Tribeca Festival Showcases Star-Studded TV Slate
Summary
– Tribeca Festival features 11 series premieres and two first looks at returning favorites.
– Major streaming services and networks bring exciting new shows, including The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2 and Presumed Innocent.
– The festival runs from June 5 through 16 in New York City.
The 2024 Tribeca Festival in New York City has unveiled its complete slate of television programs, highlighting some of the most anticipated upcoming series. Running from June 5 through 16, the festival will feature 11 series premieres and two first looks at returning favorites, offering a star-studded lineup of narrative shows and in-depth docuseries.
**Major Shows and Highlights**
Among the new shows making their debut at the festival is Apple’s Presumed Innocent, a tense legal thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a prosecutor entangled in a personal and professional crisis. Another highlight is the second season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, titled The Book of Carol, which marks the much-anticipated return of Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier alongside Norman Reedus.
Other noteworthy shows include HBO’s Italian-language drama My Brilliant Friend, gearing up for its fourth and final season, and Hulu’s miniseries Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer, executive produced by Dakota and Elle Fanning, chronicling the career of psychiatric clinical nurse specialist Dr. Ann Burgess. Hollywood Black, an exploration of the Black experience in Hollywood featuring influential figures like Issa Rae and Ava DuVernay, will also debut.
Tribeca NOW Program
The Tribeca NOW lineup features an untitled docuseries centered on director Tim Burton, showcasing his unique blend of the weird and whimsical. This special screening will include a conversation with creator Tara Wood and special guests. Independent projects such as Kyle Hausmann-Stokes’s Yanqui and Mawaan Rizwan’s BAFTA-nominated Juice will also be featured.
Festival Insights
Liza Domnitz, senior programmer, praised the diverse projects, highlighting the opportunity for audiences to engage with visionaries like Serena Williams and Melissa Etheridge, as well as the subjects of the Stanford Prison Experiment.
“The episodic realm is rich in phenomenal storytelling, and Tribeca’s 2024 TV and NOW program delivers the very best of narrative and documentary series,” Domnitz stated. “Audiences can look forward to diving into the testimonies of brilliant visionaries like Serena Williams, Melissa Etheridge, and the original subjects of the Stanford Prison Experiment, all of whom will be joining us at the Festival to present their stories.”
