To Whom It May Concern:

Television Academy

We the undersigned animation showrunners and writers desire to address what we have regarded as a pernicious and unfair ruling by the Academy for the past 20 years, which we believe now, more than ever, should be redressed.

We have been told that animated program writers could not also submit their work for writing Emmys, for reasons we never understood, but supposedly pertaining to the purity of the branches.

This is why no one was more startled than we when last year “Community” was able to submit for comedy series, writing, and animated program, in the face of everything we had been told for two decades. We were told that for some reason, a one-time waiver was granted.

Imagine our surprise when this year we see “Community” once again eligible for comedy series, writing, animated program, and short-form animated program. This letter is in no way intended to be a slight on the terrific show “Community” but a request from us to enjoy the very same rights they now do. Clearly the Academy’s ban on submitting in multiple categories is being enforced in an arbitrary and unfair manner. We therefore request that we also be able to submit our programs for both animation and comedy series as well as in the writing category.

Respectfully,

Richard Appel

Mike Barker

Kit Boss

James L. Brooks

Stewart Burns

Steve Callaghan

Brett Cawley

Joe Chandler

David X. Cohen

Joel Cohen

Jim Dautrieve

John Frink

Tom Gammill

Valentina Garza

Stephanie Gillis

David A. Goodman

Dan Greaney

Matt Groening

Michael Henry

Mark Hentemann

Eric Horsted

Al Jean

Artie Johann

Stephen Kane

Ken Keeler

Brian Kelley

Jon Kern

Rob LaZebnik

Tim Long

Robert Maitia

Seth MacFarlane

Steve Marmel

Ian Maxtone-Graham

Patrick Meighan

Wendy Molyneux

Bill Odenkirk

Carolyn Omine

Don Payne

Michael Price

Eric Rogers

Michael Rowe

Jon Schroeder

Brian Scully

Mike Scully

Matt Selman

Rick Singer

Patric M. Verrone

Ali Waller

Josh Weinstein

Matt Weitzman

Jeff Westbrook

Marc Wilmore