All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • December 21, 2014
    • PBS

    Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) with Edward Norton (Birdman), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) with Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Hilary Swank (The Homesman) with Tilda Swinton (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year) with Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • December 28, 2014
    • PBS

    Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) with Jessica Chastain (Interstellar), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) with Laura Dern (Wild), Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice) with JK Simmons (Whiplash), Kevin Costner (Black and White) with James Corden (Into the Woods)

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • December 28, 2014
    • PBS

    Reese Witherspoon (Wild) with Michael Keaton (Birdman), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) with Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), David Oyelowo (Selma) with Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Jenny Slate (Obvious Child) with Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • January 4, 2015
    • PBS

    Jennifer Aniston (Cake) with Emily Blunt (Into the Woods), Christoph Waltz (Big Eyes) with Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night) with Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) with Logan Lerman (Fury)

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • June 14, 2015
    • PBS

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) with Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Queen Latifah (Bessie) with Taraji P. Henson (Empire), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) with Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black), Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) with Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honourable Woman), Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) with Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • June 21, 2015
    • PBS

    Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) with Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black), Clive Owen (The Knick) with Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder) with Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie), Matt LeBlanc (Episodes) with Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Claire Danes (Homeland) with Don Cheadle (House of Lies)

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • December 27, 2015
    • PBS

    Cate Blanchett (Carol and Truth) with Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes), Will Smith (Concussion) with Benicio Del Toro (Sicario), Brie Larson (Room) with Joel Edgerton (Black Mass), Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight)

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • December 27, 2015
    • PBS

    Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn) with Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs), Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy) with Carey Mulligan (Suffragette), Steve Carell (The Big Short) with Rooney Mara (Carol), Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) with Jason Segel (The End of the Tour)

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • January 4, 2016
    • PBS

    Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight) with Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs), Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) with Michael Keaton (Spotlight), Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Walk), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) with Isabella Rossellini (Joy)

Season 4

  • S04E01 Episode 1

    • June 12, 2016
    • PBS

    Jamie Lee Curtis (Scream Queens) with Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) with Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story), Felicity Huffman (American Crime) with Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue), Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager) with Aaron Paul (The Path), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Jay Duplass (Transparent)

  • S04E02 Episode 2

    • June 19, 2016
    • PBS

    Bobby Cannavale (Vinyl) with Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story), Rob Lowe (The Grinder) with John Travolta (American Crime Story), Aziz Ansari (Master of None) with Kerry Washington (Confirmation), Kirsten Dunst (Fargo) with Rami Malek (Mr. Robot), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) with Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk)

Season 5

  • S05E01 Episode 1

    • January 3, 2017
    • PBS

    Viola Davis (Fences) with Tom Hanks (Sully), Molly Shannon (Other People) with Emma Stone (La La Land), Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) with Nicole Kidman (Lion), Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) with Matthew McConaughey (Gold)

  • S05E02 Episode 2

    • January 4, 2017
    • PBS

    Natalie Portman (Jackie) with Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea), Amy Adams (Arrival and Nocturnal Animals) with Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Annette Bening (20th Century Women) with Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

  • S05E03 Episode 3

    • January 5, 2017
    • PBS

    Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins), Adam Driver (Paterson) with Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals), Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Sally Field (Hello, My Name Is Doris) with Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) with Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

Season 6

  • S06E01 Episode 1

    • June 13, 2017
    • PBS

    Sarah Jessica Parker (Divorce) with Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies), Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick) with John Lithgow (The Crown), Thandie Newton (Westworld) with Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), Freida Pinto (Guerrilla) with Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us), Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life) with Constance Zimmer (Unreal)

  • S06E02 Episode 2

    • June 13, 2017
    • PBS

    Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) with Ewan McGregor (Fargo), Pamela Adlon (Better Things) with Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) with Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) with Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld), Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale), Brit Marling (The OA) with Issa Rae (Insecure)

Season 7

  • S07E01 Episode 1

    • January 2, 2018
    • PBS

    Jennifer Lawrence (Mother!) with Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel), Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) with Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) with Kristen Wiig (Downsizing), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) with Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)

  • S07E02 Episode 2

    • January 3, 2018
    • PBS

    Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) with Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) with Hugh Jackman (Logan), Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) with Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner), Allison Janney (I, Tonya) with Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

  • S07E03 Episode 3

    • January 4, 2018
    • PBS

    Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) with Holly Hunter (The Big Sick), James Franco (The Disaster Artist) with Dustin Hoffman (The Meyerowitz Stories), Hong Chau (Downsizing) with Diane Kruger (In the Fade), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) with Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird), Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool) with Robert Pattinson (Good Time)

Season 8

  • S08E01 Episode 1

    • June 19, 2018
    • PBS

    Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose) with Claire Foy (The Crown), Angela Bassett (9-1-1) with Laura Dern (The Tale), Darren Criss (American Crime Story) with Mandy Moore (This Is Us), Jason Bateman (Ozark) with Bill Hader (Barry), Jessica Biel (The Sinner) with Alison Brie (GLOW)

  • S08E02 Episode 2

    • June 21, 2018
    • PBS

    Debra Messing (Will & Grace) with Sharon Stone (Mosaic), Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451) with Issa Rae (Insecure), Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower) with Laura Linney (Ozark), Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G.) with John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert), Edie Falco (Law & Order: True Crime) with J. K. Simmons (Counterpart)

Season 9

  • S09E01 Episode 1

    • January 8, 2019
    • PBS

    Amy Adams (Vice) with Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased), Mahershala Ali (Green Book) with John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Felicity Jones (On the Basis of Sex) with Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)

  • S09E02 Episode 2

    • January 8, 2019
    • PBS

    Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) with Lupita Nyong'o (Black Panther), Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) with Emma Stone (The Favourite), Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place) with Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner)

  • S09E03 Episode 3

    • January 10, 2019
    • PBS

    John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) with Rosamund Pike (A Private War), Michael B. Jordan (Creed II and Black Panther) with Charlize Theron (Tully), Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Kindergarten Teacher) with Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

  • S09E04 Episode 4

    • January 10, 2019
    • PBS

    Glenn Close (The Wife) with Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born), Armie Hammer (On the Basis of Sex and Sorry to Bother You) with Dakota Johnson (Suspiria), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) with Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

  • S09E05 Episode 5

    • January 10, 2019
    • PBS

    Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) with Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)

Season 10

  • S10E01 Episode 1

    • June 18, 2019
    • PBS

    Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora) with Julia Roberts (Homecoming). Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) with Richard Madden (Bodyguard), Taraji P. Henson (Empire) with Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy)

  • S10E02 Episode 2

    • June 18, 2019
    • PBS

    Benicio del Toro (Escape at Dannemora) with Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Regina Hall (Black Monday), Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon) with Renée Zellweger (What/If)

  • S10E03 Episode 3

    • June 19, 2019
    • PBS

    Chris Pine (I Am the Night) with Robin Wright (House of Cards), Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) with Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon), Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?) with Don Cheadle (Black Monday)

  • S10E04 Episode 4

    • June 19, 2019
    • PBS

    Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) with Billy Porter (Pose), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) with Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story), Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) with Maya Rudolph (Forever)

Season 11

  • S11E01 Episode 1

    • January 2, 2020

    Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) with Renée Zellweger (Judy), Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) with Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems), Awkwafina (The Farewell) with Taron Egerton (Rocketman)

  • S11E02 Episode 2

    • January 2, 2020

    Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) with Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name), Chris Evans (Knives Out) with Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Mindy Kaling (Late Night) with Constance Wu (Hustlers)

  • S11E03 Episode 3

    • January 2, 2020

    Adam Driver (Marriage Story) with Charlize Theron (Bombshell), Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) with Alfre Woodard (Clemency), Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy) with Kristen Stewart (Seberg)

  • S11E04 Episode 4

    • January 2, 2020

    Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) with Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse), Sterling K. Brown (Waves) with Laura Dern (Marriage Story), Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) with Florence Pugh (Little Women)

Season 12

  • S12E01 Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Jackman, and more

    • July 17, 2020
    • PBS

    Regina King (Watchmen) with Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere), Anne Hathaway (Modern Love) with Hugh Jackman (Bad Education), Kieran Culkin (Succession) with Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

  • S12E02 Sandra Oh, Kerry Washington, and more

    • July 17, 2020
    • PBS

    Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) with Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere), Tessa Thompson (Westworld) with Ramy Youssef (Ramy), Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice) with Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)

  • S12E03 Jennifer Aniston, Patrick Stewart and more

    • July 24, 2020
    • PBS

    Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) with Lisa Kudrow (Space Force, The Good Place and Feel Good), Daveed Diggs (Snowpiercer) with Anthony Mackie (Altered Carbon), Henry Cavill (The Witcher) with Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: Picard)

  • S12E04 Zendaya, Paul Rudd and more

    • July 24, 2020
    • PBS

    Claire Danes (Homeland) with Damian Lewis (Billions), Zendaya (Euphoria) with Mj Rodriguez (Pose), Chris Evans (Defending Jacob) with Paul Rudd (Living with Yourself)

Season 13

  • S13E01 Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and more

    • March 5, 2021
    • PBS

    Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian) with Anthony Hopkins (The Father), Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) with Steven Yeun (Minari)

  • S13E02 George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer and more

    • March 5, 2021
    • PBS

    George Clooney (The Midnight Sky) with Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit), Zendaya (Malcolm & Marie) with Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman), Glenn Close (Hillbilly Elegy) with Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island)

  • S13E03 Ben Affleck, Sacha Baron Cohen and more

    • March 5, 2021
    • PBS

    Ben Affleck (The Way Back) with Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7), Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday) with Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami), Jared Leto (The Little Things) with John David Washington (Malcolm & Marie)

  • S13E04 Jamie Dornan, Eddie Redmayne and more

    • March 5, 2021
    • PBS

    Jamie Dornan (Wild Mountain Thyme) with Eddie Redmayne (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman) with Amanda Seyfried (Mank), Tom Holland (Cherry) with Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)

Season 14

  • S14E01 Nicole Kidman, Chris Rock and more

    • June 26, 2021
    • PBS

    Nicole Kidman (The Undoing) with Chris Rock (Fargo), Josh O'Connor (The Crown) with Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit)

  • S14E02 Ewan McGregor, Pedro Pascal and more

    • June 26, 2021
    • PBS

    Ewan McGregor (Halston) with Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision) with Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

  • S14E03 Kaley Cuoco, Elizabeth Olsen and more

    • June 26, 2021
    • PBS

    Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) with Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision), Emma Corrin (The Crown) with Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton)

  • S14E04 Uzo Aduba, Billy Porter and more

    • June 26, 2021
    • PBS

    Gillian Anderson (The Crown) with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Uzo Aduba (In Treatment) with Billy Porter (Pose)

Season 15

  • S15E01 Lady Gaga, Jake Gyllenhaal and more

    • February 18, 2022
    • PBS

    Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) with Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty), Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) with Rita Moreno (West Side Story), Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos) with Daniel Craig (No Time to Die)

  • S15E02 Penélope Cruz, Benedict Cumberbatch and more

    • February 18, 2022
    • PBS

    Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) with Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog), Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) with Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Oscar Isaac (The Card Counter) with Jared Leto (House of Gucci)

  • S15E03 Andrew Garfield, Rachel Zegler and more

    • February 18, 2022
    • PBS

    Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick... Boom! and The Eyes of Tammy Faye) with Rachel Zegler (West Side Story), Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard) with Regina King (The Harder They Fall), Jamie Dornan (Belfast) with Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)

  • S15E04 Nicole Kidman, Kristen Stewart and more

    • February 18, 2022
    • PBS

    Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) with Kristen Stewart (Spencer), Marlee Matlin (CODA) with Bradley Whitford (Tick, Tick... Boom!), Mahershala Ali (Swan Song) with Bradley Cooper (Nightmare Alley and Licorice Pizza)

Season 16

  • S16E01 Viola Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and more

    • June 17, 2022
    • PBS

    Viola Davis (The First Lady) with Samuel L. Jackson (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey), Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) with Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy), Jared Leto (WeCrashed) with Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)

  • S16E02 Zendaya, Andrew Garfield and more

    • June 17, 2022
    • PBS

    Zendaya (Euphoria) with Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven), Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That... and The Gilded Age) with Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live), Courteney Cox (Shining Vale) with Faith Hill (1883)

  • S16E03 Martin Short, Jean Smart and more

    • June 17, 2022
    • PBS

    Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building) with Jean Smart (Hacks), Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game) with Sandra Oh (The Chair and Killing Eve), Tom Hiddleston (The Essex Serpent and Loki) with Lily James (Pam & Tommy)

  • S16E04 Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong and more

    • June 17, 2022
    • PBS

    Anne Hathaway (WeCrashed) with Jeremy Strong (Succession), Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets) with Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) with Adam Scott (Severance), Josh Brolin (Outer Range) with Josh Brolin

Season 17

  • S17E01 Cate Blanchett, Michelle Yeoh, Kate Hudson and more

    • January 12, 2023
    • PBS

    Cate Blanchett ("Tár") and Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") discuss portraying characters originally written for men; Kate Hudson ("Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery") and Glen Powell ("Top Gun: Maverick") share the importance of chemistry with co-stars; and Laura Dern ("The Son") and Michelle Williams ("The Fabelmans") exchange their thoughts on working with young co-stars.

  • S17E02 Carey Mulligan, Margot Robbie, John Boyega and more

    • January 12, 2023
    • PBS

    Carey Mulligan ("She Said") and Margot Robbie ("Babylon") discuss the range of female portrayals in film; Austin Butler ("Elvis") and Janelle Monáe ("Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery") reveal how acting takes a toll on a personal life; and John Boyega ("The Woman King") and Letitia Wright ("Black Panther: Wakanda Forever") discuss the importance of black stories in Hollywood blockbusters.

  • S17E03 Viola Davis, Jennifer Lawrence, Adam Sandler and more

    • January 12, 2023
    • PBS

    Viola Davis ("The Woman King") and Jennifer Lawrence ("Causeway") get honest about female action heroes; Jamie Lee Curtis ("Everything Everywhere All at Once") and Colin Farrell ("The Banshees of Inisherin") discuss their recent complex roles; and Brendan Fraser ("The Whale") and Adam Sandler ("Hustle") share their movie history and special connection.

  • S17E04 Ana de Armas, Eddie Redmayne, Brian Tyree Henry and more

    • January 12, 2023
    • PBS

    Ana de Armas ("Blonde") and Eddie Redmayne ("The Good Nurse") disscuss playing infamous real people; Paul Dano ("The Fabelmans") and Brian Tyree Henry ("Causeway") compare working with talented writers and directors; and Joe Alwyn ("Stars at Noon") and Paul Mescal ("Aftersun") share stories of working with female directors.

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