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Aron decided we ought to watch a fifth-season episode of Don Johnson procedural Nash Bridges, featuring paranoid Willie Garson, Cheech sex dreams, and Simpsons stars as ventriloquism rivals. ...You heard us. You Asked EHG about citrus faves and Picard, and Sarah objected to a Law & Order: SVU retcon in her Tiny Nonac pitch. After we named our Not Quite Winners and Losers of the week, we poured you a heaping bowl of Oops! All Equalizers for Listener Game Time. Raise that '90s phone antenna so you can pick up an all-new Extra Extra Hot Great! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-437/

The latest Nordic noir property to get an adaptation set in a majority English-speaking country is Apple’s Nocturne, about a serial killer preying on a small town in Pennsylvania. Is this jawn YOU need to investigate? The Hollywood Reporter TV critic Angie Han joins us for the first time to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through S02 of The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins, It Gets Worse, and Quincy, M.E. Dave pitches the third episode of Scavengers Reign for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week’s Winner and Loser, we close up with a killer Non-Regulation Game Time. Grab your drip coffee with milk from a cow and listen! GUESTS👤 Angie Han TOPICSAnnouncement: 📢 Get Your Club StickersLead Topic: 🌚 Nocturne Around The Dial: 🏈 The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins Around The Dial: 📉 It Gets Worse Around The Dial: 👨🏻‍⚕️ Quincy, M.E. The Canon: 🦠 Scavengers Reign S01.E03: The WallLead Topic: 🎩 The Gilded Age Lead Topic: 🥂 Jake Coburn and Jason TraceyGame Time: 💀 Killing: The Game 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🦋 Angie Han on Bluesky🔥 Sticker Request Form (open to Club members only)🌙 Angie’s Nocturne review at The Hollywood Reporter✍️ Angie’s author page at THR🏥 Sarah’s review of Coroner To The Stars at Best Evidence (subscription required)🎩 “Matt Damon And David Letterman’s The Gilded Age Season 4 Cameos Explained” at TVLine📷 Apple

Everyone wants in on the success of Traitors, which is based on a game called "Mafia"...which the "creative" team behind The Mob took literally, but except for all the cute(sy) nods to other Cosa Nostra properties and a VERY few contestants, the show doesn't work. We answered your burning questions about Rocky Horror and the murder of Liberty Biberty; Dave saluted 30 Rock's "Generalissimo" as a Tiny Canon pitch; and we named our Not Quite Winners And Losers for this week before boarding The Love Boat for Kim's Most Awesome Thing. To wrap things up, Listener Game Time twirled to the end of the month. Throw on the cheapest pinstriped suit you can find and have a listen! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-436/

After falling in love playing spouses in Madam Secretary, Tim Daly and Téa Leoni are co-stars again in Newlyweds, a multi-cam sitcom on NBC co-created by Jamie Lee Curtis (who also plays Daly’s character’s obnoxious ex-wife); we tell you whether it made us want to run off to Vegas and marry it, or run off to Norway, where it presumably does not air. Around The Dial clicks through S03 of Nobody Wants This and Netflix’s Tyson. Tara pitches the Girls episode “Flo” for induction into The Canon. Then, after crowning the week’s Winner and Loser, we close up with a Non-Regulation Game Time that’s NOT TV: it’s HBO. Settle in to your ex-husband’s hot tub and listen! TOPICSAnnouncement: 📢 Club Update, StickersLead Topic: 💍 Newlyweds Around The Dial: 🫷 Nobody Wants This Around The Dial: 🥊 Tyson The Canon: 👧🏼 Girls S03.E09: FloWinner & Loser: 🙆‍♀️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: 💵 Two And A Half Men Game Time: 🚰 HBO Fixtures 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🌴 The Again With This Club🫆 The Best Evidence newsletter📷 NBC

In Phony, Sonny (Sam Nivola) wakes up after a car accident convinced that his beloved mother Ellen (Connie Britton) has been replaced with an impostor; we tell you whether we were interested in watching her fake it 'til she makes it. Ask EHG requires us, among other things, to pitch the WORST possible roles to cast Joel McHale in and share the petty curses we would like to bestow upon our enemies. Tara pitches The Late Show With David Letterman’s 1996 Halloween costume segment for the Tiny Holiday Programming Canon. Then, after we name our Not Quite Winners and Losers of the week, we close things up with a Listener Game Time that kicks the (tin) can. Enjoy it all on your next Costco run! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-435/

Did we need a Friday The 13th prequel? Probably not — and Dan Rogge returns to analyze why we may not need this particular prequel. Is the ratio of squishy kills to meditations on grief incorrect? Did it need fewer episodes and more murderous bears? Is it for fans of the franchise, or very much not for them? We went Around The Dial with a “Squid Jaws” update, the 9-1-1s, Matchbox: The Movie: The Car, and The Good Wife before Dave programmed a Canon pitch for Look Around You‘s episode on computers. Scott Bakula (bluh) won, Mary CAROLE McDonnell lost, and we gave theme songs a spin in Game Time. Take a break from woodland-charcuterie prep and have a listen. GUESTS👤 Dan Blau Rogge TOPICSLead Topic: ⛺️ Crystal Lake Around The Dial: 🦑 Below Around The Dial: 👩‍🚒 9-1-1 Around The Dial: 🎸 9-1-1: Nashville Around The Dial: 🚙 Matchbox: The Movie Around The Dial: 👩🏻 The Good Wife The Canon: ⌨️ Look Around You S02.E05: ComputersWinner & Loser: 🎭 Scott BakulaWinner & Loser: 🚓 Mary Carole McDonnellGame Time: 📻 TV On The Radio 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💛 "How To Watch E!'s The Golden Life" (from, among others, Dan Rogge) at E News🔥 EHG 636 and its Good Wife Canon pitch🚽 The "Diarrhea Dan" gameplay walkthrough on YouTube🎨 "Paint Chip People"📚 Mystery sale at Exhibit B. Books!📷 Photo: Peacock

Sterlin Harjo’s Reservation Dogs follow-up The Lowdown has returned for a second season on FX, bringing protagonist Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke) into contact with Tulsa public defender Ginger Lafferty (Betty Gilpin), among…many other world-class character actors new to the guest cast; we tell you why this one is just as unmissable as the first season was. Ask EHG requires us to list all the streaming services we subscribe to and the shortest length of time we lasted at a job. Sarah pitches a Ken Cosgrove performance for the Tiny Dance Break Canon. We name the week’s Not Quite Winners And Losers. Kari Race tells us about a Halloween episode of Jem. We close things up with a Listener Game Time that hits all the right notes. Grab your hat and vape and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-434/

The Kings are back on network TV with Cupertino, which basically transplants the signature qualities of the Good Wife-verse to Silicon Valley — and Margaret H. Willison is back to talk about whether that’s a good choice, the cameos we’re looking forward to, and how the show can loop other storylines into a tech-forward plot brief. We went Around The Dial with Below, Love Is Blind‘s Boston season, GBBO‘s audience episode, and Kill. Bury. Print., and Margaret hoped we’d crown an episode of the original King show, The Good Wife, for the Canon. Nicolas Cage won, Kelly Clarkson lost, and we tried to guess which hosts had the most (acting experience) in Game Time. Build yourself a hallway to the EHG conference room and join us! GUESTS👤 Margaret H. Willison TOPICSLead Topic: 💻 Cupertino Around The Dial: 🦑 Below Around The Dial: 🧑‍🦯 Love Is Blind Around The Dial: 😉 Southern Charm Around The Dial: 🪦 Kill. Bury. Print. Around The Dial: 🥮 The Great British Bake Off The Canon: 🎸 The Good Wife S05.E11: Goliath & DavidWinner & Loser: 🦅 Nicolas CageWinner & Loser: 🐤 Kelly ClarksonGame Time: 🎙️ The Host With The Most 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📰 Sign up for Margaret H. Willison's newsletter👩🏻‍💻 Check Tara's author page at GQ for her review of The Social Reckoning🪶 Jackson McHenry's "Jack Lowden: Why Are You Darcy?" piece for Vulture🔪 Sarah's review of Kill. Bury. Print at Best Evidence🫆 The Crime Seen podcast📷 Elizabeth Fisher / CBS

Mike Flanagan of The Haunting Of Hill House has brought classic horror IP Carrie into the 21st century, and we're talking about whether it works (menstrual strat aside). We answered your Ask EHG questions about the cars that would eulogize us and shows we watch for the settings, and Dave gave us a tight five as his Tiny Funeral Canon pitch. We named our Not Quite Winners And Losers, and your fellow listeners competed for TV-trivia glory in Listener Game Time. Sew yourself up a chic sheet outfit and join us. EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-433/

The newest co-production from HBO and Sky finds a tech billionaire and a “Hollywood actress” battling over the end of their marriage, abetted by teams of high-priced lawyers; with Sarah out for the day, both Richard Lawson and Katey Rich return to discuss the fictional dissolution. Around The Dial takes us through The Great British Bake Off S17, Taskmaster S22, Kill Jackie, and Mile End Kicks. Katey pitches the S04 finale of The Traitors (US) for induction into The Canon. Then, after we name the week’s Winner and Loser, we close up with a Non-Regulation Game Time for which we really have to thank the Academy. No need for you to put down a retainer — just join us! GUESTS👤 Richard Lawson👤 Katey Rich TOPICSLead Topic: 💔 War Around The Dial: 🎂 The Great British Bake Off Around The Dial: 💌 Taskmaster Around The Dial: 💀 Kill Jackie Around The Dial: 🦵 Mile End Kicks The Canon: 🗡️ The Traitors S04.E11: Leap Of FaithWinner & Loser: 🦜 Lanterns Winner & Loser: 🤖 Kelly ClarksonGame Time: 🏆 Winner Winner TV Dinner 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🦋 Richard Lawson on Bluesky🦋 Katey Rich on Bluesky💔 Richard’s review of War (2026) at Premiere Party🎊 The Premiere Party newsletter🎞️ The Critical Darlings podcast on Apple🍿 The Ankler🎧 The Prestige Junkie podcast🥊 The Fighting In The War Room podcast📷 Justin Downing / Sky / HBO CLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Dave In Seattle Forcened us to watch the Halloween Is Grinch Night, a sequel to How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and what better time to do it than October? Dave In Seattle has made it part of his Halloween tradition; listen to find out if we’re planning to do the same. Ask EHG has us sharing what makes us return to shows we’ve abandoned, our most and least favorite spices, and more. Margaret pitches a viral This Morning clip featuring Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, and Alison Hammond for the Tiny Press Junket Canon. We name the week’s Not Quite Winners And Losers. Then, for the first time in EEHG: we close up with Listener Game time! Join Elenore, Kim and Sarah C. as they try to figure out Who's The Boss. Secure your Wuzzy Woozoo however you see fit and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-432/

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 TOPICSAnnouncement: 🔥 Club Stickers!Lead Topic: 🇺🇸 American Horror Story Around The Dial: 🌎 A Different World Around The Dial: 🧟‍♀️ Women In Horror TVAround The Dial: 👔 My Brilliant Career Around The Dial: 😓 American Hostage The Canon: 🍱 Hannibal S02.E13: MizumonoWinner & Loser: ☂️ Mary Poppins Winner & Loser: 💥 Brandi GlanvilleGame 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

The latest stars to play “themselves” in a TV comedy are Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, riffing on (among other things) the rumor that the two have the same biological father. Listen to find out whether it made us want to kick them in the family jewels. Ask EHG set us to pondering how we would party like it’s Space: 1999 and how swapping Aaron Sorkin and Aaron Spelling would change The West Wing and Beverly Hills, 90210. Tara pitches Tracy correcting Toofer’s English usage on 30 Rock for the Tiny Comeback Canon. We name the week’s Not Quite Winners and Losers. Kim tells us whether Little House On The Prairie S04.E20 really is “A Most Precious Gift.” Finally, we slide into that old time rock ’n roll for Dave’s Risky Business-inspired Extra Credit. Put on your bull-riding helmet and join us! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-431/

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 TOPICSLead 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 MysteryWinner & Loser: 🪦 The Savant Winner & Loser: 🤦‍♀️ Taylor Frankie PaulGame 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

For the supporter perk series “Three Of These” for 2026, we’re looking at three different British Sci-fi TV shows of the 1970s. Our series wraps up for the year with Space: 1999 and its (and TV history's) spoogiest episode called "Space Brain". Marvel at Martin Landau keeping his moon base staff safe from the scourge of space-based semen! React in horror as people are turned into silly string-festooned grey potatoes! Stare in wonder and awe at sci-fi’s most baffling sleeve! It's all here and it's coming for you! EPISODE NOTES https://extrahotgreat.com/eehg-430/