Emmys Postpone Ceremony in Light of WGA and SAG Strikes

The show blog must go on.

In lieu of the WGA and SAG strikes, the Emmys have officially moved away from their September 18th date. This is the first time the Emmys have postponed their date since 2001, after the September 11th attacks. No new dates have been announced for both the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Creative Arts Emmys. It stands to reason that the show will not be rescheduled until the strike ends. As stated earlier on the site, The Film Experience stands with SAG-AFTRA and the WGA in their quest for fair wages. Hopefully, all production (including our beloved award shows) can return once the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) agrees to negotiate with the guilds in earnest.

In the meantime, all this means for us is that there’s just more time to celebrate the amazing work of television that is being honored this year.

In the coming months, you can expect more category analyses, volleys on the big four awards and coverage of many of the Creative Arts categories. You can find our Emmys coverage so far below: 

• “The Strange History of Iconic TV Characters That Never Won Emmys,” by Eric Blume

• “Emmy Spotlight: "The Other Two" and the tradition of the 'lone writing nomination’,” by Chris James

• “Emmy Nominations - Who's Up and Who's Down?,” by Chris James

• “Four shows entirely dominated the Emmy nominations. Worthy or excessive?” by Abe Friedtanzer

• “Team Experience Reacts to the 2023 Emmy Nominations”

• “"Succession" Leads 2023 Emmy Nominations”

Are there any shows or categories that you want us to delve into at The Film Experience? Let us know in the comments below.

Stand strong SAG-AFTRA and WGA

by Nathaniel R

There's a lot of good reporting on the current WGA strike out there from the big budget entertainment sites. You absolutely should get caught up at Vanity Fair for instance, to catch up with what's going down. We were thrilled to learn that SAG-AFTRA has joined forces with the ongoing Writers Strike. It's brought Hollywood to a literal standstill today. Productions have halted. Furthermore no actors can promote their current or upcoming TV and movies. It's a disaster for the industry that was already struggling but strikes are supposed to be disruptive and wealth absolutely must be shared. There's no reason why CEOs and executives should consume all the spoils and leave crumbs for the writers and actors who create the stories and characters we all obsess over and spend money on.

While we the audience will feel the painful repercussions for months -- watch out for many delays in movies, tv seasons, and the hobbling of Emmy season and fall film festivals as actors will not be allowed to promote their work -- we applaud the strike...

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SAG Acceptance Speeches, Ranked

by Nathaniel R

SAG Awards are often a good swift night. There's no dawdling around with filler, there's not much in the way of montages, but there are clips, acceptance speeches, and a parade of celebrities. In short, we're into it. The most sublime inspired combo in terms of presenter pairings was the evil twinnage of Jenna Ortega and Aubrey Plaza. (Whoever thought of that deserves a 20% raise.)  But what SAG is all about is the acceptance speeches.

They come one after the other, a veritable parade of gushing. This ranking was done on the fly from memory so... I do not stand by it should you want to fight in the comments. Nevertheless why not share the acceptance speeches? (the ones we could embed at least). Let's look at the speeches  from least best to best best...

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Can Jamie Lee Curtis win the Oscar?

by Nathaniel R

We'll discuss the full list of SAG winners in the next post but first the big surprise. Tonight's major curveball in the film categories was Jamie Lee Curtis' win for Everything Everywhere All At Once. But perhaps this win shouldn't have felt like a shock at all...

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Best Ensemble, Casting, Stunts, and More...

by Nathaniel R

EEAAO an easy choice for "Best Ensemble" discussions.

With the SAG Awards airing tonight -- we expect to see encore speeches from Blanchett, Fraser, Bassett, and Quan since the acting winners tend to get set in stone once televised ceremonies begin -- let's talk acting categories that Oscar doesn't have. Here are my personal favourites for Casting, Ensemble, Stunts, and Juvenile Performances, a couple of prizes which SAG has and two that they don't...

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