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Prime Experience has concluded its biggest year ever with another successful lineup of special events, screenings, and panels. Prime Experience ran from April 25, 2024 through May 20, 2024 and featured nearly 20 FYC events tied to Prime Video’s biggest series and specials. Thousands of TV Academy voters visited the Prime Experience home base at Nya West in Hollywood with additional events taking place around Los Angeles and in New York City.
This year’s Prime Experience installation allowed guests to be transported to the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout, the Hong Kong night market of Expats, the West Village brownstone of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and Gen V’s Godolkin University campus. Voters had the chance to experience the blue-ribbon production design, cinematography, visual effects, casting, music, and hair & makeup that go into the craftsmanship of these series. Additional exhibits at Prime Experience featured writing, with life-sized manuscript pages from beloved titles like Red, White & Royal Blue and I’m A Virgo; a costume gallery highlighting 16 costumes including The Wheel of Time and a pair of listening booths highlighting music and comedy clips from Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale, Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional, and Tig Notaro: Hello Again.
Underscoring its commitment to community, this year, Prime Video aligned with Hollywood Food Coalition to donate the remaining perishable items from the event. This partnership ensures the event’s impact extends beyond the entertainment industry to support those in need.
Prime Experience screenings, events, and panels this year included:
- EXPATS Official FYC event with Lulu Wang, Nicole Kidman, Ji-young Yoo, Sarayu Blue, Brian Tee, and Jack Huston moderated by Dave Karger
- THE WHEEL OF TIME Official FYC event with Rafe Judkins, Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Sharon Gilham, and Davina Lamont; moderated by Perri Nemiroff
- MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY Official FYC Screening with Gelila Bekele, Armani Ortiz, Jasmine K. White, Asante White, and Geeta Gandbhir moderated by Kenya Barris
- JENNY SLATE: SEASONED PROFESSIONAL official FYC panel with Jenny Slate, moderated by Iliza Shlesinger
- JIM GAFFIGAN: DARK PALE official FYC panel with Jim Gaffigan, moderated by Iliza Shlesinger
- TIG NOTARO: HELLO AGAIN official FYC panel with Tig Notaro, moderated by Iliza Shlesinger
- GOOD OMENS official FYC event with Neil Gaiman moderated by Joe Neumaier
- MR. & MRS. SMITH official FYC event with Francesca Sloane, Donald Glover, and Maya Erskine; moderated by Elvis Mitchell
- RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE official FYC eventwith Taylor Zakhar-Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Matthew López, Uma Thurman, Casey McQuiston, Greg Berlanti, and Sarah Schechter; moderated by Jenelle Riley
- FALLOUT Official FYC event with Jonathan Nolan, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Kyle MacLachlan; moderated by Jacqueline Coley
- I’M A VIRGO official FYC Screening with Boots Riley, Jharrel Jerome, Olivia Washington, Walton Goggins, and Deirdra Govan; moderated by Elvis Mitchell
- FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES & AMAZON MUSIC LIVE WITH GARTH BROOKS official FYC event at Prime Experience with Garth Brooks; moderated by Perri Peltz
- FALLOUT Crafts Panel with co-creator/director/executive producer Jonathan Nolan, production designer Howard Cummings, director of photography Stuart Dryburgh, costume designer Amy Westcott, visual effects supervisor Jay Worth, editor Ali Comperchio, stunt coordinator Casey O’Neil, and composer Ramin Djawadi; moderated by Jazz Tangcay
- FOR LOVE & LIFE: NO ORDINARY CAMPAIGN official FYC event with Brian Wallach, Sandra Abrevaya, Christopher Burke, Tim Rummel, and Phil Rosenthal; moderated by Katie Couric
- FALLOUT screening at the Directors Guild of America theater featuring a conversation with Jonathan Nolan; moderated by Christopher Nolan
- Showwruner panel at Prime Experience with Geneva Robertson-Dworet & Graham Wagner (FALLOUT), Francesca Sloane (MR. & MRS. SMITH), and Lulu Wang (EXPATS)
Prime Experience by the numbers:
- 19 events
- 4 weeks of programming
- 51 panelists
- 3,085 guests
- 16 titles represented on panels
- 66 titles overall represented at Prime Experience
- 16 costumes plus 2 mechanical, 1 heavily armed, 1 size XXXXL (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fallout, I’m a Virgo, Expats, The Wheel of Time)
- 300 lbs. of perishable food donated
- 4,000 cinematography postcards printed (Expats)
- 6,000 miles traveled by Power Armor (Fallout)
- 675 Bing Bang sliders served (I’m A Virgo)
- 1032 photo booth moments captured (Gen V, Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional, Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale, Tig Notaro: Hello Again)
- 1851 guests that were turned into The Ghoul (Fallout)
- 1 Academy Award nominated panelist turned into The Ghoul (Rosamund Pike following the panel discussion for The Wheel of Time)
- 0 guests actually turned into radiated creatures. There was an augmented reality mirror. (Fallout)
- 721 shareable GIFs generated (Gen V)
- 3 puppets (4 feet and under) (Gen V)
- 1 puppet (13 feet and over) (I’m a Virgo)
- 17 suspended umbrellas (Expats)
- 37 stuffed animals (Expats)
- 28 framed photos highlighting hair and makeup
- 18 headshots (Mr. and Mrs. Smith)
- 975 wedding cake slices served (Red White & Royal Blue)
- 1 fake wedding cake displayed (Red White & Royal Blue)
- 1 birthday cake served (Maya Erskine’s birthday during the Mr. and Mrs. Smith panel)
- 2120 cups of popcorn
- 30 song and music clips
- 93⅓ feet of script pages
- 14 oversized script pages
- 3 standing ovations (For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign)