The Crown is back with the first half (or so) of its final season; as it sends off Princess Diana, Heather Cocks joins us to discuss whether the season had to happen at all. Around The Dial takes us through The Real Housewives Of New York, Killing It, the second season of Julia, and the latest episode of Opera Wars, aka The Gilded Age. Heather makes the case for For All Mankind's "Hi Bob" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time you and all your nieces can enjoy. Shoo out any palace mice and listen!

👤 Heather Cocks

Lead Topic: 👑 The Crown

Around The Dial: 🏙️ The Real Housewives Of New York City

Around The Dial: 🏝️ Love Island: The Game

Around The Dial: 🐊 Killin' It

Around The Dial: 🍳 Julia

Around The Dial: 🎭 The Gilded Age

The Canon: 🪐 For All Mankind S01.E07: Hi Bob

Winner & Loser: 👍 Big Little Lies

Winner & Loser: 👎 Tori Spelling

Game Time: ✍🏻 Murder, She Wrote?

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🌤️ The Fug Girls on Bluesky

🦃 Tara's list of the 15 best Thanksgiving sitcom episodes

🚣🏻 The Again With This podcast, soon to start covering Dawson's Creek

🍸 Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan on Substack: Drinks With Broads

📚 Heather Cocks on Bookshop.org

🗺️ Trip-tested true crime at BestEvidence.fyi

📷 Photo: Des Willie / Netflix

Our esteemed colleague Alan Sepinwall is back, mate(y)! An Australian spin-off of an already banal cop-show franchise is maybe not the best use of his time, but we talked about NCIS-franchise stock characters, unmemorable TV for aging parents, and what happens when English actors try to play ugly Americans. Later, we went Around The Dial with The Curse, The O.C., and Murder One before wondering whether God is dead during Mike's The Leftovers Canon presentation. Alex P. Keaton won, Nickelodeon execs lost, and Game Time had us Quantum Leap-ing into TV characters -- all that and more on an all-new Extra Hot Great, oh boy!

👤 Alan Sepinwall

Lead Topic: 🐨 NCIS: Sydney

Tiny Triumph: 🌟 The Gilded Age

Around The Dial: 😱 The Curse

Around The Dial: 🍊 The O.C.

Around The Dial: 🔪 Murder One

The Canon: 🦁 The Leftovers S03.E05: It's A Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt World

Winner & Loser: 👍 Still

Winner & Loser: 👎 Unnamed Nickelodeon pilot

Game Time: ⚛️ Quantum Leaping 2

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📚 Pre-order Alan Sepinwall's latest book, Welcome to The O.C.!

😱 Alan's review of The Curse for Rolling Stone

🙀 And Tara's for Cracked

🔪 An entirely different Murder One at Exhibit B. Books

📷 Photo: Daniel Asher Smith / Paramount+

AppleTV+'s new dramedy is a series adaptation of the famously unfinished Edith Wharton novel The Buccaneers; Margaret H. Willison joins us to discuss how it compares to the many other current and recently past entires into the thriving genre of corset TV. Around The Dial takes us through Married At First Sight, Beckham, and Get Gotti, with just a little bit more on The Gilded Age than we already discussed in relation to our lead topic. Erin makes the case for the Spaced episode "Gone" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winners and Losers, we ROLE into a returning Game Time! Find a little time to yourself -- a nine-day Atlantic crossing should be plenty -- and join us!

👤 Margaret Willison

Announcement: 📢 Quick Club Plug

Lead Topic: 🏴‍☠️ The Buccaneers

Around The Dial: 💍 Married At First Sight

Around The Dial: ⚽️ Beckham

Around The Dial: 🔫 Get Gotti

Around The Dial: 💛 The Gilded Age

The Canon: 👽 Spaced S02.E05: Gone

Winner & Loser: 🏟️ American Sports Story

Winner & Loser: 🌙 After Midnight

Game Time: 🎲 Re-Re-Role Playing Game

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📸 Margaret H. Willison on Instagram

🍆 Tara on FBoy Island host Nikki Glaser, at Cracked

📺 The Appointment Television podcast

👭 The Two Bossy Dames newsletter

📰 Sarah's Get Gotti review at Best Evidence

📚 John Gotti at Exhibit B. Books

📷 Photo: AppleTV+

Showtime's new limited series, Fellow Travelers, takes us back to the 1950s AND the 1980s via Matt Bomer's closeted Don Draper-esque life and loves -- and the great Joe Reid is back in the guest chair to talk about whether the whole is less than the sum of a few very good parts; what Roy Cohn content might do a better job with midcentury context than this show; and how much sex creates character development. Then we went Around The Dial with Everyone Else Burns, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Paramount+'s Milli Vanilli documentary, and Tara plotted to get a tenth (!) Simpsons episode into the Canon. Seth Rogen's ceramics hobby won, an ex-SNL writer lost, and we piled into the virtual minivan for a road-trippy Game Time. Moisturize your necks: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great!

👤 Joe Reid

Lead Topic: 🧳 Fellow Travelers

Around The Dial: ❤️‍🔥 Everyone Else Burns

Around The Dial: 🏚️ The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Around The Dial: 🏴‍☠️ Our Flag Means Death

Around The Dial: 🎙️ Milli Vanilli

The Canon: 👨‍🦲 The Simpsons S08.E16: Brother From Another Series

Winner & Loser: 👍 Seth Rogen

Winner & Loser: 👎 Kevin Brennan

Game Time: 📍 The Great American TV Road Trip

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🧳 Joe's review of Fellow Travelers at Primetimer

🌤️ Joe Reid on Bluesky

🏆 This Had Oscar Buzz on Patreon

🎞️ Vulture’s Movie Fantasy League

😆 Tara on the best imported comedies to stream right now at Cracked

🎙️ Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon

📷 Photo: Ben Mark Holzberg / SHOWTIME

Bodies is the latest comic book to get a limited series adaptation at Netflix; Devindra Hardawar returns to discuss its many storylines, and timelines! Around The Dial takes us through Savior Complex; RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop; and (speaking of multiple timelines) various different iterations of Alfred Hitchcock on TV. Erin presents the series premiere of Starstruck for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we compete in a Game Time that's all 1s and 0s. Grab your badge and join us!

👤 Devindra Hardawar

Lead Topic: ⏳ Bodies

Around The Dial: 😇 Savior Complex

Around The Dial: 🦾 RoboDoc: The Creation Of RoboCop

Around The Dial: 🔪 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Canon: 🤩 Starstruck S01.E01: NYE

Winner & Loser: 👍 Coach K

Winner & Loser: 👎 SAG-AFTRA

Game Time: 🤖 I, Robot

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🐦 Devindra Hardawar on Twitter

⚖️ "A Missionary On Trial" at The New Yorker

👄 Tara's Big Mouth S07 review

🦾 "'RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop' - Four-Part Docuseries Premieres August 29 on SCREAMBOX" at BloodyDisgusting.com

🎞️ The Film Cast podcast

👨🏾‍💻 Devindra at Engadget

🔪 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents playlist on YouTube

📰 The Best Evidence newsletter

📚 The EHG listener discount at Exhibit B. Books

📷 Photo: Matt Towers / Netflix

Appointment Television and Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham returns to talk about the return of Frasier, and whether it was necessary. Should the creators have taken a hint from the universe (and David Hyde Pierce)? Could the re-imagining of the beloved original have worked with a few conceptual tweaks? Would we advise you to watch it, or take Eddie for a walk instead? Later, we went Around The Dial with Shining Vale's second season, Home Movies, AHS: Roanoke, and updates on Devil's Plan and House Of Usher, then pinned on our corsages for a Canon entry on a super-size episode of The Venture Bros.. JFK won, walkers lost, and points for trying was more than a metaphor in a b-b-b-b-brilliant Game Time. We'll meet you at the copyright-compliant local tavern for an all-new Extra Hot Great!

👤 Andrew Cunningham

Lead Topic: 🥗 Frasier

Around The Dial: 🔪 Shining Vale

Around The Dial: 📹 Home Movies

Around The Dial: 🚢 American Horror Story: Roanoke

Around The Dial: 😈 The Devil's Plan

Around The Dial: 🏚️ The Fall Of The House Of Usher

The Canon: ✌️ The Venture Bros. S04.E16: Operation P.R.O.M.

Winner & Loser: 👍 JFK

Winner & Loser: 👎 Results-oriented on-TV guide grids

Game Time: 📯 B-B-B-B-Broadcast!

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🍳 Tara's review of the Frasier reboot at Cracked

🥌 Alan Sepinwall's at Rolling Stone

🥾 More on the reboot's Twitter origins at Vulture

☕️ 130 animators remake "My Coffee With Niles" one frame at a time

🌤️ Andrew Cunningham on Bluesky

👨🏻‍💻 Andrew at Ars Technica

⏳ Andrew on The Wheel Of Time

📺 The Appointment Television podcast

🔪 Tara reviews Shining Vale S02 at Cracked

🚢 EHG 135 with Tara and Eve Batey talking about AHS: Roanoke

⚓️ Tara's Roanoke coverage from Previously.TV

📰 The Best Evidence newsletter

📷 Photo: Pamela Littky / Paramount+

The latest screen adaptation of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial was directed by the late William Friedkin and premiered on Paramount+ With Showtime, which means we can claim it as TV and we have; certified film critic Tim Grierson returns to discuss it! Around The Dial takes us through Our Flag Means Death S02, comedy specials from John Mulaney and (separately) Taylor Tomlinson, The Restaurant, and The Devil's Plan. Bezoar Laura presents the Scrubs episode "My Screw Up" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, we kick off a new season of Game Time by regarding some TV stars who crossed over into the movies. Put on your dress blues and join us!

👤 Tim Grierson

Announcement: 📢 Patreon Update!

Lead Topic: 🚢 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Around The Dial: 🏴‍☠️ Our Flag Means Death

Around The Dial: 🎙️ Stand Up For Parents

Around The Dial: 🍖 The Restaurant

The Canon: 🩻 Scrubs S03.E14: My Screw Up

Winner & Loser: 👍 Turn-On

Winner & Loser: 👎 Teresa Giudice

Game Time: 🏆 The Nominees Were...

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🐦 Tim Grierson on Twitter

🏴‍☠️ Tara's review of Our Flag Means Death S02

🎥 Tim's book, How To Make A Movie, at Bookshop.org

🍿 GriersonLeitch.com

🎶 Wilco The Podcast on Apple Podcasts

🍝 "Spaghetti Western" at NYMag.com

📰 Eve Batey, Marcia Chatelain, and Sarah on food crime at The Docket

👾 Turn-On E01

💾 Turn-On E02

📷 Photo: Paramount Pictures

Amazon Prime takes us back to the Vought cinematic universe with Gen V, a The Boys spinoff of sorts about up-and-coming college "supes" -- and we're glad Nick Rheinwald-Jones could join us to talk about whether it's a TV campus worth visiting, plus the pleasures of thorough world-building, CGI peens, and putting the grodiest deaths out of frame. We went Around The Dial with Starstruck, Only Connect, and the first season of Feud, then headed out to Neptune, CA for Sarah's Canon presentation on the Veronica Mars pilot. Kevin James won, Linda Fairstein lost, and we all gathered around the non-regulation piano for another round of Tube Tunes in Game Time. Add this all-new Extra Hot Great to your core listening curriculum today!

👤 Nick Rheinwald-Jones

Announcement: 🏆 Canon Levels Low!

Lead Topic: 🧪 Gen V

Around The Dial: 🤩 Starstruck

Around The Dial: 🔢 Only Connect

Around The Dial: 🤺 Feud

The Canon: 🏴‍☠️ Veronica Mars S01.E01: Pilot

Winner & Loser: 👍 Kevin James

Winner & Loser: 👎 Linda Fairstein

Game Time: 🎶 Tube Tunes XIII

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🧪 Tara's Gen V review at Cracked

🤷‍♀️ Chance Perdomo's "explanation" of his social-media challenges

🕵🏻‍♂️ Nick Rheinwald-Jones at SpyBrunch.com

🌤️ Nick on Bluesky

💗 Tara on romcom creators at Cracked

📚 Save some money at Exhibit B. Books

📷 Photo: Brooke Palmer / Prime Video

Love Is Blind is back with a whole new crop of singles willing to try their luck at finding love sight unseen; Tara's fellow Coelenologist Brittany Luse returns to talk about it! Around The Dial takes us through American Horror Story, Still Up, and the AppleTV+ documentary feature Still. Theresa pitches the third episode of Normal People for the Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that feels really connected to you already. Grab your gold goblet and join us!

👤 Brittany Luse

Announcement: 📢 Patreon Drive Update

Lead Topic: 🧑‍🦯 Love Is Blind

Around The Dial: 🔪 American Horror Story: Delicate

Around The Dial: 🌜 Still Up

Around The Dial: 🫨 Still

The Canon: ☘️ Normal People S01.E03

Winner & Loser: 👍 The WGA

Winner & Loser: 👎 Oprah Winfrey

Game Time: 🔌 Also Also Connect

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🌛 Tara's Still Up review at Cracked

⏱️ The It's Been A Minute podcast

🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon

📷 Photo: Netflix

Al Lowe Huff drags in a portable smelter -- and Dave gets high off the fumes -- for The Gold, a six-part scripted story about the 1983 Brink's Mat robbery in the UK. We're talking about proportions of process-iness, the class struggle in South London, and how much BAFTA-bait monologuing is too much, before we go Around The Dial with The Other Black Girl, Harry Wild, Whitstable Pearl, and Cagney & Lacey. (And Sean Connery. Don't ask.) Then Laura unfurled HER list of reasons we should consider a My Name Is Earl episode for the Canon. Disney won, Jeremy Strong lost, and we tried to connect the TV dots in Game Time. Put your corrupt lawyer on speed-dial for an all-new Extra Hot Great.

👤 Allison Lowe Huff

Lead Topic: 🥇 The Gold

Around The Dial: 👧🏾 The Other Black Girl

Around The Dial: 🐻 Harry Wild

Around The Dial: 🦪 Whitstable Pearl

Around The Dial: 👮🏻‍♀️ Cagney And Lacey

The Canon: 📜 My Name Is Earl S02.E05: Van Hickey

Winner & Loser: 👍 Disney

Winner & Loser: 👎 Jeremy Strong

Game Time: 🔌 Also Connect

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👑 Dave summons The Gold into existence in EEHG 017

🏛️ Tara's review of Krapopolis

🏚️ Sarah's review of Amityville: An Origin Story

📷 Photo: Sally Mais / Tannadice Pictures / Paramount+