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The Screen Actor's Guild has decided that it's time for a change, and its show will now be known as the Actors Awards, beginning with the 32nd annual ceremony in March 2026.

Union leaders said the decision was made to ensure that the show's title made "obvious sense" to new viewers, following the show's move to Netflix in 2024.

"We wanted to provide clearer recognition in terms of what the show is about for our domestic and global audiences," Jon Brockett -- showrunner and executive producer of the award show -- and JoBeth Williams -- chair of SAG-AFTRA's Awards Committee -- shared in a joint announcement on Nov. 14. "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."

They explained that their iconic logo and statuette has always been called "The Actor," and it felt like the right time to "make the alignment official."