Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the 48 episodes entered as 2026 Emmy Award submission for the eight Best Drama Series nominees. Each program submits six episodes from this past season. Television Academy voters are asked to watch each of the episodes entered for that category before marking their ballots.
The complete list of submissions for this category is below:
The Diplomat (Netflix)
“Emperor Dead,” “Last Dance at the Country Club,” “The Riderless Horse,” “Birdwatchers,” “Amagansett,” “Schrodinger’s Wife”
The Gilded Age (HBO Max)
“Who Is in Charge Here?,” “Marriage Is a Gamble,” “A Different World,” “If You Want to Cook an Omelette,” “Ex-Communicated,” “My Mind Is Made Up”
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO Max)
“The Hedge Knight,” “Hard Salt Beef,” “The Squire,” “Seven,” “In the Name of the Mother,” “The Morrow”
Paradise (Hulu)
“Graceland,” “Another Day in Paradise,” “A Holy Charge,” “Jane,” “The Final Countdown,” “Exodus”
The Pitt (HBO Max)
“12:00 P.M.,” “1:00 P.M.,” “2:00 P.M.,” “5:00 P.M.,” “6:00 P.M.,” “9:00 P.M.”
Pluribus (Apple TV)
“We Is Us,” “Pirate Lady,” “Grenade,” “Please, Carol,” “Charm Offensive,” “La Chica o El Mundo”
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
“Bad Dates,” “Incommunicado,” “Tall Tales,” “Missiles,” “Circus,” “Scars”
Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV)
“We’re Here Until We’re Not,” “We Were Never Supposed to Get This Old,” “The Bread of Affliction,” “For Everything Else, There Was Bowling,” “Out East,” “Propaganda from the Cowardly”
The winner for Best Drama Series will be announced at the 78th Primetime Emmys on Sept. 14.
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