Cole👤 Omar Gallaga👤 Krystal Farmer👤 Dan Cassino👤 David Wiebe👤 Eve Batey👤 Monty Ashley👤 Andy Dehnart👤 Alex Collins👤 Daniel MacEachern👤 Kari Race👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones👤 Jessica Morgan👤 Devindra Hardawar👤 Stephanie GreenTOPICSLead Topic: 🧠 Guest Thought ExperimentsNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🤔 2023 Guest Thought Experiments🧐 2022 Guest Thought Experiments👕 Dave made Dave the shirt

One of the oldest and most venerated game show formats is Password, dating back to well before all your co-hosts were alive. On an entirely unrelated note, for this special episode, we're playing a game called Personal Authorization Code! We've invited our friends Sarah Baker, Robert Krut, Jeff Drake, and Wendy Molyneux to play; since all of them live on the west coast and had to record in the middle of the night, our beloved Joe Reid sat in for Sarah as Tara's partner. Who can do the most with the least...number of words? Listen and learn!GUESTS👤 Sarah Baker👤 Jeff Drake👤 Robert Krut👤 Wendy Molyneux👤 Joe ReidTOPICSGame Time: 🤐 Personal Authorization CodeSUPPORT 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📸 Sarah Baker on Instagram🦋 Jeff Drake on Bluesky📸 Robert Krut on Instagram📸 Wendy Molyneux on Instagram🦋 Joe Reid on BlueskyCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Prestige series Dune: Prophecy travels more than ten thousand years into the past to see what put in motion the Dune-iverse events we already knew about. Guest Phil Maciak took the time-machine trip with us to discuss whether the series is only for fans of the existing IP; what the series might have focused on instead of administrative wrangling; and why the club always looks annoying regardless of timeline. We went Around The Dial with A Man On The Inside, Junior Taskmaster, Say Nothing, and a Day Of The Jackel update before Phil appealed to our hearts -- and guts -- with a Somebody Somewhere pitch. Friday Night Lights won, Jenny Mollen lost, and the melody lingered on with another round of Tube Tunes. Cue up your thinking machines and listen now!GUESTS👤 Philip MaciakTOPICSLead Topic: 🪱 Dune: ProphecyAround The Dial: 🚪 A Man On The InsideAround The Dial: 💌 Junior TaskmasterAround The Dial: 🇮🇪 Say NothingAround The Dial: 🔫 The Day Of The JackalThe Canon: 🧻 Somebody Somewhere S02.E02: #2Winner & Loser: 🏈 Friday Night LightsWinner & Loser: ✈️ Jenny MollenGame Time: 🎶 Tube Tunes XVSUPPORT 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🦋 Phillip Maciak on Bluesky🔥 EHG Humans Bluesky Starter List🤐 Phil's Say Nothing review🤫 ...which Sarah's review links to in her review😻 Find cat TNR and rescue groups near you (in the U.S.)🥋 Tara's Cobra Kai S06 review at Cracked🧤 Donate to Street Forum's winter-gear fundraiser💵 The National Network Of Abortion Funds📷 Photo: HBOCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Superstore creator Justin Spitzer has teamed up with Eric Ledgin for a new sitcom set at an Oregon hospital. Is it goofier than the subject matter demands? Stephanie Early Green returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Anatomy Of Lies, Sister Wives, Cruel Doubt, and The Penguin. Stephanie pitches the 10th episode of Australia's Instant Hotel's first season for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close up with a Game Time about TV shows that burned brightly, but too briefly (and...not always brightly). Put your feet up -- in or out of traction; that's up to you -- and join us! GUESTS 👤 Stephanie Green TOPICS Lead Topic: 🏥 St. Denis Medical Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight Around The Dial: 🩻 Anatomy Of Lies Around The Dial: 💍 Sister Wives Around The Dial: 🤔 Cruel Doubt Around The Dial: 🐧 The Penguin The Canon: 🏨 Instant Hotel S01.E10 Winner & Loser: 😱 Macaulay Culkin Winner & Loser: 🐮 Taylor Sheridan Game Time: 📉 One Season And No Movie 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 🩺 Tara's comedies about doctors and hospitals, at Cracked 🍽️ Stephanie's essay "My Great Hunger" at The Cincinnati Review 🤔 Cruel Doubt on YouTube 📚 The major-case sale at Exhibit B. Books 🎁 Extra Hot Great gift subscriptions at Patreon 📷 Photo: Ron Batzdorff / NBC

We thought a far-out distraction from current events was the way to go this week -- so we went to a fictional White House with accidental president Mike Brady, via 2002 TV movie The Brady Bunch In The White House. Should you take the tour -- or is this second-generation photocopy of an already-mediocre nostalgia brand not a candidate for your attention? We went Around The Dial with the new season of Abbott Elementary, the Criterion Closet series, and Mad Men before Ari wove together a Canon case for a sixth-season Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Tapestry." Prestige casting won, Amazon lost, and we voted early often for film-adaptation shows in Game Time. It's your patriotic duty to listen now!GUESTS👤 Tim GriersonTOPICSLead Topic: 🏛️ The Brady Bunch In The White HouseAround The Dial: 🏫 Abbott ElementaryAround The Dial: 📀 The Criterion ClosetAround The Dial: 🥃 Mad MenI Am Not A Crackpot: 🤖 AI On TaskmasterThe Canon: 🔪 Star Trek: The Next Generation S06.E15: TapestryWinner & Loser: 🍯 Arlios WinnersWinner & Loser: 🦾 Prime VideoGame Time: 📺 Honey, I Shrunk The ScreenSUPPORT 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📀 The Criterion Channel on YouTube🙅‍♂️ Tim Grierson on X🎬 Tim's profile of director Sean Baker for the LA Times🌴 The Again With This Patreon🔥 Get Extra Extra Hot Great in the EHG Club📷 Photo: Paramount Television

Prime Video's new unscripted show invites product creators to pitch supposed experts from the business world for the chance to get their wares featured in the Buy It Now store; reality TV expert Andy Dehnart returns to discuss what is essentially "Shark Tank, But Crappier." Around The Dial takes us through Somebody Somewhere's final season, The Summit, Four In A Bed, and Raiders Of The Lost Art. Andy pitches the Dating Around episode "Guru" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time with a lot of love to give. Put down that goop that lets you wash your face without water, and join us!GUESTS👤 Andy DehnartTOPICSAnnouncement: 🎙️ Club Campaign New PerksLead Topic: 💸 Buy It NowAround The Dial: 📍 Somebody SomewhereAround The Dial: ⛰️ The SummitAround The Dial: 🛏️ Four In A BedAround The Dial: 🖼️ Raiders Of The Lost ArtThe Canon: 🥂 Dating Around S01.E02: GurkiWinner & Loser: 🏢 Only Murders In The BuildingWinner & Loser: 🍔 Adam RichmanGame Time: 😘 The Dating GameSUPPORT 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🦋 Andy Dehnart on Bluesky🏷️ Tara's post on Buy It Now at Cracked📍 Tara's Somebody Somewhere review at Cracked🌫️ Reality Blurred⛰️ Andy's review of The Summit at Reality Blurred🛏️ Andy's Four In A Bed review at Reality Blurred😴 Four In A Bed on Tubi🎨 "Want To Learn Art History? Here Are 9 Absolutely Classic TV Series That Will Give You A Solid Education -- And Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat" at Artnet🗂️ Best Evidence at Reality Blurred🥂 Andy's review of Dating Around at Reality Blurred

Author, filmmaker, and Listen To Sassy co-host Pam Ribon is back to help us figure out what Hysteria! is trying to do: satirize the satanic panic and witch hunts of a bygone era? invoke Stranger Things and the Church Lady? We're not even sure what genre we should call it, never mind whether you should watch it, but maybe our discussion will help you decide. We went Around The Dial with What We Do In The Shadows, The Change, and Woman Of The Hour before trying to sneak an undercover 21 Jump Street episode into the Ca-- er, the Pamon. Slow Horses won, car chases lost, and we got bogged down in minutiae with rightwood's IMDb-forward Game Time. Take a break from that pentagram copy-edit and check it out! GUESTS 👤 Pamela Ribon TOPICS Lead Topic: 🤘 Hysteria Around The Dial: 🧛🏻‍♂️ What We Do In The Shadows Around The Dial: 👛 The Change Around The Dial: 🕕 Woman Of The Hour The Pamon: 🔫 21 Jump Street S04.E23: How I Saved the Senator Winner & Loser: 🐴 Slow Horses Winner & Loser: 🚓 Live PD Game Time: 😑 The IMDumB Game 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 💄 Hear more Pam on Listen To Sassy 🧛🏻‍♀️ Tara's WWDITS sixth-season review for Cracked 🕛 Sarah's Woman Of The Hour review for Best Evidence 📷 Photo: Peacock

Rolling Stone's chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall is back to talk about Apple TV's latest prestige limited series -- starring Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón, and maaaaybe a little too fond of its own shot compositions. Is the hinted-at conclusion worth sticking around for -- or are we mostly seeing it through for Kline's cardigan acting? Next, we went Around The Dial with Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Happy's Place, Shrinking, and the Platonic (not) ideal of "this should have been a feature" docuserieses, before Tara nominated a third-season Harley Quinn episode for the Canon. An Office reboot won, Succession lost, and a new scoring wrinkle scared the hell out of us in Game Time. Throw your drawers out the train window and have a listen!GUESTS👤 Alan SepinwallTOPICSLead Topic: 📜 DisclaimerAround The Dial: 💍 Georgie & Mandy's First MarriageAround The Dial: 🙂 Happy's PlaceAround The Dial: 🛋️ ShrinkingAround The Dial: 🦎 The Hunt For The Chameleon KillerThe Canon: 🃏 Harley Quinn S03.E03: The 83rd Annual Villy AwardsWinner & Loser: 👍 The new Office seriesWinner & Loser: 👎 Jeremy StrongGame Time: 🎃 Halloween SpooktacularSUPPORT 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✍🏻 Alan Sepinwall's review of Disclaimer* for Rolling Stone⚖️ Alan's Better Call Saul book, Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill: The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul💊 Tara's Untitled: A Bad Teen Novel👱🏻‍♂️ The Billy Crystal wig under scrutiny🌃 Tara's piece on Saturday Night Not Ready For Primetime Players verisimilitude for Cracked🦎 Sarah's The Hunt For The Chameleon Killer review at Best Evidence📷 Photo: AppleCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Three British talents from the worlds of TV comedy (Jon Brown, Armando Iannucci) and film (Sam Mendes) have come together for The Franchise, a look behind the scenes at the making of a fictional superhero movie. Does it shoot up, up, and away into the stratosphere? Devindra Hardawar returns to discuss. Around The Dial takes us to 9-1-1: Lone Star, 9-1-1 (talk about running the gamut), and the second season of Interview With The Vampire. The otherwise absent Sarah makes her pitch for inducting the Frasier episode "The Ski Lodge" into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we close with a Non-Regulation Game Time that might not be entirely super, but is at least somewhat duper. Hide out in your trailer and listen!GUESTS👤 Devindra HardawarTOPICSLead Topic: 🦸🏽‍♀️ The FranchiseAround The Dial: 🧑‍🚒 9-1-1Around The Dial: 🐮 9-1-1: Lone StarAround The Dial: 🧛🏻‍♂️ Interview With The VampireThe Canon: 🎿 Frasier S05.E14: The Ski LodgeWinner & Loser: 👍 RugratsWinner & Loser: 👎 PeacemakerGame Time: 🦹🏼‍♀️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🦋 Devindra Hardawar on Bluesky💪 Tara's review of The Franchise at Cracked😦 Tara's Scare Tactics review at Cracked⚰️ EEHG 297, about Interview With The Vampire S02🎞️ The Filmcast's episode on Megalopolis📷 Photo: Colin Hutton / HBO

ABC's new cruise-ship medical procedural features Dawson's Creek's former Pacey Witter as a hotshot surgeon who sets sail in search of work-life balance; Jessica Morgan returns to discuss whether everything's shipshape. Around The Dial takes us through the Real Housewives of New York, Salt Lake City, AND Orange County before ending on the 30 for 30 episode "My American Son." Anne pitches the 30 Rock episode "Queen Of Jordan" for induction into the Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's really taking its (game) time. Put on your life vest and join us!GUESTS👤 Jessica MorganTOPICSLead Topic: 🚢 Doctor OdysseyAround The Dial: 🌃 The Real Housewives Of New York CityAround The Dial: 🧂 The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake CityAround The Dial: 🍊 The Real Housewives Of Orange CountyAround The Dial: 🎾 30 For 30The Nonac: 👸🏾 30 Rock S05.E17: Queen Of JordanWinner & Loser: 👍 Stranger ThingsWinner & Loser: 👎 Lorraine BraccoGame Time: 🐢 Slowly At First III: Tubey's RevengeSUPPORT 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🐦 Jessica Morgan / Go Fug Yourself on X🙂‍↔️ Tara's review of Nobody Wants This at Cracked✋ "Nobody Wants This Mean-Spirited Depiction Of Jewish Women In Nobody Wants This" by Esther Zuckerman at Time👗 Go Fug Yourself🍸 The Drinks With Broads newsletter on Substack📚 Jessica's books on Bookshop⚾️ Sarah's review of Charlie Hustle And The Matter Of Pete Rose at Best Evidence📷 Photo: Disney / Tina Thorpe