Viewers got a double dose of the Primetime Emmys this year.
The 2024 Emmy Awards, hosted by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy, took place Sept. 15. However, eight months ago, there was another Primetime Emmys—the 2023 event, hosted by Anthony Anderson, was held in January, after being postponed from the previous September.
The reason for the delay? Hollywood writers and actors’ strikes over labor disputes with major studios, which prohibited union members from appearing at award shows.
While the Primetime Emmys have been postponed before, this marks the first time two ceremonies have taken place in one year. The last time the date of the Emmy Awards was pushed back was in 2001, when it was delayed twice for a total of two months in wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and subsequent U.S. military action in Afghanistan.
This time, the delay was caused by the strikes in the entertainment industry. In May 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA), representing more than 11,000 TV and movie screenwriters, went on strike for the first time in 15 years, halting production of most films and television shows.
