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Gay crystal lucky romance bid Heated Rivalry, firm drama Industry and scary comedy Widow’s Bay lead nan 42nd Annual TCA Awards nominations pinch 5 each, nan Television Critics Association announced Friday.
They’re followed by Hacks, The Pitt and Pluribus pinch 4 each and The Comeback, Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Shrinking pinch 3 each.
The 2026 TCA Awards grant standout bid and stars from nan 2025-2026 tv season. Winners will beryllium announced later this summertime crossed TCA’s societal media.
TCA besides announced it is expanding its categories to 14 pinch nan additions of Outstanding Achievement successful Animation—recognizing nan champion successful caller aliases returning animated series—and Outstanding Achievement successful International Series, recognizing nan champion wide bid produced by a state extracurricular nan United States wherever nan predominant connection spoken connected surface is not English.
The Simpsons, South Park, and Invincible are among nan nominees for nan Outstanding Achievement successful Animation award, and Outstanding International Series nominees include Squid Game, The Boyfriend and The House of nan Spirits.
In late-night, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers will look of successful nan Outstanding Achievement successful Variety, Talk, aliases Sketch category.
Below is nan database of 2026 Television Critics Association nominees.
Program of nan Year
“The Comeback” — HBO Max
“Hacks” — HBO Max
“Heated Rivalry” — Crave/HBO Max
“Industry” — HBO Max
“The Late Show pinch Stephen Colbert” — CBS
“The Pitt” — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
“Pluribus” — Apple TV
“Shrinking” — Apple TV
“Widow’s Bay” — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement successful Comedy
“Abbott Elementary” — ABC (2022 Winner)
“The Comeback” — HBO Max
“The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” — NBC
“Hacks” — HBO Max (2024 Winner)
“The Lowdown” — FX
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” — Apple TV
“Shrinking” — Apple TV
“Widow’s Bay” — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement successful Drama
“The Gilded Age” — HBO Max
“Heated Rivalry” — Crave/HBO Max
“Industry” — HBO Max
“A Knight of nan Seven Kingdoms” — HBO Max
“Paradise” — Hulu
“The Pitt” — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
“Pluribus” — Apple TV
“Task” — HBO Max
Outstanding Achievement successful Movies, Miniseries aliases Specials
“All Her Fault” — Peacock
“The Beast successful Me” — Netflix
“Beef” — Netflix (2023 Winner)
“Death by Lightning”— Netflix
“DTF St. Louis” — HBO Max
“Half Man” — HBO Max
“Lord of nan Flies”— Netflix
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” — FX
Outstanding New Program
“Alien: Earth” — FX
“The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” — NBC
“Heated Rivalry” — Crave/HBO Max
“A Knight of nan Seven Kingdoms” — HBO Max
“The Lowdown” — FX
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” — Apple TV
“Pluribus” — Apple TV
“Widow’s Bay” — Apple TV
Individual Achievement successful Drama
Marisa Abela, “Industry” — HBO Max
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise” — Hulu
David Harbour, “DTF St. Louis” — HBO Max
Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt” — HBO Max
Ken Leung, “Industry” — HBO Max
Myha’la, “Industry” — HBO Max
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus” — Apple TV
Connor Storrie, “Heated Rivalry” — Crave/HBO Max
Hudson Williams, “Heated Rivalry” — Crave/HBO Max
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
Individual Achievement successful Comedy
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks” — HBO Max
Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” — Apple TV
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking” — Apple TV
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback” — HBO Max
Kate O’Flynn, “Widow’s Bay” — Apple TV
Matthew Rhys, “Widow’s Bay” — Apple TV
Jean Smart, “Hacks” — HBO Max (2021, 2024 Winner)
Tim Robinson, “The Chair Company” — HBO Max
Outstanding Achievement successful News and Information
“60 Minutes” — CBS (2012 Winner)
“The American Revolution” — PBS
“CBS This Morning” — CBS
“Disneyland Handcrafted” — Disney+
“Frontline” — PBS (Eight-time Winner successful Category)
“Have I Got News For You” — CNN
“Marty, Life Is Short” — Netflix
“Mr. Scorsese” — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement successful Variety, Talk aliases Sketch
“The Daily Show” — Comedy Central
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — ABC
“Last Week Tonight pinch John Oliver” — HBO Max (2018, 2019, 2021 Winner)
“Late Night pinch Seth Meyers” — NBC
The Late Show pinch Stephen Colbert” — CBS
“The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter” — Disney+
“Saturday Night Live” — NBC
Outstanding Achievement successful Reality
“Couples Therapy” — Showtime/Paramount+ (2021 Winner)
“Finding Mr. Christmas” — Hallmark
“The Great British Baking Show” — Netflix
“Love connected nan Spectrum” — Netflix
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — MTV (2014 Winner)
“Survivor” — CBS
“Top Chef” — Bravo
“The Traitors” — Peacock (2024, 2025 Winner)
Outstanding Achievement successful Family Programming
“Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation” — Disney+
“Electric Bloom” — Disney+/Disney Channel
“Percy Jackson and nan Olympians” — Disney+/Hulu
“Phineas and Ferb” — Disney+/Disney Channel
“Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85” — Netflix
“Vampirina: Teenage Vampire” — Disney+/Disney Channel
“Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” — Disney+/Disney Channel
“WondLa” — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement successful Children’s Programming
“Carl nan Collector” — PBS KIDS
“The First Snow of Fraggle Rock” — Apple TV
“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+” — Disney+/Disney Jr.
“Phoebe & Jay” — PBS KIDS
“Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical” — Apple TV
“Sofia nan First: Royal Magic” — Disney+/Disney Jr.
“Weather Hunters” — PBS KIDS
“The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball” — Hulu
Outstanding Achievement successful Animation – New Category
“Bob’s Burgers” — Fox
“Haunted Hotel” — Netflix
“Invincible” — Prime Video
“King of nan Hill” — Hulu
“Long Story Short” — Netflix
“The Simpsons” — Fox
“South Park” — Comedy Central
“Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord” — Disney+
“Women Wearing Shoulder Pads” — Adult Swim
Outstanding International Series – New Category
“The Boyfriend” — Netflix
“Crime Scene Zero” — Netflix
“Drops of God” — Apple TV
“The House of nan Spirits” — Prime Video
“Last Samurai Standing” — Netflix
“Squid Game” — Netflix
