The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will still air on Sept. 20, a date set months ago and then recently changed, reported DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com.

CBS and the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences had changed the date from Sept. 20 to Sept. 13 after the NFL announced a football doubleheader for that day and night. In addition, NBC scheduled a broadcast of the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys game for the same time as the Emmys.

But after the awards show was rescheduled, CBS discovered that the MTV Video Music Awards were already locked in for Sept. 13, and had venue and sponsorship agreements in place. A CBS exec said that “It’s best for the industry and the audience that these events not compete against each other.”

Twitterers expressed mixed feelings about the scheduling conflicts:

1. 
   LizzieJ1 Emmys moved back to September 20th to not compete with MTV Awards. Bad news – NY Giants play Cowboys that night. Crap.
2. 
   churray Emmys broadcast moved due to MTV Music Awards conflict– interesting, MTV trumps traditional awards show
3. 
   VickiL I don’t know whether to be amused or saddened by the news that the Emmys moved their awards date so as to not conflict w/MTV.
4. 
   Written_By Really, Emmys, a date change again?
5. 
   DJ_Minja Emmys Move Over For MTV Video Music Awards – They play music videos? i thought it was a reality rich snob station. Emmys are more important
6. 
   __dana__ I wonder about the Emmys moving the date because of the MTV video awards.
   Um. Does MTV show videos anymore?

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