The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on September 14, 2026, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, honoring the best in American prime time television from June 2025 to May 2026, and will air live on NBC and Peacock. Mariska Hargitay will host the ceremony, making her the first non-comedian host since 1993 and the first woman to host since 2011, with the event moved to a Monday to avoid conflicts with Sunday Night Football. Nominations were announced on July 8, 2026, and Michael J. Fox will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for his transformative contributions to Parkinson's disease research and advocacy. The Television Academy introduced a new Legacy Award for programs with profound cultural impact and merged scripted variety and talk series into a single Outstanding Variety Series category. To make room for more entertainment segments, five categories—including supporting acting and directing for limited series—were moved to the Creative Arts Emmy Awards held on September 5 and 6.