The Television Critics Association unveiled its full list of nominations for the prestigious 2026 TCA Awards today and HBO Max‘s Heated Rivalry, HBO’s Industry, and Apple TV‘s Widow’s Bay lead the field with five nominations apiece. The TCA Awards are voted upon by a a group of more than 220 professional TV critics (including DECIDER team members Meghan O’Keefe, Nicole Gallucci, and Hope Sloop) and have a recent streak of nailing future Emmy winners months in advance. The Pitt, Shogun, Hacks, Baby Reindeer, and Adolescence are all recent examples of series that dominated at the TCA Awards and then went on to take home Emmys in the fall.
The TCA awards don’t distinguish between male or female performers, choosing to honor the best acting in drama and comedy on TV in a given year. This year, both of Heated Rivalry‘s breakout stars, Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, have received nominations in the hyper-competitive Individual Achievement in Drama Category. Last year’s winner Noah Wyle is also there, along with Pluribus‘s Rhea Seehorn, DTF St. Louis‘s David Harbour, Paradise‘s Sterling K. Brown, Wyle’s The Pitt co-star Katherine LaNasa, and Industry‘s Marisa Abela, Ken Leung, and Myha’la.
The Individual Achievement in Comedy category is equally stacked, with Hacks stars Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart (2021 and 2024 winner), Widow’s Bay‘s Matthew Rhys and Kate O’Flynn, Shrinking‘s Harrison Ford, Margo’s Got Money Problems‘s Elle Fanning, The Comeback‘s Lisa Kudrow, and The Chair Company‘s Tim Robinson.
In addition to celebrating shows by genre, the TCA Awards also honor the best Program of the Year as well as Outstanding New Program. Two new categories were launched this year: Outstanding Achievement in Animation and Outstanding International Series. TCA Award winners will be announced later this summer.
Here’s a full list of this year’s TCA Award nominees:
Program of the Year
- The Comeback — HBO Max
- Hacks — HBO Max
- Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
- Industry — HBO Max
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS
- The Pitt — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
- Pluribus — Apple TV
- Shrinking — Apple TV
- Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement in 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 in Drama
- The Gilded Age — HBO Max
- Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
- Industry — HBO Max
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO Max
- Paradise — Hulu
- The Pitt — HBO Max (2025 Winner)
- Pluribus — Apple TV
- Task — HBO Max
Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries or Specials
Outstanding New Program
- Alien: Earth — FX
- The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — NBC
- Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO Max
- The Lowdown — FX
- Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV
- Pluribus — Apple TV
- Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Individual Achievement in 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 in 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 in News and Information
- 60 Minutes — CBS (2012 Winner)
- The American Revolution — PBS
- CBS This Morning — CBS
- Disneyland Handcrafted — Disney+
- Frontline — PBS (Eight-time Winner in Category)
- Have I Got News For You — CNN
- Marty, Life Is Short — Netflix
- Mr. Scorsese — Apple TV
Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch
- The Daily Show — Comedy Central
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — ABC
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — HBO Max (2018, 2019, 2021 Winner)
- Late Night with Seth Meyers — NBC
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS
- The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter — Disney+
- Saturday Night Live — NBC
Outstanding Achievement in Reality
- Couples Therapy — Showtime/Paramount+ (2021 Winner)
- Finding Mr. Christmas — Hallmark
- The Great British Baking Show — Netflix
- Love on the Spectrum — Netflix
- RuPaul’s Drag Race — MTV (2014 Winner)
- Survivor — CBS
- Top Chef — Bravo
- The Traitors — Peacock (2024, 2025 Winner)
Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming
- Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation — Disney+
- Electric Bloom — Disney+/Disney Channel
- Percy Jackson and the 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 in Children’s Programming
- Carl the 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 the First: Royal Magic — Disney+/Disney Jr.
- Weather Hunters — PBS KIDS
- The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball — Hulu
Outstanding Achievement in Animation – New Category
- Bob’s Burgers — Fox
- Haunted Hotel — Netflix
- Invincible — Prime Video
- King of the 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 the Spirits — Prime Video
- Last Samurai Standing — Netflix
- Squid Game — Netflix