Today, the Television Critics Association (TCA) announced that Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay garnered five nominations for the 2026 TCA Awards. No other show earned more nominations, though Heated Rivalry and Industry also received five.
Widow’s Bay got nominations for Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, Outstanding New Program, and both Kate O’Flynn and Matthew Rhys earned nominations for Individual Achievement in Comedy.
Other genre shows also fared well, with Pluribus receiving four nominations, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms receiving two, and Paradise also earning two slots. Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord and Invincible also earned recognition in the new category, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, and Alien: Earth received recognition in the Outstanding New Program category.
Read on for the full list of finalists by category; the TCA will announce the winners in early August. Congrats to all!
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
- All Her Fault — Peacock
- The Beast in Me — Netflix
- Beef — Netflix (2023 Winner)
- Death by Lightning — Netflix
- DTF St. Louis — HBO Max
- Half Man — HBO Max
- Lord of the Flies — Netflix
- Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette — FX
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
