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Olivia Wilde, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Lucy Liu Set for Chanel and Tribeca’s Through Her Lens Jury

The 2024 edition of Tribeca and Chanel’s Through Her Lens collaboration is falling into focus. The three-day workshop — returning for a ninth year in New York from Sept. 17 to 19 — will feature a roster of boldfaced name participants and rising creatives. Chanel announced the team on Wednesday, a list that includes jury […]

Every Episode of ‘The Bear,’ Ranked

The Bear is breakneck television — often more of a thriller than a comedy, despite what certain awards shows would have you believe. The FX series from creator Christopher Storer and co-showrunner Joanna Calo stars Jeremy Allen White as professionally and emotionally embattled chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a restaurant superstar trying to turn his family’s sandwich […]

‘The Bear’: Inside Sydney’s Food Tour and Season 2’s Love Letter to Chicago

[This story focuses on The Bear season two, episode three “Sundae” but contains some full-season spoilers.] Midway through its second season, The Bear loads the viewer up with an abundance of high-profile actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Bob Odenkirk and John Mulaney, to name just three. And while the bone-chilling holiday episode (titled “Fishes,” as in […]

‘The Bear’ Co-Showrunner on How FX/Hulu Cooked Up the Series of Summer

If there’s a show of the summer, it’s FX dramedy The Bear. Joanna Calo, whose credits include BoJack Horseman, The Baby-Sitter’s Club and Hacks, recently joined TV’s Top 5 podcast hosts Lesley Goldberg and Daniel Fienberg to discuss FX/Hulu’s culinary dark comedy The Bear. The series, created by co-showrunner Christopher Storer (Ramy), was developed as a film before being […]

How FX/Hulu Cooked Up ‘The Bear’; Plus the Best TV of 2022 (So Far)

Welcome to the 175th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, […]