• ‘Outcry’ director recalls meeting Greg Kelley for the first time

    ‘Outcry’ director recalls meeting Greg Kelley for the first time

    “Outcry” docuseries director Pat Kondelis says interviewing Greg Kelley — who was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a child and later exonerated — was very difficult and challenging. “The first time I met him he was in prison,” Kondelis said during ATX TV…from the Couch. “It was a difficult interview to …
  • ‘Good Lord Bird’ author commends young people protesting

    ‘Good Lord Bird’ author commends young people protesting

    “The Good Lord Bird” author James McBride praised the young people who are out protesting and standing up for Black Lives Matter. “The most heartening about what these people are doing today, in these difficult moments, is that they are sacrificing almost everything so that we can talk about these issues in real ways and …
  • ‘The Bold Type’ ladies recall their first meeting in New York

    ‘The Bold Type’ ladies recall their first meeting in New York

    The women of “The Bold Type” had the most on-brand night out together ahead of filming the first season of the Freeform show. Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee and Meghann Fahy revealed during their ATX TV…from the Couch panel that the trio met for the first time in the Big Apple and went to see Stevens’ …
  • Donald Faison and Zach Braff send video message to ATX TV Festival viewers

    Donald Faison and Zach Braff send video message to ATX TV Festival viewers

    Donald Faison and Zach Braff sent a special video message to ATX TV…from the Couch viewers on Saturday after the festival announced they were rescheduling a planned “Scrubs” panel for later this summer. “Listen, there are a lot of things going on in the world right now,” Faison, 45, explained in the video. “We felt …
  • John Legend on balancing humorous content amidst ongoing protests

    John Legend on balancing humorous content amidst ongoing protests

    During a panel for “Sherman’s Showcase,” executive producer John Legend said it’s important to keep creating joyful content amid the important Black Lives Matter protests happening across the country. “We still have our sense of humor,” Legend said during ATX TV…from the Couch on Saturday when the moderator asked about conflicting feelings when creating silly …
  • ‘Law & Order: SVU’ will tackle George Floyd death, police brutality

    ‘Law & Order: SVU’ will tackle George Floyd death, police brutality

    NBC’s long-running crime drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” will take on police brutality to highlight the death of George Floyd and the anti-cop demonstrations engulfing America’s streets. Executive producer Warren Leight laid out his plans on The Hollywood Reporter “TV’s Top 5” podcast, telling the hosts that Floyd’s death “has to come up …
  • ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ director on ‘pioneer’ Michelle McNamara

    ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ director on ‘pioneer’ Michelle McNamara

    “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” director Liz Garbus says producers felt a great deal of responsibility when turning the late author Michelle McNamara’s book into a docuseries. “True crime has become such an explosive industry and one of the things we wanted people to understand was how seminal her work was,” Garbus explained during …
  • ‘Legendary’ judge Jameela Jamil is still learning about ballroom culture

    ‘Legendary’ judge Jameela Jamil is still learning about ballroom culture

    Following the initial backlash of her casting as a judge on HBO’s ballroom voguing competition show “Legendary,” Jameela Jamil says she and fellow judge Megan Thee Stallion are “the voice of the audience.” “I think some people are confused and they expect all of the judges to be experts, which is completely understandable, but I …
  • Actor Chris Chalk on the inclusivity of HBO’s ‘Perry Mason’

    Actor Chris Chalk on the inclusivity of HBO’s ‘Perry Mason’

    After ditching the moderator’s question during the virtual “Perry Mason” ATX TV panel, Chris Chalk explained why the upcoming HBO series is so important to him. “I grew up watching re-runs of ‘Perry Mason’ and a lot of old black and white stuff and I liked it, but I didn’t love it and I didn’t …
  • Robert Downey Jr. crashes ‘Perry Mason’ ATX TV Festival panel

    Robert Downey Jr. crashes ‘Perry Mason’ ATX TV Festival panel

    Viewers of HBO’s “Perry Mason” ATX TV…from the Couch panel got a surprise guest on Friday night when the show’s executive producer Robert Downey Jr. popped up to say hello. When the moderator asked panelists, including Downey’s wife Susan, who’s also an executive producer on the series, when “Perry Mason” premieres, Downey came into the …