'Big Mistakes' and 'Death by Lightning.' Spencer Pazer/Netflix; Larry Horricks/Netflix The 2026 Gotham TV Awards are underway in New York.
Big Mistakes and Death by Lightning went into the night with the most nominations, four nods each.
A number of series landed three nominations apiece including I Love LA, Beef, DTF St. Louis, Alien: Earth and Pluribus.
I Love LA picked up the first award of the night, for breakthrough comedy series. The Chair Company‘s Tim Robinson won best lead performance in a comedy series, though he wasn’t on hand to accept the trophy. The third comedy prize, best supporting performance, went to Big Mistakes‘ Laurie Metcalf.
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Greg Kinnear presented the first of several previously announced tribute honors to Michelle Pfeiffer, “calling her ‘the definition of cool; the gold standard.’ Accepting the Legend Tribute, Pfeiffer channeled her Catwoman character and licked the trophy. In her speech, she thanked the companies behind two of her recent TV projects, Paramount+’s The Madison and Apple TV‘s Margo’s Got Money Troubles, for supporting both series and “making room for complex and complicated women at the center of them.”
Stranger Things executive producer Shawn Levy presented the Visionary Tribute to Matt and Ross Duffer.
Additional previously announced honors will be given to the cast of Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette (Ensemble Tribute), Kerry Washington (the Spotlight Tribute) and Claire Danes (the Performer Tribute).
A complete list of this year’s Gotham TV Awards nominees follows. Winners will be noted as they’re announced live. Refresh for the latest.
Breakthrough Comedy Series
Big Mistakes Dan Levy, Rachel Sennott, creators; Etan Frankel, Timothy Greenberg, Dean Holland, Dan Levy, Anne-Marie McGintee, Rachel Sennott, executive producers (Netflix) The Chair Company Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, creators; Andrew DeYoung, Zach Kanin, Adam McKay, Tim Robinson, Todd Schulman, Igor Srubshchik, executive producers (HBO Max) I Love LA (WINNER) Rachel Sennott, creator; Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers, Lorene Scafaria, Rachel Sennott, Max Silvestri, executive producers (HBO Max) Long Story Short Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator; Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, executive producers (Netflix) Too Much Lena Dunham, Luis Felber, creators; Tim Bevan, Michael P. Cohen, Lena Dunham, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Bruce Eric Kaplan, executive producers (Netflix)
Breakthrough Drama Series
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms George R.R. Martin, Ira Parker, creators; Sarah Bradshaw, Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, George R.R. Martin, Ira Parker, executive producers (HBO Max) Alien: Earth Noah Hawley, creator; Dana Gonzales, Noah Hawley, Joseph E. Iberti, Clayton Krueger, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, executive producers (FX/Hulu) Dept. Q Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, creators; Rob Bullock, Scott Frank, Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore, executive producers (Netflix) Pluribus Vince Gilligan, creator; Jeff Frost, Vince Gilligan, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, executive producers (Apple TV) Task Brad Ingelsby, creator; David Crockett, Brad Ingelsby, Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, Mark Ruffalo, Ron Schmidt, Salli Richardson Whitfield, Jeremiah Zagar, executive producers (HBO Max)
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Beef Lee Sung Jin, creator; Sam French, Oscar Isaac, Lee Sung Jin, Ethan Kuperberg, Charles Melton, Anna Ouyang Moench, Carey Mulligan, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich, Kitao Sakurai, Jake Schreier, Cailee Spaeny, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, executive producers (Netflix) Death by Lightning Mike Makowsky, creator; David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Mike Makowsky, Matt Ross, D.B. Weiss, executive producers (Netflix) DTF St. Louis Steven Conrad, creator; Molly Allen, Jason Bateman, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steven Conrad, Michael Costigan, David Harbour, James Lasdun, Michael Nelson, Jennifer Scher, Bruce Terris, Steve Tisch, K.C. Wenson, executive producers (HBO Max) Half Man Richard Gadd, creator; executive producers to be determined (HBO Max)
Lord of the Flies Jack Thorne, creator; Jamie Campbell, Amanda Duthie, Nawfal Faizullah, Marc Munden, Cailah Scobie, Jack Thorne, Joel Wilson, executive producers (Netflix)
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
High Horse: The Black Cowboy Kadine Anckle, Tom Casciato, Mari Keiko Gonzalez, Sacha Jenkins, Liz Yale Marsh, Keith McQuirter, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Keisha Senter, Jamal M. Watson, executive producers, Jason Perez, director (Peacock) Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (WINNER) Geeta Gandbhir, Spike Lee, Sam Pollard, executive producers (Netflix) Mr. Scorsese Damon Cardasis, Chris Donnelly, Rebecca Miller, Cindy Tolan, Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, executive producers (Apple TV) Sean Combs: The Reckoning Brad Bernstein, Ariel Brozell, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, David Karabinas, Stacy Scripter, Alexandria Stapleton, executive producers (Netflix) The Yogurt Shop Murders Nancy Abraham, Avi Belkin, Margaret Brown, Beth Garrabrant, Lisa Heller, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emily Osborne, Sara Rodriguez, Limor Gott Ronen, Mickey Stanley, Emma Stone, Nicole Stott, executive producers (HBO Max)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series
Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV) Dan Levy, Big Mistakes (Netflix) Taylor Ortega, Big Mistakes (Netflix) Tim Robinson, The Chair Company (HBO Max) (WINNER) Rachel Sennott, I Love LA (HBO Max)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series
Malin Akerman, The Hunting Wives (Netflix) Sydney Chandler, Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu) Peter Claffey, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Max) Chase Infiniti, The Testaments (Hulu) Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus (Apple TV)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series
Riz Ahmed, Bait (Amazon Prime Video) Jamie Bell, Half Man (HBO Max) Matthew Macfadyen, Death by Lightning (Netflix) Carey Mulligan, Beef (Netflix) Sarah Pidgeon, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette (FX/Hulu) Lili Reinhart, Hal & Harper (MUBI) Michael Shannon, Death by Lightning (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
Odessa A’zion, I Love LA (HBO Max) Erika Alexander, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC) Laurie Metcalf, Big Mistakes (Netflix) (WINNER) Michelle Pfeiffer, Margo’s Got Money Troubles (Apple TV) Daniel Radcliffe, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC) Haley Lu Richardson, Ponies (Peacock)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
Dexter Sol Ansell, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Max) Babou Ceesay, Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu) Zach Galifianakis, The Audacity (AMC) Tom Pelphrey, Task (HBO Max) Karolina Wydra, Pluribus (Apple TV)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series
Linda Cardellini, DTF St. Louis (HBO Max) David Harbour, DTF St. Louis (HBO Max) David McKenna, Lord of the Flies (Netflix) Nick Offerman, Death by Lightning (Netflix) Cailee Spaeny, Beef (Netflix)
Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming
Color Theories by Julio Torres Julio Torres, director; Matthew Vaughan, producer (HBO Max) People We Meet on Vacation Brett Haley, director; Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, producers (Netflix) Reflection in a Dead Diamond Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, directors; Pierre Foulon, producer (Shudder) Remarkably Bright Creatures Olivia Newman, director; Peter Craig, David Levine, Bryan Unkeless, producers (Netflix)
Skyking Patricia E. Gillespie, director; Christopher G. Cowan, Patricia E. Gillespie, producers (Hulu)
Outstanding Performance in an Original Film
Sally Field, Remarkably Bright Creatures (Netflix) Allison Janney, Miss You, Love You (HBO Max) Cassandra Naud, Influencers (Shudder) Yannick Renier, Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Shudder) Cory Michael Smith, Mountainhead (HBO Max) (WINNER)
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