Well, it’s finally official. After a month of speculation, the Television Academy and FOX have announced that the 2023 Emmy Awards are moving to January 2024, with an airdate of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
This announcement comes after the actors’ guild, SAG-AFTRA, began their strike the day after the Emmy nominees were announced, and 100+ days after the start of the WGA strike. This historic joint strike, which hasn’t been seen since the 1960s, is causing disruptive waves across the industry, and the Emmys are just the latest to be affected.
This move may signal bad news for those hoping the strikes are nearing a finish line; reportedly, the Academy was pushing for a November airdate, but FOX won out with their request to hold the ceremony in January, which could mean that industry players believe there’s at least five months remaining for the writers and actors on the picket lines, if not more. After talks broke down between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) late last week, it seems that the strike remains an “indefinite” problem plaguing the industry.