The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced on Tuesday, that the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards scheduled for Friday night, June 16th, and the Creative Arts & Lifestyle Awards scheduled for Saturday night, June 17th have been postponed.
Due to the WGA Writers strike, the ceremonies have been put on hold until a resolution to the strike between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers can be reached. The 50th annual Daytime Emmys were to air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+.In a statement, NATAS President and CEO, Adam Sharp revealed:
“The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards planned for Friday June 16 on CBS is postponed due to the WGA strike. In addition, the Creative Arts & Lifestyle ceremony, planned for Saturday, June 17, has been postponed pending a strike resolution. We look forward to our community gathering together as one to celebrate our Golden Anniversary and all of the talented nominees and honorees at a later date.”
This is not the first award show to be affected by the writers strike, as the Tony Awards went from being postponed to now moving forward with an unscripted televised broadcast on CBS as announced on Tuesday.
Originally, the Tony Awards Management Committee asked the WGA for a waiver last week, but received a denial. In an appeal on Monday, the union said they would not grant the scheduled June 11th ceremony a waiver or exception, but would not picket the ceremonies.
On Tuesday morning, on learning the Tony telecast is moving forward, the writers guild said in a statement: “Responsibility for having to make changes to the format of the 2023 Tony Awards rests squarely on the shoulders of Paramount/CBS and their allies. They continue to refuse to negotiate a fair contract for the writers represented by the WGA.”
The Daytime Emmys were ready to celebrate its 50th anniversary and recognize some of television’s big anniversaries including General Hospital’s 60th, Y&R’s 50th and more. GH leads all nominations with 19.