Apple TV’s new horror comedy “Widow’s Bay” led the way at the 2026 Emmy Awards, winning a leading 14 trophies out of 19 nominations across the Primetime and Creative Arts ceremonies last weekend. The show won for best comedy series, lead comedy actor for Matthew Rhys (who made history as a double winner for limited series “The Beast in Me”), supporting actress for Kate O’Flynn, supporting actor for Stephen Root, writing for creator Katie Dippold and directing for Hiro Murai. HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt” followed with seven awards out of 25 nominations, the most for any series this year.
It won best drama series and lead drama actor for Noah Wyle for the second year in a row. The series nearly doubled its haul of 13 nods last year. In the limited series race, “DTF St.
Louis” also led with seven wins, including for supporting actor David Harbour and supporting actress Linda Cardellini. Creator Steven Conrad also won for his directing and writing. The 2026 telecast was hosted by “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, who kept the evening moving with some solid jokes, musical numbers, and lightning fast hair and costume changes.
She also managed to get Taylor Swift in an “SVU”-inspired sketch during the ceremony. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)“Survivor” (CBS)“Top Chef” (Bravo) “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) “The Daily Show” (Comedy Central)“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO Max)“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise” Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”Mark Ruffalo, “Task”Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat” Carrie Coon, “The Gilded Age”Chase Infiniti, “The Testaments”Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”Zendaya, “Euphoria” Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Wonder Man”Steve Carell, “Rooster” Jason Segel, “Shrinking”Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building” Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary”Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback” Sally Field, “Remarkably Bright Creatures” 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” Riz Ahmed, “Bait”Jason Bateman, “Black Rabbit”Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”Oscar Isaac, “Beef” 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” 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” 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” Taylor Deardon, “The Pitt”Fiona Dourif, “The Pitt”Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt”Sepideh Moafi “The Pitt”Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise”Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus” Randall Einhorn, “Abbott Elementary”Christopher Storer, “The Bear”Andrew DeYoung, “The Chair Company”Lucia Aniello, “Hacks”Mary Lou Belli, “The Ms. Pat Show” Salli Richardson Whitfield, “The Gilded Age”Hanelle M.
Culpepper, “Paradise”Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”Vince Gilligan, “Pluribus”Salli Richardson Whitfield, “Task” 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” 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”
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