Emmy TrophiesGreg Doherty/Getty PicturesThe Inventive Arts Emmys will probably be internet hosting a digital ceremony this 12 months. The Tv Academ
Emmy Trophies
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The Inventive Arts Emmys will probably be internet hosting a digital ceremony this 12 months.
The Tv Academy introduced Monday the ceremony, which generally takes place every week earlier than the Primetime Emmy Awards, will occur nearly as a substitute of in a packed auditorium as a precaution towards the unfold of the coronavirus.
The unique occasion was scheduled to happen on Sept. 12 and 13.
The Inventive Arts Emmys award the excellence of these behind-the-scenes working in manufacturing, design, set ornament, enhancing, casting and sound.
The Governors Ball, the official afterparty for the Emmys, has additionally been canceled.
“This has been an extremely difficult time for our business; and although we are actually planning to get again to work, we all know there are various nonetheless affected by the work stoppage attributable to the coronavirus,” Frank Scherma, CEO and chairman of the Tv Academy, mentioned in a press release.
Scherma mentioned the academy is making a $1 million donation to the Actors Fund’s Covid-19 Reduction Fund to help leisure business staff who’re struggling to make ends meet.
For now, the Tv Academy nonetheless plans to carry the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, however it’s nonetheless making an attempt to find out the way to host the occasion safely. The format and manufacturing of the prime-time awards present may differ this 12 months.