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ATX Television Festival
LocationAustin, Texas
FoundedJune 1, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttp://atxfestival.com

ATX Television Festival is an annual event based in

television industry. Screenings, Q&As, cast reunions, and industry panel discussions take place over four days and are open to members of the public.[1] The organizers describe it as having "the functionality of a traditional film festival",[2] and as a blending of industry and fan events.[1] The first was held in June 2012, founded by Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson. Attendance numbers have risen from 700 at the first festival to 2,500 in 2017. They now work "hand-in-hand with networks and studios that want to bring their talent to promote their programming".[1]

Festival history

"Season 1" (2012)

The first festival took place from June 1–3, 2012. Special panels included discussions with showrunners Bill Lawrence and Jason Katims, and reunions with cast and crew members of Friday Night Lights, Adult Swim, One Tree Hill, and Love Monkey. Notable screenings with Q&As included Firefly, Parenthood, The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, and Criminal Minds. Industry panels included "TV Fantasy Goes Mainstream", "Women on Television", "Book to TV Series", "Stages of a Television Writing Career" and more.

"Season 2" (2013)

The second festival took place from June 6–9, 2013. There were panels for the cast and crew of Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, and

My So Called Life, Once Upon a Time, and Scandal. Among the specialist panels were "Creating the Sound of a Show", "Directing in a Writer’s World", "Face Off: Movies vs. TV presented by Austin Film Festival
", "Pitch…Pilot…Pick-Up", and "Structure of a Sitcom…and the Rise of the Anti-Sitcom".

"Season 3" (2014)

The third festival ran from June 5–8, 2014. It included conversations with actor

Orange is the New Black, The Goldbergs
and more. Some of the specialist panels were "Are You Listening?: Fine-tuning the Television Soundtrack", "It’s All So Dramatic: evolution of the tv drama", "Pairing Off: a look at co-creating & writing partners", "Reboot, Remake, Reimagine, or Adapt" and "The Casting Director’s Production".

"Season 4" (2015)

The fourth festival was held from June 4–7, 2015. Special panels included "

Suits, Dawson's Creek, Empire, and others. There were conversations with showrunners Marta Kauffman, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and James L. Brooks. Industry discussions included "CBS
Summer Writers Forum", "Defining Docuseries", "Diversity in Progress", "The Buyers", "The Directors", and "The Devoted Niche vs. The Casual Mass: Is It Really All In the Numbers?" among others.

"Season 5" (2016)

The fifth festival was held from June 9–12, 2016. Special reunion panels occurred for

The OC. Other series with cast and/or crew panels included Younger, Preacher, The Night Shift, Unreal and others. Showrunners who attended for talks included David Simon, Tom Fontana, Norman Lear, Noah Hawley and Beau Willimon
. Industry discussions included "Breaking Story: Inside the Room Where It Happens", "Crisis of Faith: Religion & Spirituality on TV", "Development Executives: Business Meets Creative", "Fandom Rising: The Impact of Fan Culture in the Age of Social Media", "The (New) American TV Family" and more.

"Season 6" (2017)

The sixth festival ran from June 8–11, 2017. The headline event was "

Grace & Frankie, GLOW, Northern Exposure, Sneaky Pete, Nashville and more. Industry discussions included "A Network’s Identity: Brave New World or Business As Usual?", "Complex, Not Complicated: A Look at a Woman’s Character", "Directors & Showrunners: A Collaboration", "MTV’s Evolution of Reality presented by MTV
" and "Television in a Trumped Up America".

"Season 7" (2018)

The seventh season was held June 7–10, 2018.

"Season 8" (2019)

The eighth season was held June 6–9, 2019.

"Season 9" (2020)

The ninth festival was tagged "...from the couch!" and ran from June 5–7, 2020. Due to a mass national quarantine, the festival was held virtually for the first time. It consisted of a single-track schedule with pre-recorded content that was streamed live on their ATX YouTube channel.

ATX Television Excellence Award winners

References

  1. ^ a b c "ATX Television Festival Is 'TV Camp for Grownups'". Variety. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Story of the fest". ATX Television Festival. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Achievement in Television Excellence Award presented to Henry WinklerATX Television Festival".
  4. ^ ATX Festival
  5. ^ Season 8 Sponsor Deck atxfestival.com [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "'Oz' Reunion, 'Ziwe,' 'Small Axe' Among 2021 ATX Television Festival Panels (EXCLUSIVE)". 22 April 2021.
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