Being The Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin's latest project as a big-screen writer-director is...also very much a small-screen project, so we are claiming it. Look, it's about TV (specifically, the stars and making of I Love Lucy) and it's kind of on TV (members can stream it for free on Amazon Prime Video), so IT COUNTS. Anyway: joining us for the discussion is actual film critic Tim Grierson! Around The Dial takes us through film-to-TV adaptation Finding Magic Mike; TV-to-film-back-to-TV adaptation MacGruber; Insecure; How To With John Wilson; Dead Asleep; and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. John Potts asks us to choose a TV getaway for our next imaginary holiday. Ilan brings us back to the TV-to-movie pipeline with a Canon presentation on The Simpsons episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie. Then we name the week's Winner and Loser before closing out with a Game Time that really decks the halls. No need to arrange a multi-cam setup: this podcast is for your ears only!Show TopicsBeing The RicardosATD: Finding Magic MikeATD: MacGruberATD: InsecureATD: How To With John WilsonATD: Dead AsleepATD: Law & Order: Special Victims UnitExtra Credit: TV GetawaysThe Canon: The Simpsons S04.E06: Itchy & Scratchy: The MovieWinner and Loser of the WeekGame Time: The Caroling Burnett Show IIShow NotesTim Grierson on Twitter"Aaron Sorkin Defends ‘Being the Ricardos’ Casting Decisions" at The Hollywood Reporter"What's Fact and What's Fiction in Being The RicardosTara's interview with Gloria Calderón Kellett at DeciderTim at Screen InternationalTim at MelTim's book, This Is How You Make A Movie, at The Last BookshopSarah's Dead Asleep review at Best EvidencePhoto: Amazon StudiosDiscussionTweet at us @ExtraHotPodcast on TwitterWe are @ExtraHotGreat on Instagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.