Emmys to Merge Lead & Supporting Acting Categories for Movies & Miniseries

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Board of Governors has voted to approve a recommendation by the Performers Peer Group and the Primetime Awards Committee to consolidate the longform performers categories beginning with the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards.

This will combine both lead and supporting performers into a single category for longform programming.

The consolidated categories (now titled Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie and Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie) will include six nominees each. (Longform performing categories previously had five nominees.)

Adding a sixth nominee will provide consistency with the number of nominees in the other performer categories.

The Primetime Emmy® Awards celebrate excellence in national primetime programming, awarding top honors at the annual creative arts and primetime awards ceremonies. Special honors, like the Governors Award and the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, are bestowed during the Primetime Emmys.