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This article originally ran on January 18, 2024, after the last Emmy Awards ceremony.
Were republishing it with the announcement of the2024 Primetime Emmy nominations.
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Its time to throw out the old ways and start afresh by slotting the Emmys into awards season permanently.
Allow me to explain.
Wait, why are the Emmys in September anyway?
And why does the eligibility period straddle years?
But TV hasnt worked like that for years.
Itdoesnt take programming breaksor function on the fall-to-spring timetable anymore.
You know:at the end of the actual year.
Obviously the 75th Emmys had especially bizarro vibes because of the delay.
Honoring the first season ofThe Beartwo months after the second came out is disorienting.
TV is an art form that, especially now, has a sense of immediacy and urgency around it.
How would that work logistically?
Yes, the ceremony would still have that This show came out how long ago?
We survived a 75th Emmys that felt way out of date.
Hold on, though.
Thats a good point.
In 2023, that number shrank to 163.
Those numbers will keep going down.
Its the perfect time for this adjustment.
Shows getting removed from streaming platforms willy-nilly is unfair.
(It also was areal inconvenience for Rob McElhenneyand no one wants that again.)
Theres certainly a Sunday in there that would work.
But theres already so many awards shows at the beginning of the year!
It is a lot.
Do people forget that there are basketball games midway through the NCAA tournament?
The Emmys ceremony should at least be as relevant as the shows it honors.
But maybe studios should limit how many of those events they host so people dont feel overloaded.
Thats what the strikes were about, after all.
Including the Emmy Awards.
