Devery Jacobs To Receive 2024 Breakthrough Award At ATX TV Fest

Echo and Reservation Dogs standout Devery Jacobs will be honored at this year’s ATX TV Festival with the 2024 Breakthrough Award. The award is given to a creative “whose voice has made a distinct impact on the current moment in TV and whose work exemplifies the emotional, entertaining, and artistic possibilities of the medium”, the festival announced Wednesday.

Jacobs will discuss her career in a one-on-one conversation, including her multi-hyphenate role as actor, writer and director on FX’s critically acclaimed series Reservation Dogs, her recent role in Marvel Studios’ Echo, and her producorial debut feature film, Backspot, in which she also stars.

Previous recipients of the award include Angelica Ross (Pose) and Sydney Sweeney (The White Lotus, Euphoria). 

The fest also will announce live TV-themed episode taping of The Ringer’s original podcast Trial By Content with hosts Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales and Neil Miller, as well as additional industry panels with creatives including Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel (The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass), Angelique Midthunder (Reservation Dogs), Stacey Rice (Reservation Dogs) and Jeanie Bacharach (The Bear). Actor Toby Huss will also join the previously announced Halt and Catch Fire Retrospective alongside fellow cast members Kerry Bishé and Scoot McNairy. 

Previously announced panels include a Suits retrospective with its creator and cast, Halt and Catch Fire 10-Year Anniversary with creatives and cast, the Pitch Competition Live Finale, Presidential Forum: On TV, the Industry, and What’s Next” and panelists David Hudgins (FBI: Most Wanted), Graham Yost (Silo), and Jessica Rhoades (Black Mirror).

The 2024 ATX TV Festival will take place May 30-June 2 in Austin, TX.