The Emmys are set to be postponed to January because of the writers and actors’ strike, US media have reported.
Fox is expected to announce soon that the star-studded awards will be rescheduled from September, the Los Angeles Times reported, over the strikes.
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The ceremony was originally due to be broadcast on September 18.
The paper reported that the January date is contingent on a resolution between the studios and guilds before then.
Hollywood actors went on strike earlier this month after talks with studios broke down, joining film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May.
It has disrupted scores of shows and movies including The Last of Us and Saturday Night Live.
Nominations for the highest honours in television were announced about two weeks ago just before a work stoppage was declared.
If the Emmys are postponed, it will be the first time since 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. An Emmy telecast was held later that year in November.
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Entertainment publication Variety also earlier reported that vendors for the Emmys Awards had been informed of the imminent date change.
Fox declined to comment, while the Television Academy did not immediately respond to the Reuters news agency.
Popular shows nominated for an award include Succession, The White Lotus and Ted Lasso.
Unionised American actors began “indefinite” strike action earlier this month, joining film and television writers on the picket lines.
About 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) have walked out, while 15,000 screenwriters who are members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) have been on strike since May 2.
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It is the first time the two unions have striked together in 63 years.
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