From HBO Max’s The Pitt and Hacks to Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay and Pluribus, there were plenty of widely-acclaimed shows competing at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday night. After the first wave of awards were handed out at the Creative Arts Emmys on September 5 and September 6, the headliners took center stage on NBC to decide which shows won the biggest awards.
With the much-anticipated awards show all wrapped up, here’s a full list of this year’s winners 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)
- WINNER: Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)
Outstanding Drama Series
- The Diplomat (Netflix)
- The Gilded Age (HBO)
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO)
- Paradise (Hulu)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: The Traitors (Peacock)
Outstanding Variety Series
- The Daily Show (Comedy Central)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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+)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: 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)
