Awards Season Isn’t Quite Done Yet!

The Tony Awards Will Go On!

The writers strike continues to impact live TV events, including a few awards ceremonies that were originally planned for this month. The 76th Annual Tony Awards will go on as planned, airing live on Sunday, June 11 on CBS. The show went back and forth on whether it would air; however, in mid May it was announced that after appealing to the Writers Guild of America (WGA), an unscripted telecast will be broadcast.

Since the Tony Awards Management Committee presented an agreeable alternative plan, the WGA agreed not to picket the live event in New York City.

“Tony Awards Productions (a joint venture of the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing) has communicated with us that they are altering this year’s show to conform with specific requests from the WGA, and therefore the WGA will not be picketing the show,” the guild said in a statement. “As they have stood by us, we stand with our fellow workers on Broadway who are impacted by our strike.”

The WGA had previously rejected the Tony Awards’ strike waiver request. The WGA statement noted that the rejection was due to CBS and Paramount, not the awards ceremony itself.

Oscar winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose will return for her second consecutive year as host, as planned. Musicals lead the way among the Tony nominees. Some Like It Hot is at the top of the field with 13 nominations, followed by three musicals that have nine nods apiece: & Juliet, New York, New York and Shucked.

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which was originally scheduled to air on June 16, has been officially delayed due to the strike. Tony Awards: Credit: CBS