PBS SoCal and Variety Announce the Best of Television Acting Talent Featured in Newest Season of 'Variety Studio: Actors on Actors'
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Los Angeles, Calif. – June 9, 2022 – PBS SoCal, the home of the entire PBS schedule for the Southern California region, announced today the schedule for the sixteenth season of the Emmy® Award-winning series VARIETY STUDIO: ACTORS ON ACTORS. Co-produced by PBS SoCal, the newest season of half-hour specials will offer audiences exclusive, one-on-one conversations between top acting talent from this year’s most notable television shows who are expected to contend this Emmy® season. The new episodes will premiere back-to-back starting on Fri., June 17 at 8 p.m. on PBS SoCal with encores on Fri., June 24 at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on KCET. All episodes will stream on pbssocal.org following their premieres and will also be available to watch on the free PBS Video app.
The newest season of VARIETY STUDIO: ACTORS ON ACTORS, from presenting sponsor Celebrity Cruises, will be airing on PBS stations across the nation starting in June (check local listings). Variety’s Actors on Actors issue hit newsstands on June 8.
The new season of the series features conversations below and will air as follows (subject to change):
Fri., Jun. 17 at 8 p.m. on PBS SoCal and Fri., Jun. 24 at 7 p.m. on KCET
This episode features Viola Davis (The First Lady) with Samuel L. Jackson (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey), Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show) with Sebastian Stan (Pam & Tommy) and Jared Leto (WeCrashed) with Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout).
Fri., Jun. 17 at 8:30 p.m. on PBS SoCal and Fri., Jun. 24 at 7:30 p.m. on KCET
This episode features Zendaya (Euphoria) with Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven), Cynthia Nixon (And Just Like That & The Gilded Age) with Bowen Yang (SNL) and Courteney Cox (Shining Vale) with Faith Hill (1883).
Fri., Jun. 17 at 9 p.m. on PBS SoCal and Fri., Jun. 24 at 10 p.m. on KCET
This episode features Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building) with Jean Smart (Hacks), Jung Ho-yeon (Squid Game) with Sandra Oh (The Chair and Killing Eve) and Tom Hiddleston (The Essex Serpent and Loki) with Lily James (Pam & Tommy).
Fri., Jun. 17 at 9:30 p.m. on PBS SoCal and Fri., Jun. 24 at 10:30 p.m. on KCET
This episode features Anne Hathaway (WeCrashed) with Jeremy Strong (Succession), Christina Ricci (Yellowjackets) with Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) with Adam Scott (Severance) and a special one-on-one interview with Josh Brolin (Outer Range) in conversation with himself.
In May 2019, Variety’s “Actors on Actors” on PBS took home a Daytime Creative Arts Emmy award and has been awarded the Emmy for best entertainment programming at the 2015 and 2016 Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. “Actors on Actors,” an interview special that features pairings of prominent actors discussing their craft, is produced by PBS SoCal in partnership with Variety Media, LLC.
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