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Due to the continuing simultaneous strikes announced by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA in the United States, the Primetime Emmy Awards are likely to be postponed. According to Variety, suppliers were informed that the awards will no longer take place on September 18 as planned.
The Television Academy and Fox, which will broadcast the 75th edition of the award ceremony honouring the best in television and streaming talent, have yet to publicly disclose the changes.
The Emmys will be moved from their scheduled date for the first time in two decades. In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the ceremony was postponed for two months in 2001.
Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the awards were conducted in a hybrid style in 2020, with Jimmy Kimmel presenting the ceremony from LA's Staples Centre, while other candidates joined from their homes and other locations.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (SAG-AFTRA) have called a strike for approximately 65,000 actors, the vast majority of whom earn less than $27,000 (approximately Rs. 22 lakh) per year from their screen work.
The WGA and SAG-AFTRA announced the strike after failing to reach an agreement on a new contract with the studios and streaming services represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).
The WGA was the first to go on strike in early May, seeking greater minimum wages, more writers per programme, and shorter exclusive contracts, among other things. SAG-AFTRA members joined them earlier this month.
