August 16, 2019 - Discussing Viacom and CBS, AMC and ABC news and interview with POP TV president Brad Schwartz

Published: Aug. 16, 2019, 10 a.m.

The five topics that Lesley and Dan cover this week are:

  1. Matt Belloni discusses Viacom and CBS agreeing to re-merge
  2. AMC and ABC both made some interesting hires this week
  3. Mailbag!
  4. Showrunner Spotlight with Brad Schwartz
  5. Critics Corner

Welcome to the TV's Top 5! On this podcast, The Hollywood Reporter's own Lesley Goldberg, West Coast TV Editor, and Daniel Fienberg, Chief Television Critic, will be talking all things TV. Each episode will be broken into five segments that will be sure to deliver real-time television news, a critical look at current and upcoming shows, as well as regular analysis of programs on TV and much more. Stay tuned for future episodes and be sure to subscribe!

Hosted by: Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg
Produced by: Matthew Whitehurst and Joshua Farnham