7 September 2020CopyrightSarah Morgan

COVID-19 ‘Emmy awards’ prompts Television Academy suit

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has taken an online platform to court, after discovering that its Emmy award was being used to promote an award show honouring countries that refused to lock down during the pandemic.

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