Did Curb Your Enthusiasm Stick the Landing? A Critical Debate

Welcome to the 255th 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, as the case may be).

Here’s how this week’s episode plays out:

1. Headlines

The week’s top industry headlines include Heels, CBS gets busy with renewals for most of its drama slate, a change is coming to Chicago Med and Quantum Leap won’t travel to a third season at NBC.

2. Reboots Are Still a Thing

Heroes and Melrose Place have something in common: both shows are being revived for a third — yes, third! — time as the studios behind each are shopping updates of the dramas. Will either find a home? The odds aren’t good for one and the other, well, the creator just moved studios so… maybe?

3. Dan’s Reality Roundup

We return to this semi-annual topic as Dan weighs in on the latest seasons of The Amazing Race and Survivor, two of his longtime favorites. (Spoiler alert!)

4. Series in Review

BFF of the 5 Alan Sepinwall, otherwise known as the chief TV critic for Rolling Stone, joins the podcast this week for a deep dive critical conversation about how HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm ended and if this is really the end of the road for the Larry David staple.

5. Critic’s Corner

As usual, we end with Dan’s thoughts on this week’s new and returning series. In this episode, he weighs in on HBO’s The Sympathizer, Apple’s Franklin, Amazon’s Fallout and Netflix’s Good Times animated update.

Hear it all now on TV’s Top 5. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to never miss an episode. (Reviews welcome!) You can also email us with any topics or Mailbag questions you’d like addressed in future episodes at TVsTop5@THR.com.