With the ongoing writers and actors strikes touching every corner of the entertainment world, the latest event affected is the Emmy Awards, due to take place on 18th September. Voting has not yet finished, and with promotional campaigns unable to be run it looks like this years awards will be quite different.
For the first time in two decades, the Emmy Awards have been postponed, EW has learned. In 2001, the ceremony was delayed two months in the wake of the 9/11 attacks; this year, it’s because of the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Neither the Television Academy nor Fox, which will broadcast the 75th Emmys, have made an official announcement, but Variety reported earlier Thursday that vendors had been told the awards would no longer be happening on Sept. 18 as planned.
With no immediate end in sight to the contract disputes between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and both the writers’ and actors’ guilds, it’s too early to know when it might be possible to reschedule the awards, though some trades are reporting that Fox is hoping for November, while the Academy thinks more time will be needed and is eyeing January 2024.
Remember, Andor, The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Light & Magic were all nominated for multiple awards, so whenever the awards talke place, let’s hope it’s a successful night for the galaxy far, far away.
