Top Talent Set To Appear For Deadline’s Contenders Television Event

It is a star-studded weekend coming up for Deadline’s annual Contenders Television, taking place Saturday and Sunday at the DGA Theater in Hollywood. One of our strongest lineups ever will bring out a who’s who of invited Television Academy and guild members who will get a real taste of what are going to be the most talked about shows this awards season.

Series set to appear on Saturday’s panels include Glen Powell of Chad Powers; Pluribus star Rhea Seehorn; cast members Ashley Padilla and Marcello Hernandez of SNL; Elsbeth’s Carrie Preston; Task star Tom Pelphrey; Half Man creator and star Richard Gadd; Scrubs leads Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke; Bait‘s creator-star Riz Ahmed; Yahya Abdul Mateen II, star of Wonder Man; Ted creator-star-director Seth MacFarlane; Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Nick Offerman; Shrinking’s Michael Urie; Johnny Knoxville, host of Fear Factor; cast members of Fallout; and Spider-Noir executive producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller.

Sunday’s lineup includes The Testaments stars Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday and Ann Dowd; Billy Bob Thornton and Andy Garcia from Landman; Shailene Woodley among stars of Paradise; Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, William Stanford Davis and Chris Perfetti of Abbott Elementary; The Audacity star Billy Magnussen; Myha’la, Kit Harrington and Marisa Abela, stars of Industry; the cast of Young Sherlock led by Hero Fiennes Tiffin; Love Island USA host Ariana Madix; The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke, to talk the series’ final season; stars Tom Hiddleston and Diego Calva of The Night Manager; co-creators Mindy Kaling and Ike Barinholtz of Running Point; star Grace Van Patten and executive producer Monica Lewinsky of The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox; IT: Welcome to Derry‘s Andy Muschietti; and the team of Jury Duty: Company Retreat.

All of that is just a sampling of who you can expect to see onstage sharing all the inside info on their shows. Contenders Television gets underway each day at the DGA with breakfast at 8 a.m. followed by panels beginning at 10 a.m.

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