'The Pitt' dominates 2026 Emmy race with 16 nods

The Pitt led the 2026 Emmy Awards nominations with 16 nods, the highest among all programs this year.

The HBO Max medical drama received a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, along with multiple acting, writing, and directing nominations, solidifying its place as one of television's biggest breakout hits.

Much of the series' success comes from its ensemble cast, with several performers receiving Emmy recognition for the first time. Patrick Ball, Gerran Howell, Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif, Katherine LaNasa and Sepideh Moafi all landed breakthrough acting nominations for their performances in the acclaimed hospital drama.

Pluribus followed with 10 nominations, while DTF St. Louis, Hacks and Widow's Bay earned nine each. The nominations also recognized a new generation of television stars, including Chase Infiniti, Elle Fanning, Sarah Pidgeon, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Kristen Kish, who now join Emmy veterans such as Jean Smart, Gary Oldman, Quinta Brunson, Keri Russell, Zendaya, Martin Short and Harrison Ford in the race for television's highest honors.

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. and Carolyn Bessette (FX/Hulu)

Outstanding Television Movie

• Heads of State (Prime Video)

• Miss You, Love You (HBO Max)

• People We Meet on Vacation (Netflix)

• Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)

• Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War (Prime Video)

Direction for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Jake Schreier, Beef

“It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey”

• Lee Sung Jin, Beef

“Oh, The Comfort, The Inexpressible Comfort”

• Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit

“The Black Rabbits”

• Steven Conrad, DTF St. Louis

Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Megan Gallagher, All Her Fault

“Episode 8”

• Gabe Rotter & Daniel Pearle, The Beast in Me

“Sick Puppy”

• Lee Sung Jin, Beef

“All The Things We’re Never Going To Have”

• Mike Makowsky, Death by Lightning

• Steven Conrad, DTF St. Louis

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Riz Ahmed, Bait

• Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit

• Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story

• Oscar Isaac, Beef

• Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Claire Danes, The Beast in Me

• Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures

• Carey Mulligan, Beef

• Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette

• Sarah Snook, All Her Fault”

Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series 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 in a Limited or Anthology Series 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

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 & Neighbors (Apple TV+)

Directing for a Drama Series

• Salli Richardson Whitfield, The Gilded Age

“My Mind Is Made Up”

• Hanelle M. Culpepper, Paradise

“Exodus”

• Noah Wyle, The Pitt

“12:00 P.M.”

• Vince Gilligan, Pluribus

“We Is Us”

• Saul Metzstein, Slow Horses

“Scars”

• Salli Richardson Whitfield, Task

“Out Beyond Ideas Of Wrongdoing And Rightdoing, There Is A River.”

Writing for a Drama Series

• Peter Ackerman & Debora Cahn, The Diplomat

“Amagansett”

• Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman & R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt

“1:00 P.M.”

• Valerie Chu, The Pitt

“12:00 P.M.”

• Vince Gilligan, Pluribus

“We Is Us”

• Will Smith, Slow Horses

“Scars”

• Brad Ingelsby, Task

“A Still Small Voice”

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

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

• Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age

• Chase Infiniti, The Testaments

• Keri Russell, The Diplomat

• Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus

• Zendaya, Euphoria

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• 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 in a Drama Series

• 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

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

• Colman Domingo, Euphoria

• Ernest Harden Jr., The Pitt

• Jeff Hiller, Pluribus

• Jeff Kober, Pluribus

• Jonathan Pryce, Slow Horses

• Bradley Whitford, The Diplomat

Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• Brittany Allen, The Pitt

• Tal Anderson, The Pitt

• Tina Ivlev, The Pitt

• Miriam Shor, Pluribus

• Merritt Wever, The Gilded Age

• Shailene Woodley, Paradise

Outstanding Comedy Series

• Abbott Elementary (ABC)

• The Bear (FX/Hulu)

• 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+)

Directing for a Comedy Series

• Randall Einhorn, Abbott Elementary

“Ballgame”

• Christopher Storer, The Bear

“Bears”

• Andrew DeYoung, The Chair Company

“Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.”

• Lucia Aniello, Hacks

Hacks (Finale)

• Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show

“Give It Arrest”

• Hiro Murai, Widow’s Bay

“Welcome To Widow’s Bay!”

Writing for a Comedy Series

• Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

“Team Building”

• Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin, The Chair Company

“Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.”

• Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback

“Valerie Does It All”

• Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, & Jen Statsky, Hacks

Hacks (Finale)

• Anthony King, Jury Duty Presents Company Retreat

“Mergers And Acquisitions”

• Katie Dippold, Widow’s Bay

“Welcome To Widow’s Bay!”

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man

• Steve Carell, Rooster

• Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay

• Jason Segel, Shrinking

• Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

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

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons

• Paul W. Downs, Hacks

• Harrison Ford, Shrinking

• Nick Offerman, Margo’s Got Money Troubles

• Stephen Root, Widow’s Bay

• Michael Urie, Shrinking

• Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• 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

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

• 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 in a Comedy Series

• 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 Host for a Reality or Competition Program

• RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race

• Alan Cumming, The Traitors

• Kristen Kish, Top Chef

• Ariana Madix, Love Island USA

• Jeff Probst, Survivor

Outstanding Host for a Game Show

• Steve Harvey, Celebrity Family Feud

• Ken Jennings, Jeopardy!

• Colin Jost, Pop Culture Jeopardy!

• Jimmy Kimmel, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

• Martin Short, Match Game

Outstanding Structured Reality Program

• Antiques Roadshow (PBS)

• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network)

• Love Is Blind (Netflix)

• Queer Eye (Netflix)

• Shark Tank (ABC)

Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program

• America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)

• Love On The Spectrum (Netflix)

• RuPaul’s Drag Race Untucked (MTV)

• Summer House (Bravo)

• Welcome To Wrexham (FX/Hulu)

Outstanding Reality Competition Program

• Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

• RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)

• Survivor (CBS)

• Top Chef (Bravo)

• The Traitors (Peacock)

Outstanding Game Show

• Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)

• Jeopardy! (ABC/Syndicated)

• The Price is Right (CBS)

• Wheel Of Fortune (ABC)

• Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (ABC)