The annual ATX TV Festival in Austin, Texas, has not canceled the favored occasion that takes place each June, however they’re making some important adjustments in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizers of the occasion introduced earlier this week that the 2020 ATX TV Festival will happen between June fifth and seventh, as initially scheduled, however the entire programming shall be on-line. Additionally, the reunions that had been introduced for this 12 months – together with one for the forged of Scrubs – have been pushed again to 2021.
As anticipated, the ATX Tv Festival is now not shifting ahead as deliberate https://t.co/wgqGJko1H7
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) April 6, 2020
In response to The Hollywood Reporter, co-founders Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson lately determined to cancel the in-person pageant and altered the title of this 12 months’s occasion to “ATX TV…From the Sofa.”
“These previous couple of weeks have been extremely difficult and proceed to be stuffed with uncertainties. Our hearts exit to everybody affected by the COVID-19 disaster,” mentioned McFarland and Gipson in a joint assertion. “Maybe now greater than ever, we imagine that TV is a robust medium for change and empathy. We’re dedicated to our mission of totally serving and fostering our group always.”
They went on to say that they determined to make this 12 months’s pageant a “digital weekend” due to their mission and to make sure the continuing security of everybody. They thought it could be an excellent concept to have a good time tv the place all of us get pleasure from it, from “the sofa.”
Season 9 of ATX Tv Festival will nonetheless enable followers to come back collectively (nearly) and have a good time their love of TV and its ever-evolving kinds. McFarland and Gipson promise a tv expertise not like something they’ve completed earlier than, and they’re emboldened by the probabilities they’ve been discussing with their companions and panelists.
We look ahead to celebrating #TVTogether with you, our ATX group, from the consolation of your lounge. We hope you’ll be a part of us for “ATX TV… from the Sofa!” on June 5-7, and we’ll be asserting further particulars quickly! For now, keep tuned… pic.twitter.com/gheVDryUZn
— ATX TV Festival (@ATXFestival) April 6, 2020
“We’re assured we are able to proceed to have nice conversations, showcase new and previous favourite sequence, and work together with our unbelievable group … with loads of enjoyable surprises alongside the way in which,” mentioned the co-founders.
Additionally they revealed that they’d return stay for Season 10 in 2021, and that occasion will happen in Austin, Texas, from June 10-13, 2021. That pageant will embrace the deliberate reunions that had been presupposed to happen this 12 months – Scrubs, Cougar City, Parenthood, and Oz.
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The entire formal particulars for the digital panels at ATX TV…From the Sofa shall be introduced quickly. Screenings and panels for The CW’s Nancy Drew, Comedy Central’s The Different Two and Drunk Historical past and TBS’ Full Frontal With Samantha Bee had been all deliberate for this 12 months.
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