Since the first mom demanded that her kid turn it off and go outside, television has gotten a bad rap as an inherently antisocial pursuit. But in an increasingly siloed age when movie theaters are struggling, terrestrial radio is all but obsolete, and I have to drag my own children out of fathomless YouTube rabbit holes, TV endures as one of society’s last remaining watercooler experiences (even as remote work is endangering watercoolers). The Austin-based ATX TV Festival, which just concluded its fourteenth year—or “season,” as founders Emily Gipson and Caitlin McFarland prefer to call it—celebrates the often underrated social aspect of TV fandom, bringing actors, showrunners, and viewers together for what it bills as “TV Camp for Grown Ups.” Across four days of panels,…
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