Welcome to the 232nd episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Each and every hour, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV writer) and Daniel Fienberg ( TV critic) split indisposed the actual TV information with context from the trade and significant aspects, welcome showrunners, executives and alternative visitors, and grant a crucial information of what to look at (or skip, because the case is also).
This hour, we’re having a look on the affect of Hollywood’s twin hit from a distinct viewpoint — that of the Entertainment Community Fund, which helps employees impacted from the paintings stoppage get by means of. Right here’s how this hour’s episode performs out:
1. THE WRITERS STRIKE IS OVER!
Nearest just about 150 days, the Writers Guild of The us’s hit towards the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Manufacturers is formally over because the guild’s 11,500 individuals now head again to paintings. This area appears to be like on the tentative unused three-year Minimal Unadorned Word of honour’s key positive aspects (and central loss).
2. WHAT’S NEXT?
Now that the WGA hit has ended, all visuals flip to the performers union, SAG-AFTRA, because the guild remains to be 70-odd days into its paintings stoppage. This area additionally appears to be like at what’s after for the TV business as writers have their do business in restored, which presentations are first to get again to paintings and simply how else the published season is also impacted.
3. STRIKE ZONE: CHRIS KEYSER INTERVIEW
Keyser, the co-chair of the WGA’s negotiating committee, joins us for the 3rd week to talk about the writers hit. Within the interview, Keyser opens up about how streaming transparency and residuals will paintings, why the AMPTP held robust on protecting untouched viewership information below lock and key and problems that experience popped up for the reason that offer used to be introduced Sunday together with minimal room dimension and why the safeguards are for midlevel writers and the way that can affect lower-level scribes. Plus Keyser finds that he’ll now not go back to his function as co-chair of the negcom for the after spherical of commitment talks in 2026.
4. SERIES IN REVIEW: Reservation Canines
Spoiler alert! We’re in reality again to speaking about programming! Rolling Stone TV critic and BFF of the 5 Alan Sepinwall joins us once more, this week for a crucial line in evaluation area concerning the past due and admirable FX comedy Reservation Canines. The place will the overall season rank on Alan and Dan’s 2023 lead 10 listing? You’ll simply need to track in to determine.
5. CRITIC’S CORNER
As ordinary, we finish with Dan’s ideas in this hour’s unused and returning line. On this episode, he weighs in on season 3 of Max’s Starstruck and Amazon’s derivative of The Boys, Gen V.
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