Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Comedy Actresses
Aug 9, 2020 · 60 min
Jane Levy, Elle Fanning, Amy Sedaris, and others discuss their work as comedy actresses.
Comedy Actors
Aug 16, 2020 · 60 min
Dan Levy, Kumail Nanjiani, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, and Ricky Gervais discuss their work as comedy actors.
Drama Actresses
Aug 23, 2020 · 60 min
Jennifer Aniston, Janelle Monáe, Zendaya, and others discuss their roles as drama actresses.
Drama Actors
Aug 30, 2020 · 60 min
Bob Odenkirk, Patrick Stewart, Daveed Diggs, and others discuss their role as drama actors.
Comedy Showrunners
Sep 6, 2020 · 60 min
Kenya Barris, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Greg Daniels, and others discuss their work as show runners.
Drama Showrunners
Sep 13, 2020 · 60 min
Damon Lindelof, Michelle King, Alexander Woo, and others discuss their work as drama show runners.
TV Directors
Sep 20, 2020 · 60 min
Deborah Chow, Jon M. Chu, Janet Mock, Alex Garland, Jonathan Nolan, and Anna Boden discuss their work as TV directors.
Documentary
Jan 6, 2021 · 60 min
Kerry Washington (‘The Fight’), Amy Ziering (‘On the Record’), Stacey Abrams (‘All In: The Fight For Democracy’), Jesse Moss (‘Boys State’), Garrett Bradley (‘Time’) and Jim LeBrec
Animation
Jan 8, 2021 · 60 min
Kori Rae ('Onward'), Glen Keane ('Over the Moon'), Mark Swift ('The Croods: A New Age'), Gitanjali Rao ('Bombay Rose'), Tomm Moore ('Wolfwalkers') and Pete Doctor ('Soul') join Clo
Directors
Jan 13, 2021 · 60 min
George Clooney ('Midnight Sky'), Spike Lee ('Da 5 Bloods'), Regina King ('One Night in Miami'), Paul Greengrass ('News of the World'), Chloé Zhao ('Nomadland'), George C. Wolfe ('M
Producers
Jan 22, 2021 · 60 min
Andy Samberg ('Palm Springs'), Marc Platt ('The Trial of the Chicago 7'), Ashley Levinson ('Pieces of a Woman', 'Malcolm & Marie'), Eric Roth ('Mank'), Charles D. King ('Judas and
Cinematographers
Jan 29, 2021 · 60 min
Dariusz Wolski ('News of the World'), Erik Messerschmidt ('Mank'), Mandy Walker ('Mulan'), Tami Reiker ('One Night in Miami', 'The Old Guard'), Joshua James Richards ('Nomadland')
Songwriters
Feb 1, 2021 · 60 min
Mary J. Blige ('See What You've Done'), John Legend ('Never Break', 'Make It Work'), Leslie Odom Jr. ('Speak Now'), Janelle Monáe ('Turntables') and Justin Timberlake ('Just Sing')
Actresses
Feb 10, 2021 · 60 min
Zendaya ('Malcolm & Marie'), Kate Winslet ('Ammonite'), Glenn Close ('Hillbilly Elegy'), Vanessa Kirby ('Pieces of a Woman'), Carey Mulligan ('Promising Young Woman') and Andra Day
Writers
Feb 18, 2021 · 60 min
Aaron Sorkin ('The Trial of the Chicago 7'), Emerald Fennell ('Promising Young Woman'), Radha Blank ('The Forty-Year-Old Version'), Sam Levinson ('Malcolm & Marie'), and Kemp Power
Actors
Mar 2, 2021 · 60 min
Ben Affleck ('The Way Back'), Delroy Lindo ('Da 5 Bloods'), Gary Oldman ('Mank'), John David Washington ('Malcolm & Marie', 'Tenet'), Sacha Baron Cohen ('The Trial of the Chicago 7