ATX Television Festival 2023 to Include ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ ‘Outlander,’ and ‘Justified: City Primeval’ World Premiere
ATX Television Festival is once again gearing up for an exciting year, with programming to include nostalgic reunions and new shows alike. The festival’s 12th season will take place this year June 1-4 in Austin, Texas.
The festival announced its opening night world premiere today, which will be Justified: City Primeval. Based on the novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, the eight-part limited series picks up 15 years after U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) left the hollers of Kentucky in FX’s Justified.
Extending the Elmore Leonard universe and featuring an all-new cast of characters, a chance encounter on a Florida highway leads Givens to Detroit, where he crosses paths with violent sociopath Clement Mansell, aka “The Oklahoma Wildman” (Boyd Holbrook) and his formidable defense attorney (Aunjanue Ellis).
Following the screening will be a conversation with the creatives and cast. Justified: City Primeval premieres this summer on FX, streaming next day on Hulu.
Season 12 of the festival will also include a Dawson’s Creek 25th Anniversary Screening and Conversation presented by Sony Pictures Television Studios.
The retrospective will give fans a chance to relive the pilot episode on the big screen, followed by a look back at the iconic teen drama with the creatives behind the series.
Confirmed panelists include writers/producers Liz Tigelaar, Rina Mimoun, Gina Fattore, Anna Fricke, Maggie Friedman, and moderator Julie Plec, with additional panelists to be announced soon.
Additionally, in celebration of “World Outlander Day” on June 1, the opening day of the festival will feature a conversation with the cast & creatives of Outlander, including an exclusive first look at the long-awaited seventh season, which returns to Starz on June 16. Confirmed panelists will be announced soon.
The festival will also feature the World Premiere of Everyone Is Doing Great Season 2 followed by a conversation with the creatives and cast. James Lafferty, Stephen Colletti, Alexandra Park,) and Cariba Heine will join for a discussion on the independently produced coming-of-age sitcom.
Also joining the line-up is a conversation with actors and spouses Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, who will join each other one-on-one to discuss their overall TV careers, and their relationship as two creatives who have worked separately and together over the last three decades.
The festival will also include a Cheers 30th Anniversary panel with John Ratzenberger, Ted Danson, and George Wendt, as well as co-creators James Burrows, Les Charles, and Glen Charles for the event.
The Righteous Gemstones cast members John Goodman, Adam Devine, Edi Patterson, and Cassidy Freeman will join creator, writer, executive producer, and actor Danny McBride for the Season 3 Premiere of the HBO original comedy, with additional panelists to be announced soon.
Head to the ATX Television Festival’s official site for more information on the event. You can also take a look at our coverage of last year’s festival right 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.