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Ep 190‘From Scratch’ Creators on Cooking Up a Very Personal Netflix Series
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:00) Broadcast Highlights (4:53) Season in Review with Angie Han (12:55) Showrunner Spotlight: Attica and Tembi Locke ('From Scratch') (36:04) Critics Corner (1:24:21) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 189Clea DuVall on Bringing Tegan & Sara’s ‘High School’ to TV
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:17) Layoffs at Warner Bros. (17:08) Mailbag! (31:17) Showrunner Spotlight: Clea DuVall ('High School') (48:52) Critics Corner (1:29:43) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 188Inside TV’s Latest Exec Shuffle; ‘Big Bang’ Secrets Revealed
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (2:02) Executive Carousel: David Nevins is Out (16:55) The CW and Nexstar (26:31) 'The Big Bang Theory,' with Jessica Radloff (41:11) Critics Corner (1:07:20) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 187A Discussion About the 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:48) Another "Plus" Streamer (7:56) 100 Greatest TV Shows, with Alan Sepinwall (15:08) Season 2 of 'Reservation Dogs' (42:06) Critics Corner (55:34) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 186'Reboot' Boss on Pressures of Following Up 'Modern Family'
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:34) What the **** is up with: Bad Robot (9:29) Mailbag! (22:58) Showrunner Spotlight: Steve Levitan ('Reboot') (48:22) Critics Corner (1:31:46) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 185Julie Plec on Shocking ‘Legacies’ Cancellation and Enrolling in ‘Vampire Academy’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (2:00) Emmys recap (17:14) Streaming channel changeup (42:24) Showrunner Spotlight: Julie Plec ('Vampire Academy') (47:40) Critics Corner (1:33:31) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 184‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘Harley Quinn’ Producers on Their Emmy Hopes (and Bruce Wayne’s Pee)
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:42) End of 'Handmaid's'? (10:43) Emmys are days away (15:24) Showrunner Spotlight: Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker ('Abbott Elementary') (35:38) Critics Corner (1:30:15) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 183‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Boss on the Pressures of Perpetual Relevance
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (0:55) 'House of the Dragon' Renewed (8:13) Fall Premieres (17:02) Showrunner Spotlight: Bruce Miller ('The Handmaid's Tale') (26:24) Critics Corner (1:23:44) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 182Meet 'This Fool' Star Chris Estrada
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Nexstar purchases The CW (1:34) Restructuring at HBO/HBO Max (12:18) Mailbag! (21:01) Showrunner Spotlight: Chris Estrada ('This Fool') (39:24) Critics Corner (1:18:27) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 181‘A League of Their Own’ Creators on Their Amazon “Reimagining”
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (2:02) Disney beats Netflix (6:22) Emmys details and Golden Globes return (18:47) Showrunner Spotlight: Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson ('A League of Their Own') (32:39) Critics Corner (1:17:55) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 180Deciphering Warner Bros. Discovery’s Recent Moves; Plus Peak TV Talk With FX’s John Landgraf
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:43) WTF with HBO Max (12:20) Scripted content boom, with John Landgraf (46:29) Critics Corner (1:10:41) Tribute to Vin Scully (1:24:37) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 179A Trip Inside Peacock's Mystery Comedy 'The Resort'
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:25) Comic-Con Headlines (9:30) WWE changes with Chris Hayner (20:48) Showrunner Spotlight: Andy Siara ('The Resort') (36:43) Critics Corner (1:20:42) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 174What to expect from ‘House of the Dragon’ and Netflix’s future
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (3:13) Netflix update with Alex Weprin (12:12) Desus & Mero break up (27:06) Westeros check-in with James Hibberd (38:35) Critics Corner (55:41) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 177‘Ms. Marvel’ Boss Unpacks the Finale
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:01) Emmy Nominations Are In! (11:20) Emmy Numbers (33:29) Showrunner Spotlight: Bisha K. Ali ('Ms. Marvel') (44:50) Critics Corner (1:26:46) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 176Breaking Down the Past and Future of ‘Stranger Things’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (0:53) Pre-Holiday Cancellation Spree (10:34) To the Upside Down (16:07) 'Stranger Things' continued, with Alan Sepinwall (27:04) Critics Corner (1:02:44) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 175How FX/Hulu Cooked Up ‘The Bear’; Plus the Best TV of 2022 (So Far)
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:24) WTF is up with "T-Nets" (6:46) Best TV of the Year, with Angie Han (16:20) Showrunner Spotlight: Joanna Calo ('The Bear') (46:44) Critics Corner (1:18:39) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 174'Loot' Creators on Celebrating Maya Rudolph, Not The Wealthy
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (2:09) 38th Annual TCA Noms (5:05) 'Squid Game' Reality Show (16:24) Showrunner Spotlight: Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard ('Loot') (20:15) Critics Corner (1:02:40) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 173Inside the New 'Queer as Folk'; What Happened to Peter Rice?
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:26) Executive Carousel (7:49) 82nd Peabody Awards (15:24) Showrunner Spotlight: Stephen Dunn ('Queer as Folk') (20:38) Critics Corner (50:51) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 172‘P-Valley’ Creator Katori Hall on Season 2; June TV Preview
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (0:45) June TV Preview (6:02) ATX Festival Preview (17:23) Showrunner Spotlight: Katori Hall ('P-Valley') (23:53) Critics Corner (1:15:54) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 171Mailbag: The latest on J.J. Abrams, ‘Survivor’ and 'Stranger Things'
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:28) Mailbag! (11:32) More Mailbag!! (27:59) Even More Mailbag!!! (43:32) Critics Corner (54:17) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 170The Upfronts Wrap Edition
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: NBCU (4:36) FOX (25:06) Disney (33:18) Warner Bros. Discovery (45:50) Critics Corner (1:05:05) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 169Steven Moffat Talks ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife,’ ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Sherlock’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:31) Heading into Upfronts (5:41) Changes at Discovery (19:19) Showrunner Spotlight: Steven Moffat ('The Time Traveler's Wife') (21:58) Critics Corner (1:05:20) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 168Jessica Biel on Her Killer Turn in Hulu’s ‘Candy’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:19) Peacock Cancellation (13:17) May TV Preview (23:40) Showrunner Spotlight: Jessica Biel ('Candy') (33:50) Critics Corner (1:08:53) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 167Dustin Lance Black Talks ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:49) Changes at TNT and TBS (9:15) 'The Walking Dead' spinoff loses key character (18:35) Showrunner Spotlight: Dustin Lance Black ('Under the Banner of Heaven') (26:23) Critics Corner (1:05:06) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 166Special Episode - Pamela Adlon on 'Better Things' Finale
*SPOILER ALERT* This is a special episode of TV's Top 5! In this episode, Dan and Lesley talk about the series finale of 'Better Things' with the series creator, star, writer, and director Pamela Adlon. Yes, she sings in Yiddish... what more could you ask for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 165Natasha Lyonne Dives Into the Past (and Future) of ‘Russian Doll’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (3:31) Netflix had a bad week (15:06) 'The Goldbergs' Returning (34:08) Showrunner Spotlight: Natasha Lyonne ('Russian Doll') (45:05) Critics Corner (1:33:21) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 164‘The Flight Attendant’ Prepared for Season 2 Takeoff
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (6:11) Jeopardy News! (10:41) IMDb TV Rebranding (16:44) Showrunner Spotlight: Steve Yockey & Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant) (25:25) Critics Corner (1:09:02) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 163Will ‘Winning Time’ Stick to the Showtime Era in Season 2?
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:27) Executive Musical Chairs (8:51) Emmys schedule (14:46) Two Surprising Renewals (26:49) Critics Corner (36:41) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 162How HBO Max Cooked Up a Stirring Tribute to Julia Child
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Oscars Recap (3:37) Streaming Wars Are Heating Up (18:31) April Scripted Series (28:08) Showrunner Spotlight: Chris Keyser ('Julia') (34:28) Critics Corner (1:23:05) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 161‘Starstruck’ Creator and Star Rose Matafeo on Her HBO Max Word-of-Mouth Sensation
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (1:55) CW's Broadcast Schedule (6:55) Oscars Pregame (14:38) Showrunner Spotlight: Rose Matafeo ('Starstruck') (28:56) Critics Corner (1:13:40) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 160Inside the Sweeping Journey of Apple’s ‘Pachinko’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (1:02) Baseball Segment (5:23) Mailbag (17:17) Showrunner Spotlight: ('Pachinko') (31:50) Critics Corner (1:06:49) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 159'Minx' Creator on Feminism, Comedy and Going "Tit for Tat" With Male Nudity
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (1:52) Franchise news (4:31) It's pilot season (17:41) Showrunner Spotlight: Ellen Rapoport ('Minx') (29:33) Critics Corner (1:05:41) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 158‘Winning Time’ Boss on Balancing Fact vs. Fiction in HBO's Lakers Drama
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (3:23) Shows coming out this month (8:49) Shows are coming home (20:59) Showrunner Spotlight: Max Borenstein ('Winning Time') (28:33) Critics Corner (1:13:43) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 157Liz Meriwether on Going From ‘New Girl’ to ‘The Dropout’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (1:43) Peacock's must-stream show (7:31) Oscars controversy (12:35) Showrunner Spotlight: Liz Meriwether ('The Dropout') (20:45) Critics Corner (1:00:02) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 156John Landgraf on the State of FX; Inside Franchise Hopes for ‘All American’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Three TV hits coming to an end (8:25) FX update with CEO John Landgraf (18:54) Paramount+ news (45:42) Showrunner Spotlight: Nkechi Okoro Carroll ('All American: Homecoming') (57:56) Critics Corner (1:42:22) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 155A Critical Conversation About ‘Boba Fett’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (3:13) Mailbag! (10:48) All things Disney (25:06) Critics' Corner, with Alan Sepinwall (37:12) Critic's Corner (1:09:58) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 154Mayim Bialik Talks ‘Jeopardy’; Jason Katims on Amazon’s ‘As We See It’ and a ‘FNL’ reunion
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (2:07) WarnerMedia controversy, with Alex Weprin (10:21) Jeopardy, With Mayim Bialik (19:19) Showrunner Spotlight: Jason Katims ('As We See It') (46:58) Critics Corner (1:12:22) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 153Bridget Everett on Exposing Her Softer Side in HBO’s ‘Somebody Somewhere’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Top Headlines (5:14) Mini Mailbag (11:37) Big TV Launches Coming Up (20:07) Showrunner Spotlight: Bridget Everett ('Somebody Somewhere') (30:58) Critics Corner (1:00:06) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 152Julian Fellowes on His ‘Downton Abbey’ Follow-Up ‘The Gilded Age’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (2:00) Youtube Originals are Out (7:39) FX Peaka TV Update (11:37) Showrunner Spotlight: Julian Fellowes ('The Gilded Age') (19:38) Critics Corner (1:01:44) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 151Special Episode - 'Yellowjackets' showrunners on season finale
*SPOILER ALERT* This is a special episode of TV's Top 5! On this episode, Dan and Lesley talk about the season 1 finale of 'Yellowjackets' with the showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. This spoiler filled episode features fan theories as well as insight into what may come in season 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 150James Gunn on ‘Peacemaker’ and the Differences Between Marvel and DC
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (3:08) TCA Winter Press Tour (6:45) 'Dexter' Finale (14:07) Showrunner Spotlight: James Gunn ('Peacemaker') (26:24) Critics Corner (57:16) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 149Quinta Brunson on ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Selling the CW (2:19) COVID Shutdowns (14:25) Peacock and Olympics programming (18:43) Showrunner Spotlight: Quinta Brunson ('Abbott Elementary') (25:07) Critics Corner (1:05:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 148What to Expect From ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 4; 2022 Preview
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Most-anticipated NEW scripted series in 2022 (2:08) Returning series (14:38) Shows wrapping in 2022 (20:21) Showrunner Spotlight: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald ('Cobra Kai') (28:26) Critics Corner (1:13:13) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 147‘Succession’ Creator on Season 3 Finale; Hailee Steinfeld on ‘Hawkeye,’ ‘Dickinson’; Best of 2021
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: This Years Top Headlines (1:13) Hailee Steinfeld on 'Dickinson' and 'Hawkeye' (14:38) Who had a breakout year (38:09) Showrunner Spotlight: Jesse Armstrong ('Succession') (57:06) Critics Corner (1:17:49) Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg breaking down the latest industry headlines. The podcast is broken into five segments, offering a deep-dive analysis of the latest TV news and a critical look at current and upcoming shows. Every episode of the weekly podcast includes an in-depth interview with one of the industry's most powerful showrunners or an up-and-coming new voice. Have an industry question you’d like to hear us address in a Mailbag segment? Email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 146Firewall and Iceberg Reunite for 'Succesion' Finale
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Headlines (1:44) Jeopardy mess (11:50) FX Not "On Hulu' (17:54) 'Succession' finale, with Alan Sepinwall (26:57) Critics Corner (55:21) Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg breaking down the latest industry headlines. The podcast is broken into five segments, offering a deep-dive analysis of the latest TV news and a critical look at current and upcoming shows. Every episode of the weekly podcast includes an in-depth interview with one of the industry's most powerful showrunners or an up-and-coming new voice. Have an industry question you’d like to hear us address in a Mailbag segment? Email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 145An interview with the creators of Showtime’s ‘Yellowjackets’
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Netflix viewership data, with Joe Adalian (3:30) Two cable hits coming to a close (21:31) IATSE shutdown over (28:18) Showrunner Spotlight: Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson ('Yellowjackets') (31:21) Critics Corner (1:14:05) Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg breaking down the latest industry headlines. The podcast is broken into five segments, offering a deep-dive analysis of the latest TV news and a critical look at current and upcoming shows. Every episode of the weekly podcast includes an in-depth interview with one of the industry's most powerful showrunners or an up-and-coming new voice. Have an industry question you’d like to hear us address in a Mailbag segment? Email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 144How ‘The Great’ Balances Fact, Fiction and Funny
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Vaccine mandates for stars (2:56) Disney+ Day (11:12) Mailbag (20:26) Showrunner Spotlight: Tony McNamara ('The Great') (31:27) Critics Corner (1:07:42) Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg breaking down the latest industry headlines. The podcast is broken into five segments, offering a deep-dive analysis of the latest TV news and a critical look at current and upcoming shows. Every episode of the weekly podcast includes an in-depth interview with one of the industry's most powerful showrunners or an up-and-coming new voice. Have an industry question you’d like to hear us address in a Mailbag segment? Email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 143How Clyde Phillips Brought ‘Dexter’ Back to Life
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Joe Millionaire is back! (2:39) November TV Preview (9:24) The Levy's go head to head (20:24) Showrunner Spotlight: Clyde Phillips ('Dexter: New Blood') (24:53) Critics Corner (1:05:49) Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg breaking down the latest industry headlines. The podcast is broken into five segments, offering a deep-dive analysis of the latest TV news and a critical look at current and upcoming shows. Every episode of the weekly podcast includes an in-depth interview with one of the industry's most powerful showrunners or an up-and-coming new voice. Have an industry question you’d like to hear us address in a Mailbag segment? Email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep 142Halloween Special: Top Showrunners on the State of Horror on TV
This Week's Halloween Special includes a celebration of horror with Angela Kang ('The Walking Dead'), Don Mancini ('Chucky'), and Sara Goodman ('I Know What You Did Last Summer') followed by the Critics Corner (1:05:57). Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg breaking down the latest industry headlines. The podcast is broken into five segments, offering a deep-dive analysis of the latest TV news and a critical look at current and upcoming shows. Every episode of the weekly podcast includes an in-depth interview with one of the industry's most powerful showrunners or an up-and-coming new voice. Have an industry question you’d like to hear us address in a Mailbag segment? Email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 141'Insecure' Showrunner on Wrapping the HBO Comedy and What's Next
This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Netflix earnings and repercussions (4:15) IATSE strike update, with Katie Kilkenny (17:18) 'Y the Last Man' cancelled (22:43) Showrunner Spotlight: Prentice Penny ('Insecure') (34:35) Critics Corner (1:18:20) Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel Fienberg breaking down the latest industry headlines. The podcast is broken into five segments, offering a deep-dive analysis of the latest TV news and a critical look at current and upcoming shows. Every episode of the weekly podcast includes an in-depth interview with one of the industry's most powerful showrunners or an up-and-coming new voice. Have an industry question you’d like to hear us address in a Mailbag segment? Email us at [email protected]. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices