Vendors for the seventy fifth Primetime Emmys have been informed that the ceremony is not going to air on September 18 — the primary time that there was official phrase that the date has been pushed, Variety has realized completely.
The information was anticipated, amid Hollywood’s shutdown with the writers and actors on strike. But till now, the TV Academy and Fox have saved the telecast’s initially scheduled Sept. 18 date as a placeholder. However, with that date now lower than two months away, distributors, producers and others concerned with the occasion wanted to start out being knowledgeable now that their providers will have to be pushed. (Same for the Creative Arts Emmys, initially slated to happen on Sept. 9 and Sept. 10.)
This now marks the primary time the Emmys have been postponed since 2001. That yr, after the 9/11 terrorist assaults pushed the Emmy date, preliminary army motion in Afghanistan pushed the telecast once more, into November. At that time, a subdued Emmy telecast befell in a smaller venue (the now-demolished Schubert Theatre in Century City).
While an actual date has not been decided (and isn’t anticipated to be introduced till early August), Variety has beforehand reported that Fox is aiming to air the present in January 2024, whereas the TV Academy had been pushing for a November date. January would put the Emmys proper within the center of movie awards season, in addition to guild awards honoring reveals underneath a special eligibility timeframe. But because the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes proceed with no decision in sight, even November could also be too quickly for this yr’s ceremony — which is why January could now be the safer choice.
“Like the rest of the industry, we hope there will be an equitable and timely resolution for all parties in the current guild negotiations. We continue to monitor the situation closely with our partners at Fox and will advise if and when there is an update available,” the TV Academy mentioned final week in an announcement.
The Television Academy additionally beforehand confirmed that it might maintain its Phase 2 calendar intact, which means final-round voting for the seventy fifth Primetime Emmys continues to be happening between August 17 and August 28 (ending at 10 p.m. PT). That implies that Phase 2 campaigning must transfer ahead with out the presence of any of the nominated actors or writers.
Nominations have been introduced on July 12, lower than 48 hours earlier than the SAG-AFTRA strike started, successfully halting all manufacturing and promotion within the leisure business.
Per SAG-AFTRA tips, actors aren’t allowed to advertise their reveals or motion pictures through the strike; similar goes for WGA tips. With writers forbidden from working through the strike, a monologue and jokes couldn’t be written for the telecast’s host and presenters.
A number has not been named but for the upcoming Emmys, however a producer has: Jesse Collins Entertainment.
HBO dominated the nominations with “Succession” taking the lead (27 nominations), adopted by “The Last of Us” (24) and “The White Lotus” (23). On the comedy facet, Apple’s “Ted Lasso” was the fourth most nominated present was 21 nods and Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” nabbed 14. The hit FX/Hulu sequence “The Bear” broke into the race with 13 nominations, and Netflix fared nicely with “Beef” (13) “Dahmer” (13) and “Wednesday” (12). Shows with not less than 5 nominations embody HBO’s “Barry” (11), Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” (11), Amazon’s “Daisy Jones and The Six (9), ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” (8), AMC’s “Better Call Saul” (7) and Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi” (5).
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