Emmy Awards leave broadcast TV for Prime Video in 2027 under six-year deal

An Emmy statue is seen on the red carpet ahead of the 74th Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 12, 2022.Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Emmy Awards will leave its long-running broadcast network rotation for Amazon Prime Video in 2027 under a six-year exclusive global streaming deal, the e-commerce giant and the Television Academy announced on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Prime Video will stream the annual awards honoring the best in TV for free to all audiences, including nonsubscribers, in more than 240 countries and territories. Prime Video's rights to the Emmys will begin with the 2027 ceremony. NBC, owned by Comcast, aired the 2026 ceremony on Sept. 14. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In the release, Prime Video was named as the "permanent home" for the Emmys, in contrast to the rotating agreement in place years prior.The switch ends the traditional "wheel-deal" setup to broadcast the awards, where ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox took turns hosting the Emmys each year. The system has been in place since at least 1994, with the most recent eight-year contract expiring this year. "Television has never been more global, and the Emm...