Taylor Swift received a Primetime Emmy nomination on Wednesday (July 8) for Taylor Swift/The Eras Tour/The Final Show, kicking off what is likely to be a busy awards year for the newlywed.
Swift is widely expected to be headed for an Oscar nomination for best original song early next year for “I Knew It, I Knew You” from Toy Story 5. She’s also likely to scoop up multiple Grammy nominations for The Life of a Showgirl, its hit singles and the Toy Story 5 song. But before all that, she was Emmy-nominated as both performer and producer in the category of outstanding variety special (pre-recorded), one of five nominations the Disney+ special received.
The program is competing in that category with Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable (Netflix), The Muppet Show (also on Disney+), Nikki Glaser: Good Girl (Hulu) and Wicked: One Wonderful Night (NBC).
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny received nine Primetime Emmy nominations, more than any previous halftime show. The previous record holder was Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga, which received six nods in 2017. Bad Bunny is nominated as both the lead performer and a producer.
Zendaya, who has won two Primetime Emmys for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her role as Rue in Euphoria, was nominated in that category again this year.
Selena Gomez was passed over for a nod for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for her role as Mabel Mora in Only Murders in the Building, but she was nominated as an executive producer of the show, which is vying for outstanding comedy series for the sixth year in a row. Of her costars, Martin Short was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a comedy series, but Steve Martin was not. Gomez was nominated in the acting category once, in 2024.
Connor Storrie was one of 28 performers who received their first Primetime Emmy nods. He wasn’t nominated for his breakout role in Heated Rivalry, which, as a Canadian production, wasn’t eligible, but for a guest shot on Saturday Night Live.
The Pitt was this year’s leading nominee with 25 nods. Hacks was second with 24, setting a new record for most nominations in a single year for a comedy series. The previous record of 23 nods was jointly held by The Studio (2025) and The Bear (2024).
The nominees in two closely watched categories — outstanding variety series and outstanding reality competition program – were announced on NBC’s TODAY show.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, last year’s winner for outstanding variety series, was nominated again this year for its final season, along with Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and Saturday Night Live (which have each won eight top program Emmys), The Daily Show (which won in 2024) and Jimmy Kimmel Live! (which has yet to win in the category, despite 12 nominations).
The Traitors, which has won outstanding reality competition program the last two years, was nominated again this year, along with RuPaul’s Drag Race (which has won five times in the category), Top Chef (which has won once) and Dancing With the Stars and Survivor, which have yet to win in the category despite multiple nominations.
Final-round voting takes place Aug. 17-26 ahead of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Governors Gala Sept. 5-6. The Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Mariska Hargitay, will air Sept. 14 on NBC.
Here are lists of all programs with five or more Emmy nominations; all performers with two or more nominations; and all performers who are first-time Primetime Emmy nominees.
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Programs With 5 or More Nominations
The Pitt, 25
Hacks, 24
Widow’s Bay, 19
Pluribus, 18
Beef, 16
DTF St. Louis, 13
Saturday Night Live, 11
Spider-Noir, 11
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny, 9
The Best in Me, 9
Fallout, 9
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 9
The Late Show With Stphen Colbert, 9
The Oscars, 9
RuPaul’s Drag Race, 9
Shrinking, 9
Slow Horses, 9
The Bear, 8
The Gilded Age, 8
Margo’s Got Money Troubles, 8
Palm Royale, 8
Abbott Elementary, 7
All Her Fault, 7
Black Rabbit, 7
The Diplomat, 7
Euphoria, 7
Monster: The Ed Gein Story, 7
Paradise, 7
Stranger Things, 7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, 6
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, 6
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!, 6
The Muppet Show, 6
Ocean With David Attenborough, 6
Task, 6
The Traitors, 6
Wednesday, 6
Wicked: One Wonderful Night, 6
The Amazing Race, 5
The Boys, 5
Dancing With the Stars, 5
John Candy: I Like Me, 5
Love on the Spectrum, 5
Only Murders in the Building, 5
Survivor, 5
Taylor Swift/The Eras Tour/The Final Show, 5
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Performers With 2 or More Nominations
Jason Bateman, 4 (performance and directing for Black Rabbit; performance and producing for DTF St. Louis)
Quinta Brunson, 3 (performance, writing and producing for Abbott Elementary)
Paul W. Downs, 3 (performance, writing and producing for Hacks)
Matthew Rhys, 3 (performance and producing for Widow’s Bay and performance for The Beast in Me)
Jason Segel, 3 (performance and producing for Shrinking and producing for Shrinking – In It Together)
Martin Short, 3 (performance and producing for Only Murders in the Building and host for Match Game)
Noah Wyle, 3 (performance, directing and producing for The Pitt)
Sterling K. Brown, 2 (performance and producing for Paradise)
Claire Danes, 2 (performance and producing The Beast in Me)
Colman Domingo, 2 (performance for The Four Seasons and Euphoria)
Elle Fanning, 2 (performance and producing for Margo’s Got Money Troubles)
Dakota Fanning (performance for All Her Fault and producing for Margo’s Got Money Troubles)
David Harbour (performance and producing for DTF St. Louis)
Oscar Isaac (performance and producing for Beef)
Jimmy Kimmel (producing for Jimmy Kimmel Live! and host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire)
Lisa Kudrow (performance and writing for The Comeback)
Charles Melton (performance and producing Beef)
Laurie Metcalf (performance for Monster: The Ed Gein Story and Hacks)
Carey Mulligan (performance and producing Beef)
Nick Offerman (performance for Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Death by Lightning)
Michelle Pfeiffer (performance and producing for Margo’s Got Money Troubles)
Keri Russell (performance and producing The Diplomat)
Sarah Snook (performance and producing for All Her Fault)
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First-Time Performer Nominees
Brittany Allen (The Pitt)
Tal Anderson (The Pitt)
Patrick Ball (The Pitt)
Leslie Bibb (Hacks)
Taylor Dearden (The Pitt)
Dale Dickey (Widow’s Bay)
Fiona Dourif (The Pitt)
Ernest Harden Jr. (The Pitt)
Gerran Howell (The Pitt)
Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story)
Chase Infiniti (The Testaments)
Tina Ivlev (The Pitt)
Jeff Kober (The Pitt)
Hamish Linklater (Widow’s Bay)
Charles Melton (Beef)
Sepideh Moafi (The Pitt)
Carey Mulligan (Beef)
Kate O’Flynn (Widow’s Bay)
Sarah Pidgeon (Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette)
Miriam Shor (Pluribus)
Megan Stalter (Hacks)
Connor Storrie (Saturday Night Live)
Joy Sunday (DTF St. Louis)
Carlos-Manuel Vesga (Pluribus)
Matt Vogel (The Muppet Show)
Lauren Weedman (Hacks)
Karolina Wydra (Pluribus)
Youn Yuh-Jung (Beef)
