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Award season is officially in full swing, and Netflix is once again proving why it remains an absolute heavyweight champion in the prestige television landscape! The Television Academy has just unveiled the nominations for the 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, and the streaming network has racked up a stellar roster of nods across the drama, comedy, and limited series categories. From the pulse-pounding political twists of returning favorites to fierce, highly anticipated new installments of anthology hits and stunning newcomers, Netflix’s 2026 slate of Originals has firmly cemented its place on the ballot.
We’ve been tracking this year’s frontrunners for months in our 2026 Netflix Emmy Contenders preview, and now the Television Academy has finally locked in their picks.
The streamer has some big shoes to fill after an incredible showing at last year’s 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. If you remember, Netflix dominated the 2025 nominations and ultimately walked away with 30 staggering wins, with heavyweights like Adolescence, Arcane, and Bridgertonleading the pack and sweeping up major trophies. Will 2026 be the year they break even more records?
(For the stat-nerds out there wanting to see how this year’s crop of nominees stacks up against the streamer’s golden legacy, be sure to bookmark our complete list of every Netflix Emmy win in the streamer’s history)!
Whether you’re cheering for your favorite binge-watch obsessions or looking for critically acclaimed gems to catch up on before the ceremony broadcasts this September, we’ve got you covered.
Without further ado, here is the complete breakdown of every single Netflix show, movie, star, and creator that just scored a 2026 Emmy nomination.
This year, the streaming giant has racked up nods across a staggering 34 unique titles, proving that their original content slate is as diverse as it is critically acclaimed. Whether it’s massive pop-culture juggernauts like Stranger Things and Wednesday, prestige limited series like Beef and The Beast in Me, or feel-good reality hits like Love on the Spectrum, Netflix’s footprint at the upcoming Emmys is broad.
2026 Netflix Emmy Nomination by Title
16 Nominations
- Beef
9 Nominations
- The Beast in Me
7 Nominations
- Black Rabbit
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story
- Stranger Things
6 Nominations
- The Diplomat
- Wednesday
4 Nominations
- Bridgerton
- Death by Lightning
- Love on the Spectrum
3 Nominations
- Marty, Life Is Short
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning
- Wanda Sykes: Legacy
2 Nominations
- America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
- Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…
- Emily In Paris
- Leanne
- Lord of the Flies
- Nobody Wants This
- The Upshaws
1 Nomination
- A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough
- Bad Thoughts
- Breakdown: 1975
- Love is Blind
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
- People We Meet on Vacation
- Pop Culture Jeopardy!
- Queer Eye
- Rafa
- The Four Seasons
- The Rip
- This Is A Gardening Show
- Tires
2026 Netflix Emmy Nominations By Category
Lead Actress In A Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie
- Claire Danes (The Beast in Me)
- Sally Field (Remarkably Bright Creatures)
- Carey Mulligan (Beef S2)
Lead Actor In A Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie
- Jason Bateman (Black Rabbit)
- Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
- Oscar Isaac (Beef S2)
- Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me)
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Charles Melton (Beef S2)
- Nick Offerman (Death by Lightning)
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Laurie Metcalf (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
- Youn Yuh-jung (Beef S2)
Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Beef (Season 2) – It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey (Directed by Jake Schreier)
- Beef (Season 2) – Oh, The Comfort, The Inexpressible Comfort (Directed by Lee Sung Jin)
- Black Rabbit – The Black Rabbits (Directed by Jason Bateman)
Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- The Beast in Me – Sick Puppy (Teleplay by & Story by Gabe Rotter & teleplay by Daniel Pearle)
- Beef (Season 2) – All The Things We’re Never Going To Have (Written by Lee Sung Jin)
- Death by Lightning – Written by Mike Makowsky
Outstanding Limited Series or Anthology Series
- The Beast in Me
- Beef (Season 2)
Outstanding Television Movie
- People We Meet on Vacation
- Remarkably Bright Creatures
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
- Colman Domingo (The Four Seasons)
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Nobody Wants This (Season 2)
Lead Actress In A Drama Series
- Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Lead Actor In A Drama Series
- Rufus Sewell (The Diplomat)
Outstanding Drama Series
- The Diplomat (Season 3)
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
- Bradley Whitford (The Diplomat)
Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
- The Diplomat – Amagansett (Written by Peter Ackerman and Debora Cahn)
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
- Love is Blind
- Queer Eye
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
- American Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
- Love on the Spectrum
Outstanding Directing For A Reality Program
- Love on the Spectrum – Episode 1 (Directed by Cian O’Clery)
Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama Or Variety Series
- Bad Thoughts
Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series
- This Is A Gardening Show
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
- Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Special
- Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable… – (Directed by Rikki Hughes)
- Wanda Sykes: Legacy – (Directed by Julie Dash)
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special
- Wanda Sykes: Legacy – (Written by Wanda Sykes)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
- Julie Andrews – Bridgerton
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More)
- Wednesday – If These Woes Could Talk (Mark Scruton, Shane McEnroe, David Morison)
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Period Or Fantasy Program (One Hour Or More)
- Stranger Things – Chapter Four: Sorcerer (Chris Trujillo, Sean Brennan, Jess Royal)
Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
- Leanne – Please Be A Lizard (Francoise Cherry-Cohen, Gail L. Russell, Ann Shea)
Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
- The Diplomat (Julie Schubert, CSA, Lain Kunin, Ellinor Isherwood, Lucinda Syson, CSA, CDG, Natasha Vincent, CSA, CDG)
Outstanding Casting For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- The Beast In Me (Julie Tucker, CSA, Kim Krakauer)
- Beef (Season 2) (Jeanie Bacharach, CSA)
Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming
- Bridgerton – Pink / Full Circle / Recital / Masquerade / Stag (Sean “Jack” Murphy)
- Wednesday – The Dead Dance (Corey Baker)
Outstanding Cinematography For A Series (Half-Hour)
- The Upshaws – Indy Streets (Chuck Ozeas)
Outstanding Cinematography For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Beef (Season 2) – It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey (James Laxton, ASC)
- Black Rabbit – Isle of Joy (Peter Konczal, ASC)
- Death by Lightning – Destiny Of The Republic (Adriano Goldman, ASC, BSC, ABC)
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story – Buxom Bird (Michael Bauman)
Outstanding Cinematography For A Reality Program
- Love On The Spectrum – Episode 4 (Geoff Thomas, ACS, Cian O’Clery)
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- The Beast in Me – Elephant in the Room (Arjun Bhasin, Emmanuelle Martin, Alyssa Avellino-Faivre)
- Beef – All The Things We’re Never Going To Have (Olga Mill, Bailey Gardner, Sarah Basta, Kellie Ishisaki)
- Black Rabbit – The Black Rabbits (Amy Westcott, Jessica Trejos, Min Ji Kim, Amy Burt)
- Remarkably Bright Creatures (Carla Hetland, Laura Zydervelt, Margaret Schliessler)
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Series
- Emily In Paris – Veni, Vidi, Venezia (Marylin Fitoussi, Chloé Bartonio, Herehau Ragonneau, Daniela Telle)
- Wednesday – Woe Me The Money (Colleen Atwood, Mark Sutherland, Tom Hornsby, Robin Soutar, Connor Dalton, Charlotte Child)
Outstanding Period Costumes
- Bridgerton – Dance in the Country (John Walter Glaser III, Dougie Hawkes, George Sayer, Anthony Brookman, Amanda McLaughlan, Pascha Hanaway)
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story – Mother! (Joshua J. Marsh, Serrita Coleman, Sharon Sampson, Latrese Wright, Erin Fabian)
Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- Marty, Life Is Short (Directed by Lawrence Kasdan)
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Directed by Alexandria Stapleton)
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
- Rafa
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special
- Marty, Life Is Short
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special
- My Next Guest Need No Introduction with David Letterman
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
- Emily In Paris – Veni, Vidi, Venezia (Carole Nicolas, Mike Desir, Julien Parizet, Jay Durimel, Miharu Oshima)
- Wednesday – Woe Me The Money (Francesco Pegoretti, Sevlene Roddy, Marica Falso, Peter Burke, Nirvana Jalalvand)
Outstanding Period Or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
- Bridgerton – The Waltz (Nic Collins, Giorgio Galliero, Jade Clarke, Valentina Nesti, Katharine Scott, Laura Hartney)
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
- Wednesday – Woe Me The Money (Lynn Johnston, Elaine Hopkins, Helen Bailey, Dorothy Campbell)
Outstanding Period Or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story – The Babysitter (Heather Koontz)
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story – The Godfather (Leo Corey Castellano, Mark Nieman, Joseph Badiali)
- Stranger Things – Chapter Four: Sorcerer (Barrie Gower, Duncan Jarman, Michael Mekash, Emma Faulkes)
Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- The Beast in Me (Sean Callery and Sara Barone)
- Black Rabbit – Isle of Joy (Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans)
Outstanding Music Supervision
- Nobody Wants This – When Noah Met Joanne (Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy)
- Stranger Things – Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up (Nora Felder)
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
- The Beast in Me (Sean Callery)
Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
- Wednesday – Woe Me The Money / Song Title: The Dead Dance (Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt, Henry Walter Russell)
Outstanding Host For A Game Show
- Pop Culture Jeopardy! (Colin Jost)
Outstanding Narrator
- A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough (David Attenborough)
- Breakdown: 1975 (Jodie Foster)
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Beef – All The Things We’re Never Going To Have (Laura Zempel, ACE)
- Beef – The Increasing Flimsiness Of Any Certainties About The Future (Lauren Connelly, ACE)
- Black Rabbit – Isle of Joy (Vikash Patel)
- Death by Lightning – The Man From Ohio (Joseph Krings, ACE, Anna Hauger, ACE, Michael Ruscio, ACE, Joe Leonard, ACE, Bridget Case, Derek Desmond)
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Multi-Camera Comedy Series
- Leanne – Having Big Feelings (Russell Griffin, ACE)
- The Upshaws – Election Day (Angel Gamboa Bryant, ACE)
Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program
- Marty, Life Is Short (Sierra Neal, ACE, Bennett Piscitelli)
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Charles Divak, ACE, Evan Wise, ACE, Jack Gravina, Benji Kast, ACE, Adam Goldstein, Jonathan Miller, Jeremy Siefer)
Outstanding Picture Editing For An Unstructured Reality Program
- America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Zachary Fuhrer, M Brennan, Stefanie Maridueña, ACE, Noah DeBonis, James Atkinson, Kate Hackett, ACE, Deijah Lee-Carroll, Susie Maridueña Barrett, Sharon Weaver, Helen Yum)
- Love On The Spectrum – Episode 4 (Marcus Kjellberg, Leanne Cole, Kim Lloyd, John Rosser)
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
- Wanda Sykes: Legacy (Angel Gamboa Bryant, ACE)
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
- Stranger Things – Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up (Craig Henighan, William Files, MPSE, Dave Grimaldi, Lee Gilmore, MPSE, Ryan Cole, Polly McKinnon, Emma Present, Angelo Palazzo, Katie Halliday, Christopher Bonis, Nick Interlandi, Matt “Smokey” Cloud, Gina Wark, Lena Glikson, David Klotz, Steve Baine)
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special
- The Beast in Me – Sick Puppy (Ruy Garcia, Marcello Dubaz, Marissa Littlefield, Isaac Derfel, Otis Streeter, Jo Caron, James Sizemore, Guy Francoeur)
- Beef – It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey (Christopher Gomez, MPSE, Danika Wikke, Jerry Lafuente, Yurii Kerelius, Luke Dennis, Danylo Gomlez)
- Lord of the Flies – Piggy (Niv Adiri, Tom Sayers, Linda Forsén, Phil Freudenfeld, Kirsty Graham, Paolo Pavesi, Zoe Freed, Rebecca Heathcote)
- The Rip – (Daniel Pagan, MPSE, Craig Mann, Chase Keehn, Jon Title, Russell Topal, MPSE, Randy Wilson, Justin Helle, Sam Zeines, Stefan Fraticelli)
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
- Tires – The Tri-State Mid Market Tire Expo (Brian Bracken, Jackson Derbish)
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
- Stranger Things – Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up (Mark Paterson, William Files, Steve Neal, Michael P. Clark, CAS, Carlos Ramirez, Peter Persaud)
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
- Beef – It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey (Penny Harold, CAS, Andy Lange, CAS, Devendra Cleary, CAS, Sean O’Malley, CAS, Jongkun Park, Judah Getz, CAS
Illia Popel) - Black Rabbit – Isle of Joy (Larry Benjamin, Tim Hoogenakker, James Weidner, Phillip McGowan, Paul Drenning, Ron Mellegers)
- Lord of the Flies – Piggy (Niv Adiri, Ande Schurr, Glen Gathard, Tristan Rose, Mark Appleby, James Bishop)
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story – Sick As Your Secrets (Jamie Hardt, CAS, Christina “Chuyue” Wen, Jose Garcia, Mario M. Coletta, Jamison Rabbe, Jacob McNaughton)
Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie
- Stranger Things (Betsy Paterson, Michael Maher, Sean Ames, Craig Seitz, Tessa Roehl, Chloe Lipp, Brad Tobler, Martin Hill, Richard Thwaites, Bill Georgiou, Jessica Smith, Mark Hawker)
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For Comedy Programming
- Beef (Shauna Duggins, Chris O’Hara)
Outstanding Stunt Coordination For Drama Programming
- Stranger Things (Hiro Koda, Jahnel Curfman)
What Netflix original are you rooting for at the 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards? Did your favorite show get snubbed? Let us know in the comments down below!
