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The Pitt and Hacks lead 2026 Emmy nominations

The Pitt and Hacks lead 2026 Emmy nominations
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The Pitt and Hacks lead the nominations for this year's Emmy Awards.

The nominees for the 78th Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, with previous winners Liza Colón-Zayas, best known for playing Tina in The Bear, and Jeff Hiller, who starred as Joel in Somebody Somewhere, revealing this year's contenders.

Max medical drama The Pitt tops this year's nominations with 25 nods, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch.

Close behind is comedy-drama Hacks with 24 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Jean Smart as Deborah Vance.

Other top nominees include Widow's Bay with 19 nominations, followed by Pluribus with 18 and Beef with 16.

Jason Bateman is this year's most nominated performer, earning four nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Quinta Brunson, Paul W. Downs, Matthew Rhys, Jason Segel, Martin Short and Noah Wyle follow with three nominations each.

Returning contenders include Paradise, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Only Murders in the Building and Abbott Elementary, while newcomers Margo's Got Money Troubles, Your Friends and Neighbors, Pluribus and Widow's Bay earned breakthrough nominations.

The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will take place at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on 14 September, with Law & Order: SVU star and executive producer Mariska Hargitay set to host. It will mark the first time a woman has hosted the ceremony in 15 years.

Here is the main list of winners:

Outstanding Drama Series

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

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 Limited or Anthology Series

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

Outstanding TV Movie

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

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 Diplomat
  • Rhea Seahorn - Pluribus
  • Zendaya - Euphoria

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Wonder Man
  • Steve Carell - Rooster
  • Matthew Rhys - Widows 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 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
  • Sally Field - Remarkably Bright Creatures
  • Carey Mulligan - Beef
  • Sarah Pidgeon - Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
  • Sarah Snook - All Her Fault

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 Wyrdra

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
  • Janelle James - Abbott Elementary
  • Kate O'Flynn - Widow's Bay
  • Michelle Pfeiffer - Margo's Got Money Troubles

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 Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

Outstanding Variety series

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

Reality Competition Program

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

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