The Primetime Emmy Awards are likely to be postponed due to the ongoing dual strikes called by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in the US. According to Variety, vendors had been told the awards would no longer be happening on September 18 as planned.
The Television Academy and cable network Fox, which will
broadcast the 75th edition of the award ceremony that rewards the best of
talent from television and streaming space, are yet to officially announce the
changes.
It will be for the first time in two decades that Emmys have
been pushed from their planned date. In 2001, the ceremony was delayed two
months in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks.
In 2020, the awards were held in a hybrid format due to the
coronavirus pandemic with Jimmy Kimmel hosting the ceremony from LA's Staples
Center, while all the nominees joined from their homes and other locations.
About 65,000 actors — the vast majority of whom make less
than $27,000 a year from their screen work — along with 11,500 screenwriters,
are on strike, called by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen
Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
The joint strike, the first since 1960, was called after the
WGA and SAG-AFTRA failed to reach a consensus for a new contract with the
studios and streaming services, represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture
and Television Producers (AMPTP).
Members of the WGA were the first to start their strike in
early May, demanding better wages, higher minimum pay, more writers per show,
and shorter exclusive contracts among other things. The members of SAG-AFTRA
joined them earlier this month.
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