Statement: No Actor Categories to Merge for Miniseries/Movies

This year as last year, there will be separate longform categories for Outstanding Lead and Supporting, Actors and Actresses (four total categories).

In March, 2012, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Board of Governors had voted to consolidate the Outstanding Lead and Supporting categories for both longform (miniseries and movies) actors and actresses, reducing the total number of categories from four to two. In the ensuing year, longform production has increased. Based on the unanticipated resurgence of television miniseries and movies, the Board voted tonight to reverse the consolidation, thereby reinstating the longform lead and supporting categories in the 65th Emmy Awards competition.