Ahead of its 32nd edition on March 1, 2026, the SAG Awards — through which SAG-AFTRA , the largest acting union in the world, celebrates performances in film and on television — is getting a new name: the Actor Awards .

Jon Brockett , the showrunner and executive producer of the award show’s telecast, and JoBeth Williams , the actress and chair of SAG-AFTRA’s Awards Committee, announced the news on Friday, calling it, in a joint statement, “a perfect next step in the show’s evolution.”

Within Hollywood, everyone knows that SAG stands for Screen Actors Guild, but out in the rest of the world, a show called the SAG Awards raised questions. The show, long aired on basic cable, began streaming on Netflix ahead of its 30th edition, and ever since, its organizers have been tinkeri

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