The decision to move the Grammy to the same date in March at this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards hit a bitter note with the organizers of the last event.
The Recording Academy announced on Tuesday that, due to “the deterioration of the situation of COVID in Los Angeles, with overloaded hospital services, ICUs reaching maximum capacity and new guidelines from state and local governments”, the semi-virtual 63rd annual Grammy Award would change from Sunday, January 31 to Sunday, March 14.
The fact is that the SAG Awards – which are traditionally held in mid-January to late January – announced in July that, due to pandemic considerations, it would not hold its 2021 ceremony until March 14. (In turn, the SAG Award extended its eligibility period for films and TV shows by two months, until February 28)
“We are extremely disappointed to learn of the conflicting date, March 14, announced today for this year’s Grammy Awards broadcast,” said SAG-AFTRA in a statement quoted by our sister site Deadline. “We announced the same date for the SAG Awards last July with the intention of giving as much consideration as possible to programming for other award shows. We expect the same consideration from sister organizations across the industry. ”
Like the SAG Awards, both the Golden Globe (to be hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler) and the Oscar delayed their ceremonies scheduled for 2021 by two months – to February 28 and April 25, respectively.