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LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cPluribus\u201d<\/a> could be a record-setting freshman, \u201cThe Pitt\u201d<\/a> could have a dominant sophomore season and \u201cHacks\u201d<\/a> is set for a graduation celebration as Emmy nominations are announced Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n Recent winners Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas and Jeff Hiller are set to name the nominees at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards<\/a>, airing on NBC, will be held Sept. 14 at the Peacock Theater, the longtime Emmys home that will soon also be home to the Oscars<\/a>. Mariska Hargitay, who for decades has been one of NBC’s standard bearers as the star of \u201cLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit,\u201d will host. <\/p>\n HBO Max’s beloved emergency room<\/a> series \u201cThe Pitt\u201d<\/a> was a rookie upstart last year with big wins including best drama series, best actor for Noah Wyle and best supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa. <\/p>\n And in an era when major Emmy contenders \u2014 like 2025’s top drama nominee \u201cSeverance\u201d<\/a> \u2014 tend to take years off between seasons, \u201cThe Pitt\u201d is coming right back<\/a> for another round, part of its game-changing model of marrying classic network tendencies with modern streaming prestige. <\/p>\n Wyle and LaNasa are virtual shoo-ins for new nominations. And several residents, interns and attending physicians from their big ensemble cast<\/a> will almost certainly join them. It could dominate the supporting acting categories the way that \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d<\/a> \u2014 another major Emmy contender sitting this one out \u2014 has in recent years. <\/p>\n But \u201cThe Pitt\u201d could easily be surpassed in the nomination count by \u201cPluribus,\u201d the one-woman-against-the-world Apple TV+ series from \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d and \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d creator Vince Gilligan. It has a chance of breaking a 32-year-old record for most Emmy nominations for a debut season, set by \u201cNYPD Blue\u201d with 26 in 1994. <\/p>\n \u201cPluribus\u201d is the sort of clever, consummately crafted series Emmy voters love. It should run up the score in the technical categories. The only thing holding back its total may be its premise. Rhea Seehorn is the lone lead actor. She should be the favorite to win best actress once her inevitable nomination arrives on the heels of her Golden Globes<\/a> win. Karolina Wydra, who plays the show’s spokeswoman for the rest of humanity, has a strong chance at a supporting nomination. <\/p>\n This year’s batch of comedies benefits from the absence of last year’s rookie juggernaut \u201cThe Studio.\u201d<\/a> Emmy voters love a departing show, and have loved \u201cHacks\u201d since its first season. Those two colliding phenomena should bring a healthy nomination total for its fifth and final season. <\/p>\n Star Jean Smart has won best actress<\/a> in a comedy for all four previous seasons. It would be stunning if she didn’t claim a fifth. Her sidekick throughout the series Hannah Einbinder<\/a>, who last year broke through and won supporting actress in a comedy in her fourth nomination, is sure to get another nod, as is their castmate, the show’s co-creator Paul W. Downs. <\/p>\n Downs’ competition will likely include Harrison Ford<\/a>. The buzz says this could be the year the Hollywood legend finally wins one of the EGOT-level awards if he gets a nomination for best supporting actor in a comedy for \u201cShrinking.\u201d<\/a> His castmate Jason Segel<\/a> is also a likely nominee. <\/p>\n Despite the absence of \u201cThe Studio,\u201d AppleTV+, which established a major Emmy comedy presence with \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d<\/a> could have three best comedy series nominees. \u201cShrinking\u201d could be joined by newcomers \u201cMargo’s Got Money Troubles,\u201d<\/a> whose stars Elle Fanning and Michelle Pfeiffer are likely acting nominees, and the acclaimed horror comedy \u201cWidow’s Bay.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Netflix’s \u201cBeef\u201d<\/a> should throw its weight around in the limited or anthology series categories, especially after one of its big competitors, the cops-and-crooks drama \u201cTask,\u201d<\/a> switched to the drama category when it announced a second season. “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette”<\/a> from FX could be its main competition. <\/p>\n And big names always emerge in the Emmys’ guest acting categories. This year’s potential candidates include the late Rob Reiner<\/a> for his recurring part on \u201cThe Bear\u201d and Michael J. Fox<\/a> for his three-episode arc as a patient with Parkinson’s disease on \u201cShrinking.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ksat.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LOS ANGELES \u2013 \u201cPluribus\u201d could be a record-setting freshman, \u201cThe Pitt\u201d could have a dominant sophomore season and \u201cHacks\u201d is set for a graduation celebration as Emmy nominations are announced Wednesday morning. Recent winners Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas and Jeff Hiller are set to name the nominees at the Television Academy in Los Angeles. 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