Welcome to the 260th episode of TV’s Prime 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Each week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the most recent TV information with context from the enterprise and demanding sides, welcome showrunners, executives and different visitors, and supply a vital information of what to observe (or skip, because the case could also be).
Right here’s how this week’s episode performs out:
1. Headlines
Steve Carell and Invoice Lawrence, Marvel’s Imaginative and prescient and Silk, Dexter prequel castings and the most recent batch of Netflix’s “scores” spotlight the week’s prime TV trade headlines.
2. RIP, Freevee
No, we’re undecided what the distinction is between Freevee and Amazon with adverts is however we’re pouring one out for the FAST channel’s authentic programming after information broke this week that each critically praised exhibits Excessive College and Primo have been formally canceled.
3. RIP, The CW
It’s the tip of an period: After greater than 20 years, Jared Padalecki’s run on The CW is coming to an finish because the Nexstar-controlled community has canceled Walker after a four-season run. It marks the most recent nail within the coffin for a community that launched the careers of scores of TV writers, showrunners and actors as earnings turn out to be the precedence for the brand new CW.
4. Mailbag
You probably have a query you’d like to listen to Dan and me talk about on the podcast, shoot us an e mail at TVsTop5@thr.com. This week’s listener-driven section options discussions in regards to the state of scripted on broadcast, which community(s) we most want have been nonetheless making originals (past The CW) and Dan’s ideas on your Memorial Day weekend binge.
5. Critic’s Nook
As ordinary, we finish with Dan’s ideas on this week’s new and returning collection. On this episode, he weighs in on the ultimate season of Evil on Paramount+ in addition to its Lollapalooza documentary, plus Netflix’s Tires and the Seashore Boys documentary on Disney+.
Hear all of it now on TV’s Prime 5. Remember to subscribe to the podcast to by no means miss an episode. (Critiques welcome!) You may as well e mail us with any subjects or Mailbag questions you’d like addressed in future episodes at TVsTop5@THR.com.