Deadlines Contenders Television kicked off its annual weekend event on Saturday, April 15, with talent arrivals at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. Day 1 of the in-person event features creatives from 20 buzzworthy series taking the stage including Natasha Lyonne, Dominique Fishback, Riley Keough, Betty Gilpin, Kathryn Hahn Evan Peters, Niecy Nash-Betts, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Patrick Stewart, Zahn McClarnon, Marc Maron and Melanie Lynskey.
Talent took to the stage today from the TV shows Poker Face, Mrs. Davis, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Daisy Jones & The Six, Schmigadoon!, Beef, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Yellowjackets and many more.
Stay tuned for more galleries and video interviews from Deadline’s 2023 TV awards-season kickoff event.
Deadline Contenders Television is sponsored by Apple TV+, Coverfly, Eyepetizer, Final Draft, Los Siete Misterios, Michter’s, and Village Roadshow Entertainment. Partners include: Four Seasons Resort Maui, The American Pavilion, Julia Wong Designs and Pampring. Breakfast is sponsored by National Geographic and Lunch is sponsored by Netflix.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Marc Maron speaks onstage during the Deadline Contenders Television panel for Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Dominic Patten and Marc Maron speak onstage during Deadline Contenders Television panel for Marc Maron: From Bleak to Dark.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Zahn McClarnon speaks onstage during the Deadline Contenders Television panel for Dark Winds.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Patrick Stewart attends Deadline Contenders Television at Directors Guild Of America on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Patrick Stewart speaks onstage during the Star Trek: Picard panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Marc Maron and Patrick Stewart.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Marc Maron
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Pete Hammond, Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Tricia Fukuhara and Ari Notartomaso speak onstage during the Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Marisa Davila, Tricia Fukuhara, Ari Notartomaso and Cheyenne Isabel Wells.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Cheyenne Isabel Wells
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Ari Notartomaso
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Marisa Davila
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Tricia Fukuhara
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Peter White, Vella Lovell and Joel McHale during the panel for Animal Control.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Vella Lovell and Joel McHale.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Joel McHale
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Melanie Lynskey and Ike Barinholtz.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Liz Garbus, Sophie Nélisse and Melanie Lynskey speak onstage during the Yellowjackets.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Liz Garbus, Sophie Nélisse and Melanie Lynskey.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Melanie Lynskey
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Sophie Nélisse and Melanie Lynskey.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Peter White, Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Wiseman and Joe Port attend speak onstage during the Ghosts panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Rose McIver
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Joe Wiseman, Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Joe Port.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline via Getty Images Antonia Blyth, Kathryn Hahn, Liz Tigelaar and Cheryl Strayed speak onstage during Tiny Beautiful Things panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Kathryn Hahn
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Kathryn Hahn, Liz Tigelaar and Cheryl Strayed.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Liz Tigelaar, Cheryl Strayed and Kathryn Hahn.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Rosy Cordero, Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen and Wanda Sykes speak onstage during the History of the World, Part II panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Wanda Sykes
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline David Stassen and Wanda Sykes.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Ike Barinholtz
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Wanda Sykes
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Kathryn Hahn
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline David Stassen, Wanda Sykes and Ike Barinholtz.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Evan Peters speaks onstage during the Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Peter White, Evan Peters, Niecy Nash-Betts and Paris Barclay speak onstage during the Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Niecy Nash-Betts
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Lee Sung Jin, Ali Wong and Steven Yeun attend Deadline Contenders Television for the Beef panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Steven Yeun attend Deadline Contenders Television for the Beef panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Ali Wong
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Steven Yeun, Ali Wong and Lee Sung Jin.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Michael Ellenberg, Dorothy Fortenberry and Scott Z. Burns.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Tituss Burgess and Niecy Nash-Betts.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Cinco Paul, Keegan-Michael Key, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski and Kristin Chenoweth speak onstage at the Schmigadoon! panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Tituss Burgess
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski and Kristin Chenoweth.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Keegan-Michael Key
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Jane Krakowski
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Keegan-Michael Key
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Kristin Chenoweth
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Tituss Burgess
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Cinco Paul, Kristin Chenoweth, Keegan-Michael Key, Jane Krakowski and Tituss Burgess attend Deadline Contenders Television.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Evan Peters and Niecy Nash-Betts.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Niecy Nash-Betts
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Evan Peters, Niecy Nash-Betts and Paris Barclay.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Evan Peters
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Jane Krakowski and Ali Wong.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Steven Yeun
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Eugene Levy, Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Eugene Levy speaks onstage during Deadline Contenders Television at Directors Guild Of America on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Deadline via Getty Images)
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Eugene Levy speaks onstage during Deadline Contenders Television for The Reluctant Traveler.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Eugene Levy
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Joan Rater speaks onstage during Deadline Contenders Television at Directors Guild Of America.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Joan Rater
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Riley Keough speaks onstage during Deadline Contenders Television for Daisy Jones & The Six.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Camila Morrone speaks onstage during the panel for Daisy Jones & The Six.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Riley Keough, Camila Morrone and Scott Neustadter speak onstage during Deadline Contenders Television panel for Daisy Jones & The Six.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Camila Morrone and Riley Keough.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Camila Morrone
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Dominique Fishback speaks onstage during Deadline Contenders Television for Swarm.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Janine Nabers and Dominique Fishback.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Bear McCreary and Ramsey Avery speak onstage during Deadline Contenders Television for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Betty Gilpin speaks onstage during Deadline Contenders Television for Mrs. Davis panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Damon Lindelof and Betty Gilpin.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Tara Hernandez, Damon Lindelof and Betty Gilpin.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Joe Utichi, Rian Johnson (onscreen) and Natasha Lyonne speak during the Poker Face panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Joe Utichi and Natasha Lyonne onstage during the Poker Face panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Jesse Grant/Deadline Natasha Lyonne onstage during the Poker Face panel.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Poker Face‘s Natasha Lyonne, left, and Swarm‘s Dominique Fishback.
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Natasha Lyonne and Dominique Fishback
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Swarm writer-producer Janine Nabers, left, and producer-star Dominique Fishback
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Dominique Fishback
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Mrs. Davis star Betty Gilpin
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline From left: Mrs. Davis‘ Damon Lindelof, Betty Gilpin and Tara Hernandez
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power production designer Ramsey Avery, left, and composer Bear McCreary
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Ramsey Avery
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Bear McCreary
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Tara Hernandez
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Deadline Contenders Television – Day 1
Image Credit: Randy Shropshire/Deadline Damon Lindelof
