ATX Television Festival
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| Location | Austin, Texas |
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| Founded | June 1, 2012 |
| Language | English |
| Website | http://atxfestival.com |
ATX Television Festival is an annual event based in Austin, Texas, that celebrates and showcases the past, present, and future of the television industry. Screenings, Q&As, cast reunions, and industry panel discussions take place over four days and are open to members of the public. The organizers describe it as having "the functionality of a traditional film festival", and as a blending of industry and fan events. The first was held in June 2012, founded by Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson. Attendance numbers have risen from 700 at the first festival to 2,500 in 2017. They now work "hand-in-hand with networks and studios that want to bring their talent to promote their programming".
The first festival took place from June 1-3, 2012. Special panels included discussions with showrunners Bill Lawrence and Jason Katims, and reunions with cast and crew members of Friday Night Lights, Adult Swim, One Tree Hill, and Love Monkey. Notable screenings with Q&As included Firefly, Parenthood, The Vampire Diaries, Teen Wolf, and Criminal Minds. Industry panels included "TV Fantasy Goes Mainstream", "Women on Television", "Book to TV Series", "Stages of a Television Writing Career" and more.
The second festival took place from June 6-9, 2013. There were panels for the cast and crew of Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, and Husbands, and conversations with showrunners Michael Jacobs, Rob Thomas and Dan Harmon. Notable screenings with Q&As included Boy Meets World, American Dreams, My So Called Life, Once Upon a Time, and Scandal. Among the specialist panels were "Creating the Sound of a Show", "Directing in a Writer’s World", "Face Off: Movies vs. TV presented by Austin Film Festival", "Pitch…Pilot…Pick-Up", and "Structure of a Sitcom…and the Rise of the Anti-Sitcom".
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