{"id":19209,"date":"2023-09-18T08:13:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T08:15:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:15:02","slug":"universal-televisions-erin-underhill-boards-tv-drama-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/universal-televisions-erin-underhill-boards-tv-drama-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Television\u2019s Erin Underhill Boards TV Drama Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Erin Underhill, president of Universal Television, is lined up for a keynote during the TV Drama Festival, taking place October 3 to 5. You can register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-drama-festival-2023\">here<\/a> for free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As president of Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group (USG), Underhill oversees all aspects\u2014creative affairs, casting, production and more. With Underhill at the helm, Universal Television currently produces more than 40 prime-time comedies and dramas for a variety of broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. Acclaimed series produced by Universal Television include Dick Wolf\u2019s successful <em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>, <em>One Chicago<\/em> and <em>FBI<\/em>-branded series, <em>Hacks<\/em>, <em>Never Have I Ever<\/em>, <em>The Equalizer<\/em>, <em>The Best Man: The Final Chapters<\/em>, <em>Quantum Leap<\/em>, <em>Girls5eva<\/em>, <em>Schmigadoon!<\/em>, <em>Bupkis<\/em>, <em>Harlem<\/em> and <em>Bel-Air<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The second edition of the TV Drama Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the major trends in the business of scripted series today. It will be streamed live and available on-demand on TVDramaFestival.com. Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the TV Drama Festival is free. World Screen\u2019s festivals have an average of 1,700 registered participants and approximately 18,000 views.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Underhill joins the previously announced participants: Sky\u2019s Katie Keenan, RT\u00c9\u2019s Dermot Horan, MultiChoice\u2019s Waldimar Pelser, SVT\u2019s Karolina Stallwood, TV 2 Denmark\u2019s Lars Erik Nielsen, Two Brothers Pictures\u2019 Sarah Hammond, Fremantle\u2019s Christian Vesper, Banijay\u2019s Christian Wikander, A+E Networks\u2019 Alexandra Finlay, All3Media International\u2019s David Swetman, Dynamic Television\u2019s Dan March and Global Screen\u2019s Ulrike Schr\u00f6der. Look for more announcements in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can sign up for your free registration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-drama-festival-2023\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>ONLY those registered will receive free access to our post-event Exclusive White Paper on drama trends, featuring key intel from the event in a compact, easy-to-digest format.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can see sponsorship opportunities\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsletters.worldscreen.com\/mailers\/2023-07-20-tvdramafestival.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin Underhill, president of Universal Television, is lined up for a keynote during the TV Drama Festival, taking place October 3 to 5. 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