{"podcast":{"title":"Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV","slug":"extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661","podcast_index_feed_id":483661,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5093960.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5093960","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/40066264.jpg","author":"Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV","episode_count":500,"summary":"Join Tara Ariano, Sarah D. Bunting, David T. Cole and their valued guests each week for discussion of what's new on TV plus our hall of fame roundtable segment called The Canon, listen as we appoint Winners and Losers Of The Week and of course our ultra competitive TV trivia quiz: Game Time.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661"},"episode":{"title":"606: Staying Up For The Late Shift","slug":"606-staying-up-for-the-late-shift","published_at":"2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661/606-staying-up-for-the-late-shift","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8874134","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8874134.mp3?modified=1773537921&sid=5093960&source=rss","summary":"This is an un-vaulting of EEHG 376. For this year's special This Week In TV History episode, we're journeying back to 1996 for February sweeps -- specifically, the week of February 21-27 -- and investigating all the starry stunts the networks AND premium cable channels were busting out to capture audiences. Leading (with its chin) is The Late Shift , HBO's TV movie take on Bill Carter's nonfiction book about Jay Leno and David Letterman's battle to replace Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show . Did these stupid human tricks enthrall us? Adam Sternbergh returns to talk about it. Around The Dial takes us to an all-CBS-Monday-sitcoms event featuring Elizabeth Taylor, a string of black pearls, and her new Black Pearls fragrance; the many non- Friends and Seinfeld sitcoms NBC tried to launch on Thursday nights in the 90s; ER 's Season 2 episode \"The Healers\"; and the sci-fi drama Nowhere Man . Dave pitches \"Homer The Smithers\" from The Simpsons for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week of February 21-27's biggest Winner and Loser, it's on to a VERY questionable game time. Listen in -- you don't have to do it crouched next to a phone playing it in the next room, but you might be surprised by what you get out of it if you do! GUESTS 👤 Adam Sternbergh TOPICS Lead Topic: 🌙 The Late Shift Around The Dial: 💎 CBS's Elizabeth Taylor Night Around The Dial: 🪦 NBC's Must-See TV Graveyard Around The Dial: 🏥 ER S02.E16: The Healers Around The Dial: 🗺️ Nowhere Man The Canon: 🥣 The Simpsons S07.E17: Homer The Smithers Winner & Loser: 💯 Almost Perfect Winner & Loser: 🖖 Over-invested Star Trek Fans Game Time: 🤔 19 Questions: 1995-96 TV Season Edition SUPPORT THE SHOW 🔥 Join the EHG Club for bonus episodes, no ads, community Discord and more! 🎧 Subscribe to EHG o…","meta_description":"This is an un-vaulting of EEHG 376. For this year's special This Week In TV History episode, we're journeying back to 1996 for February sweeps -- specific…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661/episodes/606-staying-up-for-the-late-shift/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/extra-hot-great-this-week-in-tv-483661/606-staying-up-for-the-late-shift.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}