The Primetime Emmy Awards – television’s top honor – have been postponed for the first time in more than two decades as strikes by Hollywood writers and actors continue, Variety reported Thursday
The awards show had been scheduled to air on Fox on September 18. Vendors for the event “have been told that the ceremony will not air” on that date, “the first time that there has been official word that the date has been pushed,” the entertainment outlet reported. When asked for comment, a spokesperson for the Television Academy deferred to Fox, which declined to comment on the matter.
represents Amazon, Apple, CBS, Disney, NBC Universal, Netflix, Paramount Global, Sony, and CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. Many writers are unable to support themselves with writing alone and have been suffering from reduced job opportunities and the loss of some sources of income due to an industry shift from traditional broadcast and cable programming to streaming services. The last writers’ strike started in November 2007 stretched 100 days into February of 2008.
represents have seen drops in their stock prices, prompting cost cuts including layoffs.
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