EXCLUSIVE: Christine Baranski can be honored with the Achievement in Tv eXcellence Award at this 12 months’s ATX TV Pageant in Austin.
As such, the pageant will characteristic an award presentation and a dialog to have a good time her decades-long profession throughout tv, movie and stage — which, after all, will embody her Emmy-winning efficiency on Cybill, her 13-year run as high-powered lawyer Diane Lockhart on The Good Spouse and The Good Combat, and her present position as socialite Agnes Van Rhijn on HBO’s historic drama The Gilded Age.
Baranski follows within the footsteps of tv legends who’ve acquired this honor through the years, together with Norman Lear, Henry Winkler, James L. Brooks, Marcy Carsey, Phylicia Rashad, Michael J. Fox, Lesli Linka Glatter, and James Burrows.
“Whether or not her characters are delivering a quick-witted barb, a compelling authorized argument, or a glance value 1,000 phrases – Christine’s presence and vary as a performer is really singular. As a 15-time Emmy nominee and winner for roles on Cybill, Frasier, The Good Spouse, The Good Combat, and The Gilded Age, her means to faucet into comedy, drama, surrealism, and the whole lot in between speaks to her means to raise every position and sequence she is part of. Her excellence is just simple, which is why we’re honored to have a good time her distinctive TV profession and cultural impression with the ATX TV Pageant’s Achievement in Tv eXcellence award,” Jennifer Morgan, VP of Programming, mentioned in a press release.
The pageant additionally introduced some new additions to the 2025 lineup on Wednesday. This 12 months, ATX will host a particular screening of You Belong Right here, an independently-produced sequence from Macaroni Artwork Productions, based by Steve Zahn (Silo, The White Lotus) and Rick Gomez (Silo, Band of Brothers).
The unscripted sequence follows James Beard-nominated chef and restaurateur Ouita Michel as she takes viewers on a journey by way of Kentucky delicacies, tradition, and neighborhood.
Following the screening, Zahn, Gomez, and Michel will be a part of for a dialog concerning the undertaking, in addition to the general impartial TV panorama.
The pageant additionally introduced a reside late night time present hosted by Final Week Tonight and The Late Present author Greg Iwinski, who can be joined by Jim Fagan and a workforce of veteran late night time writer-performers for the present. This can be a first of its variety for ATX, which guarantees music, particular friends, and extra.
Season 14 of ATX Pageant will run from Might 29 to June 1 in Austin, Texas. Beforehand introduced programming consists of:
- The Leftovers Reunion with EPs and Solid
- UnREAL tenth Anniversary Retrospective introduced by A+E Studios
- Mad Males Retrospective with Jon Hamm
- Invoice Lawrence & Buddies
- Sidebar: A Fits Watch Podcast with Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty
- Unproduced Desk Learn with Mike Flanagan and Particular Friends
- Horror Dialog introduced by Crimson Room Footage
- Casting a Highlight: Unsung Actors with casting administrators and actors
- The Golden Women and Designing Ladies Script Readings