Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter is an American entertainment talk show television series co-produced by Penske Media and AMC Networks. It premiered August 8, 2014 on SundanceTV. The show was also exhibited on The Hollywood Reporter Youtube Channel, focusing on Emmy and Oscar nomination season. Since the roundtables of late 2021, The Hollywood Reporter does not make use of the Close Up name anymore, returning to its previous name, The Hollywood Reporter Roundtable.
Premise
The series majority discusses on creatives in the film and television entertainment industry discussing their work and careers in a roundtable setting, it is based on the popular print and digital featurette of The Hollywood Reporter.
Episodes
Season 1 (2015–2016)
Television
Drama Actresses Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder) Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honorable Woman) Taraji P. Henson (Empire) Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Freak Show) Ruth Wilson (The Affair)
Drama Actors Timothy Hutton (American Crime) Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) Clive Owen (The Knick) David Oyelowo (Nightingale) Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)
Comedy Actresses Lena Dunham (Girls) Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) Tracee Ellis Ross (black•ish) Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer)
Comedy Actors Fred Armisen (Portlandia) Don Cheadle (House of Lies) Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth) Ricky Gervais (Derek) Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) Jordan Peele (Key and Peele)
Drama Showrunners Lee Daniels (Empire) Alex Gansa (Homeland) Michelle King (The Good Wife) Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers) Sarah Treem (The Affair) Beau Willimon (House of Cards)
Comedy Showrunners Kenya Barris (black•ish) Alec Berg (Silicon Valley) Robert Carlock (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) Jay Duplass (Togetherness) Steven Levitan (Modern Family) Jill Soloway (Transparent)
Reality Mark Burnett (Survivor, Shark Tank, The Voice) Julie Chen Moonves (Big Brother) Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance) Nigel Lythgoe (So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol) Craig Piligian (The Ultimate Fighter) Bertram van Munster (The Amazing Race)
Film
Producers Steve Golin (The Revenant, Spotlight) Ice Cube (Straight Outta Compton) Scott Cooper (Black Mass) Simon Kinberg (The Martian) Stacey Sher (The Hateful Eight) Christine Vachon (Carol)
Writers Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs) Amy Schumer (Trainwreck) Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) Nick Hornby (Brooklyn) Emma Donoghue (Room) Meg LeFauve (Inside Out)
Directors Danny Boyle (Steve Jobs) Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl) Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant) David O. Russell (Joy) Ridley Scott (The Martian) Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)
Actresses Carey Mulligan (Suffragette) Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) Cate Blanchett (Carol, Truth) Jane Fonda (Youth) Brie Larson (Room) Helen Mirren (Trumbo, Woman in Gold) Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
Actor Michael Caine (Youth) Will Smith (Concussion) Benicio Del Toro (Sicario) Joel Edgerton (Black Mass) Samuel L. Jackson (The Hateful Eight) Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)
Documentary Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine) Michael Moore (Where to Invade Next) Amy Berg (Janis: Little Girl Blue, Prophet's Prey) Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground) Liz Garbus (What Happened, Miss Simone?) Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (Meru)
Cinematographers Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight) Danny Cohen (The Danish Girl, Room) Masanobu Takayanagi (Black Mass, Spotlight) Mandy Walker (Truth) Alwin Kuchler (Steve Jobs) Linus Sandgren (Joy)
Season 2 (2016–2017)
Television
Drama Actresses Kirsten Dunst (Fargo) Regina King (American Crime and The Leftovers) Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue) Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Hotel and The People v. O.J. Simpson) Kerry Washington (Confirmation and Scandal) Constance Zimmer (UnREAL)
Drama Actors Bobby Cannavale (Vinyl) Paul Giamatti (Billions) Cuba Gooding Jr. (The People v. O.J. Simpson) Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) Wagner Moura (Narcos) Forest Whitaker (Roots)
Comedy Actresses Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) Ilana Glazer (Broad City) Allison Janney (Mom) Niecy Nash (Getting On) Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin) Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Comedy Actors Anthony Anderson (black•ish) Aziz Ansari (Master of None) Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show) Tony Hale (Veep) Rob Lowe (The Grinder) Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Drama Showrunners Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot) Marti Noxon (UnREAL) John Ridley (American Crime) Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey) Nina Jacobson (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story) Melissa Rosenberg (Jessica Jones)
Comedy Showrunners Marta Kauffman (Grace and Frankie) Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat) Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) Alan Yang (Master of None) David Mandel (Veep) Kenya Barris (black•ish)
Reality LL Cool J (Lip Sync Battle) Mike Darnell (500 Questions) Mark Cuban (Shark Tank) Jane Lynch (Hollywood Game Night) Nick Cannon (America's Got Talent) Guy Fieri (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives)
Film
Directors Damien Chazelle (La La Land) Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge) Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) Mira Nair (Queen of Katwe) Oliver Stone (Snowden) Denzel Washington (Fences)
Actors Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water) Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge and Silence) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden) Dev Patel (Lion)
Actresses Amy Adams (Arrival) Annette Bening (20th Century Women) Naomie Harris (Moonlight) Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) Isabelle Huppert (Elle) Natalie Portman (Jackie) Emma Stone (La La Land)
Producers Darren Aronofsky (Jackie) Todd Black (Fences) Matt Damon (Manchester by the Sea) Emma Tillinger Koskoff (Silence) Frank Marshall (Sully) Marc Platt (La La Land and Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk)
Writers Pedro Almodovar (Julieta) Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals) Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) Noah Oppenheim (Jackie) Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures) Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)
Documentary Ezra Edelman (O.J.: Made in America) Werner Herzog (Into the Inferno) Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson) Josh Kriegman (Weiner) Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro) Roger Ross Williams (Life Animated)
Songwriters Tori Amos ("Flicker" from Audrie & Daisy) Alicia Keys ("Back to Life" from Queen of Katwe) John Legend ("Start a Fire" from La La Land) Sting ("The Empty Chair" from Jim: The James Foley Story) Justin Timberlake ("Can't Stop the Feeling!" from Trolls) Pharrell Williams ("Runnin'" from Hidden Figures)
Season 3 (2017–2018)
Television
Comedy Actors Anthony Anderson (black•ish) William H. Macy (Shameless) Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) Ted Danson (The Good Place) Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick)
Comedy Actresses Emmy Rossum (Shameless) Issa Rae (Insecure) Minnie Driver (Speechless) Pamela Adlon (Better Things) Kathryn Hahn (I Love Dick) America Ferrera (Superstore)
Drama Actors Billy Bob Thornton (Goliath) Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) Ewan McGregor (Fargo) Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) John Lithgow (The Crown) Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Drama Actresses Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan) Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) Chrissy Metz (This Is Us) Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
Comedy Showrunners Judd Apatow (Love, Crashing and Girls) Gloria Calderon Kellet (One Day at a Time) Scott Silveri (Speechless) David Mandel (Veep) Kenya Barris (black•ish) Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)
Drama Showrunners Ava DuVernay (Queen Sugar) Noah Hawley (Fargo and Legion) Lisa Joy (Westworld) David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) Jenji Kohan (Orange is the New Black) Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story: Roanoke and Feud: Bette and Joan)
Reality RuPaul Charles (RuPaul's Drag Race) Kris Jenner (Keeping Up with the Kardashians) Leah Remini (Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath) SallyAnn Salsano (Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party) W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America)
Film
Directors Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) Angelina Jolie (First They Killed My Father) Joe Wright (Darkest Hour) Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049)
Actors John Boyega (Detroit) Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) James Franco (The Disaster Artist) Tom Hanks (The Post) Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Actresses Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) Allison Janney (I, Tonya) Jennifer Lawrence (mother!) Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes)
Producers Judd Apatow (The Big Sick) Jason Blum (Get Out) Eric Fellner (Baby Driver, Darkest Hour and Victoria & Abdul) Amy Pascal (Molly's Game, Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Post) Seth Rogen (The Disaster Artist) Ridley Scott (All the Money in the World, Blade Runner 2049 and Murder on the Orient Express)
Writers Fatih Akin (In the Fade) Darren Aronofsky (mother!) Anthony McCarten (Darkest Hour) Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick) Jordan Peele (Get Out) Aaron Sorkin (Molly's Game)
Cinematographer Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049) Robert Elswit (Roman J. Israel, Esq. and Suburbicon) Janusz Kamiński (The Post) Rachel Morrison (Mudbound) Hoyte van Hoytema (Dunkirk) Dan Laustsen (The Shape of Water)
Actors Live Bryan Cranston (Last Flag Flying) Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name) Diane Kruger (In the Fade) Robert Pattinson (Good Time) Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)
Season 4 (2018–2019)
Television
Comedy Actors Louie Anderson (Baskets) Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) Marc Maron (GLOW) Tracy Morgan (The Last O.G.) Ray Romano (Get Shorty) Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Comedy Actresses Drew Barrymore (Santa Clarita Diet) Alison Brie (GLOW) Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) Debra Messing (Will & Grace) Tracee Ellis Ross (black•ish) Molly Shannon (Divorce) Frankie Shaw (SMILF)
Drama Actors Jason Bateman (Ozark) Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace) Jeff Daniels (Godless and The Looming Tower) Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451) Matthew Rhys (The Americans) J.K. Simmons (Counterpoint)
Drama Actresses Angela Bassett (9-1-1) Claire Foy (The Crown) Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Deuce) Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale and Top of the Lake: China Girl) Thandie Newton (Westworld) Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Genre Showrunners Salim Akil (Black Lightning) Jason Blum (Sharp Objects and The Purge) Simon Kinberg (Legion) Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead) Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) Jonathan Nolan (Westworld) Melissa Rosenberg (Jessica Jones)
Comedy Showrunners Alec Berg (Barry and Silicon Valley) Pamela Adlon (Better Things) Whitney Cummings (Roseanne) Michael Schur (The Good Place) Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) Justin Simien (Dear White People)
Drama Showrunners Dan Futterman (The Looming Tower) Courtney Kemp (Power) Bruce Miller (The Handmaid's Tale) Peter Morgan (The Crown) David Shore (The Good Doctor) Lena Waithe (The Chi)
Film
Directors Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) Alfonso Cuaron (Roma) Marielle Heller (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite) Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman)
Actors Mahershala Ali (Green Book) Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther)