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Published: Aug. 19, 2020, midnight

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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.

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GUESTS

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\\U0001f464 Malcolm Venable

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TOPICS

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Lead Topic: \\U0001f6e3 Lovecraft Country

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Around The Dial: \\u26bd\\ufe0f Ted Lasso

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f399 Little Voice

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Around The Dial: \\U0001f4b8 The Great Heist

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Extra Credit: \\U0001f911 Be Our Host

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The Canon: \\u2696\\ufe0f Law & Order S15.E13: Ain\'t No Love

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44d The Crown Jonathan Pryce, Elizabeth Debicki

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Winner & Loser: \\U0001f44e DC Universe

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Game Time: \\U0001f9e0 Name Above The Title

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NOTES

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\\U0001f5d2 Full episode notes can be found on the episode 316 page on ExtraHotGreat.com

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\\U0001f426 Malcolm Venable on Twitter

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\\U0001f453 "How Lovecraft Country Reappropriates H.P. Lovecraft\'s Notoriously Racist Creations" at Slate

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\\U0001f9b4 The Bones Zone podcast

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\\U0001f4d6 Malcolm at TVGuide.com

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\\U0001f3a7 The Mark And Sarah Talk About Songs podcast

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\\U0001f3c6 The Great American Pop Culture Quiz Show podcast

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\\U0001f3b6 "2 Are Charged In Killing Of Jam Master Jay, Hip-Hop Pioneer" at NYTimes.com

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\\U0001f4d6 Rap On Trial at TheNewPress.com

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\\U0001f6a8 "A History of Violence: Why I Loved Cop Shows, and Why They Must Change" by Alan Sepinwall at RollingStone.com

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\\U0001f46e\\u200d\\u2642\\ufe0f "Cops Are Always the Main Characters" by Kathryn VanArendonk at Vulture

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