Envelope Emmy Week: Screening series and roundtables kick off the season
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With the Emmy race poised to shift into high gear, the Los Angeles Times will kick things off with Envelope Emmy Week -- five days of television series screenings, cast Q&As and roundtable panels beginning June 1.
Matt Weiner’s ‘Mad Men’ will launch the screening series programming as stars Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks and Kiernan Shipka join creator and executive producer Weiner for a lively discussion about the turns the AMC series took last season -- the new agency’s in trouble, Don Draper’s remarrying(!), Joan is pregnant and Sally, well Sally’s growing up awfully fast.
On June 2, William H. Macy and the cast of Showtime’s ‘Shameless’ will screen the series and talk about what could be television’s most dysfunctional family ever, or maybe just its worst father ever.
Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins and the rest of the ‘Justified’ gang gather on June 6 to take us behind the scenes of the highly acclaimed show about the U.S. marshal.
Emmy week continues on June 7 and 8 with two roundtables. Up first is Alternative Families in which an eclectic mix of actors will look at what ‘family’ means on TV these days -- from biker gangs to vampire kingdoms -- and how their on-screen relationships help them and challenge them as actors.
The Geek TV roundtable on June 8 will look at the pop culture impact of shows that target the fanboy audience, as well as characters who embrace their geek status as a badge of honor.
After each panel, check back on Awards Tracker for video highlights of the night’s discussions.
Guild members can get additional details and RSVP to attend any of the events at http://events.latimes.com/envelope/.
-- Elena Howe
Top photo: Jon Hamm as Don Draper. Credit: AMC
