The People’s Choice Awards will be held in November this year. Will this have any effect on the Outlander Season 4 premiere date?
November is an important month for us. It’s the month Outlander Season 4 premieres. It’s also the date of an awards show that may see some nominations and wins for our cast and crew. It’s all about the People’s Choice Awards.
The awards usually airs at the start of the year, but with a move to E! from CBS, the network decided to push it back to the end of the year. This takes the awards out of contention with other major awards since E! doesn’t have the same backing as CBS. That’s all well and good, but could this have an effect on when Outlander Season 4 will actually premiere?
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The People’s Choice Awards will air on November 11. This was one of the Sundays considered unlikely to premiere the fourth season in the first place, mainly because it’s Remembrance Sunday. Even though the show and the awards will air on different networks, it’s unlike Starz will want to compete with E! and take viewers away from an awards show that the Outlander stars stand a good chance in.
There are two Sundays that would work well as a date for the premiere: November 4 or 18. With the People’s Choice Awards on November 11, it’s possible that Starz will hold off for the November 18 for the premiere. After all, the cable network may not want to compete for the second episode on the same day as the awards show.
This will depend on how much of a threat Starz believes the People’s Choice Awards will be. Considering Starz relies mostly on subscriptions, there’s no need to worry about competition with other networks.
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