Welcome to the 191st episode of Top 5 . TV, The Hollywood ReporterTV podcasts.
Every week, organize Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV Editor) and Daniel Fienberg (main TV critic) analyzes the latest TV news with context from business and critical aspects, welcomes presenters, executives and other guests, and provides provides important guidance on what to watch (or ignore, as the case may be).
In this week’s episode, we’re joining Al Gough and Miles Millar for an early, Halloween-timed preview of what to expect from Netflix’s upcoming. The Addams . family branch, Wednesday. Plus Friend of 5 Josh Wigler returns to join Dan for a season in HBO’s Review Dragon’s House.
Here’s how this week’s episode unfolded:
1. Title
James Gunn, Amazon, As we see, Aldis Hodge, Nancy Drew and more lead the week’s top TV headlines.
2. TV music chair
Not one but two original scripted comedies are coming out this week with different selling points. First up is Tina Fey’s surprising transfer due to production Girls5eva from Peacock to Netflix, talking about NBCUniversal’s streaming problems; and the second is Chad, switched from TBS to Roku for a completely different reason. We go inside both deals in this segment.
3. Evaluation part
Our recurring, spoiler-filled segment in which we look back and evaluate an entire season of a popular show is back to the way it was. CHEAP Reporter Westeros Josh Wigler back to the podcast to take a look back at the first season of HBO with Dan House of the Dragon.
4. Showrunner Spotlight
Al Gough and Miles Millarwho have been writing to associates for decades after their meeting at USC, join the show for a hilarious spooky chronological interview about their upcoming Addams Wednesday series, Wednesday. The duo who brought the hit to TV with their previous WB Network/CW series Smallville, which opens about how Clark Kent’s decades of teenage exploration helped influence what they bring to Netflix with their series starring Jenna Ortega. The star-studded horror comedy could also be the start of AFU – Addams Family Universe, ie – as the duo opens up conversations with Netflix about expanding the world to focus on characters. other items of the Addams Family. Yes really. Wednesday Released on November 23.
5. Critics’ corner
As usual, each episode ends with Dan’s thoughts on what to watch (or skip) this weekend. He weighed in season two of HBO White Lotus, Netflix’s Guillermo del Toro anthology Cabinet of Curiosity and the streaming giant’s favorite animation Big mouth.
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