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The strikes are behind us, Emmy season is upon us, and it’s time to hear from the creatives and talent behind some of the TV season’s most talked-about nonfiction programs. Deadline’s daylong Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event will offer just that this weekend, giving awards-watchers a chance to kick back at home and take in the tales.
You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.
Starting at 9 a.m. PT Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.
Here is what and who you can expect to see.
From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Co-Head Writer/EP Molly McNearney, Co-Head Writer/Supervising Producer Danny Ricker and Writer/Supervising producer Gary Greenberg; and The Oscars (EPs Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan, Writer/EP Molly McNearney and Director Hamish Hamilton).
From Amazon MGM Studios: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director/Producer Gelila Bekele and Director/Producer Armani Ortiz); and No Ordinary Campaign (director Christopher Burke and producer Tim Rummel).
From Apple TV+: The Dynasty: New England Patriots (Director/EP Matthew Hamachek); Girls State (Co-Directors/Co-Producers Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine); Steve! (martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (panelists TBA) and The Super Models (Director/EP Roger Ross Williams and Director/Producer Larissa Bills).
From Comedy Central: The Daily Show (Writer/Co-EP Zhubin Parang, Showrunner/Writer/EP Jen Flanz and correspondent Josh Johnson).
From Disney+: Jim Henson: Idea Man (Director Ron Howard).
From Fox: I Can See Your Voice (Host-EP Ken Jeong) and Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test (recruits Tyler Cameron, Erin Jackson, JoJo Siwa and Nick Viall).
From Investigation Discovery: Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Director/EP Mary Robertson, Director/Co-EP Emma Schwartz and former All That cast members Giovonnie Samuels and Bryan Hearne).
From Lifetime: The Prison Diaries of Gypsy Rose Blanchard (subject Gypsy Rose Blanchard and EPs Nicole Vogel, Laura Fleury and Melissa Moore); and Where Is Wendy Williams? (EPs Mark Ford and Erica Hanson).
From MTV Entertainment Studios: RuPaul’s Drag Race (contestants Sapphira Cristál,
Q, Nymphia Wind and Xunami Muse).
From National Geographic: Queens (Showrunner/Writer Chloe Sarash, EP Vanessa Berlowitz and Director/Producer Faith Musembi).
From Netflix: Squid Game: The Challenge (EPs Toni Ireland and John Hay, Casting Director Erika Dobrin and Production Designer Mathieu Weekes).
From Peacock: Kings from Queens: The Run DMC Story (Producer/EP William H. Masterson III, director Kirk Fraser and talent/EP Darryl “DMC” McDaniels); and The Traitors (Producer/Host Alan Cumming, EP Sam Rees-Jones and traitors Parvati Shallow and Kate Chastain).
