TCA Summer Press Tour Goes Virtual

FX Networks chief John Landgraf during FX's TCA presentation
FX Networks chief John Landgraf during a previous FX TCA press tour presentation. (Image credit: Frank Micelotta/FX/PictureGroup)

The Television Critics Association has canceled its in-person TCA Summer Press Tour, scheduled to run from July 27-August 12 at the Langham Huntington in Pasadena, California.

The semi-annual press bonanza, where networks and content companies trot out their upcoming shows for critics, will shift to a virtual format.

TCA's move came after multiple networks began pulling out of the in-person event amid rising cases of the BA.5 COVID-19 variant and Los Angeles County's pending reinstatement of an indoor mask mandate.

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Dates for the virtual press tour are still up in the air with the TCA Board saying it will let members know once networks confirm.

The last in-person press tour happened in January 2020. ■

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