ATX Television Festival Adds ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Euphoria’ to This Year’s Lineup
The lineup for this year’s ATX Television Festival just keeps getting better. The festival, which is affectionately referred to as “TV Camp,” will take place from June 6-9th in Austin, Texas.
More programming for Season 8 of the festival (its eighth year!) was announced today. The ATX Television Festival will premiere HBO’s upcoming summer series Euphoria, created, written by, and executive produced by Sam Levinson, as the opening night screening and panel on Thursday, June 6th.
Euphoria follows a group of high school students as they navigate drugs, sex, identity, trauma, social media, love, and friendship. The screening will be followed by a panel conversation with creator/executive producer Sam Levinson, and cast members Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Barbie Ferreira, and Eric Dane. Executive producers also include Drake, Future the Prince, Ravi Nandan, Kevin Turen, Hadas Mozes Lichtenstein, Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin, Tmira Yardeni, Mirit Toovi, Yoram Mokady, Gary Lennon and Jim Kleverweis. Euphoria is produced in partnership with A24, and based on the Israeli series of the same name from Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin.
Additionally, the popular, record-breaking medical drama Grey’s Anatomy will screen the recent Season 15 episode, “Silent All These Years,” written by Elisabeth R. Finch and directed by Debbie Allen. The screening will be followed by a Q&A conversation with showrunner & executive producer Krista Vernoff, co-executive producer & writer Elisabeth R. Finch, and stars Camilla Luddington and Kim Raver, who will discuss the impact that the episode has had on viewers, as well as their approach to tackling topics of sexual assault and consent.
CAMILLA LUDDINGTON
FXX’s award-winning, long-running animated comedy Archer will host an advance screening of an episode from the series’ upcoming tenth season, Archer: 1999. This season finds Sterling Archer, Lana Kane and their crew of acid-tongued misfits onboard the M/V Seamus salvage ship as they explore deep space and try to outsmart giant aliens, intergalactic pirates, and vicious bounty hunters.
The screening will feature a once-in-a-lifetime, never-to-be-seen-again special version of an upcoming episode — with an element added exclusively for the ATX audience. That will be followed by a conversation with the creative team behind Archer, including executive producer Matt Thompson, actor H. Jon Benjamin (“Sterling Archer”), producer/art director Chad Hurd, and lead storyboard artist Taylor Parrish. Archer: 1999 premieres May 29th on FXX.
Also announced today, this year’s festival will feature a screening of an all-new episode of Freeform’s grown-ish, followed by a Q&A with cast & creatives, including cast members Yara Shahidi, Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Emily Arlook and Jordan Buhat, and executive producer and writer Craig Doyle. grown-ish returns on Wednesday, June 5, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT to finish out its sophomore season and joins the ATX line-up alongside the network’s freshman hit “Good Trouble,” which was previously announced.
YARA SHAHIDI, JORDAN BUHAT, EMILY ARLOOK
Stephen Falk, creator/executive producer/writer/director of FXX’s critically acclaimed comedy series You’re the Worst, will participate in a discussion with writers, producers, and advocates who are working to destigmatize the conversation around mental health and mental illness through story and visibility. Additional panelists will be announced at a later date.
On top of all that, actor Kevin Bacon will join the festival’s previously announced presentation of the never-picked-up Tremors pilot from writer/executive producer Andrew Miller based on the 1990 film of the same name, featuring a selection of clips, a partial script reading, and discussion with cast and producers.
Bacon, who was set to reprise his starring role as Valentine McKee, joins Andrew Miller, executive producer Jessica Rhoades, and cast members Toks Olagundoye, P.J. Byrne, Haley Tju, and Emily Tremaine for the panel.
ATX’s non-profit foundation, The Syndication Project, will also host a programming track for the second year, with a focus on encouraging actionable advocacy through storytelling. “Making Criminal Justice Matter,” presented by the ACLU, in which writers and producers, along with a criminal law expert from the ACLU, will discuss the importance of working together to ensure authentic representations of current issues surrounding criminal justice, and television’s impact on viewer opinions with regard to issues of police practices, racial profiling, and governmental and police abuses of authority.
Confirmed panelists include co-showrunner/executive producer Sunil Nayar (The Red Line), showrunner/executive producer Joanna Johnson (Good Trouble), and showrunner/executive producer Anthony Sparks (Queen Sugar), with Twyla Carter, Senior Staff Attorney with the National ACLU’s Criminal Law Reform Project, moderating. Additional panelists will be announced at a later date.
“Resistance, Inclusion, and Creating Authentic Muslim Narratives” presented by the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s (MPAC) Hollywood Bureau will examine the collaborative efforts among consultants at MPAC and creatives and executives in the industry to raise the quantity and quality of Muslim representation on and off-screen. Confirmed panelists include showrunner/executive producer Carina Adly MacKenzie (Roswell, New Mexico), actress Nikohl Boosheri (The Bold Type), and Sue Obeidi (Director, MPAC’s Hollywood Bureau). Additional panelists will be announced at a later date.
The Television Academy joins The Syndication Project track with “Power(ful) TV,” a panel discussion with writers & producers on how series can rise above trends and token characters by weaving in storylines of gender, race, religion, aging, immigration, health care, and more — all with the belief that exposing audiences to a variety of people, experiences, and worlds they might never encounter will foster understanding, empathy, and community. The conversation will be moderated by Television Academy President and Chief Operating Officer, Maury McIntyre. Panelists will be announced at a later date for this as well.
Take a look at more of the previously announced programming for this year’s festival here.
For the latest developments and information on how to attend, visit the ATX Television Festival official site www.atxfestival.com.
We’ll also keep you up to date with our coverage, so stay tuned! In the meantime, check out our coverage of last year’s festival here.
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Ashley Bissette Sumerel
Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.