Emmys 2026: the winners
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards aired Monday night from the Peacock Theater. Below: who won as results are confirmed, what happened on the red carpet, and the complete Emmy week guide.
- Ceremony
- Mon, Sept 14
- Start
- 5pm PT / 8pm ET
- Venue
- Peacock Theater
- Host
- Mariska Hargitay
- Broadcast
- NBC & Peacock
- Leader
- The Pitt, 25 noms
Video
Three slots, ready for real video. Nothing plays here until a real video ID is pasted into the embed — we don't fake a placeholder video to make this look finished.
Official highlights reel
Red carpet arrivals
Winners' room interviews
The winners — updating
Confirmed so far, sourced and cited. This is not yet the complete list of all 26 main-ceremony categories — we're adding to it as more results are verified, not guessing at the rest to fill it out.
Outstanding Comedy Series: "Hacks"
A win for the show's fifth and final season, which also set a record for the most nominations ever earned by a comedy in a single year (24). Jean Smart won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the same show.
Outstanding Lead Actor, Limited Series: Matthew Rhys, "The Beast in Me"
Rhys and co-star Keri Russell were both nominated this cycle; his win is confirmed, hers was not in what we've verified so far.
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama: Allison Janney, "The Diplomat"
Outstanding Variety Special (Live): "The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny"
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded): "The Muppet Show"
Outstanding Animated Program: "South Park"
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program: "Love on the Spectrum"
Alan Cumming also won for hosting "The Traitors."
Creative Arts recap: a big night for "Widow's Bay" and "DTF"
Apple's "Widow's Bay" won guest acting (Betty Gilpin), casting, sound mixing, production design, cinematography, music supervision and composition, and sound editing. "DTF" swept directing and writing for creator Steven Conrad and won both limited-series supporting acting categories (David Harbour, Linda Cardellini), plus cinematography and picture editing.
Confirmed schedule
Locked, verified, on the record.
Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Two nights honoring technical and craft achievement, each followed by its own Governors Gala. The winners announced here set the tone for the main ceremony.
Downtown Los Angeles
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards
Twenty-six categories, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment. Moved to Monday to clear Sunday Night Football on NBC.
Downtown Los Angeles
Television Academy Governors Gala
The official afterparty and the first stop for every winner. The centerpiece is a two-and-a-half story gold Emmy statue and the Emmy Winners Circle, where white-gloved attendants affix personalized plaques to freshly won statuettes. A short walk from the theater.
Downtown Los Angeles
Emmy Awards After Party at Level 8
Ticketed public afterparty running 9pm to 2am, black tie or red carpet attire, 21 and over. Steps from the Peacock Theater.
1254 S. Figueroa St, 8th Floor
Expected
Not yet announced. Venues and timing projected from the last cycle, where these hosts held to consistent locations. Treat as high-probability, not confirmed.
Gersh nominee celebration
The agency has opened Emmys weekend with a party for its nominated clients.
projected
HBO Max afterparty
The most-nominated platforms typically toast their slate in West Hollywood immediately after the broadcast.
projected
The Walt Disney Company celebration
Disney has gathered its nominees downtown, close to the theater, following the ceremony.
projected
Netflix afterparty
The streamer's post-show party for its nominated series and talent.
projected
Apple TV+ Emmy Awards celebration
Apple has run a West Hollywood dinner for its nominees in the run-up rather than on ceremony night.
projected
Franciacorta Emmy Awards dinner
The awards' sparkling wine partner has hosted a seated dinner on Beverly Boulevard during Emmy week.
projected
Also happening in Los Angeles this week
Emmy week does not run alone. Our calendar tracks everything else moving through the city.
Gifting suites and brand activations
Independent operators run suites near the theater and in West Hollywood through the weekend. These credential quickly and rarely close early.
Ticketed watch parties
Rooftop and lounge venues near L.A. Live run red carpet watch events on ceremony night, most on guest-list RSVP with a cover after a cutoff time.
The red carpet: what actually happened
Monday's ceremony carpet, as reported by the fashion press — not a forecast anymore.
The archival-over-custom call held up
Our own forecast ahead of the ceremony pointed to archival and pre-existing runway pieces winning out over new custom commissions, given how tightly fashion month's New York-Milan-Paris run sits against the Emmys calendar. Monday's carpet bore that out — several of the night's most-discussed looks leaned archival rather than freshly built for the occasion.
The Creative Arts carpet, in hindsight
The Creative Arts Emmys, held the weekend before the main ceremony, drew early best-dressed calls for Octavia Spencer, Ariana Madix, Shailene Woodley, and Leslie Bibb from fashion press covering the carpet — a preview that held up once Monday's main event played out.
Further reading on the full red carpet: CNN's Emmys 2026 fashion gallery and E! News' best dressed roundup.