The 78th Emmy Awards were hosted by Mariska Hargitay on Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Leading the night with 14 wins was the horror-comedy “Widow’s Bay” — a record-breaking haul for a comedy series, and an impressive showing from its 19 nominations — including wins for best comedy and best lead actor for Matthew Rhys.

Noah Wyle poses in the press room with the awards for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for "The Pitt" and outstanding drama series for "The Pitt" during the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles. | Richard Shotwell, Associated Press

The medical drama series “The Pitt” won the top prize for the second consecutive year, collecting a total of six awards, with Noah Wyle also taking home a statuette for a second year.

“DTF St. Louis” dominated the limited or anthology category, with seven wins, including best supporting performance wins for David Harbour and Linda Cardellini.

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Here is a list of the 2026 Emmy Award winners.

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Here are the 2026 Emmy winners

Outstanding drama series

  • Winner: “The Pitt”
  • “The Diplomat”
  • “The Gilded Age”
  • “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
  • “Paradise”
  • “Pluribus”
  • “Slow Horses”
  • “Your Friends & Neighbors”

Outstanding 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”

Outstanding limited or anthology series

  • Winner: “DTF St. Louis”
  • “All Her Fault”
  • “The Beast in Me”
  • “Beef”
  • “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette”

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 drama series

  • Winner: Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
  • Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”
  • Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”
  • Mark Ruffalo, “Task”
  • Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat”

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”
Allison Janney, right, wins the award for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series for "The Diplomat" during the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. | Chris Pizzello, Associated Press

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”

Guest actress in a drama series

  • Winner: Shailene Woodley, “Paradise”
  • Brittany Allen, “The Pitt”
  • Tal Anderson, “The Pitt”
  • Tina Ivlev, “The Pitt”
  • Miriam Shor, “Pluribus”
  • Merritt Wever, “The Gilded Age”

Guest actor in a drama series

  • Winner: Ernest Harden Jr., “The Pitt”
  • Colman Domingo, “Euphoria”
  • Jeff Hiller, “Pluribus”
  • Jeff Kober, “The Pitt”
  • Jonathan Pryce, “Slow Horses”
  • Bradley Whitford, “The Diplomat”

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 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”

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”

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”

Guest actress in a comedy series

  • Winner: Betty Gilpin, “Widow’s Bay”
  • Leslie Bibb, “Hacks”
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear”
  • Cherry Jones, “Hacks”
  • Laurie Metcalf, “Hacks”
  • Kaitlin Olson, “Hacks”
  • Lauren Weedman, “Hacks”

Guest actor in a comedy series

  • Winner: Rob Reiner, “The Bear”
  • Michael J. Fox, “Shrinking”
  • Brett Goldstein, “Shrinking”
  • Hamish Linklater, “Widow’s Bay”
  • Christopher McDonald, “Hacks”
  • Connor Storrie, “Saturday Night Live”

Lead actress in a limited series

  • Winner: Sally Field, “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
  • Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”
  • Carey Mulligan, “Beef”
  • Sarah Pidgeon, “Love Story”
  • Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”

Lead actor in a limited series

  • Winner: Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me”
  • Riz Ahmed, “Bait”
  • Jason Bateman, “Black Rabbit”
  • Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
  • Oscar Isaac, “Beef”

Supporting actress in a limited series

  • Winner: Linda Cardellini, “DTF St. Louis”
  • Dakota Fanning, “All Her Fault”
  • Laurie Metcalf, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”
  • Joy Sunday, “DTF St. Louis”
  • Yuh-Jung Youn, “Beef”
  • Constance Zimmer, “Love Story”

Supporting actor in a limited series

  • Winner: David Harbour, “DTF St. Louis”
  • Jason Bateman, “DTF St. Louis”
  • Richard Gadd, “Half Man”
  • Richard Jenkins, “DTF St. Louis”
  • Charles Melton, “Beef”
  • Nick Offerman, “Death by Lightning”

Directing for a drama series

  • Winner: “Slow Horses,” Saul Metzstein (“Scars”)
  • “The Gilded Age,” Salli Richardson Whitfield (“My Mind is Made Up”)
  • “Paradise,” Hanelle M. Culpepper (“Exodus”)
  • “The Pitt,” Noah Wyle (“12 P.M.”)
  • “Pluribus,” Vince Gilligan (“We Is Us”)
  • “Task,” Salli Richardson Whitfield (“Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing, There is a River”)

Writing for a drama series

  • Winner: “Pluribus,” Vince Gilligan (“We Is Us”)
  • “The Diplomat,” Peter Ackerman and Debora Cahn (“Amagansett”)
  • “The Pitt,” Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill (“1:00 P.M.”)
  • “The Pitt,” Valerie Chu (“12:00 P.M.”)
  • “Slow Horses,” Will Smith (“Scars”)
  • “Task,” Brad Ingelsby (“A Still Small Voice”)

Directing for a comedy series

  • Winner: “Widow’s Bay,” Hiro Murai (“Welcome To Widow’s Bay!”)
  • “Abbott Elementary,” Randall Einhorn (“Ballgame”)
  • “The Bear,” Christopher Storer (“Bears”)
  • “The Chair Company,” Andrew DeYoung (“Life Goes By Too (expletive) Fast, It Really Does.”)
  • “Hacks,” Lucia Aniello (“Hacks”)
  • “The Ms. Pat Show,” Mary Lou Belli (“Give It Arrest”)

Writing for a comedy series

  • Winner: “Widow’s Bay,” Katie Dippold (“Welcome To Widow’s Bay!”)
  • “Abbott Elementary,” Quinta Brunson (“Team Building”)
  • “The Chair Company,” Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin (“Life Goes By Too (expletive) Fast, It Really Does.”)
  • “The Comeback,” Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow (“Valerie Does It All”)
  • “Hacks,” Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky (“Hacks”)
  • “Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat,” Anthony King (“Mergers and Acquisitions”)

Directing for a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Winner: “DTF St. Louis,” Steven Conrad
  • “Beef,” Jack Schreier (“It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey”)
  • “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin (“Oh, the Comfort, the Inexpressible Comfort”)
  • “Black Rabbit,” Jason Bateman (“The Black Rabbits”)

Writing for a limited or anthology series or movie

  • Winner: “DTF St. Louis,” Steven Conrad
  • “All Her Fault,” Megan Gallagher (“Episode 8”)
  • “The Beast in Me,” Gabe Rotter and Daniel Pearle (“Sick Puppy”)
  • “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin (“All the Things We’re Never Going to Have”)
  • “Death By Lightning,” Mike Makowsky

Outstanding television movie

  • Winner: “Remarkably Bright Creatures”
  • “Heads of State”
  • “Miss You, Love You”
  • “People We Meet on Vacation”
  • “Jack Ryan: Ghost War”

Outstanding reality competition series

  • Winner: “The Traitors”
  • “Dancing with the Stars”
  • “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
  • “Survivor”
  • “Top Chef”

Outstanding variety series

  • Winner: “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”
  • “The Daily Show”
  • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
  • “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
  • “Saturday Night Live”

Writing for a variety series

  • Winner: “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
  • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
  • “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
Host Mariska Hargitay left, and Taylor Swift in a "Law and Order: SVU" skit during the 78th Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. | Chris Pizzello, Associated Press
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