The Emmy “wheel” is about to pop. According to insiders, the Television Academy is in advanced talks to park the annual Emmy telecast at Amazon Prime Video — taking the ceremony off broadcast TV for the first time since its start in 1949.
\n\nIt would end the 31-year tradition of rotating the ceremony annually between ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, which has been referred to as a “wheel deal” given its annual shift from network to network. NBC and Peacock aired this year’s 78th Emmys, which reps the last broadcast under the most recent “wheel deal,” which was struck for eight years in 2018.
\n\nUnder the most recent “wheel deal,” the networks were believed to be paying just above $8 million a year (similar to the license fee it garnered under its previous deal). There’s no word yet on what a Prime Video deal might look like, or whether any deal points are firmly in place yet.
\n\nThis would also rep the latest awards show to make the transition from linear to streaming. Prime Video had previously acquired the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards after that kudocast left CBS in 2021, becoming the first major awards show to move…
Original source: https://variety.com/