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.
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