diverse We are excited to announce that Amanda Seyfried, Murray Bartlett, Brendan Hunt, Lily James, Hamish Patel and Danny Strong have been added to the lineup for her second-ever virtual TV festival: The Nominees, featuring five panels that airs approximately August 10 to an audience of voters. To register for the event, head over to Variety.com/tvfest.
diverse TV Fest: The Nominees expands its popular TV Fest franchise to include panels with Emmy Award-nominated actors, directors, producers and writers in the categories Comedy, Drama, Limited Anthology/Documentary, and Reality/Realistic Series.
Comedy series panel includes:
- Paul W. Downs, “Hacks”
- John Hoffman, “Only Murders in the Building”
- Brendan Hunt, “Ted Lasso”
- Amy Sherman – Palladino and Dan Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs.Maisel”
- Paul Sims, “What We Do in the Shadows”
- Henry Winkler and Anthony Carrigan, “Barry”
- Moderated by Michael Schneider, Television Editor, diverse
Dramatic series panel includes:
- Dan Erickson, “Severance”
- Peter Gould, “Better Call Saul”
- Ashley Lyle, “Yellowjackets”
- Chris Mundy, “Ozark”
- Managed by Emily Longerita, Senior Feature Editor, Television, diverse
The Limited Series/Anthology board includes:
- Danny Strong, “Dopesick”
- Lily James, “Pam and Tommy”
- Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
- Himesh Patel, “Station Eleven”
- Amanda Seyfried, “The Dropout”
- Moderated by Jenelle Riley, Awards Vice President and Editor, diverse
Reality Quiz Board / Reality Series Includes:
- Monica Checkers, “Cheer”
- Chip and Joanna Gaines, “Fixer Upper”
- Jennifer Lynn, “Queer Eye”
- Michelle Mills, “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
- Nika Onorah, “Lizzo’s Watch Out of the Big Grrrls”
- Moderated by Jazz Tangkai, Senior Craftsman Editor, diverse
Documentary series panel includes:
- Judd Apatow, “George Carlin’s American Dream”
- Joe Louis, “100 Foot Wave”
- Katie King, ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’
- Samantha Stark, “The New York Times Presents: Controlling Britney Spears”
- Justin Wilkes, “Lucy And Desi”
- Moderated by Jazz Tangkai, Senior Craftsman Editor, diverse
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