The Emmy Awards have been rescheduled to January 15 due to ongoing Hollywood strikes.
Details of the rescheduling: The Emmy Awards were originally set to air in September but are now rescheduled for January 15 due to Hollywood strikes.
* The Creative Arts Emmys, which honor technical achievements and animation, reality and documentary work, will take place a week earlier on January 6 and 7.
Backdrop: This is the first time the annual awards show has been postponed since 2001.
* Nominations for the Emmy Awards were announced on July 12, just a day before SAG-AFTRA announced an actors strike.
Troubles within the industry: HBO’s “Succession” received the most nominations followed by HBO’s “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus,” as well as Apple TV+’s comedy “Ted Lasso”.
* NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans noted the strikes could impact the pipeline of new shows, potentially diminishing the number of high-quality nominated shows next year.
Continuing disputes: SAG-AFTRA and the Writer’s Guild of America have not yet resumed talks with the studios or the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers respectively.
* Broadcast journalists, including many NPR employees who are SAG-AFTRA members, are not on strike as they are under a different contract.
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