Inside the halls of power. Showtime’s new series The First Lady examines what goes on in the White House through the lens of presidential wives — and several stars underwent major transformations to play them.
31.03.2022 - 02:21 / deadline.com
After being exclusively virtual the past couple of years we are happy to announce we are back in front of a live audience again.
The Oscars may have just ended, but Deadline’s Contenders Television event is looking forward with the biggest gathering of the small screen’s awards hopefuls we have ever put together. It will all take place at Paramount Studios in person, and live streamed for those at home, on the weekend of April 9 and 10, 2022.
47 shows and 146 speakers will participate in Deadline’s Contenders Television, a massive kickoff event for the TV awards season. The hybrid gathering will begin in person at Paramount at 7AM with a catered breakfast, as well as virtually streaming live starting at 8AM PT both days. There will also be lunch served and a cocktail reception following each day.
ABC, AMC Networks, Apple TV+, CBS Studios, Disney Television Studios, Fox Television, FX, HBO Max, Hulu, National Geographic, NBC, Netflix, Paramount +, Paramount Network, Peacock, Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Starz, UCP/Peacock, and Warner Bros Television are all participating.
Numerous stars and showrunners are among those attending including Michael Keaton, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Bob Odenkirk, Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Adam Scott, Octavia Spencer, Jared Leto, Patrick Stewart, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Park Hae-soo, Winona Ryder, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Sam Elliott, Miles Teller, Josh Brolin, Amanda Seyfried, Laura Linney, Jason Bateman, Daveed Diggs, Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear, Joshua Jackson, Rosario Dawson, Murray Bartlett, Ben Foster, Barry Levinson, Mindy Kaling, Ralph Macchio, Tiffany Haddish, Seth Meyers, Tony Goldwyn, Viola Davis, Melanie Lynskey, John C. Reilly and many, many,
Inside the halls of power. Showtime’s new series The First Lady examines what goes on in the White House through the lens of presidential wives — and several stars underwent major transformations to play them.
Deadline has launched the streaming site for its Contenders Television, which launched the TV awards season this weekend with 48 series and almost 150 panelists converging at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles to discuss their buzzworthy shows in front of a full house of industry voters.
Deadline’s photo studio at the 2022 edition of Contenders Television finished its last day yesterday by hosting fest-goers such as Samuel L. Jackson of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Sydney Sweeney of White Lotus, Viola Davis of The First Lady, Winona Ryder of Stranger Things, and many more.
“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” fans alike have been pondering if we’d ever see Bryan Cranston’s Walter White and Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman make an appearance on the prequel/spinoff series. Well, the creative team and network have finally given a concrete answer to that question.
Discussing her much-praised performance as The Afterparty’s disarming and shrewd police detective Danner, the standup comic in Tiffany Haddish could not resist dropping some sly one-liners about her own recent real-life run-in with law enforcement.
Viola Davis did speak with Michelle Obama before she played her in Showtime’s upcoming The First Lady, but she is reluctant to share much of what they talked about in their private conversation.
Discussing her much-praised performance as The Afterparty’s disarming and shrewd police detective Danner, the standup comic in Tiffany Haddish could not resist dropping some sly one-liners about her own recent real-life run-in with law enforcement.
In the Apple TV+ series Pachinko, Solomon (Jin Ha) speaks Korean, Japanese and English. The show, based on Min Jin Lee’s book, traces four generations of his family from Korea and Japan (as Zainichi Koreans), so all three languages are involved. Ha does not speak Japanese and studied the different dialects with vocal coach Yu-Mi Kang.
Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer know that it’s been a long wait for the fourth season of Netflix’s smash hit, but they promise an even greater payoff with the new season’s massively expanded scope and collective running time greater than any of the previous installments.
Dave co-creators Dave Burd and Jeff Schaffer joined actor and consultant GaTa on stage for a panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV event on Sunday at the Paramount Theatre.
Deadline’s photo studio at the 2022 edition of Contenders Television kicked off its second day by hosting fest-goers such as John C. Reilly of Winning Time, Patrick Stewart of Star Trek: Picard, Daniel Dae Kim of The Hot Zone: Anthrax and many more.
Deadline’s photo studio at the 2022 edition of Contenders Television kicked off its first day by hosting fest-goers such as Ben Stiller of Severance, Amy Poehler of Russian Doll, Selena Gomez of Only Murders In The Building, Jared Leto of WeCrashed and many more.
EXCLUSIVE: If you’re a rabid fan of Mayans M.C., you may have recognized an ear — yes, an ear — of a popular actor in one of the drama’s teasers for the new season. At the Contenders Television panel for the FX series, executive producer Elgin James confirmed the ear belongs to Manny Montana, who will join the cast after playing Rio on NBC’s .
Showtime’s hit drama Yellowjackets is a multi-generational story that touches on hints of cannibalism and the supernatural. For co-creator Ashley Lyle, it’s a universal tale of flawed women. The show tells parallel stories about a high school soccer team surviving after a plane crash in 1996, and the survivors as adults in the present.
Russian Doll Season 2 introduces a new time bending aspect to the Netflix comedy, which also speaks Nadia’s (Natasha Lyonne) new life crisis. Lyonne and co-creator/EP Amy Poehler spoke about the upcoming season on a Deadline Contenders panel on Saturday.
Severance creator Ben Stiller joined stars Patricia Arquette and Britt Lower on stage for a panel at Deadline’s Contenders TV, with Adam Scott joining virtually to discuss the Apple TV+ series.