The Television Academy announced today it will eliminate the Hanging Episode Rule beginning with the 2023 Emmy competition.The Hanging Episode Rule currently allows a series (including Limited or Anthology series) that premieres current-season episodes after the May 31 eligibility deadline, but prior to the start of nomination-round voting, to post those episodes on a platform available to Academy members by May 31 for episode eligibility in the current Emmy competition.Beginning with the next eligibility year (June 1, 2022-May 31, 2023), the Hanging Episode Rule has been eliminated; only episodes that premiere on a platform available to a national audience by May 31 will be Emmy-eligible.
The Academy has made the change to standardize all submissions within the eligibility year.Here are the complete rules for Series and Limited/Anthology Series eligibility beginning with 2023 Emmy competition:This year’s Emmys will held live on Sept.12, 2022 at the Microsoft Theater and will air on NBC.
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