TV Biz aboard the industry with the Shakeups of the industry, moving the ceremony to Monday – Variety

Michael Che, Colin Jost and Lorne Michaels have some work on Monday night.

Che and Jost, the stars of Saturday Night Live, will be performing at the Microsoft Theater this evening as the presenter of the 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, broadcast live on NBC at 5pm. PT. The boss of "SNL" Michaels is executive producer.

The TV business is hoping to get the usual dazzle out of downtown Los Angeles. But this year's Emmys are coming at a time when the industry is still in shock from the #MeToo scandals and the upheavals that drive Disney's mergers and acquisitions craze since the 21st century. year.

This crisis will be resolutely resolved in the opening number of the show. One source said it would be a stellar production number featuring a mix of "SNL" players and other television stars – Kate McKinnon, RuPaul Charles and Sandra Oh – who will make reference to choppy waters of industry. .

Even the move of the ceremony to Monday night (to avoid the passage of the "Sunday Night Football" of the NBC) was attended by participants.

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"We're feeling a bit disappointed this year," said a party animal at the pre-party party in Century City.

The three-day weekend leading up to tonight's main event has become an endurance test for many. Sunday night was not so shocking that a physical fight broke out between Tom Arnold and Mark Burnett while they were raising money for the Film Television Fund.

Rumors about the weekend were less about who will win the best prices and who will be fired and who will buy who. The disappearance of Leslie Moonves at CBS and the lingering uncertainty about Disney's integration plans for 21st Century Fox's assets put a damper on the enthusiasm for board games.

HBO's "Game of Thrones" and Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" are considered the best shows to beat in the race for best drama; Amazon's "wonderful Ms. Maisel" and FX's "Atlanta" are the pioneers of the humorous series. The playground seems to be more open than in the past, which should add a little suspense to the evening.

Maury McIntyre, president and chief operating officer of the Academy of Television, predicted that this year's winners will have many surprises because of what he called a "double digit" of more than 20,000 members .

"People are really excited about the great work done on television," McIntyre said. Variety. "It's not a year we all think" Oh, this show is definitely going to win, "so people really wanted to participate and vote."