The 75th Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed to January 15, the Television Academy and broadcast network Fox said yesterday, as Hollywood writers and actors strike over labour disputes with major studios.

The Emmys were originally slated to air on Fox on September 18 and nominations for the highest honours in television were announced in July, just before the dual work stoppage was declared, Reuters reported yesterday.

Hollywood actors last month joined film and television writers who have been on picket lines since May after negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and major studios reached an impasse.

It is the first time that both the writers’ and actors’ unions have gone on strike together since 1960, effectively halting production of scripted television shows and films and impacting businesses across the entertainment world’s orbit.

HBO drama ‘Succession’, the story of a family’s cutthroat fight for control of a media empire, leads the nominees for television’s Emmy awards alongside fellow HBO show ‘The Last of Us’, a dystopian video game adaptation.

Others competing for best drama include HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’, vacation-gone-wrong story ‘The White Lotus’ and Star Wars series ‘Andor’.

The Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on Fox from the Peacock Theater at LA Live on January 15. The Creative Arts Emmys — a class of awards recognizing technical and other similar achievements — will take place on January 6 and 7.