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Season 1

  • S01E01 Drama Actresses

    • August 2, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex: Showtime) Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder: ABC) Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honorable Woman: SundanceTV) Taraji P. Henson (Empire: FOX) Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: FX) Ruth Wilson (The Affair: Showtime)

  • S01E02 Drama Actors

    • August 9, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Timothy Hutton (American Crime: ABC) Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul: AMC) Clive Owen (The Knick: Cinemax) David Oyelowo (Nightingale: NBC) Justin Theroux (The Leftovers: HBO) Jon Voight (Ray Donovan: Showtime)

  • S01E03 Comedy Actresses

    • August 16, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Lena Dunham (Girls: HBO) Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Netflix) Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live: NBC) Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin: CW) Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish: ABC) Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer: Comedy Central)

  • S01E04 Comedy Actors

    • August 23, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Fred Armisen (Portlandia: IFC) Don Cheadle (House of Lies: Showtime) Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth: Fox) Ricky Gervais (Derek: Netflix) Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley: HBO) Jordan Peele (Key and Peele: Comedy Central)

  • S01E05 Drama Showrunners

    • August 30, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Lee Daniels (Empire: Fox) Alex Gansa (Homeland: Showtime) Michelle King (The Good Wife: CBS) Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers: HBO) Sarah Treem (The Affair: Showtime) Beau Willimon (House of Cards: Netflix)

  • S01E06 Comedy Showrunners

    • September 6, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Kenya Barris (Black-ish: ABC) Alec Berg (Silicon Valley: HBO) Robert Carlock (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Netflix) Jay Duplass (Togetherness: HBO) Steven Levitan (Modern Family: ABC) Jill Soloway (Transparent: Amazon)

  • S01E07 Reality

    • September 13, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Mark Burnett (Survivor, Shark Tank, The Voice) Julie Chen (Big Brother) Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance) Nigel Lythgoe (So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol) Craig Piligian (The Ultimate Fighter) Bertram Van Munster (The Amazing Race)

  • S01E08 Producers

    • December 13, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Ice Cube ('Straight Outta Compton') Scott Cooper ('Black Mass') Steve Golin ('The Revenant' and 'Spotlight') Simon Kinberg ('The Martian') Stacey Sher ('The Hateful Eight') Christine Vachon ('Carol')

  • S01E09 Writers

    • December 20, 2015
    • SundanceTV

    Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs) Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) Nick Hornby (Brooklyn) Emma Donoghue (Room) Meg LaFauve (Inside Out)

  • S01E10 Directors

    • January 3, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Danny Boyle (Steve Jobs) Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl) Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant) David O. Russell (Joy) Ridley Scott (The Martian) Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

  • S01E11 Actresses

    • January 10, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Carey Mulligan (Suffragette) Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) Cate Blanchett (Carol, Truth) Jane Fonda (Youth) Brie Larson (Room) Helen Mirren (Trumbo, Woman in Gold) Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

  • S01E12 Actors

    • January 17, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Michael Caine (Youth) Will Smith (Concussion) Benicio Del Toro (Sicario) Joel Edgerton (Black Mass) Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

  • S01E13 Documentarians

    • January 24, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine) Michael Moore (Where to Invade Next) Amy Berg (Janis: Little Girl Blue, Prophet's Prey) Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground) Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone) Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Meru)

  • S01E14 Cinematographers

    • January 31, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight) Danny Cohen (The Danish Girl, Room) Masanobu Takayanagi (Black Mass, Spotlight) Mandy Walker (Truth) Alwin Kuchler (Steve Jobs) Linus Sandgren (Joy)

Season 2

  • S02E01 Drama Actresses

    • June 26, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Six of the year's most sought after drama actresses engage in a candid conversation about sex scenes and nudity as they get older. Sarah Paulson (The People vs O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story/ American Horror Story: Hotel), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Kerry Washington (Confirmation/ Scandal), Constance Zimmer (UnREAL), Kirsten Dunst (Fargo), Regina King (American Crime/ The Leftovers), and Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue) discuss the advantages of working with female directors, the new landscape of television, and what their first big splurge was.

  • S02E02 Drama Actors

    • July 3, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Six of the television season's most eclectic drama actors – including Mr. Robot's Rami Malek, Vinyl's Bobby Cannavale, Narcos' Wagner Moura, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story's Cuba Gooding Jr., Roots' Forest Whitaker, and Billions' Paul Giamatti reveal the challenges of letting emotionally demanding characters go, the nuances of real versus fictional characters, and the little known movies they wish everyone had seen.

  • S02E03 Comedy Actresses

    • July 10, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    TV's leading funny ladies – Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), Allison Janney (Mom), Niecy Nash (Getting On), Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie), Ilana Glazer (Broad City) – disclose the best advice they ever got, the moment they knew they wanted to become actors and their funniest fan interactions.

  • S02E04 Comedy Actors

    • July 17, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Comedy masters, Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Aziz Ansari (Master of None), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Tony Hale (Veep), Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show), Rob Lowe (The Grinder), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), divulge their most embarrassing moments, who inspires them and the challenges of taking a comedic look at serious topics.

  • S02E05 Drama Showrunners

    • July 24, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Six of television's top drama series bosses- Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey), Nina Jacobson (American Crime Story), Marti Noxon (UnREAL, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce), Melissa Rosenberg (Jessica Jones) and John Ridley (American Crime)- open up about the stories that made them genuinely nervous, diversity in Hollywood and what it takes to cast their shows.

  • S02E06 Comedy Showrunners

    • July 31, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Comedy TV writer-producers including Kenya Barris (Black-ish), Marta Kauffman (Grace and Frankie), Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Alan Yang (Master of None), Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat) and David Mandel (Veep) talk condoms, stunt guests and what they have (and haven't) been able to get away with showing and talking about on the small screen.

  • S02E07 Reality Showrunners

    • August 7, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    TV’s top reality talent - Mark Cuban (Shark Tank), Jane Lynch (Hollywood Game Night), Guy Fieri (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives), Nick Cannon (America’s Got Talent), Mike Darnell (500 Questions) and LL Cool J (Lip Sync Battle) - discuss on-set psychologists, coaxing contestants and America’s first reality star presidential candidate, Donald Trump.

  • S02E08 Directors

    • January 15, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    The directors of this year's most acclaimed films, Damien Chazelle (La La Land), Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Mira Nair (Queen of Katwe), Oliver Stone (Snowden), Denzel Washington (Fences), talk about the filmmaking process.

  • S02E09 Actors

    • January 22, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water), Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden) and Dev Patel (Lion) discuss how they go about researching roles, being typecast and what it's like working with celebrated directors.

  • S02E10 Actresses

    • January 29, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Amy Adams (Arrival), Annette Bening (20th Century Women), Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Natalie Portman (Jackie) and Emma Stone (La La Land) talk about what inspired them to go into acting, having stage fright and what it's like working with Hollywood's best directors.

  • S02E11 Producers

    • February 5, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Darren Aronofsky (Jackie), Todd Black (Fences), Matt Damon (Manchester by the Sea), Frank Marshall (Sully), Marc Platt (La La Land) and Emma Tillinger Koskoff (Silence) talk about the challenges they have faced during production, developing scripts, making decisions on the fly and what it takes to be a successful producer.

  • S02E12 Writers

    • February 12, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Pedro Almodovar (Julieta), Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals), Noah Oppenheim (Jackie), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea), Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures), and Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water) talk about what principles guide their writing, how to escape writer's block and dream projects that they have yet to tackle.

  • S02E13 Documentary Filmmakers

    • February 19, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Six documentary filmmakers sit down for a discussion about when to intercede in a scene, how much brutality to reveal on screen and other key issues in the doc world. Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America), Werner Herzog (Into the Inferno, Lo and Behold), Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson), Josh Kriegman (Weiner), Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), and Roger Ross Williams (Life, Animated) talk about how they got into filmmaking and what draws them to commit to a specific story.

  • S02E14 Songwriters

    • February 26, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Songwriters Tori Amos, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Sting, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams reveal their process and how to emotionally connect songs to movies.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Comedy Actors

    • June 25, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick), Ted Danson (The Good Place), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta), William H. Macy (Shameless) and Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) talk about tackling unlikable characters, what it's like making comedy in the current political climate and their proudest moments from their shows.

  • S03E02 Comedy Actresses

    • July 2, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Pamela Adlon (Better Things), Minnie Driver (Speechless), America Ferrera (Superstore), Kathryn Hahn (I Love Dick), Issa Rae (Insecure) and Emmy Rossum (Shameless) talk about typecasting in Hollywood, male nudity vs. female nudity and their most embarrassing moments on set.

  • S03E03 Drama Actors

    • July 9, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Riz Ahmed (The Night Of), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), John Lithgow (The Crown), Ewan McGregor (Fargo), Billy Bob Thornton (Goliath) and Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) talk about what scenes they were nervous to approach and the process of letting a character go.

  • S03E04 Drama Actresses

    • July 16, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies), Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan), Chrissy Metz (This Is Us), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale), Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) and Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) talk about how they prepare for intense scenes and gender equality in Hollywood.

  • S03E05 Comedy Showrunners

    • July 23, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Six executive producers behind the top comedic shows open up about what draws them to certain stories, the complications of network casting and the pressure to get political. Judd Apatow (Girls, Crashing, Love), Kenya Barris (Black-ish), Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time), David Mandel (Veep), Scott Silveri (Speechless) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) talk about which writers they look up to most and the pitfalls of borrowing from one's own life.

  • S03E06 Drama Showrunners

    • July 30, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Six executive producers behind the year’s best dramatic shows open up about how to make talent comfortable when shooting sensitive subject matters, how the current political climate affects their storytelling and the pressure to build a TV empire. Ava DuVernay (Queen Sugar), Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies), Jenji Kohan (Orange is the New Black), Lisa Joy (Westworld) and Ryan Murphy (Feud: Bette and Joan) talk about the TV families that they most identify with and which type of project they get pitched the most.

  • S03E07 Reality Stars

    • August 6, 2017
    • SundanceTV

    Five of the power players behind the year’s best reality series open up about pushing the envelope with their subject matter, their first industry jobs and why their shows connect so strongly with audiences. W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America), Kris Jenner (Keeping Up With the Kardashians), Leah Remini (Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath), RuPaul (RuPaul’s Drag Race) and SallyAnn Salsano (Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party) discuss what reality TV says about our culture and the distresses of social media.

  • S03E08 Directors

    • January 21, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water Angelina Jolie – First They Killed My Father Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman Joe Wright – The Darkest Hour Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049

  • S03E09 Actors

    • January 28, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    James Franco – The Disaster Artist Tom Hanks – The Post Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project John Boyega – Detroit Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • S03E10 Actresses

    • February 4, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Mary J. Blige – Mudbound Emma Stone – Battle of the Sexes Allison Janney – I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird Jennifer Lawrence – Mother! Jessica Chastain – Molly’s Game

  • S03E11 Producers

    • February 11, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Judd Apatow – The Big Sick Ridley Scott – Blade Runner 2049 / All the Money in the World Amy Pascal – The Post / Molly’s Game Eric Fellner – Darkest Hour Seth Rogen – The Disaster Artist Jason Blum – Get Out

  • S03E12 Writers

    • February 18, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Aaron Sorkin–Molly’s Game Darren Aronofsky – Mother! Faith Akin – In the Fade Jordan Peele – Get Out Anthony McCarten – The Darkest Hour Emily Gordon – The Big Sick

  • S03E13 Cinematographers

    • February 25, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Roger Deakins –Blade Runner 2049 Hoyte Van Hoytema – Dunkirk Janusz Kaminski – The Post Rachel Morrison – Mudbound Dan Lausten – The Shape of Water Robert Elswit – Suburbicon & Roman Israel Esq.

  • S03E14 Actors Live

    • March 4, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Filmed in front of a live studio audience. Bryan Cranston – Last Flag Flying Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name Diane Kruger – In the Fade Robert Pattinson – Good Time Margot Robbie – I, Tonya Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water

Season 4

  • S04E01 Comedy Actors

    • June 24, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Louie Anderson - "Baskets" (FX) Sean Hayes - "Will & Grace" (NBC) Marc Maron - "GLOW" (Netflix) Tracy Morgan - "The Last O.G." (TBS) Ray Romano - "Get Shorty" (Epix) Tony Shaloub - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon)

  • S04E02 Comedy Actresses

    • July 1, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Alison Brie - "GLOW" (Netflix) Rachel Brosnahan - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon) Debra Messing - "Will & Grace" (NBC) Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC) Frankie Shaw - "SMILF" (Showtime) Drew Barrymore - "Santa Clarita Diet" (Netflix) Molly Shannon - "Divorce" (HBO)

  • S04E03 Drama Actors

    • July 8, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Jason Bateman - "Ozark" (Netflix) Darren Criss - "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" (FX) Jeff Daniels - "The Looming Tower" (Hulu) / "Godless" (Netflix) Matthew Rhys - "The Americans" (FX) J.K. Simmons - "Counterpart" (Starz) Michael B. Jordan - "Fahrenheit 451" (HBO)

  • S04E04 Drama Actresses

    • July 15, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Angela Bassett - "9-1-1" (FOX) Claire Foy - "The Crown" (Netflix) Maggie Gyllenhaal - "The Deuce" (HBO) Elisabeth Moss - "Top of the Lake: China Girl" (SundanceTV) / "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu) Thandie Newton - "Westworld" (HBO) Sandra Oh - "Killing Eve" (BBC America)

  • S04E05 Genre

    • July 22, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Salim Akil - "Black Lightning" (CW) Jason Blum - "Sharp Objects" (HBO) Simon Kinberg - "Legion" (FX) Robert Kirkman - "The Walking Dead" (AMC) Shawn Levy - "Stranger Things" (Netflix) Jonathan Nolan - "Westworld" (HBO) Melissa Rosenberg - "Jessica Jones" (Netflix)

  • S04E06 Comedy Showrunners

    • July 29, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Pamela Adlon - "Better Things" (FX) Alec Berg - "Silicon Valley" (HBO), "Barry" (HBO) Whitney Cummings - "Roseanne" (ABC) Mike Schur - "The Good Place" (NBC) Amy Sherman-Palladino - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon) Justin Simien - "Dear White People" (Netflix)

  • S04E07 Drama Showrunners

    • August 5, 2018
    • SundanceTV

    Dan Futterman - "The Looming Tower" (Hulu) Bruce Miller - "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu) Peter Morgan - "The Crown" (Netflix) David Shore - "The Good Doctor" (ABC) Lena Waithe - "The Chi" (Showtime) Courtney Kemp - "Power" (Starz)

  • S04E08 Directors

    • January 13, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Directors Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Marielle Heller, Yorgos Lanthimos and Spike Lee discuss the challenges and triumphs of filmmaking.

  • S04E09 Actors

    • January 20, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Timothée Chalamet, Richard E. Grant, Hugh Jackman and Viggo Mortensen discuss the craft of acting.

  • S04E10 Actresses

    • January 27, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Glenn Close, Lady Gaga, Kathryn Hahn, Nicole Kidman, Regina King and Rachel Weisz discuss the craft of acting.

  • S04E11 Producers

    • February 3, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Ceci Dempsey, Bill Gerber, Kevin Feige, Paul Greengrass, Nina Jacobson and Gabriela Rodriguez discuss their work as film producers.

  • S04E12 Writers

    • February 10, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Bo Burnham, Peter Farrelly, Tamara Jenkins, John Krasinski, Eric Roth and Paul Schrader discuss the craft of screenwriting.

  • S04E13 Songwriters

    • February 17, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    David Crosby, Kesha, Tim McGraw, Boots Riley, Mark Ronson and Diane Warren discuss the craft of songwriting.

  • S04E14 Documentary

    • February 24, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Julie Cohen, Rashida Jones, Bing Liu, Morgan Neville, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Tim Wardle discuss documentary filmmaking.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Comedy Actresses

    • June 23, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Regina Hall, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Constance Wu discuss acting in a comedy role.

  • S05E02 Comedy Actors

    • June 30, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Alan Arkin, Jim Carrey, Don Cheadle, Ted Danson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Timothy Simons discuss the craft of acting.

  • S05E03 Drama Actresses

    • July 7, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Patricia Arquette, Christine Baranski, Danai Gurira, Niecy Nash, Michelle Williams, and Emilia Clarke discuss the craft of acting.

  • S05E04 Drama Actors

    • July 14, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Hugh Grant, Diego Luna, Billy Porter, Sam Rockwell, Stephan James, and Richard Madden discuss the craft of acting.

  • S05E05 Comedy Showrunners

    • July 21, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Jerrod Carmichael, Bill Hader, Chuck Lorre, David Mandel, Alan Yang, and Tanya Saracho discuss creating a comedy for television.

  • S05E06 Drama Showrunners

    • July 28, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Marti Noxon, Sam Esmail, Nic Pizzolatto, Steve Canals, Sera Gimble, John Singleton discuss the challenges in creating a drama series today.

  • S05E07 TV Directors

    • August 4, 2019
    • SundanceTV

    Ben Stiller, Ava DuVernay, Patty Jenkins, Adam McKay, Jean-Marc Vallee and David Nutter discuss their work as TV directors.

  • S05E08 Directors

    • January 5, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Martin Scorsese, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Todd Phillips, Lulu Wang, Fernando Meirelles discuss their work as film directors.

  • S05E09 Actresses

    • January 12, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Renée Zellweger, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Lupita Nyong'o, and Jennifer Lopez discuss the craft of acting.

  • S05E10 Actors

    • January 19, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Shia LaBeouf discuss the craft of acting.

  • S05E11 Producers

    • January 26, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Charlize Theron, David Heyman, Dan Lin, Peter Chernin, Debra Martin Chase discuss producing films.

  • S05E12 Writers

    • February 2, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Taika Waititi, Anthony McCarten, Lorena Scafaria, Kasi Lemmons, Destin Daniel Cretton discuss writing in films.

  • S05E13 Documentary

    • February 9, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Julia Reichert, Asif Kapadia, Lauren Greenfield, Nanfu Wang, Todd Douglas Miller discuss creating a documentary.

  • S05E14 Executives

    • February 16, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Tom Rothman, Scott Stuber, Toby Emmerich, Donna Langley, Jennifer Salke, Jim Gianopulos, Alan Horn discuss their roles as studio executives.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Comedy Actresses

    • August 9, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Jameela Jamil, Robin Thede, Jane Levy, Elle Fanning, Amy Sedaris, and Tiffany Haddish discuss their work as comedy actresses.

  • S06E02 Comedy Actors

    • August 16, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Dan Levy, Kumail Nanjiani, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, and Ricky Gervais discuss their work as comedy actors.

  • S06E03 Drama Actresses

    • August 23, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Jennifer Aniston, Helena Bonham Carter, Janelle Monáe, Reese Witherspoon, Zendaya, and Rose Byrne discuss their roles as drama actresses.

  • S06E04 Drama Actors

    • August 30, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Patrick Stewart, Tobias Menzies, Kieran Culkin, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Daveed Diggs, and Bob Odenkirk discuss their roles as drama actors.

  • S06E05 Comedy Showrunners

    • September 6, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rob McElhenney, Liz Feldman, Tony McNamara, Kenya Barris, and Greg Daniels discuss creating comedies for television.

  • S06E06 Drama Showrunners

    • September 13, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Damon Lindelof, Liz Tigelaar, Michelle King, Alexander Woo, and Courtney Kemp discuss creating dramas for television.

  • S06E07 TV Directors

    • September 20, 2020
    • SundanceTV

    Alex Garland, Deborah Chow, Janet Mock, Jon M. Chu, Anna Boden, and Jonathan Nolan discuss their work as TV directors.

  • S06E08 Documentary

    • January 6, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Kerry Washington (‘The Fight’), Amy Ziering (‘On the Record’), Stacey Abrams (‘All In: The Fight For Democracy’), Jesse Moss (‘Boys State’), Garrett Bradley (‘Time’) and Jim LeBrecht (‘Crip Camp’) join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Documentary Roundtable.

  • S06E09 Animation

    • January 8, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Kori Rae ('Onward'), Glen Keane ('Over the Moon'), Mark Swift ('The Croods: A New Age'), Gitanjali Rao ('Bombay Rose'), Tomm Moore ('Wolfwalkers') and Pete Doctor ('Soul') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Animation Roundtable.

  • S06E10 Directors

    • January 13, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    George Clooney ('Midnight Sky'), Spike Lee ('Da 5 Bloods'), Regina King ('One Night in Miami'), Paul Greengrass ('News of the World'), Chloé Zhao ('Nomadland'), George C. Wolfe ('Ma Rainey's Black Bottom') and Lee Isaac Chung ('Minari)' join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Directors Roundtable.

  • S06E11 Producers

    • January 22, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Andy Samberg ('Palm Springs'), Marc Platt ('The Trial of the Chicago 7'), Ashley Levinson ('Pieces of a Woman', 'Malcolm & Marie'), Eric Roth ('Mank'), Charles D. King ('Judas and the Black Messiah') and Dede Gardner ('Minari') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Producers Roundtable.

  • S06E12 Cinematographers

    • January 29, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Dariusz Wolski ('News of the World'), Erik Messerschmidt ('Mank'), Mandy Walker ('Mulan'), Tami Reiker ('One Night in Miami', 'The Old Guard'), Joshua James Richards ('Nomadland') and Damian Garcia ('I'm No Longer Here') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Cinematographers Roundtable.

  • S06E13 Songwriters

    • February 1, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Mary J. Blige ('See What You've Done'), John Legend ('Never Break', 'Make It Work'), Leslie Odom Jr. ('Speak Now'), Janelle Monáe ('Turntables') and Justin Timberlake ('Just Sing') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Songwriters Roundtable.

  • S06E14 Actresses

    • February 10, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Zendaya ('Malcolm & Marie'), Kate Winslet ('Ammonite'), Glenn Close ('Hillbilly Elegy'), Vanessa Kirby ('Pieces of a Woman'), Carey Mulligan ('Promising Young Woman') and Andra Day ('The United States vs. Billie Holiday') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for the Actresses Roundtable.

  • S06E15 Writers

    • February 18, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Aaron Sorkin ('The Trial of the Chicago 7'), Emerald Fennell ('Promising Young Woman'), Radha Blank ('The Forty-Year-Old Version'), Sam Levinson ('Malcolm & Marie'), and Kemp Powers ('One Night in Miami', 'Soul') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Writers Roundtable.

  • S06E16 Actors

    • March 2, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Ben Affleck ('The Way Back'), Delroy Lindo ('Da 5 Bloods'), Gary Oldman ('Mank'), John David Washington ('Malcolm & Marie', 'Tenet'), Sacha Baron Cohen ('The Trial of the Chicago 7', 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm') and Steven Yeun ('Minari') join Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Actors Roundtable.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Comedy Actors

    • May 27, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Pete Davidson (‘SNL’), Lamorne Morris (‘Woke’), Ben Platt (‘The Politician’), Ted Danson (‘Mr. Mayor’), Ed Helms (‘Rutherford Falls’) and Chris Redd (‘Kenan’ and ‘SNL’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Comedy Actors Roundtable.

  • S07E02 Drama Actresses

    • June 2, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Anya Taylor-Joy (‘Queen’s Gambit’), Elizabeth Olsen (‘Wandavision’), Gillian Anderson (‘The Crown’), Cynthia Erivo (‘Genius: Arthea’), MJ Rodriguez (‘Pose’) and Sarah Paulson (‘Ratched’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Drama Actresses Roundtable.

  • S07E03 Drama Showrunners

    • June 8, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Misha Green (‘Lovecraft Country’), Katori Hall (‘P-Valley’), Ethan Hawke (‘The Good Lord Bird’), Barry Jenkins (‘Underground Railroad’) and Peter Morgan (‘The Crown’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Drama Showrunners Roundtable.

  • S07E04 Television Directors

    • June 10, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Lucia Aniello (‘Hacks’), Noah Hawley (‘Fargo’), Zach Braff (‘Ted Lasso’), Elisabeth Moss (‘Handmaid’s Tale’), Steve Canals (‘Pose’), Rick Famuyiwa (‘The Mandalorian’) and Lena Dunham (‘Industry’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Television Directors Roundtable.

  • S07E05 Drama Actors

    • June 16, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Rege-Jean Page (‘Bridgerton’), John Boyega (‘Small Axe’), Josh O’ Connor (‘The Crown’), Jonathan Majors (‘Lovecraft Country’) and Chris Rock (‘Fargo’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Drama Actors Roundtable.

  • S07E06 Comedy Showrunners

    • June 18, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Wanda Sykes (‘The Upshaws’), Bill Lawrence (‘Ted Lasso’), Chuck Lorre (‘The Kominsky Method’ and ‘The United States of AI’), Nasim Pedrad (‘Chad’), Darren Starr (‘Emily in Paris’ and ‘Younger’) and Anna Konkle (‘PEN15 ’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Comedy Actors Roundtable.

  • S07E07 Comedy Actress

    • June 24, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Aidy Bryant (‘Shrill’ and ‘SNL’), Kaley Cuoco (‘The Flight Attendant’), Lena Waithe (‘Master Of None’), Jean Smart (‘Hacks’), Cristin Milioti (‘Made for Love’) and Holly Hunter (‘Mr.Mayor’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Comedy Actress Roundtable.

  • S07E08 Actress

    • November 22, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Kristen Stewart, Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst and Emilia Jones join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Actress Roundtable.

  • S07E09 Documentary

    • December 2, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Questlove, Todd Haynes, Liz Garbus, Jimmy Chin, Robert Greene, Jonas Poher Rasmussen and Betsy West join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Documentary Roundtable.

  • S07E10 Songwriters

    • December 11, 2021
    • SundanceTV

    Scott 'Kid Cudi' Mescudi, Camila Cabello, Anderson .Paak and Sparks (Ron and Russell Mael) join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Songwriters Roundtable.

  • S07E11 Actors

    • January 5, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Andrew Garfield ('Tick, Tick...Boom!'), Jonathan Majors ('The Harder They Fall'), Peter Dinklage ('Cyrano'), Nicolas Cage ('Pig'), and Simon Rex ('Red Rocket') join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Actors Roundtable.

  • S07E12 Writers

    • January 14, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Maggie Gyllenhaal ('The Lost Daughter'), David Chase ('The Many Saints Of Newark'), Jeymes Samuel ('The Harder They Fall'), Sian Heder ('CODA'), and Zach Baylin ('King Richard') join The Hollywood Reporter for our full writers Roundtable.

  • S07E13 Directors

    • January 20, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Kenneth Branagh ('Belfast'), Jane Campion ('The Power of The Dog'), Guillermo del Toro ('Nightmare Alley'), Asghar Farhadi ('A Hero'), Reinaldo Marcus Green ('King Richard') and Pedro Almodóvar ('Parallel Mothers') join The Hollywood Reporter for our full directors Roundtable.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Drama Actress

    • May 25, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Christina Ricci ('Yellowjackets'), Emmy Rossum ('Angelyne"), Jung Ho-yeon ('Squid Game'), Lily James ('Pam & Tommy'), Rosario Dawson ('Dopesick' and 'DMZ') and Sandra Oh ('Killing Eve' and 'The Chair') joined The Hollywood Reporter to talk about their respective projects.

  • S08E02 TV Comedy Actor

    • June 22, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Bowen Yang ('Saturday Night Live'), Danny McBride ('The Righteous Gemstones'), Jake Johnson ('Minx'), Jerrod Carmichael ('Rothaniel'), Michael Che ('Saturday Night Live' and 'That Damn Michael Che') and Will Forte ('MacGruber') joined The Hollywood Reporter to talk about their respective projects.

  • S08E03 TV Drama Actor

    • June 8, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Brian Cox ('Succession'), Michael Keaton ('Dopesick'), Oscar Isaac ('Moon Knight' and 'Scenes From A Marriage'), Samuel L. Jackson ('The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey'), Tom Hiddleston ('Loki'), and Quincy Isaiah ('Winning Time') joined The Hollywood Reporter to talk about their respective projects.

  • S08E04 TV Comedy Actress

    • June 16, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Amy Schumer ('Life & Beth') , Bridget Everett ('Somebody Somewhere), Molly Shannon (' Love That for You'), Quinta Brunson ('Abbot Elementary'), Selena Gomez ('Only Murders In the Building'), and Tracee Ellis Ross ('Blackish') joined The Hollywood Reporter to talk about their respective projects.

  • S08E05 Reality Tv

    • June 17, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Jonathan Van Ness ('Queer Eye' and 'Getting Curious With Jonathan Van Ness'), Lizzo ('Watch Out for the Big Grrrls'), Nicole Byer ('Nailed It' and 'Wipe Out'), Padma Lakshmi ('Top Chef' and 'Taste the Nation'), and Will Arnett ('Lego Masters") joined The Hollywood Reporter to talk about their respective projects.

  • S08E06 Writers

    • November 22, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Chinonye Chukwu (Till), Daniel Kwan (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Jordan Peele (Nope), Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin), Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), Tony Kushner (The Fabelmans) joined The Hollywood Reporter to talk about their respective projects.

  • S08E07 Actress

    • December 16, 2022
    • SundanceTV

    Jennifer Lawrence (Causeway), Michelle Yeoh ('Everything Everywhere All at Once'), Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans), Claire Foy ('Women Talking'), Emma Corrin ('Lady Chatterley's Lover) and Danielle Deadwyler ('Till') join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Actress Roundtable.

  • S08E08 Directors

    • January 5, 2023
    • SundanceTV

    Alejandro González Iñárritu ('Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths'), Gina Prince-Bythewood ('The Woman King'), Todd Field ('Tár'), Joseph Kosinski ('Top Gun: Maverick'), Sarah Polley ('Women Talking'), and JD Dillard ('Devotion') join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Directors Roundtable.

  • S08E09 Actors

    • January 10, 2023
    • SundanceTV

    Austin Butler ('Elvis'), Colin Farrell ('The Banshees of Inisherin'), Brendan Fraser ('The Whale'), Jeremy Pope ('The Inspection'), Ke Huy Quan ('Everything Everywhere All At Once') and Adam Sandler ('Hustle') join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Actors Roundtable.

  • S08E10 Producers

    • January 12, 2023
    • SundanceTV

    Gail Berman ('Elvis'), Jerry Bruckheimer ('Top Gun: Maverick'), Jonathan Wang ('Everything Everywhere All At Once'), Kristie Macosko Krieger ('The Fablemans'), Nate Moore ('Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'), and Viola Davis ('The Woman King') join The Hollywood Reporter for our full Producers Roundtable.

  • S08E11 Drama Actors

    • May 24, 2023
    • SundanceTV

    Jeff Bridges ('The Old Man'), Kieran Culkin ('Succession'"), Damson Idris ('Snowfall' & 'Swarm'), Michael Imperioli ('The White Lotus'), Pedro Pascal ('The Last of Us' & 'The Mandalorian') and Evan Peters ('Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story') join The Hollywood Reporter for our Drama Actor Roundtable.

  • S08E12 Comedy Actors

    • June 1, 2023
    • SundanceTV

    Jason Segel ('Shrinking'), John Mulaney (John Mulaney: Baby J'), Mo Amer ('Mo'), Steven Yeun ('Beef'), and Tyler James Williams ('Abbott Elementary') join The Hollywood Reporter for our Comedy Actor Roundtable.

  • S08E13 Comedy Actress

    • June 6, 2023
    • SundanceTV

    Ayo Edebiri ('The Bear'), Elle Fanning ('The Great'), Devery Jacobs ('Reservation Dogs'), Natasha Lyonne ('Poker Face'), Jenna Ortega ('Wednesday'), and Sheryl Lee Ralph ('Abbott Elementary') join The Hollywood Reporter for our Comedy Actress Roundtable.

  • S08E14 Drama Actress

    • June 22, 2023
    • SundanceTV

    Jennifer Coolidge ('The White Lotus'), Claire Danes ('Fleishman Is in Trouble'), Emma D'Arcy ('House of the Dragon'), Dominique Fishback ('Swarm'), Jennifer Garner ('The Last Thing He Told Me') and Melanie Lynskey ('Yellowjackets,' 'The Last of Us') join The Hollywood Reporter for our Drama Actress Roundtable.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 2017 Oscars Cinematographers

    • SundanceTV

    Rodrigo Prieto ('Silence,' 'Passengers'), Linus Sandgren ('La La Land'), John Toll ('Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'), Charlotte Bruus Christensen ('Fences,' 'The Girl on the Train,'), Bradford Young ('Arrival') and Caleb Deschanel ('Rules Don't Apply').

  • SPECIAL 0x2 2017 Oscars Animators

    • SundanceTV

    Seth Rogen ('Sausage Party') including Byron Howard ('Zootopia), Garth Jennings ('Sing'), Travis Knight ('Kubo and the Two Strings'), Mike Mitchell ('Trolls'), John Musker ('Moana') and Mark Osborne ('The Little Prince')

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Bonus Roundtable: Epic Conversations on Creativity

    • December 19, 2016
    • SundanceTV

    Four creative talents , Lin-Manuel Miranda, Donald Glover, Issa Rae, and Damien Chazelle, flaunting the conventions of formula, go back and forth with director Jon Favreau (a onetime wunderkind himself) on success, struggling and staying sane: "The bullshit meter is very attuned right now."

  • SPECIAL 0x4 2015 Oscars Actresses

    • November 26, 2014
    • SundanceTV

    Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Laura Dern (Wild), Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Hilary Swank (The Homesman), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Reese Witherspoon (Wild) and Amy Adams (Big Eyes) discuss their critically acclaimed roles in 2014.

  • SPECIAL 0x5 2015 Drama Writers

    • SundanceTV

    Showrunners Lee Daniels ('Empire'), Damon Lindelof ('The Leftovers'), Alex Gansa ('Homeland'), Sarah Treem ('The Affair'), Michelle King ('The Good Wife'), and Beau Willimon ('House of Cards') for The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Showrunner Emmy Roundtable where the writers discuss their characters and their work.

  • SPECIAL 0x6 2012 Emmy Actresses

    • SundanceTV

    Full uncensored interview with Christina Applegate ('Up All Night'), Julie Bowen ('Modern Family'), Laura Dern ('Enlightened'), Zooey Deschanel ('New Girl'), Julia Louis-Dreyfus ('Veep'), Jane Lynch ('Glee') and Martha Plimpton ('Raising Hope').

  • SPECIAL 0x7 2015 Oscars Directors

    • SundanceTV

    Angelina Jolie (Unbroken), Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) discuss their new films, open up about ethics, fears, family and what drives them: "We're all kind of control freaks, right?"

  • SPECIAL 0x8 2016 Emmy Actresses

    • SundanceTV

    Emmy nominees Amy Schumer ('Inside Amy Schumer') and Kate McKinnon ('Saturday Night Live') join Tracee Ellis Ross ('black-ish'), Lena Dunham ('Girls'), Gina Rodriguez ('Jane the Virgin'), and Ellie Kemper ('The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt') for The Hollywood Reporter's Comedy Actress Emmy Roundtable where the actress discuss their characters and their work while hilarity ensues.

  • SPECIAL 0x9 2018 Animators

    • SundanceTV

    This Seasons FULL 2018 Animation Roundtable features the imaginative Kyle Balda ('Despicable Me 3'), Chris McKay ('The LEGO Batman Movie'), Lee Unkrich ('Coco'), Lore Forti ('Ferdinand'), Nora Twomey ('The Breadwinner'), and Tom McGrath ('Baby Boss')

  • SPECIAL 0x10 2011 Summer Movie Writers

    • SundanceTV

    Jonathan Aibel ('Kung Fu Panda 2'), Greg Berlanti ('Green Lantern'), Ehren Kruger (Transformers: Dark of the Moon'), Christopher Markus ('Captain America: The First Avenger'), Ashley Edward Miller ('Thor'), and Roberto Orci (Cowboys & Aliens') join The Hollywood Reporter's Summer Blockbuster Writers Roundtable.

  • SPECIAL 0x11 2017 Oscars Writers

    • SundanceTV

    Enjoy The Hollywood Reporter's Full Writers 2017 Oscars Roundtable with Pedro Almodovar ('Julieta'), Allison Schroeder ('Hidden Figures'), Tom Ford ('Nocturnal Animals'), Kenneth Lonergan ('Manchester by the Sea'), Noah Oppenheim ('Jackie'), and Taylor Sheridan ('Hell or High Water').

  • SPECIAL 0x12 2018 Sundance Roundtable

    • SundanceTV

    Jim Parsons, Taissa Farmiga, Joel McHale & John Cho join The Hollywood Reporter for a special live edition of Close Up with THR at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

  • SPECIAL 0x13 2012 Top Showrunners

    • SundanceTV

    Six top writer-producers -- Vince Gilligan ("Breaking Bad"), Howard Gordon ("Homeland"), Shonda Rhimes ("Grey’s Anatomy," "Private Practice," "Scandal"), Glen Mazzara ("The Walking Dead"), Veena Sud ("The Killing") and Terence Winter ("Boardwalk Empire") -- talk writers' block cures, the "torture" of Twitter and the most painless way to kill off your lead.

  • SPECIAL 0x14 2013 Emmys Comedy Actors

    • SundanceTV

    Full uncensored interview with Matthew Perry (Go On), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family).