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The nominees for the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled this morning and HBO is sitting pretty, topping the leaderboard with The Pitt.
The Noah Wyle-led medical drama scored 25 nominations on Wednesday, followed by HBO’s Hacks with 24. The buddy comedy about a stand-up legend and her Gen Z writer has also broken the record for the most Emmy nominations for a comedy in its final season. Schitt’s Creek previously held the record at 18.
Apple TV has a pair of hits on its hands too. Its freshman dark comedy Widow’s Bay secured an impressive 19 nods and its post-apocalyptic Pluribus pulled in 16.
If you’re wondering why Heated Rivalry — which, like The Pitt and Hacks airs in Canada on Crave — didn’t get any Emmy love that’s because it couldn’t. The hit show was produced and financed solely by Canadian companies and the Primetime Emmys have requirements on foreign productions.
But co-lead Connor Storrie did score a nomination for his appearance on Saturday Night Live.
Previous Emmy-winners Liza Colón-Zayas (The Bear) and Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere, Widow’s Bay) presented the nominations from the Wolf Theatre in Los Angeles. The awards ceremony will follow on Sept. 14, hosted by Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay — the first woman to host the show in 15 years.
This will also be the first year the Emmys hand out a “legacy award” which, say organizers at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, will go to “programs that have made a ‘profound and lasting impact’ on audiences and remain relevant to society, culture and the industry.” It’s the first new Emmy in nearly 20 years.
Below is a list of the nominees.
Best drama series
The Diplomat.The Guilded Age.A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.Paradise.The Pitt.Pluribus.Slow Horses.Your Friends & Neighbors.
Best comedy series
Abbott Elementary.The Bear.Hacks.Margo’s Got Money Troubles.Nobody Wants This.Only Murders in the Building.Shrinking.Widow’s Bay.
Best limited or anthology series
All Her Fault.The Beast in Me.Beef.DTF St. Louis.Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
Lead actor, drama
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise.Gary Oldman, Slow Horses.Mark Ruffalo, Task.Rufus Sewell, The Diplomat.Noah Wyle, The Pitt.
Lead actress, drama
Keri Russell, The Diplomat.Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus.Zendaya, Euphoria.Chase Infiniti, The Testaments.Carrie Coon, The Guilded Age.
Lead actor, comedy
Steve Carell, Rooster.Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay.Jason Segal, Shrinking.Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building.Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonderman.
Lead actress, comedy
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary.Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles.Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback.Jean Smart, Hacks.Ayo Edebiri, The Bear.
Supporting actor, drama
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.
Supporting actress, drama
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.
Supporting actor, comedy
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons.Paul W. Downs, Hacks.Harrison Ford, Shrinking.Nick Offerman, Margo’s Got Money Troubles.Stephen Root, Widow’s Bay.Micheal Urie, Shrinking.Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary.
Supporting actress, comedy
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.Megan Stalter, Hacks.Jessica Williams, Shrinking.
Lead actor, limited series, anthology or movie
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story.Oscar Isaac, Beef.Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me.Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit.Riz Ahmed, Bait.
Lead actress, limited series, anthology 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.
Supporting actor, limited series, anthology 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.
Supporting actress, limited series, anthology 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. and Carolyn Bissette.
Guest actor, drama
Colman Domingo, Euphoria.Ernest Harden, Jr., The Pitt.Jeff Hiller, Pluribus.Jeff Kober, The Pitt.Jonathan Pryce, Slow Horses.Bradley Whitford, The Diplomat.
Guest actress, drama
Brittany Allen, The Pitt.Tal Anderson, The Pitt.Tina Ivlev, The Pitt.Miriam Shor, Pluribus.Merritt Wever, The Guilded Age.Shailene Woodley, Paradise.
Guest actor, comedy
Michael J. Fox, Shrinking.Brett Goldstein, Shrinking.Hamish Linklater, Widow’s Bay.Christopher McDonald, Hacks.Rob Reiner, The Bear.Connor Storrie, Saturday Night Live.
Guest actress, comedy
Leslie Bibb, Hacks.Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear.Betty Gilpin, Widow’s Bay.Cherry Jones, Hacks.Laurie Metcalf, Hacks.Kaitlin Olson, Hacks.Lauren Weedman, Hacks.
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.
For a complete list of nominations in all categories, visit the Emmys website.