Emmys postponed till January over Hollywood strikes
5 min readBy AFP
LOS ANGELES: The Emmy Awards have been postponed by nearly 4 months, organizers mentioned Thursday, as crippling strikes by Hollywood’s actors and writers drag on with no decision in sight.
Television’s equal of the Oscars had been as a consequence of happen this September, however will now be held in mid-January subsequent 12 months, broadcaster Fox and the Television Academy wrote in a press release.
“We are pleased to announce that the 75th Emmy Awards will now air on Monday, January 15, 2024,” mentioned a Fox spokesman.
The Emmys are probably the most vital leisure occasion to date to be delayed by Hollywood’s first industry-wide walkout by each actors and writers in additional than 60 years.
The final time the Emmys had been delayed was in 2001, when the ceremony was postponed within the wake of the 9/11 assaults.
Due to the continuing actors’ strike, A-list stars and nominees wouldn’t at the moment be allowed to attend the Emmys — a growth that might be disastrous for tv rankings.
Writers would additionally not be allowed to script a monologue or jokes for the telecast’s host and presenters.
The prolonged delay is meant to permit each side time to resolve their variations, though the varied events have barely spoken via any formal channels for the reason that writers’ strike started 100 days in the past.
Writers Guild of America (WGA) members had been joined on the picket strains final month by the far bigger Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA.)
Both are asking for higher pay, and ensures that synthetic intelligence is not going to steal their jobs and revenue, amongst different calls for.
Reports of an Emmys delay had been circulating in current weeks, however till now the postponement had not been confirmed, nor any new date introduced.
Mid-January lands the Emmys proper in the course of Hollywood’s packed movie awards season.
The Emmys will now happen one week after the Golden Globes, and simply 24 hours after the Critics Choice Awards.
The Oscars are set to be held on March 10.
Deadlock
The Hollywood strikes have primarily shut down all US film and tv productions, with restricted exceptions comparable to actuality and recreation exhibits.
Members of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA are barred from selling their motion pictures and sequence.
The unions’ calls for have targeted on dwindling pay within the streaming period, and the risk posed to their careers and future livelihoods by synthetic intelligence.
Writers and actors say studios have been methodically eroding their salaries for years, making it unimaginable for all however the very high ranks to earn a residing.
They contend that the rise of streaming platforms — who don’t typically reveal viewing figures — has disadvantaged them of large paydays once they create world hits.
Writers and studios tentatively gathered final Friday to debate formally reopening talks for the primary time since May, however even that sitdown to date has not yielded any tangible outcomes.
Meanwhile, nominations for the seventy fifth Primetime Emmy Awards had been introduced final month, simply hours earlier than talks between studios and SAG-AFTRA collapsed.
“Succession,” the HBO drama about an ultra-wealthy household combating for management of a sinister media empire, led the nominations with a whopping 27 nods, together with greatest drama.
“The Last of Us” grew to become the primary live-action online game adaptation to earn main nominations, with 24, whereas satire “The White Lotus” earned 23 nods.
LOS ANGELES: The Emmy Awards have been postponed by nearly 4 months, organizers mentioned Thursday, as crippling strikes by Hollywood’s actors and writers drag on with no decision in sight.
Television’s equal of the Oscars had been as a consequence of happen this September, however will now be held in mid-January subsequent 12 months, broadcaster Fox and the Television Academy wrote in a press release.
“We are pleased to announce that the 75th Emmy Awards will now air on Monday, January 15, 2024,” mentioned a Fox spokesman.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
The Emmys are probably the most vital leisure occasion to date to be delayed by Hollywood’s first industry-wide walkout by each actors and writers in additional than 60 years.
The final time the Emmys had been delayed was in 2001, when the ceremony was postponed within the wake of the 9/11 assaults.
Due to the continuing actors’ strike, A-list stars and nominees wouldn’t at the moment be allowed to attend the Emmys — a growth that might be disastrous for tv rankings.
Writers would additionally not be allowed to script a monologue or jokes for the telecast’s host and presenters.
The prolonged delay is meant to permit each side time to resolve their variations, though the varied events have barely spoken via any formal channels for the reason that writers’ strike started 100 days in the past.
Writers Guild of America (WGA) members had been joined on the picket strains final month by the far bigger Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA.)
Both are asking for higher pay, and ensures that synthetic intelligence is not going to steal their jobs and revenue, amongst different calls for.
Reports of an Emmys delay had been circulating in current weeks, however till now the postponement had not been confirmed, nor any new date introduced.
Mid-January lands the Emmys proper in the course of Hollywood’s packed movie awards season.
The Emmys will now happen one week after the Golden Globes, and simply 24 hours after the Critics Choice Awards.
The Oscars are set to be held on March 10.
Deadlock
The Hollywood strikes have primarily shut down all US film and tv productions, with restricted exceptions comparable to actuality and recreation exhibits.
Members of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA are barred from selling their motion pictures and sequence.
The unions’ calls for have targeted on dwindling pay within the streaming period, and the risk posed to their careers and future livelihoods by synthetic intelligence.
Writers and actors say studios have been methodically eroding their salaries for years, making it unimaginable for all however the very high ranks to earn a residing.
They contend that the rise of streaming platforms — who don’t typically reveal viewing figures — has disadvantaged them of large paydays once they create world hits.
Writers and studios tentatively gathered final Friday to debate formally reopening talks for the primary time since May, however even that sitdown to date has not yielded any tangible outcomes.
Meanwhile, nominations for the seventy fifth Primetime Emmy Awards had been introduced final month, simply hours earlier than talks between studios and SAG-AFTRA collapsed.
“Succession,” the HBO drama about an ultra-wealthy household combating for management of a sinister media empire, led the nominations with a whopping 27 nods, together with greatest drama.
“The Last of Us” grew to become the primary live-action online game adaptation to earn main nominations, with 24, whereas satire “The White Lotus” earned 23 nods.
