News TCA Awards Widow’s Bay Co-Leads the Pack for TCA Awards Nominations The horror comedy tied with Heated Rivalry and Industry for having the most nominations By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on June 12, 2026 Photo: Apple TV Comment 0 Share New Share Photo: Apple TV Today, the Television Critics Association (TCA) announced that Apple TV’s Widow’s Bay garnered five nominations for the 2026 TCA Awards. No other show earned more nominations, though Heated Rivalry and Industry also received five. Widow’s Bay got nominations for Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, Outstanding New Program, and both Kate O’Flynn and Matthew Rhys earned nominations for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Other genre shows also fared well, with Pluribus receiving four nominations, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms receiving two, and Paradise also earning two slots. Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord and Invincible also earned recognition in the new category, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, and Alien: Earth received recognition in the Outstanding New Program category. Read on for the full list of finalists by category; the TCA will announce the winners in early August. Congrats to all! 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 (2025 Winner) Pluribus — Apple TV Shrinking — Apple TV Widow’s Bay — Apple TV Outstanding Achievement in Comedy   Abbott Elementary — ABC (2022 Winner) The Comeback — HBO Max The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins — NBC Hacks — HBO Max (2024 Winner) The Lowdown — FX  Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Apple TV Shrinking — Apple TV Widow’s Bay — Apple TV Outstanding 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 (2025 Winner) Pluribus — Apple TV Task — HBO Max Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries or Specials All Her Fault — Peacock The Beast in Me — Netflix Beef — Netflix (2023 Winner) 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 Outstanding 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 (2025 Winner) 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 (2021, 2024 Winner) Tim Robinson, The Chair Company — HBO Max Outstanding Achievement in News and Information 60 Minutes — CBS (2012 Winner) The American Revolution — PBS CBS This Morning — CBS Disneyland Handcrafted — Disney+  Frontline — PBS (Eight-time Winner in Category) Have I Got News For You — CNN Marty, Life Is Short — Netflix  Mr. Scorsese — Apple TV Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch The Daily Show — Comedy Central  Jimmy Kimmel Live! — ABC Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — HBO Max (2018, 2019, 2021 Winner) Late Night with Seth Meyers — NBC The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — CBS The Muppet Show: Sabrina Carpenter — Disney+ Saturday Night Live — NBC Outstanding Achievement in Reality Couples Therapy — Showtime/Paramount+ (2021 Winner) Finding Mr. Christmas — Hallmark The Great British Baking Show — Netflix Love on the Spectrum — Netflix RuPaul’s Drag Race — MTV (2014 Winner) Survivor — CBS Top Chef — Bravo The Traitors — Peacock (2024, 2025 Winner) Outstanding 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 Outstanding 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 Outstanding 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 Outstanding 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 [end-mark] The post <i>Widow’s Bay</i> Co-Leads the Pack for TCA Awards Nominations appeared first on Reactor.