Previewing and Predicting the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards
On Monday, January 12th the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) will announce their picks for the best that television networks and streaming services had to offer in the 2022–2023 season.
By far the most notable thing about this year’s ceremony is its timing. The ceremony was originally supposed to take place in September 2023 as is tradition. However, with the Writers Guild of America on strike from May through September and the Screen Actors Guild on stirke from July through November, Hollywood basically ground to a halt. Both guilds prohibited their members from attending industry events or promoting their work during this time, so the Emmys had to move to a future date where they could be reasonably sure the strikes would be over but not so late that it entered the fierce corridor of February and March when we have the Grammys, the Super Bowl, and the Oscars. So, they settled on mid-January. The result of this move is that some of the programs in contention aired nearly 18 months ago and the votes were cast over 5 months ago. Given the latter, it’s a bit tricky to predict the winners now as sentiment regarding certain series likely has shifted in the intervening time since votes were cast. (For example, while the buzz for all these shows was red-hot during the voting period, shows like Succession and The Bear have arguably…
