Beverly Hills, CA -- FX Networks chairman John Landgraf always gives the press plenty to write about during his sessions at both the Winter and Summer Television Critics Association tours, whether he is talking about the pros and cons of Peak TV (a widely used term that he coined years ago at one of his sessions), commenting on TV’s role in the issues of the day (such as gun control), presenting charts and graphs that illustrate the relative success of networks and streamers in different areas of the business (from ratings to awards to press coverage) or simply telling it like it is, seemingly spin-free.)
True to form, he had everyone talking Tuesday after his appearance at the end of FX’s first TCA presentation since becoming part of the Walt Disney Company. (FX, like sibling network Nat Geo, has worked tirelessly through the years to stand out among all networks and streamers that present at these tours. There were concerns among journalists that their TCA efforts might be somehow diminished after being acquired by