Full list of Emmy Awards 2026 winners

The 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards celebrated television’s biggest stars and shows, with Apple TV+’s Widow’s Bay and HBO Max’s The Pitt among the biggest winners of the night.

Widow’s Bay capped off a remarkable debut season by winning the award for outstanding comedy series, while also collecting major acting honours for its cast.

Matthew Rhys was one of the biggest names of the evening, making Emmy history after becoming the first actor to win two lead acting awards in the same season. He won lead actor in a comedy for Widow’s Bay, following his earlier limited series victory for Netflix’s The Beast in Me.

Meanwhile, The Pitt retained its position as television’s top drama series, winning the outstanding drama series award for the second consecutive year, with Noah Wyle also repeating his lead actor victory.

Below is the full list of winners from the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards:

Drama series

WINNER: The Pitt
The Diplomat
The Gilded Age
A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms
Paradise
Pluribus
Slow Horses
Your Friends & Neighbors

Comedy series

WINNER: Widow’s Bay
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders In The Building
Shrinking

Limited or anthology series

WINNER: DTF St Louis
All Her Fault
The Beast In Me
Beef
Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette

Lead actor in a drama series

WINNER: Noah Wyle – The Pitt
Sterling K Brown – Paradise
Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo – Task
Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat

Lead actress in a drama series

WINNER: Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus
Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age
Chase Infiniti – The Testaments
Keri Russell – The Diplomat
Zendaya – Euphoria

Lead actor in a comedy series

WINNER: Matthew Rhys – Widow’s Bay
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

WINNER: Jean Smart – Hacks
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
Elle Fanning – Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback

Lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie

WINNER: Matthew Rhys – The Beast In Me
Riz Ahmed – Bait
Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit
Charlie Hunnam – Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Oscar Isaac – Beef

Lead actress in a limited or anthology series or movie

WINNER: Sally Field – Remarkably Bright Creatures
Claire Danes – The Beast In Me
Carey Mulligan – Beef
Sarah Pidgeon – Love Story: John F Kennedy Jr & Carolyn Bessette
Sarah Snook – All Her Fault

Supporting actor in a drama series

WINNER: Tom Pelphrey – Task
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 drama series

WINNER: Allison Janney – The Diplomat
Taylor Dearden – The Pitt
Fiona Dourif – The Pitt
Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt
Sepideh Moafi – The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson – Paradise
Karolina Wydra – Pluribus

Supporting actor in a comedy series

WINNER: Stephen Root – Widow’s Bay
Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons
Paul W Downs – Hacks
Harrison Ford – Shrinking
Nick Offerman – Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Michael Urie – Shrinking
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary

Supporting actress in a comedy series

WINNER: Kate O’Flynn – Widow’s Bay
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

Reality competition programme

WINNER: Tom Pelphrey – Task
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

Reality competition programme

WINNER: Saul Metzstein – Slow Horses
Salli Richardson Whitfield – The Gilded Age
Hanelle M. Culpepper – Paradise
Noah Wyle – The Pitt
Vince Gilligan – Pluribus
Salli Richardson Whitfield – Task

Outstanding directing for a comedy series

WINNER: Hiro Murai – Widow’s Bay
Randall Einhorn – Abbott Elementary
Christopher Storer – The Bear
Andrew DeYoung – The Chair Company
Lucia Aniello – Hacks
Mary Lou Belli – The Ms. Pat Show