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TODAY reveals live the nominees for two major Emmy categories ahead of the Sept. 14 ceremony, which will be hosted by Mariska Hargitay and air on NBC with a Peacock stream; the full nominations will be announced July 8, and the article lists contenders across reality competition, variety series, and acting/directing/writing categories for drama, comedy and limited series.
The 78th Emmy Awards nominations were announced, with major nods for HBO’s The Pitt and Hacks, and new recognition for Apple TV+ debuts Pluribus, Widow’s Bay and Margo’s Got Money Troubles. Zendaya earns another lead-actress nomination for Euphoria, while Matthew Rhys is nominated for both Widow’s Bay and The Beast in Me. The ceremony is set for Sept. 14 in LA, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, with Creative Arts Emmys on Sept. 5–6.
The 2026 Emmy nominations for best reality-competition and best variety-series were announced on NBC's Today show, naming Dancing With the Stars, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Survivor, Top Chef, and The Traitors in reality and The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Saturday Night Live in variety; Mariska Hargitay will host the ceremony on Sept. 14 on NBC/Peacock, with the remainder of nominees to be revealed later today.
The 78th Emmy nominations for 2026 were announced with Mariska Hargitay set to host NBC/Peacock’s live ceremony from L.A. This year brings major rule changes, including merging talk and scripted variety into a single “outstanding variety series” category that will operate as an area award requiring about 90% voter approval, a rename of the TV movie category to “outstanding movie,” AI guidelines, and expanded eligibility in several craft categories. A total of 555 programs were submitted across 14 categories. Nominees highlighted in the piece include reality-competition contenders Dancing With the Stars, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Survivor, Top Chef and The Traitors, and Outstanding Variety Series nominees The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, and Saturday Night Live.
All 2026 Emmy nominations will be announced on July 8 in a single reveal, after the TV Academy scrapped the two-batch plan to better fit promotional campaigns; nomination voting ends June 22, final voting runs Aug 17–26, and the ceremony will air Sept. 14 on NBC/Peacock, with Creative Arts Emmys around Sept. 5–6; nine new categories have been added, mainly in cinematography, music composition, and sound editing.
The Tony Awards 2026 Playbill digital edition goes live ahead of June 7’s 79th Tony Awards at Radio City; The Lost Boys and Schmigadoon! lead nominations with 12 each, Death of a Salesman tops play nominations with nine; Act One will be hosted by Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess at 6:35 ET on Pluto TV, while Pink hosts the main ceremony at 8 PM ET on CBS and Paramount+; fans can pre-order the digital Playbill or buy a hard copy.
With midterms looming, a growing bloc of Republicans in Congress is pushing back on President Trump, opposing his Iran stance, the $1 billion anti-weaponization fund, and certain domestic-spying measures even as the House passes Ukraine aid and Russia sanctions; the party’s resistance could complicate upcoming nominations, including Todd Blanche for attorney general and Bill Pulte as acting DNI, amid cautious signals from Senate leadership about actual revolt.
President Trump responds to rare GOP resistance with anger and defiance, signaling he’ll push ahead with controversial nominees (including Todd Blanche for attorney general) and insisting that his payout fund isn’t dead, highlighting a tense intra-party conflict in Washington.
Gov. Spencer Cox named Jay Jorgensen (LDS Church attorney) and Stephen Dent (Assistant U.S. Attorney) to fill two newly created Utah Supreme Court seats, with Senate confirmation hearings slated amid a sweeping, controversial overhaul of the high court that critics call court-packing; both nominees describe themselves as originalists/textualists and will replace retirees as lawmakers reshape Utah’s judiciary.
The White House sent to the Senate a broad slate of nominations for ambassadorial posts (to El Salvador, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Moldova, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Trinidad and Tobago, Paraguay, Kenya, Serbia, Montenegro, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Lithuania, and others) as well as senior State Department and Health and Human Services positions (including an Inspector General and several Assistant Secretaries). A withdrawal was also submitted for Paul Ferguson as U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Deadline’s Greg Evans maps a lean Tony season: four-musical nominations are expected from The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon!, Titanique and Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York); Best Musical Revival contenders are Ragtime, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, and The Rocky Horror Show with Ragtime favored to win; Best Play nominees likely include The Balusters, Giant, Liberation and Little Bear Ridge Road with a fifth slot still uncertain (Giant vs. Liberation are strong contenders); Best Play Revival predictions list Becky Shaw, Death of a Salesman, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Oedipus and Marjorie Prime; plus a crowded field across acting categories. The Tony Awards are set for June 7 at Radio City Music Hall in NYC, hosted by Pink.
Taylor Swift leads the 2026 AMA nominations with eight, ahead of Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Sombr and Morgan Wallen who each have seven; the list spans multiple genres and includes several first-time nominees. The ceremony airs May 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on CBS with Queen Latifah hosting, and winners are decided by fan voting online. This year adds 11 new categories, including Breakout Tour, Breakthrough Artist and Song of the Summer.
Conan O’Brien will host the 98th Academy Awards as red-carpet coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. ET; the night centers on Sinners’ record 16 nominations, followed by Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with 13 and Sentimental Value with nine, with the ceremony kicking off at 7 p.m. ET and a spotlight on potential historic wins across directing, cinematography and acting.
Sen. Thom Tillis, retiring and frustrated with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, warned during her Senate Judiciary Committee testimony that he would use procedural holds to block nominations and even deny quorum to push for answers about a Charlotte immigration crackdown, a rare intra-party escalation that could disrupt Senate operations.
Kendrick Lamar leads the 2026 Grammys with nine nominations, followed by Lady Gaga, producers, and a slate of top contenders like Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter. The ceremony returns to Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena, airing on CBS/Paramount+ with Trevor Noah hosting for the sixth and final time, as the article outlines nominees across major categories (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year) and a broad range of genres from pop to rap, Latin to classical, signaling historic firsts and lasts for music’s biggest night.