Newcomer Widow’s Bayemerged at the top of the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday night with six wins, including a top prize for the Outstanding Comedy Series. Matthew Rhys made history when he became the first man to win two lead actor categories in the same year for his work on the Apple TV horror-comedy and the limited series The Beast in Me.
Widow’s Bayalso swept the supporting acting categories in a comedy, as well as for writing and directing.
The Pitt scored two wins throughout the evening,including the major award for Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row, while Noah Wyle won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. Robby.
Sci-fi drama Pluribus tied The Pitt with two wins during the ceremony, earning Rhea Seehorn her first-ever Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The show also won Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
More than 100 Emmy Awards were previously handed out before the primetime show on Monday. The Television Academy presented the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys during a two-night gala in Los Angeles on Sept. 5 and Sept. 6.
Widow’s Baydominated the Emmys with 14 combined wins out of a total of 19 nominations. Rounding out the top winners were The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny, the limited series DTF St. Louis, and the reality show The Traitors, each of which took home seven awards across all the ceremonies.
The Pitt, which led the nominations with 25, took home six awards. Hacks had 24 nods — a record for a comedy series — and took home two awards.
HBO Max led all networks with 122 nominations, followed by Netflix (111) and Apple TV (87). ABC topped the broadcast networks with 40.
Here’s the full list of nominees in major categories (bold denotes winner):
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Sally Field,Remarkably Bright Creatures
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Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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Linda Cardellini,DTF St. Louis
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Laurie Metcalf, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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Richard Jenkins, DTF St. Louis
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Nick Offerman, Death By Lightning
Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Limited or Anthology Series
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man
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Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
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Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
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Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
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Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
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Nick Offerman, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
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Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
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Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
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Connor Storrie, Saturday Night Live
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Directing for a Comedy Series
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Randall Einhorn, Abbott Elementary
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Andrew DeYoung, The Chair Company
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Mary Lou Belli, The Ms. Pat Show
Writing for a Comedy Series
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Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
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Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, The Chair Company
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Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, Hacks
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Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, Hacks
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Anthony King, Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat
Comedy Series
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Chase Infiniti, The Testaments
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
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Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Guest Actor in a Drama Series
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Bradley Whitford, The Diplomat
Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Writing for a Drama Series
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Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt
Directing for a Drama Series
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Salli Richardson Whitfield, The Gilded Age
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Hanelle M. Culpepper, Paradise
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Salli Richardson Whitfield, Task
Drama Series
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Structured Reality Program
Unstructured Reality Program
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America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program
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RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Directing for a Reality Program
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Bertram van Munster, The Amazing Race
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Cian O’Clery, Love on the Spectrum
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Nick Murray, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Reality Competition Program
Writing for a Variety Series
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Directing for a Variety Series
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Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Yvonne De Mare,The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
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Liz Patrick, Saturday Night Live
Variety Series
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
Variety Special (Live)
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The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
Variety Special (Prerecorded)
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Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…
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Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show
Directing for a Variety Special
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Hamish Hamilton,The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
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Rikki Hughes, Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…
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Glenn Weiss, Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show
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Glenn Weiss,78th Annual Tony Awards
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Julie Dash, Wanda Sykes: Legacy
Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series
Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
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Desi Lydic,The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains
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Randy Rainbow, The Randy Rainbow Show
Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
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Lawrence Kasdan, Marty, Life Is Short
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Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
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Mariska Hargitay,My Mom Jayne: A Film By Mariska Hargitay
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Alexandria Stapleton, Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Documentary or Nonfiction Special
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Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
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My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay
Winners at the Creative Arts Emmys
Widow’s Bay grabbed eight awards, followed by Bad Bunny’s Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show with seven and DTF St. Louis and The Traitors with six apiece.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert received five in its final season and won another for Outstanding Variety Series.
The late actor and director Rob Reiner received a posthumous Emmy for his guest role on The Bear.
Mariska Hargitay, the Emmy-winning star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, hosted the show — the first woman to do so in 15 years. My Mom Jayne, Hargitay’s HBO documentary about her mother, Jayne Mansfield, received three nominations and won two.
