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 Diplomats)
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
The Gilded Age “My Mind is Made Up” (Salli Richardson Whitfield)
Paradise “Exodus” (Hanelle M. Culpepper)
The Pitt “12:00 P.M.” (Noah Wyle)
Pluribus “We is Us” (Vince Gilligan)
Slow Horses “Scars” (Saul Metzstein)
Task “Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing aand Rightdoing, There is a River” (Salli Richardson Whitfield)
OUTSTANDING WRITING for a DRAMA SERIES
The Diplomat “Amagansett” (Peter Akerman & Debora Cahn)
The Pitt “1:00 P.M.” (Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman & R. Scott Gemmill)
The Pitt “12 P.M.” (Valerie Chu)
Pluribus “We is Us” (Vince Gilligan)
Slow Horses “Scars” (Will Smith)
Task “A Still Small Voice” (Brad Inglesby)
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)
Kate O’Flynn (Widow’s Bay)
Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
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
Abbott Elementary “Ballgame” (Randall Einhorn)
The Bear “Bears” (Christopher Storer)
The Chair Company “F**king Fast, It Really Does” (Andrew DeYoung)
Hacks “Hacks (Finale)” (Lucia Aniello)
The Ms. Pat Show “Give it Arrest” (Mary Lou Belli)
Widow’s Bay “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!” (Hiro Murai)
OUTSTANDING WRITING for a COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary “Team Building” (Quinta Brunson)
The Chair Company “Life Goes by Too F**king Fast, It Really Does” (Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin)
The Comeback “Valerie Does it All” (Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow)
Hacks “Hacks (Finale)” (Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky)
Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat “Mergers and Acquisitions” (Anthony King)
Widow’s Bay “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!” (Katie Dippold)
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)
OUTSTANDING MOVIE
Heads of State (Prime Video)
Miss You, Love You (HBO Max)
Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)
People We Meet on Vacation (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 Issac (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)
Yuh-jung Youn (Beef)
Constance Zimmer (Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caarolyn Bessette)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING for a LIMITED or ANTHOLOGY SERIES or MOVIE
Beef “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey” (Jack Schreier)
Beef “Oh, the Comfort , the Inexpressible Comfort” (Lee Sung Jin)
Black Rabbit “The Black Rabbits” (Jason Bateman)
DTF St. Louis “Series” (Steven Conrad)
OUTSTANDING WRITING for a LIMITED or ANTHOLOGY SERIES or MOVIE
All Her Fault “Episode 8” (Megan Gallagher)
The Beast in Me “Sick Puppy” (Gabe Rotter & Daniel Pearle)
Beef “All the Things We’re Never Going to Have” (Lee Sung Jin)
Death by Lightning (Mike Makowsky)
DTF St. Louis (Steven Conrad)
OUTSTANDING COMPETITION PROGRAM
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Traitors (Peacock)
OUTSTANDING VARIETY TALK 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)
DOCUMENTARY or NONFICTION SPECIAL
John Candy: I Like Me (Prime Video)
Marty, Life is Short (Netflix)
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Max)
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay (HBO Max)
Ocean With David Attenborough (National Geographic)
DOCUMENTARY or NONFICTION SERIES
The American Revolution (PBS)
Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV)
Rafa (Netflix)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix)
The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO Max)
REALITY HOST
RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
Alan Cumming (The Traitors)
Kristen Kish (Top Chef)
Ariana Madix (Love Island USA)
Jeff Probst (Survivor)
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Rick and Morty (Adult Swim)
The Simpsons (Fox)
Smiling Friends (Adult Swim)
South Park (Comedy Central)
Star Wars: Visions (Disney+)
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The 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air Sept. 14, 2026 on NBC and Peacock at 5 p.m. PT/8pm ET.
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