by The Television Academy announced some minor modifications to categories in its annual Emmy Awards, and one of the new changes for 2018 does impact the comedy world — especially James Corden, who with his production crew has been cleaning up in the variety categories the past couple of years.
For 2018, the two Emmy categories for all of the variety specials will no longer be split between Variety Special and Special Class Program, but rather, between Variety Special (Live) and Variety Special (Pre-Recorded).
That’s one way to keep the stand-ups and comedy separated from the tributes, primetime musicals and awards shows.
From this year, the only show that would have been impacted by the change: Stephen Colbert’s Election Night coverage live on Showtime, which was nominated in the regular Variety Special category, would have competed against the other live specials. Here, for your memory’s sake, were the 2017 Emmy nominees we’re talking about:
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL – 2017
Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special 2017 CBS
- Ben Winston, Executive Producer
- Rob Crabbe, Executive Producer
- Amy Ozols, Co-Executive Producer
- Josie Cliff, Supervising Producer
- Sheila Rogers, Supervising Producer
- Michael Kaplan, Supervising Producer
- James Longman, Supervising Producer
- Jeff Kopp, Supervising Producer
- James Corden, Producer/Host
- Diana Miller, Producer
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner TBS
- Samantha Bee, Executive Producer/Host
- Jo Miller, Executive Producer
- Jason Jones, Executive Producer
- Tony Hernandez, Executive Producer
- Miles Kahn, Executive Producer
- Alison Camillo, Co-Executive Producer
- Pat King, Supervising Producer
- Allana Harkin, Producer
- Kristen Everman, Produced by
Louis C.K. 2017 Netflix
- Louis C.K., Executive Producer/Performer
- Dave Becky, Executive Producer
- Mike Berkowitz, Executive Producer
- Tony Hernandez, Executive Producer
- Ryan Cunningham, Producer
- John Skidmore, Produced by
Sarah Silverman: A Speck Of Dust Netflix
- Sarah Silverman, Executive Producer/Performer
- Amy Zvi, Executive Producer
- Nicholas Veneroso, Executive Producer
- Daniel Kellison, Executive Producer
- Mickey Meyer, Co-Executive Producer
Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going To Clean Up This Sh*t? Showtime
- Stephen Colbert, Executive Producer/Host
- Chris Licht, Executive Producer
- Tom Purcell, Executive Producer
- Jon Stewart, Executive Producer
- Barry Julien, Co-Executive Producer
- Denise Rehrig, Senior Supervising Producer
- Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Supervising Producer
- Paul Dinello, Supervising Producer
- Matt Lappin, Supervising Producer
- Liz Levin, Supervising Producer
- Opus Moreschi, Supervising Producer
- Emily Gertler, Supervising Producer
- Aaron Cohen, Supervising Producer
- Paige Kendig, Producer
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL CLASS PROGRAM – 2017
70th Annual Tony Awards CBS
- Ricky Kirshner, Executive Producer
- Glenn Weiss, Executive Producer
- Allen Kelman, Supervising Producer
- James Corden, Producer/Host
- Ben Winston, Producer
Hairspray Live! NBC
- Craig Zadan, Executive Producer
- Neil Meron, Executive Producer
- Alex Rudzinski, Co-Executive Producer
- Javier Winnik, Supervising Producer
- Kenny Leon, Producer
- Robert Norris Catto, Produced by
Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga FOX
- Ricky Kirshner, Executive Producer
- Lady Gaga, Performer
The Oscars ABC
- Michael De Luca, Produced by
- Jennifer Todd, Produced by
- Rob Paine, Supervising Producer
- Jimmy Kimmel, Host
