IndieWire Craft – IndieWire’s Emmy-focused “Craft Roundtables” return for a second year on PBS SoCal, airing six craft conversations on Thursday, June 11 at 7pm PT, with weekend re-airings and streaming on the PBS App.
At 7pm PT on Thursday. June 11. PBS SoCal will start rolling out six conversations built around the people who shape what you see on screen. IndieWire’s “Craft Roundtables” are back for a second consecutive year. with Emmy voting officially underway and the spotlight trained on the below-the-line artists behind Emmy-contending shows.
The series features six roundtables—each centered on a different craft: cinematography, composing, production design, editing, costume design, and visual effects. IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill moderates all six episodes, keeping the discussion anchored in the work that turns scripts into worlds.
All six episodes air on Thursday, June 11 beginning at 7pm PT. After that initial run, PBS SoCal will schedule re-airings throughout the weekend. Viewers can also stream every episode on the PBS App, with complete scheduling information available online.
The cinematography roundtable brings together Jason McCormick (“Love Story”), Ashley Connor (“The Chair Company”), Greta Zozula (“The Testaments”), Tommy Maddox-Upshaw (“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy”), and John Brawley (“Shrinking”).
Composing gets its own spotlight with Breton Vivian (“The Madison”), John Paesano (“The Boroughs”), Jeff Russo (“Alien: Earth”), Amanda Jones (“Muderbot”), Kris Bowers & Michael Dean Parsons (“Spider-Noir”), and Mac Quayle (“Monster: The Ed Gein Story”).
For production design, the panel features Merje Veske (“The Bear”), Matthew Flood Ferguson (“Monster: The Ed Gein Story”), Francois Audouy (“Euphoria”), Roger Fires (“Scrubs”), Susie Mancini (“The ‘Burbs”), Jen Chu (RuPaul’s Drag Race), and Claire Bennett (“Nobody Wants This”).
The editing roundtable includes Shane Reid (“John Candy: I Like Me”), Christian Hoffman (“Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat”), Laura Zempel & Lauren Connelly (“Beef”), James Renfroe (“Shrinking”), Mark Strand (“The Pitt”), and Jon Philpot (“Hacks”).
Costume design rounds up Sarah Evelyn (“The Beauty”), Trayce Gigi Field (“Spider-Noir”), Rudy Mance (“Love Story”), Kathleen Felix-Hager (“Hacks” and “The Paper”), and Natasha Newman-Thomas (“Euphoria”).
And the visual effects panel features Betsy Paterson (“Stranger Things”), Hnedel Maximore (“Spider-Noir”), Hoyt Yeatman (“Ted”), Tara DeMarco (“The Boroughs”), and Daryl Sawchuk (“IT: Welcome to Derry”).
With the craft conversations set to roll out across one prime-time evening—then echo through the weekend—IndieWire’s second straight run on PBS SoCal offers a clear route to the creative process behind some of the season’s most discussed shows. More coverage of the 2026 Craft Roundtables is also available online.
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