TV Academy Reveals 2022 Emmy FYC Plans: Live, In-Person Events Are Back — With Restrictions
21.01.2022 - 02:43
/ variety.com
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeJanuary isn’t even over, but believe it or not, it’s time to start thinking about the Emmys again. The TV awards season gets underway today — you read that right, today — as the Television Academy conducts its annual lottery to schedule For Your Consideration campaign events.
(The complicated lottery, which pits dozens of studios and networks opposite each other in a bid for the best dates to hold their events, is expected to continue through Friday.)And this year, for the first time since March 2020, in-person events are making a comeback. The TV Academy didn’t hold any officially sanctioned in-person FYC events last year, keeping them all virtual, with the exception of drive-in screenings/panels.
Drive-ins which remain an option in 2022, as do fully virtual panels. But the in-person allowance means that outlets like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video can once again open their pricey pop-up FYC events spaces, while others return to the Academy’s Wolf Theatre at its North Hollywood headquarters.
Obviously talking about live in-person events feels a bit strange at the moment, given the omicron surge and how the rise in COVID-19 cases has forced January and February events to be postponed, canceled or moved to virtual. But the hope is by March, the omicron wave will have passed and gatherings can resume with the proper precautions.“We continue to work with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to ensure all possible safety measures are in place when holding live, in-person events for Television Academy members,” the org said on its website, in a note directed at networks and studios.
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