The Tv Campfire

Representatives from Everytown, Brady, and Hollywood, Health & Society are joined by three writer/producers for a discussion about mindfulness & conscious storytelling around depictions of gun violence and gun safety on TV. They explore the ways in which TV has & has not engaged with our real-life epidemic of gun violence across the U.S. — from conversations about how and when guns are deployed or depicted in scripted series, to gun storage and safety both onscreen and off, to empowering storytellers to play a proactive role in the movement to prevent gun violence.Learn more about the media advocacy guides referenced in this conversation:Understanding and Depicting Gun Violence in Entertainment (Everytown)Trigger Warning: Gun Guidelines for the Media (Hollywood, Health & Society)This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Dave Andron (Creator / Showrunner / EP, Justified: City Primeval)Melinda Hsu Taylor (Creator / Showrunner /

Despite an industry-wide cost-cutting and a “Peak” TV landscape that may be reaching its true peak, unscripted content continues to thrive across broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms, serving as a reliably entertaining, occasionally informative, and cost-effective alternative to scripted fare. The “unscripted” umbrella is large and varied, ranging from social commentary and true crime, to sports and competition, and culture and comfort – with seemingly endless offerings available at the touch of a button, the prospect of breaking through the cultural consciousness is more complex than it appears.Join the executives and producers behind Queer Eye, Cocaine Cowboys, Legendary, Growing Up Hip Hop, and more for a discussion about shaping their storytelling ethos, what draws them to unscripted content as fans and creatives, and the limitless future of unscripted TV.This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:David Collins (Co-Founder / EP, Scou

A showrunner/writer’s job does not end with the completion of a script, or even the end of production. In fact, the writing process extends far beyond the page, as a script takes on new life on set, and again in post-production, all the way through to the final cut that ends up on screen. Writers Gina Fattore (Dare Me, Californication) and Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Cowboy Bebop, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) joined us at Season 12 to explore the lesser-discussed aspects of writing, how writers continue to shape our favorite stories long after the “final” draft, and why writers remain integral to all aspects of TV production.This panel was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Gina Fattore (Writer / Producer, Dare Me, Californication)Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Co-EP / Writer, Cowboy Bebop, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance)MODERATOR:Ben Travers (IndieWire)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with yo

As audiences continue to demand more visibility for communities of color in entertainment, we are seeing an uptick in diverse storytelling across all genres in TV. Universal Studio Group presents this conversation with Harlem star Jerrie Johnson and Primo star Christina Vidal about the importance of inclusivity and representation specifically in comedy - what that looks today and how we hope to see it progress moving forward.This panel was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX, prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.Stream Primo Season 1 now on Freevee: https://www.amazon.com/Primo-Season-1/Stream Harlem Seasons 1-2 now on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Harlem-Season-1/PANELISTS:Jerrie Johnson (Actor, Harlem)Christina Vidal (Actor, Primo)MODERATOR:Trevor Scott (We Are Austin, CBS Austin)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebo

DVDs, Blu Rays, and Bonus Features may have fallen to the wayside thanks to an exponential rise in streaming libraries and digital content… but with the world of streaming more uncertain than ever, is it time for a comeback? Writer/producer/showrunner/director Alena Smith (Dickinson) and The Hollywood Reporter's Dan Fienberg dig into complicated questions of licensing & ownership in the streaming era; the preservation of TV past, present and future; and the newly re-ignited discussion around the value of physical media.This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Alena Smith (Creator / Showrunner / Writer / EP / Director - Dickinson)Daniel Fienberg (Chief TV Critic, The Hollywood Reporter)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebook.com/ATXFestivalInstagram: instagram.com/atxfestival/TikTok:

Georgie Hurford-Jones (EVP, Current Programming, Universal Television Alternative Studio), J.J. Duncan (Showrunner/Executive Producer) and David Collins (Executive Producer/Co-Founder, Scout Productions) discuss bringing The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning to television audiences, and the series’ unique ability to normalize one of our worst fears, death, by reminding us of all the ways we are alive.This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Georgie Hurford-Jones (EVP, Current Programming, Universal Television Alternative Studio)J.J. Duncan (Showrunner / EP)David Collins (EP / Co-Founder, Scout Productions)MODERATOR:Jim Halterman (TV Guide Magazine / TV Insider)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebook.com/ATXFestivalInstagram: instagram.com/atxfestival/TikTok: tiktok.com/@atxtv

Mo Ryan's book Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood is a deep dive into the trends that led to #MeToo and various racial reckonings in the industry, as well as a look at how much has changed in TV and film (and how much hasn’t). She joins industry veterans Melinda Hsu Taylor and Javier Grillo-Marxuach (two respected voices also highlighted in the book) for a discussion about the industry's entrenched problems, modeling better forms of leadership, and why so many Hollywood workers are restive, on strike and/or already burning down the old Hollywood in order to build something better.This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Co-EP / Writer, Cowboy Bebop, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance)Melinda Hsu Taylor (Creator / Showrunner / EP, Tom Swift; Writer / Showrunner / EP, Nancy Drew)Mo Ryan (Author, Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hol

The thought of changing career paths in an already unpredictable industry can be daunting – but with great risk can come great reward. In this conversation from Season 12, actor/producer turned post-production supervisor Michele L. Williams (Grey's Anatomy), development assistant turned production supervisor Beatriz Chahin (Grand Crew) and publicist turned producer Ngoc Nguyen (Everyone Is Doing Great) discuss taking risks, finding the right career path and mentors, and making unexpected connections.This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Michele L. Williams (Post-Production Supervisor, Grey's Anatomy)Ngoc Nguyen (Producer, Everyone Is Doing Great)Beatriz Chahin (Production Supervisor, Grand Crew)MODERATOR:Emily Gipson (Co-Founder, ATX TV)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebo

Whether a series is set in the present, the past, or a different universe altogether, costume design can be the first thing a viewer notices about a character and world. It has the ability to spark curiosity, nostalgia, or sense of place by telling us who a character is (or more interestingly, who they’re trying to be). In our first in-depth look at costuming, costume designers Trayce Gigi Field (Poker Face, A League of Their Own) and Tiffany Hasbourne (P-Valley, Atlanta) discuss the unpredictable nature of costuming, why each project requires a unique approach, and the collaborative art of costume design.This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Trayce Gigi Field (Costume Designer, Poker Face, A League of Their Own)Tiffany Hasbourne (Costume Designer, P-Valley, Atlanta)MODERATOR:Nadia Chaudhury (Eater Austin)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FO

Join music supervisors Tom Vale (Frog Music Licensing), Jason Harkins, and Maggie Phillips (Deep Cut Music) for a conversation about creating opportunities for Austin musicians, and using your favorite TV soundtracks to help elevate local artists.This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Maggie Phillips (Music Supervisor, The Dropout, Fargo)Tom Vale (Music Supervisor, Walker)Jason Harkins (Music Supervisor, The Good Fight, Evil)MODERATOR:Ben Travers (IndieWire)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebook.com/ATXFestivalInstagram: instagram.com/atxfestival/TikTok: tiktok.com/@atxtvLearn more about year round ATX TV programming & events: https://atxtv.co/Become an ATX TV Member: https://atxtv.co/membership

Any casual viewer can tell you that the business of adaptations is booming -- and while popular IP might come with name recognition and a built-in fanbase, it also comes with built-in expectations from those fans (and detractors). As one of the earliest pieces of the equation, casting is often at the heart of those expectations, setting the tone for a project and sparking commentary before a single frame has been shot or aired.Casting Society (CSA) and ATX TV Festival present a conversation with the casting directors behind some of TV's most successful and surprising adaptations about casting everything from beloved characters to real-life figures, the myriad ways that a casting choice comes together (or doesn't), why they're always rooting for actors, and their own origin stories as casting directors. PANELISTS:Jeanie Bacharach, CSA (The Dropout, Station Eleven)Richard Hicks, CSA (The Last Thing He Told Me)Felicia Fasano, CSA (A League of Their Own)Conrad Woolfe, CSA (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies)MODERATO

Writer Greg Iwinkski (Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) joins moderator Sarah Pitre (Alamo Drafthouse) for a wide-ranging discussion about his personal path into writing comedy, what a typical day as a late night writer looks like, late night TV's unique position in the larger culture, the ongoing writers strike and labor movement, and more. PANELISTS:Greg Iwinski (Writer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)MODERATOR:Sarah Pitre (Alamo Drafthouse)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebook.com/ATXFestivalInstagram: instagram.com/atxfestival/TikTok: tiktok.com/@atxtvLearn more about year round ATX TV programming & events: https://atxtv.co/Become an ATX TV Member: https://atxtv.co/membership

Emmy award-winning director/producer Jack Bender sits down for an inside look at crafting the world of shows like FROM, Mr. Mercedes, and Lost, the role of a producing director, working with actors to shape character, and more.PANELISTS:Jack Bender (Director / EP, FROM, Lost)MODERATOR:Michael Schneider (Variety)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebook.com/ATXFestivalInstagram: instagram.com/atxfestival/TikTok: tiktok.com/@atxtvLearn more about year round ATX TV programming & events: https://atxtv.co/Become an ATX TV Member: https://atxtv.co/membership

Outlander star/executive producer Caitríona Balfe and executive producer Maril Davis joined fans at ATX TV Festival on World Outlander Day (June 1, 2023) to give a sneak peek at Season 7 and discuss directing, onscreen chemistry, taking on new roles, and what to expect as the groundbreaking series heads towards it's final season. This conversation was recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Caitríona Balfe (EP / Cast)Maril Davis (Executive Producer)MODERATOR:Reshma Gopaldas (SheKnows)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebook.com/ATXFestivalInstagram: instagram.com/atxfestival/TikTok: tiktok.com/@atxtvLearn more about year round ATX TV programming & events: https://atxtv.co/Become an ATX TV Member: https://atxtv.co/membership

Artificial Intelligence is no longer an abstract, futuristic concept – it’s here, changing our lives in countless ways, from social media algorithms and self-driving cars, to operating rooms and autonomous weapons. As our reliance on technology grows, and the possibilities of AI become seemingly limitless, its tangible and philosophical presence in our culture becomes more and more inextricable. In this conversation, we explore TV’s unique ability to reflect and question both the opportunities and risks posed by AI in life, death, love, and beyond -- as well as it's impact on the TV industry itself.This conversation is presented by Hollywood, Health & Society, and was recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S) is a program of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center that provides the entertainment industry with accurate and up-to-date information for storylines on health, safety and security. For more information and resources, visit ho

With fair pay, streaming residuals, artificial intelligence, writers rooms, and on-set experience all on the table, the writers of the WGA have gone pencils down for the first time in 15 years.Join writers Beau Willimon (WGA East), Julie Plec (WGA West), Zoanne Clack (WGA West), and Greg Iwinski (WGA East) for a first-hand discussion of the issues at stake, the safeguards that writers are fighting for, and why the ongoing strike is necessary to safeguard the future of not just writers, but all entertainment unions and creatives.This conversation was recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Zoanne Clack (Writer, WGA West)Greg Iwinski (Writer, WGA East, Negotiating Committee)Julie Plec (Writer, WGA West)MODERATOR:Beau Willimon (Writer, WGA East)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts. FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebook: facebook.com/ATXFestivalInstagram: instagra

Television remains one of the most impactful mediums, armed with the power to reach audiences in their personal spaces and connect them with people, experiences, and worlds they might not encounter otherwise. In our Season 11 finale, the Television Academy presents a conversation with creators/showrunners Robin Thede (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Sierra Teller Ornelas (Rutherford Falls), and Jason Katims (As We See It) about finding power in comedy, truth, and personal experience, and using story to expand empathy, build community, and inspire action.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022).PANELISTS:Robin Thede (Creator/Showrunner/Writer/EP/Cast, A Black Lady Sketch Show)Sierra Teller Ornelas (Co-Creator/Showrunner/EP/Writer, Rutherford Falls)Jason Katims (Creator/Showrunner/EP/Writer, As We See It)Danielle Turchiano (Moderator)The Television Academy Honors celebrates and recognizes programming that creates awareness, enlightens, educates and/or positively motivat

Hollywood, Health & Society presents this Season 11 conversation with creators/showrunners Miranda Kwok (The Cleaning Lady) and Linda Yvette Chávez (Gentefied) about writing narratives that highlight economic inequality, challenges facing immigrant and working class families, and the complicated nature of the "American dream."This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022).PANELISTS:Linda Yvette Chávez (Co-Creator/EP/Showrunner, Gentefied)Miranda Kwok (Co-Showrunner/Writer/Executive Producer, The Cleaning Lady)Armine M. Kourouyan (Moderator, Hollywood, Health and Society)Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S) is a program of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center that provides the entertainment industry with accurate and up-to-date information for storylines on health, safety and security. For more information and resources, visit hollywoodhealthandsociety.org.SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favor

Angelyne star/executive producer Emmy Rossum and showrunner/executive producer Allison Miller join moderator Danielle Turchiano to discuss their exploration of the self-made icon, reconstructing the look and feel of LA in the ‘80s, and how the series has shaped their own perceptions of fame and identity.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022).PANELISTS: Allison Miller (Showrunner / Executive Producer)Emmy Rossum (Executive Producer / Cast)Danielle Turchiano (Moderator)ABOUT THE SERIES: Peacock’s limited series about fame, identity, survival, billboards, Corvettes, lingerie, men, women, women teasing men, men obsessed with women, West Hollywood, crystals, UFOs, and most importantly of all, the self-proclaimed Rorschach test in pink, glow-in-the-dark queen of the universe, Angelyne. All episodes of Angelyne are streaming now on Peacock.SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts. Wa

The TV landscape is changing at a fast and furious pace. The volume isn’t slowing down, the definition of “what is TV” has grown more complicated, and the places to watch are only growing. Join the executives behind Euphoria, Yellowjackets, Cruel Summer, Westworld, and more as they discuss what the future of the industry holds in terms of business models, content, timing, costs, and beyond.This panel was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022) in Austin, TX.PANELISTS:Kara Buckley (VP Original Programming, Drama Series, HBO)Jacqueline Sacerio (EVP Scripted Programming, eOne)Jessie Dicovitsky (SVP Original Programming, Showtime Networks)Athena Wickham (Head of TV, Kilter Films)Dan Shorr (Head of Scripted, Rooster Teeth Productions)Daniel Fienberg (Moderator, The Hollywood Reporter)SUBSCRIBE to youtube.com/ATXTV for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts. Watch this panel HERE. FOLLOW ATX TV:Twitter: twitter.com/ATXFestivalFacebo