‘Succession’ set to dominate TV’s delayed Emmys

People are setting up the red carpet for the 75th Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on January 14.//AFP

Los Angeles, United States – Postponed by four months because of Hollywood strikes, the Emmy Awards will finally celebrate television’s best and brightest on Monday, with the last season of HBO’s “Succession” tipped to scoop the night’s top prizes.

The small screen’s equivalent of the Oscars typically takes place in September, but organizers opted for an unusual January slot this time around, correctly gambling that the entertainment industry walkouts would be over, and that stars would be free to walk the red carpet again.

Votes were cast back in the summer, and some of the nominated shows premiered as long as 18 months ago — but there still seems little doubt that the fictional Roy family from “Succession” will be making plenty…