Here Are All the Winners of the 2026 Emmy Awards

Summary

The 2026 Emmy Awards handed out top acting honors to Noah Wyle, Rhea Seehorn, Jean Smart and Matthew Rhys

Matthew Rhys claimed two statuettes in a single night, winning across both the comedy and limited series categories

'DTF St Louis,' 'The Traitors' and 'South Park' rounded out wins in the limited, reality and animation races

The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards is well underway tonight, with Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay hosting the event at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

The 2026 edition is crowning a fresh slate of television’s best, with The Pitt and Hacks leading the tally against a crowded field that included Widow’s Bay, Pluribus and The Diplomat. Noah Wyle took Lead Actor in a Drama Series for The Pitt, Rhea Seehorn earned Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Pluribus, and Jean Smart landed another Lead Actress in a Comedy Series win for Hacks. The night’s standout feat belonged to Matthew Rhys, who doubled up with Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Widow’s Bay and Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for The Beast in Me. Elsewhere, DTF St Louis took Best Limited or Anthology Series, The Traitors won Reality Competition Series, and South Park claimed Outstanding Animated Program.

Check out the list of winners below, which will be updated as the ceremony progresses.

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 (Amagansett)
Valerie Chu – The Pitt (12:00PM)
Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R Scott Gemmill – The Pitt (1:00PM)
Vince Gilligan – Pluribus (We Is Us) – WINNER
Will Smith – Slow Horses (Scars)
Brad Ingelsby – Task (A Still Small Voice)

Writing for a comedy series
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (Team Building)
Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin – The Chair Company (Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does)
Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback (Valerie Does It All)
Lucia Aniello, Paul W Downs and Jen Statsky – Hacks (Hacks)
Anthony King – Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat (Mergers And Acquisitions)
Katie Dippold – Widow’s Bay (Welcome To 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 program
Bob’s Burgers
Rick and Morty
The Simpsons
Smiling Friends
South Park – WINNER
Star Wars: Visions