After media outlets complained about the big-four broadcast networks’ choice not to hold executive sessions at January’s gathering of the Television Critics Association (TCA), Fox has reversed its decision and its executives will address reporters in Pasadena next month.

“We heard from many TCA members this week about how they value having an executive session twice a year. We were focused on presenting our mid-season programming and we underestimated the interest in this panel. We are happy to accommodate the TCA members and we have adjusted our schedule to include an executive session this January. We look forward to seeing you in Pasadena,” Fox wrote in a statement to TCA.

In addition, Amazon has come back on board and will hold a luncheon on season two of Sneaky Pete, starring Giovanni Ribisi, Bryan Cranston and Margo Martindale, on Thursday, Jan. 5.

On Tuesday, TCA told its members that the entertainment presidents of ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC were electing not to speak at the winter session, attributing the decision to a busy January.

Amazon, Netflix and Starz also all had said they would be skipping press tour next month, although Amazon has since changed its mind.

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That announcement brought a rapid response from reporters and critics are who TCA members, with The Hollywood Reporter’s Tim Goodman taking the networks out to the figurative woodshed.

“Here’s what you need to know about the broadcast networks deciding that they don’t want — all of them except The CW — to have the traditional state-of-the-network executive session at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in January: They are in bigger trouble than we thought,” Goodman wrote.

“Also, and this is less relative but no less true, they are all hoping this chicken-shit decision of theirs will buy a little time and make people forget they are in trouble. It won’t. All it does is shine a light on the fact they won’t talk about this dark period they’re in and not handling so well.”

Winter press tour runs January 5 through January 18 at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif.

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