This week, SCAD TVFest announced the full lineup of stars and professionals in television joining their 12th annual event in Atlanta this year.
From network television to today’s smorgasbord of streamers, pretty much everyone has consumed TV media in some form. To celebrate the people and their craft in television, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) announced that SCAD TVFest is returning for its 12th annual event in Midtown Atlanta. It will be taking place from February 7-10, 2024. And with the new university space showcased at last year’s SCAD AnimationFest, FORTY and FORTY FIVE, the event will be held at the new, magnificently-built SCADshow theater this year. The event will feature some of the greatest TV stars like Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez and more!
SCAD TVFest will be hosting a myriad of guests and industry leaders, hailing from the best-of-the-best studios for TV and streaming out there: 20th Television, Apple TV+, BET, Cartoon Network, Hallmark, HBO, Hulu, Max, National Geographic, NBC, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock, Prime Video, Showtime, Sony Pictures TV, STARZ, Syfy, Universal Studio Group, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Television, and more.
“All eyes in the TV universe look to SCAD — for hiring students and alumni as well as using SCAD’s
phenomenal stages for professional productions,” said SCAD president and founder Paula Wallace. Wallace continued to explain how excited she has been with all of the new university’s buildings and amenities, allowing both guests and students the top-notch, immersive experience. The weekend will be filled with many industry experts and talented SCAD alumni providing panel discussions, providing students and guests their insights in the TV business.
Here is the list of SCAD TVFest honourees this year:
- Matt Bomer (The Hollywood Reporter’s Trailblazer Award)
- Joel Kim Booster (Rising Star Award)
- Kelsey Grammer (Legend of Television Award)
- George Lopez’s (Lifetime Achievement Award)
- Sonequa Martin-Green (Spotlight Award)
- Charlotte Stoudt (Variety Showrunner Award)
- Josie Totah (Rising Star Award)
- Ken Watanabe (Virtuoso Award)
“It is always a pleasure to celebrate the best in television at SCAD TVfest in Atlanta,” said senior executive director of SCAD theaters and festivals, Christina Routhier. “From our terrific honorees, including iconic actors Kelsey Grammer, George Lopez, and Ken Watanabe, to our shows and panels lineup featuring some of the most buzzed-about shows like The Gilded Age and The Morning Show, we can’t wait to give Atlantans and our phenomenal SCAD students a full slate of exciting programming.”
While all of these amazing honourees in the TV sector, there are also all of the amazing executives and crew behind such great shows. Here is the list of guests and shows expected (but subject to change) at SCAD TVFest this year:
- The Buccaneers (Apple TV+) with actor Josie Totah
- Death and Other Details (Hulu) with actors Violett Beane, Lauren Patten, and actor/writer Angela Zhou, and producers, showrunners, and writers Mike Weiss and Heidi Cole McAdams
- Diarra from Detroit (BET+) with star, creator, and executive producer Diarra Kilpatrick and cast members DomiNque Perry, Shannon Wallace, Bryan Terrell Clark, Jon Chaffin, and Claudia Logan
- Extended Family (NBC) with actor and executive producer Jon Cryer, actors Abigail Spencer and Donald Faison, and creator, showrunner, and executive producer Mike O’Malley
- Fellow Travelers (Showtime, Paramount+) with actor Matt Bomer
- Frasier (Paramount+) with actors Kelsey Grammer, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Toks Olagundoye, Jess Salgueiro and Anders Keith
- Genius: MLK/X (National Geographic) with actors Aaron Pierre, Weruche Opia, and Jayme Lawson
- The Gilded Age (HBO) with production designer Bob Shaw and costume designer Kasia Walicka Maimone
- Hazbin Hotel (Prime Video) with voice cast Erika Henningsen, Blake Roman, Amir Talai, Joel Perez, and Jessica Vosk and creator and showrunner Vivienne Medrano
- Hightown (STARZ) with actor Monica Raymund and creator and showrunner Rebecca Cutter
- Invincible (Prime Video) with voice actor Khary Payton and co-showrunner Simon Racioppa
- Invincible Fight Girl (Cartoon Network, Max) with creator and executive producer Juston Gordon-Montgomery, art director David Depasquale, and supervising producer Bryan Newton
- Loot (Apple TV+) with actor Joel Kim Booster
- Lopez vs. Lopez (NBC) with Actor, Executive Producer, and Co-creator George Lopez, Actor, Co-Executive Producer, and Co-creator, Mayan Lopez, and Showrunner, Executive Producer, and Co-creator Debby Wolfe
- Manhunt (Apple TV+) with actors Anthony Boyle, Brandon Flynn, Will Harrison, Hamish Linklater, Lovie Simone, and Matt Walsh and creator, executive producer, and showrunner Monica Beletsky
- The Morning Show (Apple TV+) with showrunner Charlotte Stoudt
- My Adventures with Superman (Adult Swim/Max) with voice cast Jack Quaid, Alice Lee, and Ishmel Sahid, co-showrunner and co-executive producer Jake Wyatt, and art director Jane Bak
- Queens (National Geographic) with director and producer Victoria Bromley and editor Amy Fathers
- Resident Alien (Syfy) with actors Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, and Alice Wetterlund and Creator Executive Producer, and Showrunner Chris Sheridan
- SCAD Presents: Tours & Attractions (SCAD)
- SCAD Presents: chefATL (SCAD) with host John Gidding
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix, Universal Content Productions) with creators, showrunners, and writers Bryan Lee O’Malley and BenDavid Grabinski
- The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (Prime Video) with creator, showrunner, and executive producer Cirocco Dunlap and production designer and co-producer Robin Eisenberg
- Sort Of (Max) with co-creator, co-showrunner, writer and actor Bilal Baig, actors Amanda Cordner and Gary Powell, and co-creator, co-showrunner, writer and director Fab Filippo
- Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) with actor and producer Sonequa Martin-Green
- Tokyo Vice (Max) with actors and executive producers Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe; actor Rachel Keller; creator, writer and executive producer J.T. Rogers; and executive producer and director Alan Poul
- First Look: Turtles All the Way Down (Max) with director Hannah Marks and author and executive producer John Green
- The Way Home (Hallmark) with actors Chyler Leigh, Evan Williams, and Sadie Laflamme-Snow and executive producers Heather Conkie, Alexandra Clarke, and Marly Reed
- We’re Here (HBO) with hosts Sasha Velour, Priyanka, Jaida Essence Hall and Latrice Royale, co-creators and executive producers Stephen Warren and Johnnie Ingram, and showrunner,director, and executive producer Peter LoGreco.
To celebrate and join the action at SCAD Atlanta, passes are on sale now at scadtvfest.com. Individual ticket sales will begin Wednesday, Jan. 31.
