NBC Moves Emmy Awards To August

[DToTheJ]

So as not to conflict with their "Sunday Night Football" franchise, NBC - which will carry the Emmys in 2010 - has moved the awards broadcast, which traditionally takes place in September, to August 29 of next year.

This actually will not be the first time the network made this decision. NBC pulled the same move in 2006, and it turned out to be the most-watched Emmy show in four years.

Full story:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ar...rimetime_Emmys_Back_To_August.php?rssid=20065

 

[DToTheJ]

Update: This year, NBC will air the Emmy Awards live, coast-to-coast, i.e. not tape delayed on the West Coast. The move this summer marks the first time in the current era of television that the Emmys will be live across the country.

Full story:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ar..._Will_Air_Live_Coast_to_Coast.php?rssid=20065

 

[DToTheJ]

Anyone think this will be the lowest-rated Emmy telecast ever?

 

[fussbudget]

Wait, wait....NBC is showing something live on the West Coast? That's a first!

 

[DToTheJ]

They've shown the Super Bowl live on the West Coast...

 

[Joe_Capitano]

But the NFL doesn't give you a choice there, do they?

(...and even if they did, You Wouldn't Dare!)

 

[johnnya2k6]

Well, NBC showed this year's Golden Globes live on the West Coast as well!

But I guess the Academy Awards are still broadcast live only in the Lower 48; Alaska and Hawaii see it on tape delay later in the evening, because airing it live at 4:00 pm and 3:00 respectively would create problems.