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\n\tAfter months of FYC screenings, panels, billboards, pop-up events, podcasts and ads, the 78th Emmy nominations are finally here. Previous Emmy winners Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas (\u201cThe Bear\u201d) and Jeff Hiller (\u201cSomebody Somewhere\u201d) were set to announce this year\u2019s nominees on Wednesday morning, along with TV Academy chair Cris Abrego.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe majority of the nominations were scheduled to be announced starting at 8:20 a.m. ET\/5:20 a.m. PT from the Wolf Theatre at the Academy\u2019s Saban Media Center. But two categories \u2014 outstanding variety series and outstanding reality competition \u2014 were set to be revealed earlier, on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show, at 7:45 a.m. ET\/4:45 a.m. PT.<\/p>\n

\n\tNBC and Peacock are broadcasting this year\u2019s Emmys, set to air live from L.A. Live\u2019s Peacock Theatre on Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT. (NBC moves the Emmys to Monday when it airs the kudocast, due to Sunday Night Football.) As the network just announced, this year\u2019s Emmys will be hosted by \u201cLaw & Order: SVU\u201d executive producer\/star Mariska Hargitay \u2014 repping the first time a woman has hosted the show in 15 years. <\/p>\n

\n\tAmong this year\u2019s major rule changes, the TV Academy has merged talk and scripted variety back into one \u201coutstanding variety series\u201d field, but with a twist: the number of nominations coming from both fields will be tracked based on the number of submissions for each format. <\/p>\n

\n\tAnd also, as part of the rule change, the Academy has also decreed that the outstanding variety series category will now be an \u201carea\u201d award. Nominees in \u201carea\u201d award categories aren\u2019t competing against each other \u2014 they\u2019re all independently trying to get at least 90% of Emmy voters to say \u201cyes\u201d when asked, \u201cDoes this nominee merit an Emmy?\u201d Any nominated show will win an Emmy if 90% of voters agree. That means, potentially several winners could come out of this year\u2019s nominee roster.<\/p>\n

\n\tAmong other Emmy rules changes the TV Academy announced in January\u00a0\u00a0are a new name for the TV movie category, which will now be known as \u201coutstanding movie.\u201d Also, the org revealed AI guidelines, made changes to the short form, sound mixing and music categories and also expanded eligibility in the casting, costume and lighting, camera & technical arts categories.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis year, 555 programs were submitted across the 14 program categories, down 7.5% from last year\u2019s 600 entrants. That included 110 dramas, 71 comedies, 31 limited\/anthology series, 34 movies, 18 variety series and 45 reality competition shows.<\/p>\n

\n\tExpect some surprises with these noms in addition to a few sure things. What you shouldn\u2019t expect is any nods for Crave\/HBO Max\u2019s \u201cHeated Rivalry\u201d (famously not eligible as it didn\u2019t have a U.S. production partner) or a \u201cThe Morning Show\u201d guest actor nom for Jon Hamm, who didn\u2019t make the ballot due to a submission error.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the nominees in major categories for the 78th Emmy Awards, which includes eligible shows that ran from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. <\/p>\n

\nLead Actor in a Drama Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nLead Actress in a Drama Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nDrama Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nLead Actor in a Comedy Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nLead Actress in a Comedy Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nComedy Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nLead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nLead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\nLimited or Anthology Series<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOutstanding Talk Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nReality Competition Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nOutstanding Variety Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tJesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment are executive producers of the Emmy primetime telecast. The two Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies, produced by Bob Bain Productions in association with the Television Academy, will take place Saturday, Sept. 5, and Sunday, Sept. 6.<\/p>\n

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