Following a particularly slow year in television, the nominations for the 2024 Emmy Awards were announced this morning. The comparatively limited offerings between last June and this May were largely (though not entirely) the result of production delays during the dual actors’ and writers’ strikes last summer and fall, which lasted for more than 100 days. Shows like Abbott Elementary, Euphoria, Hacks, The White Lotus, and many more had their new season premieres pushed back.
The television industry is finding its footing again following the strikes, which resulted in new contracts for the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA. But as streamers continue to contract, with some folding into one another and others considering mergers, and as medi…