While this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards saw categories dominated by multiple performers from the same show, that trend was truly started at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The SAG Awards combine the lead and supporting performances into one acting category per gender per genre. “While we understand the desire for supporting categories in television, with a two-hour show, we just simply don’t have the on-air time for four additional supporting actor awards,” says Kathy Connell, executive producer of the SAG Awards. In order to recognize “that actors in television never work alone, we proudly created the concept of an ensemble category” separately, rather than just hand out some awards before the televised show.
This results in fewer individual performer spots overall, but still ones that are likely to be filled by performers from only a handful of shows.
“At SAG you better have a real standout role or be really well-known or respected,...
The SAG Awards combine the lead and supporting performances into one acting category per gender per genre. “While we understand the desire for supporting categories in television, with a two-hour show, we just simply don’t have the on-air time for four additional supporting actor awards,” says Kathy Connell, executive producer of the SAG Awards. In order to recognize “that actors in television never work alone, we proudly created the concept of an ensemble category” separately, rather than just hand out some awards before the televised show.
This results in fewer individual performer spots overall, but still ones that are likely to be filled by performers from only a handful of shows.
“At SAG you better have a real standout role or be really well-known or respected,...
- 11/14/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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