The landmark 50th Daytime Emmys are the latest awards show to be thrown into limbo amid the Writers Guild of America strike, which began May 2.
The in-person Daytime Emmys ceremony was scheduled to be held at the Westin Bonaventure Los Angeles on Friday, June 16 and air on CBS/stream on Paramount+. But in a statement, Adam Sharp, president and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, said: “The 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards scheduled for Friday, June 16 on CBS is postponed due to the WGA strike.
“In addition, the Creative Arts & Lifestyle ceremony, scheduled for Saturday June 17, has been postponed pending a strike resolution. We look forward to our community coming together to celebrate our golden anniversary and all the talented nominees and winners at a later date.
Earlier this month, it was announced that the June 11 Tony Awards would not air on CBS as planned, after the Writers Guild of America refused a broadcast waiver for the show. The WGA has since announced that because the producers of the Tony Awards have agreed to modify this year’s ceremony to comply with specific WGA requests, the guild will not be participating in the broadcast. It now appears this show will go onunscripted but with Ariana DeBose still hosting in some capacity.
In preparation for this year’s Daytime Emmys, ABC general hospital leads the soap opera pack with 19 total nominations, including for Outstanding Daytime Drama and 11 nominees overall. CBS’ Love glory and beauty in turn amassed 14 total nods, followed closely by CBS’ The young and the restless (with 13) and NBC/Peacock’s days of our lives (ten).
Among the non-soap programs, The Kelly Clarkson Show leads with 11 total nominations, including Outstanding Daytime Talk Series and Host.