Both of my cars I can do hot without issue. Nitrile gloves work well, I find them a little tougher than latex. If you loosen the drain plug while pushing in on it you can get it to the point where it can be removed without loosing any oil. Then just pop it right out, with your hand coming at it from the side to the top, just a bit of oil on the finger tips of the glove and I always have a rag right there to clean it up. Wipe down the plug and stand it infront of the ramp with the wrench. If the filter is too hot on the G6, I just use a rag on it too.
Now both the Pontiacs have aluminum pans and I do remember the Saturn's steel pan making the drain plug a little hotter but nothing unbearable. Filter was a different story, a bit akward to get to and very messy. Took me a couple times to figure out how to get at it with out touching the exhaust pipe.
A side note for anyone with an I4 with a horizantal filter, I was told on a Saturn forum to cut up a 1 liter bottle so that you have just one side and the neck. So, cut off the bottom, both small sides and one of the wider sides and you're left with sort of a flat funnel. On the Saturn you could slide it in between a couple parts and it would stay there, dumping right beside the drain hole, over my drain pan. Now when I cracked filter, the oil coming out ended up in the drain pan not everywhere else. Don't know if it will work for many other cars but I thought I'd share.