Emmy Awards 2026: The winners – LIVE!

The 2026 Emmy Awards are underway in Los Angeles, honouring the best of US TV from the 2025-26 season.

Acclaimed medical drama The Pitt leads the way with 12 major category nods, followed by the now-ended comedy Hacks and the comedy horror Widow’s Bay with seven apiece.

Scroll on to see the full list of nominees and winners announced so far!

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 & Neighbors (Apple TV)

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• The Bear (FX/Hulu)
• 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 Limited or Anthology Series

• All Her Fault (Peacock)
• The Beast in Me (Netflix)
• Beef (Netflix)
• DTF St. Louis (HBO Max) – WINNER!
• Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (FX/Hulu)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

• Gary Oldman – Slow Horses (Apple TV)
• Mark Ruffalo – Task (HBO Max)
• Noah Wyle – The Pitt (HBO Max) – WINNER!
• Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Sterling K. Brown – Paradise (Hulu)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
• Chase Infiniti – The Testaments (Hulu)
• Keri Russell – The Diplomat (Netflix)
• Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus (Apple TV) – WINNER!
• Zendaya – Euphoria (HBO Max)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Jason Segel – Shrinking (Apple TV)
• Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
• Matthew Rhys – Widow’s Bay (Apple TV) – WINNER!
• Steve Carell – Rooster (HBO Max)
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Wonder Man (Disney+)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

• Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (FX/Hulu)
• Elle Fanning – Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
• Jean Smart – Hacks (HBO Max) – WINNER!
• Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback (HBO Max)
• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
• Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit (Netflix)
• Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me (Netflix) – WINNER!
• Oscar Isaac – Beef (Netflix)
• Riz Ahmed – Bait (Prime Video)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Carey Mulligan – Beef (Netflix)
• Claire Danes – The Beast in Me (Netflix)
• Sally Field – Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix) – WINNER!
• Sarah Pidgeon – Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (FX/Hulu)
• Sarah Snook – All Her Fault (Peacock)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show (Apple TV)
• Carlos-Manuel Vesga – Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Gerran Howell – The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Jack Lowden – Slow Horses (Apple TV)
• Patrick Ball – The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Shawn Hatosy – The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Tom Pelphrey – Task (HBO Max) – WINNER!

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Allison Janney – The Diplomat (Netflix) – WINNER!
• Fiona Dourif – The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Julianne Nicholson – Paradise (Hulu)
• Karolina Wydra – Pluribus (Apple TV)
• Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Sepideh Moafi – The Pitt (HBO Max)
• Taylor Dearden – The Pitt (HBO Max)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons (Netflix)
• Harrison Ford – Shrinking (Apple TV)
• Michael Urie – Shrinking (Apple TV)
• Nick Offerman – Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
• Paul W. Downs – Hacks (HBO Max)
• Stephen Root – Widow’s Bay (Apple TV) – WINNER!
• Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Dale Dickey – Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
• Hannah Einbinder – Hacks (HBO Max)
• Janelle James – Abbott Elementary (ABC)
• Jessica Williams – Shrinking (Apple TV)
• Kate O’Flynn – Widow’s Bay (Apple TV) – WINNER!
• Megan Stalter – Hacks (HBO Max)
• Michelle Pfeiffer – Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

• Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
• Survivor (CBS)
• Top Chef (Bravo)
• The Traitors (Peacock) – WINNER!

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) – WINNER!
• Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

• Salli Richardson Whitfield – The Gilded Age, “My Mind Is Made Up” (HBO Max)
• Hanelle M. Culpepper – Paradise, “Exodus” (Hulu)
• Noah Wyle – The Pitt, “12:00 P.M.” (HBO Max)
• Vince Gilligan – Pluribus, “We Is Us” (Apple TV)
• Saul Metzstein – Slow Horses, “Scars” (Apple TV) – WINNER!
• Salli Richardson Whitfield – Task, “Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing, There Is a River.” (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

• Randall Einhorn – Abbott Elementary, “Ballgame” (ABC)
• Christopher Storer – The Bear, “Bears” (FX/Hulu)
• Andrew DeYoung – The Chair Company, “Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.” (HBO Max)
• Lucia Aniello – Hacks, “Hacks (Finale)” (HBO Max)
• Mary Lou Belli – The Ms. Pat Show, “Give It Arrest” (BET+)
• Hiro Murai – Widow’s Bay, “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!” (Apple TV) – WINNER!

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

• Peter Ackerman and Debora Cahn – The Diplomat, “Amagansett” (Netflix)
• Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill – The Pitt, “1:00 P.M.” (HBO Max)
• Valerie Chu – The Pitt, “12:00 P.M.” (HBO Max)
• Vince Gilligan – Pluribus, “We Is Us” (Apple TV) – WINNER!
• Will Smith – Slow Horses, “Scars” (Apple TV)
• Brad Ingelsby – Task, “A Still Small Voice” (HBO Max)

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

• Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary, “Team Building” (ABC)
• Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin – The Chair Company, “Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.” (HBO Max)
• Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback, “Valerie Does It All” (HBO Max)
• Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky – Hacks, “Hacks (Finale)” (HBO Max)
• Anthony King – Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, “Mergers and Acquisitions” (Prime Video)
• Katie Dippold – Widow’s Bay, “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!” (Apple TV) – WINNER!