2026 Primetime Emmy Awards 2026: Full List of Nominees

The Television Academy has unveiled its nominees for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, setting the stage for what promises to be one of the most competitive races in recent memory. HBO Max‘s The Pitt led all programs with 25 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Noah Wyle, while Hacks made history with 24 nods in its fifth and final season, surpassing the previous comedy record of 23 set by The Bear in 2024 and matched by The Studio in 2025.

Apple TV posted a landmark showing across both the drama and comedy fields. First-year horror comedy Widow’s Bay, starring Matthew Rhys as the mayor of an island beset by supernatural phenomena, earned 19 nominations to lead all new series. Fellow Apple debut Pluribus, a dystopian sci-fi drama led by Rhea Seehorn, followed with 18 nods. On the limited series side, Netflix‘s second season of BEEF collected 16 nominations, while HBO Max’s DTF St. Louis earned 13.

Rhys emerged as one of the morning’s biggest stories, pulling double duty with a Lead Actor nomination in the comedy category for Widow’s Bay and a second in the limited series field for The Beast in Me. Jason Bateman similarly landed multiple nods across DTF St. Louis and Black Rabbit. In the comedy lead actress race, Lisa Kudrow and Jean Smart are poised for a head-to-head battle, representing the final seasons of The Comeback and Hacks, respectively. Meanwhile, in the drama categories, Euphoria was shut out of the Outstanding Drama Series race after a divisive final season but still collected acting nominations for Zendaya and Colman Domingo.

The ceremony will also see a restructured Outstanding Variety Series category. Following the Television Academy’s merger of scripted variety and talk series into a single field, the category now operates as an “area” award where any nominee clearing a 90% voter threshold receives a statuette, meaning multiple winners are possible. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, which concluded its run in May with a star-studded series finale, enters the field alongside Saturday Night Live, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Daily Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

In total, 555 programs were submitted across the 14 major program categories this year, down from 600 last year. Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay will host the ceremony when it airs live on Monday, September 14, making her the first woman to host the Emmys in 15 years.

Check out the full list of nominees below.

Outstanding Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary (ABC)
The Bear (FX)
Hacks (HBO Max)
Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Shrinking (Apple TV)
Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man
Steve Carell, Rooster
Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

Outstanding 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

Outstanding 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
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Dale Dickey, Widow’s Bay
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Kate O’Flynn, Widow’s Bay
Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Megan Stalter, Hacks
Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Outstanding 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
Connor Storrie, Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Leslie Bibb, Hacks
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear
Betty Gilpin, Widow’s Bay
Cherry Jones, Hacks
Laurie Metcalf, Hacks
Kaitlin Olson, Hacks
Lauren Weedman, Hacks

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Randall Einhorn, Abbott Elementary “Ballgame”
Christopher Storer, The Bear “Bears”
Andrew DeYoung, The Chair Company “Life Goes by Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.”
Lucia Aniello, Hacks “Finale”
Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show “Give It Arrest”
Hiro Murai, Widow’s Bay “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!”

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary “Team Building”
Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin, The Chair Company “Life Goes by Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.”
Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback “Valerie Does It All”
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky, Hacks “Finale”
Anthony King, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat “Mergers and Acquisitions”
Kate Dippold, Widow’s Bay “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!”

Outstanding Drama Series

The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Max)
Paradise (Hulu)
The Pitt (HBO Max)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV)

Outstanding 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

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Chase Infiniti, The Testaments
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Zendaya, Euphoria

Outstanding 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
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, Pluribus

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Fiona Dourif, The Pitt
Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Sepideh Moafi, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Karolina Wydra, Pluribus

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Colman Domingo, Euphoria
Ernest Harden Jr., The Pitt
Jeff Hiller, Pluribus
Jeff Kober, The Pitt
Jonathan Pryce, Slow Horses
Bradley Whitford, The Diplomat

Outstanding 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

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Salli Richardson Whitfield, The Gilded Age “My Mind Is Made Up”
Hanelle M. Culpepper, Paradise “Exodus”
Noah Wyle, The Pitt “12:00 P.M.”
Vince Gilligan, Pluribus “We Is Us”
Saul Metzstein, Slow Horses “Scars”
Salli Richardson Whitfield, Task “Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing, There Is a River”

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Peter Ackerman & Debora Cahn, The Diplomat “Amagansett”
Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman & R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt “1:00 P.M.”
Valerie Chu, The Pitt “12:00 P.M.”
Vince Gilligan, Pluribus “We Is Us”
Will Smith, Slow Horses “Scars”
Brad Ingelsby, Task “A Still Small Voice”

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

All Her Fault (Peacock)
The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Beef (Netflix)
DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette (FX/Hulu)

Outstanding Movie

Heads of State (Prime Video)
Miss You, Love You (HBO Max)
People We Meet on Vacation (Netflix)
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War (Prime Video)

Outstanding 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

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Claire Danes, The Beast in Me
Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures
Carey Mulligan, Beef
Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Jason Bateman, DTF St. Louis
Richard Gadd, Half Man
David Harbour, DTF St. Louis
Richard Jenkins, DTF St. Louis
Charles Melton, Beef
Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Linda Cardellini, DTF St. Louis
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. and Carolyn Bessette

Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Jake Schreier, Beef “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey”
Lee Sung Jin, Beef “Oh, The Comfort, The Inexpressible Comfort”
Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit “The Black Rabbits”
Steven Conrad, DTF St. Louis

Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Megan Gallagher, All Her Fault “Episode 8”
Gabe Rotter & Daniel Pearle, The Beast in Me “Sick Puppy”
Lee Sung Jin, Beef “All the Things We’re Never Going to Have”
Mike Makowsky, Death by Lightning
Steven Conrad, DTF St. Louis

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Traitors (Peacock)

Outstanding Variety Series

The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO Max)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)

The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny (FOX)
83rd Annual Golden Globes
68th Annual Grammy Awards
The Oscars
78th Annual Tony Awards

Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…
The Muppet Show
Nikki Glaser: Good Girl
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show
Wicked: One Wonderful Night

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)
Love Is Blind (Netflix)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Shark Tank (ABC)

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)
Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked (MTV)
Summer House (Bravo)
Welcome to Wrexham (FXX)

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program

RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Alan Cumming, The Traitors
Kristen Kish, Top Chef
Ariana Madix, Love Island USA
Jeff Probst, Survivor

Outstanding Game Show

Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
Jeopardy! (Syndicated)
The Price Is Right (CBS)
Wheel of Fortune (Syndicated)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC)

Outstanding Animated Program

Rick and Morty
Smiling Friends
South Park
Star Wars: Visions
The Simpsons

Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance

Pamela Adlon, King of the Hill
Julie Andrews, Bridgerton
Hank Azaria, The Simpsons
Trey Parker, South Park
Matt Vogel, The Muppet Show
Steven Yeun, Invincible

Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

Kim Estes, Big Law
Desi Lydic, The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains
Randy Rainbow, The Randy Rainbow Show

Outstanding Narrator

David Attenborough, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
David Attenborough, Ocean With David Attenborough
Jodie Foster, Breakdown: 1975
Werner Herzog, Ghost Elephants
Octavia Spencer, Lost Women of Alaska