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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! GUESTS

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! GUESTS

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! GUESTS

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! GUESTS

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! GUESTS

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. GUESTS

AppleTV+'s latest sci-fi series is the "modern fairy tale" The Changeling; Dan Cassino returns to discuss what, if anything, we'd have liked to see change. Around The Dial takes us through BS High, Season 2 of Wheel Of Time, the original Japanese Iron Chef, and Murder, She Wrote. Eleanor pitches the Project Runway episode "A Suitable Twist" for induction into The Nonac. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's time for us to stagger into a Non-Regulation Game Time, hoping our brains don't fail us. Put your baby (or is it) down for a nap and join us! GUESTS

To mark another Labor Day, we're turning our attention to TV bosses -- specifically, putting them all in a geodesic dome in a radiation-ravaged Australian Outback, and determining which of them would survive mortal combat with one another. We can say for certain that the ultimate victor will surprise you...but they surprised us! Listen for all the bloody speculation. TOPICS Lead Topic:

Stephanie Green is back to talk about a too-long, badly structured true-crime series from AppleTV+, and the many opportunities Wanted: The Escape Of Carlos Ghosn wastes to tell a good story. Sarah thought it had nonfiction The Morning Show vibes, a characterization Tara resented; listen to our correct-length, non-backloaded conversation and see if you agree! We went Around The Dial with The Ultimatum, Sister Wives, 90 Day UK, and Project Greenlight, and Tara was NOT a crackpot about DIY haircuts on Ahsoka. Listener Jeff begged us to Please Like Me -- well, a third-season episode, anyway -- in this week's Canon segment, and then Adriana La Cerva won and Doogie Kamealoha lost before we all walked down the aisle for Game Time. About to flee the country? Download this all-new episode to your lawyer's hard-drive and hit the road! GUESTS

To celebrate the 10th (!!!) anniversary of EHG Mark II, we're flashing back to the week of August 17-23 in historical TV listings. Our time travel takes us back to 2003 for the fourth-season finale of The Amazing Race; to 2012, for a trip to the Hamptons with Royal Pains; and to the very day of our first episode to watch Lance Reddick's visit to NTSF: SD: SUV::. Join us as we revisit Augusts past! TOPICS Lead Topic:

HBO's newest true crime docu-series, Telemarketers, a look at a New Jersey phone scam; Robert Krut returns to discuss it, and brings personal stories to share! Around The Dial takes us through Winning Time, Poker Face, and Painkiller. Bobby pitches the Atlanta episode "Woods" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that takes us, and our bidding acumen, back to the Garden State. Hang up on that Likely Scam and listen! GUESTS

Only Murders In The Building is back for a third season of death, mayhem, and...theatre? New guest David Wiebe joins us to discuss all the players new and old. Around The Dial takes us through Physical, Letterman Originals on YouTube, Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and Star Trek's Paramount+ branding. Julie pitches The Bear's Season 1 episode "Dogs" for induction into The Canon. Then after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a highly questionable Game Time. Grab your Beats and listen! GUESTS

Reservation Dogs is back on FX/Hulu this week, and Variety's Alison Herman is back on EHG to talk about the show's final season: realistic teenage-character arcs, spiritual cousins to Atlanta, and the meanings of "home." We went Around The Dial with This Fool, Minx's second season, and Hunted, aka "the darkest Amazing Race" (which we completely forgot we covered the American version of in a long-ago episode) before Tara took the solo on a Girls5Eva Canon pitch. The Glovers' future won, the former Arrow lost, and we set our minds to siblings of the small screen in Game Time. The bus is leaving, so charge up your phone for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS

Ex-SNL head writer Anna Drezen teamed up with King Of The Hill co-creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge on Praise Petey, the story of a New York girl boss taking over her late father's doomsday cult; we tell you whether it's...well, doomed. Around The Dial takes us through the re-re-revived Futurama, the spinoff XO, Kitty, and the true crime miniseries Myth Of The Zodiac Killer. Mlle. Caroline presents the Abbott Elementary episode "Candy Zombies" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time we can really sink our teeth into. Take a break from preparing a beloved character actor for human sacrifice and join us! GUESTS

Justified is back, and so is Kathryn VanArendonk to talk about it: vibes versus process, when you can't replace Walton Goggins, what great villains know about themselves, and whether (...sigh) Kentucky was a character in the original. Then we went Around The Dial with The Real Housewives Of Jenna Ly-- er, New York, Project Greenlight, Dennis Quaid's Full Circle coif, and Hack My Home before Tara made the case for a second-season Detroiters episode as a Canon gem. Streaming shows won, Zaslav lost, and "band name, called it!" took on new meaning in a tube-tunes-adjacent Game Time from Rebecca. Curl up with a German Shepherd on steroids, take off that clip-on nose ring, and get comfy for an all-new Extra Hot Great. GUESTS

The Horror Of Dolores Roach has evolved from a one-person Broadway play to a podcast to a Prime Video series; Liz Shannon Miller of Consequence.com joins us to discuss the story's final (?) form. Around The Dial takes us through Couples Therapy, My Adventures With Superman, and Last Call. Erica pitches the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Terminal Provocations" for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a cryptic, puzzling Game Time. Grab an empanada or two -- filling is up to you -- and join us! GUESTS

For the first week of this July, we decided to honor the other national holiday: Canada Day! And what genre delivers the most CONCENTRATED dose of Canadian TV crappiness? Game shows! Therefore, Dave is forcening Sarah to watch Pitfall; Sarah's forcening Tara to watch Acting Crazy; and Tara's forcening Dave to watch Jackpot. We can't promise you that listening will help you win an 8-and-a-half-pound portable TV, but you should do it anyway! TOPICS Lead Topic:

Sorry to Bother You creator Boots Riley is back with a delightful Marxist fairy-tale dramedy (...right? Let's just go with it) on Amazon Prime, and Dan D'Addario is back in the guest chair for the first time since EHG Mark 1 to talk about it: how much overt Marxism it gets away with given where we're watching it, the care of the world-building, Jharrel Jerome's storytelling superpowers, and more. We went Around The Dial with Judge Steve Harvey, And Just Like That..., and McEnroe, and Mlle. Caroline was NOT a crackpot for thinking we don't need pilot episodes anymore. After Tara crammed us all into a phone booth for her Saved By The Bell (2020) Canon presentation, Ryan Seacrest won, Will & Grace lost, and we all made sure to park wheels-in for a Bay-Area-based non-regulation Game Time. Don't let silence happen -- it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS

Black Mirror has returned for Season 6 with five new episodes of (as usual) varying quality; Brandi Brown has also returned to discuss and rank them! Around The Dial takes us through The Righteous Gemstones; Ovation as a background cable channel; Season 2 of The Cleaner on BritBox; and an important line reading from a Camp LeJeune-related class-action legal solicitation commercial. Sarah makes the case for the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Avatar" to be inducted into The Canon. Then, after naming the week's Winner and Loser, it's on to a Game Time that's really into labels. Pause the latest hit Streamberry drama and listen! GUESTS

More than a quarter century after The Full Monty unexpectedly charmed movie audiences, the boys are back for a limited-series TV sequel -- and not everyone on the panel is as charmed by Round 2. Mo Ryan returns to the guest chair to talk about unmitigated in "dramedies," whether TFM: The TV Show started as a feature-length sequel, and the correct amount of onscreen nudity. We went Around The Dial with Never Have I Ever, I, Tina, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds before Tara hoped a second-season episode of Reservation Dogs would get adopted into the Canon. Bill Hader won, The Crowded Room lost, and Game Time had us scouring the index of Mo's book. Grab a bag of chips and run: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS