2026 Emmys Live: TVLine's Live Reactions To TV's Biggest Night — Watch With Us!

Thanks for watching (and lovingly poking fun at) this year's Emmys with us, TVLine readers! We had a blast.

Now that the ceremony is over, check out all of our post-show coverage, including the full list of winners and Dave Nemetz's review of the broadcast. Until next year!

Speaking of Woody Harrelson, we got a kick out of the actor inexplicably lingering on stage after "Widow's Bay" had won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, as if he were part of the ensemble collecting the trophy. Hey, if this is his audition to play a creepy kook in Season 2, we're here for it.

...is not really making us want to watch Apple TV's Brothers. We have to assume that wasn't the desired outcome, but Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey will be just fine. (That said, Mariska Hargitay introducing Harrelson and McConaughey as her "favorite flavors of vape" was pretty great.)

Maybe these docs and nurses could wear fancy gala attire for just one hour of Season 3's shift?

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Charlie's Angels," series stars Cheryl Ladd, Jaclyn Smith, and Kate Jackson reunited on stage, where they paid a special tribute to their late friend and fellow angel, Farrah Fawcett.

"Farrah was the shiniest angel of all, and she was loved by millions of people all over the world," Jackson said. "She still is."

Added Ladd, "Her iconic poster lives in the minds and garages of many a man."

(Their abrupt pivot to presenting the award for Outstanding Drama Series gave us whiplash, but it was still a beautiful tribute.)

Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan did a lovely job with this year's In Memoriam segment, which featured a beautifully understated "Bridge Over Troubled Water" performance. (Even more impressive? Kahan's got a tour date all the way in Vermont tomorrow. Rest up, buddy!)

"She may have forgotten me (twice!), but we will always remember her." — Macaulay Culkin in his tribute to the late, great Catherine O'Hara, with whom he starred in the "Home Alone" movies

Not that we're not living for that Taylor Swift "SVU" bit, but we've gotta ask: No Christopher Meloni? Really?

Does the pacing of this year's ceremony feel a little weird to anyone else? There are only a couple more awards to go... and we've got 48 minutes on the clock.

Reba McEntire singing Dolly Parton's "Appalachian Memories" in tribute to the late, great country star was more than we were prepared to experience tonight. 

We know what we're doing after the Emmys tonight — streaming Parton's 2005 episode of "Reba," one of the Queen of Country's more underrated small screen achievements.

Not only is Mariska Hargitay getting costume changes backstage, but she's getting hair length changes, too! (All three of the hairstyles above? From the same broadcast!)

This year's Bob Hope Humanitarian Award recipient, the legendary Michael J. Fox, gave an appropriately moving speech for the big moment. Referring to his Parkinson's diagnosis, he recalled, "Life handed me a role I wasn't looking for." He initially kept his diagnosis a secret, worrying that it would change his relationship to the audience. But the TV icon remains ever positive: "Accepting Parkinson's didn't mean I had to surrender to it." Bravo, sir.

Marcello Hernandez saying to Zendaya, "I would like to invite you and Spider-Man to have dinner at my house" is almost surely going to appear in TVLine's next Quotes of the Week column. Consider this an exclusive sneak peek!

And we mean that in the most delighted way. Hooray for this deep cut from Mariska Hargitay's early career! (And no, she wasn't making up "Ghoulies Go to College" for the bit. It's a real movie, and TVLine's Nick Caruso would like to remind you it's "a work of art.")

Mariska Hargitay has a perfectly lovely singing voice. We just didn't expect to hear it so much tonight. Or at all, really! (But we'll never say no to an Andrew Rannells musical moment.)

Leave it to a stand-up guy like Matthew Rhys to casually (and gracefully) make Emmys history, becoming the first actor to win in two leading categories in the same year. 

After winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Netflix's "The Beast in Me," he followed it up less than an hour later by winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Apple TV's "Widow's Bay."

Emma D'Arcy and Emilia Clarke have never been more elegant. But how much do you think Clarke hated having to re-learn some High Valyrian all these years after "Game of Thrones" ended?

We pride ourselves on seeing TV twists coming, but we have to admit: We really did not think Taylor Swift herself would actually pop up in this "Law & Order: SVU"-themed pre-tape about whether or not Swift would appear on the Emmys. But there she was, and we gasped, and did this just become the best part of the broadcast or what? (Hello, Cat Olivia Benson next to Human Olivia Benson!)

We mean John Mulaney, of course, who just dethroned his hilarious Achievement in Sound presenting bit at the 2024 Oscars with a mini stand-up set ahead of the Lead Actor in a Drama Series award.

"Finally, something for the fellas!" Mulaney exclaimed. "And what a crop of prom kings we have. They're not soft like the dad on 'Bluey.' No. Guy's a joke." (Nothing personal, Bandit!)

You can't go wrong asking Nick Offerman to do an awards show schtick... unless said schtick, about his "first job" as an "erotic house painter," goes on way too long.

They really should have handed Seehorn three Emmys to make up for the trophies she should've won for "Better Call Saul." But a Lead Actress in a Drama Series victory for Apple TV's "Pluribus" is nice, too.

We love us some Allison Janney, who won the Supporting Actress in a Drama Series award on Monday for her work in Netflix's "The Diplomat." But we can't help wondering if perhaps the four (four!) nominees who hailed from HBO Max's "The Pitt" all canceled each other out. And might the same thing happen in the Supporting Actor in a Drama category later?

Are the Emmys going to mention that they completely ignored Buffy the Vampire Slayer while it was on the air? Admit your mistakes, cowards!

Jean Smart has officially won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for every season she played Deborah Vance on "Hacks" — a feat never before seen at the Emmys. Even Julia Louis-Dreyfus didn't pull that off!

Smart's co-star Hannah Einbinder unfortunately didn't win the Supporting Actress in a Comedy trophy this year, but fear not: We honored both women in our Performer of the Week column back in the spring.

The "Euphoria" star should simply never grow her hair long again. The short 'do just looks too good! And that dress? Divine.

Kate O'Flynn wins the first Emmy of the night — Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Apple TV's "Widow's Bay."

Is this a hint we could be getting a "Widow's Bay" sweep tonight? (We wouldn't hate it.)

Keep up with all of tonight's Emmy results by checking our complete winners list, updating live.

"Richard Penis" is the best Dick Wolf joke they could come up with? And why are we parodying an AMC movie theater commercial at a TV awards show? (We know, we know, it was for the Nicole Kidman cameo and the Nicole Kidman cameo alone.)

Host Mariska Hargitay opens the Emmys with a parody of "I Love Rock 'N' Roll," titled "I Love TV Screens," and we couldn't agree more.

Plus cameos from Jean Smart and Jennifer Coolidge? We've never doubted her, but Hargitay knows *exactly* what we want. (Except maybe also a Benson/Stabler kiss. But we're willing to wait for that one.)

The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards have officially begun! Mariska Hargitay doesn't have time to steam outfits with you, Jalen Brunson, she has a show to host!

Follow along for TVLine's updates throughout the night, and weigh in with your thoughts on this year's Emmys.