Emmys merge Scripted Variety and Talk Series into 1 category — and it could lead to multiple winners

Here’s what the new rule means, why the Television Academy made the change, and how it could reshape the 2026 Emmy race.

TV Academy merges talk and scripted variety Emmy categories into one 'area' competition, which could lead to multiple winners

The Television Academy may have finally solved its talk and scripted variety conundrum. As the number of eligible late night talk shows and sketch series continues to shrink, the org's Board of ...

Television Academy merges scripted variety and talk series categories for 2026 Emmys

As submissions for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series and Outstanding Talk Series continue to dwindle at the Emmys, the ...

Outstanding Variety Series Is Back as an Emmys Category, with the Possibility of Multiple Winners

The Television Academy has announced that the Scripted Variety and Talk Series categories will once again merge to form one ...

Emmys Merging Late-Night Categories, Again: New Rules Could Also Lead To Unusual Possibility Of Multiple Winners

And the Emmy goes to… any number of late-night shows. The TV Academy has once again made changes to the late-night and variety categories at the Emmys, merging the two categories starting this year ...