Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large November or January? The Television Academy and Fox have been locked in a debate over when to air this year’s 75th annual Emmy Awards in the likely event that they’ll have to postpone the ceremony.
The Academy would like to shift the show to November (something it also did in 2001), while Fox appears set on a January airdate.
When the Television Academy announces this year’s Emmy Awards nominations on Wednesday, they’ll downplay — but still reference — show’s September 18 airdate.
Nonetheless, almost everyone involved inside both the network and org know that it’s extremely unlikely that date will hold much longer.
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