12-05-2025
Variety FYC TV Fest Portrait Gallery: Jean Smart, Matt Bomer, More
Variety's 2025 FYC TV Fest brought in stars from mega-popular and award-winning shows like 'Hacks,' 'Yellowjackets,' 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' 'The Traitors' and many more.
Jean Smart was honored with the Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award for her Emmy-winning comedy work on HBO's 'Hacks' and gave a heartfelt speech. Also on the comedy side, the stars of 'Going Dutch,' 'Animal Control,' 'Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage,' 'Étoile' and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' sat down for insightful panels on their shows and the state of comedy.
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In more dramatic discussions, the casts of 'The Day of the Jackal,' 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,' 'Matlock,' 'Elsbeth,' 'Evil' and 'Dark Winds' talked the new seasons of their shows. And on the reality front, fan-favorite winners from 'Drag Race,' 'Traitors' and 'The Challenge' reflected on their achievements.
See the full portrait gallery below.
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Onya Nurve: Season 17 Winner, 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
Jewels Sparkles: Season 17 Runner Up, 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
Jean Smart: Multiple Award-Winning Actor, Deborah Vance on 'Hacks'
Stephanie Koenig: Actor, Gwen Sanders on 'English Teacher'
Abby Elliott: Actor, Natalie 'Sugar' Berzatto on 'The Bear'
Matt Bomer: Actor and Executive Producer, Jerry Frank on 'Mid-Century Modern'
Poorna Jagannathan, Actor, Lucky on 'Deli Boys'
Gideon Glick: Actor, Tobias Bell on 'Étoile'
Luke Kirby: Actor, Jack McMillan on 'Étoile'
Niecy Nash: Actor and Executive Prododucer, Lois Tyron on 'Grotesquerie'
Elisabeth Moss: Actor, Executive Producer and Director, June Osborne on 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Emily Osment: Actor, Mandy on 'George & Mandy's First Marriage'
Montana Jordan: Actor, George on 'George & Mandy's First Marriage'
Chuck Lorre: Co-Creator and Executive Producer, 'George & Mandy's First Marriage'
Kaitlin Olson: Actor, Morgan Gillory on 'High Potential'
Ellen Pompeo: Actor and Executive Producer, Kristine Barnett on 'Good American Family'
Nicole Brydon Bloom: Actor, Jane Driscoll on 'Paradise'
Dolores Catania: Contestant, 'The Traitors'
'Boston' Rob Mariano: Contestant, 'The Traitors'
Dylan Efron: Contestant, 'The Traitors'
Bob the Drag Queen: Contestant, 'The Traitors'
Justin Booth, Executive Producer and Showrunner, 'The Challenge' with and Julia Pizzi, President & CEO, Bunim/Murray Productions & 51 Minds Entertainment
CT Tamburello: Star, 'The Challenge'
Rachel Robinson: Star, 'The Challenge'
Leroy Garrett: Star, 'The Challenge'
Aneesa Ferreira: Star, 'The Challenge'
Janelle James: Actor, Ava Coleman on 'Abbott Elementary'
Jane Lynch: Actor, Sazz Pataki on 'Only Murders in the Building'
Joel McHale: Actor and Executive Producer, Frank Shaw on 'Animal Control'
Jean Smart and Dr. S. Robert Levine, Founder and CEO, The Mary Tyler Moore Initiative
Steven Paul Judd: Director & Writer, 'Dark Winds'
Zahn McClarnon: Actor and Executive Producer, Lt. joe Leaphorn on 'Dark Winds'
Jamie Martin: Editor, 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
Goloka Bolte: Casting Director, 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
Molly McNearney: Head Writer & Executive Producer, 'Kimmy Kimmel Live!'
Michelle and Robert King: Creators and Showrunners, 'Evil' and 'Elsbeth'
Jonathan Tolins: Showrunner, 'Elsbeth'
Carrie Preston: actor, Elsbeth Tascioni on 'Elsbeth'
Wendell Pierce: actor, Captain C.W. Wagner on 'Elsbeth'
Kathy Bates: Executive Producer and Actor, Madeline 'Mattie' Matlock on 'Matlock'
Jason Ritter: actor, Julian Markston on 'Matlock'
Skye P. Marshall: Actor, Olympia Lawrence on 'Matlock'
Leah Lewis: actor, Sarah Franklin on 'Matlock'
David Del Rio: Actor, Billy Martinez on 'Matlock'
Jennie Snyder Urman: Showrunner and Executive Producer, 'Matlock'
Jonathan Lisco: Executive Producer and Showrunner, 'Yellowjackets'
Ashley Lyle: Executive Producer and Showrunner, 'Yellowjackets'
Melanie Lynskey: Actor Shauna on 'Yellowjackets'
Bart Nickerson: Executive Producer and Showrunner, 'Yellowjackets'
Gareth Neame: Executive producer, 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth' and 'The Day of the Jackal'
Nigel Marchant: Gareth Neame, Executive producer, 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth' and 'The Day of the Jackal'
