The 78th Emmys hosted by Mariska Hargitay will air on NBC and Peacock September 14th.

Preview:

• The 2026 Emmy nominees were announced this morning.
• ‘The Pitt’ and Hacks’ were among the big titles in contention.
• ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ broke into the nominee field for the first time.

The 2026 Emmy Award nominees were announced this morning by ‘The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas and ‘Widow’s Bay’ actor Jeff Hiller, though it made the choice to once again announce the Reality Competition Series and Outstanding Variety Series categories hours earlier.

As usual, there was the returning titles, including ‘The Bear,’ ‘The Diplomat,’‘Slow Horses’ and those taking their last shot at Emmy glory, including ‘Hacks,’ which wrapped up this year.

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Of the new crop, the buzzy ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ proved that Apple TV continues to be a real force alongside Netflix, which saw the likes of ‘The Beast in Me’ and the returning ‘Beef’ land nominations, though neither topped HBO, which landed 122 nominations in all.

This year’s Emmy Awards –– the 78th –– will be held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on September 14, hosted by ‘Law & Order’ stalwart Mariska Hargitay.

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List of Main Nominees:

Drama Series

(L to R) Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler in season 2 of ‘The Diplomat’. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2024.

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown plays Agent Xavier Collins in ‘Paradise’ Season 2. Photo: Disney/Ser Baffo.

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Rhea Seehorn in ‘Pluribus,’ premiering November 7, 2025 on Apple TV.

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

Comedy Series

(L to R) Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard ‘Richie’ Jerimovich, Will Poulter as Luca in ‘The Bear’ Season 4. Photo: FX

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Simon Williams/Wonder Man (Yahya Adbul-Mateen II) in Marvel Television’s ‘Wonder Man’, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Television. © 2025 MARVEL.

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Jean Smart as Deborah Vance in Season 5 of ‘Hacks’. Photo: Courtesy of HBO Max.

Limited or Anthology Series

(L to R) Brittany Snow as Nina and Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs in ‘The Beast in Me.’ Photo: Chris Saunders/Netflix © 2024.

Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

(L to R) Sally Field and Lewis Pullman in ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’. Photo: Netflix.

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Jason Bateman as Vince in ‘Black Rabbit’. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2025.

Reality Competition Program

(L to R) Sandra Diaz-Twine, Trishelle Cannatella, Chris ‘C.T.’ Tamburello, Alan Cumming, Kate Chastain, Mercedes “MJ” Javid in ‘The Traitors’. Photo by: Euan Cherry/Peacock.

Outstanding Variety Series

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ during Thursday’s September 11, 2025 show. Photo: Scott Kowalchyk ©2025 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Lorne Michaels wins the Emmy for Best Variety Special (Live) at the 77TH EMMY® AWARDS, broadcasting live to both coasts from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, Sunday, Sept. 14, (8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00-8:00 PM, LIVE PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.* Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

For the complete list of categories and nominees, head to the Television Academy’s site.