About this episode
Primetimer's Mark Blankenship returns to his eponymous chair to talk about Dear Edward , an adaptation of a 2020 book that most of the panel found manipulative and stilted -- but others thought was moving and sweet. Does the show's success depend on what mood you're in when you sit down to watch? Why can't writers' rooms get middle-grade children's dialogue right? And how's Connie Britton's hair? After addressing these critical questions, we went Around The Dial with Not Dead Yet , Ghosts , and Buntsy's Cheers and Frasier rewatches. We took a quick break from the extended Crane-verse to hear Tomke out on why Bake Off hosts have lost their authority; then Sarah hoped to send the eighth season of Cheers out on a high note with her Canon presentation of the finale. Triplets won, TV news lost, and a Non-Regulation Game Time. Return your eye tables to the up-rolled position: it's an all-new Extra Hot Great! GUESTS 👤 Mark Blankenship TOPICS Lead Topic: ✈️ Dear Edward Around The Dial: 🪦 Not Dead Yet Around The Dial: 👻 Ghosts (2021) Around The Dial: 🍻 Cheers Around The Dial: 🛋️ Frasier I Am Not A Crackpot: 🥮 GBBO Judges The Canon: 🍻 Cheers S08.E26 + E27: Cry Hard + Cry Harder Winner & Loser: 👍 Three Identical Strangers Winner & Loser: 👎 Network News Creeps Game Time: 🎶 Tube Tunes XII NOTES 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 445 page on ExtraHotGreat.com 🐦 Mark Blankenship on Twitter 🎵 Mark at The Lost Songs Project 🛩️ Linda Holmes's review of Dear Edward at NPR 🍆 Tara's Pamela Ribon interview at GQ.com 🎶 Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs on Patreon 📷 Photo: Apple TV+