Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors Season 24 Breaks Emmys Lineup Record With 178 Million Social Video Views

Jun 17, 2026 11:00am PT

Variety and CNN’s Actors on Actors Season 24 Breaks Emmys Lineup Record With 178 Million Social Video Views

Variety and CNN’s “Actors on Actors” Season 24 is the franchise’s biggest Emmys lineup to date.

The video series, which pairs actors in conversation with one another to discuss the top contenders of awards season, amassed an additional 80 million views from the previous season, reaching a total of 178 million views across all platforms. The social campaign was led by Variety’s social media team, Antonio Ferme and Harper Mays, with support from Online Managing Editor Zack Sharf.

“From Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow cracking up over their memories from ‘Friends’ to Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn speculating about where their ‘Scandal’ characters would have ended up, ‘Actors on Actors’ continues its remarkable run as one of the Internet’s most viral and talked about interview series,” said Ramin Setoodeh, Variety’s co-president and co-editor in chief. “You can stream all 13 new episodes now on the CNN app or Variety’s YouTube channel.”

This season’s “Actors on Actors” conversations were moderated by Kate Aurthur, editor-at-large; Daniel D’Addario, chief correspondent; Matt Donnelly, senior entertainment and media writer; and Selome Hailu, entertainment writer.

Executive producers for “Actors on Actors” include Setoodeh, Donna Pennestri, Amy Entelis and Seth Marumoto. Supervising producers include Nicholas Stango, Seth Marumoto and Ryan Robinson. Producers include Georg Kallert and Rob Schroeder.

See all the pairings from this season below:

Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”) and Lisa Kudrow (“The Comeback”) WATCH

Keke Palmer (“The ‘Burbs”) and Sharon Stone (“Euphoria”) WATCH

Kit Harrington (“Industry”) and Peter Dinklage (“The Lowdown”) WATCH

Kerry Washington (“Imperfect Women”) and Tony Goldwyn (“Hacks”) WATCH

Paul Anthony Kelly (“Love Story”) and Patrick Ball (“The Pitt”) WATCH

Bowen Yang (“Saturday Night Live”) and Rachel Sennott (“I Love LA”) WATCH

Bryan Cranston (“Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair”) and Rhea Seehorn (“Pluribus”) WATCH

Tracy Morgan (“The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins”) and Marcello Hernández (“Saturday Night Live”) WATCH

Josh Hutcherson (“I Love LA”) and Elizabeth Banks (“The Miniature Wife”) WATCH

Sally Field (“Remarkably Bright Creatures”) and Noah Wyle (“The Pitt”) WATCH

Claire Danes (“The Beast in Me”) and Richard Gadd (“Half Man”) WATCH

Colman Domingo (“Euphoria”) and Sarah Pidgeon (“Love Story”) WATCH

Jamie Lee Curtis (“Scarpetta”) and Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) WATCH

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