The 2026 Emmy nominations have been revealed.
The Pitt leads all nominees with a total of 25, followed by Hacks with 24 (a record for a comedy series for noms in a single year) and Widow’s Bay with 19 (leading all new shows).
Other shows earning double-digit noms were Pluribus (18 total noms), Beef (16), DTF St. Louis (13) and Saturday Night Live and Spider-Noir (11 apiece).
The first two categories — best variety series and reality competition — were announced on the Today show earlier Wednesday.
Past Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) unveiled more of this year’s Emmy nominees at 830 a.m. PT in a ceremony that streamed live from the TV Academy’s Saban Media Center.
Though the Emmys originally planned to announce this year’s nominees in two batches, with the majority unveiled on July 8 and additional nominees revealed a week later, on July 15, the TV Academy announced that it would be announcing all of this year’s nominees on July 8. The move was designed to better accommodate promotional campaign schedules for Emmy Awards hopefuls.
Mariska Hargitay is set to host the 2026 Emmys, which will air live on NBC and Peacock on Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The Creative Arts Emmys, in which the majority of the Emmys trophies are presented, will take place roughly a week earlier, on Saturday, Sept. 5 and Sunday, Sept. 6.
Hargitay is the first Emmys host not primarily known for their comedic work in nearly two decades. But she is an Emmy winner, picking up a trophy in 2006 for her role as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, the longest-running primetime drama in U.S. TV history, which begins its 28th season on NBC in the fall.
Hargitay is also a 2026 Emmys hopeful, with her 2025 HBO documentary about mother Jayne Mansfield, My Mom Jayne, eligible for this year’s awards.
The top winners at the 2025 Emmys were Adolescence, The Studio and The Pitt.
Read on for a partial list of this year’s Emmy nominees.
Best Variety Series
The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Best Reality Competition Program
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Traitors (Peacock)
Best Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Claire Danes for The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Sally Field for Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)
Carey Mulligan for Beef (Netflix)
Sarah Pidgeon for Love Story (FX/FX on Hulu)
Sarah Snook for All Her Fault (Peacock)
Best Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed for Bait (Prime Video)
Jason Bateman for Black Rabbit (Netflix)
Charlie Hunnam for Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Oscar Isaac for Beef (Netflix)
Matthew Rhys for The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Best Limited or Anthology Series
All Her Fault (Peacock)
The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Beef (Netflix)
DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Love Story (FX/FX on Hulu)
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II for Wonder Man (Disney+)
Steve Carell for Rooster (HBO Max)
Matthew Rhys for Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
Jason Segel for Shrinking (Apple TV)
Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri for The Bear (FX)
Elle Fanning for Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
Lisa Kudrow for The Comeback (HBO)
Jean Smart for Hacks (HBO Max)
Best 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)
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Carrie Coon for The Gilded Age (HBO)
Chase Infiniti for The Testaments (Hulu)
Keri Russell for The Diplomat (Netflix)
Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus (Apple TV)
Zendaya for Euphoria (HBO)
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown for Paradise (Hulu)
Gary Oldman for Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Mark Ruffalo for Task (HBO)
Rufus Sewell for The Diplomat (Netflix)
Noah Wyle for The Pitt (HBO Max)
Best Drama Series
The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO)
Paradise (Hulu)
The Pitt (HBO Max)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV)
This story was first published on July 8 at 4:30 a.m.
View original source — The Hollywood Reporter ↗

