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Television Academy’s Emmy Calendar Shift Lauded by Networks, Studios and Streamers

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The Television Academy’s decision to push back this year’s Emmy Awards voting calendar, and eliminate officially sanctioned campaign events, was applauded on Friday by many network, streamer and studio execs — several of whom had been asking the org to do such a thing. “People are happy they acknowledged the situation,” one network exec said of the TV Academy Board of Governors, which approved the changes in a meeting Thursday night.

Said a studio exec: “I’m glad they were reactive. We all need some breathing time. Everyone wants to be respectful and not be garish.” In particular, the decision to suspend all For Your Consideration events — including a previously discussed plan to move such screenings and panels online — has allowed for a

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