Televerse is taking a telebreak. The Television Academy’s TV festival, which launched in 2025 and continued this year, won’t be back in 2027 — and will move to earlier in the year when it returns in 2028, the org announced Friday.
\n\nThat now places Televerse at the start of the Emmy FYC season, as opposed to during the Phase 2 voting period.
\n\n“Following insightful feedback from attendees and our industry partners, the Television Academy is excited to announce Televerse will be returning in a new time frame sometime in the first quarter of 2028, allowing a more expansive period to build on the popular festival’s maiden two years,” the org said in a statement. “New dates and details will be announced as they become available. We look forward to continuing to celebrate television outside the box in early 2028.”
\n\nThe move also comes as the TV Academy will have its hands full in 2027: Not only is the org’s Emmy telecast moving to a new home (Amazon’s Prime Video), but it will be busy completing a merger with its New York counterpart, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
\n\nThis year’s Televerse took place from Friday, Aug. 14 to…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/