Let's Talk

Let's Talk is an American period drama television series created by Ifan Barber. The first 10-episode season premiered on streaming service Amazon Prime in March 2017, but was cancelled the following May. However, television network ABC picked up the series and ordered an additional 6 episodes to accompany the existing 10, which they aired as part of their 2017 Fall Line-Up, starting September 26th 2017.

Let's Talk is primarily set in the 1960s, initially at the New York headquarters of fictional television network, USBN and later at the Los Angeles studios of the fictional Wolf Network. The show's title comes from main character Harry Bryant's catchphrase as the host of the late night talk shows Up Late with Harry and later Pillow Talk with Harry Bryant. The lead cast consists of Alec Baldwin, Meryl Streep, Matthew Perry, Anna Kendrick, Aisha Tyler and Bryan Cranston. Tom Hanks and Rashida Jones have prominent recurring roles on the series.

In May 2024, ABC renewed Let's Talk for a 13-episode eighth season and shortly after, Alec Baldwin announced that it'd be the show's last. Set in 1982, the hour-long series finale aired in May 2025.

Cast

 * Alec Baldwin as Harry Bryant, the host of USBN's Up Late with Harry since 1959, he begins disagreeing with the network's producers about the show in 1966 and both his professional and personal life changes as a result.
 * Meryl Streep as Penny Bryant (Née Wandsworth, formerly Lancaster) is Harry's second wife and the ex-wife of Harry's late friend Benjamin Lancaster, a broadcaster. She is paranoid about her husband, knowing he cheated on his previous wife, she fears he is doing so to her too. Little does he know that the truth is actually much worse.
 * Matthew Perry as Christopher Schultz, Harry's writing partner and an executive producer of Up Late, he too has confrontations with the network executives and turns to a rival broadcaster to potentially move Harry away from USBN.
 * Aisha Tyler as Maria Handler, Harry's longtime personal assistant and a close confidant of his. She's his right hand woman, but she disapproves of his affair with the make-up woman on his show and ultimately ends up helping cover up her death.
 * Anna Kendrick as Melissa Bryant, Harry's daughter from his previous marriage who arrives at his home in hopes of pursuing a career in writing, hoping to work on his show.
 * Bryan Cranston as Horace Crumb (Season 1 - 4, 8), the CEO of USBN who frequently clashes with Harry and Christopher over Up Late's creative control.
 * Tom Hanks as Gerald Vanderville (Season 3 - 8), the head of programming at Wolf, he tries to poach Harry from USBN in 1970, he is abrupt and demanding, but kind-hearted.


 * Rashida Jones as Olivia Lancaster (Season 2 - 8), the daughter of Penny and Benjamin Lancaster, she's a successful journalist and she achieves a job at the New York Times in 1966. In 1971, she is hired by Wolf News as a researcher and relocates to Los Angeles with her mother and step-father.

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