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A view of the Emmy statuette.

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Nominations for the 2026 Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, where the stars of critically acclaimed shows will vie for the coveted statuettes honoring television's best shows and performances from the past year.

The Pitt led the way with 25 nominations, followed by Hacks with 24 nods in its final season — a record for a comedy series — and newcomers Widow's Bay (19), Pluribus (18), Beef (16) and DTF St. Louis (13).

Jason Bateman, star of DTF St. Louis , received two nominations for the HBO dark comedy (one as a performer, one as a producer) and two for the Netflix drama Black Rabbit , in which he starred and directed.

Other stars with multiple nominations included Matthew Rhys (two for Widow's Bay as a performer and producer, one for The Beast in Me as a performer), Quinta Brunson (three for performing, writing and producing on Abbott Elementary ) and Paul W. Downs (performing, writing and producing on Hacks ).

Rhys won an Emmy in 2018 for his acting work in The Americans . His wife and Americans costar Keri Russell is still looking for her first — and she's up again for The Diplomat . Carey Mulligan, who has been nominated for three Academy Awards, earned her first-ever Emmy nods — two for acting in and producing Beef .

Sisters Elle and Dakota Fanning were each nominated for two Emmy Awards. Elle was recognized as both a performer and producer for Margo's Got Money Troubles , while Dakota earned an acting nomination for All Her Fault and shared a producer nomination for Margo's Got Money Troubles .

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert received nine Emmy nominations in its final season, the most in its 11-year history .

And the late actor and director Rob Reiner received a posthumous Emmy nomination for his guest-starring role on The Bear .

HBO Max led all networks with 122 nominations, followed by Netflix (111) and Apple TV (87). ABC topped the broadcast networks with 40.

This year's competition will include 118 categories . Final-round voting for this year's nominees will run from Aug. 17 through Aug. 26.

Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas ( The Bear ) and Jeff Hiller ( Somebody Somewhere ) presented some of the major categories at the Academy's Wolf Theatre in a live ceremony . Nominees in two categories — outstanding variety series and outstanding reality competition — were revealed on NBC's Today show earlier in the day. The rest were posted online.

As is the case every year, there were plenty of (perceived) surprises and snubs. The final season of Stranger Things received seven nominations, but none in the major acting, directing or series categories.

Chase Infiniti, who was not nominated at this year's Oscars for her turn in One Battle After Another , landed an Emmy nod for her lead role in The Testaments .

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, who were each nominated for Emmys last year for their roles in the first season of Nobody Wants This , were not nominated for the show's second season. Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney also failed to earn a nomination in the show's third and final season after previously receiving one.

Other notable acting snubs included Jeremy Allen White, star of The Bear , and Paul Anthony Kelly, who played John F. Kennedy Jr. in the FX series Love Story .

And Hot Ones , the popular YouTube interview-and-spicy-chicken-wing-eating show hosted by Sean Evans, was not nominated, while Kareem Rahma's YouTube talk show SubwayTakes was.

Meanwhile, two of the year's most popular series, Heated Rivalry and Dutton Ranch , were not eligible for 2026 Emmy consideration, each for different reasons.

The first four episodes of Taylor Sheridan's Dutton Ranch were eligible for this year's Emmys, but the last five were released after the May deadline. Paramount+ opted to wait to submit the full season for consideration in next year's awards.

Heated Rivalry was produced in Canada, making the hit hockey romance ineligible as a foreign television series that was created and funded outside the United States. Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie did, however, receive an Emmy nomination — for hosting Saturday Night Live .

The 78th Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on NBC and stream live on Peacock from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sept. 14.

Mariska Hargitay, Emmy-winning star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , will host the show — the first woman to do so in 15 years.

My Mom Jane , Hargitay's HBO documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield, received three nominations.

Here's the full list of nominees.

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

Sarah Snook, All Her Fault

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit

Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story

Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

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

Constance Zimmer, Love Story

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

Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Steven Conrad, DTF St. Louis

Limited or Anthology Series

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

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

Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear

Betty Gilpin, Widow's Bay

Laurie Metcalf, Hacks

Kaitlin Olson, Hacks

Lauren Weedman, Hacks

Directing for a Comedy Series

Randall Einhorn, Abbott Elementary

Christopher Storer, The Bear

Andrew DeYoung, The Chair Company

Lucia Aniello, Hacks

Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show

Hiro Murai, Widow's Bay

Writing for a Comedy Series

Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, The Chair Company

Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, Hacks

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, Hacks

Anthony King, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat

Katie Dippold, Widow's Bay

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Only Murders in the Building

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age

Chase Infiniti, The Testaments

Keri Russell, The Diplomat

Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown, Paradise

Gary Oldman, Slow Horses

Rufus Sewell, The Diplomat

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

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Patrick Ball, The Pitt

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show

Gerran Howell, The Pitt

Jack Lowden, Slow Horses

Carlos-Manuel Vesga, Pluribus

Guest Actor in a Drama Series

Colman Domingo, Euphoria

Ernest Harden Jr., The Pitt

Jeff Hiller, Pluribus

Jeff Kober, The Pitt

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

Writing for a Drama Series

Debora Cahn, The Diplomat

Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt

Valerie Chu, The Pitt

Vince Gilligan, Pluribus

Will Smith, Slow Horses

Directing for a Drama Series

Salli Richardson Whitfield, The Gilded Age

Hanelle M. Culpepper, Paradise

Vinge Gilligan, Pluribus

Saul Metzstein, Slow Horses

Salli Richardson Whitfield, Task

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Your Friends & Neighbors

Structured Reality Program

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

Unstructured Reality Program

America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

Love on the Spectrum

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program

RuPaul Charles, RuPaul's Drag Race

Alan Cumming, The Traitors

Kristen Kish, Top Chef

Ariana Madix, Love Island USA

Jeff Probst, Survivor

Directing for a Reality Program

Bertram van Munster, The Amazing Race

Cian O'Clery, Love on the Spectrum

Nick Murray, RuPaul's Drag Race

Anna Moulaison, Top Chef

Ben Archard, The Traitors

Reality Competition Program

Dancing With the Stars

Writing for a Variety Series

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Directing for a Variety Series

Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Yvonne De Mare, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

Liz Patrick, Saturday Night Live

Variety Special (Live)

The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny

83rd Annual Golden Globes

68th Annual Grammy Awards

78th Annual Tony Awards

Variety Special (Prerecorded)

Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

Nikki Glaser: Good Girl

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show

Wicked: One Wonderful Night

Directing for a Variety Special

Hamish Hamilton, The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny

Rikki Hughes, Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable...

Glenn Weiss, Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show

Glenn Weiss, 78th Annual Tony Awards

Julie Dash, Wanda Sykes: Legacy

Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series

The Randy Rainbow Show

SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma

Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series

Shrinking — In It Together

This Is a Gardening Show

Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series

Desi Lydic, The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains

Randy Rainbow, The Randy Rainbow Show

Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program

Lawrence Kasdan, Marty, Life Is Short

Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

Rebecca Miller, Mr. Scorsese

Mariska Hargitay, My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay

Alexandria Stapleton, Sean Combs: The Reckoning

Documentary or Nonfiction Special

John Candy: I Like Me

Marty, Life Is Short

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay

Ocean with David Attenborough