July 8, 2026, 2:30 PM ETNoah Wyle attends HBO's "The Pitt" Season 2 Emmy FYC Event.Getty Images—Phillip FaraoneHBO Max’s hospital series The Pitt led the Emmy Awards candidates with 25 nominations in the drama category, the Television Academy announced Wednesday. Hacks, an HBO Max satire about a Las Vegas comedienne, led the comedy category with 24 nominations. That was most ever for a program in that category in a single year. Apple TV’s horror-comedy Widow’s Bay finished third with 19 nominations in total, followed by the dystopian drama Pluribus, also on the service. The 78th annual Emmy Awards will air Sept. 14 on Comcast Corp.’s NBC and its Peacock streaming arm. It will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., which owns HBO Max, is in the process o