Plus: Live Updates From Tonight’s Ceremony

September 14, 2026


It’s a wonderful night for Emmys! The 78th annual awards, honoring the best in TV (or, let’s be real, the stuff you mostly watch on your laptop), kick off tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. But long before host Mariska Hargitay takes the stage, your pals at VF will be covering every minute of the lead-up to the awards. In fact, our Emmys live blog is underway…right now! Please follow along for predictions, fashion commentary, awards analysis, and examination of the most important question of our time: Who can we blame for this promotional art? Chung chung.


Elsewhere, check out Gary Oldman’s thoughts on the new season of Slow Horses; see how Apple TV became an Emmy darling; and revisit a few of our interviews with some of the leads of this season’s Emmy-nominated shows. More tomorrow!

HILLARY BUSIS
FEATURES EDITOR

Live From the 2026 Emmys

 

By Vanity Fair

 

The Emmys promises to crown at least a few first-time winners: Comedy front-runner Widow’s Bay only premiered in April, and front-runner for lead actress in a drama Rhea Seehorn has been nominated three times before, but tonight might be her night.


We promise to provide the buzziest live coverage of television’s biggest night as long as you promise to follow along with our Emmys live blog. They call TV the small screen—but tonight, we’re going big. Read more

EMMYS 2026

 

Gary Oldman Reveals the Secret to Slow Horses: “Spies Love This Show”

 

By Natasha O'Neill

 

As the Apple TV hit debuts season six, Oldman opens up about how real-life espionage agents have fallen for his ragtag gang of misfits: “One of the things that makes me smile is knowing that the head of MI5 is a fan.” Read more

EMMYS 2026

 

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on the Highs and Lows of Wonder Man

 

By Rebecca Ford

 

The Emmy nominee discusses what it was like to learn of the hit Marvel show’s cancellation, his new passion for painting, and feeding his ego with his Tony-nominated Broadway performance. Read more

EMMYS 2026

 

Can Riz Ahmed Stretch the Culture and Win an Emmy at the Same Time?

 

By Chris Murphy

 

The actor chats with Vanity Fair about his Emmy-nominated series Bait, whether he’s scuttled his chances of being cast as the next James Bond, and how he learned to own his name. Read more

EMMYS 2026

Carrie Coon and Morgan Spector Draw On Their Own Marriages for The Gilded Age

 

By Chris Murphy

 

Mr. and Mrs. Russell go deep on shooting season four of the period drama, what they’re still learning about the 19th century, and the eerie ways their hit show resonates with the present day. Read more

How Apple TV Overcame a Bumpy Start and Became an Emmy Darling

 

By Rebecca Ford

 

Apple TV took a big bite out of the Emmy nominations this year, earning 89 in total, which put the streamer behind only HBO Max and Netflix. It’s an impressive turn of events for Apple TV, which had mixed results when it launched in 2019. Now, the streamer has become a major player in the prestige TV wars.


Apple TV shifted its strategy over the years to cultivate a crop of prestige TV shows that are both audience hits and Emmy darlings, including Shrinking, Pluribus, Slow Horses, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and Widow’s Bay. Rebecca Ford tells us how the streamer pulled off this feat—and what challenges may still lie ahead for it. Read more

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