• Air date: 09 Apr '04 16 episodes
      Dinner for Five is a television program in which actor/filmmaker Jon Favreau and a revolving guest list of celebrities eat, drink and talk about life on and off the set and swap stories about projects past and present. The program seats screen legends next to a variety of personalities from film, television, music and comedy, resulting in an unpredictable free-for-all. The program aired on the Independent Film Channel with Favreau the co-Executive Producer with Peter Billingsley. The show format is a spontaneous, open forum for people in the entertainment community. The idea, originally conceived by Favreau, originated from a time when he went out to dinner with colleagues on a film location and exchanged filming anecdotes. Favreau said, "I thought it would be interesting to show people that side of the business". He did not want to present them in a "sensationalized way [that] they're presented in the press, but as normal people". The format featured Favreau and four guests from the...
  • List of Episodes (16)
    • 1. Gina Gershon, Dennis Farina, Ron Livingston, Faizon Love

      09 Apr '04
    • 2. Kevin James, Tony Shalhoub, Richard Lewis, Burt Reynolds

      16 Apr '04
    • 3. Kevin Smith, George Carlin, Jason Biggs, Stephen Root

      23 Apr '04
    • 4. Joe Mantegna, Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean, Jeff Garlin

      30 Apr '04
    • 5. Jeff Ross, Hector Elizando, Kevin Pollak, Laura Kightlinger

      07 May '04
    • 6. Laura Dern, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Ernie Hudson

      14 May '04
    • 7. Jennifer Esposito, Barry Pepper, Luis Guzman, Stephen Dorff

      21 May '04
    • 8. Alec Baldwin, Peter Dinklage, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman

      28 May '04
    • 9. Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning, Charles Nelson Reilly

      04 Jun '04
    • 10. John Waters, Colin Quinn, Danny Aiello, Delroy Lindo

      11 Jun '04
    • 11. Isaac Mizrahi, Alan Cumming, Faizon Love, Amy Irving

      18 Jun '04
    • 12. David Cross, Molly Shannon, George Hickenlooper, Phillip Baker Hall

      25 Jun '04
    • 13. Michael Madsen, Richard Donner, Ray Romano, Ron Eldard

      02 Jul '04
    • 14. Neve Campbell, Henry Winkler, Dave Foley, Jeff Garlin

      10 Sep '04
    • 15. Peter Berg, Billy Bob Thornton, Brian Grazer, H.G (Buzz) Bissinger

      08 Oct '04
    • 16. Martin Scorsese

      10 Dec '04
      Host Jon Favreau devotes the entire program this week to a conversation with famed director Martin Scorsese.