TV Academy announces rule changes for 2018 Emmy Awards

Los Angeles: The Television Academy has announced 2018 rules changes for the 70th Primetime Emmy awards.

The Academy has restructured the outstanding variety special and special class to eliminate the confusing "special class" designation. The categories are now outstanding variety special (live) and outstanding variety special (pre-recorded), reported Deadline.

In addition to this, some of the costume, directing and sound editing categories have been divided and redefined.

Outstanding costumes for a period/fantasy series, limited series or movie is now split into outstanding period costumes and outstanding fantasy/sci-fi costumes.

Outstanding directing for nonfiction programming is now split into outstanding directing for a documentary/nonfiction program and outstanding directing for a reality program.

And outstanding sound editing for a series (drama or comedy) is now split into outstanding sound editing for a half-hour series (comedy, drama or animation) and outstanding sound editing for a one-hour series.

The Emmy Awards are scheduled to happen on September 17, 2018.