The Emmy Awards were today called off for the second time, after American military attacks in Afghanistan.
The television awards ceremony was due to screen on TV2 tonight.
CBS, the network organising the awards, pulled the plug on the ceremony hours before it was to be televised in America.
If the Emmys
are not rescheduled it will be the first cancellation in their 53-year history.
Les Moonves, president of CBS, said public opinion influenced the decision to hold off on the ceremony.
The television industry has grappled in the weeks following the September 11 attacks with the propriety of staging such a normally glitzy celebration.
Emmy organisers had aimed for a night of muted celebration, asking participants to cut back on red-carpet arrival fanfare and forgo showy gowns and tuxedos in favour of business attire. Veteran newsman Walter Cronkite was invited to help set a sombre tone.
The ceremony, hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres, was to include tributes to heroes and victims of the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
Most nominees and presenters had said they were willing to take part in a more low-key ceremony than usual after the Emmys were first postponed last month, shortly after the attacks.
But Moonves said: "I cannot honestly say I spoke to one person today who was passionate about going on [with the show]."
HBO's mob drama The Sopranos had 22 nominations, followed by NBC's White House drama The West Wing with 18. Both were contenders for best drama series.
TV2 has replaced the Emmys with an episode of Third Watch and a Robbie Williams special.
