Extra Hot Great

Criminal Justice remake The Night Of bowed on HBO this week, and Al Lowe Huff is back to discuss the show, the original, and the importance of casting. The History Channel wondered if DB Cooper's case is Closed? before Tara Flipped Out, Allison joined the Odd Squad, Joe was Shown A Hero, and Sarah went on The Hunt while Dave got tired of being Preached to. Ron pitched Deadwood's second season premiere for the fucking Canon; Carrie Coon won and Roger Ailes lost; and Rob Hartmann bent our minds with another timely Game Time. It's time to open a file on an all-new Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic:

Remember how much you loved Cameron Crowe circa Almost Famous? Showtime must hope you do, because it's airing his new dramedy series about roadies on a rock tour; designated Rock Cop Jeff Drake joins us to talk about where it went right, and wrong. Around The Dial stops at The Jim Gaffigan Show, Game Of Thrones's Season 6 finale, ABC's rebooted Match Game, and Below Deck Mediterranean. Listener Laura submits the Parenthood episode "Just Go Home" for induction into the Canon. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser and wrap things up with a very animated Game Time. Grab your laminate and listen! TOPICS Lead Topic:

Orange Is The New Black Season 4 dropped over the weekend, and Monty joined the panel to talk pacing, mental illness, casting churn, and dark turns. We went around the dial with The Girlfriend Experience, a Skin Wars spinoff ("skin-off"?), Samantha Bee, OJ, and series that should know when to end before they start. After we got juiced with a Bob's Burgers Canon submission, Younger won, a Game Of Thrones bastard (and viewers) lost, and hilariously passionate user reviews dictated Game Time. Get on the corrections bus for an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great! TOPICS Lead Topic:

Just when you thought you were O.J.ed out after American Crime Story, ESPN presents O.J.: Made In America, and we bring true crime aficionada Stephanie Green back to talk about the first episode! Around The Dial spins through Veep, The Real Housewives Of Orange County, the Tony Awards, Cop Rock, and another very culturally sensitive ad of yesteryear. Stephanie makes her case for the Happy Endings episode "The Shershow Redemption" to be inducted into The Canon, and then after crowning the week's Winner and Loser, Game Time takes us somewhere no one can year you scream. Get your podcast ready for the run of its life! TOPICS Lead Topic:

UnREAL is back for Season 2, and so is our esteemed colleague John Ramos, who joins the panel for a discussion of Hollywood truisms, miscasting, and whether the show is using Craig Bierko correctly. We went around the dial with Angie Tribeca, The Challenge, RHONYC, comics we had TV hopes for (now dashed), and the "high"lights of 1991 TV, before John brought an episode of Humans (heard of 'em?) to the Canon and we played a Nick Rheinwald-Jones Hot Potato Game Time. Who's more of a winner: The Bachelorette's Chad or Prison Break's Dominic? Is Niska our spirit animal? And will non-carnal wifeys Tara and Sarah be getting matching wristtoos? Buy into the fairy tale on an all-new episode of Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic:

Eve Batey returns, but will it be to worship AMC's new drama Preacher, or to condemn it to Hell? TOPICS Lead Topic:

As the "regular season" wraps up -- is that even a thing anymore? -- the gang plus Kim looks ahead to the new crop of shows, old favorites, and what we can't wait to watch...or boot off the season-pass list. Catfish, The Americans, Survivor, Scandal, and the now-weekly plug for Happy Valley took us Around The Dial before we got Lost in Kim's bold Canon submission, and declared the colonies and America our winner and loser. But who won Joe Reid's yodelicious Game Time? Where are we, really? You'll have to listen to find out, Freckles: it's an all-new SPF 50 Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic:

Mark Blankenship brings his charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to a discussion of Ru's latest girls. TOPICS Lead Topic:

As Game Of Thrones returns from hiatus, and moves beyond the books, the gang plus Jeff and Nick talked about Jon Snow, Crone Castle, and what's next for the Starks. We went around the dial with Better Call Saul, Valleys Silicon and Happy, Houdini & Doyle, Project Runway All-Stars, and the National Enquirer before putting Angie's 30 Rock Canon submission under a "Black Light." Humans? Heard of 'em (they're winners), whoever has to retitle Live With Someone and Maybe Kelly is a loser, and Rib Hurtmann changed a few things in this week's Game Time. Don't lose us in the tall grass; it's an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic:

TOPICS Lead Topic:

Sarah D. Bunting is back from baseballing, and Stephanie Cangro is back to discuss the final season of American Idol, the Idol farewell, and what it all meant to us as a culture. Liv and a sugar high told us about Face Off and My Little Pony, and we went around the dial with Togetherness, true crime, dance shows, try-hards, and a creepy deodorant ad. Was Stephanie's I Love Lucy Canon TOO classic? Should Martin Sheen consider shutting up? And why did Sarah get Rickie Vasquez and a Nats catcher mixed up? Don't wait until after an ad break to find out with an all-new, unpitchy Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic:

New guest Daniel MacEachern and returning champion Omar Gallaga join us to talk about an apocalyptic cliffhanger! TOPICS Lead Topic:

After David T. Cole died, then came back to life as befitting the Easter weekend, Jeff Alexander sat down with the gang to discuss the second season of Daredevil, Joe's issues with Jon Bernthal, why a character based IN NEW YORK CITY can't just be Irish already, and whether any of us will be back for S3. After Liv's candy high took us through Face Off and Buntsy thumbs-upped the original Helter Skelter TV movie, we checked in with Married At First Sight: The First Year, Untucked, the Flash/Supergirl crossover, and The Real O'Neals. The Tick was a winner, the world's first supermodel was a loser, and Tom & Dick & Harry & Jane & Kate & Mary inspired a hotly-contested Game Time -- or, as Sarah's cold would have it, "Gabe Tibe." (Sorry about that, guys.) Did Jeff's mid-Office submission "win" admission to the Nonac? Does Foggy need a haircut? The answers to all these questions, plus something about a bear attack, in an all-new extra-crunchy Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic:

Tradecraft enthusiast Nick Rheinwald-Jones creeps back onto the podcast under cover of night to talk about the Season 4 premiere of The Americans. We break with tradition to let Dave interview Liv about the latest episode of Face Off, and ponder whether the jazz at the jazz club in House Of Cards is worse than jazz. Around The Dial stops at Royal Pains, Not Safe With Nikki Glaser, the pre-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend YouTube clips of Rachel Bloom, Bosch, and another racist TV ad from the '80s. Nick makes the case for the induction of the "4 Days Out" episode of Breaking Bad to the Canon, and then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a starchy Game Time. Go dark (to the rest of the world) and enjoy! TOPICS Game Time:

House Of Cards dropped its fourth filibuster last Friday, and our esteemed colleague Kim Reed joined the gang to discuss how Frank Underwood and Scandal's Fitz stack up, plus constitutional procedure, hateful heroes, and a listener's possibly crackpot theory that all sitcoms should end after three seasons. We went around the dial with the end of Downton, new Broad City, Intervention, and Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Joe Reid pitched us an all-star Survivor for the Canon. Nancy Drew won, wigs lost, and a cliffhanger-based Game Time had a shocking outcome! ...Probably! Before you shove your TV in front of a train, have a listen to an all-new Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic:

Max defender and periodically ashamed Michigander Stephanie Green returns to talk about the ménage à trois that was the Season 5 premiere of Catfish and whether there's even a point to it anymore (...if ever). Liv takes us through the stages of the latest Gauntlet challenge in her Face Off report; Sarah takes us through American Tragedy, ABC's 2000 miniseries on the O.J. Simpson trial, for The Blotter Presents. Tara and Sarah consider the forthcoming Biblical miniseries Of Kings And Prophets and ask: Will Dave Hate This? Around The Dial stops at Togetherness, Fit To Fat To Fit, Married By Mom And Dad, Love, The Biggest Loser, and The X-Files before Dave In Chicago makes his pitch for That '70s Show's "That '70s Musical" to be inducted into the Nonac. Tara and Joe identify the week's Winner and Loser, and then it's on to a Game Time set in Sarah's very favourite place. Turn off the ringer on your burner phone and join us! TOPICS Lead Topic:

The first round of the Extra Hot Great Listener Game Time concludes with the Son Of The Game That Rhymes from Rob Hartmann. Who's the last one to advance to the Hallowed Hall Of Champions round? Find out! TOPICS Game Time:

Better Call Saul returns for its second season, and Jeff Drake is back to talk about that, plus how much he hates Vinyl and which S2 Fargo should go into the Canon. Liv learned about parasites on Face Off, Sarah talked about American Crime Story's foundation book, and we went around the dial with SNL, The Good Wife, Alyssa Milano's wardrobe issues, and Teresa Giudice's parole tour before Bill Cosby "won" and Michael Skupin lost. Was Game Time Anything? How many times did someone yell "SPAAAAAACE!!"? Only one way to find out: listen to this mint-condition no-creases Extra Hot Great. TOPICS Lead Topic:

Game experts and EHG contributors Trip Payne, David Ellis Dickerson and Rob Hartmann join Dave and Tara for a TV show theme quiz. Oh, the clips are only one and three seconds long. So there's that. TOPICS Game Time:

The old TWoP bullpen is reunited as Pop Culture Happy Hour's own Linda Holmes joins us for a discussion of American Crime Story, Ryan Murphy's dramatization of (this season) the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Where will your panelists fall on the matter of John Travolta and his Robert Shapiro eyebrows?! After Liv's latest report on Face Off, Around The Dial stops at Jane The Virgin, Rehab Addict, Hollywood Game Night, Drunk History, Ken Burns's Prohibition, and an ad from the '80s that maybe should have stayed there. Linda makes her (couch-)explosive case for the induction of the "Honeymoon In Metropolis" episode of Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman into the Canon. Finally, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, Game Time revisits the age-old question Is This Anything? Pull on your gloves and your Bruno Magli shoes and listen up! TOPICS Lead Topic: