Emmys Officially Moving Out of September Amid Dual Strike
It was a long time coming, but on Thursday night, news finally broke that the Emmys will be moving out of its planned September 18 date, as Variety is reporting that TV vendors have been informed the ceremony will not be airing that day.
For now, no new date has been set for the event, but Variety had reported earlier this year that Fox would be eyeing a January 2024 spot. A decision has yet to be announced, and it will probably depend on the outcome of both strikes. Actors and writers are currently prohibited from doing any awards campaigning for the shows they worked on, which would have made for a very odd Emmy season (and perhaps one that would have centered on the work itself). As a result, the date for the Emmys has been in doubt since even before the nominations were announced.
Though Variety says that the new date could be early next year, we still don’t know how the progression (or lack thereof) of both strikes will affect it. If both guilds are still not back to work, will the TV Academy push it back again or will they host a very unique ceremony? The rules of the strike would be particularly tricky there, though it could certainly be used to raise awareness and pressure the studios to reach a deal; for starters, writers could not actually write the monologue or jokes for the ceremony while the strike is going on. There are also questions about the Oscars and how that campaign could be impacted as well; going no further, several big candidates like Dune: Part Two could move out of this year, in a situation that resembles what we saw in 2020 because of the pandemic.
Stay tuned as the situation continues to develop.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
