Emmy Awards: How to watch, who is nominated and why Heated Rivalry is missing — SkimNews
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- The 78th Emmy Awards air Monday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles (17:00 PT / 20:00 ET), with The Pitt defending best drama after eight acting nominations and Hacks' Jean Smart chasing a record-tying eighth career Emmy.
- Heated Rivalry was excluded from the nominations because it is a fully Canadian production without US financial or broadcast partnerships; the show will instead compete at the International Emmys in New York this November.
- The Academy merged best talk series and best scripted variety series into a single 'outstanding variety series' category and cut the number of trophies awarded on the main telecast from 26 to 19, saying the move is intended to leave more room for entertainment segments.
- Mariska Hargitay hosts the ceremony; the Law & Order: SVU star also won two Creative Arts Emmys this past weekend for her documentary My Mom Jayne, about her mother Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car crash when Hargitay was three.
- Matthew Rhys earned two lead-actor nominations — for Widow's Bay (comedy) and The Beast in Me (limited series) — joining a British contingent that includes Riz Ahmed, Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Carey Mulligan and Rufus Sewell, while the final seasons of Stranger Things and Euphoria drew mostly technical-category recognition.
Why it matters: The Television Academy cut on-air trophies from 26 to 19 and merged two variety categories to explicitly 'revitalize' the ceremony — a restructure that reshapes which winners get their broadcast moment. Heated Rivalry's exclusion spotlighted how Emmys eligibility hinges on US production financing, not audience reach.
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