ATX TV Festival Adds Gilded Age And Shrinking Panels — See Full Schedule
Newly announced programming for the 2025 ATX TV Festival, being held Thursday, May 29 through Sunday, June 1, in Austin, Texas, includes:
▶ A screening of Max's Duster (premiering May 15), followed by a Q&A with co-creator/EP LaToya Morgan and cast members Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson, Keith David and Asivak Koostachin
▶ A conversation with The Gilded Age cast members Carrie Coon, Christine Baranski and Morgan Spector, revisiting Seasons 1 and 2 and previewing Season 3 (premiering June 22)
▶ "Inside the Writers Room: Shrinking," in which Rachna Fruchbom, Brian Gallivan, Neil Goldman, Bill Posley, Ashley Nicole Black, Sofi Selig and Zack Bornstein discuss crafting the show's emotional and comedic moments
▶ John Slattery will join Jon Hamm for the Mad Men retrospective marking the 10th anniversary of the show's finale; Noah Hawley (Fargo) will moderate
▶ Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) and Zach Braff (Scrubs) will join Bill Lawrence for "Bill Lawrence & Friends," a conversation on comedy and collaboration
Previously announced events:
▶ The world premiere of Kevin Williamson's upcoming Netflix drama The Waterfront, followed by a Q&A with Williamson and cast members Holt McCallany, Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist, Rafael L. Silva and Danielle Campbell
▶ A sneak peek at Prime Video's upcoming We Were Liars (based on E. Lockhart's novel), followed by a conversation with Lockhart and executive producers/co-showrunners Julie Plec and Carina Adly MacKenzie
▶ A "Ladies of Law" panel featuring Carrie Preston (Elsbeth), Skye P. Marshall (Matlock) and Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds: Evolution), with Pluto TV programming EVP Amy Kuessner
▶ A conversation with Reasonable Doubt creator/showrunner Raamla Mohamed about the creation of the series' soundtrack and the role music plays in the drama.
▶ A reunion of HBO's The Leftovers — with cast members Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston, Ann Dowd and Kevin Carroll, co-creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta and director/executive producer Mimi Leder
▶ A first look at Hulu's King of the Hill revival, followed by a reunion panel (with co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, showrunner Saladin K. Patterson, and voice actors Pamela Adlon, Lauren Tom and Toby Huss), and then a "BBQ-style after-party"
▶ An UnREAL reunion/retrospective marking the reality TV-spoofing series 10th anniversary, featuring cast members Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Craig Bierko, plus co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
▶ A live recording of "Sidebar: A Suits Podcast" with Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty
▶ A live late-night show hosted by Emmy-winning writer Greg Iwinski (Last Week Tonight, The Late Show) and also featuring announcer/sidekick/writer Jim Fagan (The Tonight Show) and a team of veteran late-night writer-performers
▶ A screening of You Belong Here, an indie series from producers Steve Zahn and Rick Gomez, which follows James Beard-nominated chef/restaurateur Ouita Michel
▶ A live table read of an unproduced script by The Haunting of Hill House's Mike Flanagan
▶ A conversation with Christine Baranski, the recipient of ATX's 2025 Achievement in Television eXcellence Award
▶ A live acting class with TV legend Henry Winkler (Barry, Happy Days)
▶ Casting directors from Breaking Bad, The Bear, Suits and other shows highlight their favorite unsung actors
▶ Live script readings from iconic episodes of Designing Women and Golden Girls (actors TBA)
▶ A conversation with Elsbeth's Carrie Preston
▶ A conversation with Andor creator/executive producer Tony Gilroy and writer Beau Willimon ahead of the acclaimed Star Wars series' final season premiere
▶ Seth Meyers will make his ATX TV Festival debut by sharing an inside look at his work on Late Night
▶ Mark Duplass will host a screening and take questions for his indie series The Long Long Night
▶ Animal Control's Joel McHale, Grace Palmer and Michael Rowland will talk about the Fox comedy
▶ Acorn TV will host "Anatomy of an Acorn TV Series," a panel featuring Jane Seymour (Harry Wild), Paul Powell (a writer for the upcoming Stephen Moyer-led Art Detectives) and AMC Networks EVP Courtney Thomasma
The 2025 ATX TV Festival, the 14th edition of the annual event, will take place Thursday, May 29 through Sunday, June 1, in Austin, Texas. Badges and passes are on sale here. Which panel are you most excited to see? Let us know in the comments below.
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