Apple scores record 89 Emmy Award nominations
July 8, 2026
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Apple scores record 89 Emmy Award nominations, with top category nods for celebrated comedies Widow’s Bay, Shrinking, and Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and global hit dramas Pluribus, Slow Horses, and Your Friends & Neighbors
Apple leads with the most nominations for any network in major drama and comedy categories, as breakout comedy Widow’s Bay scores 19 nominations and drama Pluribus lands 18 nominations following widely acclaimed first season
Award-winning nonfiction series Mr. Scorsese and The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy score top program nominations
Apple lands nominations across 15 originals, with additional nods for titles including Foundation, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, The Morning Show, Murderbot, Palm Royale, and Smoke
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA Apple scores a historic 89 nominations across 15 programs for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, and leads as the network with the most nominations in the Outstanding Drama and Outstanding Comedy series categories, respectively, earning top program nominations for comedies Widow’s Bay, Shrinking, and Margo’s Got Money Troubles, alongside dramas Pluribus, Slow Horses, and Your Friends & Neighbors. Apple’s breakout comedy sensation Widow’s Bay leads as one of this year’s most-nominated programs with 19 nominations in total, and Pluribus lands 18 nominations following its global hit freshman season, while celebrated Apple Original Shrinking lands 10 nominations, Slow Horses is recognized with nine, and Margo’s Got Money Troubles scores eight in total.
This year’s record-breaking nominations follow Apple TV’s sweeping last year’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards as the network led with The Studio becoming the most-winning freshman comedy in Emmy history, and Severance leading as the year’s most-winning drama. Nominations for the 78th Emmy Awards were announced today by the Television Academy, and the winners will be unveiled at a ceremony on September 14.
“Great stories have the ability to entertain, surprise, and bring people together, and these unprecedented nominations recognize shows that have done exactly that,” said Matt Cherniss, Apple TV’s head of programming. “We are in awe of the world-class storytellers we have the opportunity to collaborate with every day and are deeply grateful to the Television Academy for celebrating them. Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees whose brilliant work has connected with viewers everywhere.”
On the heels of its broadly acclaimed first season, Widow’s Bay earns a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, along with six acting category nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor for star and executive producer Matthew Rhys; Outstanding Supporting Actor nominations for Kate O’Flynn, Dale Dickey, and Stephen Root; as well as Outstanding Guest Actor nominations for Hamish Linklater and Betty Gilpin. The series also scores nominations for Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, and Outstanding Editing.
As one of this year’s most-nominated programs, Pluribus is nominated for Outstanding Drama Series, along with nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing for creator Vince Gilligan, and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for star Rhea Seehorn, as well as Outstanding Supporting Actor nominations for Karolina Wydra and Carlos-Manuel Vesga, and Outstanding Guest Actor nods for Jeff Hiller and Miriam Shor.
Outstanding Comedy Series nominee Shrinking lands 10 nominations in total, including Outstanding Lead Actor for Jason Segel, along with Outstanding Supporting Actor nods for Harrison Ford and Michael Urie, an Outstanding Supporting Actress nomination for Jessica Williams, and Outstanding Guest Actor nominations for Brett Goldstein and Michael J. Fox, who lands his first acting nomination in over a decade.
Apple’s acclaimed comedy Margo’s Got Money Troubles makes its Emmy debut with eight nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy for star and executive producer Elle Fanning, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy for star and executive producer Michelle Pfeiffer, and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Nick Offerman.
Emmy Award-winning drama Slow Horses scores its third consecutive nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for its acclaimed fifth season, with nine total nominations, and Apple’s hit original drama Your Friends & Neighbors scores its first-ever nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for its second season.
On the nonfiction side, Apple’s documentary event Mr. Scorsese scores top nominations including Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program, and Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program. Plus, following its third season, The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy lands its second nomination for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special, along with a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program.
Apple Original Murderbot also makes its Emmy debut with three nominations in total, and Palm Royale, The Morning Show, Foundation, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Smoke are also recognized with nominations.
To date, Apple Original films, documentaries, and series have been honored with 850 wins and 3,734 award nominations, including multi-Emmy Award-winning and history-making comedies The Studio and Ted Lasso; global cultural phenomenon Severance; Apple’s most-viewed drama, Pluribus; Academy Award Best Picture winner CODA; and Academy Award winner F1, the highest-grossing sports feature of all time.
In total, Apple scored 89 Emmy Award nominations:
Widow’s Bay (19)
- Outstanding Comedy Series
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Matthew Rhys
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kate O’Flynn
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Dale Dickey
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Stephen Root
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Hamish Linklater
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series: Betty Gilpin
- Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Katie Dippold
- Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series: Hiro Murai
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour)
- Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour)
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series (3x)
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Outstanding Music Supervision
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Pluribus (18)
- Outstanding Drama Series
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Rhea Seehorn
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Carlos-Manuel Vesga
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Karolina Wydra
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Jeff Hiller
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Miriam Shor
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: Vince Gilligan
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Vince Gilligan
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
- Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series (3x)
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
- Outstanding Music Supervision
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
Shrinking (10)
- Outstanding Comedy Series
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jason Segel
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Jessica Williams
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Harrison Ford
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Michael Urie
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Michael J. Fox
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: Brett Goldstein
- Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series
- Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
- Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series: Shrinking: In It Together
Slow Horses (9)
- Outstanding Drama Series
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Gary Oldman
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Jack Lowden
- Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Jonathan Pryce
- Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series: Will Smith
- Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series: Saul Metzstein
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)
- Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
Margo’s Got Money Troubles (8)
- Outstanding Comedy Series
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Elle Fanning
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Michelle Pfeiffer
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Nick Offerman
- Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
- Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series
- Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling
- Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
Palm Royale (8)
- Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)
- Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming
- Outstanding Period Costumes
- Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
- Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Comedy Programming
- Outstanding Stunt Performance
Murderbot (3)
- Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
- Outstanding Title Design
- Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Mr. Scorsese (3)
- Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series
- Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
- Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program
The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy (2)
- Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
- Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age (2)
- Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score)
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or Movie
Your Friends & Neighbors (1)
The Morning Show (1)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama: Billy Crudup
Foundation (1)
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or Movie
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (1)
- Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or Movie
Smoke (1)
Nominees for Outstanding Commercial (2)
- “A Critter Carol”
- “I’m Not Remarkable”
Pluribus
Hailing from creator Vince Gilligan, Pluribus is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
Slow Horses
This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb (Academy Award winner Sir Gary Oldman), they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
Your Friends & Neighbors
After being fired in disgrace, a hedge fund manager still grappling with his recent divorce resorts to stealing from his neighbors’ homes in the exceedingly affluent Westmont Village, only to discover that the secrets and affairs hidden behind those wealthy facades might be more dangerous than he ever imagined.
The Morning Show
Season Four of The Morning Show opens in spring 2024, almost two years after the events of Season Three. With the UBA-NBN merger complete, the newsroom must grapple with newfound responsibility, hidden motives, and the elusive nature of truth in a polarized America. In a world rife with deepfakes, conspiracy theories, and corporate cover-ups — who can you trust? And how can you know what’s actually real? Along with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, the star-studded Season Four ensemble cast includes Billy Crudup, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie, Nestor Carbonell, Mark Duplass, Greta Lee, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Aaron Pierre, William Jackson Harper, Boyd Holbrook, and returning fan favorite Jon Hamm.
Widow’s Bay
Widow’s Bay is a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no Wi-Fi, spotty cellular reception, and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don’t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is. But Loftis is determined to build a better future for his teenage son and turn the island into a tourist destination. Miraculously, he succeeds: Tourists are finally coming. Unfortunately, the locals were right. After decades of calm, the old stories that seemed too ludicrous to be true start happening again. Widow’s Bay blends genuine horror with character-driven comedy.
Shrinking
Shrinking follows a grieving therapist who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives… including his own.
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a bold, heartwarming, and comedic family drama following recent college dropout and aspiring writer Margo (Elle Fanning), the daughter of an ex-Hooters waitress (Michelle Pfeiffer) and ex-pro wrestler (Nick Offerman), as she’s forced to make her way with a new baby, a mounting pile of bills, and a dwindling amount of ways to pay them.
Palm Royale
Palm Royale is a true underdog story that follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she endeavors to break into Palm Beach high society. As Maxine attempts to cross that impermeable line between the haves and the have-nots, Palm Royale asks the same question that still baffles us today: “How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice to get what someone else has?” Set during the powder keg year of 1969, Palm Royale is a testament to every outsider fighting for their chance to truly belong.
Murderbot
Based on Martha Wells’s bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
Foundation
Based on the award-winning novels by Isaac Asimov, Foundation chronicles a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Season One of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters tracks two siblings looking to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later, where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.
Season Two will pick up with the fate of Monarch — and the world — hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite our heroes (and villains) on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend, and foe — all with the threat of a titan event on the horizon.
Smoke
Inspired by true events, Smoke follows a troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator as they pursue the trails of two serial arsonists.
Mr. Scorsese
Mr. Scorsese is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Martin Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family, and creative collaborators including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks, and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris, and close childhood friends. From acclaimed director Rebecca Miller, Mr. Scorsese examines how his own colorful life experiences informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality. Starting with his New York University student films and continuing to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.
The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy
After confronting his fears and stepping outside his comfort zone in the first two seasons, Levy is inching closer to becoming an avid traveler. But before he can claim that title, he’s discovering what the “ultimate travel bucket list” is all about, and he gets a little help from a very special guest, the Prince of Wales. This season, Levy is also joined by a few famously familiar faces — including multiplatinum superstar and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael Bublé; Levy’s daughter, Schitt’s Creek and SurrealEstate star Sarah Levy; NOWZ, one of the newest K-pop boy bands; and Rahul Dravid, former Indian cricketer known as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. This season takes him to Austria, Canada, England, India, Ireland, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States, each stop bringing a new opportunity to broaden his perspective — and test his resolve. Additional guests and local guides this season include Eric Nam, a Korean American singer, songwriter, and actor in South Korea, and Jofra Archer, a fast bowler who plays for the England cricket team, among many others who join Levy at different stops on his journey.
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age is a sweeping new installment of the award-winning natural history series from executive producers Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Planet Earth), and narrated by Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Tom Hiddleston (Earthsounds), with an original score by Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman, and Kara Talve from Bleeding Fingers Music. The five-part docuseries invites viewers into a dramatic new era of prehistoric life, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs — an era shaped by ice, the intense fight to survive, and the rise of a new cast of giants: the iconic megafauna.
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