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I looked over the 2022 Emmy rules, and here are most of the rules changes I could find:
The 40-minute rule for determining whether a series is Comedy or Drama has been removed.
The Academy “reserves the right” to have its Industry Panel decide whether a series is Comedy or Drama (and changing from one to the other triggers an automatic review), but, for the most part, the producers make the decision.
Note that the 20-minute minimum still applies (i.e. anything shorter than 20 minutes is Short Format).Interactive Program and Innovation in Interactive Programming are no longer awarded.
Interactive Programs may enter in “normal” program categories.All nominees in the “program” categories (including Reality-Competition Program) that will be presented on the main telecast must submit a 10-second clip from an episode to be aired when it is announced during that category’s presentation.
The Stunt Coordination category is now split into separate Comedy Series/Variety Program and Drama Series/Limited Series/Movie categories.
Variety/Nonfiction/Reality Hairstyling and Variety/Nonfiction/Reality Makeup are now Juried awards; there will be no nominees announced.
Also, the requirement that they be at least 51% “contemporary” has been removed.Variety Series Lighting Design, Variety Special Lighting Design, and Techncial Direction/Camerawork/Video Control for Specials are now Area awards.
Music Direction is now limited to variety series/specials.
Each entry in Character Voiceover must be for one character. A performer may enter multiple characters from the same show.
(Somebody break out the copy machine for the forms Dan Castellaneta and Seth MacFarlane will need…)
Clarification: while an entry for a particular character has to be from just one episode, different characters in the same series entered by the same performer may be from different episodes.Any film – including documentaries – on the AMPAS viewing platform is ineligible for an Emmy.
“Single-day mass release” for purposes of “is this a theatrical movie” is now defined as 70 or more theaters.
Add “special visual effects for a season” to the list of categories a series that had five or fewer episodes is eligible for.
Voice directors are eligible to be included in the list of producers/writers/directors in both Animated Program categories.
Short form programs are only eligible in these categories:
Short Form Drama Series
Short Form Comedy Series
Short Form Series Actor
Short Form Series Actress
Character Voiceover
Main Title Design
Original Music And Lyrics
Original Main Title Theme Music
In addition, short form animated programs (but not live-action ones) are eligible in:
Short Form Animated Program
Individual Achievement in Animation
Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And AnimationFor Casting, in order for a “location casting” director(s) to be eligible, at least one series regular or 25% of the on-screen guest cast must have been cast by that director(s).
In Choreography, an entry for a TV-movie or Variety Special now consists of up to three numbers (instead of up to 12 minutes).
Up to six people may be entered for a single Costume entry.
Someone credited as a “hair designer” may request eligibility for the Hairstyling category; these will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Someone credited as “Background Hairstyling Supervisor” is ineligible for the Hairstyling category.
For Prosthetic Makeup, while emphasis is placed on prosthetics, a makeup artist’s “cimulative work” including non-prosthetic work can be taken into account.
For Documentary Special, a studio or “alternative environment” may be used for recreations as long as it is not more than 25% of the program.
A “contrived premise” used in reality programming is ineligible for documentary and nonfiction programming.
Producers entered as part of a Reality or Reality-Competion Program entry must have “primary creative jurisdiction over the entire program.”
There is a list of jobs that, just by themselves, are ineligible, including:
Producing only a specific part of the program – including but not limited to following an individual or team in the larger story
Coordinating and/or interviewing talent/cast
Producing special elements such as challenges
Producing video packages that are rolled into the program
Producing segments or pieces of the overall story without having a significant role in shaping the entire programSupervising Story Producers are eligible to be nominated as part of a Reality or Reality/Competition Program entry.
A VFX editor is eligible for the Special Visual Effects categories.
To enter in the Special Visual Effects for a Single Episode category, the entry must include a statement saying that the majority or “otherwise exceptionally different special visual effects work” in the series is in that episode.
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The Academy has the right to move an entry from the Single Episode to the Series category.To enter in the Special Visual Effects for a Single Episode category, the entry must include a statement saying that the majority or “otherwise exceptionally different special visual effects work” in the series is in that episode. The Academy has the right to move an entry from the Single Episode to the Series category.
A needed change after the Star Trek: Discovery win last year, though the earlier split still made more sense than this so I don’t know why they had to change things in the first place.
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Julie Andrews when he vote-splits himself:
Vote-splitting is why I don’t think that many people are going to try this. “Well, yeah, it says, ‘Justin Roiland as Rick Sanchez,’ but I am voting for his work as both Rick and Morty.”
Isn’t this pretty much how the category originally worked? Seth MacFarlane’s first win was listed as just “as Stewie” with no mention of any other Family Guy characters.
Update: I got a clarification from the Academy. Apparently, an actor can enter different episodes from the same series for different characters, rather than all of their characters having to be from a single episode.
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I feel sorry for all the other branches of the academy with how these late night talk shows are able to lobby the academy to compromise on rules. First getting the proposed merger of the variety categories canned and then getting a 5th slot back in variety talk series.
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Late night talk shows are so annoying Emmy-wise. There aren’t that many of them so they were to be merged with sketch.
They threw a huge tantrum so merge cancelled.
Now every category is supposed to follow a submissions=# of noms rule, but they tantrum again despite the selection being even smaller now. I kinda wish they would be kicked off the main telecast altogether, but I’m sure they would throw another tantrum if that was attempted.
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From the television academy guidebook:
An awards area is non-competitive. In the final judging round each nomination is considered on its own terms without regard to the other nominations in the area. Any nomination with at least 90% approval receives an Emmy. If none of the nominations receives 90% approval, the nomination with the highest approval receives the Emmy. Area awards in Picture Editing and Sound Mixing: Any nomination with at least nine-tenths approval of the judges receives an Emmy. If none of the nominations receives nine-tenths approval, the nomination with the highest approval (with a minimum of 50% approval) receives an Emmy. There is the possibility of one, more than one or, if none has 50% approval, no award in each area.
Fields like costumes and production design fall under this categorisation.
ReplyCopy URLFYC: Better Call Saul, The English and The Good Fight in all categories including Emily Blunt, Bob Odenkirk, Christine Baranski and Rhea Seehorn.
Sounds to me like juried categories award programs in a single round voting while area categories have first round that lead to nominations which only they know and then voters get to choose as many as they deem worthy of a win in a second round?
Areas go through the same nominating process as “normal” categories, and the nominees are made public. Other than that, your description of juried categories and areas is prety much accurate.
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