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www.postmagazine.com 14 POST APRIL 2015 TELEVISION ACADEMY ANNOUNCES NEW PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS RULES HOLLYWOOD — The Television Academy has passed a group of new Prime- time Emmy Awards rules (complete list available at www.televisionacademy. com), which reflect the increasingly-varied and expanding television landscape. According to Bruce Rosenblum, chairman of the Television Academy, "We are thrilled to announce that our Board of Governors and senior indus- try executives have taken meaningful time to address, in a forward-thinking manner, many of our existing rules and procedures. Our over 17,000 voting members represent a dramatically-changing television industry and we want to continue to make sure we honor their creativity in the most relevant and fair ways possible." The changes include: Expansion of Final Round Voting: In an effort to increase member partic- ipation in the voting process, and to take advantage of the Academy's exten- sion of online voting to both rounds, all voters eligible to vote in a category's nominating round are now eligible to vote in that category's final round, so long as they meet two additional requirements: much like the former Blue Ribbon panel process, voters must watch the required submitted material online and attest to no specific conflicts of interest with the nominees. Expansion of Nominees for "Comedy" and "Drama" Series Categories: Due to the dramatic increase in series production, the number of nominees for "Comedy" and "Drama" series has been increased from six to seven. Clarification of a "Comedy" and "Drama" Series: To clarify the difference between the "Comedy" and "Drama" series categories, any series where the average length of an episode is approximately 30 minutes is eligible to enter as a "Comedy"; any series where the average length of an epi- sode is approximately 60 minutes is eligible to enter as a "Drama." Producers may formally petition a new Academy industry panel to consider their series' eligibility in the alternative category. This nine-member panel will include five industry leaders appointed by the Television Academy chairman and four appointees from the Board of Governors. A two-thirds vote of this industry panel is required for petition approval. In one of the first decisions by the Television Academy's special- ly-designated panel established to determine Emmy Awards series category eligibility, Shameless, Jane the Virgin, and Glee are eligible to enter the competition in the Com- edy Series category. 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