Television’s biggest night returns with the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, celebrating the best in television from standout stories, performances and creators of the year.
Mariska Hargitay, the longtime Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star and a three-time Emmy winner, is hosting the show. She is the first woman to host the Emmys in 15 years, following Jane Lynch in 2011.
She opened to show with a musical tribute to television viewing, I Love TV Screens, sung to the tune of I Love Rock ’n’ Roll. A recorded start featured NBA champion Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks and actor Jennifer Coolidge. It continued inside the theatre with a group of dancers with TVs for heads.
“NBC is celebrating its 100th year, and I have been on Law & Order: SVU for all of them,” Hargitay said, who has starred in the show for 27 seasons.
Ahead of the ceremony, The Pitt leads all nominees with 25 nods, while Hacks leads all comedies with 24 for its final season.
The emergency room series The Pitt won big last year, including wins for best drama series, best actor for Noah Wyle and best supporting actress for Katherine LaNasa.
Wyle was nominated again, as was LaNasa. Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif and Sepideh Moafi also got nominations, with The Pitt taking four of the seven supporting actress spots.
Three of their castmates were also nominated for best supporting actor including Patrick Ball, Shawn Hatosy and Gerran Howell.
Pluribus, from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, got 18 nods, while Apple TV horror comedy Widow’s Bay received 19.
Netflix’s Beef was top in the limited or anthology series categories with 16 nominations.
Hacks star Jean Smart won lead actress in a comedy for the fifth time, making her the first female performer to take home an Emmy for every season of a show.
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“Just the men stay standing. The girls get to sit down,” Smart joked as she accepted the award. “I’m serious. Every time this happens, I think of the girls who are going: ‘I just got comfortable. Why she did have to —?’ You got your Spanx and your corset and your tape and your shoes that are cutting your toes off, going, ‘Oh my god. She’s not that good. You just stood up ’cause she’s old.”
Smart went on to dedicate her win to Hacks creators Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky and Paul W. Downs.
“It all begins and ends with them,” she added. “I love you guys so much. What a ride this has been.”
Find a list of the nominees and winners in the major categories, bolded below.
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Outstanding Drama Series
The Diplomat
The Gilded Age
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Paradise
The Pitt
Pluribus
Slow Horses
Your Friends & Neighbors
Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Hacks
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Nobody Wants This
Only Murders in the Building
Shrinking
Widow’s Bay
Lead Actor, Drama
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
Mark Ruffalo, Task
**WINNER: Noah Wyle, The Pitt
Rufus Sewell, The Diplomat
Lead Actress, Drama
Carrie Coon, The Gilded Age
Chase Infiniti, The Testaments
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
**WINNER: Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus
Zendaya, Euphoria
Lead Actor, Comedy
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Wonder Man
Steve Carell, Rooster
Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay
Jason Segel, Shrinking
Martin Short, Only Murders In The Building
Lead Actress, Comedy
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
**WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks
Supporting Actor, Drama
Patrick Ball, The Pitt
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Shawn Hatosy, The Pitt
Gerran Howell, The Pitt
Jack Lowden, Slow Horses
Tom Pelphrey, Task
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, Pluribus
Supporting Actress, Drama
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Fiona Dourif, The Pitt
**WINNER: Allison Janney, The Diplomat
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt
Sepideh Moafi, The Pitt
Julianne Nicholson, Paradise
Karolina Wydra, Pluribus
Supporting Actor, Comedy
Colman Domingo, The Four Seasons
Paul W. Downs, Hacks
Harrison Ford, Shrinking
Nick Offerman, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
**WINNER: Stephen Root, Widow’s Bay
Michael Urie, Shrinking
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary
Supporting Actress, Comedy
Dale Dickey, Widow’s Bay
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
**WINNER: Kate O’Flynn, Widow’s Bay
Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Megan Stalter, Hacks
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
Guest Actor, Drama
Colman Domingo, Euphoria
**WINNER: Ernest Harden, Jr., The Pitt
Jeff Hiller, Pluribus
Jeff Kober, The Pitt
Jonathan Pryce, Slow Horses
Bradley Whitford, The Diplomat
Guest Actress, Drama
Brittany Allen, The Pitt
Tal Anderson, The Pitt
Tina Ivlev, The Pitt
Miriam Shor, Pluribus
Merritt Wever, The Gilded Age
**WINNER: Shailene Woodley, Paradise
Guest Actor, Comedy
Michael J. Fox, Shrinking
Brett Goldstein, Shrinking
Hamish Linklater, Widow’s Bay
Christopher McDonald, Hacks
**WINNER: Rob Reiner, The Bear
Connor Storrie, Saturday Night Live
Guest Actress, Comedy
Leslie Bibb, Hacks
Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear
**WINNER: Betty Gilpin, Widow’s Bay
Cherry Jones, Hacks
Laurie Metcalf, Hacks
Kaitlin Olson, Hacks
Lauren Weedman, Hacks
Outstanding Reality Competition Series
Dancing with the Stars
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
Top Chef
**WINNER: The Traitors
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
All Her Fault
The Beast In Me
Beef
DTF St. Louis
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
Outstanding Television Movie
Head of State
Miss You, Love You
People We Meet on Vacation
**WINNER: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War
Lead Actor, Limited Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed, Bait
Jason Bateman, Black Rabbit
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Oscar Isaac, Beef
**WINNER: Matthew Rhys, The Beast In Me
Lead Actress, Limited Series or Movie
Claire Danes, The Beast In Me
Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures
Carey Mulligan, Beef
Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault
Supporting Actor, Limited Series or Movie
Jason Bateman, DTF St. Louis
Richard Gadd, Half Man
**WINNER: David Harbour, DTF St. Louis
Richard Jenkins, DTF St. Louis
Charles Melton, Beef
Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning
Supporting Actress, Limited Series or Movie
**WINNER: Linda Cardellini, DTF St. Louis
Dakota Fanning, All Her Fault
Joy Sunday, DTF St. Louis
Youn Yuh-jung, Beef
Constance Zimmer, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette
Christine Tremarco, Adolescence
Best Animated Program
Bob’s Burgers
Rick and Morty
The Simpsons
Smiling Friends
South Park
Star Wars Visions
Outstanding Variety Program
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
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— with files from The Associated Press