Amid the Los Angeles wildfires, some 2025 award shows, like the Critics' Choice Awards, have been postponed, while others, like the Grammys, are proceeding as planned and set to raise funds for wildfire relief efforts. But this isn't the first time Hollywood award shows have been delayed (or almost delayed) amid major historical events. We're looking at the times major Hollywood award shows have been postponed throughout history.
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00:00Amid the Los Angeles wildfires, some 2025 award shows like the Critics' Choice Awards have been
00:05postponed, while others, like the Grammys, are proceeding as planned and set to raise
00:10funds for wildfire relief efforts. But this isn't the first time Hollywood award shows
00:14have been delayed or almost delayed amid historical events. We're taking a look at
00:18the times major Hollywood award shows have been postponed throughout history.
00:23In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on April 4th, just days before the Oscars were set
00:29to take place on April 8th. Several big-name stars slated to appear at the ceremony, like Sidney
00:34Poitier, were also planning on attending King's funeral the next day on April 9th. So the Academy
00:40moved the ceremony to April 10th. The broadcast opened with a tribute to King from the Academy's
00:45then-president, Gregory Peck. It was his work and his dedication that brought about the increasing
00:53awareness of all men that we must unite. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and
01:01wounded in an assassination attempt the same day the Oscars were supposed to air.
01:05Producers opted to postpone the show by one day, with host Johnny Carson opening the ceremony like
01:11this. The Academy, ABC Television, and all of us connected with the show felt because of the
01:16uncertain outcome, as of this time yesterday, it would have been inappropriate to stage a
01:22celebration. In 2001, the Emmys were postponed following the September 11th terrorist attacks.
01:28The ceremony that was set to air that same month was then pushed to November. It's also worth
01:33noting that in 2003, the U.S. invaded Iraq just days before the Oscars. While producers debated
01:39postponing the show, they ultimately decided to proceed, but there was no red carpet.
01:44During the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Golden Globes were postponed and moved from early
01:50January to February 28th, the date that had originally been set for that year's Oscars.
01:55The show saw nominees appear virtually. The 2021 Oscars were then delayed until April 25th and
02:01held at Union Station instead of the Dolby Theater. And the 2021 Grammys were postponed
02:05and moved from January 31st to March 14th. The next year, the 2022 Grammys were postponed and
02:12moved from late January to early April due to a spike in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron
02:17variant. And most recently, the 2023 Emmy Awards were delayed and moved from September of that
02:22year to early January 2024 due to the 2023 writers and actor strikes. For all of the
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