Emmy Awards 2026: The Full List of Winners in Every Category

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The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are officially in the books. Mariska Hargitay hosted the September 14 ceremony from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater, where Widow’s Bay ruled comedy, The Pitt retained television’s top drama prize, and DTF St. Louis took Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. Jean Smart completed an extraordinary five-for-five run as Deborah Vance on Hacks, while Matthew Rhys made history by winning two lead-acting Emmys in a single night. Here are all 19 categories presented during the main telecast, with every nominee and winner.

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 – WINNER

Widow’s Bay capped a monster Emmy run with the top comedy prize and finished the year with a record 14 wins for a comedy series.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

matthew rhys in a still from Widow's Bay

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Wonder Man
Steve Carell – Rooster
Matthew Rhys – Widow’s Bay – WINNER
Jason Segel – Shrinking
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building

Rhys also won Limited Lead Actor later in the night, becoming the first performer in Emmy history to win two lead-acting Emmys at the same ceremony.

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 – WINNER

Smart’s fifth Hacks victory completed a perfect five-season sweep and pushed her career acting-Emmy total to eight.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Stephen Root as Wyck Crawford in Widow's Bay

Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons
Paul W. Downs – Hacks
Harrison Ford – Shrinking
Nick Offerman – Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Stephen Root – Widow’s Bay – WINNER
Michael Urie – Shrinking
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

Root beat heavily favored Harrison Ford and helped Widow’s Bay turn the comedy acting categories into its personal playground.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Matthew Rhys And Stephen Root in Widow’s Bay

Dale Dickey – Widow’s Bay
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Kate O’Flynn – Widow’s Bay – WINNER
Michelle Pfeiffer – Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Megan Stalter – Hacks
Jessica Williams – Shrinking

O’Flynn joined Root in giving Widow’s Bay both supporting-comedy trophies.

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary, Team Building — Quinta Brunson

The Chair Company, Life Goes by Too F**king Fast, It Really Does — Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin

The Comeback, Valerie Does It All — Michael Patrick King, Lisa Kudrow

Hacks, Hacks (Finale) — Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky

Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat, Mergers and Acquisitions — Anthony King

Widow’s Bay, Welcome to Widow’s Bay! — Katie Dippold — WINNER

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Abbott Elementary, Ballgame — Randall Einhorn

The Bear, Bears — Christopher Storer

The Chair Company, Life Goes by Too F**king Fast, It Really Does. — Andrew DeYoung

Hacks, Hacks (Finale) — Lucia Aniello

The Ms. Pat Show, Give It Arrest — Mary Lou Belli

Widow’s Bay, Welcome to Widow’s Bay! — Hiro Murai – WINNER

Outstanding Drama Series

Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby in The Pitt Season 3

The Diplomat
The Gilded Age
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Paradise
The Pitt – WINNER
Pluribus
Slow Horses
Your Friends & Neighbors

The Pitt retained Outstanding Drama Series, giving the medical drama another major win after Noah Wyle repeated in Lead Actor.

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 – WINNER

Wyle’s repeat victory extended The Pitt’s grip on the lead-drama race.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age
Chase Infiniti – The Testaments
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus – WINNER
Zendaya – Euphoria

After years of Emmy frustration with Better Call Saul, Seehorn finally claimed her first trophy for Pluribus.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Close-up of Tom Pelphrey sitting in front of a table with several beer bottles on them in Task

Patrick Ball – The Pitt
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Shawn Hatosy – The Pitt
Gerran Howell – The Pitt
Jack Lowden – Slow Horses
Tom Pelphrey – Task – WINNER
Carlos-Manuel Vesga – Pluribus

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Allison Janney stars in The Diplomat | Image via Netflix

Taylor Dearden – The Pitt
Fiona Dourif – The Pitt
Allison Janney – The Diplomat – WINNER
Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt
Sepideh Moafi – The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson – Paradise
Karolina Wydra – Pluribus

Janney’s victory gave her eight acting Emmys, tying Jean Smart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Cloris Leachman at the top of the all-time acting leaderboard.

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

The Diplomat, Amagansett — Peter Ackerman, Debora Cahn

The Pitt, 1:00 P.M. — Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman, R. Scott Gemmill

The Pitt, 12:00 P.M. — Valerie Chu

Pluribus, We Is Us — Vince Gilligan – WINNER

Slow Horses, Scars — Will Smith

Task, A Still Small Voice — Brad Ingelsby

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

The Gilded Age, My Mind Is Made Up — Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Paradise, Exodus — Hanelle M. Culpepper

The Pitt, 12:00 P.M. — Noah Wyle

Pluribus, We Is Us — Vince Gilligan

Slow Horses, Scars — Saul Metzstein –WINNER

Task, Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing, There Is a River — Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Metzstein took the directing trophy for Slow Horses, preventing Vince Gilligan from completing a writing-directing sweep for Pluribus.

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

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

DTF St. Louis took the top limited-series prize after already collecting major Creative Arts Emmy wins.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys in The Beast in Me

Riz Ahmed – Bait
Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit
Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Oscar Isaac – Beef
Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me – WINNER

Combined with Widow’s Bay, the victory gave Rhys the rarest acting feat of the night.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

A still from Remarkably-Bright-Creatures

Claire Danes – The Beast in Me
Sally Field – Remarkably Bright Creatures – WINNER
Carey Mulligan – Beef
Sarah Pidgeon – Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault

Field became the oldest woman to win the category, adding another remarkable chapter to an already formidable awards career.

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

Dancing with the Stars
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
The Traitors – WINNER

Outstanding Variety Series

The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – WINNER
Saturday Night Live

The Late Show ended its final-season Emmy campaign with the category’s top prize. The final scoreboard belonged less to one juggernaut than to several: Widow’s Bay owned comedy, The Pitt remained king of drama, Pluribus scored major acting and creative wins, and Matthew Rhys somehow found room for two lead-acting trophies in one evening.

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