'The Pitt' is the defending Outstanding Drama Series champion and leads this year's field with 25 nominations. Will it repeat on Sept 14?
88% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 17 predictions cast.
"The Pitt" repeated as Outstanding Drama Series winner at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 14, 2026, successfully defending the title it won the previous year. The HBO Max medical drama arrived as the field's most-nominated series with 25 nominations and converted that strength into a second straight top-drama win.
The repeat victory came alongside other wins for the show, including lead actor honors for Noah Wyle, though "The Pitt" was shut out in the supporting actor drama category despite fielding three of the seven nominees. In total, HBO Max credited "The Pitt" with six Emmy wins for the season, contributing to HBO Max's second-place finish behind Apple TV in the night's overall network tally.
Back-to-back wins in Outstanding Drama Series are relatively rare in a category that often rotates among prestige dramas; R. Scott Gemmill's ensemble medical series was widely regarded as the front-runner throughout the 2026 awards season based on its critical reception and nomination count.
The Predict Six community had set high odds, 88%, on a repeat, and the outcome confirmed that expectation, one of the more predictable results of the ceremony.