<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">This year's Emmy Awards will be postponed due to the ongoing Hollywood strikes, US media reported Thursday.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Television's equivalent of the Oscars was scheduled to take place in September, but could be pushed as far back as January, the Los Angeles Times reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Trade publication Variety said "vendors, producers and others involved with the event" have already been informed of the delay, which has not yet been officially announced.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A source familiar with the plans told AFP that a new date for the show has not yet been set.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hollywood's actors and writers are both currently on strike, in the first industry-wide walkout for 63 years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stars would not be able to attend the Emmys if the actors' strike was still in effect at the time of the ceremony -- a development that would be disastrous for television ratings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Writers would also not be allowed to script a monologue or jokes for the telecast's host and presenters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to reports, Fox -- this year's Emmy Awards broadcaster in the United States -- has been pushing to delay until January, giving the strikes longer to be resolved.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Television Academy, who vote for and host the awards, preferred a shorter postponement, as January lands the Emmys right in the middle of Hollywood's packed film award season.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Neither Fox nor the Television Academy has commented.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The last time the Emmys were delayed was in 2001, when the ceremony was postponed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Hollywood strikes have essentially shut down all US movie and television productions, with limited exceptions such as reality and game shows.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are barred from promoting their movies and series.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The unions' demands have focused on dwindling pay in the streaming era, and the threat posed to their careers and future livelihoods by artificial intelligence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nominations for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced earlier this month, just hours before talks between studios and SAG-AFTRA collapsed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Succession," the HBO drama about an ultra-wealthy family fighting for control of a sinister media empire, led the nominations with a whopping 27 nods, including best drama.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The Last of Us" became the first live-action video game adaptation to earn major nominations, with 24, while satire "The White Lotus" earned 23 nods. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>