A Black Lady Sketch Show
HBO
Panelist: Robin Thede (Creator/EP/Writer/Actor)
Moderator: Dino-Ray Ramos
“We get to play with the boundaries of what black women could do with comedy.”
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/robin-thede-a-black-lady-sketch-show-interview-contenders-tv-1202948334/"…
Barkskins
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Panelist(s): Elwood Reid (Creator/Showrunner/EP/Writer)
Marcia Gay Harden (Actor)
David Thewlis (Actor)
Moderator: Antonia Blyth
“When you're a writer, you're always looking for those unexplored areas, and ‘Barkskins’ ticked a lot of boxes for me."
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/barkskins-elwood-reid-david-thewlis-marcia-gay-harden-interview-contenders-1202948344/"…
Better Call Saul
AMC
Panelist(s): Peter Gould (Co-Creator/Showrunner)
Bob Odenkirk (Producer/Actor)
Rhea Seehorn (Actor)
Moderator: Dominic Patten
"There's some ideas which I am so excited about [for Season 6], but there is also a lot of sadness to where this is going."
Read story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/better-call-saul-whats-next-bob-odenkirk-peter-gould-rhea-seehorn-interview-contenders-1202964910/"…
Better Things
FX
Panelist: Pamela Adlon (Creator/EP/Actor)
Moderator: Anthony D’Alessandro
"Sam is me in a cape. I joke that FX is paying for my therapy and I'm able to live out my fantasies in the script."
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/better-things-pamela-adlon-interview-fx-contenders-1202963192/"…
Black-ish
ABC ENTERTAINMENT
Panelist: Anthony Anderson (EP/Actor)
Moderator: Dominic Patten
"It's all based on personal experiences, experiences that we all go through, and how we can tell the best story from those experiences that will resonate with an audience…"
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/black-ish-anthony-anderson-season-6-interview-contenders-tv-1202964892/"…
The Boys
SONY PICTURES TV
Panelist(s): Evan Goldberg (EP)
Eric Kripke (Creator/Showrunner/EP)
Seth Rogen (EP)
Moderator: Dino-Ray Ramos
"Take it from me, I know a lot of them [and] I am one — celebrities are insane. If they could fly, they would be a thousand times worse."
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/the-boys-club-amazon-seth-rogen-evan-goldberg-erik-kripke-interview-contenders-tv-1202948452/"…
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Panelist(s): Ann Druyan (Creator/Writer/Director/EP)
Jeffrey A. Okun (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (Host)
Moderator: Dominic Patten
"I think it responds to a deep yearning that virtually everyone of has to feel connected to the universe. Science itself…
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
COMEDY CENTRAL
Panelist: Trevor Noah (EP/Writer/Host)
Moderator: Peter White
"It feels like I launched a new show with no pre-production, no planning and no scheduling, so if anything, it feels like I'm piloting a new show while I'm on the air…”
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/trevor-noah-the-daily-show-extended-lockdown-contenders-1202948230/"…
Dead To Me
CBS TV STUDIOS
Panelist(s): Christina Applegate (EP/Actor)
Linda Cardellini (Co-EP/Actor)
Liz Feldman (Creator/Showrunner)
Moderator: Pete Hammond
"We are going to have James [Marsden] come back as a twin? Are you punking me?"
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/dead-to-me-christina-applegate-linda-cardellini-liz-feldman-season-2-interview-contenders-1202949776/"…
Defending Jacob
APPLE TV+
Panelist(s): Mark Bomback (Creator/Showrunner/EP)
Jaeden Martell (Actor)
Morten Tyldum (Director/EP)
Moderator: Pete Hammond
"We wanted Jacob to be a mystery, an enigma, so that no one, his parents or the audience, could be quite sure if he did it or not."
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/defending-jacob-mark-bomback-morten-tyldum-interview-contenders-tv-1202949781/"…
Dickinson
APPLE TV+
Panelist(s): Alena Smith (Creator/EP)
Hailee Steinfeld (EP/Actor)
Moderator: Dominic Patten
"She invites us to ask ourselves if she couldn't be understood in her own time, can we understand her better in ours?"
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/dickinson-hailee-steinfeld-interview-alena-smith-emily-dickinson-contenders-tv-1202964900/"…
Dispatches From Elsewhere
AMC
Panelist: Jason Segel (Creator/Actor)
Moderator: Pete Hammond
“It became really important to me when I looked at what I was doing and where I was going in my life and career to try to challenge myself, to make something that felt like a piece of art.”
Read the story <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/06/jason-segel-discusses-dispatches-from-elsewhere-amc-contenders-1202949787/"…
