We asked our Patreon supporters to suggest TV episodes we should be forced to watch, and boy, did they come through. From their many picks, we've gone with Breakout Kings's Season 2 premiere "An Unjust Death"; "Basic Lupine Urology," Community's take on Law & Order; and a Buck Rogers episode that features both frenetic youth dancing and Jerry Orbach. Join us, won't you?

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 👑 Breakout Kings S02.E01: An Unjust Death

Lead Topic: ✳️ Community S03.E17: Basic Lupine Urology

Lead Topic: 🚀 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century S01.E21: Space Rockers

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 415 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

👑 Breakout Kings S02.E01: An Unjust Death on Hulu

✳️ Community S03.E17: Basic Lupine Urology on Hulu

🚀 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century S01.E21: Space Rockers on NBC.com

Eric A writes: lots of shows have done Christmas episodes. Friends did some great Thanksgiving episodes, and Roseanne was known for its Halloween episodes. Pitch an episode for a lesser-known or covered holiday. What show should do the episode, and how does it teach (or subvert) the message of the day?

Jim challenged us to turn a TV show into a theme park. The result is a real...roller coaster.

As The White Lotus transports us all to a luxury resort, we're thinking about vacations! We each share the TV location we'd most like to visit on holiday, and picking one or several TV characters to bring along for the trip.

Irritation at a Hallmark Channel event called Loveuary led directly to this challenge, in which each of us creates one full year's worth of programming events for the venerated Hallmark Channel. What are they called? What do they entail? How many are about chocolatiers dating lumberjacks? Find out!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🎎 Lesser Known Holiday Programming

Lead Topic: 🎢 TV Theme Parks

Lead Topic: 🏖 TV Vacation Locations

Lead Topic: 🗓 Hallmark Full Year Holiday Programming

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 414 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🎄 The Hallmark podcast It's Christmastown

Nadia Chaudhury is back to beef up our panel's discussion of The Bear, Hulu's tense, swear-packed story of a young chef's return to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop -- and how his fine-dining past collides with a blue-collar present. Is Jeremy Allen White giving us William Fichtner vibes as Carmy? Can Sarah get enough of Richie's profanity? Is the show really about Carmy's journey, or Sydney's? And did watching make us hungry, or worn out? Then we went Around The Dial with Loot, Ms. Marvel, and The Janes before Helen tried to trap us in the web of her New Girl Canon presentation. Werner Herzog won, Nathan Fillion lost, and we whipped off our sunglasses and dad-joked into the opening credits with a CSI-based Game Time. An all-new Extra Hot Great is up, so get it to go!

GUESTS

👤 Nadia Chaudhury

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🐻 The Bear

Around The Dial: ⚱️ Loot

Around The Dial: 🦸🏽‍♀️ Ms. Marvel

Around The Dial: 🔪 The Janes

The Canon: 🏆 New Girl S04.E17: Spiderhunt

Winner & Loser: 👍 Documentary Now!

Winner & Loser: 👎 Nathan Fillion

Game Time: 🧠 Is This A Thing: C.S.I. Edition

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 413 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Nadia Chaudhury on Twitter

📸 Nadia on Instagram

🍴 Nadia at Eater

⚱️ Alison Herman's Loot review at The Ringer

💵 National Network Of Abortion Funds

🧵 Best Evidence's repro-justice resource thread

Fill a dish with hard candies for Dave Chen, who's back after a long absence to talk about the somewhat mysterious appeal of FX's aging-spy-vs.-spy drama, The Old Man. Does Sarah think it needs more process-y bits? Does the excellent acting by Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and their younger versions make up for long nobody-talks-like-that passages of abstraction? And are Dave and Carol the real heroes? Later, we went Around The Dial with Rutherford Falls, RHONJ, and Players before Tara tried to convert us to her team with a sixth-season Seinfeld. DB Cooper won, Canada lost, and then we all wedged ourselves into a snowglobe for a Game Time from Dan Cassino. When you're done paying for your groceries with a check, hold your ear trumpet up to an all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Dave Chen

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 👴🏻 The Old Man

Around The Dial: 🎰 Rutherford Falls

Around The Dial: 🎮 Players

Around The Dial: 🤷‍♀️ The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

The Canon: 🏆 Seinfeld S06.E15: The Beard

Winner & Loser: 👍 D.B. Cooper

Winner & Loser: 👎 Canada

Game Time: 🧠 Tommy Westphall's Home For Imaginary Friends

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 412 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Dave Chen on Twitter

🕰 Dave Chen on Tiktok

🎧 The Culturally Relevant podcast

🎬 The Film Cast

🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs goes to 11

📺 Tara on "The Best 15 TV Shows of 2022, So Far" at Vanity Fair

Ms. Marvel, the latest MCU TV series to arrive on Disney+, takes viewers home to Jersey City with the titular character, but what did certified Kamala Khan expert Kate Sánchez think of the liberties the show takes with the source material? We discuss! Around The Dial takes us through the New Orleans season of The Real World Homecoming; First Kill; and Physical. Tara pitches Vida's "Episode 13" for induction into the Canon. Then it's on to the week's Winner and Loser, before closing up with a very formal Non-Regulation Game Time. Click on your enchanted bangles and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Kate Sánchez

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🦸🏽‍♀️ Ms. Marvel

Around The Dial: 🎷 The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans

Around The Dial: 💀 First Kill

Around The Dial: 🤸‍♀️ Physical

The Canon: 🏆 Vida S02.E07: Episode 13

Winner & Loser: 👍 American Rust

Winner & Loser: 👎 Amy Schumer

Game Time: 🧠 Your Honorifics

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 411 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Kate Sánchez on Twitter

🧐 Kate's thesis, "Heroes Wear Dupattas," at the University Of Texas

💊 Tara on the special Dopesick episode of Little Gold Men

🌚 Tara's For All Mankind review at VanityFair.com

🏛 Tara's Borgen: Power & Glory essay at TheDailyBeast.com

✍️ Kate's author page at But Why Tho

The Boys are back in town for a third season of extremely bloody mayhem, and Will Hines has returned to talk to us about it! Around The Dial takes us through The Real World (NOT Homecoming) New Orleans; The Expanse; and the Houston season of Top Chef. Skylar pitches "Part 8" of Twin Peaks's Showtime season for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time full of finales. Grab yourself a Lean Lady Frozen Dinner by Vought and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Will Hines

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 👦🏻 The Boys

Around The Dial: 🤮 The Real World: New Orleans

Around The Dial: 🪐 The Expanse

Around The Dial: 👩‍🍳 Top Chef

The Canon: 🥧 Twin Peaks S03.E08: Part 8

Winner & Loser: 👍 Fargo

Winner & Loser: 👎 American Gigolo

Game Time: 🧠 All Good Things

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 410 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

📸 Will Hines on Instagram

👦🏻 Tara's review of The Boys Season 3 at VanityFair.com

💄 The Listen To Sassy Club at Patreon

🕵️‍♂️ Will's podcast You Can't Handle The Sleuths at CBB World

📚 Sarah's interview with Sarah Weinman at the Exhibit B. Books blog

The latest live-action Disney Plus series to tell us what happened between Star Wars movies is Obi-Wan Kenobi, and first-time guest Simone Chavoor is here to discuss whether it's worth your time! Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Julia, Under The Banner Of Heaven, Magnum P.I. (the original), The Lincoln Lawyer, and Prehistoric Planet. Simone pitches us "Apéritif," the series premiere of Hannibal, for induction into The Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and close out with a Game Time that's fun for at least two closely-related members of the family. Make yourself a humble little bowl of stew and join us!

GUESTS

👤 Simone Chavoor

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🌵 Obi-Wan Kenobi

Around The Dial: 👰‍♀️ Married At First Sight

Around The Dial: 🍳 Julia

Around The Dial: 🌈 Under The Banner Of Heaven

Around The Dial: 🌺 Magnum P.I. (2018)

Around The Dial: 💼 The Lincoln Lawyer

Around The Dial: 🦖 Prehistoric Planet

The Canon: 🏆 Hannibal S01.E01: Apéritif

Winner & Loser: 👍 Kate Bush

Winner & Loser: 👎 Kevin Spacey

Game Time: 🧠 Relativity II: The Siblings

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 409 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Simone Chavoor on Twitter

🍅 "Empire State," Sarah's essay on the Star Wars prequels, at TomatoNation.com

🏛 Tara's Borgen: Power & Glory at VanityFair.com

📺 The ATX Festival

🖤 The Black Mass Appeal podcast

📚 Exhibit B. Books

Some maniac got the idea to throw a bunch of British adults (and one Irish adult) into a fake American high school set and make them date each other in the manner of teen movie characters; some other maniacs decided to discuss this brand-new offering from Amazon Prime Video on this podcast, and we've brought back Brandi Brown to join us! Around The Dial takes us through Hacks, New Scandinavian Cooking, and Naked City. Tara pitches the Shrill episode "WAHAM" for induction into the Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that will have you under its spell. The bell is ringing, so find a seat in homeroom and join us for our latest podcast!

GUESTS

👤 Brandi Brown

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 💘 Lovestruck High

Around The Dial: 🪚 Hacks

Around The Dial: 🥘 New Scandinavian Cooking

Around The Dial: 🌉 Naked City

The Canon: 🏆 Shrill S02.E06: WAHAM

Winner & Loser: 👍 Smash

Winner & Loser: 👎 TV-adjacent criminals

Game Time: 🧠 We Get Letters

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 408 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Brandi Brown on Twitter

😭 Tara's essay "When Did Emmy-Friendly Comedies Stop Being Funny?" at VanityFair.com

😵 The Listen To Sassy Club, which is hosting a Zoom watch-along of Weekend At Bernie's on May 25 at 8 PM ET

💥 The Smash Boom Best podcast

Don't you DAAAAAAAAAARE miss this episode.

2071 years ago today, January 7th, the Senate of Rome decreed that Caesar would be declared a public enemy unless he disbanded his army. In 'celebration' we each bring two TV entities (show, characters, networks, etc) to the floor that have not quite crossed the Rubicon. Explain why they are on the precipice and the terms they would have to meet to avoid bring declared enemies of the TV state by the EHG senate.

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🏛 Ancient Rome S01.E01: Nero

Lead Topic: 🔪 Crossing The Rubicon

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 407 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

We're joined on the bridge this week by ATV Podcast's Andrew Cunningham, to talk about the latest addition to the Star Trek family, Paramount+'s Strange New Worlds: the benefits of procedural narrative, the Shatnerian properties of Anson Mount, and horny Spock. Then we transported ourselves Around The Dial with I Love That For You, Our Flag Means Death, and B-B-B-B-Bosch: Legacy, and listener Keira hoped to transport the lazily crappish series finale of The Good Wife into the EHG Nonac. Johnny Weir won, Tara's soap predictions lost, and someone got a major lift from Tube Tunes 10 in Game Time. Grab your universal translator and beam up the latest all-new Extra Hot Great.

GUESTS

👤 Andrew Cunningham

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🪐 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Around The Dial: 💞 I Love That For You

Around The Dial: 🏴‍☠️ Our Flag Means Death

Around The Dial: 🕵️‍♂️ Bosch: Legacy

Around The Dial: 🤨 Totally Nude Nudes

The Nonac: 🤮 The Good Wife S07.E22: End

Winner & Loser: 👍 Johnny Weir

Winner & Loser: 👎 Queens

Game Time: 🧠 Tube Tunes X

NOTES

🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 406 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

🐦 Andrew Cunningham on Twitter

🐦 ATV Podcast on Twitter

🎧 The Overdue podcast

💻 Andrew at Ars Technica

📹 "Todd Glass Sells The NNF Folio" on YouTube

😇 Tara interviews Pablo Schreiber at GQ.com

🎨 Sarah talks about The Painter & The Thief on the Crime Seen podcast