Emmy Awards 2023 Ceremony Postponed From September Amid Actors And Writers Strike

The Emmy Awards portion of the presentation will not continue.

Multiple outlets report that the annual awards presentation, which recognizes TV’s greatest and brightest performers from the previous year, will not occur on September 18 as originally stated.

The ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes in Hollywood have forced the postponement of the 75th Emmy Awards, which were scheduled to be telecast on Fox. All new times have been made public.

The final season of HBO’s Succession received the most nominations of any show, with 27 nods when the Emmy nominations were announced on July 12. Succession will go off against Andor, Better Call Saul, The Crown, The Last of Us, The White Lotus, and Yellowjackets for Outstanding Drama Series.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents TV and film production companies, and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) were unable to agree their contract’s expiration date of July 12; consequently, two days after the nominations were announced, SAG-AFTRA members went on strike.

“SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP engaged in good faith negotiations. According to the guild’s website, when they stated that they needed a modern contract that addressed contemporary challenges, they were met with “business as usual” replies. “Our performing careers are now in danger. This is the basis for our strike.

The Emmy Awards portion of the presentation will not continue.

SAG-AFTRA performers are currently protesting alongside writers from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), who went on strike on May 2 after their talks with AMPTP broke down.

According to SAG-AFTRA rules, members are prohibited from attending award ceremonies during a strike and filming new shows, giving interviews, going to film festivals, and promoting projects on social media for work that is now on strike.

The AMPTP responded with a statement that read, “A strike is certainly not the outcome we hoped for as studios cannot operate without the performers that bring our TV shows and films to life.” “The Union has regrettably chosen a course that will put countless thousands of people who depend on the industry in financial hardship.”

The first significant award presentation to be impacted by the strikes will be the 2023 Emmy Awards. Usually held in September, the most recent ceremony saw prizes given to Zendaya from Euphoria for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Lee Jung-Jae from Squid Game for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Jean Smart from Hacks for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Jason Sudeikis from Ted Lasso for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

SOURCE – (Enews)