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Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

617: In Soviet Russia Star City Space Shows You

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, After Shows

4.7640 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

While the counter-history of For All Mankind was going on, what counter-historical events were occurring in parallel in the U.S.S.R.? The spinoff Star City is here to dramatize it, and new guest Sophie Brookover is here to say whether it’s a “da” or a “net.” Around The Dial takes us to Make That Movie, The Tower, Deli Boys S02, and Instadocs. Wendy pitches the Designing Women episode “How Great Thou Art” for induction into The Canon. Then, after naming the week’s Winner and Loser, it’s on to a bookish Game Time about big- and small-screen adaptations. Find any of the many listening devices hidden in your home and join us!

GUESTS
👤 Sophie Brookover

TOPICS
Announcement: 🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month Gift Exchange
Lead Topic: 🚀 Star City
Around The Dial: 🎥 Make That Movie
Around The Dial: 🏢 The Tower
Around The Dial: 🥪 Deli Boys
Around The Dial: 📹 Instadocs
The Canon: ⛪️ Designing Women S02.E20: How Great Thou Art
Winner & Loser: 👍 Anna Kendrick
Winner & Loser: 🦆 Jorge R. Gutierrez
Game Time: 📚 Screen Sizes

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
🦋 Sophie Brookover on Bluesky
👯‍♀️ The Two Bossy Dames newsletter
🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month gift exchange information and signup
👀 "Why You Should Be Watching Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed" at GQ
🛎️ Downton Abbey on the Telly Visions podcast
📺 "9 Shows For '80s And '90s PBS And Masterpiece Kids" at Two Bossy Dames
📹 Sarah's Instadocs review at Best Evidence
🕰️ Sarah's Woman Of The Hour review at Best Evidence
🚪 Anthony Bourdain in Narnia at An Archive Of Our Own
📷 Photo: Apple

CLUB-ONLY NOTES
🔥 EHG Club Perk Links & How-To
💬 Get On Our Community Discord

Transcript

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0:00.0

Security status has been raised to level one.

0:11.0

I want to know what every person is doing before they do it.

0:16.0

I want to know what every person is saying before they say it. I want to know what every person is saying before they say it.

0:21.6

I want to know what every person is thinking before they think it.

0:28.6

Star City is now on the front line.

0:32.6

So, let's begin.

0:51.4

This is the Extra Hot Great Podcast, episode 617 for the week of June 1st, 2006.

1:00.7

I am nice hot kettle of coffee, David T. Cole, and I'm here with traditional tire piece, Sarah D. Bunting.

1:02.7

Copy, Star City, leak check in progress.

1:05.4

My Eagle, Tariana.

1:08.3

And single space audio surveillance support.

1:11.3

Sophie, Brookover.

1:12.8

My kingdom for a more competent Stasi agent.

1:19.4

Welcome everybody to Extra HotGray for another week before we get into today's topic, a little bit of site business.

1:25.8

Thanks to George, aka Jovial Gent on the Discord. We have

1:29.7

started our Pride Month gift exchange for all you, ESG listeners. Here's how it works. We're

1:37.0

already signed up here, but you can join in at the Elfster list. Yes, Elfster, but the Elf works

1:42.8

all year long. That link is in the show notes. Sign up

1:47.0

deadline is June 10th, after which you will get who you are buying your gift for. And then there is a

1:53.8

$20 to $30 limit on it. And you're encouraged in your wish list, not to put items, but just to put

2:00.1

things like my favorite color of

2:01.7

the rainbow is, and then that's the sort of gift that somebody will get you. Give them general

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