Hollywood's double strike has a new victim: the Emmy Awards will be postponed for four months and will now be held on Jan, 15, 2024. It was the Television Academy who confirmed the new date after several rumors suggested that the event would be postponed due to the current hiatus of screenwriters and actors across the country.
Watch the 75th #Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, only on @FOXTV! 📺 ✨ #TelevisionAcademy pic.twitter.com/TwobdsVgnb
— Television Academy (@TelevisionAcad) August 10, 2023
The news about the possible delay of the gala was made public by Variety at the end of July. At the time, the outlet assured that "the producers and other people involved in the event" were already aware of the decision even though there had still been no official statement. This year, the ceremony will be broadcast on Fox, which announced that the gala will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles:
As the Emmy Awards celebrates its 75th Anniversary, the show will broadcast live on FOX coast-to-coast from the Peacock Theater at LA Live and will honor the talented performers, writers, directors and craftspeople whose work has entertained, inspired and connected viewers across the globe throughout the past year.
Fox was the party who proposed delaying the 75th edition of the Emmy Awards to January, something that was discussed with the Television Academy. The proposal was ultimately accepted even though it pushes the event to the middle of film awards season, which could be detrimental to the television gala.
The two unions on strike are essential to the Emmys
However, according to both organizations, there was no choice but to postpone it. They made this decision with the intention of allowing time for things to settle in Hollywood and for both writers and actors to get back to work, as they do not want to hold this meeting without their attendance.
Actors and writers receive the majority of the awards at the ceremony. The Hollywood Reporter reported that last year, 16 of the 22 awards went to screenwriters or actors.
Not to mention that the venue is filled with these two groups. Not only that, the Writers Guild (WGA) is the in charge of writing scripts for the hosts which, in addition, usually belong to the Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA). These conditions further complicated the proper functioning of the gala, which was in jeopardy if it was not postponed for a few months while waiting for a solution to the double strike.
