This Weeks Top 5 Topics: High-profile TV launches coming in April (2:57) San Diego Comic-Con-troversy (11:34) Showrunner Spotlight: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ('Hemingway') (20:54) Spotlight continued: Opening day (57:27) Critics Corner (1:19:03) 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 ana...
Apr 02, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast This Weeks Top 5 Topics: The industry has lost two huge talents (2:55) A big week for IP (9:41) A strategy change at Netflix (15:36) Showrunner Spotlight: Malcolm Spellman ('The Falcon and the Winter Soldier') (28:52) Critics Corner (57:16) 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...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Snyder Cut preview, with Aaron Couch (4:44) Mailbag!!! (16:42) Pandemic anniversary (33:38) Showrunner Spotlight: Suzan-Lori Parks ('Genius: Aretha') (50:25) Critics Corner (1:34:05) 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 crit...
Mar 19, 2021•2 hr 51 min•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Harry and Meghan: The Interview (5:30) Harry and Meghan: The Business and Fallout (13:27) A busy week for Peacock (22:43) Showrunner Spotlight: Zelda and Daniel Barnz ('Generation') (32:53) Critics Corner (1:16:32) 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 ...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast This Weeks Top 5 Topics: The Simpsons has been renewed (3:13) The 2021 Golden Globes recap (12:57) Hits and misses of winter television, with Inkoo Kang (25:54) Showrunner Spotlight: Emily Andras ('Wynonna Earp') (45:52) Critics Corner (1:28:23) 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 ana...
Mar 05, 2021•2 hr 39 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast This Weeks Top 5 Topics: Paramount+ has come into focus (2:59) Kevin Feige made his TCA debut (21:02) The 78th annual Golden Globes, with Scott Feinberg (30:20) Showrunner Spotlight: Russell Davies ('It's a Sin') (49:08) Critics Corner (1:33:46) 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 ana...
Feb 26, 2021•2 hr 43 min•Ep 109•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: A 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' spinoff at Amazon (3:10) Veteran shows are coming to an end (9:22) Chris Harrison leaves The Bachelor, with Jackie Strause (18:34) Showrunner Spotlight: Ron Moore ('For All Mankind') (34:38) Critics Corner (1:17:11) 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. Th...
Feb 19, 2021•2 hr 34 min•Ep 108•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Joss Whedon and Gina Carano controversy, with Aaron Couch (11:58) (Topic 1 continued) HBO Max doubled down on animation (35:27) Showrunner Spotlight: Jenny Lumet ('Clarice') (43:26) Critics Corner (1:33:32) 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 se...
Feb 12, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Ep 107•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Awards season has arrived (3:56) The biggest TV viewing day, with Preston Beckman (25:46) Another TV icon lost, with Lynette Rice (39:06) Update on Peak TV (57:03) Critics Corner (1:07:52) 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...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep 106•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: HBO Max's fourth-quarter subscriber gains (4:47) TV world loses two icons this week (13:19) Pandemic causes lackluster TV premiere lineup (26:10) Showrunner Spotlight: Desus Nice and The Kid Mero ('Desus & Mero') (36:01) Critics Corner (1:20:26) 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 headli...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep 105•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: All eyes on the inauguration (2:46) A new era for cable news networks, with Joe Adalian (13:30) Netflix reported fourth quarter earnings (32:07) Showrunner Spotlight: Jac Schaeffer ('WandaVision') (41:25) Critics Corner (1:25:24) 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...
Jan 22, 2021•2 hr 35 min•Ep 104•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Pilot season begins (3:57) 'Sex and the City' is back (14:08) Roku acquires Quibi's content (21:47) Showrunner Spotlight: Alena Smith ('Dickinson') (29:39) Critics Corner (1:08:44) 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-di...
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep 103•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Chaos at the US Capitol (1:54) Samantha Bee discusses new season of 'Full Frontal' (7:22) Checking in on TV production (39:33) Showrunner Spotlight: Austin Winsberg ('Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist') (44:16) Critics Corner (1:15:11) 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 podca...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep 102•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Anticipated new scripted series (3:56) Scripted series that we're saying farewell to (25:37) The Pandemic and the year to come (35:09) Showrunner Spotlight: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald ('Cobra Kai') (42:14) Critics Corner (1:33:12) 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 h...
Jan 01, 2021•2 hr 43 min•Ep 101•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Top 5 stories of the year (6:23) Adapting cop procedurals with Alexi Hawley (36:19) What left us in 2020 (1:01:35) Showrunner Spotlight: Kaley Cuoco ('The Flight Attendant') (1:15:15) Critics Corner with Alan Sepinwall (1:55:02) 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 ...
Dec 18, 2020•3 hr 32 min•Ep 100•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Disney drops the mother-load (5:01) Mike Royce and Gloria Calderon Kellett say goodbye to 'One Day at a Time' (25:53) WarnerMedia blowback with Kim Masters (58:56) Showrunner Spotlight: Benjamin Cavell ('The Stand') (1:18:03) Critics Corner (1:43:40) 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 h...
Dec 11, 2020•2 hr 52 min•Ep 99•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Warner Media blew up the theatrical window (3:10) Executive Carousel (17:01) Felicity Huffman's comeback has begun (25:35) Showrunner Spotlight: Peter Moffat ('Your Honor') (32:37) Critics Corner (1:08:46) 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 seg...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep 98•Transcript available on Metacast This week's episode features an interview with longtime Hallmark Channel VP programming Michelle Vicary. As our loyal listeners recall, last year around this time we featured a newsworthy interview with then-Hallmark CEO Bill Abbott in which he proceeded to … effectively light his own Christmas tree on fire. Michelle is here to set Hallmark on a new path of diversity and inclusion on a special holiday edition of TV's Top 5. Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's We...
Nov 27, 2020•42 min•Ep 97•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: HBO Max taking bold swings (3:20) An end of an era for Conan O'Brien (14:30) More executive changes (20:12) Showrunner Spotlight: Moises Zamora ('Selena: The Series') (26:58) Critics Corner (1:00:32) 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,...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep 96•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Remembering Alex Trebek (2:41) Bidding farewell to 'Supernatural' with Mark Pedowitz (14:14) Another busy week on the executive front (28:53) Showrunner Spotlight: Tracey Wigfield ('Saved By the Bell') (33:30) Critics Corner (1:06:48) 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 po...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep 95•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: All eyes are on the election results (3:33) CBS launches scripted originals this week (15:29) Dawn Olmstead becomes CEO of Anonymous Content (26:47) Showrunner Spotlight: Mickey Down and Konrad Kay ('Industry') (32:48) Critics Corner (59:34) 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....
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep 94•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: DODGERS WIN THE WORLD SERIES! (5:01) Broadcast scripted originals return (14:26) Jon Stewart returning to TV (24:05) Showrunner Spotlight: Chris Licht ('Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020') (29:46) Critics Corner (53:41) Welcome to TV's Top 5! Each episode features The Hollywood Reporter's West Coast TV Editor Lesley Goldberg and Chief TV Critic Daniel ...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep 93•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Quibi bites the dust (3:20) Major executive change at CBS All Access (11:55) Shonda Rhimes from ABC to Netflix, with Lacey Rose (17:30) Showrunner Spotlight: Dan Fogelman ('This Is Us') (32:35) Critics Corner (1:20:07) 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 ...
Oct 23, 2020•2 hr 31 min•Ep 92•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: NBC News in a firestorm this week (3:34) In exec new... (11:50) 'Dexter' revived at Showtime; with Clyde Phillips (15:59) Talent Spotlight: America Ferrera ('Superstore') (38:09) Critics Corner (1:16:16) Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things TV. Each episode will be broken into fiv...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: More unrenewed shows (3:21) SNL is back in the studio (18:11) 'Gilmore Girls' is coming to The CW (26:15) Showrunner Spotlight: Alex Kurtzman ('Star Trek Discovery' & 'Clarice') (31:47) Critics Corner (1:12:27) Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things TV. Each episode will be broken i...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep 90•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Recap of this weeks presidential debate (4:02) New high-profile original programming (12:42) Mailbag! (23:22) Showrunner Spotlight: Gillian Flynn ('Utopia') (40:42) Critics Corner (1:11:33) Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things TV. Each episode will be broken into five segments tha...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep 89•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Emmys recap (2:52) The fate of DC Universe is official (11:52) Guilds and studios reach deal to return to production (18:54) Showrunner Spotlight: Noah Hawley ('Fargo') (26:47) Critics Corner (1:03:48) Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things TV. Each episode will be broken into five ...
Sep 25, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep 88•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: What to expect from the Emmys, with Michael O'Connell (6:08) ABC's 'Stumptown' gets canceled (25:17) NBCUniversal loses key creative executive (35:15) Showrunner Spotlight: Anna Konkle and Maya Erskine ('PEN15') (41:42) Critics Corner (1:25:48) Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things...
Sep 18, 2020•2 hr 40 min•Ep 87•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Netflix delivers bombshell of an executive change (5:25) The end of an era at AMC and E! (14:02) John Landgraf addresses the press corp (23:47) Showrunner Spotlight: Kathleen Jordan ('Teenage Bounty Hunters') (32:47) Critics Corner (57:39) Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things TV. ...
Sep 11, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover in quarantine this week are: Another big week for Netflix (4:42) Hits and misses of Summer TV (12:38) Mailbag!!! (21:41) Showrunner Spotlight: Mo Marable ('Woke') (30:07) Critics Corner (1:04:40) Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things TV. Each episode will be broken into five segments that will be sure to deliv...
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep 85•Transcript available on Metacast 
