The 2023 Emmy Awards might be pushed again from its September broadcast date because the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA proceed to strike.
High line
Sources near the awards present confirmed to Adweek that the ceremony might be delayed from its authentic Sept. 18 airdate, set to broadcast on Fox. A brand new date has not but been introduced, although earlier experiences point out the seventy fifth Primetime Emmys may air as late as January.
Between the traces
The transfer isn’t sudden, as 11,500 writers and 160,000 actors are putting, that means the Emmy Awards would seemingly have been offered to a largely empty room ought to they happen in September.
The writers have been on strike since early Could, and the actors joined them earlier this month.
The Emmys haven’t been delayed for greater than 20 years, with the final time following the terrorist assaults on Sept. 11, 2001. That ceremony ultimately befell in November.
Fox, which is able to broadcast the ceremony, is one among a number of networks to regulate its fall schedule because of the strikes. The corporate didn’t announce its fall slate in the course of the upfronts, as an alternative opting to announce an unscripted and animation-heavy lineup earlier this month.
NBC, The CW and CBS have all reshuffled their fall lineups this month after preliminary bulletins in Could.
Backside line
This yr’s nominations had been introduced earlier this month. HBO led the way in which with essentially the most nominations (127), together with 4 within the Greatest Drama class (Succession, The Final of Us, White Lotus and Home of the Dragon). Different prime contenders embrace FX’s The Bear and Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso.
