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Join Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole and their valued guests each week for discussion of what's new on TV plus a hall of fame roundtable segment called The Canon, listen as they appoint Winners and Losers Of The Week and of course their ultra competitive TV trivia quiz: Game Time.
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- 4 days ago1h 22m
634: Pressing Our Luck With American Horror Story
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 FienbergTOPICSAnnouncement: 🔥 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 TimeSUPPORT 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 / FXCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord
- 1 weeks ago1h 26m
633: Ducking And Covering With Line Of Fire
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-HuberTOPICSLead 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 BabiesSUPPORT 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
- 2 weeks ago1h 5m
632: High Value Target Misses The Mark
The great Josh Gondelman returns to discuss the not-so-great High Value Target: The Hunt For Saddam, a tiresome limited series on TNT starring Joel Kinnaman as a CIA analyst/non-credible nerd and Tom Berenger as his crusty veteran dad. We’re talking about who it’s for (crusty veteran dads, lbr), why you wouldn’t just read John Nixon’s book, and whether other series have unpacked this era’s baggage more efficiently. We went Around The Dial with Coin From Accounts, Reggie Dinkins, and OJ Unseen before Dave wondered if the first-thought ring recharging on Lanterns is Worse Than Jazz?, and we contemplated a meta game-changer episode of Game Game Changer for the Canon. Point Break won, Entourage lost, and we sharpened our No. 2 pencils for an analogy-forward Game Time from Seth. We’re not in Kansas anymore either — it’s an all-new EHG!GUESTS👤 Josh GondelmanTOPICSLead Topic: 🎯 High Value Target: The Hunt For Saddam Around The Dial: 🦮 Colin From Accounts Around The Dial: 🏈 The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins Around The Dial: 🍊 OJ Unseen: Exploitation Of Evil Is This Worse Than Jazz?: 💍 The Lantern From LanternsThe Canon: 🏰 Game Changer S07.E11: SamalamadingdongWinner & Loser: 🏄♂️ Point Break Winner & Loser: 😡 Entourage creator Doug EllinLead Topic: 🧠 All About The DSUPPORT 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🗓️ More from Josh Gondelman, including his tour schedule📰 Josh's newsletter, That's Marvelous🕵🏻♂️ "Not My Job: We Quiz A Retired CIA Analyst On Briefs (The Underwear)" from Wait Wait Don't Tell Me🌴 Again With This Club🍊 Sarah's review of OJ Unseen at Best Evidence📷 Photo: TNTCLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord
- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
631: Ferrying You To Widow's Bay
We are off this week for Labor Day but present an episode from inside the Club vault. AppleTV’s newest dramedy pairs The Heat screenwriter Katie Dippold with Matthew Rhys as the beleaguered mayor of a dying island town; we tell you whether you should book your stay at the creepy local inn. Ask EHG invites us to share, among other things, which current show desperately needs a zombie apocalypse and the words we find aesthetically pleasing. Sarah pitches Omar Little’s first rendition of “The Farmer In The Dell” from The Wire for the Tiny Whistling Canon. We name the week’s Not Quite Winners And Losers. Finally, we end on our picks for the Sky Mall gifts our favorite TV characters most need to receive. Settle in to your table at The Salty Whale and join us!TOPICSAnnouncement: 📢 Ask & Answer Ask EHG Without DiscordLead Topic: 🧙♀️ Widow's Bay Ask EHG: 🇨🇦 Canadian GladiatorsTiny Canon: 😗 The Wire S01.E05: The PagerWinner & Loser: 👶 Nick OffermanWinner & Loser: ✍️ Friends writersWinner & Loser: 🩳 Michael BeachWinner & Loser: 🐻❄️ Lost producersWinner & Loser: 👦🏻 Adolescence Winner & Loser: 😤 Aimee Lou WoodExtra Credit: ✈️ SkyMalledMini: 😚 Whistling (Oct 2011)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🎺 "What's Jazz Doing In A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms?" on YouTube😙 "Omar Comin'" on YouTube🙊 "Lost Actor Harold Perrineau Says Former Co-Star Still Won't Talk To Him" at IGN [subscription required]✈️ SkyMall📷 Photo: Apple
- Sep 2, 20261h 15m
630: The Extra Hot Great Fall 2026 TV Preview
Labor Day is nearly here, and with it the unofficial start of fall. With dozens of new shows premiering or returning, which are we actually planning to watch…and planning even harder to avoid? Eve Batey returns so that we can all share our picks and P.U.s. Eve presents the Widow’s Bay episode “Your Baggage” for induction into The Canon. Then, after we name the week’s Winner and Loser, we close with a Ted-y bear of a Non-Regulation Game Time. Take a break from burning your dead leaves to listen!GUESTS👤 Eve BateyTOPICSLead Topic: 🍂 Fall TV PreviewThe Canon: ⛽️ Widow's Bay S01.E08: Your BaggageWinner & Loser: ⚖️ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Winner & Loser: 📡 CNNGame Time: 🔪 Ted Like MeSUPPORT 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🦋 Eve Batey on Bluesky‼️ “The Cozy-Looking Sweaters In ‘Reds,’ Ranked” at Defector📰 The Vanity Fair Daily newsletter🌁 Eve’s piece on Under Story at the San Francisco Chronicle [subscription required]👶 Sarah’s review of Baby Doe at Best Evidence [subscription required]🖼️ “CNN Apologizes For Mistakenly Airing Photo Of Dolly Parton Impersonator In Report On Late Singer” at Variety
- Aug 26, 20261h 12m
629: Putting Heads Together On Blood Sacrifice
Five-part Swedish serial-killer cop show Blood Sacrifice just hit Netflix, and Sarah Baker is back to talk about scratching the Scandi-noir itch, mapping overseas procedurals onto B-B-B-B-Bosch, and what uniquely Swedish crimes a second season could incorporate. We went Around The Dial with My Brilliant Career, Big Brother, This Is A Gardening Show, and a Djokovic djokumentary on Prime Video before Tara very truthfully pitched Would I Lie To You? for another Canon spot. Line Of Fire won; Lost, um, you know; and we had to dive deep into our NCISknowledge for Game Time. Throw a couple cans of sparkling wine in the Volvo and join us!GUESTS👤 Sarah BakerTOPICSLead Topic: 🩸 Blood Sacrifice Around The Dial: 👷🏻♀️ My Brilliant Career Around The Dial: 👁️ Big Brother Around The Dial: 👨🌾 This Is A Gardening Show Around The Dial: 🎾 Novak Djokovic: The Wolf In Winter The Canon: 🤥 Would I Lie To You S19.E05Winner & Loser: 🔫 Line Of Fire Winner & Loser: 🐻❄️ Lost Game Time: ⚓️ NavallySUPPORT 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🍔 Listen to Sarah Baker on Bob's Burgers💝 And keep an eye out for Loves Company🏦 Contact Sarah about the EHG Mutual Aid Vault📷 Photo: Netflix / Jörgen Johansson
- Aug 19, 20261h 2m
628: Lanterns Has A Nice Ring To It
HBO’s getting in the superhero game with Lanterns, a take on a DC Comics superhero with theories about aliens, and lore expert Kate Sánchez returns to walk us through why John Stewart is an interesting apprentice, what she’d do with glowing-ring powers, and whether we buy Coach Taylor in this role. We went Around The Dial with The Dink, Hard Knocks, and the return of The Challenge, and our esteemed colleague John Ramos hoped we’d represent an episode of Heartstoppers for the Canon. Only Murders casting won, Dylan Walsh lost, and we waded into the Simpsons–One Piece plot Venn in Game Time. While away that flight to Nebraska with an all-new Extra Hot Great!GUESTS👤 Kate SánchezTOPICSLead Topic: 💍 Lanterns Around The Dial: 🏓 The Dink Around The Dial: 🏈 Hard Knocks Around The Dial: 🤾🏻♂️ The Challenge The Canon: 💗 Heartstopper S02.E08: PerfectWinner & Loser: 🏢 Only Murders In The Building Winner & Loser: 🏒 Dylan WalshGame Time: 🏴☠️ One Piece Did ItSUPPORT 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🤨 Kate Sánchez's online community, But Why Tho🦋 Kate on Bluesky💪 Tara explains why you should be watching Reacher S04, at GQ🤳 More on Reacher S04 from us in EEHG 424📚 The virtual concierge at Exhibit B. Books, Sarah's true-crime bookshop📷 Photo: HBO
- Aug 12, 20261h 16m
627: Should Anna Pigeon Take A Hike?
In Anna Pigeon, the USA Network’s new Canadian import, the titular character is a cop whose beat is Glacier National Park. Did it make us want to abandon our TVs for the great outdoors? Famed National Parks Omar Gallaga returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us through The Last House, S02 of X-Men ’97, and Game Day Murders. Omar presents the Primal episode “Plague Of Madness” for induction into the Canon. Then, after we name the week’s Winner and Loser, we get out our credit cards for a Game Time that dares us to shop (TV) ’til we drop. Put on your sunscreen and bug spray and listen!GUESTS👤 Omar GallagaTOPICSLead Topic: 🐦 Anna Pigeon Around The Dial: 🏘️ The Last House Around The Dial: 🎆 X-Men '97 Around The Dial: 🏟️ Game Day Murders The Canon: 🦕 Primal S01.E07: Plague Of MadnessWinner & Loser: 🕳️ Stars of The PittWinner & Loser: 🦶 Ego NwodimGame Time: 💸 Shop The ShowNOTES🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site🦋 Omar on Bluesky🫥 The Cold Vanish by John Billman on Bookshop🧗♂️ “No Return” (about “alpine divorce”) at The New Yorker💄 The Listen To Sassy Club🦸🏻♂️ “A Wunderkind Showrunner Was Put In Charge Of Marvel’s X-Men ’97. Then Something Went Terribly Wrong” at Vanity Fair👨🏽💻 Omar at CNET🏸 Sarah’s review of Game Day Murders at Best Evidence🧼 Info on and tickets for The Bathroom Attendant📷 Photo: Michelle Faye / USACLUB-ONLY NOTES🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To💬 Get On Our Community Discord
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