This Weeks Top 5 Topics:
Nexstar purchases The CW (1:34)
Restructuring at HBO/HBO Max (12:18)
Mailbag! (21:01)
Showrunner Spotlight: Chris Estrada ('This Fool') (39:24)
Critics Corner (1:18:27)
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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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Top 5 of the Week:
Headlines (2:03)
Baldwins to TLC (6:27)
Mailbag (17:05)
 ATX TV Festival wrap up (37:36)
Critic's Corner (44:14)
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What Should the Emmys do With ‘The Bear’? We Have an Idea

Top 5 of the Week:
Headlines (2:37)

Hacks!  (6:02)
June TV preview (13:27)
 Showrunner Spotlight: Nida Manzoor (We Are Lady Parts) (21:31)
Critic's Corner (48:38)
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‘We Are Lady Parts’ Creator on Scaling Up in Season 2

Top 5 of the Week:
Headlines (1:07)
RIP, The CW (13:08)
RIP, Freevee  (26:33)
Mailbag (45:37)
Critic's Corner (58:25)
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The CW, Freevee and Brands That Could Have Been

Top 5 of the Week:
Headlines (1:44)
Upfronts: Amazon and Netflix (13:25)
Upfronts: Everyone else (35:55)
Sportsball!  (1:05:16)
Critic's Corner (1:13:56)
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The Upfronts 2024 Wrap Up Edition

Top 5 of the Week:
Headlines (2:09)
Streaming bundles (09:43)
The Office returns (17:23)
Netflix’s live efforts (26:07)
Critic's Corner (40:02)
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Meet 'This Fool' Star Chris Estrada

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