2026 Primetime Emmy Awards: Here's the Full List of Nominations

We're getting closer to awards season, folks. Today, The Bear star Liza Colón-Zayas and Somebody Somewhere star Jeff Hiller announced the nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards alongside Television Academy chair Cris Abrego. They read off the nominations live from the Wolf Theatre at the Academy Foundation's Saban Media Center. (Eligible shows must have aired between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026.)

This year's Emmys will be broadcast via NBC and Peacock and will take place at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater. Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) will host the proceedings, marking the first time a woman has hosted in 15 years. You can tune in on Monday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT to see if your TV favorites will take home that coveted statue.

2026 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

Here are the Emmy nominations for this year:

Outstanding Variety Series

• The Daily Show
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
• The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
• Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

• Dancing With the Stars
• RuPaul's Drag Race
• Survivor
• Top Chef
• The Traitors

Outstanding Television Movie

• Heads of State
• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War
• Miss You, Love You
• Remarkably Bright Creatures
• People We Meet on Vacation

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

• All Her Fault
• The Beast in Me
• Beef
• DTF St. Louis
• Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette

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 Isaac, Beef
• Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Claire Danes, The Beast in Me
• Carey Mulligan, Beef
• Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette
• Sarah Snook, All Her Fault
• Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures

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
• Youn Yuh-jung, Beef
• Constance Zimmer, Love Story: John F. Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary
• The Bear
• Hacks
• Margo's Got Money Troubles
• Nobody Wants This
• Only Murders in the Building
• Shrinking
• Widow's Bay

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 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 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

• Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
• Megan Stalter, Hacks
• Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
• Kate O'Flynn, Widow's Bay
• Dale Dickey, Widow's Bay
• Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo's Got Money Troubles
• Jessica Williams, Shrinking

Outstanding Drama Series

• The Diplomat
• The Gilded Age
• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
• Paradise
• The Pitt
• Pluribus
• Slow Horses
• Your Friends & Neighbors

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

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

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 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

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This story was originally published July 8, 2026 at 9:23 AM.