TV Guide senior editor Malcolm Venable is here to talk about Lovecraft Country, HBO's series imagining of Matt Ruff's novel -- and why everything from the show's look and feel to the acting to Jonathan Majors's believable charisma drew us in. Then we drove our woody wagon Around The Dial with stops at Ted Lasso, Little Voice, and The Great Heist before Rebecca's Extra Credit tasked us with casting reality-competition shows with our favorite TV characters. Sarah then filed a Canon motion on behalf of a latter-season Law & Order Mothership episode. The British Empire won, the DC Universe lost, and we mashed up actor names and fictional reboots in Game Time. Grab a wooden bat and an illustrated map: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great.
GUESTS
ðĪ Malcolm Venable
TOPICS
Lead Topic: ðĢ Lovecraft Country
Around The Dial: â―ïļ Ted Lasso
Around The Dial: ð Little Voice
Around The Dial: ðļ The Great Heist
Extra Credit: ðĪ Be Our Host
The Canon: âïļ Law & Order S15.E13: Ain't No Love
Winner & Loser: ð The Crown Jonathan Pryce, Elizabeth Debicki
Winner & Loser: ð DC Universe
Game Time: ð§ Name Above The Title
NOTES
ð Full episode notes can be found on the episode 316 page on ExtraHotGreat.com
ðĶ Malcolm Venable on Twitter
ð "How Lovecraft Country Reappropriates H.P. Lovecraft's Notoriously Racist Creations" at Slate
ð§ The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast
ð The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast
ðķ "2 Are Charged In Killing Of Jam Master Jay, Hip-Hop Pioneer" at NYTimes.com
ð Rap On Trial at TheNewPress.com
ðŪââïļ "Cops Are Always the Main Characters" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture