The 2026 Emmy Awards had everything: host Mariska Hargitay frequently breaking into song; Nick Offerman waxing poetic about “erotic house painting”; John Mulaney reading an excerpt from A Guy’s Guide to Being a Man’s Man; cameos from Jalen Brunson and Taylor Swift; plus moving tributes to the likes of Dolly Parton, Catherine O’Hara, Rob Reiner, and James Burrows.
Off-camera, the ceremony also featured all manner of charming meet-ups between celebrity friends, co-stars, and plain-old mutual admirers: Nicole Kidman posing with Michelle Pfeiffer and the Fanning sisters; Sally Field embracing Noah Wyle and Colman Domingo; Odessa A’zion cozying up with Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter…the list goes merrily on and on.
See some of our favourite moments from behind the scenes at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards right here.
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