The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) will include animation in its third annual Premiere Week screening series, taking place Sept. 12-17. A sneak preview of HBO’s new half-hour, animated series, The Life and Times of Tim, will screen on Wednesday, Sept. 17, followed by a conversation with the show’s creator and exec producer, Steven Dildarian. The fest will also offer first looks as new shows from ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC ad Media Rights Capital (MRC) and The CW. All Premiere Week events will take place at New World Stages in Midtown Manhattan.
Produced for HBO by MRC, The Life and Times of Tim centers on a typical, twentysomething New Yorker who’s looking to get ahead at work. His girlfriend, Amy, wants him to be normal like her friends’ boyfriends, but Tim’s everyday decisions are compromised by his habit of befriending unreliable characters who repeatedly get him into serious trouble. Tom Werner, Jimmy Miller and Mike Clements serve as exec producers along with Dildarian, who also voices the title role. The cast also includes Mary Jane Otto as Amy, Peter Giles as The Boss, Matt Johnson as The Boss’ assistant, Rodney (as well as other characters) and Nick Kroll as Tim’s best friend, Stu. The 10-episode first season of The Life an Times of Tim kicks off on Sunday, Sept. 28 at 11 p.m. (ET) on HBO.
NYTVF Attendees will also get first looks at ABC’s Life on Mars, FOX’s Fringe, CBS’s Worst Week, The CW and Media Rights Capital’s Easy Money, and the second season of NBC’s Life, among other programs. This year marks the third year of participation for ABC, FOX and NBC, and the first involvement of CBS, MRC and HBO.
Passes for Premiere Week events are available on the Festival Web site. To order, go to www.newyorktelevisionfestival.com and click on ‘Box Office.’ Single tickets to some events will be made available at a later date. The 2008 NYTVF opens on Friday, Sept.12th and runs through Wednesday, September 17th.
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