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Lesley Goldberg

TV Reporter

Lesley Goldberg is an award-winning journalist covering the television business as a key member of The Ankler’s Series Business team. Her dogged reporting draws on deep industry relationships to break news and deliver insight into the executives, deals and strategies shaping TV. Goldberg is also known for her particular expertise in the world of television writers. 

Goldberg spent more than two decades covering the television industry, most recently as West Coast TV editor at The Hollywood Reporter, where she consistently broke major stories. She also co-hosted the TV’s Top 5 podcast, featuring conversations with leading showrunners and executives.

She has received multiple Southern California Journalism Awards, including Online Journalist of the Year.

A die-hard Dodgers fan and native Angeleno, Goldberg is based in Burbank, California.

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‘House of Cards,’ ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and 130+ shows are set to hit the market as FASTs, rival streamers and yes, cable, muscle in

10 Showrunners Who Define TV Now

They don’t just make hits — they set trends, move markets and tell Hollywood what audiences actually want