Report: The Emmy’s are Changing the Rules

By Reuben Levine | Feb 23, 2015

There was a small controversy surrounding True Detective and Fargo at last year’s Emmy awards. True Detective was submitted as a Drama while Fargo went in as a Miniseries. While this may not seem like a big deal now, it actually got to the point where FX boss John Landgraf called out True Detective publicly.

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With this new rule change, the Emmy’s are trying to avoid this problem from cropping up again in the future. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Miniseries category is being reformatted as Limited Series, which has a new definition and barriers for entry:

"“programs of two or more episodes with a total running time of at least 150 program minutes that tell a complete, non-recurring story and do not have an ongoing storyline and/or main characters in subsequent seasons.”"

That appears to directly speak to last year’s controversy. From now on, series like Fargo and True Detective will be forced to directly compete at the Emmy’s. Frankly, it’s for the better. The category definitions needed tightening up, so we consider this a welcome change.

Another rule change will affect Orange is the New Black, a series that many can’t decided is actually a comedy or a drama. Under this new rule change, Orange is the New Black will be considered a drama.

It’s far too early to look forward to the 2015 Emmy’s, but at least now when they do roll around we’ll have tighter categories that make for a fairer competition.

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