The biggest night in TV is here, with the Primetime Emmys set to spotlight the best shows from the past year Monday night. HBO Max’s The Pitt leads all shows with 25 nominations, with Hacks sitting in second with the 24 nominations it scored for its fifth and final season. Apple TV has the No. 3 and No. 4 most-nominated shows with Widow’s Bay and Pluribus, while the second season of Netflix’s Beef comes rounds out the top five. Those totals include nominations for Creative Arts Emmys, which were already handed out as part of two separate ceremonies on September 5 and September 6.
Before the main event gets rolling at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, here are the nominees at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards:
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 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 and Neighbors (Apple TV)
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- All Her Fault (Peacock)
- The Beast in Me (Netflix)
- Beef (Netflix)
- DTF St. Louis (HBO)
- Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (Hulu)
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
- Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
- RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)
- Survivor (CBS)
- Top Chef (Bravo)
- The Traitors (Peacock)
Outstanding Variety Series
- The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
- Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Simon Williams, Wonder Man (Disney+)
- Steve Carell as Greg Russo, Rooster (HBO)
- Matthew Rhys as Tom Loftis, Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
- Jason Segel as Jimmy Laird, Shrinking (Apple TV)
- Martin Short as Oliver Putnam, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Quinta Brunson as Janine Teagues, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
- Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, The Bear (FX)
- Elle Fanning as Margo Millet, Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
- Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, The Comeback (HBO)
- Jean Smart as Deborah Vance, Hacks (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Sterling K. Brown as Xavier Collins, Paradise (Hulu)
- Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, Slow Horses (Apple TV)
- Mark Ruffalo as Tom Brandis, Task (HBO)
- Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler, The Diplomat (Netflix)
- Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, The Pitt (HBO Max)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell, The Gilded Age (HBO)
- Chase Infiniti as Agnes MacKenzie, The Testaments (Hulu)
- Keri Russell as Katherine “Kate” Wyler, The Diplomat (Netflix)
- Rhea Seehorn as Carol Sturka, Pluribus (Apple TV)
- Zendaya as Rue Bennett, Euphoria (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Riz Ahmed as Shah Latif, Bait (Prime Video)
- Jason Bateman as Vince Friedken, Black Rabbit (Netflix)
- Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein, Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
- Oscar Isaac as Joshua Martín, Beef (Netflix)
- Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis, The Beast in Me (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Claire Danes as Aggie Wiggs, The Beast in Me (Netflix)
- Sally Field as Tova Sullivan, Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)
- Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martín, Beef (Netflix)
- Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (Hulu)
- Sarah Snook as Marissa Irvine, All Her Fault (Peacock)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Colman Domingo as Danny, The Four Seasons (Netflix)
- Paul W. Downs as Jimmy LuSaque Jr., Hacks (HBO)
- Harrison Ford as Dr. Paul Rhoades, Shrinking (Apple TV)
- Nick Offerman as James “Jinx” Millet, Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
- Stephen Root as Wyck Crawford, Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
- Michael Urie as Brian, Shrinking (Apple TV)
- Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Dale Dickey as Rosemary, Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
- Hannah Einbinder as Ava Daniels, Hacks (HBO Max)
- Janelle James as Ava Coleman, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
- Kate O’Flynn as Patricia Moyer, Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Shyanne, Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
- Megan Stalter as Kayla Schaefer, Hacks (HBO Max)
- Jessica Williams as Gaby Evans, Shrinking (Apple TV)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Patrick Ball as Dr. Frank Langdon, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison, The Morning Show (Apple TV)
- Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Jack Abbot, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Gerran Howell as Dr. Dennis Whitaker, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, Slow Horses (Apple TV)
- Tom Pelphrey as Robbie Prendergrast, Task (HBO)
- Carlos Manuel Vesga as Manousos Oviedo, Pluribus (Apple TV)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Taylor Dearden as Dr. Mel King, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Fiona Dourif as Dr. Cassie McKay, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Allison Janney as President Grace Penn, The Diplomat (Netflix)
- Katherine LaNasa as Dana Evans, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Sepideh Moafi as Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Julianne Nicholson as Samantha “Sinatra” Redmond, Paradise (Hulu)
- Karolina Wydra as Zosia, Pluribus (Apple TV)
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Randall Einhorn for “Ballgame”, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
- Christopher Storer for “Bears”, The Bear (FX)
- Andrew DeYoung for “Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does.”, The Chair Company (HBO)
- Lucia Aniello for “Hacks”, Hacks (HBO Max)
- Mary Lou Belli for “Give It Arrest”, The Ms. Pat Show (BET+)
- Hiro Murai for “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!”, Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield for “My Mind Is Made Up”, The Gilded Age (HBO)
- Hanelle Culpepper for “Exodus”, Paradise (Hulu)
- Noah Wyle for “12:00 P.M.”, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Vince Gilligan for “We Is Us”, Pluribus (Apple TV)
- Saul Metzstein for “Scars”, Slow Horses (Apple TV)
- Salli Richardson-Whitfield for “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a river.”, Task (HBO)
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Quinta Brunson for “Team Building”, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
- Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin for “Life goes by too f**king fast, it really does.”, The Chair Company (HBO)
- Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow for “Valerie Does It All”, The Comeback (HBO)
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky for “Hacks”, Hacks (HBO Max)
- Anthony King for “Mergers and Acquisitions”, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat (Prime Video)
- Katie Dippold for “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!”, Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Peter Akerman and Debora Cahn for “Amagansett”, The Diplomat (Netflix)
- Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill for “1:00 P.M.”, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Valerie Chu for “12:00 P.M.”, The Pitt (HBO Max)
- Vince Gilligan for “We Is Us”, Pluribus (Apple TV)
- Will Smith for “Scars”, Slow Horses (Apple TV)
- Brad Ingelsby for “A Still Small Voice”, Task (HBO)
