The Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The annual awards present was scheduled to happen on the Pasadena Convention Center in California over three nights in June – however organisers have determined to scrap its unique plan due to the continuing well being disaster.
Terry O’Reilly, the chairman of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, defined: ”Given our issues over the COVID-19 pandemic, now we have determined that we’ll not be staging the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena this coming June.
”As there are such a lot of unknowns proper now with the movement of data altering on a each day, nearly hourly, foundation, it might merely be irresponsible to maneuver ahead with our annual celebration of excellence in daytime tv presently.”
Despite this, Brent Stanton, the chief director of the Daytime Emmys, revealed that judging will proceed as deliberate and the organisers ”look ahead to asserting our extremely proficient nominees later this spring”.
He continued: ”We are engaged on some fascinating various concepts for tips on how to finest recognise the honourees later this yr and can share extra particulars within the weeks forward.”
Adam Sharp, the president and chief government officer of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, mentioned the choice to cancel the present was ”extraordinarily troublesome”.
However, he additionally insisted that the well being and security of attendees and employees was the first concern.
He added: ”We are intently monitoring public heath authorities’ steering, in search of suggestions from our awards communities, and evaluating the flexibleness of our venue and manufacturing companions as we plan for the long run on this unprecedented context.”
