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‘From Scratch’ Creators on Cooking Up a Very Personal Netflix Series
During this week’s ‘TV’s Top 5’ podcast, hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg are also joined by Angie Han to discuss ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘She-Hulk.’
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‘The Peripheral’ Review: Chloe Grace Moretz in Amazon Drama Tailor-Made for the ‘Westworld’-Weary
'Westworld' creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan and 'A Simple Plan' author Scott Smith adapt William Gibson's high-tech time travel story about a gamer who might save two worlds.
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‘Year One: A Political Odyssey’ Review: HBO’s Ho-Hum Look at Biden’s First Year as President
John Maggio's documentary examines some of the adversity faced by Joe Biden in his first year in the White House.
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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ Review: An Uneven Horror Octet, Highlighted by Jennifer Kent’s Entry
The 'Shape of Water' and 'Pan's Labyrinth' director curates a collection of eight spooky tales from top-tier current horror directors for Netflix's new anthology series.
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‘From Scratch’ Creators on Cooking Up a Very Personal Netflix Series
Welcome to the 190th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘The Peripheral’ Review: Chloe Grace Moretz in Amazon Drama Tailor-Made for the ‘Westworld’-Weary
'Westworld' creators Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan and 'A Simple Plan' author Scott Smith adapt William Gibson's high-tech time travel story about a gamer who might save two worlds.
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‘Year One: A Political Odyssey’ Review: HBO’s Ho-Hum Look at Biden’s First Year as President
John Maggio's documentary examines some of the adversity faced by Joe Biden in his first year in the White House.
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Clea DuVall on Bringing Tegan and Sara’s ‘High School’ to TV
Welcome to the 189th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Shantaram’ Review: Charlie Hunnam in Apple TV+’s Ambitious Mess of an Adaptation
After nearly two decades in development, Gregory David Roberts' bestselling novel about crime, humanity and redemption in the slums of Bombay arrives as a sprawling drama series.
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‘I Love You, You Hate Me’ Review: Peacock’s Unpersuasive Barney Documentary
The two hour-long episodes focus on the rise and fall of the all-loving purple dinosaur and the adoration and hatred that he generated.
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‘Let the Right One In’ Review: Showtime’s Risk-Averse Vampire Adaptation
Demián Bichir plays a father trying to take care of a daughter who happens to be a vampire in this drama inspired by John Ajvide Lindqvist's oft-adapted novel 'Let the Right One In.'
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Inside TV’s Latest Exec Shuffle; ‘Big Bang’ Secrets Revealed — TV’s Top 5 Podcast
Welcome to the 188th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Werewolf by Night’ Review: Disney+’s Marvel Horror Special Keeps It Refreshingly Simple
The 52-minute black-and-white tale revolves around a monster-hunting werewolf played by Gael Garcia Bernal.
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‘Alaska Daily’ Review: Hilary Swank Stars as a Journalist in ABC’s Ham-Handed Series
Swank teams with 'Spotlight' writer-director Tom McCarthy for a drama that focuses on a disgraced reporter trying to repair her career with a major investigation.
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‘A Friend of the Family’ Review: Jake Lacy and Anna Paquin in Peacock’s Sensitive but Bloated True Crime Adaptation
The harrowing story of Jan Broberg, already told in the Netflix documentary 'Abducted at Plain Sight,' becomes a nine-hour limited series.
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Critic’s Notebook: Doomed to Fail, Trevor Noah Thrived on ‘The Daily Show’
Nobody wanted to follow Jon Stewart, but over seven years Noah succeeded in carving out his own distinctive, often terrific niche.
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‘Interview With the Vampire’ Review: AMC’s Queer-Forward Anne Rice Adaptation Is Ripe With Potential
Anne Rice’s vampire classic gets a handsomely mounted, queer-forward AMC series adaptation that offers delectable parts if not a fully satisfying whole
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‘TV’s Top 5’: A Discussion About the 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
Welcome to the 187th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘So Help Me Todd’ Review: Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin in a Disposable CBS Mother-Son Dramedy
The series revolves around a son (Astin) helping his attorney mom (Harden) with investigative work.
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