2023 Emmys Ceremony Delayed as Hollywood Strikes Continue

Mar. 16, 2025

Emmy statue at the 71st Emmy Awards.Photo:MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty

An Emmy statue at the 71st Emmy Awards Governors Ball press preview at LA Live in Los Angeles, California on September 12, 2019. - The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on September 22, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

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The 2023Emmy Awardshave been delayed, PEOPLE has learned.

This year’s 75th annual ceremony — which was scheduled to air live on Fox on Sept. 18 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles — has been postponed as union action, including theWriters Guild of America (WGA) strikeandSAG-AFTRA strike, continues in Hollywood and beyond. The same goes for the Creative Arts Emmys originally slated for Sept. 9 and 10.

No new dates have been announced. However, a person familiar with the plans toldThe Los Angeles TimesFox is expected to announce the ceremony will be rescheduled for January 2024.Varietyalso previously reported that Fox was aiming for a January date.

The WGA began itsstrikeon May 2 after the writers and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to reach an agreement before their deadline. It’s the first time the WGA has gone onstrikein 15 years — the 2007–2008 strike lasted 100 days. The previous strike in 1988 currently remains the longest in history, spanning for a total of 153 days.

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Writers picket in front of Netflix on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, on May 2, 2023 as the Writers Guild of America (WGA) goes on strike. - More than 11,000 Hollywood television and movie writers went on their first strike in 15 years, after talks with studios and streamers over pay and working conditions failed to clinch a deal. The strike means late-night shows are expected to grind to a halt immediately, while television series and movies scheduled for release later this year and beyond could face major delays. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Thestrikecomes on the heels of the explosion of streaming, rise of mini-rooms, and concerns over the possibility of artificial intelligence (AI) entering creative spaces. Thewriters are seekinghigher compensation overall and better residual rates, which have plummeted in the streaming age. They are also asking for guarantees of duration of employment, a mandatory minimum number of staff writers per room, and restrictions on the use of AI.

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Jason Sudeikis joins members of the Writers Guild of America East and SAG-AFTRA as they walk the picket line outside NBC Rockefeller Center on July 14, 2023

Simultaneously, 160,000 actors who are members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) — notably many of the2023 Emmy nominees— are also striking.

On July 13, the actors' unionannounced it had initiated a strikeafter its own failed contract negotiations with the AMPTP.

SAG-AFTRA members previously voted 97.91% in favor of authorizing a strike on June 5 before it began negotiations with the AMPTP on June 7.

Actors have many similar concerns to their writer counterparts (or are, in many cases, also writers). They’re seeking better compensation and benefit plans as the rise of streaming services and complications resulting from the streaming model have contributed to a decline in wages and residuals. They also are looking for protections against the impact of AI on their work.

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source: people.com

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