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Wondering which series will run the show at the 2026 Emmys?
Well, The Bear‘s Liza Colón-Zayas and Somebody Somewhere‘s Jeff Hiller, who took home statues in 2024 and 2025 respectively, revealed this year’s nominees on July 8.
On the comedy side, Hacks leads with 24 nominations—breaking the record previously held by The Bear and The Studio for most nominations in a single year in the comedy category. As for the dramas, The Pitt is at the front of the pack with 25 nods (see the full list here).
Some nominees are hoping to win Emmys gold for the very first time. Take, Harrison Ford, for instance. While the actor already has a stacked resume (NBD: just the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award, an Oscar nomination and a slew of blockbusters), he’s aiming to turn his second Emmy nod for his role on Shrinking into a trophy.
“It means a lot,” Ford told CBS Mornings‘ Gayle King when he received his first Emmy nomination at age 83 last year. “The work that’s being done in television, it seems to me, is the equal of the writing that we’re getting in feature films.”
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And while Steve Carell already had 11 Emmy nominations under his belt (10 for his work on The Office and one for his performance on The Morning Show), he wouldn’t mind if his 12th for his role on Rooster sealed the deal. Then again, awards have never been the reason the comedy star is in the biz.
“When you start crying about not winning awards, you have to look at where you are, and all the good things that have occurred,” Carell told Vulture back in 2014. “And what can I complain about? I’ve won the lottery.”
Keri Russell—who just earned her fifth Emmy nomination for her work on The Diplomat and eighth overall when you add in her nods for The Americans—also isn’t too bummed when her name isn’t called during the award show.
“It’s such a cool thing to be nominated and I’m always very secretly thankful I don’t have to speak publicly,” the actress, whose longtime love Matthew Rhys is looking to add another Emmy to his shelf with his three nominations this year, explained to Us Weekly in 2017. “Always secretly relieved. Always. I just go, ‘Oh my God. Thank God.'”
Meanwhile, six-time nominee Jason Segel from Shrinking, five-time nominee Janelle James from Abbott Elementary and four-time nominee Carrie Coon from The Gilded Age are also keeping their fingers crossed that 2026 is finally the year they receive the coveted statue.
However, the winners won’t be announced until the 78th Emmy Awards, which will be hosted by Mariska Hargitay and air live from Los Angeles Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. EST on NBC and Peacock. Until then, keep reading to see more nominees who have never won an Emmy.
Kaley Cuoco
While her Big Bang Theory costar Jim Parsons won four Emmys for playing Sheldon, Kaley was never even nominated for her role as Penny. She was, however, up for two Emmys for her work on The Flight Attendant, in which she played Cassie and served as an executive producer.
Steve Carell
Steve received 10 Emmy nominations for his run on The Office—on which he played Michael Scott and was a producer—as well as one nod for portraying disgraced news anchor Mitch Kessler on The Morning Show. He earned his 12th Emmy nomination for his role of Greg Russo on Rooster.
Keri Russell
The star has been nominated for eight Emmys—five for acting in and producing The Diplomat and three for starring on The Americans.
Kathryn Hahn
The actress is a four-time Emmy nominee, most recently nominated for her role in The Studio in 2025.
Natasha Lyonne
The star has received five Emmy nominations for her acting, writing and producing on Poker Face, Russian Doll and Orange Is the New Black.
Matthew Perry
Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston are the only core cast members of Friends who have won an Emmy. Matthew, who died in 2023, earned one individual nomination for his role of Chandler Bing, two more for The West Wing, one for The Ron Clark Story and one for his work as an executive producer on Friends: The Reunion.
Courteney Cox
Justice for Monica! Shockingly, Courteney is the only core Friends star who has never even been nominated for an individual Emmy. In 2021, she shared a nomination for Outstanding Variety Special for her appearance in the Friends reunion.
Matt LeBlanc
As for Matt, he’s received seven individual Emmy nominations, including three for playing Joey on Friends and four for his role of a satirical version of himself on Episodes. Like his costars, the actor also got an executive producing nod for the 2021 Friends reunion.
David Schwimmer
David was nominated for an individual Emmy for playing Ross on Friends in 1995 and received a second acting nod in 2016 for portraying Robert Kardashian, the late father of Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Rob Kardashian, on the limited series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Add these to his executive producing nod for the Friends reunion, and his total comes to three.
Connie Britton
TV’s favorite mom has been shut out: Connie scored two nods for playing Tami Taylor on Friday Night Lights before being nominated for her performances on American Horror Story, Nashville and The White Lotus, garnering a total of five Emmy nominations.
Kristen Wiig
The Saturday Night Live alum has been nominated for a whopping 13 Emmys: eight for her performances on SNL as both a cast member and host, two for her producing and acting on Palm Royale, one for her voice-over work as Lola on The Looney Tunes Show, one for her role on The Spoils of Babylon and one for her song in Will & Harper.
Hugh Laurie
Hugh has received 10 Emmy nominations, including one for his guest role on Veep, two for his work on The Night Manager and seven for his run on House. Unfortunately, he’s won none. As Dr. House would say, “What’s the opposite of thank you?”
Octavia Spencer
The actress, who won an Oscar for The Help, was nominated for her first Emmy in 2020 for her lead performance in Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker. Four years later, Octavia got her second nod for narrating Lost Women Of Highway 20.
Angela Lansbury
The late legendary actress was nominated for 18 Emmys, including 12 for her role of Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote. She also was a Hall of Fame honoree in 1996.
Cate Blanchett
The two-time Oscar winner has been nominated for three Emmys, including for her performance in Disclaimer as well as for her acting and producing in Mrs. America.
Lauren Graham
The Parenthood actress has never received recognition at the Emmys. She has, however, been nominated for two Actor Awards and one Golden Globe for her role of Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls.
Denzel Washington
The two-time Oscar winner has received two shared Emmy nominations: Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks in 2001 and Outstanding Informational Special for Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream in 1995.
Amy Adams
The six-time Oscar nominee was up for two Emmys for her producing and performance in Sharp Objects in 2019.
Emilia Clarke
The actress was nominated for Emmys in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019 for playing Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones, but luck was not on her side.
Kit Harington
As for her costar Harington, he was nominated for two Emmys for playing Jon Snow on Game of Thrones.
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Oscar winner received his first Emmy nomination in 2015 for producing Virunga, which is about mountain gorillas and was up for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special.
Hugh Grant
A two-time Emmy nominee, Hugh was up his roles in The Undoing and A Very English Scandal.
Milo Ventimiglia
The actor was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2017, 2018 and 2019 for This is Us but sadly never walked away with an Emmy.
Mandy Moore
Meanwhile, the Tangled actress received her first-ever Emmy nod for her role on This Is Us in 2019 but came up empty-handed.
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