Contenders television adds ‘the last of us’ & more shows, finalizes panelists including seth rogen, ellen pompeo & mindy kaling for 2025 edition

Deadline has grown the number of shows and revealed the list of panelists for Contenders Television, its annual two-day panel showcase that kicks off the TV awards season. This year’s

edition is set to take place April 5-6 at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles. A total of 20 shows have now signed on for the extravaganza, which shines a spotlight on the stars and creatives

behind the season’s most talked-about TV dramas, comedies and limited series. The latest series to join this week are _The Last of Us_ from HBO and Max, and Prime Video’s _Étoile_ and

_Overcompensating_. The event is live at the DGA both days, and will be livestreamed. Click here for more information and to register. WATCH ON DEADLINE This year’s Contenders lineup already

includes previous Emmy Best Series winner_ The Handmaid’s Tale_ from Hulu and Best Series nominees like _Severance _from Apple TV+ and _Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light _from Masterpiece

on PBS. Other series include the buzzy _The Pitt _and _Running Point_, both from Warner Bros Television, Apple TV+’s _The Studio_ which just premiered at SXSW, and Hulu’s _Paradise_.

Additional titles include ABC’s _High Potential_, AMC’s _Anne Rice’s Interview With a Vampire_, Apple TV+’s _Dope Thief_, CBS Studios’ _Matlock_, Disney+’s _Out of My Mind_, Hulu’s _Good

American Family_ and _Mid-Century Modern_, Onyx Collective’s _Deli Boys_, and Prime Video’s _The Better Sister_ and _Cross_. _The Last of Us_ star Bella Ramsey and co-creators Craig Mazin

and Neil Druckmann are confirmed for the HBO | Max_ _panel, which comes a week before Season 2 of the eight-time Emmy-winning series. The are part of a stellar list of panelists that

includes Kaitlin Olson, Seth Rogen, Kathy Bates, Brian Tyree Henry, Elisabeth Moss, Bradley Whitford, Sterling K. Brown, James Marsden, Nathan Lane, Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Damian Lewis,

Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel, Aldis Hodge, Mindy Kaling, Kate Hudson and Noah Wyle among many more. More shows and panelists are expected to be added so stay tuned. Contenders Television

will be followed later this season by Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted, which focuses on the year’s best in nonfiction programming. That virtual ceremony will take place on Saturday,

April 26. This year’s Contenders Television is sponsored by Eyepetizer and Final Draft in partnership with Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea.