# Featured Session: Matt Strauss & Andy Cohen: Community, Culture & the Future of Entertainment

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**Date:** March 15, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** JW Marriott / Salon 6-8  
**Format:** Featured Session  
**Track:** Culture  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **S.E. Cupp** — Political Commentator
- **Andy Cohen** — Host & Executive Producer, 'Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen'
- **Matt Strauss** — Chairman, NBCUniversal Media Group

For years, the entertainment industry has focused on streaming metrics like subscriber counts and churn. But that doesn’t tell the full story of success today. In this SXSW conversation, Matt Strauss and Andy Cohen explore how entertainment is evolving beyond platforms - building fandoms, driving cultural conversation, and creating immersive experiences that turn shows into worlds, viewers into participants, and shared culture into the center of what comes next.

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