Fox is expected to announce soon that the Emmy awards will be rescheduled to January next year due to the ongoing writers and actors strikes in Hollywood.
Variety first reported on Thursday that vendors for the ceremony have been informed of an imminent date change, but not given an exact date, while the Los Angeles Times cited an unnamed source familiar with the plans, who said Fox was planning to move the telecast date to January.
The Emmys – the highest honours in television – were originally slated to be telecast on 18 September. The LA Times reported that the January 2024 date is contingent on a resolution to disputes between the studios and guilds before then.
Hollywood actors went on strike earlier this month after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May and deepening the disruption of scores of shows and movies.
If the Emmys are postponed, it will be the first time since 2001, when the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent US military action pushed the ceremony to November. A smaller-than-usual Emmy telecast was held that year.
This year’s Emmy nominations were announced two weeks ago, with Succession, The Last of Us, The White Lotus and Ted Lasso leading the nominees. But this fell 48 hours before the dual work stoppage was declared.
The strikes are also expected to affect the Creative Arts Emmys, which honour artistic and technical achievements in television, and were originally slated to take place on 9 and 10 September.
Fox declined to comment while the Television Academy did not immediately respond to Reuters.
Reuters contributed to this report.
