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The 2026 Emmy nominations have finally arrived, revealing some dominant players, unfortunate snubs, and newly christened favorites among some great seasons of television. A few series clearly dominated the minds of Television Academy voters, with a small number of series (including a major surprise) netting massive nomination hauls, while former favorites fizzled. Here are some of the most important takeaways for this year’s Emmy nominations.
The Juggernauts
Two series in particular led the nominations overall, both popular and widely lauded returning series. The Pitt clearly avoided a sophomore slump, with its second season netting a massive 25 nominations. This nearly doubled last season’s 13 noms, an impressive cume by any measure that likely reflects increased viewership among voters than quality… both seasons were excellent. Nearly matching its nomination total is the widely beloved final season of the comedy series Hacks, whose final season scored 24 nominations. This sets a comedy nomination record, snatching the total nomination crown from The Bear (2024) and last year’s juggernaut, The Studio, who each scored 23 nominations.
Next is the horror-comedy series Widow’s Bay at 19 nominations, beating out the beloved Pluribus with 18 nominations. Bay dropped in the middle of voting, which surely kept the engaging series fresh in voters’ minds, but the total is more surprising in light of the fact that the final three episodes weren’t eligibile due to their release schedule. It’s a great outing for series creators Kate Dippold and Hiro Murai. After the stellar sci-fi outing of Pluribus, Beef scored 16 nominations for its second season, followed by DTF St. Louis at 13, Saturday Night Live at 11, and Spider-Noir bringing nine nominations home for Amazon.
Studio Takeaways
Of the major studios, HBO Max is a clear winner at a whopping 122 nominations, concentrated among a strong set of highly dominant series. Hacks, The Pitt, and DTF St. Louis together account for over half of those, with 62 combined noms. Next is streaming titan Netflix, with an impressive 111 nominations spread across a much wider array of lauded series. After Beef, Netflix’ next most nominated series was The Beast in Me (9), with the rest spread across other series including Black Rabbit (7) The Diplomat (7), and Monster: The Ed Gein Story (7) following.
As a whole, Disney should be content with its own 111 nominations spread across ABC (40), FX (23), Hulu (22), Disney+ (14), and Nat Geo (12). One of the biggest victory laps of the day, however, belongs to Apple TV. While it comes in fourth overall, Widow’s Bay and Pluribus brought significant momentum, followed by Shrinking (9), Slow Horses (9), Margo’s Got Money Troubles (8), and Palm Royale (8).
Snubs and Surprises
While Widows’ Bay‘s recognition was a pleasant surprise, many other series saw awards hopes dashed against the rhetorical rocks. Netflix had high hopes for the final season of its long-running Stranger Things, but it received no Outstanding Drama Series or acting categories nominations (albiet nominated across a few techincal categories). Industry was wholesale snubbed despite another great season, while Half Man failed to catch with voters in the way Richard Gadd’s phenom Baby Reindeer had–he received its sole nomination, for his role as Ruben.
It was a crowded field this year in some respects, but it’s notable how other former phenoms moved the needle less this round. The Bear scored eight nominations for its solid final season, but that’s a far cry from years past. Looking at its nomination/win count for S1 (13/10), S2 (23/11), S3 (13/0), and S4 (6/0), the ambiguously comedic series has suffered from both stiff competition (Hacks, The Studio) and muddled execution. Euphoria has also suffered a wild ride, between S1 (6/3), S2 (16/9), down to an impressive but diminished 7 nominations.
It’s worth noting that Heated Rivalry wasn’t snubbed… the hot and heavy hockey series was fully produced and funded by Canada’s Crave (Bell Media). Academy rules require a U.S. partner. Also not snubbed: House of the Dragon, Cape Fear, and The Vampire Lestat, who debuted after this year’s eligibility window. The rules dictate that at least six episodes must air before the cutoff date, which was May 31: ergo Widow’s Bay in, Cape Fear out.
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will air September 14, 2026. Here is the complete list of nominees.
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