Prestige TV is a term thrown around very lightly these days, but few creators have managed such an extraordinary impact and body of work as David Simon. Now the journalist-turned-TV leviathan will be appearing at the ATX Television Festival to discuss his career.

There seems to be a preponderance of narratives recently that are mining the Nineties for variations on true-life tales of murder, mayhem, and controversy (if you haven’t seen I, Tonya yet, you’re missing out).

The racing strings of the theme song catches the breath of this particular fan of one of the most successful British dramas of recent years.

It’s becoming a modern Christmas tradition: the inundation of holiday romances. Almost 30 movies were made for the Hallmark and Lifetime channel’s 2017 seasons alone. The epidemic worsened to a point that Netflix recently called out the 53 (unnamed) individuals who had watched A Christmas Prince – their entry to the holiday canon – every day for 18 days.

Eggnog. Sparkling lights. Boxes and bows under the tree. All fine and sprightly, but nothing says Christmas like a time-traveling alien. Yes, if Santa Claus can get around the world in one night, then Dr. Who can have a Christmas special every year.

It's been a long time since Kevin Conroy has been to Austin. Forty years ago, he performed at UT in touring productions of King Lear and Mother Courage. "It was a light tour of comic plays," he laughed. Now he returns under the cowl of one of the great dark characters, for he is the Batman.

Because incest, patricide, and Melisandre’s witchy ways are best enjoyed in the company of fellow Game of Thrones fanatics, you’ll want to get to one of the many Austin watch parties scheduled for HBO's season 7 premiere on July 16.

I’ve always considered myself a cinephile, once joking with my therapist that I’d never kill myself because I'm too curious about what my favorite filmmakers are going to do next. I recently started tracking on Twitter all the films I watch and discovered that I don’t watch as many features as I used to. The reason? There is so much damn good stuff on TV!

The best pro-wrestlers are actors: They adopt a character and tell a story. For Betty Gilpin, starring in the new Netflix series GLOW was the perfect melding of body slams and emotional beats. "There's the wrestling world, in which it's our Grecian cavewoman selves to the mezzanine, and then, there's this through line of this kitchen sink drama."