# The SAG awards are getting a name-change

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**Created:** [November 15, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sag-awards-are-getting-a-name-change/1024872 "2025-11-15T12:10:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sag-awards-are-getting-a-name-change/1024872/1 "2025-11-15T12:10:57Z")

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I don’t know that it was a needed change to “Actor Awards presented by Sag-Aftra”, but I guess it keeps them in the headlines

> **[Screen Actors Guild Awards changes name from SAG to The Actor Awards](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c797032ldp5o)**
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> The rebrand is meant to reflect the name of the ceremony's award, like the Oscars and Grammys.

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It may be to attract people who don’t know what SAG (Screen Actors Guild) or AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) stands for. I doubt that many people under 30 would know that.

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**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sag-awards-are-getting-a-name-change/1024872/3 "2025-11-15T12:52:37Z")

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They really call their award an “Actor”? That right there is their problem. They need a better name for it, so they can in turn use it as a rebrand. Something catchy like “The Verde,” the “Mean Green,” or even “The Patty.”

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sag-awards-are-getting-a-name-change/1024872/4 "2025-11-15T13:42:30Z")

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I was going to say that they’ll probably give it a cutesy nickname in the model of the Emmy, Grammy, Tony, etc. I propose the “Acty”. So lame.