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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 1 - Drama Actresses
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    #1 - Drama Actresses

    S1:E1

    Emmy nominees Taraji P. Henson (Empire), Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story: Freak Show), and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Honorable Woman) join Ruth Wilson (The Affair) and Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) for The Hollywood Reporter's drama actress Emmy roundtable where the women discuss character development and their artistic work, as well sexism and sexuality in television.

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  2. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 2 - Drama Actors
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    #2 - Drama Actors

    S1:E2

    Emmy nominees Bob Odenkirk ('Better Call Saul'), David Oyelowo ('Nightingale') and Timothy Hutton ('American Crime'), join Justin Theroux ('The Leftovers'), Jon Voight ('Ray Donovan'), and Clive Owen ('The Knick') for The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Actor Emmy Roundtable where the actors discuss their characters and their work.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 3 - Comedy Actresses
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    #3 - Comedy Actresses

    S1:E3

    Emmy nominees Amy Schumer ('Inside Amy Schumer') and Kate McKinnon ('Saturday Night Live') join Tracee Ellis Ross ('black-ish'), Lena Dunham ('Girls'), Gina Rodriguez ('Jane the Virgin'), and Ellie Kemper ('The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt') for The Hollywood Reporter's Comedy Actress Emmy Roundtable where the actress discuss their characters and their work while hilarity ensues.

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  4. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 4 - Comedy Actors
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    #4 - Comedy Actors

    S1:E4

    Comedy acting Emmy nominees Ricky Gervais (‘Derek’), Don Cheadle (‘House of Lies’) and Will Forte (‘The Last Man on Earth’) join Fred Armisen (‘Portlandia’) and Jordan Peele (‘Key & Peele’), who write and produce their Emmy nominated shows, and actor Thomas Middleditch who stars in the Emmy nominated ‘Silicon Valley’ for The Hollywood Reporter's Comedy Actor Emmy Roundtable where the actors share how and when they learned they were funny.

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  5. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 5 - Drama Showrunners
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    #5 - Drama Showrunners

    S1:E5

    Showrunners Lee Daniels ('Empire'), Damon Lindelof ('The Leftovers'), Alex Gansa ('Homeland'), Sarah Treem ('The Affair'), Michelle King ('The Good Wife'), and Beau Willimon ('House of Cards') for The Hollywood Reporter's Drama Showrunner Emmy Roundtable where the writers discuss their characters and their work.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 6 - Comedy Showrunners
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    #6 - Comedy Showrunners

    S1:E6

    Jill Soloway ('Transparent'), Jay Duplass ('Togetherness'), Steve Levitan ('Modern Family'), Robert Carlock ('Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'), Kenya Barris ('Black-ish'), and Alec Berg ('Silicon Valley') join for THR's Comedy Showrunner Roundtable.

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  7. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 7 - Reality
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    #7 - Reality

    S1:E7

    Mark Burnett ('The Voice', 'Survivor', 'Shark Tank'), Julie Chen ('Big Brother'), Cat Deeley ('So You Think You Can Dance'), Nigel Lythgoe ('So You Think You Can Dance'), Bertram van Munster ('The Amazing Race'), and Craig Piligian ('The Ultimate Fighter') join up for The Hollywood Reporter's reality roundtable.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 8 - Producers
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    #8 - Producers

    S1:E8

    Stacey Sher joins Ice Cube ('Straight Outta Compton'), Steve Golin ('The Revenant', 'Spotlight'), Simon Kinberg ('The Martian'), Christine Vachon ('Carol') and Scott Cooper ('Black Mass') for The Hollywood Reporter's Producer Oscar Roundtable.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 9 - Writers
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    #9 - Writers

    S1:E9

    Some of the past's years most notable screenwriters join for The Hollywood Reporter's Writer Oscar Roundtable. The writers include comedian and actress Amy Schumer ('Trainwreck'), former playwright Aaron Sorkin ('Steve Jobs'), novelist Emma Donoghue ('Room'), present-day actor-director Tom McCarthy ('Spotlight'), onetime executive Meg LeFauve ('Inside Out'), and former teacher Nick Hornby ('Brooklyn').

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 13 - Documentarians
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    #10 - Documentarians

    S1:E13

    Some of the past year's most notable documentary filmmakers join for The Hollywood Reporter's Documentary Oscar Roundtable. The filmmakers include Alex Gibney ('Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief'), Michael Moore ('Where to Invade Next?'), Liz Garbus ('What Happened, Miss Simone?'), Amy Berg ('Prophet's Prey', 'Janis: Little Girl Blue'), Chai Vserhelyi ('Meru'), and Kirby Dick ('The Hunting Ground').

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  11. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 1 Episode 14 - Cinematographers
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    #11 - Cinematographers

    S1:E14

    Six of the industry's leading cinematographers joined for THR's Oscar Roundtable series, featuring Rodrigo Prieto (Silence, Passengers), Linus Sandgren (La La Land), John Toll (Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk), Charlotte Bruus Christensen (Fences, The Girl on the Train), Bradford Young (Arrival) and Caleb Deschanel (Rules Don't Apply).

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  12. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 2 - Drama Actors
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    #12 - Drama Actors

    S2:E2

    Six of the television season's most eclectic drama actors – including Rami Malek, Bobby Cannavale, Wagner Moura, Cuba Gooding Jr., Forest Whitaker, and Paul Giamatti reveal the challenges of letting emotionally demanding characters go, the nuances of real versus fictional characters, and the little known movies they wish everyone had seen.

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  13. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 4 - Comedy Actors
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    #13 - Comedy Actors

    S2:E4

    Comedy masters, Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent), Aziz Ansari (Master of None), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Tony Hale (Veep), Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show), Rob Lowe (The Grinder), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), divulge their most embarrassing moments, who inspires them and the challenges of taking a comedic look at serious topics.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 5 - Drama Showrunners
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    #14 - Drama Showrunners

    S2:E5

    Six of television's top drama series bosses- Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey), Nina Jacobson (American Crime Story), Marti Noxon (UnREAL, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce), Melissa Rosenberg (Jessica Jones) and John Ridley (American Crime)- open up about the stories that made them genuinely nervous, diversity in Hollywood and what it takes to cast their shows.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 6 - Comedy Showrunners
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    #15 - Comedy Showrunners

    S2:E6

    Comedy TV writer-producers including Kenya Barris (Black-ish), Marta Kauffman (Grace and Frankie), Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Alan Yang (Master of None), Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat) and David Mandel (Veep) talk condoms, stunt guests and what they have (and haven't) been able to get away with showing and talking about on the small screen.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 7 - Reality Showrunners
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    #16 - Reality Showrunners

    S2:E7

    TV’s top reality talent - Mark Cuban (Shark Tank), Jane Lynch (Hollywood Game Night), Guy Fieri (Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives), Nick Cannon (America’s Got Talent), Mike Darnell (500 Questions) and LL Cool J (Lip Sync Battle) - discuss on-set psychologists, coaxing contestants and America’s first reality star presidential candidate, Donald Trump.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 10 - Actresses
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    #17 - Actresses

    S2:E10

    2017 Oscars Actress Roundtable with Emma Stone ('La La Land'), Taraji P. Henson ('Hidden Figures'), Annette Bening ('20th Century Woman'), Natalie Portman ('Jackie'), Naomie Harris ('Moonlight'), Isabelle Huppert ('Elle'), and Amy Adams ('Arrival' 'Nocturnal Animals')

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 11 - Producers
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    #18 - Producers

    S2:E11

    The Hollywood Reporter's Full Producers 2017 Oscars Roundtable with Matt Damon ('Manchester By The Sea'), Darren Aronofsky ('Jackie'), Frank Marshall ('Sully'), Emma Tillinger Koskoff ('Silence'), Marc Platt ('La La Land'), and Todd Black ('Fences')

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 12 - Writers
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    #19 - Writers

    S2:E12

    Writers 2017 Oscars Roundtable with Pedro Almodovar ('Julieta'), Allison Schroeder ('Hidden Figures'), Tom Ford ('Nocturnal Animals'), Kenneth Lonergan ('Manchester by the Sea'), Noah Oppenheim ('Jackie'), and Taylor Sheridan ('Hell or High Water')

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  20. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 13 - Documentary Filmmakers
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    #20 - Documentary Filmmakers

    S2:E13

    Documentary Directors 2017 Oscars Roundtable with Werner Herzog ('Into The Inferno' 'Lo and Behold'), Roger Ross Williams ('Life Animated'), Raoul Peck ('I Am Not Your Negro'), Kirsten Johnson ('Cameraperson'), Josh Kriegman ('Weiner'), and Ezra Edelman ('O.J.: Made in America')

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 2 Episode 14 - Songwriters
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    #21 - Songwriters

    S2:E14

    Songwriters Tori Amos, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Sting, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams reveal their process and how to emotionally connect songs to movies.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 3 Episode 7 - Reality Stars
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    #22 - Reality Stars

    S3:E7

    This season's 2017 Reality Roundtable features Leah Remini ('Scientology and the Aftermath'), Kris Jenner ('Keeping Up With The Kardashians'), RuPaul ('RuPaul's Drag Race'), W. Kamau Bell ('United Shades of America'), and Sallyann Salsano ('Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party').

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 4 Episode 2 - Comedy Actresses
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    #23 - Comedy Actresses

    S4:E2

    Alison Brie - "GLOW" (Netflix) Rachel Brosnahan - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon) Debra Messing - "Will & Grace" (NBC) Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC) Frankie Shaw - "SMILF" (Showtime) Drew Barrymore - "Santa Clarita Diet" (Netflix) Molly Shannon - "Divorce" (HBO)

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 4 Episode 3 - Drama Actors
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    #24 - Drama Actors

    S4:E3

    Jason Bateman - "Ozark" (Netflix) Darren Criss - "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" (FX) Jeff Daniels - "The Looming Tower" (Hulu) / "Godless" (Netflix) Matthew Rhys - "The Americans" (FX) J.K. Simmons - "Counterpart" (Starz) Michael B. Jordan - "Fahrenheit 451" (HBO)

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Season 4 Episode 4 - Drama Actresses
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    #25 - Drama Actresses

    S4:E4

    Angela Bassett - "9-1-1" (FOX) Claire Foy - "The Crown" (Netflix) Maggie Gyllenhaal - "The Deuce" (HBO) Elisabeth Moss - "Top of the Lake: China Girl" (SundanceTV) / "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu) Thandie Newton - "Westworld" (HBO) Sandra Oh - "Killing Eve" (BBC America)

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Drama Actresses" is the worst rated episode of "Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/2/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Drama Actors".