Emmys Eligibility Calendars Won’t Change in 2024 Despite Strikes, But TV Academies’ Heads Expect Dip in Scripted Submissions
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The two Hollywood strikes will have no impact on next year’s Emmy eligibility windows for either the Primetime Emmys or the Daytime Emmys, the heads of the two television academies confirmed this week.
Meeting with reporters in a joint setting — a collaboration that used to be a rarity, back when they were warring organizations, but has now become more common — Los Angeles-based Television Academy president/CEO Maury McIntyre and New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences president/CEO Adam Sharp tackled a wide range of subjects, including an anticipated drop in submissions next year in scripted categories due to the strikes; whether there will be more category realignments; if the talk show fields will be further adjusted; a major change in governance taking effect next year at NATAS; and more.
But they began by both confirming that they don’t expect to make any calendar tweaks to their Emmy competitions in the new year.
Despite having to push this year’s Daytime Emmys from June to December and Primetime Emmys from September to January due to the strikes, that has had no bearing on actual eligibility for this year’s kudocasts or next year’s competitions.
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