TV's Top 5

348 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 484 ratings

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

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Episodes

Did the ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Finale Stick the Landing?

April 12, 2024 10:10 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (2:24) Reboots Nobody Wanted (09:13) Dan’s Reality Roundup (18:59) Series in Review: Curb Your Enthusiasm w/ Alan Sepinwall (33:36) Critic's Corner (53:59) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caitlin Clark a Slam Dunk for March Madness Ratings

April 05, 2024 06:10 - 55 minutes

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (03:43) March Madness (10:28) Mailbag (17:17) Critic's Corner (34:20) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s Up with ‘Euphoria’ and Ronna McDaniel?

March 29, 2024 09:04 - 57 minutes

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (01:09) Euphoria delayed (15:22) Ronna McDaniel controversy (23:47) April TV preview (31:58) Critic's Corner (39:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danai Gurira on Writing a ‘Walking Dead’ Love Story

March 22, 2024 08:06 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (01:51) Showrunner Spotlight: Danai Gurira/The Walking Dead (14:54) Critic's Corner (50:46) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Netflix Is Getting Into the Ring With Mike Tyson and Jake Paul

March 08, 2024 08:00 - 43 minutes

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (01:58) Netflix and sports (09:22) Freeform’s new strategy (18:34) Oscars preview (24:01) Critic's Corner (40:17) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kings on Launching 'Elsbeth,' Ending 'Evil'

March 01, 2024 05:50 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (2:14) Big week in series orders (07:22) March TV preview (09:23) Showrunner Spotlight: Robert and Michelle King (CBS’ “Elsbeth”) (33:44) Critic's Corner (1:10:06) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Schumer on Making a Deeply Personal (and Timely) Second Season of 'Life & Beth'

February 23, 2024 09:35 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (0:58) Network check-up: Freevee (15:30) Colbert and Oliver returns (23:38) Amy Schumer interview (33:46) Critic's Corner (1:02:38) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the TV Industry’s Contraction May Not Be a Bad Thing

February 16, 2024 06:07 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:12) Super Bowl (6:51) Peak TV update (21:20) Karey Burke interview (29:18) Critic's Corner (1:00:19) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making Sense of the New Sports Super-Streamer

February 09, 2024 07:43 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:50) Super Sports Streamer (11:09) SNL backlash (27:39) Mailbag (35:20) Critic's Corner (59:31) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Deep Dive Conversation About Streaming and Ads

February 02, 2024 06:41 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:38) Streaming With Ads (10:23) February TV Preview (30:34) Next on Netflix (40:44) Critic's Corner (48:40) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Jon Stewart’s Return Good for ‘The Daily Show’?

January 26, 2024 07:39 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:56) Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show (10:32) Netflix’s $5B WWE deal (19:26) Paramount suitors (27:38) Critic's Corner (35:51) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking Down the Emmys (and Finale Mania)

January 19, 2024 07:12 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:35) Emmys winners (11:38) Emmys telecast (23:10) Season in Review: Fargo, For All Mankind, The Curse (38:57) Critic's Corner (1:24:35) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Emmys Preview Episode

January 12, 2024 08:05 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (0:51) The Mandalorian goes to the movies (5:10) Peak TV Contraction (10:57) Emmys preview (21:56) Critic's Corner (47:01) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2024 TV Preview

January 05, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes

Top 3 of the Week: Headlines (4:39) 2024 Preview (12:22) Critic's Corner (38:39) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best (and Worst) TV of 2023

December 15, 2023 10:20 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (3:37) Netflix's data dump (7:07) Best TV of 2023 (23:33) Worst TV of 2023 (1:27:51) Critic's Corner (1:43:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One Day at a Time Co-Creator Pays Tribute to Norman Lear

December 08, 2023 07:52 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (5:31) SAG deal ratified (9:43) State of the Industry with Mike Royce (13:54) RIP Norman Lear with Mike Royce (50:13) Critic's Corner (1:12:45) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chuck Lorre on His Broadcast Future and Reuniting With Charlie Sheen (on Max’s ‘Bookie’)

December 01, 2023 07:48 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: 1. Headlines (1:23) 2. December TV preview (10:24) 3-4. Chuck Lorre interview (19:49) 5. Critic's Corner (58:49) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merry Chrismukkah! The Inside Stories of ‘The O.C.’

November 17, 2023 06:22 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (2:06) Final Season Alert! (5:27) Cancellations (15:06) The OC at 20 with Alan Sepinwall (22:42) Critic's Corner (42:42) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Strikes Are Over. What Happens Next? With ‘Beacon 23’ Showrunner Glen Mazzara

November 10, 2023 09:05 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:08) Actor's Strike Ends (6:41) Strike's Over. What's Next (15:28) Showrunner Spotlight: Glen Mazzara, "Beacon 23" (25:03) Critic's Corner (1:00:39) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside the Sprawling (Adult) World of ‘Blue Eye Samurai’

November 03, 2023 06:52 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (3:33) RIP Matthew Perry (13:12) November TV preview (24:34) Showrunner Spotlight (33:29) Critic's Corner (1:00:15) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Latest on the Actors Strike, Plus What’s Next for Jon Stewart?

October 27, 2023 05:41 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (3:15) Strike Zone (8:15) Jon Stewart and The Daily Show (17:07) SNL season 49 (26:57) Critic's Corner (36:18) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actors Strike at an Impasse, Marvel TV at a Crossroads

October 13, 2023 09:36 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (4:44) Strike Zone: SAG talks collapse (9:34) Marvel's TV reset (16:52) Streamers rescue shows from Streamers (28:57) Critic's Corner (36:03) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How THR Critics Picked the Best Shows of the 21st Century

October 06, 2023 04:24 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (4:01) October TV preview (15:52) Contraction via Cancellations (23:19) Top 50 shows of the 21st century (35:23) Critic's Corner (1:06:00) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Keyser Explains the New WGA Deal (and Why He’s Done Negotiating)

September 29, 2023 06:30 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Writers Strike Ends! (1:14) What Happens Now? (8:02) Chris Keyser interview (13:49) Series in Review: Reservation Dogs (59:35) Critic's Corner (1:19:17) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the Entertainment Community Fund Is Supporting Workers Impacted by the Strikes

September 22, 2023 04:33 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (2:31) Strike Zone: The latest on the talks (13:17) Strike Zone: Daytime’s u-turn (17:49) Strike Zone: How to support those impacted (20:15) Critic's Corner (37:53) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disney-Charter Winners and Losers; Plus the Latest Strike Updates

September 15, 2023 07:08 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (2:57) Drew Barrymore on the hot seat (18:56) Strike updates (27:31) Charter v. Disney explained (32:14) Critic's Corner (47:19) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strike updates plus finale fever with Alan Sepinwall

September 08, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (2:09) Strike Zone (13:20) September Preview (20:29) Season in Review (26:49) Critic's Corner (1:21:51) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest on the ongoing Writers Strike

August 25, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag: Strike edition (1:54) Strike Zone: Latest updates on writers strike (8:29) A League of Their Own unrenewed (27:43) Mailbag: Non-strike edition (35:28) Critic's Corner (48:11) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exploring the Connection Between AI and the Writers Room

August 18, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (2:07) Strike Zone: The latest news (18:15) Strike Zone: Simon Rich on AI and writers rooms (23:16) Linear TV viewing tumbles (51:33) Critic's Corner (1:01:49) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WGA Negotiator on 100 Days of the Writers Strike

August 11, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (6:35) WGA Negotiator on 100 Days of the Writers Strike (19:17) Disney earnings (1:11:28) TCA Awards winners (1:24:56) Critic's Corner (1:32:47) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Latest Strike News; Inside The CW’s Transformation

August 04, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (1:18) Writers Strike update (19:33) August TV preview (24:38) Interview: The CW's Brad Schwartz (34:08) Critic's Corner (1:16:44) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood Strike Ripples include Surprise Profits, Tough Scheduling Choices

July 28, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (2:15) RIP Sinead O'Conner (11:02) StrikeZone: Studios flush with cash (20:32) Strike Zone: Stream it or save it (29:45) Critic's Corner (40:36) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justine Bateman: Pulling AI Into the Arts Is "Absolutely the Wrong Direction"

July 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Mailbag (1:15) Netflix Earnings (9:59) Fall Schedules Revised (19:26) Strike Zone with Justine Bateman (28:33) Critic's Corner (1:06:40) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actors strike casts a shadow on Emmy nominations

July 14, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:14) Strike Zone: SAG-AFTRA on Strike (6:53) Emmy Nominees Announced (16:45) Iger Extends Disney Deal (42:17) Critics Corner (48:18) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBC shake-up; and a wave of cancellations

July 07, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (0:51) NBC Streamlines (9:34) July Releases (16:45) Awards Season (27:26) Critics Corner (38:46) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The End of ‘The Other Two’ and ‘Reservation Dogs’

June 30, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:25) 'The Other Two' ends (11:11) 'Reservation Dogs' Final Season (20:29) Strike Zone: Latest Labor Updates (26:40) Critics Corner (39:02) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best TV Shows of 2023 (So Far)

June 23, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (2:03) 'Ryan Murphy is Going Home Again (11:51) The walls to HBO's Walled Garden are Coming Down (23:35) Best TV of 2023 So Far (33:22) Critics Corner (1:25:49) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How 'Happy Endings' Became the Case Study on the Value of a Traditional Writers Room

June 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

During this week’s ‘TV’s Top 5’ podcast, 14 members of the former ABC comedy’s creative team — including creator David Caspe, Jonathan Groff, Prentice Penny, Sierra Teller Ornelas, Hilary Wilston and Dan — open up about the benefits of learning on the job and explain why rushed mini-rooms are bad for television. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Latest on Hollywood’s Labor Unrest as Actors, Directors Join the Fray

June 09, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:52) Changes at CNN with Alex Weprin (10:17) The Director's Guild Reached a Tentative Agreement (23:07) SAG-AFTRA Approves Strike (28:50) Critics Corner (37:51) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'Ted Lasso,’ ‘Succession,’ ‘Barry,’ ‘Yellowjackets’ Finales; Plus Maureen Ryan on 'Burn It Down'

June 02, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Series in Review: 'Ted Lasso' (2:25) Series in Review: 'Succession' (29:03) Series in Review: 'Barry' (44:04) Series in Review: 'Yellowjackets' (54:15) 'Burn It Down' with Maureen Ryan (1:14:54) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Warren Leight Is Leading the WGA East’s Push to Shutdown Filming

May 26, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (3:25) Mailbag (8:25) Warner Brothers/HBO/MAX Mailbag (29:49) Strike Zone: Warren Leight (46:10) Critics Corner (1:31:39) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the Writers Strike Is Impacting Broadcast TV

May 19, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:26) Upfronts, What We Know (9:00) Upfronts, What We Don't Know (25:35) Strike Zone: Ari Goldman (34:24) Critics Corner (1:03:23) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Interview With the WGA's Top Negotiator on the Writers Strike

May 12, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (4:08) TV Upfronts are Next Week (9:33) Goodbye Hulu App (26:36) Strike Zone: Chris Keyser (33:08) Critics Corner (1:21:17) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the Front Lines as the Writers Guild Strikes

May 05, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (3:15) The WGA Strike Has Started (15:51) WGA Strike Impacts (28:56) Strike Zone (42:33) Critics Corner (51:46) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Tucker Carlson to Jeff Shell; a Season of Layoffs

April 28, 2023 11:09 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:08) A Busy Week at Cable News (12:59) Jeff Shell Out at NBCUniversal with Kim Masters (21:04) Writers Strike Looming (38:35) Critics Corner (50:41) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How 'The Diplomat' (and Keri Russell) Make Foreign Service Thrilling

April 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (0:58) Fox and Dominion with Alex Weprin (11:23) 'Twilight' Reboot (21:34) Showrunner Spotlight: Debora Cahn ('The Diplomat') (32:48) Critics Corner (1:12:07) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Debating Max's 'Harry Potter' TV Show, 'Succession's' Big Shocker

April 14, 2023 10:45 - 1 hour

Top 5 of the Week: Headlines (1:42) Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, & Big Bang Theory Shows (13:27) HBO Max to Max (39:30) SPOILER ALERT: 'Succession' S4E3 with Josh Wigler (47:14) Critics Corner (1:11:27) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices