30: Back To Louie
Sports On Earth's Will Leitch takes another run at what we like to call 'The Leitch' -- successfully pitching a Canon entry AND winning a Game Time in a single guest shot -- as we discuss the return of Louie. We went around the dial, singing 'Sunrise, Sunset' to some shows (Sirens, Almost Human) and saying 'Hello, Charlie!' to another (Charlie's Angels), and Sarah celebrated Project Tiny Triump...
1hr 11m May 05, 2014
1hr 11m
29: Orphan Black's Clone Club Colloquy
The great Jesse Murray returns for the first time in this podcast run to talk about the first season of Orphan Black, and what we’ve seen thus far of Season 2. Then he joins us to go Around The Dial with discussion of Playing House, Season 1 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Penny Dreadful, and RuPaul's Drag Race. Tara addresses the Tiny Triumph (or is it?!) of Late Night With Seth Meyers g...
1hr 26m Apr 28, 2014
1hr 26m
28: It's A Mad Mad Mad Men World
As Tara takes a vacay, John Ramos joins the rest of the crew to discuss Mad Men's return for the first half of its final season. Has it lost its sense of humor? And how would we like to see it end? We also discussed a few shows we're late to the party on -- Parks & Recreation, The Clone Wars -- and one whose party we should have left weeks ago. After considering That Mitchell & Webb Look for th...
1hr 34m Apr 21, 2014
1hr 34m
27: Game Of Thrones And Chicken
HBO’s monster hit sci-fantasy series Game Of Thrones, which means we tapped our two Thronesters — Rankler Jeff Drake and Particleer Nick Rheinwald-Jones — to discuss it. We also go Around The Dial to touch on David Letterman’s retirement from The Late Show; the Season 3 premiere of Veep; the series premiere of Turn; the promised crossover of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Agents Of S.H...
1hr 33m Apr 07, 2014
1hr 33m
26: Talking The Walking Dead
As The Walking Dead trudges its last walker of the fourth season across our screens, first-time guest/Walking Dead Particleer Omar Gallaga joins us to discuss it, all the way from Austin for our first tri-city podcast! Around The Dial finds us discussing Call The Midwife, Lindsay, How I Met Your Mother, and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge. Omar offers up South Park’s "Terrance And Phillip ...
1hr 12m Mar 31, 2014
1hr 12m
25: Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, And Trip On Drag Race
Honored guest Trip "Willa Fortune" Payne joined Regina Dentata, Juana B. Arthur, and Salacious Bum to tell the T about Drag Race: what we like (Snatch Game), whom we hate (Santino), which queens we think will win (it's a surprise) (…not really). We celebrated The Good Wife's big twist and bemoaned Scandal's "Quuck" pairing; Sarah drew parallels between Olivia Benson and Carol Hathaway; and Dave...
1hr 14m Mar 24, 2014
1hr 14m
24: We Used To Be Friends With Veronica Mars
With a Time Warner Cable outage preventing Sarah from joining us, we have to soldier on with our two guests, John Ramos and Nick Rheinwald-Jones, for a discussion about the new, Kickstarter-supported Veronica Mars movie, given that John was TWoP’s Mars recapper the whole way through, and Nick is fan enough to have actually contributed his own cash money to the Kickstarter campaign! We move on t...
1hr 35m Mar 17, 2014
1hr 35m
23: Aggressive Scruffle With Hannibal And Bates Motel
Back from a power-surge hiatus, the EHG gang welcomes our esteemed colleague Nick Rheinwald-Jones to talk Hannibal, Bates Motel, and horror in primetime. We debated whether to welcome a first-season Gilmore Girls to the Canon family, considered the grand unifying theory of Mad Men and D.B. Cooper, and celebrated non-carnal soulmates Rust and Marty before heading to the continent for Game Time (...
1hr 31m Mar 10, 2014
1hr 31m
22: How Amazing Is The Amazing Race?
Previously.TV’s Official Amazing Race commentator John Ramos returns to discuss the premiere of the show’s latest all-star season, although, as usual, your star mileage may vary. (Also your your all mileage.) We go around the dial to discuss Downton Abbey, American Idol, Heroes Reborn, and Looking, and share a couple of our Tiny Triumphs. Dave submits S01.E02 of Look Around You to The Canon (an...
1hr 30m Feb 24, 2014
1hr 30m
21: Full House Of Cards Or Good Meechums
Dave Bunting Jr. rejoins us for a discussion of House Of Cards's second season -- and his sister's headlong dash through 26 eps in four days. We determined whether Dave C. would hate upcoming BBC Robin Hood project Nottingham, went around the dial with Archer and music-biz TV, considered a NewsRadio for the Canon, and died laughing during a killer Game Time. Did the EHG shareholders take a crun...
1hr 43m Feb 17, 2014
1hr 43m
20: The Winter Olympics Is So Medal
First-time guest Joe Reid joins us to discuss the Winter Olympics in Sochi (with an assist from Olympics superfan Kat Hazzard). We then go Around The Dial to share what we’ve each been obsessing about in the world of TV for the past week, and Tara offers a crackpot theory about a certain H&R Block TV ad. Joe presents the My So-Called Life episode “Other People’s Mothers” for submission to The C...
1hr 41m Feb 10, 2014
1hr 41m
19: The Case Of Sherlock's Third Season
As the third season of Sherlock comes to a close, we discussed the show's fidelity to the Conan Doyle stories with our esteemed colleague John Ramos, and whether the fan service of the first episodes really served the fans. Dave explained why he's quitting Helix, Sarah pitched a third season of The CW's The Carrie Diaries, and we all overruled American Horror Story on its choice of Supreme, bef...
1hr 25m Feb 03, 2014
1hr 25m
18: Steakface a.k.a. Rake
Fametracker co-founder/recently published novelist/brand-new father Adam Sternbergh visits to discuss the series premieres of Rake and Black Sails. After favouring us with a short excerpt from his novel, Shovel Ready, Adam submits the “Objects In Space” episode of Firefly to The Canon. We skip Around The Dial for the latest TV news, name the week’s winner and loser, and rocket back to the '80s ...
1hr 39m Jan 27, 2014
1hr 39m
17: Looking For Love
Very special guest Mark Blankenship returns to his eponymous chair as we discuss HBO's newest shows -- "gay Girls" Looking and cop-show/acting master class True Detective. We talked about which bonkers V.C. Andrews project might complete Lifetime's movie trifecta; considered a reality-show classic for the Canon; whizzed Around The Dial with ratings dips and sweet 'staches; and tested our TV-chr...
1hr 23m Jan 20, 2014
1hr 23m
16: A Willingness To Return To Downton
Nick Rheinwald-Jones returns to help us discuss the fourth-season premiere of Downton Abbey and the fifth-season premiere of Justified. After touching on a Tara Tiny Triumph, Nick presents Big Love’s “Come Ye Saints” for submission into The Canon. After an extra-long Around The Dial and the crowning of the week’s Winner and Loser, we wrap things up with a sketchy Game Time courtesy of past and ...
1hr 41m Jan 13, 2014
1hr 41m
15: Crazy Name Mom Jeans With Homeland And Scandal
Honored guest Jeff Drake helps the regular EHG gang bid farewell to 2013 with a discussion of two melodramatic third-season shows, Homeland and Scandal. We shared a listener's Tiny Triumph; breathed fire at Jeff's case for a Game Of Thrones Canon submission; and declared a winner and loser, before kicking off a brand-new season of Game Time with a super-fun crossover quiz. GUESTS 👤 Jeff Drake...
1hr 40m Dec 16, 2013
1hr 40m
14: Come On Down For An All-Game Show Episode
It’s Game Show Week on Previously.TV, and we could welcome no more appropriate guest than crossword puzzle maker, game show consultant, and EHG game contributor Trip Payne to join us for a discussion of the game show landscape today. We debate the question of whether Dave will hate Halle Berry’s History miniseries about Hannibal (the general, not the cannibal), and Tara gloats about an SNL Sket...
1hr 34m Dec 09, 2013
1hr 34m
13: SOAPnet Goes Down The Drain
Go Fug Yourself co-founder/co-editor Jessica Morgan makes her EHG debut as we discuss the imminent decommissioning of SOAPnet, and what we'll miss about it most. We take a moment to touch on NBC's live The Sound Of Music, and the new season of Best Ink on Oxygen, before Jessica presents Beverly Hills, 90210's "The Next 50 Years" for submission into The Canon. We click Around The Dial and name t...
1hr 23m Dec 02, 2013
1hr 23m
12: The Comfort of Procedurals
We're back! And so is valued guest Mark Blankenship, who from the Blankenship Chair steers us into a discussion of what makes a great (or good enough) TV procedural. From there, Tara insisted that she's not a crackpot for wanting fewer TV-streaming options, the Cold Case theme and American Horror Story's Axe Man may have been deemed Worse Than Jazz, we asked whether Dave would hate upcoming arc...
1hr 48m Nov 19, 2013
1hr 48m
11: Say It Ain't So
Since it's Joe's last big episode as a podcast regular, we let him run the show, which starts with a check-in on Saturday Night Live, focusing on Kerry Washington's guest-hosting gig. We zigzag over to the many charms of The Carrie Diaries, then on to Sarah and Joe sharing some cheers and jeers (mostly the latter) for baseball broadcasting "legend," Tim McCarver. We stop off for a Downton Abbey...
1hr 46m Nov 03, 2013
1hr 46m
10: Should You Invest In Dracula?
The full EHG roster is back in effect just in time to discuss NBC's supernatural energy-mogul series Dracula! The show that's so scary that not all of our co-hosts could watch the whole episode! (Yes. "Too scary." That's it.) From there, it's time for a peek at the newest all-star season of Project Runway, chock full of judges' pets and Sebelia tats. Dave clocks in with a Tiny Triumph, Sarah pr...
1hr 24m Oct 28, 2013
1hr 24m
9: Warrior Women of the Small Screen
Joined by special guest Nick Rheinwald-Jones, the gang talks about their favorite -- and least favorite -- lady bad-asses from A (Anna Espinosa) to…uh, A (President Laura Roslin's fondness for the airlock), and why Carrie Mathison has all the ingredients for warriordom, but doesn't make the list. We chat about the latest plot shenanigans on Homeland, and try to predict whether Dave will hate an...
1hr 18m Oct 21, 2013
1hr 18m
8: American Horror Story Stories
With honoured guest Dave Bunting, we talk about the premiere of the new season of American Horror Story -- how it compares to past seasons, and to other horror series on TV (The Walking Dead, we're rolling our eyes at you). We revisit the standings for our fall cancellation pool, and consider whether the theme song for The Mindy Project is worse than jazz. Dave B. presents his case for "Final G...
1hr 16m Oct 13, 2013
1hr 16m
7: Hooray For Fall TV
Now that most of the season's new shows have premiered, we review the ones we've sampled and discuss which we liked, which we didn't, and which might be gone by the time you get to the end of this sentence. We then move on to the question of whether to admit Breaking Bad's "One Minute" into The Canon, and segue into our thoughts on the series finale. Tara and Joe choose the Winner & Loser Of Th...
1hr 44m Oct 01, 2013
1hr 44m
6: Complaining About The Emmys Is On Brand
In our latest XL episode, the gang rants and raves about the bests and worsts at the 2013 Emmys, including the internal results of the Emmy pool and one last Southland eulogy from Buntsy. We list our picks for the fall-season cancellation pool; introduce The TV Forcening; and see if it's a happy ending for Happy Endings in the Canon. The Fonz is a winner, Gyp Rosetti is a big fat loser, and may...
1hr 34m Sep 23, 2013
1hr 34m
5: Survivor And The State Of Reality TV
The return of reality television's Old Man River, Survivor, prompts a discussion of the state of Reality TV, and in particular, what ingredients go into making a good reality competition series. From there, Joe wonders if the recent plague of Bro Shows is worse than jazz, and Tara tries not to give up while presenting America's Next Top Model's "The Girl Who Pushes Tyra Over The Edge" for Canon...
1hr 15m Sep 16, 2013
1hr 15m
4: Stretching Jersey With Boardwalk Empire
The EHG crew collectively heaves a sigh and collectively turns its attention to the Season 4 premiere of Boardwalk Empire. Moving on from the HBO of the present (and past, kind of), we consider J.J. Abrams's Westworld TV series adaptation and ask, Will Dave Hate This? Sarah and Tara debate whether Dylan or Brandon is the more odious member of the Beverly Hills, 90210 cast, and then it's on to T...
1hr 12m Sep 09, 2013
1hr 12m
3: Luther And The Case Of Beeb-er Fever
This week, we take on BBC (America) programming. Should you watch the third series of Luther? Is the British Law & Order worth a look? What about one of the bazillion Jack-the-Ripper-adjacent shows? From there, we consider Black Mirror for a spot in the Canon; we are all winners and losers thanks to Nickelodeon and Doctor Who; and Game Time explores all the colors of the TV rainbow. There reall...
1hr 5m Sep 03, 2013
1hr 5m
2: The State of AMC Is Breaking Bad
Special guest star Dave Bunting is on hand for a deep dive on Breaking Bad and the state of the AMC brand in general. What's to become of the home of Low Winter Sun once its flagships sail away? From there, Dave Cole has a make-better suggestion for TV's endless litany of manly-man reality shows, Dave Bunting has a star-studded Tiny Triumph, and a reader submission for Futurama gets presented f...
1hr 15m Aug 25, 2013
1hr 15m
1: Summer TV
The EHG Mark 1 crew is joined by Previously.TV East Coast Editor/new podcast anchor Sarah D. Bunting to share picks for the best and worst of summer 2013 TV. Sarah presents the "College" episode of The Sopranos for submission into The Canon. A winner and loser are celebrated and shamed, and...yes. Game Time returns, and it's a nailbiter. Please note: You'll hear that we had some audio issues...
1hr 14m Aug 21, 2013
1hr 14m