The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards honored the best in American prime time television programming from June1, 2025, until May31, 2026, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards ceremony was held live on September14, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, and was preceded by the 78thPrimetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September5 and6. The ceremony was produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment and broadcast in the United States by NBC and Peacock. The ceremony was produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, directed by Alex Rudzinski, and broadcast in the United States by NBC and Peacock. Mariska Hargitay hosted the event.
At the main ceremony, Widow's Bay led all programs with six awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, and The Pitt won two awards including Outstanding Drama Series. Other winning programs included Pluribus with two awards, and The Beast in Me, DTF St. Louis, Hacks, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Slow Horses, and The Traitors with one each. Including Creative Arts Emmys, Widow's Bay led all shows with 14 wins, while Apple TV led all networks with 28 wins.
Winners and nominees
The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on July 8, 2026, at the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, hosted by actor Jeff Hiller and actress Liza Colón-Zayas, along with Television Academy chair Cris Abrego. Including nominations at the 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, The Pitt led all programs with 25 nominations, followed by Hacks with 24 nominations.
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 Widow's Bay (AppleTV)‡ Abbott Elementary (ABC) The Bear (FX) Hacks (HBO Max) Margo's Got Money Troubles (AppleTV) Nobody Wants This (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) Shrinking (AppleTV)The Pitt (HBO Max)‡ The Diplomat (Netflix) The Gilded Age (HBO) A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO) Paradise (Hulu) Pluribus (AppleTV) Slow Horses (AppleTV) Your Friends & Neighbors (AppleTV)DTF St. Louis (HBO)‡ All Her Fault (Peacock) The Beast in Me (Netflix) Beef (Netflix) Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (FX)The Traitors (Peacock)‡ Dancing with the Stars (ABC) RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) Survivor (CBS) Top Chef (Bravo)The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)‡ The Daily Show (Comedy Central) Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Acting Lead Matthew Rhys – Widow's Bay as Tom Loftis (AppleTV)‡ Yahya Abdul-MateenII – Wonder Man as Simon Williams / Wonder Man (Disney+) Steve Carell – Rooster as Greg Russo (HBO) Jason Segel – Shrinking as Jimmy Laird (AppleTV) Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building as Oliver Putnam (Hulu)Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance (HBO Max)‡ Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX) Elle Fanning – Margo's Got Money Troubles as Margo Millet (Apple TV) Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback as Valerie Cherish (HBO)Noah Wyle – The Pitt as Dr.Michael "Robby" Robinavitch (HBO Max)‡ Sterling K. Brown – Paradise as Xavier Collins (Hulu) Gary Oldman – Slow Horses as Jackson Lamb (AppleTV) Mark Ruffalo – Task as Tom Brandis (HBO) Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat as Hal Wyler (Netflix)Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus as Carol Sturka (AppleTV)‡ Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age as Bertha Russell (HBO) Chase Infiniti – The Testaments as Agnes MacKenzie (Hulu) Keri Russell – The Diplomat as Katherine "Kate" Wyler (Netflix) Zendaya – Euphoria as Rue Bennett (HBO)Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me as Nile Jarvis (Netflix)‡ Riz Ahmed – Bait as Shah Latif (Prime Video) Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit as Vince Friedken (Netflix) Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story as Ed Gein (Netflix) Oscar Isaac – Beef as Joshua Martín (Netflix)Sally Field – Remarkably Bright Creatures as Tova Sullivan (Netflix)‡ Claire Danes – The Beast in Me as Aggie Wiggs (Netflix) Carey Mulligan – Beef as Lindsay Crane-Martín (Netflix) Sarah Pidgeon – Love Story: JohnF. KennedyJr. & Carolyn Bessette as Carolyn Bessette (FX) Sarah Snook – All Her Fault as Marissa Irvine (Peacock)
Supporting Stephen Root – Widow's Bay as Wyck Crawford (AppleTV)‡ Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons as Danny (Netflix) Paul W. Downs – Hacks as Jimmy LuSaqueJr. (HBO Max) Harrison Ford – Shrinking as Dr.Paul Rhoades (AppleTV) Nick Offerman – Margo's Got Money Troubles as James "Jinx" Millet (AppleTV) Michael Urie – Shrinking as Brian (AppleTV) Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary as Gregory Eddie (ABC)Kate O'Flynn – Widow's Bay as Patricia Moyer (AppleTV)‡ Dale Dickey – Widow's Bay as Rosemary (AppleTV) Hannah Einbinder – Hacks as Ava Daniels (HBO Max) Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC) Michelle Pfeiffer – Margo's Got Money Troubles as Shyanne (AppleTV) Megan Stalter – Hacks as Kayla Schaefer (HBO Max) Jessica Williams – Shrinking as Gaby Evans (AppleTV)Tom Pelphrey – Task as Robbie Prendergrast (HBO)‡ Patrick Ball – The Pitt as Dr.Frank Langdon (HBO Max) Billy Crudup – The Morning Show as Cory Ellison (AppleTV) Shawn Hatosy – The Pitt as Dr.Jack Abbot (HBO Max) Gerran Howell – The Pitt as Dr.Dennis Whitaker (HBO Max) Jack Lowden – Slow Horses as River Cartwright (AppleTV) Carlos Manuel Vesga – Pluribus as Manousos Oviedo (AppleTV)Allison Janney – The Diplomat as President Grace Penn (Netflix)‡ Taylor Dearden – The Pitt as Dr.Mel King (HBO Max) Fiona Dourif – The Pitt as Dr.Cassie McKay (HBO Max) Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt as Dana Evans (HBO Max) Sepideh Moafi – The Pitt as Dr.Baran Al-Hashimi (HBO Max) Julianne Nicholson – Paradise as Samantha "Sinatra" Redmond (Hulu) Karolina Wydra – Pluribus as Zosia (AppleTV)
Directing Widow's Bay: "Welcome to Widow's Bay!" – Hiro Murai (AppleTV)‡ Abbott Elementary: "Ballgame" – Randall Einhorn (ABC) The Bear: "Bears" – Christopher Storer (FX) The Chair Company: "Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does." – Andrew DeYoung (HBO) Hacks: "Hacks" – Lucia Aniello (HBO Max) The Ms. Pat Show: "Give It Arrest" – Mary Lou Belli (BET+)Slow Horses: "Scars" – Saul Metzstein (AppleTV)‡ The Gilded Age: "My Mind Is Made Up" – Salli Richardson-Whitfield (HBO) Paradise: "Exodus" – Hanelle Culpepper (Hulu) The Pitt: "12:00P.M." – Noah Wyle (HBO Max) Pluribus: "We Is Us" – Vince Gilligan (AppleTV) Task: "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a river." – Salli Richardson-Whitfield (HBO)
Writing Widow's Bay: "Welcome to Widow's Bay!" – Katie Dippold (AppleTV)‡ Abbott Elementary: "Team Building" – Quinta Brunson (ABC) The Chair Company: "Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does." – Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin (HBO) The Comeback: "Valerie Does It All" – Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow (HBO) Hacks: "Hacks" – Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky (HBO Max) Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat: "Mergers and Acquisitions" – Anthony King (Prime Video)Pluribus: "We Is Us" – Vince Gilligan (AppleTV)‡ The Diplomat: "Amagansett" – Peter Akerman and Debora Cahn (Netflix) The Pitt: "1:00P.M." – Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill (HBO) The Pitt: "12:00P.M." – Valerie Chu (HBO) Slow Horses: "Scars" – Will Smith (AppleTV) Task: "A Still Small Voice" – Brad Ingelsby (HBO)
Bob Hope Humanitarian Award The Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was presented to actor and activist Michael J. Fox, in recognition of "his transformative contributions to Parkinson's disease research and advocacy".
Multiple nominations and wins For the purposes of the lists below, "major" constitutes the categories listed above (program, acting, directing, and writing), while "total" includes the categories presented at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony. Programs and networks must have multiple wins or major nominations or at least five total nominations to be included.
By program
+ Programs with multiple nominationsNominationsProgramNetworkTotalMajor2512The PittHBO Max247Hacks19Widow's BayApple TV186Pluribus163BeefNetflix131DTF St. LouisHBO11Saturday Night LiveNBC0Spider-NoirMGM+ / Prime Video9The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad BunnyNBC3The Beast in MeNetflix0FalloutPrime Video1A Knight of the Seven KingdomsHBOThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertCBS0The OscarsABC1RuPaul's Drag RaceMTV5ShrinkingApple TVSlow Horses83The BearFXThe Gilded AgeHBO4Margo's Got Money TroublesApple TV0Palm Royale76Abbott ElementaryABC2All Her FaultPeacock1Black RabbitNetflix5The Diplomat1EuphoriaHBOMonster: The Ed Gein StoryNetflix4ParadiseHulu0Stranger ThingsNetflix61Jimmy Kimmel Live!ABC2Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn BessetteFX0Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!HBOThe Muppet ShowDisney+Ocean with David AttenboroughNational Geographic4TaskHBO1The TraitorsPeacock0WednesdayNetflixWicked: One Wonderful NightNBC5The Amazing RaceCBSThe BoysPrime Video1Dancing with the StarsABC0John Candy: I Like MePrime VideoLove on the SpectrumNetflix2Only Murders in the BuildingHulu1SurvivorCBS0Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final ShowDisney+<52The Chair CompanyHBOThe Comeback
+ Programs with multiple winsWinsProgramNetworkTotalMajor146Widow's BayApple TV70The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad BunnyNBC1DTF St. LouisHBOThe TraitorsPeacock6The Late Show with Stephen ColbertCBS2The PittHBO MaxPluribusApple TV50Spider-NoirMGM+4The Muppet ShowDisney+3BeefNetflixLove on the SpectrumMargo's Got Money TroublesApple TVPalm Royale21The Beast in MeNetflix0BridgertonFalloutAmazon Prime Video1HacksHBO Max0My Mom JayneHBOOcean with David AttenboroughNational GeographicPrimalAdult Swim1Remarkably Bright CreaturesNetflix
By network
+ Networks with multiple nominationsNominationsNetworkTotalMajor12335HBO / HBO Max10916Netflix8529Apple TV457Hulu408ABC372Prime Video322CBS301NBC235FX183Peacock141Disney+120National Geographic11MGM+1MTV7Comedy Central60YouTube51Bravo0PBS
+ Networks with multiple winsWinsNetworkTotalMajor289Apple TV215HBO / HBO Max163Netflix80NBC71Peacock6CBS0Disney+5Amazon Prime VideoMGM+3FXNational Geographic2Adult SwimComedy CentralPBSYouTube
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