Marvel TV Head Does Nothing to Help Curb the Negativity Surrounding INHUMANS at TCA Panel

This is not a good look for Marvel Television head Jeph Loeb and Marvel's INHUMANS series. According to Twitter accounts, CBM, Uproxx and io9 the Television Critics Association press tour panel for INHUMANS was a disaster as Leob could not pivot the negativity surrounding the upcoming show into anything positive.

In fact, ABC ended the panel early apparently due to the panel not playing out the way the network or Marvel TV has anticipated.

Here's some press tweets from those who were in attendance and saw this train wreck first hand. Please note, the press saw the pilot episode before going into this panel, too.

Jeph Loeb has apparently decided it's safer if he asks the questions for the #Inhumans panel. #TCA17

— Ellen Gray (@elgray) August 6, 2017

Is it me, or is Jeph Loeb incredibly defensive about questions even slightly critical about the series Marvel’s Inhumans.

— Eric Deggans at NPR (@Deggans) August 6, 2017

It's remarkable how awkward that "Inhumans" panel was even though none of us mentioned that Scott Buck ran "Iron Fist" season 1. #TCA17

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) August 6, 2017

You'll be happy to know that the Inhumans panel is just as uncomfortable as the Inhumans pilot. #TCA17

— Libby Hill (@midwestspitfire) August 6, 2017

The odd thing about Marvel people is they seem eternally surprised that some critics think their ABC shows are terrible. Which they are.

— Robert Bianco (@BiancoRobert) August 6, 2017

A smart, well-framed question from @Deggans gets pushed aside from Loeb with, basically, “We’re Marvel, we do what we do"

— Tim Goodman (@BastardMachine) August 6, 2017

ABC is cutting this Inhumans panel off a few minutes early. #TCA17

— Jason Lynch (@jasonlynch) August 6, 2017

Yikes.

And there was even a reference to Ben Affleck's sadness leading up to the release of BATMAN V. SUPERMAN...

RETRACTION: The "You're making me feel like Ben Affleck right now" quote from the #Inhumans TCA panel was from Anson Mount, NOT Scott Buck.

— KSiteTV (@KSiteTV) August 7, 2017

Ouch.

This all sounds like it went bad and Loeb sidestepped the opportunity to say the right things. Instead, it sounds like he didn't want to say anything substantial at all. INHUMANS is facing a tough challenge weeks before its debut in IMAX as negativity isn't going away.

If this show stinks at least Lockjaw should be worth tuning in for.

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