Matthew Rhys in 'Widow’s Bay.' Apple TV Widow’s Bay has won the top comedy award at the 2026 Emmys, which also happened to be the final trophy of the evening. (The Emmy Awards rotate between ending on comedy and drama each year.) In doing so, the freshman show set a new record for most Emmys (14) won by a comedy series in a single season, topping fellow Apple TV program The Studio (13) from just last year.
The best comedy category this year also included ABC’s Abbott Elementary, the penultimate season FX/Hulu’s The Bear, the final season of HBO Max series Hacks, Apple TV’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Netflix’s Nobody Wants This, Hulu’s Only Murders In The Building and Apple TV’s Shrinking.
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Hacks set a single-season record this year for most nominations for a comedy series with 24; Widow’s Bay led all new shows with 19 nominations.
Last year, The Studio won the category (and a bunch of others). The Studio received 23 nominations in 2025, tying the prior record for a comedy series (the one Hacks surpassed this year). Seth Rogen’s comedy series defeated all of the same shows that are nominated this year, with one exception: the final season of What We Do in the Shadows in the spot was occupied by season one of Widow’s Bay.
Widow’s Bay hails from Kate Dippold.
In her second acceptance speech of the evening, Dippold first thanked her mom “for always making Halloween fun.” With that out of the way, she praised the “wonderful weirdos and artists” who worked on Widow’s Bay, as well as Apple TV who “let us do this weird show.” Finally, Dippold thanked “the evil entity” on the Widow’s Bay island “that trusted us with this story.”
Here is the complete list of Widow’s Bay Emmy wins: Best Comedy Series Best Actor in a Comedy Series — Matthew Rhys Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series — Kate O’Fkynn Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series — Stephen Root Best Directing for a Comedy Series — Hiro Murai Best Writing for a Comedy Series — Kate Dippold Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series Best Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) Guest Actress in a Comedy Series — Betty Gilpin Best Score — David Fleming Music Supervision — Toko Nagata Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour) Sound Editing for a Series (Half-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Series (Half-Hour)
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