Following the announcement of the partnership with
Entertainment Weekly prior to the
7th Critics' Choice Television Awards in November 2016, several high profile members of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association left the organization, including
Michael Ausiello of
TVLine,
Maureen Ryan of
Variety,
Ken Tucker of
Yahoo! TV, and Michael Schneider of
IndieWire. In an article Schneider published shortly after his resignation titled, he wrote: "The idea that Entertainment Weekly would be the preferred media outlet for an awards show decided by journalists from many outlets is unusual. (It would be like CNN being named the official partner of the Presidential Debates, even though they're moderated and covered by representatives from multiple news organizations.)" Following the mass exodus of television critics, the Broadcast Television Journalists Association lost 15%–30% of its membership. This caused the majority of the membership to be made up of internet journalists instead of television critics. During the
7th Critics' Choice Television Awards the fact that several critically acclaimed shows were snubbed such as
The Americans,
Rectify,
The Night Of and ''
You're the Worst in favor of shows with very little to no critical support such as Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and House of Cards'' was credited, and widely criticized, due to this change. ==Award ceremonies==