Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Season 4
201814 episodes
Episode 1
Comedy Actors
Jun 24, 20181h
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)
Episode 2
Comedy Actresses
Jul 1, 20181h
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)
Episode 3
Drama Actors
Jul 8, 20181h
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)
Episode 4
Drama Actresses
Jul 15, 20181h
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)
Episode 5
Genre
Jul 22, 20181h
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)
Episode 6
Comedy Showrunners
Jul 29, 20181h
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)
Episode 7
Drama Showrunners
Aug 5, 20181h
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)
Episode 8
Directors
Jan 13, 20191h
Directors Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Marielle Heller, Yorgos Lanthimos and Spike Lee discuss the challenges and triumphs of filmmaking.
Episode 9
Actors
Jan 20, 20191h
Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Timothée Chalamet, Richard E. Grant, Hugh Jackman and Viggo Mortensen discuss the craft of acting.
Episode 10
Actresses
Jan 27, 20191h
Glenn Close, Lady Gaga, Kathryn Hahn, Nicole Kidman, Regina King and Rachel Weisz discuss the craft of acting.
Episode 11
Producers
Feb 3, 20191h
Ceci Dempsey, Bill Gerber, Kevin Feige, Paul Greengrass, Nina Jacobson and Gabriela Rodriguez discuss their work as film producers.
Episode 12
Writers
Feb 10, 20191h
Bo Burnham, Peter Farrelly, Tamara Jenkins, John Krasinski, Eric Roth and Paul Schrader discuss the craft of screenwriting.
Episode 13
Songwriters
Feb 17, 20191h
David Crosby, Kesha, Tim McGraw, Boots Riley, Mark Ronson and Diane Warren discuss the craft of songwriting.
Episode 14
Documentary
Feb 24, 20191h
Julie Cohen, Rashida Jones, Bing Liu, Morgan Neville, E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Tim Wardle discuss documentary filmmaking.