582: Is Chad Powers A Winner?

582: Is Chad Powers A Winner?

Author: Extra Hot Great: This Week In TV October 1, 2025 Duration: 1:21:00
Pretend we made a witty "third and taking-too-long" pun, because that's what we -- and guest Kim "Best Thing" Reed -- thought about Glen Powell vehicle Chad Powers. It isn't bad, but between the first-drafty jokes and getting stuck between two tones, we're not sure you should watch all the way to the end zone. Okay, let's ditch the football puns to go Around The Dial with On Brand With Jimmy Fallon, Kim's recent-reality overview, and Sarah's High Maintenance rewatch; and let's see if the panel respected "Authority," Sarah's L&O: SVU Canon pitch. Nicole Beharie won, Mid-Century Modern lost, and we juggled a hot potato of HBO series "lifers" in Game Time. Pair your podcast app with your Cybertruck's sound system and join us!

GUESTS
👤 Kim Reed

TOPICS
Announcement: 📢 Club Drive Update
Lead Topic: 🏈 Chad Powers
Around The Dial: 📦 On Brand With Jimmy Fallon
Around The Dial: 🏃🏻‍♂️ Competitive Reality Roundup
Around The Dial: 🚬 High Maintenance
The Canon: 🐑 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S09.E17: Authority
Winner & Loser: 🩸 All The Sinners Bleed
Winner & Loser: 🛋️ Mid-Century Modern
Game Time: ↔️ Cap'n Connors's Oops! All HBO Survivors

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NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
🍏 Kim Reed's "Most Awesome Thing" segment in EEHG 374
🏟️ Tara's Chad Powers review at Cracked
💀 Tara's interview with Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson
🌴 Again With This
🪦 Sarah's essay on the passing of Robin Williams
🏀 EHG 212 with the monkey/basketball
🛋️ EHG 556 on Mid-Century Modern
📷 Photo: Disney / Daniel Delgado Jr.

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