Inside TV Guide Magazine’s 2026 Emmys Celebration With ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Widow’s Bay’ & More Stars
TV Guide Magazine, TV Insider, and Swooon celebrated the 2026 Emmy Awards with an industry event on Tuesday, September 8, in Los Angeles. The TV Guide Magazine Presents: Producers’ Evening was held at the White Rabbit Sky Lounge at the Valorian Hotel on the Sunset Strip ahead of the Emmys on Monday, September 14.
One Emmy winner who snagged their trophy at the Creative Arts Emmys, The Pitt‘s Ernest Harden Jr., joined us for the party, alongside more stars of The Pitt, which is hoping to defend its title as Outstanding Drama Series for its second season, plus stars from Widow’s Bay, Abbott Elementary, The Four Seasons, The Rookie, Reacher, Matlock, Ginny & Georgia, The Hunting Wives, and more. They were joined by some of the team from TV Guide Magazine, TV Insider, and Swooon.
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards is set to take place on Monday, September 14, 2026, live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony will broadcast live coast-to-coast on NBC and be streamed live on Peacock at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Scroll through the gallery below to see the stars at TV Guide Magazine Presents: Producers’ Evening.
2026 Primetime Emmys, Monday, September 14, 8/7c, NBC, and streaming live on Peacock
Abbott Elementary stars Janelle James and Lisa Ann Walter, The Pitt Emmy winner Ernest Harden Jr., Abbott Elementary‘s Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Four Seasons star Marco Calvani
Marco Calvani and Lisa Ann Walter
Abbott Elementary stars Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter
Abbott Elementary Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph
Abbott Elementary star Lisa Ann Walter
Abbott Elementary Emmy nominee Janelle James
Four Seasons star Marco Calvani
Widow’s Bay Emmy nominee Dale Dickey
Widow’s Bay stars K Callan and Dale Dickey, who play Ruth and Rosemary
Widow’s Bay‘s K Callan
The Pitt Emmy winner Ernest Harden Jr. with his wife, Cristina Maxwell Harden
The Pitt‘s Tal Anderson
The Pitt‘s Ken Kirby
The Pitt Emmy nominee Brittany Allen
The Pitt Emmy nominee Jeff Kober
Jeff Kober with TV Guide Magazine/TV Insider’s West Coast Editor, Kate Hahn
Hacks star Christopher McDonald
The Rookie‘s Angel Parker
Ginny & Georgia and Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter
Deli Boys star Saagar Shaikh
Baywatch alum Carmen Electra
Downton Abbey and The Westies‘s Allen Leech and his wife, Euphoria‘s Jessica Blair Herman
Reacher‘s Christopher Marquette
Voicemails for Isabelle writer/actor Leah McKendrick
The Lawrence brothers: Joey, Matthew, and Andrew Lawrence
Joey, Matthew, and Andrew Lawrence
TV Guide Magazine’s Chief Strategy Officer, Paul Turcotte, with Ernest Harden Jr.
Hunting Wives‘ Evan Jonigkeit
The Hunting Wives‘ Jackie Dallas
Reno 911! and Lucky Hank star Cedric Yarbrough
Yellowjackets and Ginny & Georgia producer Anya Adams
Matlock‘s Marnee Carpenter, executive producer DeMane Davis, Abbott Elementary‘s Janelle James, and Grey’s Anatomy director Morenike Joela Evans
TV Guide Magazine covers on display at the event
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