TCA 2022: Disney Platforms Go Virtual; Fox, CBS/Paramount & PBS Reject In-Person Panels, Too
deadline.comAfter two years of virtual press conferences, the members of the Television Critics Association were no doubt looking forward to returning to in-person sessions at The Langham in Pasadena next week.
But promises of a full-blown Press Tour are fading fast.All of Disney’s platforms — ABC, FX, Hulu, Disney+ and NatGeo — are pulling out of in-person participation at the two-week confab and going virtual amid concerns over the recent surge of Covid infections in Los Angeles County.
That amounts to five days of programming for TCA and non-TCA members who attend press tour in hopes of getting in-person interview time with actors and executives.Disney isn’t the first company to change their summer TCA plans amid the current Omicron surge.
Last month, CW quietly walked away from its July 31 press day; it went to NatGeo. CW will plan something for January.CBS/Paramount pulled out, too, as did Fox and PBS.
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