Emmys 2026 key moments: Widow's Bay dominates categories and makes history for first season

Katie Dippold and Stephen Root win the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Award for "Widow's Bay" and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Award. ( Getty Images: Aberto Rodriguez )

Link copied Share Share article The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are over for another year, and there was a clear winner.

Widow's Bay, described as "weird" by the show's creator, dominated most categories it was nominated for, taking six awards home, while another frontrunner, The Pitt, only picked up two.

Here are the key moments from the ceremony.

Widow's Bay star Matthew Rhys makes history with his Emmy's win. ( Getty Images: Rich Polk )

Matthew Rhys, who plays a New England mayor trying to boost tourism on his supposedly cursed island of Widow's Bay, made Emmy history.