Emmy winners 2026: ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘The Pitt’ dominate

Jean Smart earns 5th Emmy for “Hacks,” becoming the archetypal to triumph pb drama histrion for each amusement season.

Emergency country play “The Pitt” and comedy-horror “Widow’s Bay” person won television’s highest honours, the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, presented successful Los Angeles.

Set successful a cursed New England town, “Widow’s Bay” won the champion drama bid prize connected Monday, overcoming past season’s winner, “Hacks”.

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Matthew Rhys, starring successful “Widow’s Bay”, made past by becoming the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph 2 pb acting honours astatine the aforesaid ceremony. Fellow histrion successful the TV series, Stephen Root, won champion supporting histrion successful a comedy, beating favourite Harrison Ford of “Shrinking”.

“Thank you, sir, for each your galore years of great, great, large acting,” Root told Ford during his acceptance speech.

“Hacks” histrion Jean Smart won her 5th Emmy for portraying stand-up comic Deborah Vance, making her the archetypal histrion to win the award for champion pb drama histrion for each play of a show’s run. Smart has won 8 Emmys wide successful her acting career.

“What a thrust this has been,” Smart said aft receiving a lasting ovation.

Jean Smart accepts the grant for outstanding pb histrion successful a drama bid for “Hacks” during the 78th Emmy Awards astatine the Peacock Theater successful Los Angeles connected September 14, 2026 [Chris Pizzello/AP]

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the lone performer to travel adjacent to Smart’s drama pb histrion sweep, having won the grant for six of the 7 seasons of the governmental satire “Veep”.

Noah Wyle, who starred arsenic Dr “Robby” Robinavitch connected “The Pitt”, told the Emmy assemblage it felt overwhelming to triumph his 2nd consecutive Emmy for champion pb play actor.

“The Pitt”, acceptable successful a Pittsburgh exigency department, won its second consecutive Emmy grant for champion play series, beating chap nominees including “Pluribus”, “Paradise” and “The Diplomat”.

“This is the lone nine I’ve ever wanted to join. Thank you for accepting me,” Wyle said portion accepting the award.

US histrion Noah Wyle, victor of Outstanding Lead Actor successful a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series for “The Pitt”, poses successful the property country during the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards astatine the Peacock Theater astatine LA Live successful Los Angeles connected September 14, 2026 [Frederic J. Brown/AFP]

Rhea Seehorn won champion histrion successful a play for playing the lone quality connected “Pluribus”, aft being nominated doubly without receiving immoderate honours for her breakthrough relation connected “Better Call Saul”.

Vince Gilligan, who created “Breaking Bad” and its spin-off “Better Call Saul”, won champion play penning for “Pluribus”.

“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” won for champion assortment series, concluding its farewell play with six full Emmys aft CBS cancelled the programme, citing fiscal pressures.

Colbert rejected that explanation, accusing web executives of succumbing to unit from President Donald Trump implicit his predominant mockery of the administration.