Emmy Voting Begins With 555 Series Entering Program Categories, Down 7.5% From Last Year

By Clayton Davis

Clayton Davis

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Emmy voting has begun.

After weeks of For Your Consideration events and nonstop campaigning from studios, voting for the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations is officially underway. Members of the Television Academy — nearly 24,000 industry professionals divided among 31 peer groups, including directors, producers and artisans — now hold ballots in hand.

Each member votes within their professional field, but all eligible voters may cast ballots in the 14 top program races: outstanding comedy, drama, limited or anthology series, television movie, variety series, variety special (live), variety special (pre-recorded), short form (comedy/drama/variety), short form (nonfiction/reality), hosted nonfiction series, structured reality, unstructured reality, reality competition and game show. According to Academy rules, the number of nominees in each category is determined by the volume of submissions. However, the drama and comedy series categories are guaranteed to have eight nominees each, regardless of the total number of entries.

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