Featuring a lineup of shows that may be the strongest in the history of Deadline’s Contenders Television events, this year’s two-day must-attend gathering of this season’s hottest awards prospects is now underway live at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles.

This year’s collection of panels featuring 29 shows truly indicates the wide-open nature of the awards races, with returnees joined by a bevy of acclaimed new shows competing for the first time. That makes this collection especially exciting and also valuable for the Television Academy and key guild voters in attendance, making Contenders TV a kind of one-stop shopping opportunity to hear from creators and stars over the course of the weekend.

Yes, there are familiar titles showcased including NBC’s Emmy record holder Saturday Night Live, ABC’s Abbott Elementary and a returning old favorite back in action with Scrubs. Past major Emmy winners like Baby Reindeer‘s Richard Gadd with a stirring new HBO Max limited series Half Man; David E. Kelley with a new show, Apple TV’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles, collaborating for the first time with his wife Michelle Pfeiffer; Breaking Bad‘s Vince Gilligan now with another hit, Apple TV’s Pluribus, starring Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn: and Mare of Easttown creator Brad Inglesby back with the heavily-praised HBO Max series Task. The return of Prime Video’s The Night Manager with its star Tom Hiddleston and new cast is another highlight worthy of a deep dive.

Meanwhile, Hulu’s The Testaments has a lot in store for fans of past Emmy winner The Handmaid’s Tale. The streamer’s second season of Paradise brings Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown back for an even more intense set of events this season. And Paramount+ will represent with the stars from its hit Taylor Sheridan series Landman.

Prime Video’s breakout hit Jury Duty has found a way to come back with a new edition out of the courtroom, set this time at a company retreat where one unsuspecting new employee is about to have an experience he will never forget. The Amazon streamer’s Contenders lineup brings us that one, as well as all the info and star power making up the fifth and final season of The Boys.

Reality TV will also be getting a showcase with Peacock’s Love Island: USA and Fox’s Fear Factor: House of Fear, just to add a little spice to the weekend’s offerings.

The are joined by a who’s-who of this year’s buzziest shows across the two days, including AMC/AMC+’s The Audacity; Apple TV’s Shrinking; CBS’ Elsbeth; Disney+’s Wonder Man; HBO Max’s Industry; Hulu’s Chad Powers and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox; Peacock’s Ted; Prime Video’s Young Sherlock, Bait, Fallout and Spider-Noir; and Warner Bros. Television’s Running Point and IT: Welcome to Derry.

With such an A-list group of shows, you can bet the panelists are A-list as well. Those scheduled to take part in discussions across the weekend include Glen Powell, Chase Infiniti, Quinta Brunson, Tom Hiddleston, Rhea Seehorn, Kit Harington, Nick Offerman, Marcello Hernandez and Ashley Padilla, Riz Ahmed, Billy Bob Thornton, Andy Garcia, Marisa Abela, Sam Elliott, Alanna Ubach, Michael Urie, Johnny Knoxville, Carrie Preston, Tom Pelphrey, Richard Gadd, Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, Kyle MacLachlan, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Shailene Woodley, Ann Dowd, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Grace Van Patten, Mindy Kaling, Ariana Madix, Billy Magnussen, Myha’la and Diego Calvo, among many more.

And that’s just the actors. Among the creatives on the docket are Monica Lewinsky, Destin Daniel Cretton, Brad Ingelsby, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Seth MacFarlane, Andy Muschietti, Eric Kripke, Bruce Miller and Jonathan Glatzer.

Stick with Deadline all weekend for full coverage, both on Deadline.com and on our social channels via the hashtag #DeadlineContenders. On Monday, we’ll launch the event’s streaming site featuring all the panel videos.

Below is this weekend’s full lineup, with order subject to change (all times PT).

Contenders TV 2026

Saturday

10 a.m. – Opening remarks

APPLE TV

Pluribus

Alison Tatlock (Writer/Executive Producer)
Rhea Seehorn (Actor)
Karolina Wydra (Actor)
Skip MacDonald (Editor)

Margo’s Got Money Troubles

Eva Anderson (Co-Showrunner/Writer/Executive Producer)
Matthew Tinker (Executive Producer)
Nick Offerman (Actor)
Mirren Gordon-Crozier (Costume Designer)

Shrinking

Debby Romano (Casting Director)
Neil Goldman (Writer/Executive Producer)
Michael Urie (Actor)
Sarah Lucky (Editor)

FOX

Fear Factor: House of Fear

Johnny Knoxville (Host)
Michael Heyerman (Executive Producer)

NBC/UNIVERSAL TELEVISION

Saturday Night Live

Liz Patrick (Director)
Ashley Padilla (Actor)
Marcello Hernández (Actor)

CBS

Elsbeth

Carrie Preston (Actor)

HBO MAX

Task

Brad Ingelsby (Creator/Showrunner/Writer/Executive Producer)
Tom Pelphrey (Actor)

Half Man

Richard Gadd (Creator/Writer/Executive Producer/Actor)

ABC

Scrubs

Donald Faison (Executive Producer/Actor)
Sarah Chalke (Executive Producer/Actor)
Zach Braff (Executive Producer/Actor)

HULU

Chad Powers

Michael Waldron (Co-Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer)
Glen Powell (Co-Creator/Executive Producer/Actor)
Perry Mattfeld (Actor)

PRIME VIDEO

Bait

Riz Ahmed (Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer/Actor)

Fallout

Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Showrunner/Executive Producer)
Lisa Joy (Director/Executive Producer)
Aaron Moten (Actor)
Kyle MacLachlan (Actor)
Frances Turner (Actor)

Spider-Noir

Phil Lord (Executive Producer)
Chris Miller (Executive Producer)

DISNEY+

Wonder Man

Destin Daniel Cretton (Creator/Director/Executive Producer)
Andrew Guest (Creator/Executive Producer)
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Actor)

PEACOCK

Ted

Seth MacFarlane (Creator/Writer/Director/Executive Producer/Actor)
Alanna Ubach (Actor)

Sunday

10 a.m. – Opening remarks

HULU

The Testaments

Bruce Miller (Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer)
Chase Infiniti (Actor)
Lucy Halliday (Actor)
Ann Dowd (Actor)

Paradise

Julianne Nicholson (Actor)
Shailene Woodley (Actor)
Thomas Doherty (Actor)
Enuka Okuma (Actor)

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

K.J. Steinberg (Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer)
Monica Lewinsky (Executive Producer)
Grace Van Patten (Actor)

ABC

Abbott Elementary

Quinta Brunson (Executive Producer/Actor)
William Stanford Davis (Actor)
Chris Perfetti (Actor)
Tyler James Williams (Actor)

WARNER BROS TELEVISION

Running Point

David Stassen (Showrunner/Executive Producer)
Mindy Kaling (Executive Producer)
Ike Barinholtz (Executive Producer)

IT: Welcome to Derry

Andy Muschietti (Creator/Director/Executive Producer)

AMC and AMC+

The Audacity

Jonathan Glatzer (Showrunner/Writer/Executive Producer)
Billy Magnussen (Actor)

PRIME VIDEO

Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat

Jake Szymanski (Director/Executive Producer)
Nicolas Hatton (Executive Producer)
Todd Schulman (Executive Producer)

The Boys

Eric Kripke (Showrunner/Executive Producer)
John Koyama (2nd Unit Director/Supervising Stunt Coordinator)
Jessie T. Usher (Actor)
Karen Fukuhara (Actor)

HBO MAX

Industry

Myha’la (Actor)
Marisa Abela (Actor)
Kit Harington (Actor)

PEACOCK

Love Island USA

Ben Thursby-Palmer (Showrunner/Executive Producer)
Ariana Madix (Host)

PRIME VIDEO

Young Sherlock

Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Actor)
Dónal Finn (Actor)
Zine Tseng (Actor)

The Night Manager

David Farr (Creator/Executive Producer)
Georgi Banks-Davies (Director/Executive Producer)
Stephen Garrett (Executive Producer)
Tom Hiddleston (Executive Producer/Actor)
Diego Calva (Actor)

PARAMOUNT+

Landman

Stephen Kay (Director/Executive Producer)
Billy Bob Thornton (Actor)
Andy Garcia (Actor)
Sam Elliott (Actor)