2026 Emmy Nominations: Full List Of Major Nominees, Including ‘The Pitt’ And ‘Hacks’

The medical drama The Pitt led the Primetime Emmy Awards nominations on Wednesday with 25 nods, while the comedies Hacks was next with 24 and Widow's Bay with 19.

The major nominations for the Primetime Emmys, now in its 78th year, were announced by Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) along with Television Academy chair Cris Abrego at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT on the Television Academy’s YouTube channel (embedded below).

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In addition to scoring an Outstanding Drama Series Emmy nomination, The Pitt received 10 acting nominations, including Outstanding Actor in the category for Noah Wyle. Hacks, which is up for Outstanding Comedy Series, also nabbed 10 acting nominations, including Outstanding Actress in the category for Jean Smart.

The Television Academy announced on Tuesday that Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay will host the 2026 ceremony, which is scheduled to air live beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC and stream on Peacock on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The guest actor and actress Emmys and awards in the technical categories will be handed out in an untelevised Creative Arts Emmys ceremony, which is set for Sept. 5 and 6.

Hargitay, who has been nominated for eight Emmys for Law & Order SVU and won the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series statuette in 2006, is one of the nominees in the Documentary or Nonfiction Program category for directing My Mom Jayne, which chronicles the life and tragic loss of the actress’ mother, Hollywood star Jayne Mansfield.

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Listed below are the nominations in the major categories for the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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2026 Primetime Emmy Award Nominees

Drama

Outstanding Drama Series
The Diplomat (Netflix)
The Gilded Age (HBO)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO)
Paradise (Hulu)
The Pitt (HBO Max)
Pluribus (Apple TV)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Carrie Coon - The Gilded Age (HBO)
Chase Infiniti - The Testaments (Hulu)
Keri Russell - The Diplomat (Netflix)
Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus (Apple TV)
Zendaya - Euphoria (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown - Paradise (Hulu)
Gary Oldman - Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Mark Ruffalo - Task (HBO)
Rufus Sewell - The Diplomat (Netflix)
Noah Wyle - The Pitt (HBO Max)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Taylor Dearden - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Fiona Dourif - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Allison Janney -The Diplomat (Netflix)
Katherine LaNasa - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Sepideh Moafi - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Julianne Nicholson – Paradise (FX/FX on Hulu)
Karolina Wydra – Pluribus (Apple TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Patrick Ball - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Billy Crudup - The Morning Show (Apple TV)
Shawn Hatosy - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Gerran Howell - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Jack Lowden - Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Tom Pelphrey – Task (HBO Max)
Carlos-Manuel Vesga – Pluribus (Apple TV)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Brittany Allen - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Tal Anderson - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Tina Ivlev - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Miriam Shor - Pluribus (Apple TV)
Merritt Wever - The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
Shailene Woodley – Paradise (FX/FX on Hulu)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
Colman Domingo – Euphoria (HBO Max)
Ernest Harden Jr. - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Jeff Hiller – Pluribus (Apple TV)
Jeff Kober - The Pitt (HBO Max)
Jonathan Pryce - Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Bradley Whitford - The Diplomat (Netflix)

Comedy

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 Actress in a Comedy Series
Quinta Brunson - Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri - The Bear (FX)
Elle Fanning - Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
Lisa Kudrow - The Comeback (HBO)
Jean Smart - Hacks (HBO Max)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Wonder Man (Disney+)
Steve Carell - Rooster (HBO Max)
Matthew Rhys - Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
Jason Segel - Shrinking (Apple TV)
Martin Short - Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Dale Dickey - Widow's Bay (Apple TV)
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)
Janelle James - Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Kate O'Flynn - Widow's Bay (Apple TV)
Michelle Pfeiffer - Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
Megan Stalter - Hacks (HBO Max)
Jessica Williams, Shrinking (Apple TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Colman Domingo - The Four Seasons (Netflix)
Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)
Harrison Ford - Shrinking (Apple TV)
Nick Offerman - Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
Stephen Root - Widow's Bay (Apple TV)
Michael Urie - Shrinking (Apple TV)
Tyler James Williams - Abbott Elementary

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Leslie Bibb – Hacks (HBO Max)
Jamie Lee Curtis - The Bear (FX/FX on Hulu)
Betty Gilpin - Widow's Bay (Apple TV)
Cherry Jones – Hacks (HBO Max)
Laurie Metcalf – Hacks (HBO Max)
Kaitlin Olson – Hacks (HBO Max)
Lauren Weedman – Hacks (HBO Max)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Michael J. Fox – Shrinking (Apple TV)
Brett Goldstein – Shrinking (Apple TV)
Hamish Linklater - Widow's Bay (Apple TV)
Christopher McDonald – Hacks (HBO Max)
Rob Reiner - The Bear (FX/FX on Hulu)
Connor Storrie - Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
All Her Fault (Peacock)
The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Beef (Netflix)
DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Love Story (FX/FX on Hulu)

Outstanding Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Claire Danes - The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Sally Field - Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)
Carey Mulligan - Beef (Netflix)
Sarah Pidgeon - Love Story (FX/FX on Hulu)
Sarah Snook - All Her Fault (Peacock)

Outstanding Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed - Bait (Prime Video)
Jason Bateman - Black Rabbit (Netflix)
Charlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Oscar Isaac- Beef (Netflix)
Matthew Rhys - The Beast in Me (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Linda Cardellini - DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Dakota Fanning - All Her Fault (Peacock)
Laurie Metcalf - Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Joy Sunday - DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Youn Yuh-jung – Beef (Netflix)
Constance Zimmer - Love Story (FX/FX on Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Jason Bateman - DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Richard Gadd - Half Man (HBO Max)
David Harbour - DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Richard Jenkinsv- DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
Charles Melton – Beef (Netflix)
Nick Offerman - Death by Lightning (Netflix)

Variety And Reality

Outstanding Variety 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)

Outstanding Reality Competition
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
Survivor (CBS)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Traitors (Peacock)

The complete list of nominations is available on the Primetime Emmy Awards website.