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James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
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Seasons
Specials8 episodes2008
1
Brooke Shields
2008-09-22
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2The 100th Episode - A Celebration
2002-10-14
60m0.0es443138
3Inside the Actors Studio: A 50 Year Celebration
1997-12-07
60m0.0es443139
4Robert De Niro - Deleted Scenes #1
1998-11-29
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5Robert De Niro - Deleted Scenes #2
1998-11-29
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6Robert De Niro - Deleted Scenes #3
1998-11-29
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7Robert De Niro - Deleted Scenes #4
1998-11-29
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8200th Episode - Hosted by Dave Chapelle
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Season 115 episodes1994
1
Paul Newman
1994-08-14
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2Stephen Sondheim
1994-09-11
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3Alec Baldwin
1994-06-12
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4Sidney Lumet
1994-10-16
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5Shelley Winters
1994-11-13
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6Sally Field
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7Dennis Hopper
60m0.0es443151
8Arthur Miller
60m0.0es443152
9Arthur Penn
60m0.0es443153
10Estelle Parsons
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11Neil Simon
1995-07-09
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12Sydney Pollack
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13Mary Stuart Masterson
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14Olympia Dukakis
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15William Goldman
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Season 212 episodes1995
1
Lee Grant
1995-03-12
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2Faye Dunaway
1995-03-19
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3Matthew Broderick
1995-03-26
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4Glenn Close
1995-04-02
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5Holly Hunter
1995-04-09
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6Ellen Burstyn
1995-04-16
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7Jessica Lange
1995-04-23
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8Carol Burnett
1995-04-30
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9Christopher Walken
1995-05-07
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10Gene Wilder
1995-05-14
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11Stanley Donen
1995-05-21
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12Martin Landau
1995-05-28
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Season 313 episodes
1
Mark Rydell
60m0.0es443172
2Norman Jewison
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3Nathan Lane
60m0.0es443174
4Anjelica Huston
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5Christopher Reeve
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6Matt Dillon
60m0.0es443177
7Tommy Lee Jones
60m0.0es443178
8Mike Nichols
60m0.0es443179
9Julia Roberts
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10Meg Ryan
60m0.0es443181
11Anthony Quinn
1996-05-19
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12Willem Dafoe
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13Billy Crystal
1996-01-30
60m0.0es443184
Season 413 episodes1998
1
Harvey Keitel
1998-08-09
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2Shirley MacLaine
1998-08-23
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3Eli Wallach
1998-09-06
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4Anne Jackson
1998-09-13
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5Lauren Bacall
1998-09-20
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6Martin Short
1998-09-27
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7Sir Anthony Hopkins
1998-10-04
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8Danny Glover
1998-10-11
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9Whoopi Goldberg
1998-10-18
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10Jack Lemmon
1998-10-25
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11Gary Sinise
1998-11-01
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12Kathy Bates
1998-11-08
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13Susan Sarandon
1998-11-15
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Season 516 episodes1998
1
Meryl Streep
1998-11-22
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2John Hurt
1998-11-29
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3Laurence Fishburne
1998-12-06
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4Donald Sutherland
1998-12-13
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5Ron Howard
1999-01-03
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6Sharon Stone
1999-01-10
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7Sean Penn
1999-01-17
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8Robert De Niro
1999-01-31
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9Steven Spielberg
1999-02-14
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10Tim Robbins
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11Jennifer Jason Leigh
1999-07-11
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12Kim Basinger
1999-07-18
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13Ellen Barkin
1999-07-25
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14Peter Falk
1999-08-08
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15Jerry Lewis
1999-08-15
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19Tom Hanks
1999-12-12
60m0.0es443213
Season 613 episodes1999
1
Billy Joel
1999-11-14
60m0.0es443214
2Mary Tyler Moore
1999-11-21
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3Sylvester Stallone
1999-12-05
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4Tom Hanks
1999-12-12
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5Sir Michael Caine
2000-01-09
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6Geena Davis
2000-04-09
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7James Woods
2000-04-30
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8Andy Garcia
2000-05-07
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9Kevin Spacey
2000-07-02
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10Philip Seymour Hoffman
2000-06-04
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11Alan Alda
2000-08-06
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12Harrison Ford
2000-08-20
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13Sigourney Weaver
2000-10-29
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Season 719 episodes2000
1
Bernadette Peters
2000-11-12
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2Val Kilmer
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3James Caan
2000-11-19
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4Richard Dreyfuss
2000-12-03
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5Gabriel Byrne
2000-12-10
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6Spike Lee
2000-12-17
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7Ed Harris
2000-12-17
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8Ben Affleck
2001-01-14
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9Ned Beatty
2001-01-28
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10Mike Myers
2001-02-04
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11Michael Douglas
2001-02-18
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12Gwyneth Paltrow
2001-03-11
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13Helen Hunt
2001-04-15
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14Francis Ford Coppola
2001-05-06
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15Robin Williams
2001-06-10
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16Melanie Griffith
2001-07-15
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17Antonio Banderas
2001-07-22
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18Burt Reynolds
2001-08-06
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19Roseanne
2001-08-19
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Season 819 episodes2001
1
Ben Stiller
2001-09-30
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2Gene Hackman
2001-10-14
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3Kevin Kline
2001-10-21
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4Bruce Willis
2001-10-28
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5Kevin Costner
2001-11-25
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6Will Smith
2002-01-13
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7Stockard Channing
2002-01-27
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8Debra Winger
2002-02-17
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9Sarah Jessica Parker
2002-03-03
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10Sir Ben Kingsley
2002-03-17
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11Dennis Quaid
2002-04-07
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12Ethan Hawke
2002-04-21
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13Richard Gere
2002-05-05
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14Hugh Grant
2002-05-12
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15Samuel L. Jackson
2002-06-02
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16Benicio del Toro
2002-06-30
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17Vanessa Redgrave
2002-08-04
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18Billy Bob Thornton
2002-08-18
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19Johnny Depp
2002-09-08
60m0.0es443264
Season 917 episodes2002
1
Sissy Spacek
2002-10-06
60m0.0es443265
2Juliette Binoche
2002-10-27
60m0.0es443266
3Jeanne Moreau
2002-11-10
60m0.0es443267
4Pierce Brosnan
2002-11-17
60m0.0es443268
5Sir Ian McKellen
2002-12-08
60m0.0es443269
6Martin Scorsese
2002-12-15
60m0.0es443270
7Julianne Moore
2002-12-22
60m0.0es443271
8Edward Norton
2003-01-12
60m0.0es443272
9The Cast of The Simpsons
2003-02-09
60m0.0es443273
10Nicolas Cage
2003-02-16
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11Drew Barrymore
2003-03-02
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12Renee Zellweger
2003-03-09
60m0.0es443276
13John Travolta
2003-04-13
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14Jeremy Irons
2003-05-04
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15Joanne Woodward
2003-05-11
60m0.0es443279
16Martin Sheen
2003-05-18
60m0.0es443280
17Jeff Bridges
2003-07-20
60m0.0es443281
Season 1017 episodes2003
1
John Goodman
2003-09-14
60m0.0es443282
2Clint Eastwood
2003-10-05
60m10.0es443283
3The Cast of Will & Grace
2003-11-16
60m0.0es443284
4Cate Blanchett
2003-12-14
60m0.0es443285
5Jude Law
2003-12-21
60m8.0es443286
6Naomi Watts
2003-12-28
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7Russell Crowe
2004-01-04
60m6.0es443288
8Tom Cruise
2004-01-11
60m10.0es443289
9Charlize Theron
2004-01-18
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10Diane Lane
2004-02-08
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11Jay Leno
2004-02-15
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12Hugh Jackman
2004-03-07
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13Kate Winslet
2004-03-14
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14Barbra Streisand
2004-03-21
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15Bette Midler
2004-06-06
60m0.0es443296
1610th Anniversary Special
2004-06-20
60m0.0es443297
17Episode 17
2003-01-12
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Season 1124 episodes2004
1
Jennifer Lopez
2004-10-10
60m0.0es443299
2James Gandolfini
2004-10-17
60m0.0es443300
3William H. Macy
2004-10-24
60m0.0es443301
4George Carlin
2004-10-31
60m8.0es443302
5Jennifer Connelly
2004-11-07
60m0.0es443303
6Mark Wahlberg
2004-11-14
60m6.0es443304
7Natalie Portman
2004-11-21
60m0.0es443305
8Jamie Foxx
2004-11-28
60m0.0es443306
9Salma Hayek
2004-12-05
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10Morgan Freeman
2005-01-02
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11Cameron Diaz
2005-01-09
60m0.0es443309
12Kiefer Sutherland
2005-01-23
60m0.0es443310
13Robert Redford
2005-01-30
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14Colin Farrell
2005-02-06
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15Val Kimer
2005-02-13
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16Owen Wilson
2005-02-20
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17David Duchovny
2005-04-10
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18Jane Fonda
2005-04-24
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19Angelina Jolie
2005-05-08
60m0.0es443317
20The Cast of Everybody Loves Raymond
2005-06-19
60m10.0es443318
21Jodie Foster
2005-09-25
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22Elton John
2005-10-16
60m10.0es443320
23Rosie O'Donnell
2005-10-23
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24Michael J. Fox
2005-10-30
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Season 1220 episodes2005
1
Jodie Foster
2005-09-25
60m0.0es443323
2Elton John
2005-10-16
60m10.0es443324
3Rosie O'Donnell
60m0.0es443325
4Michael J. Fox
2005-10-30
60m0.0es443326
5The Cast of the Producers
2005-12-11
60m0.0es443327
6Barbara Walters
2005-12-18
60m0.0es443328
7Queen Latifah
2006-01-08
60m0.0es443329
8Ralph Fiennes
2006-01-15
60m0.0es443330
9Martin Lawrence
2006-01-22
60m0.0es443331
10Liza Minnelli
2006-02-05
60m0.0es443332
11Dave Chappelle
2006-02-12
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12The Casts of Law & Order
2006-05-07
60m0.0es443334
13Tom Hanks (II)
2006-05-14
60m0.0es443335
14Don Cheadle
2006-05-21
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15Tim Allen
2006-06-06
60m0.0es443337
16Dustin Hoffman
2006-06-25
60m10.0es443338
17Robert Downey Jr.
2006-07-09
60m0.0es443339
18Hugh Laurie
2006-07-31
60m0.0es443340
19Teri Hatcher
2006-09-18
60m0.0es443341
20Al Pacino
2006-10-02
60m10.0es443342
Season 1315 episodes2006
1
Forest Whitaker
2006-12-11
60m0.0es443343
2Eddie Murphy
2006-12-18
60m0.0es443344
3Matt Damon
2007-01-08
60m6.0es443345
4Diana Ross
2007-02-19
60m0.0es443346
5Chris Rock
2007-03-12
60m0.0es443347
6Mark Ruffalo
2007-03-19
60m10.0es443348
7Julia Louis-Dreyfus
2007-06-04
60m0.0es443349
8Kyra Sedgwick
2007-06-11
60m0.0es443350
9Michelle Pfeiffer
2007-08-06
60m10.0es443351
10Charlie Sheen
2007-09-17
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11Billy Crystal (II)
2007-10-08
60m10.0es443353
12Sir Anthony Hopkins (II)
2007-10-15
60m10.0es443354
13Alec Baldwin (II)
2007-10-22
60m8.0es443355
14Halle Berry
2007-10-29
60m0.0es443356
15John Cusack
2007-12-03
60m10.0es443357
Season 144 episodes2008
Season 1515 episodes2008
1
Goldie Hawn
2008-11-03
60m0.0es443362
2James Lipton
2008-11-10
60m10.0es443363
3Daniel Radcliffe
2008-12-01
60m0.0es443364
4Josh Brolin
2009-01-05
60m10.0es443365
5Laura Linney
2009-01-12
60m0.0es443366
6Ricky Gervais
2009-01-26
60m10.0es443367
7Conan O'Brien
2009-01-27
60m0.0es443368
8Anthony LaPaglia
2009-01-26
60m10.0es443369
9Denis Leary
2009-05-04
60m0.0es443370
10Danny DeVito
2009-05-11
60m10.0es443371
11Judd Apatow
2009-07-27
60m0.0es443372
12Mickey Rourke
2009-08-31
60m7.0es443373
13Jason Bateman
2009-09-07
60m6.0es443374
14The Cast of Family Guy
2009-09-14
60m9.0es443375
15Amy Poehler
2009-09-21
60m2.0es443376
Season 166 episodes2009
Season 178 episodes2010
1
James Franco
2010-12-17
60m0.0es443383
2Jim Carrey
2011-01-10
60m0.0es443384
3Colin Firth
2011-02-07
60m0.0es443385
4Bradley Cooper
2011-03-14
60m0.0es443386
5Cast of Modern Family
2011-06-07
60m0.0es443387
6Jennifer Aniston
2011-07-06
60m0.0es443388
7George Clooney
2012-01-31
60m0.0es443389
8Brad Pitt
2012-02-10
60m0.0es443390
Season 186 episodes2012
Season 1913 episodes2013
1
Hugh Jackman
2013-02-13
60m0.0es443397
2Tina Fey
2013-03-19
60m0.0es443398
3250th Special
2013-05-29
60m0.0es443399
4Jake Gyllenhaal
2013-09-19
60m0.0es443400
5Cast and Creator of Arrested Development
2013-11-07
60m0.0es443401
6Bruce Dern and Laura Dern
2013-12-26
60m0.0es443402
7Amy Adams
2014-02-19
60m0.0es443403
8Matthew McConaughey
2014-02-20
60m0.0es443404
9How I Met Your Mother
2014-03-27
60m0.0es443405
10Robin Williams
2014-08-21
60m0.0es443406
11Mariska Hargitay
2014-09-22
60m0.0es443407
12Sting
2014-10-23
60m0.0es443408
13Jim Parsons
2015-06-18
60m0.0es443409
Season 206 episodes2014
Season 216 episodes2015
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/2/2026