FINAL 2026 EMMY WINNER PREDICTIONS

Published on 9/8/26 

Written by: Braylon Mitchell 

My final predictions for the 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Award Winners. Winners will be announced live on NBC on September 14th. 

(Stupidly) Several key categories were cut from the broadcast and awarded a week earlier as apart of the Creative Art Emmy ceremony on 9/6/26. The winners that would've and should've been included with the main ceremony are: 

BEST LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Linda Cardellini- DTF St. Louis 

BEST LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR  

David Harbour- DTF St. Louis 

BEST LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE DIRECTING 

DTF St. Louis 

BEST LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE WRITING 

DTF St. Louis 

BEST DRAMA SERIES 

Will win: The Pitt 

Could win: Pluribus 

BEST COMEDY SERIES 

Will win: Widow's Bay 

Could win: Hacks 

BEST LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIES 

Will win: DTF St. Louis 

Could win: BEEF 

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS 

Will win: Keri Russell- The Diplomat 

Could win: Rhea Seehorn- Pluribus 

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS 

Will win: Jean Smart- Hacks 

Could win: Lisa Kudrow- The Comeback 

BEST LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE ACTRESS 

Will win: Sarah Pidgeon- Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette 

Could win: Sarah Snook- All Her Fault

OR 

Sally Field- Remarkably Bright Creatures 

(To me, this is the hardest category of the night to predict!) 

BEST DRAMA ACTOR 

Will win: Noah Wyle- The Pitt 

Could win: Mark Ruffalo- Task 

BEST COMEDY ACTOR 

Will win: Matthew Rhys- Widow's Bay 

Could win: Martin Short- Only Murders in the Building 

BEST LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE ACTOR  

Will win: Matthew Rhys- The Beast in Me 

Could win: Oscar Issac- BEEF 

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Will win: Katherine LaNasa- The Pitt 

Could win: Sepideh Moafi- The Pitt 

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Will win: Katy O'Flynn- Widow's Bay 

Could win: Hannah Einbinder- Hacks 

BEST DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR 

Will win: Jack Lowden- Slow Horses 

Could win: Patrick Ball- The Pitt 

OR 

Tom Pelphrey- Task 

BEST COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR 

Will win: Stephen Root- Widow's Bay 

Could win: Harrison Ford- Shrinking 

BEST DRAMA DIRECTING 

Will win: "We Is Us"- Pluribus 

Could win: "12:00 P.M."- The Pitt 

BEST COMEDY DIRECTING 

Will win: "Welcome to Widow's Bay"- Widow's Bay 

Could win: "Hacks"- Hacks 

BEST DRAMA WRITING 

Will win: "We Is Us"- Pluribus 

Could win: "Amagansett"- The Diplomat 

BEST COMEDY WRITING 

Will win: "Welcome to Widow's Bay"- Widow's Bay 

Could win: "Hacks"- Hacks 

BEST COMPETITION PROGRAM 

Will win: The Traitors 

Could win: RuPaul's Drag Race 

BEST VARIETY SERIES 

Will win: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 

Could win: Jimmy Kimmel Live!