TRIBECA TV FESTIVAL RETURNS SEPTEMBER 12-15 WITH LINEUP OF SERIES DEBUTS, NEW SEASON PREMIERES & SPECIAL CONVERSATIONS

12/08/2019

August 12th, 2019

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TRIBECA TV FESTIVAL RETURNS SEPTEMBER 12-15 WITH LINEUP OF SERIES DEBUTS, NEW SEASON PREMIERES & SPECIAL CONVERSATIONS

Series Premieres include Evil; Godfather of Harlem; Katy Keene; Hip Hop: Songs That Shook America; Leavenworth; Looking for Alaska; Exclusive Sneak Preview of the new Party of Five; Special Screening of the new First Wives Club

Season Premieres of Bless This Mess; Goliath; Room 104

Featuring Tribeca Talks with Hasan Minhaj, James Spader, and a celebration of the Friends 25th Anniversary with the series executive producers

3rd Annual Festival to close with Transparent Series Musicale Finale'

NEW YORK, NY- August 12, 2018 -The Tribeca TV Festival will return September 12-15 for its third edition.The lineup is a showcase of new series debuts, new episodes from fan favorites, talks with creators and stars, and one-night-only events that can only be seen at Tribeca. The 2019 Tribeca TV Festival will take place at Regal Battery Park in New York City. Tickets go on sale today, Monday, August 12, at 11am ET at tribecafilm.com/TVFestival.

Programming highlights feature the 25th anniversary celebration of Friends with two episodes curated by executive producers Marta Kaufman, David Crane, and Kevin Bright, who will participate in a post-screening conversation. The Tribeca TV Festival will close with the series finale of Amazon Prime Video's groundbreaking Transparent. The Tribeca Talks series returns with conversations with Hasan Minhaj and James Spader. Tribeca will host an exclusive, sneak-preview of Freeform's Party of Five pilot episode in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

New series premieres include Starz' true crime docu-series Leavenworthexecutive produced by Steven Soderbergh, Godfather of Harlem from EPIX starring Academy Award -winnerForest Whitaker, Vincent D'Onofrio and Giancarlo Esposito, First Wives Club, a modern television remake of the classic 1996 revenge comedy from BET+, CBS's Evilfrom Executive Producers Robert and Michelle King, Hulu's Looking for Alaska, the limited series based on the book by John Green, AMC's docu-series Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America featuring executive producer Ahmir Questlove Thompson and Tarik Black Thought Trotter, The CW's Riverdale spin-off Katy Keene starring Lucy Hale, the season three premiere of HBO's Room 104, the season two premiere of ABC's Bless This Mess starring Lake Bell and Dax Shephard, and the season three return of Amazon's Goliathstarring Billy Bob Thornton.

We're returning this year with a lineup that highlights the ever-changing ways audiences consume television. Featuring selections from classic cable networks, to premium cable, to streaming entertainment, the Festival will always highlight the best storytelling in the medium, said Paula Weinstein, EVP of Tribeca Enterprises.

This year's Tribeca TV Festival program, like TV itself, has something for everyone. We are bringing channel surfing to the big screen, as our audiences can experience- in just 4 days- the full spectrum of episodic storytelling; and we hope, discover their new favorite show along the way, said Cara Cusumano, Tribeca's Festival Director.

Previous Tribeca TV Festival programming included anniversary celebrations for Law & Order: SVU, Shark Tank, The Real Housewives of New York City, plus programming that included a surprise world premiere screening of Will & Grace's reboot, a conversation with Tracey Ullman and Meryl Streep after screening Tracey Ullman's Show, and more.

The Tribeca TV Festival is an extension of the annual Tribeca Film Festival's television programming which has included the world premieres of Chernobyl, The Boys, The Hot Zone, The Handmaid's Tale, Genius, The Night Of and more.

2019 TRIBECA TV FESTIVAL LINEUP:

Bless This Mess(ABC) - Season 2 World Premiere

Executive Producers: Lake Bell, Liz Meriwether and Dax Shepard

After making the move from big city New York to rural Nebraska, newlyweds Rio (Lake Bell) and Mike (Dax Shepard) are getting accustomed to their new life as farmers. From neighborly feuds to a house full of chickens, Rio and Mike's marriage and sanity are put to the test as they try to make the most out of their new life on the farm. Co-created by Liz Meriwether (New Girl), get an advance look at the hilarious Season 2 premiere, directed by co-star and co-creator Lake Bell.

After the Screening: a conversation with co-creator and star Lake Bell, and co-stars Dax Shepard and Pam Grier.

Event Details: Saturday, September 14th at 8:00pm

Evil (CBS) - New Series Premiere

Executive Producers: Robert and Michelle King

The highly anticipated new series from Robert and Michelle King (The Good Wife, The Good Fight), Evil finds a skeptical female clinical psychologist as she joins a priest-in-training and a contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possession, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there's a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

After the Screening: a conversation with executive producers Robert and Michelle King and cast members Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi, and Michael Emerson

Event Details: Saturday, September 14th at 6:00pm

First Wives Club (BET+) - Special Screening

Executive Producer: Tracy Oliver

From Tracy Oliver, the co-writer of Girls Trip, comes a modern television remake of the classic 1996 revenge comedy First Wives Club. After neglecting their friendship, best friends Ari (Ryan Michelle Bathe), Hazel (Jill Scott) and Bree (Michelle Buteau) reunite to help each other through rough patches in their lives. Together, they navigate music superstar Hazels tabloid-ridden divorce, campaign manage

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