Emmys 2026: Seen and Heard at Every Star-Studded Party

After a very victorious night at the Emmys, the streamer — which landed a network-topping 29 wins — celebrated the successes of Widow’s Bay, Pluribus and Slow Horses with a post-show party at Nya Studios West. Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root, Kate O’Flynn, Katie Dippold and Hiro Murai rolled up with lots of hardware in hand, while Jeff Hiller hopped in the DJ booth to hype up the crowd. Rhea Seehorn and Vince Gilligan also made an appearance, alongside Michael J. Fox; Shrinking‘s Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein, Jessica Williams and Michael Urie; Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden from Slow Horses; and Jonathan Tropper and Jon Hamm from Your Friends & Neighbors.

The streamer may have seen diminished Emmy returns in 2026, but you’d never guess it by the size or mood of its party. Netflix threw a real-deal rager at Chateau Marmont after Monday night’s Emmys telecast — complete with bowls of complimentary cigarettes and a DJ set by Lil Jon, who earned his paycheck with every one of the many “Yeahs” he uttered from his perch above the dance floor.

Netflix winners Allison Janney (The Diplomat), Matthew Rhys (The Beast in Me) and Sally Field (Remarkably Bright Creatures) were among the many luminaries in attendance, with Keri Russell, Chase Infiniti, Emilia Clarke, Charles Melton, Oscar Issac, Claire Danes, Sarah Snook, Carey Mulligan, Tiffany Haddish, Jude Law and Florence Pugh also filling the pool area that was so frequently at capacity and more than a few partygoers had to wait to come in.

Inside, Ted Sarandos shook more hands than an old-timey politician on a whistle-stop tour; Oscar winner Yoon Yeo-jeong sampled a hamburger as gracefully you’re imagining she would; Sally Field held court with her family; Queen Latifah chatted up Babyface and TV’s first couple, Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell, joyously reunited after his obligations as a double winner apparently kept them apart. Many a pleb indulged in a caviar buffet up until midnight — when most of the crowd seemed to suddenly remember that it was a Monday night and space finally started to thin. There were rumors of a bungalow dance party, but we can neither confirm nor deny.

HBO Max had plenty of reasons to celebrate on Monday night after leaving the Emmys with 21 wins, including top prizes for The Pitt and DTF St. Louis as well as a fifth straight best actress in a comedy statue for Jean Smart (who also belatedly celebrated her 75th birthday at the gathering). Taking over San Vicente Bungalows, HBO curated a foodie-approved spread of Chinese dumplings from Good Alley, late-night nuggets and waffles from Howlin’ Rays, a caviar and vodka speakeasy located inside the elevator and the first-ever pop up from L.A. fave Henry’s Secret Ice Cream. Electronic duo The Knocks soundtracked the evening, which also featured live karaoke and a custom claw machine for HBO swag, as Noah Wyle, Mark Ruffalo, Jason Bateman, David Harbour, Linda Cardellini, Lisa Kudrow, Steve Carell, Rachel Sennott, Emma D’Arcy, Carrie Coon, Richard Gadd and a still-golden Meg Stalter all stopped by.

The stars of Abbott Elementary and the Ryan Murphy television universe were the main draw at Disney’s post-Emmys fete in downtown Los Angeles. Among those in attendance at Vibiana were nominees Quinta Brunson, Sarah Pidgeon, Jimmy Kimmel and Paradise winner Shailene Woodley, who walked the teal carpet, as did Emmy Rossum, Paul Anthony Kelly and Kaia Gerber.

The Motion Picture & Television Fund held its 20th annual Evening Before benefit on Sunday night at the Pacific Design Center, raising nearly $3 million in an event co-chaired by Stephen Colbert and wife Evelyn McGee Colbert, Janelle James and Lisa Kudrow. Jon & Vinny’s Carmelized Productions handled the menu for the star-studded celebration, which featured a host committee of Malin Akerman, Lucia Aniello, Patrick Ball, Ike Barinholtz, Quinta Brunson, Linda Cardellini, Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden, Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy, Taylor Dearden, Paul W. Downs, Sally Field, Richard Gadd, Brett Goldstein, Grace Gummer, David Harbour, Shawn and Kelly Hatosy, Gerran Howell, Chase Infiniti, Josh Johnson, Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, Paul Anthony Kelly, Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney, Katherine LaNasa and Grant Show, Charles Melton and Camille Summers-Valli, Sepideh Moafi, Tom Pelphrey and Kaley Cuoco, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Rhea Seehorn and Michael Urie.

It was also an evening of reunions, as Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis shared a Sex and the City moment and ER alums Julianna Margulies and Noah Wyle kept close. On top of the catch-ups, songwriters Andrew Bird and Gavin Brivik took the stage to perform their Emmy-winning song “Need Someone” from The Pitt.

A stylish mix of stars including Elle and Dakota Fanning, Julia Garner, Kaia Gerber, Paul Anthony Kelly, Rachel Sennott, Odessa A’zion, Sarah Snook, Hannah Einbinder, Matty Matheson, Cailee Spaeny, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Louisa Jacobson, Supriya Ganesh, Emma D’Arcy and Jack Antonoff joined W Magazine’s editor-in-chief Sara Moonves and Loewe creative directors Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez on Sunday for a pre-Emmys dinner at Matsuhisa. Some also made it a date night, with Olivia Munn and John Mulaney, Robby Hoffman and Gabby Windey, and Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts all cozying up to their partners inside the party.

FX and Vanity Fair once again teamed up for an Emmy weekend celebration, this time on Sunday night at Chateau Marmont. Sarah Pidgeon and Paul Anthony Kelly held court as the event toasted nominations for Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, The Bear (with Matty Matheson representing the team), Welcome to Wrexham and Alien: Earth. Stars from FX’s new shows also came out to support, with a strong showing from The Shards (including a pop-in from Ryan Murphy), The Drop: A Snowfall Saga and Adults casts.

“People want to take these things for granted, and I have to remind people sometimes the Television Academy doesn’t have to nominate you, they don’t have to think that you’re one of the best, they do not need to put you on the front row. So when you get the honor, respect the honor.”

These are the wise words of Sheryl Lee Ralph, a four-time Emmy nominee who was gearing up for her fifth straight year at the awards show and insisting that the shine never wears off. Before heading to the ceremony, though, Ralph had an evening out on the town as Warner Bros. TV Group toasted its nominated shows Abbott Elementary, Shrinking and The Pitt on Sunday at Boa Steakhouse. Jason Segel, Brett Goldstein, Bill Lawrence, Quinta Brunson and Noah Wyle all stopped by, while Ralph was quick to offer up her veteran tips for a long day at the Emmys.

“I make sure that my feet are well-glistened up and I have no pain in my shoes, because it’s a lot of standing, walking and talking, and I stay hydrated,” the actress emphasized. “I like to mix the champagne and the water because some people think it’s all about fun and games — no, you have to be prepared for the red carpet! The red carpet will trip you up, and don’t get tripped up.”

Wyle also acknowledged how “energetically it feels a little bit different” entering this year’s Emmys after The Pitt‘s big wins in 2025, and looking back recalled an important lesson learned from that show: “Jimmy Kimmel’s guy Guillermo challenged me to a Lady in the Tramp thing with a Slim Jim, which sounds gross, but I hadn’t eaten all day, so that Slim Jim was like the greatest thing I’ve ever eaten. I’m hoping Guillermo will be there with more Slim Jims, or else I’m hoping my wife has a big enough purse we can pack some snacks.”

Throughout the weekend, The Pitt cast has spoken about how regardless of how their wins shake out, they will be back on set Tuesday morning shooting season three. And it will not even be an easy day at work, as Wyle confirmed they will be “hitting it really hard with a storyline that’s going to be very harrowing. Everybody will wonder why we all look like shit for about eight minutes in episode eight, and it’s because we shot that stuff on the Tuesday after the Emmys.”

In addition to the nominees, the party also feted Warner Bros.’ upcoming fall slate, which expanded the guest list to include Running Point‘s Brenda Song and husband Macaulay Culkin, Rooster‘s Steve Carell and Danielle Deadwyler, The Voice coach Riley Green (who later performed inside) and several stars of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, Bela Bajaria and Jinny Howe brought together many of their nominated stars for an Emmy eve toast on Sunday at Sunset Tower, with Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell, Jason Bateman, Charles Melton, Sally Field and Charlie Hunnam coming by in the middle of their jam-packed party schedules.

Brits and non-Brits alike gathered for tea on Sunday, as BAFTA North America hosted its annual mid-day toast to this year’s nominees. For many stars, it was the first stop of several on a busy Emmy eve, with Widow’s Bay actor Stephen Root declaring, “This is the best day just because this is party day. The nomination is the win and the trophy is the party, and that’s what we’re doing today.”

Inside the celebration, held on the Maybourne Beverly Hills terrace, Root caught up with co-star Dale Dickey as well as engaged (and expecting) couple Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey — who were overheard wishing the Widow’s Bay standout good luck. Sarah Snook, Sarah Pidgeon (with her mom in tow), Richard Gadd, Karolina Wydra, Jessica Williams and Michael Urie made the rounds, munching on the spread of tea sandwiches, scones and pastries, accompanied by (obviously) an extensive tea and coffee station and champagne wall. The Pitt team continued their busy weekend of festivities — THR counted a dozen cast members in attendance — as Katherine LaNasa emphasized, “Gotta pay your respects!” when it comes to awards weekend.

After winning last year, LaNasa also explained her approach to the big night this time this around, and was jotting down a speech in advance. “I realized last year that no one tells you to do it, and when you get up onto the stage, it’s like the aliens have come to take you away; there’s bright lights and you leave your body,” she teased. “I told [co-star] Gerran [Howell] to write something, no matter what just write something … I left my body so big time, I thought I whiffed the whole thing but it was alright. So I do it out of respect for the audience.”

THR and SAG-AFTRA teamed up on Saturday for Emmy Nominees Night, a celebration of this year’s top TV talent ahead of the big show. The event, presented by Snapchat and Waymo, took over the Chateau Marmont pool area and welcomed stars from The Pitt, Widow’s Bay, Pluribus, Hacks, Abbott Elementary and many, many other Emmy hopefuls.

The Pitt crew rolled particularly deep, many of them arriving together and one, Ernest Harden Jr., carrying an Emmy. The actor won for his guest role during last weekend’s Creative Arts ceremonies and showed off his heavy accessory during the party, which also saw appearances from Rhea Seehorn; Richard Gadd; Shrinking‘s Michael Urie and Jessica Williams; Hacks trio Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky and Paul W. Downs; Euphoria‘s Chloe Cherry; and Widow’s Bay team Kingston Rumi Southwick, Dale Dickey, Jeff Hiller, K Callan and creator Katie Dippold.

Before Mariska Hargitay takes the stage as Emmys host on Monday, the Law & Order: SVU star enjoyed a night off at NBCU’s pre-Emmys party at Sunset Tower. Alongside husband Peter Hermann, Hargitay — who already won two Emmys this year for her doc My Mom Jayne, both presented at the Creative Arts ceremonies last weekend — mixed and mingled with All Her Fault star Sarah Snook and fellow power couple Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy. Linda Cardellini, another early Emmy winner for DTF St. Louis, made an appearance, alongside additional attendees Donna Langley, Mike Cavanagh, Pearlena Igbokwe, Mike Schur, Shawn Hatosy, Janelle James, Laverne Cox, David Boreanaz, Peter Krause, David Alan Grier, Lance Bass, a strong contingent of Housewives past and present (including Lisa Rinna, Kathy Hilton, Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley) and Lorne Michaels, who even smiled for the occasion.

Moving to Avra Beverly Hills for its annual Emmy eve fete, WME celebrated clients and collaborators with a garden party that drew, among many others, our least expected duo of the weekend: Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels and Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. (Look at those two!) The exec-heavy crowd also included Casey Bloys, Francesca Orsi, Jinny Howe, Karey Burke and Pearlena Igbokwe., as well as Riz Ahmed, Sean Evans, Katherine LaNasa, Katie Dippold and newly-minted WME client Noah Wyle.

The Friday night before the Emmys, Hacks co-creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Stasky gathered friends and collaborators from their HBO Max comedy at Spago to celebrate its recent swan song after five seasons. Hosted by UTA, the intimate party saw guests Casey Bloys, Pearlena Igbokwe, Julianne Nicholson and others greeted by a pair of women dressed as Las Vegas showgirls. When the time came for the trio of showrunners to give their champagne toast, complete with a tower of glasses, Downs nodded to the unlikely day for partying — it was Sept. 11 — with a joke about Jean Smart’s alter ego, Deborah Vance, choosing to perform at Madison Square Garden on that very day in the series’ penultimate episode. As they passed the champagne around, their star (and Emmy juggernaut) raised a glass — though she opted for a martini.

Gold House took over Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on Thursday for a toast to this year’s multicultural nominees, with cast and creatives from Beef, Bridgerton, The Pitt and Abbott Elementary in attendance. “Having people here to support makes a difference; you never know who you’ll run into or what conversation turns into what. I’m really grateful that we get to do this and do it together,” Beef creator Lee Sung Jin told the room. Courtesy of WME, the party also featured Beef-themed food and beverages — though the drinks themselves contained no actual red meat.

This story was first published on Sept. 14 at 5 a.m.