TVx3 E230: ATX Television Festival Season 3 Recap

On episode 230, Jason (@theTVaholic) is joined by Danielle Turchiano (@danielletbd), a regular contributor to StudioSystemNews.com and author of pseudonym: a novel, and Emma Loggins (@emmaloggins) of FanBolt.com (@fanbolt) to talk about some TV news, recap the 2014 ATX Television Festival and discuss the series premieres of Halt and Catch Fire and Chasing Life. Plus, some TV recommendations. (Start times of each segment/topic) News (00:01:00) We briefly talked about the following three TV news stories: * Inside Amy Schumer, Review, TripTank Renewed by Comedy Central * MTV’s Faking It Renewed For Season 2 * Penny Dreadful Renewed for Second Season at Showtime ATX Television Festival Season 3 Recap (00:07:37) We talked a bit about what the ATX Festival (@ATXFestival) is and then Danielle and Emma answered the following questions about attending this year: * How many times have you attended ATX Festival? * What were your favorite panels? * Who did you get a chance to meet or talk with outside of the panels? * What was the best thing you ate while in Austin for the festival? * Why should someone attend the ATX Television Festival? Primetime (00:44:28) We talked about the following two TV shows: * Halt and Catch Fire – S.1 Ep.1, “I/O,” (Series Premiere) & Ep.2, “FUD” (00:44:32) * Chasing Life – S.1 Ep.1, “Pilot” (Series Premiere) (00:58:21) TV Recommendations (01:07:10) * Jason recommended Friday Night Lights – Watch episodes via Amazon Instant Video/Prime (S.1-5), DVD (S.1-5), iTunes (S.1-5) and Netflix (S.1-5). * Danielle recommended Orange Is the New Black –