• Marta Kauffman tears up: ‘I didn’t do enough’ for diversity

    Marta Kauffman tears up: ‘I didn’t do enough’ for diversity

    During a powerful panel discussion with female showrunners, “Friends” and “Grace and Frankie” creator Marta Kauffman teared up when asked about what she wished she’d known when she started her career. “I wish I knew then what I know today,” Kauffman, 63, said during an ATX TV…from the Couch panel, as she apologized for tearing …
  • Robin Thede calls on studios to greenlight modern black stories

    Robin Thede calls on studios to greenlight modern black stories

    “A Black Lady Sketch Show” creator Robin Thede says that people looking to educate themselves should watch modern stories with black characters. “Everything doesn’t have to be about black trauma,” Thede, 40, said during an all-female showrunner panel at ATX TV…from the Couch on Sunday. “I think the highest-rated streaming thing right when all this …
  • Aisha Dee on her ‘Bold Type’ co-stars being there for her amid protests

    Aisha Dee on her ‘Bold Type’ co-stars being there for her amid protests

    Aisha Dee says her “Bold Type” co-stars Katie Stevens and Meghann Fahy have been very supportive after a “difficult and emotional week,” amid the ongoing protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death. “They were both there for me in ways that obviously I knew I could expect because they’re my people, but it really, …
  • ‘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 …
  • ‘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 …