Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Join Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole and their valued guests each week for discussion of what's new on TV plus our hall of fame roundtable segment called The Canon, listen as we appoint Winners and Losers Of The Week and of course our ultra competitive TV trivia quiz: Game Time.

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV is a tv podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 500 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

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  Episode #634

  634: Pressing Our Luck With American Horror Story

  Sep 30, 20261h 23m

  We were counting on The Hollywood Reporter’s chief television critic Dan Fienberg to help us diagnose the issues with the thirteenth season of American Horror Story , and luckily he came through in a discussion that covered excessive fan service, when the “ew” and the “…huh” don’t balance each other, and the sin of wasting John Waters. We went Around The Dial with the new A Different World , My Brilliant Career , and American Hostage before Seth served up a Canon pitch for Hannibal ‘s second-season finale. Mary Poppins won, Brandi Glanville lost, and we didn’t wait ’til the middle of the night to step on a Lego-based Game Time. Grab a handful of swabs and have a listen! GUESTS Daniel Fienberg TOPICS Announcement: Club Stickers! Lead Topic: American Horror Story Around The Dial: A Different World Around The Dial: ‍♀️ Women In Horror TV Around The Dial: My Brilliant Career Around The Dial: American Hostage The Canon: Hannibal S02.E13: Mizumono Winner & Loser: ☂️ Mary Poppins Winner & Loser: Brandi Glanville Game Time: Lego My Game Time SUPPORT THE SHOW Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ️ Shop our merch store! NOTES Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site EHG Club Sticker Poll Subscribe to Dan's THR newsletter, Now See This Dan Fienberg on Bluesky And at The Hollywood Reporter... ...including his review of American Hostage Sarah's review of American Hostage for Best Evidence Extra Hot Great Club Ask Sarah about the Mutual Aid Vault Angie Han's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story review at The Hollywood Reporter Again With Again With This Photo: Eric Liebowitz / FX CLUB-ONLY NOTES EHG Club Perk Links & How-To Get On Our Community Discord

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  Episode #633

  633: Ducking And Covering With Line Of Fire

  Sep 23, 20261h 27m

  We’re thrilled Santiago Melli-Huber could return to discuss the inter-agency copaganda — and, to be fair, the realistic sibling interactions — of Line Of Fire , a puzzle-box-ish network procedural full of cop tropes, unrealistic travel times, and actors we had trouble reconciling with relatively likable characters. We went Around The Dial with Best Of The Best , Dropout content, and Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story before Sarah bellied up to the Canon with a pitch for Drunk History . The Savant won, Taylor Frankie Paul lost, and Game Time was so on-brand with its acting-through-the-generations concept that it took nearly a generation to complete. Pocket an origami swan and join us for an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS Santiago Melli-Huber TOPICS Lead Topic: Line Of Fire Around The Dial: Best Of The Best Around The Dial: Matlock (2024) Around The Dial: Game Changer Around The Dial: Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story The Canon: Drunk History S05.E07: Drunk Mystery Winner & Loser: The Savant Winner & Loser: ‍♀️ Taylor Frankie Paul Game Time: Return Of The TV Nepo Babies SUPPORT THE SHOW Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ️ Shop our merch store! NOTES Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site Ridiculous large iPhone text Follow Santiago Melli-Huber on Bluesky ️ Mari Cohn and Dolly Parton Tribute Night at The Edge The Listen To Sassy Club Sarah's Monster: Lizzie review at Best Evidence Make a withdrawal from (or deposit in!) the EHG Mutual Aid Vault Photo: Spencer Pazer / NBC

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  Episode #631

  631: Ferrying You To Widow's Bay

  Sep 9, 20261h 1m

  We are off this week for Labor Day but present an episode from inside the Club vault. AppleTV’s newest dramedy pairs The Heat screenwriter Katie Dippold with Matthew Rhys as the beleaguered mayor of a dying island town; we tell you whether you should book your stay at the creepy local inn. Ask EHG invites us to share, among other things, which current show desperately needs a zombie apocalypse and the words we find aesthetically pleasing. Sarah pitches Omar Little’s first rendition of “The Farmer In The Dell” from The Wire for the Tiny Whistling Canon. We name the week’s Not Quite Winners And Losers. Finally, we end on our picks for the Sky Mall gifts our favorite TV characters most need to receive. Settle in to your table at The Salty Whale and join us! TOPICS Announcement: Ask & Answer Ask EHG Without Discord Lead Topic: ‍♀️ Widow's Bay Ask EHG: Canadian Gladiators Tiny Canon: The Wire S01.E05: The Pager Winner & Loser: Nick Offerman Winner & Loser: ✍️ Friends writers Winner & Loser: Michael Beach Winner & Loser: ‍❄️ Lost producers Winner & Loser: Adolescence Winner & Loser: Aimee Lou Wood Extra Credit: ✈️ SkyMalled Mini: Whistling (Oct 2011) SUPPORT THE SHOW Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ️ Shop our merch store! NOTES Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site "What's Jazz Doing In A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms?" on YouTube "Omar Comin'" on YouTube "Lost Actor Harold Perrineau Says Former Co-Star Still Won't Talk To Him" at IGN [subscription required] ✈️ SkyMall Photo: Apple

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  Episode #630

  630: The Extra Hot Great Fall 2026 TV Preview

  Sep 2, 20261h 15m

  Labor Day is nearly here, and with it the unofficial start of fall. With dozens of new shows premiering or returning, which are we actually planning to watch…and planning even harder to avoid? Eve Batey returns so that we can all share our picks and P.U.s. Eve presents the Widow’s Bay episode “Your Baggage” for induction into The Canon. Then, after we name the week’s Winner and Loser, we close with a Ted-y bear of a Non-Regulation Game Time. Take a break from burning your dead leaves to listen! GUESTS Eve Batey TOPICS Lead Topic: Fall TV Preview The Canon: ⛽️ Widow's Bay S01.E08: Your Baggage Winner & Loser: ⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: CNN Game Time: Ted Like Me SUPPORT THE SHOW Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ️ Shop our merch store! NOTES Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site Eve Batey on Bluesky ‼️ “The Cozy-Looking Sweaters In ‘Reds,’ Ranked” at Defector The Vanity Fair Daily newsletter Eve’s piece on Under Story at the San Francisco Chronicle [subscription required] Sarah’s review of Baby Doe at Best Evidence [subscription required] ️ “CNN Apologizes For Mistakenly Airing Photo Of Dolly Parton Impersonator In Report On Late Singer” at Variety

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  Episode #629

  629: Putting Heads Together On Blood Sacrifice

  Aug 26, 20261h 13m

  Five-part Swedish serial-killer cop show Blood Sacrifice just hit Netflix, and Sarah Baker is back to talk about scratching the Scandi-noir itch, mapping overseas procedurals onto B-B-B-B-Bosch , and what uniquely Swedish crimes a second season could incorporate. We went Around The Dial with My Brilliant Career , Big Brother , This Is A Gardening Show , and a Djokovic djokumentary on Prime Video before Tara very truthfully pitched Would I Lie To You? for another Canon spot. Line Of Fire won; Lost , um, you know; and we had to dive deep into our NCIS knowledge for Game Time. Throw a couple cans of sparkling wine in the Volvo and join us! GUESTS Sarah Baker TOPICS Lead Topic: Blood Sacrifice Around The Dial: ‍♀️ My Brilliant Career Around The Dial: ️ Big Brother Around The Dial: ‍ This Is A Gardening Show Around The Dial: Novak Djokovic: The Wolf In Winter The Canon: Would I Lie To You S19.E05 Winner & Loser: Line Of Fire Winner & Loser: ‍❄️ Lost Game Time: ⚓️ Navally SUPPORT THE SHOW Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! Subscribe to EHG on Apple Podcasts for bonus episodes and no ads! ️ Shop our merch store! NOTES Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site Listen to Sarah Baker on Bob's Burgers And keep an eye out for Loves Company Contact Sarah about the EHG Mutual Aid Vault Photo: Netflix / Jörgen Johansson

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