Shaking Up the Emmys By Moving Five Categories Out of the Telecast Might Not Work, But at Least the TV Academy Is Trying Something

Awards Circuit Column: Let's give them a year to see if this makes a difference. Now the onus is on NBC and Jesse Collins Entertainment to pull it off.

By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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Richard Gadd, change your flight plans. The creator and star of HBO Max’s “Half Man” wound up with the series’ only Emmy nomination this year — via his supporting actor in a limited/anthology series or movie nod. But as of last week, that category will no longer be presented during NBC’s Emmy telecast on Sept. 14.

Last Thursday, the TV Academy Board of Governors voted to move five categories to the earlier Emmy ceremonies (no longer dubbed the “Creative Arts Emmys,” now they’re just “Emmys”): writing for a variety series, supporting actor and actress in a limited series or movie, directing for a limited series or movie and writing for a limited series or movie.

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