Late-Night Emmy Categories Merge Results in Five Nomination Slots for 2026 Awards
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Peter White
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Summary
The TV Academy merged the two major late-night Emmy categories (Outstanding Talk Series and Outstanding Scripted Variety Series) into a single Outstanding Variety Series category for the 2026 awards. With 18 submissions in the merged category, only five shows will be nominated, which is consistent with last year's 19 submissions across the two separate categories.
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· 2 pulledDeadline understands that the Outstanding Variety Series category, which merges the previous Outstanding Talk Series and Outstanding Scripted Variety Series categories, has 18 submissions, meaning that there will be five nominated shows across the two areas.
This is largely in line with last year when the two categories featured 19 submissions across the two sections.
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