Seize your favourite cocktail and cigarette and guide a ticket to Austin, TX for Could 29-June 1, 2025 as a result of Don Draper will likely be within the constructing for the 14th season of the ATX Tv Pageant.
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the “Mad Males” collection finale, “Particular person to Particular person,” actor/producer Jon Hamm will likely be readily available to debate his most iconic function and the endurance of the present over this final decade. Hamm performed Draper in Matthew Weiner’s Sixties-set office drama for seven seasons, garnering an Emmy and two Golden Globes, and making a tv character that exists throughout the pantheon of nice antiheroes reminiscent of Tony Soprano and Walter White.
Along with Hamm’s “Mad Males” Retrospective, ATX TV Pageant may also host “Fits” stars Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty for a reside recording of their Sirius XM podcast “Sidebar: A ‘Fits’ Watch Podcast.” The audio collection tracks the expertise of Adams and Rafferty as they do an inaugural watch of the now hit authorized drama they every starred in for a number of seasons. Every episode, they take listeners again to their time on set, reply sent-in questions, and interview fellow solid members to debate tales from behind-the-scenes. “Fits” has seen a resurgence in viewership over the past two years due to its streaming availability on Netflix and Peacock. A brand new spin-off of the collection entitled “Fits: LA” starring Stephen Amell is ready to premiere on NBC in February.
Echoing their celebration of Norman Lear at this yr’s competition, ATX is bringing again their Script Readings collection for 2025 with traditional episodes from “The Golden Ladies” and “Designing Ladies.” Each exhibits ran from the mid-’80s to the early ’90s and featured a solid of 4 ladies banding collectively to assist each other within the midst private points, societal struggles, and comedian mishaps. Visitor actors for the studying haven’t been introduced, however final yr’s solid checklist included Katey Sagal (“Married with Youngsters,” “Sons of Anarchy”), Phil Rosenthal (“Everyone Loves Raymond,” “Someone Feed Phil”), Danny Pino (“Chilly Case,” “Regulation & Order: SVU”), and Dulé Hill (“The West Wing,” “Psych”). Following the readings will likely be a dialogue on the cultural affect of “The Golden Ladies” and “Designing Ladies,” each as female-led comedies and exhibits that took on a spread of social points reminiscent of LGBTQ+ rights, HIV/AIDS, growing older, intercourse schooling, divorce, and psychological well being.
Beforehand introduced applications embody a reunion with the EPs and solid of HBO’s existential drama “The Leftovers,” that includes Justin Theroux, Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, and extra, a tenth anniversary retrospective of the truth TV-focused dramedy “UnREAL” introduced by A+E studios, a panel from “Ted Lasso” and “Shrinking” co-creator Invoice Lawrence, in addition to an appearing class from grasp thespian Henry Winkler and a script studying with horror aficionado Mike Flanagan.
Badges and passes for the 2025 ATX Tv Pageant can be found now and submissions for the annual pitch competitors are being accepted now via January 17, 2025.