The 2026 Emmy Awards are upon us and already history has been made with record-breaking wins and moments throughout the evening.
First up, Mariska Hargitay, best known for her role on Law & Order, is the first woman to host the Emmys in 15 years.
Sally Field later made history, beating out Australian Sarah Snook for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performance in Netflix’s Remarkably Bright Creatures.
“This wasn’t supposed to happen!” she said as she received her award. It is her fourth Emmy win and at 79 she is the oldest actress to win the category. She’s just eight months older than Jessica Tandy was when she set the record in 1988.
“I have been so grateful and so proud to be a part of this community, the arts for 62 years or something. We’re the arts. We matter. Our voices matter. Our diversity, our unique storytelling, matters. We can’t let those voices be silenced or compromised or merged.”
In another win for mature women, Jean Smart has tied the record for most acting Emmys ever won. Her fifth consecutive Lead Actress in a Comedy win for Hacks took her career total to eight, joining Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman at the top.
Stephen Root also made history as the oldest winner of a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Emmy at the age of 73 for his performance in Widow’s Bay.
Another great moment was when Stephen Colbert and the team behind The Late Show with Stephen Colbert received a standing ovation for winning Best Variety Series after the show was cancelled by its network. In his acceptance speech, Stephen said that shows like his are a “fantastic incubator for young people to come in … that is the future of business that we have to look after.”
Widow’s Bay were big winners tonight with 14 Emmy wins, overtaking the previous record of 13 set by Seth Rogen’s The Studio last year. Its lead actor, Matthew Rhys, also became the first to win two lead acting Emmys in the same year! He won Lead Actor in a Comedy for Widow’s Bay and Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series/Movie for The Beast in Me.
Read on for all the winners (we are updating LIVE).
Outstanding Drama Series
- The Diplomat
- The Gilded Age
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- Paradise
- The Pitt WINNER
- Pluribus
- Slow Horses
- Your Friends & Neighbors
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Abbott Elementary
- The Bear
- Hacks
- Margo’s Got Money Troubles
- Nobody Wants This
- Only Murders in the Building
- Shrinking
- Widow’s Bay WINNER
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
- All Her Fault
- The Beast in Me
- BEEF
- DTF St. Louis WINNER
- Love Story
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
- Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
- Mark Ruffalo – Task
- Rufus Sewell – The Diplomat
- Noah Wyle – The Pitt WINNER
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Carrie Coon – The Gilded Age
- Chase Infiniti – The Testaments
- Keri Russell – The Diplomat
- Rhea Seehorn – Pluribus WINNER
- Zendaya – Euphoria
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Yahya Abdul Mateen II – Wonder Man
- Steve Carell – Rooster
- Matthew Rhys – Widow’s Bay WINNER
- Jason Segel – Shrinking
- Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
- Ayo Edebiri – The Bear
- Elle Fanning – Margo’s Got Money Troubles
- Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback
- Jean Smart – Hacks WINNER
Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Riz Ahmed – Bait
- Jason Bateman – Black Rabbit
- Charlie Hunnam – Monster The Ed Gein Story
- Oscar Isaac – BEEF
- Matthew Rhys – The Beast in Me WINNER
Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Claire Danes – The Beast in Me
- Sally Field – Remarkably Bright Creatures WINNER
- Carey Mulligan – BEEF
- Sarah Pidgeon – Love Story
- Sarah Snook – All Her Fault
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Patrick Ball – The Pitt
- Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
- Shawn Hatosy – The Pitt
- Gerran Howell – The Pitt
- Jack Lowden – Slow Horses
- Tom Pelphrey – Task WINNER
- Carlos Manuel Vesga – Pluribus
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Taylor Dearden – The Pitt
- Fiona Dourif – The Pitt
- Allison Janney – The Diplomat WINNER
- Katherine LaNasa – The Pitt
- Sepideh Moafi – The Pitt
- Julianne Nicholson – Paradise
- Karolina Wydra – Pluribus
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Colman Domingo – The Four Seasons
- Paul W. Downs – Hacks
- Harrison Ford – Shrinking
- Nick Offerman – Margo’s Got Money Troubles
- Stephen Root – Widow’s Bay WINNER
- Michael Urie – Shrinking
- Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Dale Dickey – Widow’s Bay
- Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
- Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
- Kate O’Flynn – Widow’s Bay WINNER
- Michelle Pfeiffer – Margo’s Got Money Troubles
- Megan Stalter – Hacks
- Jessica Williams – Shrinking
Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Jason Bateman – DTF St. Louis
- Richard Gadd – Half Man
- David Harbour – DTF St. Louis WINNER
- Richard Jenkins – DTF St. Louis
- Charles Melton – BEEF
- Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning
Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- Linda Cardellini – DTF St. Louis WINNER
- Dakota Fanning – All Her Fault
- Laurie Metcalf – Monster The Ed Gein Story
- Joy Sunday – DTF St. Louis
- Youn Yuh-jung – BEEF
- Constance Zimmer – Love Story
Outstanding Television Movie
- Heads of State
- Miss You Love You
- People We Meet on Vacation
- Remarkably Bright Creatures WINNER
- Jack Ryan Ghost War
Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
- The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny WINNER
- 83rd Annual Golden Globes
- 68th Annual Grammy Awards
- The Oscars
- 78th Annual Tony Awards
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
- Dave Chappelle The Unstoppable
- The Muppet Show WINNER
- Nikki Glaser Good Girl
- Taylor Swift The Eras Tour The Final Show
- Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- The Gilded Age
- Paradise
- The Pitt
- Pluribus
- Slow Horses WINNER
- Task
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- Randall Einhorn, Abbott Elementary
- Christopher Storer, The Bear
- Andrew DeYoung, The Chair Company
- Lucia Aniello, Hacks
- Mary Lou Belli, The Ms Pat Show
- Hiro Murai, Widow’s Bay WINNER
Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- BEEF (season 2, episode 4)
- BEEF (season 2, episode 8)
- Black Rabbit
- DTF St. Louis WINNER
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- Debora Cahn, The Diplomat
- Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman and R. Scott Gemmill, The Pitt
- Vince Gilligan, Pluribus WINNER
- Will Smith, Slow Horses
- Brad Ingelsby, Task
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
- Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin, The Chair Company
- Michael Patrick King, Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
- Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Jen Statsky, Hacks
- Anthony King, Jury Duty Presents Company Retreat
- Katie Dippold, Widow’s Bay WINNER
Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
- All Her Fault
- The Beast in Me
- BEEF
- Death by Lightning
- DTF St. Louis WINNER
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert WINNER
Outstanding Reality Competition Program
- Dancing With the Stars
- RuPaul’s Drag Race
- Survivor
- Top Chef
- The Traitors WINNER
Outstanding Scripted Variety Series
- Saturday Night Live
- The Daily Show
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert WINNER
