The Pitt leads Emmy nominations, Hacks sets comedy record with 24
The Pitt scored 25 Emmy nominations and Hacks set a comedy record with 24, as repeat winners and final-season momentum dominated the race.
The Pitt grabbed 25 Emmy nominations and Hacks set a comedy record with 24, turning the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards race into a contest shaped by repeat winners, ensemble depth and final-season momentum. The nominations were announced Wednesday morning from the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in Los Angeles by Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller, with the ceremony set for Sept. 14 on NBC and Peacock at the Peacock Theater.
The Pitt’s haul confirmed how quickly last year’s breakout became an awards heavyweight. The HBO Max medical drama won Outstanding Drama Series at the 77th Emmys, and Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa already had trophies from that night in Lead Actor and Supporting Actress. This year, the series spread across the cast with acting nominations for Wyle, LaNasa, Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif and Sepideh Moafi, while Patrick Ball, Shawn Hatosy and Gerran Howell filled three of the seven Supporting Actor in a Drama Series slots.
That breadth matters because it shows where Emmy voters are placing value: not just on a star turn, but on a show that can sustain multiple performances across a full ensemble. The Pitt entered the morning with an existing drama-series win and two acting victories behind it, and the new nominations suggested that last year’s surprise has hardened into a durable awards brand.
Hacks arrived with a different kind of advantage. The comedy entered its fifth and final season with Jean Smart having won Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the first four seasons, Hannah Einbinder returning after her 2025 Supporting Actress win and co-creator Paul W. Downs nominated again. The show’s 24 nominations set a new comedy record and gave its farewell run the kind of final-season boost that often drives Emmy attention.
The broader field kept the race from becoming a one-horse story. Pluribus, Widow’s Bay, The Diplomat, The Gilded Age and Slow Horses remained in the mix, a reminder that prestige television still rewards familiar brands, recognized casts and repeat nominations. For HBO Max, the morning underscored a strategy built on durable, awards-friendly series rather than one-off hits, while voters once again leaned toward shows with a proven history of wins.
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