TVx3 E327: ATX Television Festival Season 5 Recap

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On episode 327, Jason (@theTVaholic) is joined by Kyle Nolan (@kyool) from NoReruns.net (@NoReruns) and Melissa Girimonte (@thetelevixen) from TheTelevixen.com and the TV POV Podcast to talk some renewal news and then recap our adventures attending the ATX Television Festival Season 5 followed by a discussion of the series premiere of BrainDead and the second episode of UnREAL season two. Plus, some TV recommendations at the end. (Start times of each segment/topic)

News (00:01:23)

We talked about the following four TV news stories:

• Comedy Central Renews Idiotsitter for Season Two
• You Me Her Gets 2-Season Renewal By AT&T
• Curb Your Enthusiasm Returning for Season 9 on HBO
• Nashville: Revived By CMT For Season 5!

ATX Television Festival Season 5 Recap (00:06:44)

We started out by comparing Season 5 to previous seasons we have attended and then talked a little bit about how they improved the line situations, but how they can use the info a bit better.

Then we went over what we did each day at ATX Television Festival Season 5 in Austin, TX (@ATXFestival). We went over what panels we attended and pointed out our favorite moments throughout the weekend, including some of the best things we ate and whether we will be back again for Season 6. Spoiler alert, the answer is yes!

Shows we talked a bit about include upcoming series Queen of the South on USA Network and Pitch on FOX, present series The Jim Gaffigan Show on TV Land, Life in Pieces on CBS, Preacher on AMC and UnREAL on Lifetime, the cancelled too soon show Terriers, and others.

We also talked about panels we attended regarding breaking story, cancelled too soon shows, pitching to development executives, TV stunts, and many others.

Thank you to the all that attended the Second Annual #ATXTVPodcasters Meetup on Saturday night. In addition to Jason and Kyle from @TVtimesThree and Melissa and @KitCouchPotato from TV POV there were podcasters from @doubletoasted_, @PilotWatching, @tvdudes, @TVEyePodcast and more, about 15 of us all together.

Primetime (01:52:36)

• BrainDead – S.1 Ep.1, “The Insanity Principle: How Extremism in Politics is Threatening Democracy in the 21st Century” (Series Premiere) (01:52:40
• UnREAL – S.2 Ep.2, “Insurgent” (01:55:46)

TV Recommendations (02:03:26)

• Jason recommended Two Guys and a Girl, which hits DVD on Tuesday, June 28th.
• Kyle recommended Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas, which hits DVD on Tuesday, June 14th – Watch via Amazon Prime or DVD. Check out Kyle's review.
• Melissa recommended Netflix's BoJack Horseman, which premieres season three on Friday, July 22nd.

Are you going to check out USA Network’s Queen of the South? Are you enjoying Lifetime's UnREAL as much as we are? Did you check out CBS' BrainDead? Are you going to ATX Television Festival Season 6 next June? Did you enjoy this week's guests? Let us know in the comments, send us an eMail, connect via Twitter @TVtimesThree, or Like us on Facebook.