The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is considering overhauling the prime time Emmy Awards telecast, Daily Variety reported Wednesday.

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Academy officials are considering a plan that would remove most TV movie and miniseries from the prime time telecast, which would reduce the number of awards presented on the air and might allow for a greater focus on reality show awards.

The academy has established a committee of TV executives to study the situation. Academy President Todd Leavitt said a change is necessary because of declining ratings for the show, but he said it is too early to know how the Emmy telecast should be changed.

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"There are many issues to be dealt with," Leavitt said.

Variety said cable TV executives were already expressing concern that the categories in which they dominate -- movies and miniseries -- will lose their place of prominence on the prime time Emmys telecast.

Last year's telecast attracted the second smallest audience on record for an Emmy Awards show, Variety said.