The 75th Emmys New Date Set For January 2024 Due To WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes

Summary

• The 75th Emmys will take place on January 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in LA, with Jesse Collins Entertainment as executive producers.
• The original September 18 date was postponed due to WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, with hopes for resolution by next year.
• The Emmys will have a shorter eligibility window from June 2022 to May 2023, and the date change coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. U.S. holiday, likely boosting viewership.

Yesterday, the Emmys officially announced that the 75th annual award ceremony will premiere Monday, January 15, 2024, at 8 P.M. EST/ 5 P.M. PST. The ceremony is expected to be broadcasted on Fox and hosted at the Peacock Theater at LA Live, formerly known as the Microsoft Theater. Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon, and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay will executive produce the show under Jesse Collins Entertainment.

The previous date was postponed from September 18 this year to next year due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Fox and the TV Academy, the Emmys’ promoters, hope that the strikes resolve in time for writers to produce the script and for actors to make an appearance. The Emmys hope to avoid the messy, unscripted ceremony like the 2023 76th Tony Awards at the United Palace in NYC. Some insiders speculate that the September 18 date was initially set to avoid overlap with Fox’s football programming.

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How the 75th Emmys Could Be a Logistical Nightmare

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Additionally, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, a ceremony that celebrates and recognizes artistic and technical achievements in television (i.e., animation, choreography, lighting design, etc.), is set to take place on January 7. However, this scheduling conflicts with Golden Globe Awards as it was already set for the same date. This is unusual because, in the interest of evenly distributing audience viewership numbers and not fueling awards fatigue, television networks are careful to avoid overlapping productions. As a result of the sudden date change, the Emmys competition eligibility window will be from June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023, in comparison to other award shows, which is from January 1 to December 31, 2023. Simply put, at the Emmys, The Bear season one will be up for competition, whereas The Bear season two will compete at the Golden Globes. It is unclear whether or not the short eligibility window will negatively affect viewership for the Emmys.

Despite the logistical oversights, the latest January 15 date falls on the same day as the Martin Luther King Jr U.S. holiday, which will incentivize more viewership. The Golden Globes premiered on the MLK Jr. holiday for several years before switching to Sundays. The date change will also be the first time the Emmys have changed dates since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

As for the nominations, HBO’s Succession, Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, Hulu’s The White Lotus, HBO’s The Last of Us, and Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, lead with the most nominations. Succession nominations include Sarah Snook for lead actress and Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, and Jeremy Strong for lead actor. Interestingly, for the first time, The Last of Us makes history as the first video game television adaptation to be recognized by the Emmys.

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