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4.6

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484 reviews

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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 TVsTop5@THR.com. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe. Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg

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Check latest episodes from TV's Top 5 podcast

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

2024/02/23

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

2024/02/16

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

2024/02/09

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

2024/02/02

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’?

2024/01/26

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)

2024/01/19

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

2024/01/12

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

2024/01/05

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

2023/12/15

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

2023/12/08

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’)

2023/12/01

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.’

2023/11/17

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

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4.6 out of 5

484 reviews

dwjohnson2 2024/01/10

I have always been a fan of Dan’s

I have been listening to/following Dan for over 10 years and for that reason won’t give a bad rating but I can’t stand how much politics Dan has been ...

Gangster 547 2024/01/26

Zero Stars and I Am Out

You both are way too concerned with the politics of Hollywood. No one cares!

Mkodf 2023/11/10

Long-Time Fan, One Flaw

I’ve been listening every week for years, love the up-to-the-minute insider’s industry reporting from Leslie, and enjoy Dan’s decades of experience an...

Steven 456773 2023/11/07

Great Podcast

People complaining about baseball are legit whining about maybe 2 minutes per hour plus of content exclusively on television during the season. Leslie...

LppCo 2023/10/13

Stop Talking About Baseball

This is not a baseball podcast. Please have your baseball conversations privately. SO annoying!!!

Paris4rver16 2023/09/01

Terrific Show

Great insight into the intersection between content, platforms and entertainment in general. Just an enjoyable listen with fun personal anecdotes from...

Alaskacie 2023/10/13

Has gotten very self-indulgent

The critic’s corner is now mainly Dan droning on and on about the shows he doesn’t like. No longer a great place anymore to find the good shows. A...

DrZayas 2023/04/29

Don’t judge a book by an episode

This show takes time to appreciate its greatest feature, which is its consistency. They may not reinvent the wheel but they inform and deliver weekly.

Ledizzler 2023/07/22

Is Lesley asleep during critics corner?

I love the podcast but Dan talks so much!! I don’t understand why there is no discussion during the critics corner , Dan can become annoying to listen...

jdjdjnxjd 2023/07/07

Great content each week but should be called “Leslie interrupts Dan”

Both of these hosts have very interesting things to say, but Leslie can’t help herself and interrupts Dan all the time. It’s incredibly distracting. I...

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