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6:35 p.m., July 28, 2023
This year’s Emmy Awards will be postponed due to the writers’ and actors’ strike in Hollywood, US media reported Thursday night. The television equivalent of the Oscars, originally scheduled for September 18. The ceremony could take place in January.
This year’s Emmy Awards will be postponed due to the writers’ and actors’ strike in Hollywood, US media reported Thursday night. The television equivalent of the Oscars, originally scheduled for September 18, is likely to be pushed back to January, according to the Los Angeles Times. According to the specialized publication variety“vendors, producers and others involved in the event” have already been informed of the postponement, which has not yet been officially announced.
However, no new date has been set for the ceremony, a source familiar with the project told AFP. Hollywood actors and screenwriters are currently on strike, the industry’s first walkout in 63 years. But if the movement continues, all Hollywood stars would boycott the 75th ceremony, which would be disastrous for television audiences. The scriptwriters would also not be allowed to write texts or jokes for the presenters of the ceremony.
Towards a postponement in January?
Fox, which is broadcasting this year’s Emmys in the United States, has reportedly pushed for the ceremony to be postponed to January, which would allow more time to resolve the social dispute. But the Television Academy, which votes for and presents the awards, would prefer a shorter postponement, to avoid the Emmys taking place in the height of film awards season in Hollywood. Neither Fox nor the Television Academy has commented.
The last time the Emmys were postponed was in 2001, following the September 11 attacks. The Hollywood strike shut down all US film and television productions, with a few exceptions. The unions’ demands focus on falling pay in the age of streaming and the threat artificial intelligence poses to their careers and future livelihoods.
Nominations for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced earlier this month, hours before negotiations between the studios and SAG-AFTRA broke down. Succession, the HBO series the dark and gritty chronicle of a powerful family tearing itself apart to take control of a media empire, topped the nominations in 27 categories. She must face the road movie The Last of Uswith 24 nominations, and satire The White Lotuswith 23 nominations.