The seventy fifth Emmy Awards face postponement because of Hollywood strikes

The seventy fifth annual Emmy Awards probably gained’t happen on September 18th as deliberate. In keeping with a report from Selection, distributors, producers, and others concerned with the ceremony have been notified that the date has been pushed again amid the Hollywood strikes.

The Tv Academy nonetheless hasn’t confirmed that the Emmys have been delayed, however even when it have been to happen, it could have numerous empty seats. Underneath the principles of the strikes, actors and writers can’t settle for awards for struck work, nor can they attend an occasion that promotes it. Unionized actors can’t host or current for the present, both, and writers can’t create scripts.

“Like the remainder of the trade, we hope there might be an equitable and well timed decision for all events within the present guild negotiations,” the Tv Academy stated in a press release to Deadline final week. “We proceed to watch the scenario intently with our companions at Fox and can advise if and when there may be an replace obtainable.”

This marks the primary time the Emmy Awards ceremony has been delayed since 2001. At the moment, the Tv Academy selected to postpone the occasion till November because of the September eleventh assaults. Regardless of the potential delay, Selection stories that section two voting for the awards will nonetheless happen on August seventeenth.

Fox, the channel that’s airing the 2023 Emmys, is taking pictures to air the present in January 2024, whereas the Tv Academy is aiming for a November date, in keeping with Selection. However with no finish to the strikes in sight — and Hollywood’s greatest producers not budging within the slightest — the Emmys probably gained’t happen this yr in any respect.

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