The Screen Actors Guild Awards are getting a new name, with the SAG-AFTRA union announcing Friday the annual awards show will now be known as The Actor Awards.
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"Since the show started over 30 years ago, our iconic statuette has always been called The Actor, and simply evolving the show's name to align with the award itself made obvious sense," according to the guild's website. "We wanted to provide clearer recognition in terms of what the show is about for our domestic and global audiences -- we honor actors in film and television. Laser-focusing the name on those two things became the clearest and most straightforward path for this new chapter of the show."
The official name of the show is now "The Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA." But other than the name change, nothing else about the annual ceremony is changing, including the eligibility and voting procedures.
The guild noted that after SAG merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union in 2012, becoming SAG-AFTRA, the awards show maintained the name SAG Awards. With the new name, "we're finally able to fully recognize that merger and align it with the name of our statuette, The Actor," according to the guild.
The 2026 ceremony is set for March 1, streaming live on Netflix.
The awards have often been deemed the most coveted among performers, since they are voted upon solely by other actors.
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