Industry politics loom large over every awards season, but the version hanging over the 75th Emmy Awards nominations announcement is singularly outsized. Along with the expected contenders, surprises and snubs, the nominees were revealed hours before the extended deadline for negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP is set to expire.
That means Hollywood is bracing for what is increasingly likely to be the first time SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America walk picket lines together since 1960, and the actors guild's first film and TV walkout since 1980. (Salon's unionized employees are represented by the WGA East.)
