2026 Emmy Nominations
The 78th Primetime Emmy nominations were announced July 8, 2026. HBO Max's The Pitt leads with 25 nods, the final season of Hacks follows with 24 (a comedy record), Apple TV's Widow's Bay has 19 and Pluribus 18. The ceremony is Monday, September 14, 2026 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by Mariska Hargitay. Sources: Deadline, Variety, CNN, Television Academy.
The context
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations landed on July 8, 2026, and the headline was written in a Pittsburgh emergency room. HBO Max’s The Pitt topped the field with 25 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and a remarkable 13 acting nods spread across its ensemble. It is the kind of total that only arrives when a show becomes both a critical darling and a genuine cultural conversation, and The Pitt has been exactly that since its first season.
On the comedy side, the final season of Hacks rewrote the record book with 24 nominations, the most ever handed to a single season of a comedy series. The Deborah Vance saga bows out at the peak of its acclaim, and its lead, Jean Smart, is nominated once more in a category that also features Lisa Kudrow for the revived The Comeback, a face-off between two comedy veterans that anchors the night.
The other big story is Apple TV, which placed two first-year shows near the summit: the drama Widow’s Bay with 19 nominations and Pluribus, Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi series starring Rhea Seehorn, with 18. Netflix’s Beef rounds out the leaders with 16. Together they signal a streaming era in which a debut season can march straight into the Best Drama race.
The ceremony itself moves off its familiar Sunday perch: the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards air on Monday, September 14, 2026, from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by Mariska Hargitay and broadcast on NBC. The Monday date is a scheduling quirk, NBC airs Sunday Night Football that weekend, but it does nothing to dampen a season that already has clear favourites and at least one genuine coin-flip in the comedy lead-actress race.
People also ask
True or false?
Yes, its second season leads all programs with 25 nominations. (Deadline, Variety)
Yes, its 24 nominations are the most ever for a single season of a comedy series. (Deadline)
No, it moved to Monday, September 14, because NBC airs Sunday Night Football that weekend. (CBS News)
Yes, Apple TV's Pluribus landed 18 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series. (Variety)
Confirmed, the Law & Order: SVU star hosts the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. (Deadline)
No, July 8 was the nominations announcement. Winners are named at the September 14 ceremony. (Television Academy)