Catching up with Oliver Dench of 'Hotel Portofino' and talking 'Gen V,' 'The Saint of Second...

The writers strike is over so new programming — at least in the form of late-night television — will be returning soon. But with actors still on strike, most television shows and movies are not yet completely back in production.


That means in most cases actors can't promote their work, which has led to some offbeat movie premieres such as a record number of dogs showing up on the red carpet for "PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie." But not all actors are prohibited from speaking to the media, which meant a new interview from co-host Bruce Miller with Oliver Dench (yes, he's related to Judi Dench) talking about "Hotel Portofino."


Bruce and co-host Terry Lipshetz have been using the time to get caught up on the limited new films and shows hitting theaters and streaming services such as the new series "Gen V," the latest "Star Wars" installment "Ahsoka" and the new baseball documentary "The Saint of Second Chances." Bruce also managed to make it to the end of the fourth installment in the "Expendables" franchise.


It's a pretty big list, so be sure to use our list below to help map out your schedule!


Where to watch


"PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie" in theaters (https://www.googleadservices.com/page...)
"Hotel Portofino" on PBS (https://www.pbs.org/show/hotel-portof...)
"Reservation Dogs" on Hulu (https://www.hulu.com/series/5a310c23-...)
"Gen V" on Amazon Prime Video (https://www.amazon.com/Gen-V-Season-1...)
"The Boys" on Amazon Prime Video (https://www.amazon.com/The-Boys-Seaso...)
"Selling the OC" on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/watch/8144733...)
"Selling Sunset" on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/watch/8022310...)
"Ahsoka" on Disney+ (https://www.disneyplus.com/series/ahs...)
"The Saint of Second Chances" on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/watch/8147612...)
"Fair Play" in theaters Sept. 29 and Netflix Oct. 6 (https://www.netflix.com/title/81674326)
"Painkiller" on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/watch/8109506...)
"Dopesick" on Hulu (https://www.hulu.com/series/227de06a-...)
"The Mosquito Coast" on AppleTV+ (https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/light...)
"Expend4bles" in theaters (https://expendables.movie/)


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Streamed & Screened (https://omny.fm/shows/just-to-be-nomi...) is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller (  / siouxbruce  , a longtime entertainment reporter who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal (https://siouxcityjournal.com/) in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz (https://madison.com/users/profile/ter..., a senior producer for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin.



Episode transcript


Note: The following transcript was created by Headliner and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically:


Bruce Miller and Terry Lipshetz discuss writers' strike ending


Terry Lipshetz: Just a quick note about this episode Bruce Miller and I recorded after it was revealed that writers and studios agreed to a new contract and had stopped picketing. But prior to writers being given permission to return to work. Welcome everyone, to another episode of streamed and screened an entertainment podcast about movies and TV from Lee Enterprises. I'm Terry Lipshetz, a senior producer at Lee and co-host of the program with Bruce Miller, editor of the Sioux City Journal and a longtime entertainment reporter. Bruce, we got some good news.


Bruce Miller: There is news.


Terry Lipshetz: We have a almost, almost it's not officially, not all the I's dotted and T's crossed, but we're so close, so close with the writers.


Bruce Miller: How good is it if we have no actors that can do the scripts that they're writing?


Terry Lipshetz: Right, exactly. But it could mean things like our late night programs come back a little Jimmy Fallon, maybe.


Bruce Miller: How good is it if all we get are late night programs and game shows? It'll be game shows galore with all the Jeopardy champion of Champions, the ultimate reality star game show. I think tonight, too, we start Dancing with the Stars. So that is not really covered by the rules, apparently.


Terry Lipshetz: Right.


Bruce Miller: because you can dance, but you probably shouldn't...