FULL LIST: 2026 Emmy Awards winners

Canadian writer R. Scott Gemmill and cast accept the award for Outstanding Drama Series for “The Pitt” onstage during the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles on September 14, 2026. (Photograph: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
The 78th Emmy Awards, widely regarded as television’s biggest awards night, were held on Monday in Los Angeles, with Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” emerging as the biggest winner with 14 awards.

“The Pitt” won seven awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Noah Wyle.

“DTF St. Louis” also won seven awards, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, while “Pluribus” took home six awards.

Matthew Rhys was among the night’s biggest individual winners, taking home Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for “Widow’s Bay” and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series for “The Beast in Me.”

Here is the full list of winners:

Drama Series

“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — WINNER

“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
“Your Friends and Neighbors” (Apple TV)

Comedy Series

“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — WINNER

“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“The Bear” (FX)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
“Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)\
“Shrinking” (Apple TV)

Limited or Anthology Series

“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — WINNER

“All Her Fault” (Peacock)
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
“Beef” (Netflix)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)

Reality Competition Program

“The Traitors” (Peacock) — WINNER

“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
“Survivor” (CBS)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)

Outstanding Variety Series

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — WINNER

“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO Max)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” — WINNER

Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat”

Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus” — WINNER

Carrie Coon, “The Gilded Age”
Chase Infiniti, “The Testaments”
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”
Zendaya, “Euphoria”

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Matthew Rhys, “Widow’s Bay” — WINNER

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Wonder Man”
Steve Carell, “Rooster”
Jason Segel, “Shrinking”
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Jean Smart, “Hacks” — WINNER

Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”
Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”

Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series

Sally Field, “Remarkably Bright Creatures” — WINNER

Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
Carey Mulligan, “Beef”
Sarah Pidgeon, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette”\
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”

Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series

Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me” — WINNER

Riz Ahmed, “Bait”
Jason Bateman, “Black Rabbit”
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
Oscar Isaac, “Beef”

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Stephen Root, “Widow’s Bay” — WINNER

Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons”
Paul W. Downs, “Hacks”
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking”
Nick Offerman, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”
Michael Urie, “Shrinking”
Tayler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary”

Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Tom Pelphrey, “Task” — WINNER

Patrick Ball, “The Pitt”
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
Shawn Hatosy, “The Pitt”
Gerran Howell, “The Pitt”
Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses”
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, “Pluribus”

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Kate O’Flynn, “Widow’s Bay” — WINNER

Dale Dickey, “Widow’s Bay”
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary”
Michelle Pfeiffer, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles”
Megan Stalter, “Hacks”
Jessica Williams, “Shrinking”

Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Allison Janney, “The Diplomat” — WINNER

Taylor Deardon, “The Pitt”
Fiona Dourif, “The Pitt”
Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt”
Sepideh Moafi, “The Pitt”
Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise”
Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus”

Directing for a Comedy Series

Hiro Murai, “Widow’s Bay” — WINNER

Randall Einhorn, “Abbott Elementary”
Christopher Storer, “The Bear”
Andrew DeYoung, “The Chair Company”
Lucia Aniello, “Hacks”
Mary Lou Belli, “The Ms. Pat Show”

Directing for a Drama Series

Saul Metzstein, “Slow Horses” — WINNER

Salli Richardson Whitfield, “The Gilded Age”
Hanelle M. Culpepper, “Paradise”
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
Vince Gilligan, “Pluribus”
Salli Richardson Whitfield, “Task”

Writing for a Comedy Series

Katie Dippold, “Widow’s Bay” — WINNER

Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”
Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, “The Chair Company”
Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback”
Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky, “Hacks”
Anthony King, “Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat”

Writing for a Drama Series

Vince Gilligan, “Pluribus” — WINNER

Peter Ackerman and Debora Cahn, “The Diplomat”
Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill, “The Pitt”
Valerie Chu, “The Pitt”
Will Smith, “Slow Horses”
Brad Ingelsby, “Task”