The 78th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards honored the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming from June 1, 2025, until May 31, 2026, as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented on September 5 and 6, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California. A total of 101 Creative Arts Emmy categories were presented. The nominations were announced on July 8, 2026. Hacks received the most nominations with 17, followed by Beef and the medical drama The Pitt with 13 each.
Winners and nominees
Winners will be listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). Sections are based upon the categories listed in the 2025–2026 Emmy rules and procedures. Area awards and juried awards are denoted next to the category names as applicable. For simplicity, producers who received nominations for program awards have been omitted.
Programs {|class="wikitable" |+ |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" | Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix)Heads of State (Prime Video) Miss You, Love You (HBO) People We Meet on Vacation (Netflix) Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (Prime Video) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny (NBC)83rd Annual Golden Globes (CBS) 68th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS) The Oscars (ABC) 78th Annual Tony Awards (CBS) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |The Muppet Show (Disney+)Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable... (Netflix) Nikki Glaser: Good Girl (Hulu) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: The Final Show (Disney+) Wicked: One Wonderful Night (NBC) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Jeopardy! (ABC / Syndicated)Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) The Price Is Right (CBS) Wheel of Fortune (ABC) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |South Park: "Sermon on the 'Mount" (Comedy Central)Bob's Burgers: "Grand Pre-Pre-Pre-Opening" (Fox) Rick and Morty: "There's Something About Morty" (Adult Swim) The Simpsons: "Homer? A Cracker Bro?" (Fox) Smiling Friends: "Le Voyage Incroyable de Monsieur Grenouille" (Adult Swim) Star Wars: Visions: "BLACK" (Disney+) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Antiques Roadshow (PBS)Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Food Network) Love Is Blind (Netflix) Queer Eye (Netflix) Shark Tank (ABC) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Love on the Spectrum (Netflix)America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix) RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (MTV) Summer House (Bravo) Welcome to Wrexham (FX) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV)The American Revolution (PBS) Rafa (Netflix) Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Netflix) The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay (HBO)John Candy: I Like Me (Prime Video) Marty, Life Is Short (Netflix) Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Max) Ocean with David Attenborough (Nat Geo) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Tucci in Italy (Nat Geo)The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize (Comedy Central) Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (PBS) My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (Netflix) The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy (Apple TV) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |The Librarians (PBS)The Tale of Silyan (Nat Geo) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Colbert Before Air (YouTube)Bad Thoughts (Netflix) The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains (YouTube) The Randy Rainbow Show (YouTube) SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma (YouTube) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Inside the Pitt (HBO Max)Hacks: Bit by Bit (HBO Max) Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette – A Love Untold (FX) Shrinking – In It Together (Apple TV) This Is a Gardening Show (Netflix) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Uncanny Alley: A New Day (VRChat)Blumhouse Enhanced Cinema (Meta Quest) The World of Fallout (Prime Video) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" colspan=2 |Crafting Crimes (Meta Quest)|}
Performing + David Harbour – DTF St. Louis as Floyd Smernitch (HBO) Jason Bateman – DTF St. Louis as Clark Forrest (HBO) Richard Gadd – Half Man as Ruben Pallister (HBO) Richard Jenkins – DTF St. Louis as Detective Donoghue Homer (HBO) Charles Melton – Beef as Austin Davis (Netflix) Nick Offerman – Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur (Netflix)Linda Cardellini – DTF St. Louis as Carol Love-Smernitch (HBO) Dakota Fanning – All Her Fault as Jenny Kaminski (Peacock) Laurie Metcalf – Monster: The Ed Gein Story as Augusta Gein (Netflix) Joy Sunday – DTF St. Louis as Jodie Plumb (HBO) Youn Yuh-jung – Beef as Chairwoman Park (Netflix) Constance Zimmer – Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette as Ann Messina Freeman (FX)Rob Reiner – The Bear: "Tonnato" as Albert Schnur (FX) Michael J. Fox – Shrinking: "The Field" as Gerry (Apple TV) Brett Goldstein – Shrinking: "Happiness Mission" as Louis Winston (Apple TV) Hamish Linklater – Widow's Bay: "Seasickness" as Richard Warren (Apple TV) Christopher McDonald – Hacks: "No New Tricks" as Marty Ghilain (HBO Max) Connor Storrie – Saturday Night Live: "Host: Connor Storrie" as host (NBC)Betty Gilpin – Widow's Bay: "Our History" as Sarah Westcott Warren (Apple TV) Leslie Bibb – Hacks: "Montecito" as Monica (HBO Max) Jamie Lee Curtis – The Bear: "Tonnato" as Donna Berzatto (FX) Cherry Jones – Hacks: "Montecito" as Kelly Kilpatrick (HBO Max) Laurie Metcalf – Hacks: "The Garden" as "Weed" / Alice (HBO Max) Kaitlin Olson – Hacks: "D'Amazing Race" as Deborah "DJ" Vance Jr. (HBO Max) Lauren Weedman – Hacks: "The Cube" as Jo Pezzimenti (HBO Max)Ernest Harden Jr. – The Pitt: "7:00 A.M." as Louie Cloverfield (HBO Max) Colman Domingo – Euphoria: "In God We Trust" as Ali Muhammad (HBO) Jeff Hiller – Pluribus: "Please, Carol" as Larry (Apple TV) Jeff Kober – The Pitt: "8:00 P.M." as Duke Ekins (HBO Max) Jonathan Pryce – Slow Horses: "Scars" as David Cartwright (Apple TV) Bradley Whitford – The Diplomat: "Amagansett" as Todd Penn (Netflix)Shailene Woodley – Paradise: "Graceland" as Annie Clay (Hulu) Brittany Allen – The Pitt: "3:00 P.M." as Roxie Hamler (HBO Max) Tal Anderson – The Pitt: "5:00 P.M." as Becca King (HBO Max) Tina Ivlev – The Pitt: "1:00 P.M." as Ilana Miller (HBO Max) Miriam Shor – Pluribus: "We Is Us" as Helen (Apple TV) Merritt Wever – The Gilded Age: "Marriage Is a Gamble" as Monica O'Brien (HBO)Desi Lydic – The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains as herself (YouTube) Kim Estes – Big Law as Boyd Bennett (Vimeo) Randy Rainbow – The Randy Rainbow Show as himself (YouTube)Julie Andrews – Bridgerton: "The Waltz" as Lady Whistledown (Netflix) Pamela Adlon – King of the Hill: "Any Given Hill-Day" as Bobby Hill (Hulu) Hank Azaria – The Simpsons: "Keep Chalm and Gary On" as Gary Chalmers (Fox) Trey Parker – South Park: "The Crap Out" as Satan (Comedy Central) Matt Vogel – The Muppet Show as Kermit the Frog (Disney+) Steven Yeun – Invincible: "Don't Leave Me Hanging Here" as Mark Grayson / Invincible (Prime Video)Octavia Spencer – Lost Women of Alaska: "The Missing" (Investigation Discovery) David Attenborough – A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough (Netflix) David Attenborough – Ocean with David Attenborough (Nat Geo) Jodie Foster – Breakdown: 1975 (Netflix) Werner Herzog – Ghost Elephants (Nat Geo)Jimmy Kimmel – Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC) Steve Harvey – Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) Ken Jennings – Jeopardy! (ABC / Syndicated) Colin Jost – Pop Culture Jeopardy! (Netflix) Martin Short – Match Game (ABC)Alan Cumming – The Traitors (Peacock) RuPaul Charles – RuPaul's Drag Race (MTV) Kristen Kish – Top Chef (Bravo) Ariana Madix – Love Island USA (Peacock) Jeff Probst – Survivor (CBS)
Animation {|class="wikitable" |+ |- |style="vertical-align:top;" |Eyes of Wakanda: "Into the Lion's Den" – Uzoma Dunkwu (Disney+)Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: "Kingdom of Sorrow" – David Krentz (Adult Swim)Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal: "Vengeance of Death" – Scott Wills (Adult Swim)The Mighty Nein: "Mote of Possibility" – Howard Chen (Prime Video)Star Wars: Visions: "The Duel: Payback" – Takashi Okazaki (Disney+)|}
Art Direction {|class="wikitable" |+ |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Pluribus: "Grenade" – Denise Pizzini, Dins Danielsen, and Ashley Michelle Marsh (Apple TV)Euphoria: "This Little Piggy" – François Audouy, A. Todd Holland, and Anthony Carlino (HBO) The Pitt: "9:00 P.M." – Nina Ruscio, Josh Lusby, and Matt Callahan (HBO Max) Slow Horses: "Incommunicado" – Choi Ho Man, Oskars Vilnitis-Pantelejevs, and Kamlan Man (Apple TV) Wednesday: "If These Woes Could Talk" – Mark Scruton, Shane McEnroe, and David Morison (Netflix) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Fallout: "The Wrangler" – Howard Cummings, David Lazan, and Julie Ochipinti (Prime Video)The Gilded Age: "If You Want to Cook an Omelette" – Bob Shaw, Larry W. Brown, and Jennifer Alex Nickason (HBO) Palm Royale: "Maxine Does Something Good" – Jon Carlos, Rachel Aguirre, Amelia Brooke, Mark Robert Taylor, and Ellen Reede (Apple TV) Spider-Noir: "Step into My Office" – Warren Alan Young, Mark Larkin, and Halina Siwolop (MGM+ / Prime Video) Stranger Things: "Chapter Four: Sorcerer" – Chris Trujillo, Sean Brennan, and Jess Royal (Netflix) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Widow's Bay: "Lodging" – Steve Arnold, Peter Borck, and Jennifer Engel (Apple TV)Hacks: "Who's Making Dinner?" – Rob Tokarz, Jeanine Ringer, and Jennifer Lukehart (HBO Max) A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: "Seven" – Tom McCullagh, John Merry, and Stephanie Rea (HBO) Leanne: "Please Be a Lizard" – Francoise Cherry-Cohen, Gail L. Russell, and Ann Shea (Netflix) Only Murders in the Building: "The House Always..." – Patrick Howe, Casey Smith, and Mila Khalevich (Hulu) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |The Traitors: "The Black Banquet" – Stuart Frossell, Luke Fuller, Georgia Picton, Alex Robertson, Rosie Westwood, and Celina Hodge (Peacock)Jimmy Kimmel Live!: "Guests: Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Kumail Nanjiani, Josh Meyers, and Musical Guest Reneé Rapp" – David Ellis, Hillarie Brigode, and Heidi Miller (ABC) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: "Guests: John Krasinski, and Special Appearances" – Jim Fenhagen, Larry Hartman, Brendan Hurley, and Riley Mellon (CBS) RuPaul's Drag Race: "RDR Live Returns!" – Jen Chu, Tyler Stone, and Melissa Arcaro (MTV) Saturday Night Live: "Host: Jack Black" – Akira Yoshimura, Keith Ian Raywood, N. Joseph DeTullio, Ken MacLeod, Melissa Shakun, and Kimberly Kachougian (NBC) |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" colspan=2 |The Muppet Show – Denise Pizzini, Chet Maxwell, Robert Aguirre, and Bethany Barton (Disney+)The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny – Bruce Rodgers, Shelley Rodgers, Lily Rodgers, Julio Himede, and Leticia Leon (NBC) 68th Annual Grammy Awards – Julio Himede, Kristen Merlino, Gloria Lamb, Ellen Jaworski, Scott Welborn, and Kaydee Lavorin (CBS) The Oscars – Misty Buckley, Alana Billingsley, John Zuiker, and Jonathan Stoller-Schoff (ABC) 78th Annual Tony Awards – Steve Bass, Star Theodos Kahn, and Aaron Black (CBS)
Casting {|class="wikitable" |+ |- |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |Widow's Bay – Allison Jones, Emily Buntyn, Lisa Lobel, and Angela Peri (Apple TV)Abbott Elementary – Wendy O'Brien and Chris Gehrt (ABC) Hacks – Linda Lowy, Morgan Smith, and Lily Trotter (HBO Max) Only Murders in the Building – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, and Destiny Lilly (Hulu) Shrinking – Brett Benner, Debby Romano, and Daniel Schwab (Apple TV) |style="vertical-align:top;" width="50%" |The Pitt – Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Erica Berger, and Seth Caskey (HBO Max)The Diplomat – Julie Schubert, Lain Kunin, Ellinor Isherwood, Lucinda Syson, and Natasha Vincent (Netflix) Paradise – Tiffany Little Canfield, Josh Einsohn, and Brian Sutow (Hulu)