Los Angeles: HBO Max’s ‘The Pitt’ and Apple TV+’s ‘Widow’s Bay’ emerged as the biggest winners at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, with ‘The Pitt’ taking Outstanding Drama Series for the second consecutive year and ‘Widow’s Bay’ claiming Outstanding Comedy Series.
He won Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Widow’s Bay and Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Netflix’s The Beast in Me. The Traitors won Outstanding Reality Competition Programme, while The Late Show with Stephen Colbert took Outstanding Variety Scripted Series. The ceremony, held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and hosted by Mariska Hargitay, also saw Matthew Rhys make Emmy history by winning two lead acting awards in a single night. Michael J. Fox received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award. Lead Actor: Noah Wyle- The Pitt
The Pitt, which entered the ceremony with a leading 25 nominations, secured Outstanding Drama Series alongside Noah Wyle’s Lead Actor win. Earlier reporting noted: Emmy Awards 2026 full winners list: See who won at the 78th Primetime Emmys The 78th Emmy Awards honored the best television shows and performances from the 2025-26 season. Earlier reporting noted: Here is the complete list of winners from the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, honoring the best in television from the 2025-26 season.
Her fifth consecutive Lead Actress in a Comedy Series victory tied her with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman for the most Emmys ever won by a performer. Rhea Seehorn won Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Apple TV+’s freshman series Pluribus, marking her first Emmy win after two nominations for Better Call Saul.HBO Max’s DTF St. Louis won Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series after previously collecting six awards at the Creative Arts Emmys. David Harbour and Linda Cardellini also won for the series, which additionally took directing and writing honours. Ernest Harden Jr. won Guest Actor for The Pitt, while Shailene Woodley won Guest Actress for Paradise.
Saul Metzstein won directing for Slow Horses, while Vince Gilligan won writing for Pluribus for “We Is Us”. Earlier reporting noted: The show that got the most nominations this year was HBO Max’s “The Pitt” with 25 nods, while Apple TV’s ” Widow’s Bay” got 19 nominations. Even before the main event, “Widow’s Bay” had already won eight Emmys, “DTF St Louis” had won six, and “The Pitt” had won four.
Rhys became the first actor to win across all three lead categories: Comedy, Drama and Limited Series/Movie, and the first man to win two lead acting awards in the same year. The honours were the second and third Emmys of his career. Jean Smart also made history, winning her eighth career Emmy for Hacks.
