TV Critics Association Cancels Winter 2025 TCA Press Tour

variety.com:

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Television Critics Association has canceled its planned Winter 2025 TCA press tour, after it failed to reach a critical mass of networks, studios and streamers willing to participate in the semi-annual event.

It’s the latest blow to the TCA organization, which has struggled to front a robust press tour in recent years following the double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by the dual Hollywood strikes.

In a letter to TCA members, Television Critics Assoc. president Jacqueline Cutler blamed the cancellation on Hollywood’s “deep contraction.

While several streamers, networks, and studios committed, it was not enough for a full press tour. We wanted to be respectful of our members’ need to plan so, as a board, we decided on an early November deadline to make this decision.” Cutler added that the TCA plans to hold a Summer 2025 tour, and that executives are still “working toward” returning to that event.