The 2026 Emmys season already looked a little different with the show set to take place on a Monday (Sept. 14), instead of the awards ‘ more frequent Sunday night timeslot, but the calendar got another tweak on Friday as the TV Academy announced the 2026 Emmy nomination dates.

While the majority of this year’s nominees will be revealed on Wednesday, July 8, nominations in 13 craft categories that rely on peer-group screening panels won’t be revealed until the next week, on Wednesday, July 15.

While the process of determining nominees in those categories is not new (the peer group votes on all submissions and then the top 10-15 vote getters are sent to the peer group screening panel to vote on the final nominees), the separate nominations announcement date is.

The 2026 Emmys seas

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