Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | |
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| Genre | Talk show |
| Created by | Michelle Sobrino-Stearns |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Donna Pennestri, John Ross |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Production companies | PBS SoCal Variety Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | December 21, 2014 – present |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors is an American television series of one-hour specials that premiered on December 21, 2014, on PBS SoCal. The series brings together intimate one on one discussions with today's most prominent actors in television and film.
Episodes
Season 1 (2014–15)
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| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | December 21, 2014 | |
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| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | December 28, 2014 | |
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| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | December 28, 2014 | |
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| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | January 4, 2015 | |
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Season 2 (2015)
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| 5 | 1 | "Episode 1" | January 14, 2015 | |
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| 6 | 2 | "Episode 2" | January 21, 2015 | |
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Season 3 (2015–16)
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| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | December 27, 2015 | |
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| 8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | December 27, 2015 | |
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| 9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | January 4, 2016 | |
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Season 4 (2016)
Episode 1:
- Lady Gaga (American Horror Story) with Jamie Lee Curtis (Scream Queens)
- Courtney B. Vance (American Crime Story) with Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
- Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue) with Felicity Huffman (American Blue)
- Aaron Paul (The Path) with Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager)
- Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Jay Duplass (Transparent)
Episode 2:
- Rob Lowe (The Grinder) with John Travolta (American Crime Story)
- Sarah Paulson (American Crime Story) with Bobby Cannavale (Vinyl)
- Kerry Washington (Scandal) with Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
- Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) with Kirsten Dunst (Fargo)
- Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk) with Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley)
Season 5 (2017)
Episode 1:
- Viola Davis (Fences) with Tom Hanks (Sully)
- Emma Stone (La La Land) with Molly Shannon (Other People)
- Nicole Kidman (Lion) with Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
- Matthew McConaughey (Gold) with Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)
Episode 2:
- Natalie Portman (Jackie) with Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
- Amy Adams (Arrival, Nocturnal Animals) with Andrew Garfield (Silence)
- Taraji P. Henson (Hidden Figures) with Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)
Episode 3:
- Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals) with Adam Driver (Silence)
- Dev Patel (Lion) with Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
- Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) with Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)
- Colin Farrell (The Lobster) with Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins)
- Hailee Steinfeld (The Edge of Seventeen) with Sally Field (Hello My Name Is Doris)
Season 6 (2017)
Episode 1:
- Thandie Newton (Westworld) with Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)
- Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick) with John Lithgow (The Crown)
- Sarah Jessica Parker (Divorce) with Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
- Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life) with Constance Zimmer (House of Cards)
Episode 2:
- Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) with Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
- Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) with Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
- Pamela Adlon (Better Things) with Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
- Riz Ahmed (The Night Of) with Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)
- Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) with Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory)
Season 7 (2018)
Episode 1:
- Jennifer Lawrence (Mother!) with Adam Sandler (The Meyerowitz Stories)
- Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) with Kate Winslet (Wonder Wheel)
- Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) with Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
- Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) with Kristen Wiig (Downsizing)
- Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) with Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Episode 2:
- Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) with Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick)
- Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) with Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman)
- Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) with Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner)
- Allison Janney (I, Tonya) with Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Episode 3:
- Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game) with Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
- Hong Chau (Downsizing) with Diane Kruger (In the Fade)
- Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water) with Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
- Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool) with Robert Pattinson (Good Time)
Season 8 (2018)
Episode 1:
- Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose) with Claire Foy (The Crown)
- Darren Criss (American Crime Story) with Mandy Moore (This Is Us)
- Jason Bateman (Ozark) with Bill Hader (Barry)
- Jessica Biel (The Sinner) with Alison Brie (GLOW)
Episode 2:
- Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451) with Issa Rae (Insecure)
- Debra Messing (Will & Grace) with Sharon Stone (Mosaic)
- Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower) with Laura Linney (Ozark)
- Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G.) with John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert)
- Edie Falco (Law & Order: True Crime) with J. K. Simmons (Counterpart)
Season 9 (2019)
Episode 1:
- Amy Adams (Vice) with Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased)
- Mahershala Ali (Green Book) with John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman)
- Felicity Jones (On the Basis of Sex) with Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians)
Episode 2:
- Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) with Lupita Nyong'o (Black Panther)
- Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) with Emma Stone (The Favourite)
- Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns) with Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner)
Episode 3:
- John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) with Rosamund Pike (A Private War)
- Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther, Creed II) with Charlize Theron (Tully)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Kindergarten Teacher) with Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Episode 4:
- Glenn Close (The Wife) with Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born)
- Armie Hammer (On the Basis of Sex) with Dakota Johnson (Suspiria)
- Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) with Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)
Episode 5:
Season 10
Episode 1:
- Julia Roberts (Homecoming) with Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora, The Act)
- Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) with Richard Madden (Bodyguard)
- Taraji P. Henson (Empire) with Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy)
Episode 2:
- Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) with Benicio del Toro (Escape at Dannemora)
- Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) with Regina Hall (Black Monday)
- Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon) with Renée Zellweger (What/If)
Episode 3:
- Robin Wright (House of Cards) with Chris Pine (I Am the Night)
- Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon) with Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)
- Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?) with Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
Episode 4:
- Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) with Billy Porter (Pose)
- Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) with Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story)
- Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) with Maya Rudolph (Forever)
Season 11 (2020)
Pairings:
- Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ad Astra) with Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
- Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) with Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse)
- Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) with Renée Zellweger (Judy)
- Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory) with Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name)
- Adam Driver (Marriage Story) with Charlize Theron (Bombshell)
- Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy) with Kristen Stewart (Seberg)
- Mindy Kaling (Late Night) with Constance Wu (Hustlers)
- Chris Evans (Knives Out) with Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
- Laura Dern (Marriage Story) with Sterling K. Brown (Waves)
- Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart) with Florence Pugh (Little Women)
- Awkwafina (The Farewell) with Taron Egerton (Rocketman)
- Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) with Alfre Woodard (Clemency)