The 2026 Emmy Awards celebrated the biggest stars and shows on television, with 'Law & Order: SVU' star Mariska Hargitay hosting television's biggest night. HBO's 'The Pitt' leads this year's nominations with 25 nods, nearly double its tally from last year. The medical drama is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, which it won last year, while Noah Wyle is nominated for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Directing for a Drama Series. Seven cast members have also received nominations across the supporting acting categories.
'Hacks' is close behind with 24 nominations for its final season. The show has broken the comedy nomination record previously shared by 'The Bear' and 'The Studio', which each received 23 nominations. Jean Smart is nominated for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, while Hannah Einbinder, Meg Stalter and Paul W. Downs are also among the show's acting nominees.
Apple TV's 'Widow's Bay' has received 19 nominations in its first year, including Outstanding Comedy Series and a Lead Actor nomination for Matthew Rhys. 'Pluribus' has earned 18 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Lead Actress for Rhea Seehorn.
Netflix's 'Beef' leads the limited or anthology series field with 16 nominations, with Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan among its lead acting nominees.
Here is the full list of nominations and winners announced so far:
Best drama series
- The Diplomat
- The Gilded Age
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- Paradise
- The Pitt - WINNER
- Pluribus
- Slow Horses
- Your Friends & Neighbors
Best comedy series
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Margo's Got Money Troubles
- Nobody Wants This
- Only Murders in the Building
- Shrinking
- Widow's Bay - WINNER
Lead actor in a drama series
- Sterling K Brown - Paradise
- Gary Oldman - Slow Horses
- Mark Ruffalo - Task
- Rufus Sewell - The Diplomat
- Noah Wyle - The Pitt - WINNER
Lead actress in a drama series
- Carrie Coon - The Gilded Age
- Chase Infiniti - The Testaments
- Keri Russell - The Diplomat
- Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus - WINNER
- Zendaya - Euphoria
Supporting actor in a drama series
- Patrick Ball - The Pitt
- Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
- Shawn Hatosy - The Pitt
- Gerran Howell - The Pitt
- Jack Lowden - Slow Horses
- Tom Pelphrey - Task - WINNER
- Carlos-Manuel Vesga - Pluribus
Supporting actress in a drama series
- Taylor Dearden - The Pitt
- Fiona Dourif - The Pitt
- Allison Janney - The Diplomat - WINNER
- Katherine LaNasa - The Pitt
- Sepideh Moafi - The Pitt
- Julianne Nicholson - Paradise
- Karolina Wydra - Pluribus
Lead actor in a comedy series
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Wonder Man
- Steve Carell - Rooster
- Matthew Rhys - Widow's Bay - WINNER
- Jason Segel - Shrinking
- Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building
Lead actress in a comedy series
- Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary
- Ayo Edebiri - The Bear
- Elle Fanning - Margo's Got Money Troubles
- Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback
- Jean Smart - Hacks - WINNER
Supporting actor in a comedy series
- Colman Domingo - The Four Seasons
- Paul W Downs - Hacks
- Harrison Ford - Shrinking
- Nick Offerman - Margo's Got Money Troubles
- Stephen Root - Widow's Bay - WINNER
- Michael Urie - Shrinking
- Tyler James Williams - Abbott Elementary
Supporting actress in a comedy series
- Dale Dickey - Widow's Bay
- Hannah Einbinder - Hacks
- Janelle James - Abbott Elementary
- Kate O'Flynn - Widow's Bay - WINNER
- Michelle Pfeiffer - Margo's Got Money Troubles
- Megan Stalter - Hacks
- Jessica Williams - Shrinking
Best limited or anthology series
- All Her Fault
- The Beast in Me
- Beef
- DTF St Louis - WINNER
- Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette
Lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie
- Riz Ahmed - Bait
- Jason Bateman - Black Rabbit
- Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- Oscar Isaac - Beef
- Matthew Rhys - The Beast in Me - WINNER
Lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie
- Claire Danes - The Beast in Me
- Sally Field - Remarkably Bright Creatures - WINNER
- Carey Mulligan - Beef
- Sarah Pidgeon - Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette
- Sarah Snook - All Her Fault
Directing for a drama series
- Salli Richardson Whitfield - The Gilded Age
- Hanelle M Culpepper - Paradise
- Noah Wyle - The Pitt
- Vince Gilligan - Pluribus
- Saul Metzstein - Slow Horses - WINNER
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield - Task
Directing for a comedy series
- Randall Einhorn - Abbott Elementary
- Christopher Storer - The Bear
- Andrew DeYoung - The Chair Company
- Lucia Aniello - Hacks
- Mary Lou Belli - The Ms Pat Show
- Hiro Murai - Widow's Bay - WINNER
Writing for a drama series
- Peter Ackerman and Debora Cahn - The Diplomat
- Valerie Chu - The Pitt
- Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R Scott Gemmill - The Pitt
- Vince Gilligan - Pluribus - WINNER
- Will Smith - Slow Horses
- Brad Ingelsby - Task
Writing for a comedy series
- Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary
- Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin - The Chair Company
- Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs and Jen Statsky - Hacks
- Anthony King - Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat
- Katie Dippold - Widow's Bay - WINNER
Reality competition series
- Dancing with the Stars
- RuPaul's Drag Race
- Survivor
- Top Chef
- The Traitors - WINNER
Variety series
- The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - WINNER
- Saturday Night Live
Supporting actor in a limited or anthology series or movie
- Jason Bateman - DTF St Louis
- Richard Gadd - Half Man
- David Harbour - DTF St Louis - WINNER
- Richard Jenkins - DTF St Louis
- Charles Melton - Beef
- Nick Offerman - Death by Lightning
Supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or movie
- Linda Cardellini - DTF St Louis - WINNER
- Dakota Fanning - All Her Fault
- Laurie Metcalf - Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- Joy Sunday - DTF St Louis
- Youn Yuh-jung - Beef
- Constance Zimmer - Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette
Guest actress in a drama series
- Brittany Allen - The Pitt
- Tal Anderson - The Pitt
- Tina Ivlev - The Pitt
- Miriam Shor - Pluribus
- Merritt Wever - The Gilded Age
- Shailene Woodley - Paradise - WINNER
Guest actor in a drama series
- Colman Domingo - Euphoria
- Ernest Harden Jr - The Pitt - WINNER
- Jeff Hiller - Pluribus
- Jeff Kober - The Pitt
- Jonathan Pryce - Slow Horses
- Bradley Whitford - The Diplomat
Guest actress in a comedy series
- Leslie Bibb - Hacks
- Jamie Lee Curtis - The Bear
- Betty Gilpin - Widow's Bay - WINNER
- Cherry Jones - Hacks
- Laurie Metcalf - Hacks
- Kaitlin Olson - Hacks
- Lauren Weedman - Hacks
Guest actor in a comedy series
- Michael J Fox - Shrinking
- Brett Goldstein - Shrinking
- Hamish Linklater - Widow's Bay
- Christopher McDonald - Hacks
- Rob Reiner - The Bear - WINNER
- Connor Storrie - Saturday Night Live
Directing for a limited or anthology series or movie
- Beef, Season 2, Episode 4
- Beef, Season 2, Episode 8
- Black Rabbit
- DTF St Louis - WINNER
Writing for a limited or anthology series or movie
- All Her Fault
- The Beast in Me
- Beef
- Death by Lightning
- DTF St Louis - WINNER
Television movie
- Heads of State
- Miss You, Love You
- People We Meet on Vacation
- Remarkably Bright Creatures - WINNER
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Variety special (live)
- The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny - WINNER
- 83rd Annual Golden Globes
- 68th Annual Grammy Awards
- The 97th Academy Awards
- 78th Annual Tony Awards
Variety special (pre-recorded)
- Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...
- The Muppet Show - WINNER
- Nikki Glaser: Good Girl
- Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show
- Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Writing for a variety series
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - WINNER
Outstanding animated programme
- Bob's Burgers
- Rick and Morty
- The Simpsons
- Smiling Friends
- South Park - WINNER
- Star Wars: Visions
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