Emmys 2026 Voters’ Guide: Breaking Down the Early Frontrunners
(And here’s a full list of the nominations, in case it helps!) Drama In the drama category, last year’s winner, “The Pitt,” which also took home lead...
Key points
- (And here’s a full list of the nominations, in case it helps!) Drama In the drama category, last year’s winner, “The Pitt,” which also took home lead actor, supporting actress and guest actress trophies, is back with its second season.
- This time, “The Pitt” faces two other HBO Max series in the category: “The Gilded Age” and “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” Netflix’s “The Diplomat” and Hulu’s “Paradise” landed series nods, one of the seven total noms for each show.
- Popular on Variety Guest actor/actress, drama Last year, “The Pitt” racked up 13 nominations; this year, that’s the number of actors from the show that received their kudos, with five in the guest actor and guest actress categories.
- That being said, it’s not an easy category, with mostly returning shows filling the category — FX’s “The Bear,” ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This,” Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” and Apple TV’s “Shrinking.” But the two new series in the batch are serious contenders: Apple TV’s “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” which racked up eight nods, and, even more so, the spoiler of the race, Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay.” The horror-comedy scored 19 nominations, including six acting noms — Matthew Rhys earned lead actor noms for both this and limited series “The Beast in Me” — and nods for writing, directing and casting.
What happened
(And here’s a full list of the nominations, in case it helps!) Drama In the drama category, last year’s winner, “The Pitt,” which also took home lead actor, supporting actress and guest actress trophies, is back with its second season. This time, “The Pitt” faces two other HBO Max series in the category: “The Gilded Age” and “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.” Netflix’s “The Diplomat” and Hulu’s “Paradise” landed series nods, one of the seven total noms for each show. Popular on Variety Guest actor/actress, drama Last year, “The Pitt” racked up 13 nominations; this year, that’s the number of actors from the show that received their kudos, with five in the guest actor and guest actress categories. That being said, it’s not an easy category, with mostly returning shows filling the category — FX’s “The Bear,” ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This,” Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” and Apple TV’s “Shrinking.” But the two new series in the batch are serious contenders: Apple TV’s “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” which racked up eight nods, and, even more so, the spoiler of the race, Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay.” The horror-comedy scored 19 nominations, including six...
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