The TV Campfire

Actor Betsy Brandt joins us for our first ever "Mystery Guest" conversation to discuss Breaking Bad, Life In Pieces, Accused, Love, Victor, auditions, favorite on set memories, acting in comedies vs. dramas, and everything in between.

This conversation was recorded during ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.

PANELISTS:

• Betsy Brandt (Actor)

MODERATOR:

• Reshma Gopaldas (SheKnows)

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TV and Podcasts simply go together -- like a Bachelor and a Bachelorette, or co-stars turned-best friends-turned-podcast hosts. What could be better than watching (or re-watching) your favorite show, and then getting all the behind-the-scenes details and commentary from the people who know it best?

iHeartPodcasts and ATX TV Festival present an inside look at the world of TV Rewatch and Companion podcasts with your favorite ...

Popular TV shows, aside from being entertaining, can help deliver critical health information for millions of viewers – particularly at a time when education and access to healthcare is threatened not only by social, economic, and behavioral factors, but political ones as well. From breast cancer and the BRCA gene, to pregnancy and abortion, to mental health and racial disparities within the healthcare system, ATX TV Festi...

Leading ladies Emeraude Toubia (With Love) and Justina Machado (The Horror of Dolores Roach) join Jacqueline Coley (Rotten Tomatoes) for a discussion about what drew each of them to their characters, taking on unexpected roles, Latine representation, collaborating with creators Gloria Calderón Kellett and Aaron Mark, and more!

Seasons 1-2 of With Love are streaming now on Prime Video.

The Horror of Dolores Roach is stre...

This Fool co-creator/star Chris Estrada and actor Frankie Quiñones discuss the series' pop culture and real world influences (i.e. the real Luis), the pros and cons of autobiographical comedy, the show's unique working class perspective, and continuing their characters' growth in Season 2.

Seasons 1 and 2 of THIS FOOL are streaming now on Hulu!

This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-...

Tune in for a "PodCo Rewind" with your favorite PodCo hosts, moderated by Christy Carlson Romano! First we return to Wizards of Waverly Place with "Wizards of Waverly Pod" hosts Jennifer Stone & David DeLuise as they discuss what it means to be able to revisit the series through the lens of their rewatch podcast, their favorite memories from set, their personal journeys within the industry, and more.

Then, we're joined ...

The majority of us will, at some stage in our life, become caregivers, or require care as we age. While historically, aging and older adults have been portrayed as frail or incapable, and positive depictions of end-of-life care are almost non-existent, some recent series have challenged these outdated portrayals and given audiences a new perspective on growing older. Hollywood, Health & Society presents this a look at ...

A conversation about the evolution of unscripted TV - from the studio side. Join executives from Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS) for an inside look at the studio -- how their brand has evolved, the approach to cultivating a distinct POV, the difference between linear and streaming, and much more.

UTAS series include:

• Dwayne Johnson’s The Titan Games
• Emmy Award-winning World of Dance from Jennifer Lopez
• T...

MINX stars Ophelia Lovibond (Trying) and Jake Johnson (New Girl) join The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg to discuss what drew them to the atypical workplace comedy, subverting expectations with the dynamic between Doug & Joyce, and new challenges for the Minx crew in Season 2.

Seasons 1 & 2 of MINX are streaming now on Starz.

This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2...

Go behind-the-scenes of the iconic, longest-lasting music television series, Austin City Limits, with Austin PBS and the producers & technicians that have made the series a staple for music fans for 49 seasons. Sara Robertson (Chief Content Officer) moderates a discussion with Executive Producer Terry Lickona, Producer Jeff Peterson, Assistant Producer Michael Toland, Audio Director David Hough, and Director of Archive...

ATX TV Festival and Paramount+ present a look back at one of TV's most iconic series: CHEERS. Join the creators and cast for a special reunion conversation celebrating the 30th anniversary of the series finale as they share behind-the-scenes stories, and reflect on the sitcom's decade-long run and its definitive place in TV history.

This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Aus...

ATX TV Festival and Hollywood, Health & Society present a look at how scripted series are depicting race, racism and its intersection with the justice system. The creatives behind UnPrisoned, Superman & Lois, Bosch, and more join us discuss the use of personal experience, research, comedy, and a range of genres to shape tell these stories, and how TV can play a crucial role reshaping our perspective on race, the ca...

Despite an outsized number of cancellations over the last few years, queer audiences have proven that they are hungry for not only representation in the broad sense, but LGBTQIA+ stories and characters that are as complex, frustrating, joyful, funny, romantic, and dark as any other.

Join actors Caitlin Stasey (Class of '07), Joel Kim Booster (Loot, Fire Island), Jerrie Johnson (Harlem) and Brian Michael Smith (9-1-1: Lo...

Praise be! Our Q&A with cast and creatives of HBO's The Righteous Gemstones has arrived. Following the World Premiere of Season 3 presented by HBO and Max, the Gemstones joined a sold-out audience at ACL Live for a conversation about family dynamics, the lines they couldn't say onscreen, and the series' wildest season yet.

This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, T...

Join breakout star Ronald Gladden and the creative team behind the hit Freevee original series Jury Duty (from producers of The Office, The White Lotus, and Bad Trip for an inside look at crafting the genre-bending comedy, from pitch, to screen, to final verdict.

All episodes of Jury Duty are streaming now on Freevee!

This conversation was recorded live at ATX TV Festival Season 12 (June 1-4, 2023) in Austin, TX.

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Sony Pictures Television Studios presents an inside look at the critically acclaimed, multi-Emmy® Award-winning unscripted ABC series Shark Tank with the executive producers, an entrepreneur, and the Sharks themselves. Go inside the 14-seasons-and-counting with the creative team, Sharks, and entrepreneurs for a discussion about what makes a successful pitch, the growing demand for socially conscious and sustainable product...

Go inside the return of Raylan Givens and the latest chapter of Justified with our Q&A from Opening Night of Season 12 featuring the World Premiere of Justified: City Primeval presented by FX!

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 E...

Panavision presents a conversation about the art of scene composition, photography, and the technical & artistic process of crafting a series' visual language. Go behind the lens as we explore the job of a DP (Director of Photography) in the current TV landscape, how DPs collaborate with showrunners, writers, and directors to capture and elevate what's on the page, and the ways in which TV continues to evolve as a visu...

Research by the Norman Lear Center’s Media Impact Project shows that only 2.8% of scripted TV shows between 2016-2020 included any climate-related language, even fewer included the term “climate change,” despite a majority of Americans having experienced a climate-related disaster or extreme weather by 2021.

Why is the topic of climate change nearly non-existent within TV and pop culture – and how can audiences and crea...