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The Hollywood Reporter

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...

Episodes

20 of 307 episodes

Adam Conover Worries For Sexually Repressed Straight Men

Stand-up and serial demystifier Adam Conover sidles up for a chat about forcing himself to get personal on stage after the end of a 15-year...

39:06Oct 29, 2026

Zainab Johnson Has the Ideal Hype Woman in Michelle Obama

The comedian and actress pops in to discuss how the Obamas came to produce her latest special, what she learned while becoming a gun owner a...

32:58Oct 22, 2026

Heather McMahan Finds the Comedy in Her Cancellation

The stand-up is back with her latest special, By a Thread, and on IHAE to spill on pissing off the golf manosphere, taking bribes at SoulCyc...

37:43Oct 15, 2026

Patrick Brammall Joins the Ranks of Australia's Great Exports

The star of Colin From Accounts and Last Seen hits IHAE to discuss his banner year that kicked off opposite Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears...

35:10Oct 8, 2026

Sharon Horgan Is the Comedic Bard of Gen X

The writer and actress turns her eye to fiftysomethings in HBO's Youth, and swings by IHAE to talk about how she doesn't identify as a leadi...

38:35Oct 2, 2026

Inside 'Adults' Season 2 Ascent With Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw

The creators, showrunners and couple behind FX's Adults swing by to talk about the sophomore bump of their hang comedy, seeking advice from...

40:15Sep 25, 2026

Does Liz Meriwether Have a Genre Bingo Card?

The 'Furious' showrunner pays IHAE a visit to talk about her TV trajectory from sitcoms to serial killers, her New Girl cast turning their r...

36:48Aug 20, 2026

Diarra Kilpatrick + Hot IMAX Summer!

Actress and producer Diarra Kilpatrick swings by to talk about the second season of Diarra From Detroit, awkward pitches and her Hollywood j...

47:40Aug 10, 2026

Should We Start a Book Club With Lauren Neustadter?

Hello Sunshine's Lauren Neustadter swings by to talk about ending 'The Morning Show,' launching 'Elle' and 'Lucky' this summer, the impendin...

39:35Jul 31, 2026

Fortune Feimster + Ted Lasso Returns!

Comedian and actress Fortune Feimster is here to discuss her days as a red-carpet reporter, golf blindness and filming a buddy comedy with K...

48:13Jul 24, 2026

D'Arcy Carden + Our Summer Hit List

'Five Star Weekend' star D'Arcy Carden joins to talk about her new Peacock series with Jennifer Garner and Airbnb-hopping with Sherry Cola....

55:57Jul 16, 2026

Jeff Schaffer on When Larry Met Obama + The Emmy Noms!

'Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness' showrunner Jeff Schaffer stops by with thoughts on the complications of spoofing and celebratin...

45:54Jul 9, 2026

The TV Producers Roundtable

What a treat! Lucia Aniello (Hacks), Erin Foster (Nobody Wants This), David E. Kelley (Margo's Got Money Troubles), Bill Lawrence (Shrinking...

74:36Jun 18, 2026

Widow's Bay Creator Katie Dippold + Too Early For Emmys?

Katie Dippold discusses the two-decade journey to creating Widow's Bay, the sleeper hit of the spring, intense Halloween parties and the sem...

58:31Jun 12, 2026

A Giggly Episode With Hannah Berner

The stand-up and podcaster brings actual laughter as she shares her thoughts on straight men who attend her shows, plane talkers, working wi...

34:32Jun 4, 2026

A 'Top Chef' Check-in With Gail Simmons

The judge and executive producer of Mikey's favorite show pays a visit to talk about a heated elimination, the likelihood of another All Sta...

43:59May 28, 2026

Sex Scenes and Shakespeare With David Tennant

Stage and TV icon David Tennant swings by to talk about the second season of racy 80s dramedy 'Rivals,' his trip to the Criterion closet and...

34:46May 21, 2026

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II + Avoiding Another Hollywood Disaster

'Wonder Man' and 'Man on Fire' actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II joins to discuss his recent spike in work, his evolving metric for success and po...

42:29May 14, 2026

Craig Mazin Talks 'Sheep Detectives,' 'The Last of Us' and Rooming With Ted Cruz

Celebrated screenwriter and showrunner Craig Mazin swings by to talk about his latest feature, 'The Sheep Detectives,' as well as the juggli...

43:26May 7, 2026

All 'Devil Wears Prada 2' With Aline Brosh McKenna

Mikey, Mia Galuppo and Lacey Rose discuss the millennial fixation with The Devil Wears Prada, where Miranda Priestly ranks among Meryl Stree...

67:08Apr 30, 2026