It’s a make-or-break year for the Primetime Emmys . After NBC broadcasts the 78th Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, the current four-network “wheel deal” — in which ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox take turns airing the annual event — expires. As of now, no renewal is in place, meaning we still don’t know what the future holds for the show.

I’ve used this column over the past few years to pitch my idea: a “roadblock,” in which every streamer and broadcaster simulcasts the Emmys. That would expose the show (and the nominated programs that it spotlights) to a much wider audience, as opposed to the limitations that come with airing on just one outlet at a time.

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The concept of everyone coming together for one evening — and pausing their competition for the good of the overall TV business — had some legs.…