The Tv Campfire

Brian Michael Smith, the trailblazing actor and advocate who portrays firefighter Paul Strickland on FOX’s hit series 9-1-1: Lone Star, joins GLAAD's Alex Schmider for an intimate conversation about Smith's groundbreaking lead role, his fight for transgender equality on screen and off, and Texas as an important state for the show and inclusion at large.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022).PANELISTS:Brian Michael Smith (Actor, 9-1-1: Lonestar, Queen Sugar)Alex Schmider (Moderator, Director of Transgender Representation, GLAAD)SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Learn more about ATX TV Festival and year-round events: atxfestival.comBecome an ATX TV Member: atxfestival.com/membership

There’s no denying that in the era of IP, successful franchises are king – but franchises aren’t born overnight. So what does it take to develop and maintain a universe that not only honors the original IP, but expands on it in new and exciting ways? What are the hallmarks of a truly successful franchise? How do you decide who gets the spinoff/dedicated series from large and extravagant worlds? The creatives and executives behind some of TV’s biggest franchises join us for a look at the inner-workings of the IP-verse – and where it’s headed next.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022).PANELISTS:Scott Gimple (Chief Content Officer, The Walking Dead Universe)Joby Harold (Writer/EP, Obi-Wan Kenobi)Scott Nemes (President of Television, AGBO)Charmaine DeGraté (Writer/Co-EP, House of the Dragon, Daisy Jones & The Six, LucasFilm)Daniel Fienberg (Moderator, The Hollywood Reporter)SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations &

Creatives Linda Yvette Chávez (Gentefied), Miranda Kwok (The Cleaning Lady), Melvin Mar (Fresh Off the Boat), and Mike Gauyo (Send Help) discuss their respective journeys to bringing nuanced immigrant characters to life on screen, and the need for authentic storytelling spanning a range of immigrant experiences. Presented in partnership with Define American, and Hollywood, Health & Society.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022).PANELISTS:Linda Yvette Chávez (Co-Creator/Co-EP/Showrunner, Gentefied)Miranda Kwok (Writer/Executive Producer, The Cleaning Lady)Melvin Mar (Executive Producer, Fresh Off the Boat, Speechless)Mike Gauyo (Co-Creator/Executive Producer, (Send Help)Charlene Jimenez (Moderator, Define American)Define American is a culture change organization that uses the power of narrative to humanize conversations about immigrants. Learn more at defineamerican.com.Hollywood, Health & Society (HH&S) is a program of the USC Annenberg Norman Lear

The funniest f*cking showrunners in TV join us to discuss the state of comedy, the art of running (and sometimes starring in) the show, and what it takes to break through the noise of too-much-TV.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022).PANELISTS:Phil Augusta Jackson (Creator/Showrunner/EP/Writer, Grand Crew)Robin Thede (Creator/Showrunner/Writer/EP/Cast, A Black Lady Sketch Show)Sierra Teller Ornelas (Co-Creator/Showrunner/EP/Writer, Rutherford Falls)Danielle Turchiano (Moderator, Metacritic)SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Learn more about ATX TV Festival and year-round events: atxfestival.comBecome an ATX TV Member: atxfestival.com/membership

A look at straight-forward adaptations and the pressure to please a fanbase, vs. using the IP as a launching place to tell a new story. When are you allowed to diverge, and what from the original text is sacred? This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Patrick Somerville (Creator/Showrunner/EP, Station Eleven)Graham Roland (Creator/Writer/EP, Dark Winds)Sarah Pitre (Moderator, Alamo Drafthouse) SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Learn more about ATX TV Festival and year-round events: atxfestival.comBecome an ATX TV Member: atxfestival.com/membership

While male characters have long been afforded opportunities to push the boundaries of TV storytelling, it feels like women are finally getting the opportunity to do the same. Tune in to hear the creators, directors, producers, and actors responsible for shaping some of our favorite “dangerous” women explore the complicated villains, unconventional heroes, rule-breakers (and everything in between) who dare to challenge the status quo and redefine who/what a leading woman can be.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Lesli Linka Glatter (Director/EP, Love and Death, Homeland)Valerie Armstrong (Creator/EP, Kevin Can F**k Himself)Katja Herbers (Actor, Evil)Melinda Hsu Taylor (Co-Creator/Writer/EP, Tom Swift)Angela Sarafyan (Actor, Westworld)Tara Ariano (Moderator, Extra Hot Great) SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFesti

Creator, showrunner, executive producer, writer, and actor Robin Thede (A Black Lady Sketch Show) answers all the questions about writing, pitching, staffing, and more that you’ve been dying to know, but were too afraid to ask.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Robin Thede (Creator/Showrunner/Writer/EP/Actor, A Black Lady Sketch Show)Jacqueline Coley (Moderator, Rotten Tomatoes) SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Learn more about ATX TV Festival and year-round events: atxfestival.comBecome an ATX TV Member: atxfestival.com/membership

An episode ends, credits roll, and one final music cue hits. What song is playing? Does it break the tension, or hold you in it as you transition out of one world and back into real life? Credit sequences tend to get short shrift in a time where we're constantly being shuffled along to the next episode, but a great song can give us time (and reason) to pause and appreciate what we've just seen, or introduce us to a new song altogether. Go inside the process of choosing the final cue - and the year's most memorable needle drops - with the music supervisors who have made it an art form.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Jen Malone (Music Supervisor, Euphoria, Yellowjackets)Liza Richardson (Music Supervisor, Station Eleven, Watchmen)Maggie Phillips (Music Supervisor, The Dropout, The Great)Ben Travers (Moderator, IndieWire) SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite

All at once, or week to week? Sundays, Thursdays, or somewhere in between? The way we watch and discover new TV shows almost feels like a personality test at this point (“Which Binge Model Are You?”) – but what effect do these various release models have on the long term success of a show, and how audiences engage with it? With more ways and places to watch TV than ever before, the answers to these questions feel more subjective than ever. Join the executives and creatives behind bona fide hits Cruel Summer and Yellowjackets for a discussion on strategy, trial and error, and the reinvention of the “watercooler” show. **SPOILER WARNING: Contains spoilers for both Yellowjackets Season 1 and Cruel Summer Season 1. This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Drew Comins (Executive Producer, Yellowjackets) Michelle Purple (Executive Producer, Cruel Summer)Jacqueline Sacerio (EVP Scripted Programming, eOne) SUBSCRIBE to ou

The TV Campfire Podcast is back with brand new releases from ATX TV Festival Season 11!Get caught up with festival co-founders and TV Campfire co-hosts Caitlin McFarland & Emily Gipson on all things ATX TV (including this year's festival), and then join Scrubs and Ted Lasso collaborators Bill Lawrence and Zach Braff for a one-on-one to chat about their decades-long creative partnership and friendship as they share behind-the-scenes stories, give some bad (and occasionally good) advice, and discuss what makes great comedy resonate long after we're done watching.This conversation was originally recorded at ATX TV Festival Season 11 (June 2-5, 2022) in Austin, TX. PANELISTS:Bill Lawrence (Creator / Showrunner / EP / Director) Zach Braff (Actor / Writer / Director)  SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.Learn more about ATX TV Festival an

When it comes to TV soundtracks, finding and securing the perfect song out of millions of options is hard enough. But creating the perfect song and turning it into a legitimate earworm? Even harder. Join us for an inside look at the unique process of constructing TV’s catchiest, funniest, and most moving original songs, with the geniuses behind them.This panel originally aired on June 14, 2021, as part of ATX TV Festival Season 10. PANELISTS:Loren Bouchard (Creator/Showrunner/EP, Central Park, Bob's Burgers)Nida Manzoor (Showrunner/EP, We Are Lady Parts)Chris Kelly (Showrunner/EP, The Other Two)Sarah Schneider (Showrunner/EP, The Other Two)Jeff Richmond (Composer/EP, Girls5Eva)Siddhartha Khosla (Composer, This Is Us)MODERATOR: Daniel Fienberg (The Hollywood Reporter)SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.For more information on ATX TV Festival, visi

Abortion storylines are becoming more commonplace, but many still aren’t reflective of the real-life circumstances of most abortion patients in the U.S. - from representation of race and class, to access and parental status. This panel will explore how TV can further improve depictions of abortion onscreen, and how by creating awareness and lowering the disparities between fictional representation and real-world statistics, the industry can use its power on and off screen to encourage proactiveness around reproductive health.This panel originally aired as part of ATX TV Festival Season 10. For more information about USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center's Hollywood, Health and Society, and the resources they provide, please visit: hollywoodhealthandsociety.orgPANELISTS:Carina Adly MacKenzie (Creator, Roswell, New Mexico)Merritt Tierce (Writer, Orange is the New Black)Linda Schuyler (Co-Creator/EP, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Degrassi: Next Class)Jacey Heldrich (Writer, The Handmaid's Tale)Janine Sherman Barrois

Heading in to 2020, the TV business was already facing seismic shifts brought on by multiple factors such as new direct-to-consumer streaming services entering the marketplace, declining ratings for ad-driven outlets, a changing international market, and a reckoning on agency packaging fees, to name a few. Add in an unprecedented global pandemic that halted production on 200 shows overnight, and you’ve got the makings of a disruption that could change TV economics forever. What does the business look like as we emerge from this pandemic and what lies ahead? Hear from studio, network, streamer, and production company executives as they reflect on 2020 and predict the future state of buying and selling a TV show in 2021.This panel originally aired June 13, 2021, as part of ATX Television Festival Season 10.PANELISTS:Bryan Seabury (EVP Drama Development, Broadcast and Cable Programming, CBS Studios)Kathleen McCaffrey (SVP Programming, HBO)Ali Krug (Vice President, Television, Annapurna TV)Amanda Burrell (Preside

An in-depth conversation with creators, writers and directors about producing authentically Queer stories, pushing TV beyond the lens of heteronormativity, and the urgency of creating a more inclusive Queer canon for modern LGBTQ+ audiences.This panel originally aired June 13, 2021 as part of ATX Television Festival Season 10.PANELISTS:Josh Feldman (Showrunner/EP/Actor, This Close)Silas Howard (Director, Dickinson)Brian Tanen (Showrunner/EP, Love, Victor)Lisa France (Director, Queen Sugar)Tanya Saracho (Showrunner/EP/Director, Vida)Moderator: Jim Halterman (TV Guide Magazine)Interpreter: Robbie SuttonSUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.For more information on ATX TV Festival, visit: atxfestival.com.

From ELLEN to WILL & GRACE to MODERN FAMILY, some of the most culturally significant shows have featured queer characters stealing scenes in sitcoms, and hearts as they do. Trans characters, however, have more often than not been the target of punchlines, or made into the joke altogether. The tide is turning thanks to a new wave of trans creators, writers, and performers who are bringing their comedic voice to the forefront. Presented by GLAAD and The Syndication Project, join us for a conversation about comedic boundaries (or lack thereof), writing for the 2021 viewer (whoever that is), and being really f*cking funny (why the hell not, we deserve).This panel originally aired on June 13, 2021, as part of ATX TV Festival Season 10. PANELISTS:Jesse Leigh (Actor, RUTHERFORD FALLS)Nava Mau (Actor, GENERA+ION)Armand Fields (Actor, WORK IN PROGRESS)Rain Valdez (Creator/EP/Actor, RAZOR TONGUE)Alex Schmider (Associate Director of Transgender Representation, GLAAD)SUBSCRIBE to  @ATX TV  for more panels,

An industry-forward conversation with top network, studio, and streamer executives about the state of the industry, the personal and professional philosophies they bring to their individual brands, and why inclusivity at all levels remains imperative to producing bigger and better storytelling.This panel originally aired on June 20, 2021, as part of ATX TV Festival Season 10. PANELISTS:Sarah Aubrey (Head of Original Content, HBO Max)Lisa Katz (President, Entertainment Scripted Content, NBCU Television and Streaming)Tina Perry (President, OWN)Karey Burke (President, 20th Television)Christina Davis (former President, Original Programming, Starz)Jana Winograde (President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.)MODERATOR: Jessica Radloff (Glamour’s West Coast Editor)SUBSCRIBE to our ATX TV YouTube Channel for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.FOLLOW ATX TV at @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.For more information on ATX TV Festival, visit: atxfestiva

We were honored to present our very first “Breakthrough Award” to actor, writer, producer, and human rights advocate Angelica Ross (#Pose). This inaugural award seeks to recognize a creative voice who has made a unique and substantial imprint on TV, and exemplifies not only the current moment in television, but the possibilities of its future. Ross was joined by special guest moderator Sheryl Lee Ralph for a one-on-one conversation about her multi-hyphenate career, her advocacy work, and her work in TV, which includes Emmy-nominated web series HER STORY, DANGER AND EGGS, CLAWS, TRANSPARENT, and her breakthrough role on FX’s critically-acclaimed series POSE as "Candy Ferocity" from the House of Abundance. In 2019, Ross made history by becoming the first trans actress to secure two series regular roles with POSE and AMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984. She can most recently be seen in FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DOUBLE FEATURE, now available on Hulu.This panel originally aired on June 16, 2021, as part of ATX TV Festiv

ATX TV Festival is honored to present its annual “Award in Television eXcellence” to five-time Emmy award winning and four-time Golden Globe winning actor, producer, activist, and New York Times best-selling author Michael J. Fox. First given in 2014, the award seeks to recognize individuals whose career reflects the very best of television, through work that is thought-provoking, genuine, expansive, and ultimately, entertaining. As Season 10’s honoree, Fox joins the festival for an intimate, retrospective conversation spanning his iconic performances on Family Ties and Spin City, critically acclaimed guest turns on The Good Wife and Rescue Me, his recent memoir, “No Time Like the Future,” and more.This panel originally aired on June 16, 2021, as part of ATX TV Festival Season 10. PANELISTS: Michael J. Fox (Actor, Producer, Activist, Author)Denis Leary (Actor, Producer, Writer, Director)SUBSCRIBE for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.WATCH this conversation on o

Being a teenager has always been hard, but the issues they are facing in 2021 are beyond most adults’ comprehension. How these issues are portrayed on TV is as widely varied as the matters themselves and differs greatly depending on the perspective of the protagonist. These YA creators and actors discuss how they approach these stories based on who their character(s) is: their race, gender, sexuality, socio-economic level, religion, etc. And how do each of these elements change how these complex stories are told?This panel originally aired on June 12, 2021, as part of ATX TV Festival Season 10. PANELISTS:Gina Fattore (Showrunner/EP, Dare Me)Tracey Wigfield (Showrunner/Writer/EP, Saved by the Bell)Michael Cimino (Actor, Love, Victor)Kaylee Bryant (Actor, Legacies)MODERATOR: Philiana Ng (Entertainment Tonight)SUBSCRIBE to  @ATX TV  for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.Follow ATX TV:@ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and InstagramFor more information on

Amazon Studios & Prime Video present an in-depth look at SMALL AXE, the critically acclaimed anthology series based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community set between the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. Series creator, co-writer, co-editor, director and executive producer, Steve McQueen is joined by writer/director/producer Channing Godfrey Peoples for a one-on-one conversation and exploration of the five films that comprise the series.SMALL AXE is available on Amazon Prime Video.This panel originally aired on June 13, 2021, as part of ATX TV Festival Season 10. PANELISTS:Steve McQueen (Creator/Co-Writer/Co-Editor/Director/EP)MODERATOR: Channing Godfrey Peoples (Writer/Director/Producer, Miss Juneteenth)SUBSCRIBE to  @ATX TV  for more panels, conversations & events with your favorite TV creatives and casts.Follow ATX TV: @ATXFestival on Twitter, Facebook, and InstagramFollow  @Amazon Prime Video :@PrimeVideo on Twitter@AmazonPrimeVideo on Instagram and Faceboo