Why SAG Awards Changed Its Name to Actor Awards

That’s a wrap on the SAG Awards. Well, kind of. 

The Screen Actors Guild Awards are being renamed to the Actors Awards, with the official name change going into effect starting with the 32nd annual event Mar. 1. 

And it seems union leaders had a good reason for the modified moniker, aiming to make the ceremony’s title make “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.”

Ceremony execs went on to explain that their iconic logo and statuette has always been called “The Actor,” and it felt like the right time to “make the alignment official.”