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Season 5

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Season 5

  • 2019
  1. Comedy Actresses Episode 1 Comedy Actresses June 23, 2019, 1 h Regina Hall, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph, Jane Fonda, Constance Wu, Tiffany Haddish and Phoebe Waller-Bridge discuss acting in a comedy role.
  2. Comedy Actors Episode 2 Comedy Actors June 30, 2019, 1 h Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Ted Danson, Don Cheadle, Henry Winkler and Timothy Simons discuss the craft of acting.
  3. Drama Actresses Episode 3 Drama Actresses July 7, 2019, 1 h Michelle Williams, Emilia Clarke, Danai Gurira, Niecy Nash, Patricia Arquette and Christine Baranski discuss the craft of acting.
  4. Drama Actors Episode 4 Drama Actors July 14, 2019, 1 h Stephan James, Hugh Grant, Diego Luna, Billy Porter, Richard Madden and Sam Rockwell discuss the craft of acting.
  5. Comedy Showrunners Episode 5 Comedy Showrunners July 21, 2019, 1 h Jerrod Carmichael, Tanya Saracho, Alan Yang, Bill Hader, David Mandel and Ali Rushfield discuss creating a comedy for television.
  6. Drama Showrunners Episode 6 Drama Showrunners July 28, 2019, 1 h Sam Esmail, Marti Noxon, John Singleton, Steve Canals, Sera Gamble and Nic Pizzolatto discuss the challenges in creating a drama series today.
  7. TV Directors Episode 7 TV Directors August 4, 2019, 1 h Ava DuVernay, Adam McKay, Ben Stiller, David Nutter, Patty Jenkins and Jean-Marc Vallee discuss their work as TV directors.
  8. Directors Episode 8 Directors January 5, 2020, 1 h Greta Gerwig (Little Women), Todd Philipps (Joker), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Fernando Meirelles (The Two Popes) and Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story) discuss their films.
  9. Actresses Episode 9 Actresses January 12, 2020, 1 h Rebecca Ford, Renée Zellweger, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Lupita Nyong’o, Jennifer Lopez discuss the craft of acting.
  10. Actors Episode 10 Actors January 19, 2020, 1 h Stephen Galloway, Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Jamie Foxx, Shia LaBeouf discuss the craft of acting.
  11. Producers Episode 11 Producers January 26, 2020, 1 h Rebecca Ford, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Charlize Theron, David Heyman, Dan Lin, Peter Chernin, Debra Martin Chase discuss producing films.
  12. Writers Episode 12 Writers February 2, 2020, 1 h Stephen Galloway, Taika Waititi, Anthony McCarten, Lorene Scafaria, Kasi Lemmons, Destin Daniel Cretton discuss writing in films.
  13. Documentary Episode 13 Documentary February 9, 2020, 1 h Rebecca Keegan, Julia Reichert, Asif Kapadia, Lauren Greenfield, Nanfu Wang, Todd Douglas Miller discuss creating a documentary.
  14. Executives Episode 14 Executives February 16, 2020, 1 h Matthew Belloni, Tom Rothman, Scott Stuber, Toby Emmerich, Donna Langley, Jennifer Salke, Jim Gianopulos, Alan Horn discuss their roles as studio executives.