Emmys: TV Academy Merges Variety Talk and Sketch Categories, Expands Limited Series to Include Anthologies, DQ - Hollywood Reporter

In other major news, the categories of variety talk series (which includes all of the late-night shows) and variety sketch series are being merged into one, variety series.

Networks have had the option to either enter shows in the drama series or comedy series races or, alternatively, to submit individual individual installments for the best TV movie Emmy (even though they are not TV movies).

Henceforth, however, anthology series will compete alongside limited series in a unified category called best limited or anthology series.

And individual work done within these sorts of shows will compete against each other — for example, best actor in a limited or anthology series.

The two categories honoring short form programs — short form comedy/drama series and short form variety series — are being merged into one category, best short form comedy, drama or variety series.

A new category is being created to recognize stunt performers (as opposed to stunt coordinators, who have been recognized for years in stunt coordination categories): best stunt performance by an individual or team in a drama, comedy, limited series or movie.

2, the TV Academy and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have agreed to migrate all potential Children’s Programming entries previously submitted in the Primetime Emmys to the Daytime Emmys

As the majority of Children’s Programming categories have historically been awarded in the Daytime Emmys, the decision eliminates confusion and streamlines the submissions process