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.

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 ...