See The 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Nominations In Costume, Makeup, Hair & Production Design

The nominations for the 2026 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys were announced Wednesday, July 8, alongside the nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmys. For the uninitiated, the two awards—both as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences—honor different things: the Creative Arts Emmys recognize the best in artistic and technical achievement in American television across categories such as costumes, makeup, hair, and production design (our bread and butter here at The Set Set), alongside sound, stunts, cinematography, casting, and title design. Meanwhile, the Primetime Emmys honor the best in American programming overall and hand out awards to actors, producers, writers, and directors.

Though it flies more under the radar, the Creative Arts ceremony is actually where the majority of Emmy trophies are handed out. This year, it will take place across two nights on Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6, just over a week before the 78th Primetime Emmys ceremony on Monday, September 14.

Check out a list of the Creative Arts Emmy nominations below.

Costumes

BEST PERIOD COSTUMES

• "Bridgerton", opens in new tab — John Walter Glaser III, Dougie Hawkes, George Sayer, Anthony Brookman, Amanda McLaughlan & Pascha Hanaway
• "The Gilded Age" — Kasia Walicka Maimone, Denise Andres, Rebecca Levin, Isabelle Simone, Rebecca Freund & Sue Bakula
• "Love Story" — Rudy Mance, Natalie Turturro Mettouchi, Brittany Griffin, Moria Clinton & Liz Samuels
• "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" — Joshua J. Marsh, Suttirat Larlarb, Serrita Coleman, Sharon Sampson, Latrese Wright & Erin Fabian
• "Palm Royale" , opens in new tab— Alix Friedberg, Leigh Bell, Samantha Schwartz, Carolyn Dessert, Jennifer Wolf & Valerie Keiser

BEST FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES

• "Alien: Earth" — Suttirat Larlarb, Pashelle Latino, Srirattana "Bew" Wattanavitkul & Ampa "Tiew" Bunruaeng
• "The Boys" , opens in new tab— Michael Ground, Laura Jean Shannon, Kim Harkness, Emily McHugh, Sarah Mgeni & Michelle Margolis Hallam
• "Fallout" — Dayna Pink, Conan Castro Jr., Annie Jewell, Imogene Chayes & Christopher Lawrence
• "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" — Lorna Ó Ríordáin, Libby Dempster, Kyle Callanan, Rachael W. Crozier & Stephen O Rawe

BEST CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A SERIES

• "Emily in Paris" — Marylin Fitoussi, Chloé Bartonio, Herehau Ragonneau & Daniela Telle
• "Hacks" — Kathleen Felix-Hager, Keely Crum, Colleen Washington, Shannon Felix & Rory Cunningham
• "Margo's Got Money Troubles" , opens in new tab— Mirren Gordon-Crozier, Tracy Jarvis, Brooke Thatawat, Mallory Bradley & Tara White
• "Only Murders in the Building" — Dana Covarrubias, Amy Bert, Abigail Geoghegan & Liana John
• "Wednesday" — Colleen Atwood, Mark Sutherland, Tom Hornsby, Robin Soutar, Connor Dalton & Charlotte Child

BEST CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE

• "The Beast in Me" — Arjun Bhasin, Emmanuelle Martin & Alyssa Avellino-Faivre
• "Beef" — Olga Mill, Bailey Gardner, Sarah Basta & Kellie Ishisaki
• "Black Rabbit" — Amy Westcott, Jessica Trejos, Min Ji Kim & Amy Burt
• "DTF St. Louis" — Molly Maginnis, Nadia Durham & Brenda Maben
• "Remarkably Bright Creatures" — Carla Hetland, Laura Zydervelt & Margaret Schliessler

Makeup

BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)

• 'All's Fair" — Kate Biscoe, Tierra Richards, Victor Del Castillo, Chloe Sens, Naima Jamal & Diana Shin
• 'Euphoria" — Doniella Davy, Tara Lang Shah, Mara Rouse & Leah Rial Sappington
• "Hacks" — Brittany White, Keith Sayer, Erin Blinn & Veronica Rodarte
• "Margo's Got Money Troubles", opens in new tab — Erin Ayanian Monroe, Michele Teleis, Bonni Flowers, Valli O'Reilly & Angela Levin
• "The Pitt" — Merie Lee Traum, Marie Flore “Ri” Beaubien & Leesa Simone
• "Wednesday", opens in new tab — Lynn Johnston, Elaine Hopkins, Helen Bailey & Dorothy Campbell

BEST PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)

• "Fallout", opens in new tab — Elisa Marsh, John Damiani, Jennifer Aspinall, Cynthia Hernandez, Kenneth Calhoun, Lisa Rocco, Sabine Roller Taylor & Josh Foster
• "The Gilded Age" — Nicki Ledermann, Anette Lian-Williams, Jane DiPersio, Emily Maitland Marroquin & Mareike Mohmand
• "Love Story" — Milagros Medina-Cerdeira, Blair Aycock, D'angelo Thompson & Jill Karol
• "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" — Heather Koontz
• "Palm Royale" — Tricia Sawyer, Marissa Lafayette, Marie DelPrete, Rory Gaudio, Alyssa Goldberg, Marja Webster & Simone Almekias-Siegl

BEST MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM

• "Dancing With the Stars" — Julie Socash, Angela Moos, Brian Sipe, Vance Hartwell, Josh Foster, Alison Gladieux, Sarah Benjamin Hall & Donna Bard
• "The Oscars" — Bruce Grayson, Brielle McKenna, Rochelle Uribe, Julie Hassett, Jeong-Hwa Kim Fonkalsrud, Schuron Womack, Jill Cady & Michelle deMilt
• "Saturday Night Live" — Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Amy Tagliamonti, Young Bek, Joanna Pisani, Madison Bermudez & Waltaya Culmer

BEST PROSTHETIC MAKEUP

• "Fallout" , opens in new tab— Jake Garber, Greg Funk, Gregory Nicotero, Carey Jones, Vincent Van Dyke, Gabriel De Cunto, Kevin Wasner & Scott Stoddard
• "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" — Leo Corey Castellano, Mark Nieman & Joseph Badiali
• "The Pitt", opens in new tab — Myriam Arougheti, Arjen Tuiten, Thom Floutz, Chris Burgoyne, Martina Sykes & Hanny Tjan
• "Spider-Noir" — Vincent Van Dyke, Ken Niederbaumer, Gabriel De Cunto, Stephen Prouty, Dave Snyder, Chris Gallaher, Jamie Kelman & Gary J. Tunnicliffe
• "Stranger Things" — Barrie Gower, Duncan Jarman, Michael Mekash & Emma Faulkes

Hairstyling

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING

• "All's Fair" — Valerie Jackson, Linda Flowers, Sharif Poston, Dimitris Giannetos & Michelle Ceglia
• "Emily in Paris" — Carole Nicolas, Mike Desir, Julien Parizet, Jay Durimel & Miharu Oshima
• "Euphoria" — Kimberly Kimble, Kendra Garvey, Kase Glenn, Marquita Lynch & Stacy Schneiderman
• "Hacks" — Jennifer Bell
• "Margo's Got Money Troubles" , opens in new tab— Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Ahou Mofid, Celeste Gonzalez, Kim Santantonio & R’riyana Kilne
• "Wednesday" , opens in new tab— Francesco Pegoretti, Sevlene Roddy, Marica Falso, Peter Burke & Nirvana Jalalvand

BEST PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI HAIRSTYLING

• "Bridgerton" — Nic Collins, Giorgio Galliero, Jade Clarke, Valentina Nesti, Katharine Scott & Laura Hartney
• "Fallout" , opens in new tab— Dennis Bailey, April Schuller, Katy McClintock, George Wilson, Raquel Bianchini & Roma Goddard
• "The Gilded Age" — Sean Flanigan, Christine Fennell Harlan, Jonathan David Zane-Sharpless, Tim Harvey, Aaron M. Kinchen & Anika Seitu
• "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" — Pippa Woods, Lucille Harding, Tamara-May Richards, Anna Knight, Cat Coogan & Lauren Appleby
• "Palm Royale" , opens in new tab— Karen Bartek, Brittany Madrigal, Tiffany Bloom, Anna Quinn, Jill Crosby & Frida Aradottir

BEST HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION, OR REALITY PROGRAM

• "The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny" — Brian Steven Banks, Mariah Montes, Shian Banks, Maaliq Amadeus Elliott, Yvette Shelton, Iraina Crenshaw, Nikki Wright & Paula Ashby
• "Dancing With the Stars" — Kimi Messina, Marion Rogers, Joe Matke, Florence Witherspoon, Jerilynn Stephens, Amber Nicholle Maher, Brittany Spaulding & Regina Rodriguez
• "RuPaul's Drag Race" — Suzette Boozer & Henry Sanchez
• "Saturday Night Live" — Jodi Mancuso, Cara Hannah, Inga Thrasher, Amanda Duffy Evans, Chad Harlow, Gina Ferrucci, Jennifer Serio & Katie Beatty
• "Wicked: One Wonderful Night" — Edward Morrison, R'riyana Kline, Tiffany Bloom, Lillie Frierson, Cyndra Dunn, Sharif Poston, Lisa Long & Deborah Pierce

Production Design

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)

• "Euphoria", opens in new tab — François Audouy, A. Todd Holland & Anthony Carlino
• "The Pitt" — Nina Ruscio, Josh Lusby & Matt Callahan
• "Pluribus", opens in new tab — Denise Pizzini, Dins Danielsen & Ashley Michelle Marsh
• "Slow Horses" — Choi Ho Man, Oskars Vilnitis-Pantelejevs & Kamlan Man
• "Wednesday" — Mark Scruton, Shane McEnroe & David Morison

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)

• "Fallout" — Howard Cummings, David Lazan & Julie Ochipinti
• "The Gilded Age" — Bob Shaw, Larry W. Brown & Jennifer Alex Nickason
• "Palm Royale" — Jon Carlos, Rachel Aguirre, Amelia Brooke, Mark Robert Taylor & Ellen Reede
• "Spider-Noir" — Warren Alan Young, Mark Larkin & Halina Siwolop
• "Stranger Things" — Chris Trujillo, Sean Brennan & Jess Royal

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR)

• "Hacks", opens in new tab — Rob Tokarz, Jeanine Ringer & Jennifer Lukehart
• "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" — Tom McCullagh, John Merry & Stephanie Rea
• "Leanne" — Francoise Cherry-Cohen, Gail Russell & Ann Shea
• "Only Murders in the Building" — Patrick Howe, Casey Smith & Mila Khalevich
• "Widow's Bay" , opens in new tab— Steve Arnold, Peter Borck & Jennifer Engel

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES

• "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" — David Ellis, Hillarie Brigode & Heidi Miller
• "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" — Jim Fenhagen, Larry Hartman, Brendan Hurley & Riley Mellon
• "RuPaul's Drag Race" — "Jen Chu, Tyler Stone & Melissa Arcaro
• "Saturday Night Live" — Keith Ian Raywood, Akira Yoshimura, N. Joseph DeTullio, Ken MacLeod, Melissa Shakun & Kimberly Kachougian
• "The Traitors" — Stuart Frossell, Luke Fuller, Georgia Picton, Alex Robertson, Rosie Westwood & Celina Hodge

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL

• "The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny" — Bruce Rodgers, Shelley Rodgers, Lily Rodgers, Julio Himede & Leticia Leon
• "68th Annual Grammy Awards" — Julio Himede, Kristen Merlino, Gloria Lamb, Ellen Jaworski, Scott Welborn & Kaydee Lavorin
• "The Muppet Show" — Denise Pizzini, Chet Maxwell, Robert Aguirre & Bethany Barton
• "The Oscars" — Misty Buckley, Alana Billingsley, John Zuiker & Jonathan Stoller-Schoff
• "78th Annual Tony Awards" — Steve Bass, Star Theodos Kahn & Aaron Blac