LOS ANGELES — The Daytime Emmy Awards have turn into the most recent casualty of the Hollywood writers strike.

The present set for June 16 in Los Angeles is being postponed due to the strike by the Writers Guild of America, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences stated in an announcement.

“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,” stated Adam Sharp, academy president and CEO.

The fiftieth annual Daytime Emmys honoring cleaning soap operas and speak reveals had been to be televised on CBS.

Last yr, the ceremony returned to a dwell, in-person occasion for the primary time for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic started. In 2020 and 2021, the Daytime Emmys had been pre-taped occasions.

The postponement comes because the Tony Awards, scheduled for June 11 on CBS, stay in flux after the WGA denied a request for a strike waiver from the present’s producers. The union stated it will not picket the present.

The current MTV Movie & TV Awards switched to a pre-taped telecast that includes clip packages after the union vowed to picket the dwell broadcast that was scheduled to happen in Santa Monica. Host Drew Barrymore dropped out to honor the putting writers.

The Peabody Awards scrapped plans to stage an in-person ceremony on June 11. The strike has additionally disrupted the PEN America gala.

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