Disney has earned 23 nominations for the 2026 Television Critics Association Awards. Disneyland Handcrafted has received the nomination for Best Achievement in News and Information, and The Muppet Show is up for Best Achievement in Variety, Talk, or Sketch.
2026 TCA Awards Nominations

The 42nd annual event recognizes shows and performers from the 2025-2026 television season from more than 220 professional TV journalists in the United States and Canada. The winners will be announced this summer across TCA’s social media accounts.
Disney’s other nominations include several titles in the Best Achievement in Family Programming category, Best Achievement in Children’s Programming, and Best Achievement in Animation (a new category this year).
See the full list below, which includes titles from Disney and Disney-owned Hulu, ABC, and more:
Full List of Nominations for 2026 Television Critics Association Awards
Program of the Year
The Comeback — HBO Max
Hacks — HBO Max
Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Industry — HBO Max
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS
The Pitt — HBO Max
Pluribus — Apple TV
Shrinking — Apple TV
Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Best Achievement in Comedy
Abbott Elementary — ABC
The Comeback — HBO Max
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — NBC
Hacks — HBO Max
The Lowdown — FX
Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV
Shrinking — Apple TV
Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Best Achievement in Drama
The Gilded Age — HBO Max
Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Industry — HBO Max
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO Max
Paradise — Hulu
The Pitt — HBO Max
Pluribus — Apple TV
Task — HBO Max
Best Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, or Specials
All Her Fault — Peacock
The Beast in Me — Netflix
Beef — Netflix
Death by Lightning — Netflix
DTF St. Louis — HBO Max
Half Man — HBO Max
Lord of the Flies — Netflix
Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette — FX
Best New Program
Alien: Earth — FX
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — NBC
Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — HBO Max
The Lowdown — FX
Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV
Pluribus — Apple TV
Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Individual Achievement in Drama
Marisa Abela, Industry — HBO Max
Sterling K. Brown, Paradise — Hulu
David Harbour, DTF St. Louis — HBO Max
Katherine LaNasa, The Pitt — HBO Max
Ken Leung, Industry — HBO Max
Myha’la, Industry — HBO Max
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus — Apple TV
Connor Storrie, Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Hudson Williams, Heated Rivalry — Crave/HBO Max
Noah Wyle, The Pitt — HBO Max
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks — HBO Max
Elle Fanning, Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV
Harrison Ford, Shrinking — Apple TV
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback — HBO Max
Kate O’Flynn, Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Matthew Rhys, Widow’s Bay — Apple TV
Jean Smart, Hacks — HBO Max
Tim Robinson, The Chair Company — HBO Max
Best Achievement in News and Information
60 Minutes — CBS
The American Revolution — PBS
CBS This Morning — CBS
Disneyland Handcrafted — Disney+
Frontline — PBS
Have I Got News For You — CNN
Marty, Life Is Short — Netflix
Mr. Scorsese — Apple TV
Best Achievement in Variety, Talk, or Sketch
The Daily Show — Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live! — ABC
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — HBO Max
Late Night with Seth Meyers — NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS
The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter — Disney+
Saturday Night Live — NBC
Best Achievement in Reality
Couples Therapy — Showtime/Paramount+
Finding Mr. Christmas — Hallmark
The Great British Baking Show — Netflix
Love on the Spectrum — Netflix
RuPaul’s Drag Race — MTV
Survivor — CBS
Top Chef — Bravo
The Traitors — Peacock
Best Achievement in Family Programming
Disney Twisted-Wonderland: The Animation — Disney+
Electric Bloom — Disney+/Disney Channel
Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Disney+/Hulu
Phineas and Ferb — Disney+/Disney Channel
Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85 — Netflix
Vampirina: Teenage Vampire — Disney+/Disney Channel
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place — Disney+/Disney Channel
WondLa — Apple TV
Best Achievement in Children’s Programming
Carl the Collector — PBS KIDS
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock — Apple TV
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ — Disney+/Disney Jr.
Phoebe & Jay — PBS KIDS
Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical — Apple TV
Sofia the First: Royal Magic — Disney+/Disney Jr.
Weather Hunters — PBS KIDS
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball — Hulu
Best Achievement in Animation – New Category
Bob’s Burgers — Fox
Haunted Hotel — Netflix
Invincible — Prime Video
King of the Hill — Hulu
Long Story Short — Netflix
The Simpsons — Fox
South Park — Comedy Central
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord — Disney+
Women Wearing Shoulder Pads — Adult Swim
Best International Series – New Category
The Boyfriend — Netflix
Crime Scene Zero — Netflix
Drops of God — Apple TV
The House of the Spirits — Prime Video
Last Samurai Standing — Netflix
Squid Game — Netflix
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