Disney Nears Emmy Weekend With ABC & Other Networks Still Dark On DirecTV In Carriage Fight
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deadline.comSunday’s Emmy Awards will take place nearly two weeks after 16 Disney networks went dark on DirecTV due to a carriage dispute between the companies.
Barring a resolution before the show, the unavailability of ABC for 11 million DirecTV subscribers (a healthy number of them in the L.A.
market) will come at an inopportune time for Disney. The media giant is not just broadcasting this year’s Emmys; its shows, notably FX’s The Bear and Shōgun, are poised to take many of the night’s biggest trophies.
FXX, one of the other networks affected by the blackout, is also airing an edited telecast of last weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, which Disney dominated with arecord51 wins, on Saturday night.
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