The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2023, until May 31, 2024, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards ceremony was held live on September 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was preceded by the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 7 and 8. During the ceremony, Emmy Awards were handed out in 25 different categories. The ceremony was produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, directed by Alex Rudzinski, and broadcast in the United States by ABC. Eugene Levy and Dan Levy co-hosted the event.
At the main ceremony, Baby Reindeer, The Bear, and Shōgun tied for the most wins at four each, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series for Baby Reindeer and Outstanding Drama Series for Shōgun. Other winning programs were Hacks with three wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and Alex Edelman: Just for Us, The Crown, The Daily Show, Fargo, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Morning Show, Ripley, Slow Horses, The Traitors, and True Detective: Night Country with one each. Including Creative Arts Emmys, Shōgun led all programs with 18 wins, a record for a show in one year; FX led all networks and platforms with 36 total wins.
Winners and nominees
The nominations for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 17, 2024, in a virtual broadcast originating from the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, hosted by actor Tony Hale, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and Television Academy chair Cris Abrego. Including nominations at the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Shōgun led all programs with 25 nominations. It was also the second non-English language series to be nominated for Outstanding Drama Series after Squid Game, which was nominated two years earlier. The Bear became the most-nominated comedy series for a single season in the awards' history with 23 nominations; the program surpassed the record held by the NBC comedy 30 Rock, which received 22 nominations in 2009. Lily Gladstone of the series Under the Bridge and Kali Reis of the series True Detective: Night Country became the first indigenous American women to receiving acting nominations; along with D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai of the series Reservation Dogs, they were the first indigenous American actors to earn an acting nomination since August Schellenberg for his role in the television film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee in 2007. Netflix led all networks and platforms with 107 nominations. FX came in second place with 93 nominations, surpassing its own record of 56 nominations in 2016.
The winners were announced on September 15, following the Creative Arts Emmys on September 7 and 8. With 36 total wins, FX led all networks and platforms for the first time. Shōgun became the first non-English-language series to win Outstanding Drama Series and won a total of 18 awards, breaking the record of 13 set by John Adams in 2008 to become the most awarded program for a single year in Emmy history. It also passed Game of Throness 12 wins in 2015, 2016, and 2019 for most wins by a drama series in a single season. With its 11 wins, The Bear surpassed its own record for most wins for a comedy series in a single year. For their work on Shōgun, Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai were the first Japanese performers to win Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, respectively. Sawai also became the first Asian to win her category, while Sanada became the second Asian to do so in his category after Lee Jung-jae for his role in Squid Game in 2022. Liza Colón-Zayas was the first Latina winner for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on The Bear.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
Programs + Hacks (Max) Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (FX) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Palm Royale (Apple TV+) Reservation Dogs (FX) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Shōgun (FX) The Crown (Netflix) Fallout (Prime Video) The Gilded Age (HBO) The Morning Show (Apple TV+) Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video) Slow Horses (Apple TV+) 3 Body Problem (Netflix) Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Fargo (FX) Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+) Ripley (Netflix) True Detective: Night Country (HBO) The Traitors (Peacock) The Amazing Race (CBS) RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) Top Chef (Bravo) The Voice (NBC) The Daily Show (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Acting
Lead + Jeremy Allen White – The Bear as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (FX) Matt Berry – What We Do in the Shadows as Leslie "Laszlo" Cravensworth (FX) Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm as Larry David (HBO) Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building as Charles-Haden Savage (Hulu) Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building as Oliver Putnam (Hulu) D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – Reservation Dogs as Bear Smallhill (FX) Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance (Max) Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX) Selena Gomez – Only Murders in the Building as Mabel Mora (Hulu) Maya Rudolph – Loot as Molly Novak (Apple TV+) Kristen Wiig – Palm Royale as Maxine Simmons (Apple TV+) Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun as Lord Yoshii Toranaga (FX) Idris Elba – Hijack as Sam Nelson (Apple TV+) Donald Glover – Mr. & Mrs. Smith as John Smith / Michael (Prime Video) Walton Goggins – Fallout as the Ghoul / Cooper Howard (Prime Video) Gary Oldman – Slow Horses as Jackson Lamb (Apple TV+) Dominic West – The Crown as Charles, Prince of Wales (Netflix) Anna Sawai – Shōgun as Toda Mariko (FX) Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show as Alex Levy (Apple TV+) Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age as Bertha Russell (HBO) Maya Erskine – Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Jane Smith / Alana (Prime Video) Imelda Staunton – The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II (Netflix) Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show as Bradley Jackson (Apple TV+) Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer as Donny Dunn (Netflix) Matt Bomer – Fellow Travelers as Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller (Showtime) Jon Hamm – Fargo as Sheriff Roy Tillman (FX) Tom Hollander – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as Truman Capote (FX) Andrew Scott – Ripley as Tom Ripley (Netflix) Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country as Detective Elizabeth Danvers (HBO) Brie Larson – Lessons in Chemistry as Elizabeth Zott (Apple TV+) Juno Temple – Fargo as Dorothy "Dot" Lyon (FX) Sofía Vergara – Griselda as Griselda Blanco (Netflix) Naomi Watts – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as Babe Paley (FX)
Supporting + Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear as Richard "Richie" Jerimovich (FX) Lionel Boyce – The Bear as Marcus Brooks (FX) Paul W. Downs – Hacks as Jimmy LuSaque Jr. (Max) Paul Rudd – Only Murders in the Building as Ben Glenroy (Hulu) Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary as Gregory Eddie (ABC) Bowen Yang – Saturday Night Live as various characters (NBC) Liza Colón-Zayas – The Bear as Tina Marrero (FX) Carol Burnett – Palm Royale as Norma Dellacorte (Apple TV+) Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels (Max) Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC) Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard (ABC) Meryl Streep – Only Murders in the Building as Loretta Durkin (Hulu) Billy Crudup – The Morning Show as Cory Ellison (Apple TV+) Tadanobu Asano – Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige (FX) Mark Duplass – The Morning Show as Charles "Chip" Black (Apple TV+) Jon Hamm – The Morning Show as Paul Marks (Apple TV+) Takehiro Hira – Shōgun as Ishido Kazunari (FX) Jack Lowden – Slow Horses as River Cartwright (Apple TV+) Jonathan Pryce – The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Netflix) Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown as Diana, Princess of Wales (Netflix) Christine Baranski – The Gilded Age as Agnes van Rhijn (HBO) Nicole Beharie – The Morning Show as Christina Hunter (Apple TV+) Greta Lee – The Morning Show as Stella Bak (Apple TV+) Lesley Manville – The Crown as Princess Margaret (Netflix) Karen Pittman – The Morning Show as Mia Jordan (Apple TV+) Holland Taylor – The Morning Show as Cybil Richards (Apple TV+) Lamorne Morris – Fargo as State Trooper Whitley "Witt" Farr (FX) Jonathan Bailey – Fellow Travelers as Tim Laughlin (Showtime) Robert Downey Jr. – The Sympathizer as Claude / Professor Robert Hammer / Ned Godwin / Niko Damianos / The Priest (HBO) Tom Goodman-Hill – Baby Reindeer as Darrien O'Connor (Netflix) John Hawkes – True Detective: Night Country as Hank Prior (HBO) Lewis Pullman – Lessons in Chemistry as Calvin Evans (Apple TV+) Treat Williams – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as Bill Paley (FX) (posthumous) Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer as Martha Scott (Netflix) Dakota Fanning – Ripley as Marge Sherwood (Netflix) Lily Gladstone – Under the Bridge as Cam Bentland (Hulu) Aja Naomi King – Lessons in Chemistry as Harriet Sloane (Apple TV+) Diane Lane – Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as Nancy "Slim" Keith (FX) Nava Mau – Baby Reindeer as Teri (Netflix) Kali Reis – True Detective: Night Country as Detective Evangeline Navarro (HBO)
Directing + The Bear: "Fishes" – Christopher Storer (FX) Abbott Elementary: "Party" – Randall Einhorn (ABC) The Bear: "Honeydew" – Ramy Youssef (FX) The Gentlemen: "Refined Aggression" – Guy Ritchie (Netflix) Hacks: "Bulletproof" – Lucia Aniello (Max) The Ms. Pat Show: "I'm the Pappy" – Mary Lou Belli (BET+) Shōgun: "Crimson Sky" – Frederick E. O. Toye (FX) The Crown: "Sleep, Dearie Sleep" – Stephen Daldry (Netflix) The Morning Show: "The Overview Effect" – Mimi Leder (Apple TV+) Mr. & Mrs. Smith: "First Date" – Hiro Murai (Prime Video) Slow Horses: "Strange Games" – Saul Metzstein (Apple TV+) Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty: "Beat L.A." – Salli Richardson-Whitfield (HBO) Ripley – Steven Zaillian (Netflix) Baby Reindeer: "Episode 4" – Weronika Tofilska (Netflix) Fargo: "The Tragedy of the Commons" – Noah Hawley (FX) Feud: Capote vs. The Swans: "Pilot" – Gus Van Sant (FX) Lessons in Chemistry: "Poirot" – Millicent Shelton (Apple TV+) True Detective: Night Country – Issa López (HBO)
Writing + Hacks: "Bulletproof" – Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky (Max) Abbott Elementary: "Career Day" – Quinta Brunson (ABC) The Bear: "Fishes" – Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo (FX) Girls5eva: "Orlando" – Meredith Scardino and Sam Means (Netflix) The Other Two: "Brooke Hosts a Night of Undeniable Good" – Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider (Max) What We Do in the Shadows: "Pride Parade" – Jake Bender and Zach Dunn (FX) Slow Horses: "Negotiating with Tigers" – Will Smith (Apple TV+) The Crown: "Ritz" – Peter Morgan and Meriel Sheibani-Clare (Netflix) Fallout: "The End" – Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner (Prime Video) Mr. & Mrs. Smith: "First Date" – Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover (Prime Video) Shōgun: "Anjin" – Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks (FX) Shōgun: "Crimson Sky" – Rachel Kondo and Caillin Puente (FX) Baby Reindeer – Richard Gadd (Netflix) Black Mirror: "Joan Is Awful" – Charlie Brooker (Netflix) Fargo: "The Tragedy of the Commons" – Noah Hawley (FX) Fellow Travelers: "You're Wonderful" – Ron Nyswaner (Showtime) Ripley – Steven Zaillian (Netflix) True Detective: Night Country: "Part 6" – Issa López (HBO) Alex Edelman: Just for Us – Alex Edelman (HBO) Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees – Jacqueline Novak (Netflix) John Early: Now More Than Ever – John Early (HBO) Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool – Mike Birbiglia (Netflix)