Emmys 2026: Watch the Red Carpet Livestream

Emmy nominees, presenters and host are walking the red carpet before television’s biggest night kicks off on Monday.

NBC’s official red carpet preshow, hosted by Trisha Paytas and Nicky Campbell, will feature red carpet interviews and arrivals before the 2026 awards ceremony, hosted by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay, gets underway later in the evening. The preshow will air live starting at 3:45 p.m. PT/6:45 p.m. ET on NBC’s TikTok page.

Watch NBC’s livestream of the red carpet here, and continue to follow The Hollywood Reporter throughout the night to see which shows and actors take home the golden trophies.

The Associated Press is also live on the red carpet as the stars arrive. Watch the livestream below.

Heading into the ceremony, HBO Max‘s The Pitt leads the Emmy nominees with 25 nominations, followed by HBO Max’s Hacks (with 24 nominations), Apple TV+’s Widow’s Bay (19), Apple TV+‘s Pluribus (18 nominations), Netflix’s Beef (16), HBO Max’s DTF St. Louis (13) and NBC’s Saturday Night Live and Amazon Prime Video’s Spider-Noir with 11 nominations each.

Presenters include Zendaya, Paul Anthony Kelly, Shailene Woodley, Matthew McConaughey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma D’Arcy, Julia Garner, Noah Beck, LL COOL J, Woody Harrelson, Keke Palmer, Florence Pugh, Jon Hamm, Odessa A’zion, Macaulay Culkin, Marcello Hernández, Niecy Nash-Betts, Amy Poehler and Rachel Sennott, among others.

The show will also feature a performance by Noah Kahan for the In Memoriam segment, as well as celebrations for the 30th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar and the 50th anniversary of Charlie’s Angels with Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith.

Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment and Hargitay are executive producing the 2026 Emmys.

The 78th Emmy Awards will air live from the Peacock Theater on Monday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.