Emmys to Combine Mini/Movie Acting Categories

Lead, supporting actors to compete starting in 2013

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/31/2012 12:56:42 PM

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has voted to consolidate the lead and supporting acting categories for miniseries/movies, beginning with the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards.

The combined categories will now be called outstanding actor in a miniseries or movie and outstanding actress in a miniseries or movie. Each category will include six nominees (the mini/movies categories previously had five).

The outstanding TV movie and miniseries categories were consolidated last year