ATX TV Festival 2022: Bill Lawrence on Life, Death, and Scrubs

A rewind of our 2020 interview with the series creator

"...Two years ago, Bill Lawrence woke up early for a Zoom chat, and..."

June 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television: Bill Lawrence's TV Guide

'Scrubs', 'Cougar Town' creator educates the ATX Festival

"...When Bill Lawrence tells you that network television as we know..."

June 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill Murray Plays It Straight – Mostly

Still, you can’t keep Peter Venkman down

"...in front of a packed Long Center on Sunday, Bill Murray fumbled a stack of paper that floated down..."

March 19, 2018 Music Post by Dan Gentile

The Many Projects of Lawrence Wright

From TV to the stage the local writer has been busy

"...less explored. Hulu's series The Looming Tower, based on Lawrence Wright's award-winning book, pokes at these ideas. It exposes..."

April 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Banicki

Bill of the Week: Cleaning up Bad Language

Bill aims to strike anti-LGBT verbiage from sex ed curricula

"...in the House and Senate have steadily introduced pro-equality bills throughout the 83rd legislative term. On Wednesday, the House..."

April 27, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Laughs, Deaths, and Scrubs

Bill Lawrence on the serious side of his crazy hospital comedy

"...It's been a big month for Bill Lawrence and Scrubs, the medical comedy he created 20..."

June 5, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scrubs Star Judy Reyes Looks Back as the Cast Reunites at ATX TV Festival

"I can't even get over the fact that it's been 20 years"

"...risk of Carla becoming too serious. When series creator Bill Lawrence talked to the Chronicle when the panel was..."

June 3, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

National Security

"...Directed by: Dennis Dugan. Starring: Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Robinne Lee, Timothy Busfield, Eric Roberts, Colm..."

Jan. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My ATX Television Festival With the Scrubs Cast

The medics of Sacred Heart reunite in Austin this June

"...Series creator and showrunner Bill Lawrence was one of ATX's first big guests, with..."

Feb. 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Can Austin Be a Jazz City?

Two venues usher in a new era in Austin jazz. Plus music scholar Bill Bentley brings the Smithsonian Institution to bear at BookPeople.

"...for Parker's first marquee event: an appearance by Doug Lawrence, tenor saxist who blew with idiom greats Roy Eldridge,..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Welcome Back, Mr. Mcdonald

"...sound like the cheery bottom half of a double bill with Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. The movie sets the..."

April 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Titanic

James Cameron's epic and romantic fantasy of the ocean tragedy

"...Directed by: James Cameron. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde,..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

PCU

"...but what the hell, I've got a minute. Tom Lawrence (Young) is a pre-frosh visitor to idyllic Port Chester..."

May 6, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...women in late-night television; Olympian Alexi Pappas and actor/filmmaker Bill Hader (Barry), discussing mental health and Pappas’ January 2021..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Play It Again, Sam

ATX TV Fest founders are back for round two

"...growing pains. Last year, Scrubs and Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence bought a round of drinks for just about..."

June 7, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2014: The Full Party List

Among the 275 authors: Oates, Ellroy, Mosley, Lear, Dean

"...Lapucki, and a pair of Pulitzer Prize winners in Lawrence Wright and Héctor Tobar. Well, hold onto your bifocals,..."

Sept. 11, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

General Chaos: Uncensored Animation

"...As is becoming the rule of thumb, cel animator Bill Plympton steals the show with a new collection of..."

Sept. 25, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Michael Madsen, Last of the Warrior Poets

Mr. Blonde on poetry, hats, and 'Reservoir Dogs'

"...four takes. It may have been getting veteran actor Lawrence Tierney through his big scene, where gangster Joe Cabot..."

Dec. 3, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Gets 'My So-Called Life' for 2013

2013 lineup includes 'Party of Five' and 'Boy Meets World' reunions

"...the Vampire Slayer writer Jane Espenson and Cougartown creator Bill Lawrence (whose Q&A was one of the inaugural year's..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Garden State to the Final Moments in Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff on death, Kickstarter, and his new film

"...I was after dough, I would call (Scrubs creator) Bill Lawrence and we'd go do a network comedy, and..."

July 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival: 'Boy Meets World' Meets Austin

TV fest adds lost Linklater pilot, genre faves, and more

"...by original cast members Ben Savage, Rider Strong, Matt Lawrence, and Maitland Ward. The festival organizers are also promising..."

March 28, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

National Lampoon's Senior Trip

"...Directed by: Kelly Makin. Starring: Matt Frewer, Valerie Mahaffey, Lawrence Dane, Tommy Chong, Kevin Mcdonald, Jeremy Renner, Rob Moore..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

More TV in the ATX

ATX Television Festival back bigger and badder for 2013

"...of Friday Night Lights, Scrubs and Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence, and some TV fantasy heavy hitters) then that's..."

June 20, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How to Run a TV Festival in a TV Strike

ATX TV Festival respects writers as they work and protest

"...Only four events had to be completely canceled: a..."

June 2, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Penske Media Buys ATX TV Festival

Local celebration of the small screen joins portfolio including SXSW

"...Founded in in 2012 as a fan-first celebration of..."

Nov. 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

After Two Years Online, ATX TV Festival Schedules a Weekend of Must-See TV

It's the same time, same channel, but different fest for founders Emily Gipson and Caitlin McFarland

"...ahead as planned, then showrunner and ATX year-one veteran Bill Lawrence would have been deep in development on a..."

June 3, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scrubs Cast Back on Shift at ATX TV Festival

Reunion delayed from 2020 festival scheduled for this summer

"...Created by Bill Lawrence (Spin City, Ted Lasso), who was inspired by..."

Jan. 27, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Good Lord Bird Swoops in for ATX TV Fest ... From the Couch!

Ethan Hawke series to headline Saturday: Plus The Mandalorian

"...up tomorrow's Austin Chronicle for interviews with Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence, the talents behind ballroom shows Pose and Legendary,..."

June 3, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Television Festival Takes on the Coronavirus

Virtual festival will tackle how the pandemic changes lives

"...(Ellie Torres), plus the eagerly-awaited reunion of series creator Bill Lawrence's landmark sitcom Scrubs, featuring Zach Braff (J.D.), Donald..."

May 14, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

A look back at Texas A&M and Missouri's first season in the SEC

"...10-2, winning 10 games for the first time since Bill Clinton hosted the Spice Girls at the White House...."

Nov. 27, 2012 Sports Post by Emily Bevan

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