‘Pluribus,’ ‘Beef,’ ‘I Love LA,’ ‘Big Mistakes,’ ‘Death By Lightning’ Among This Year’s Gotham TV Awards Nominees

Netflix’s ‘Big Mistakes” and “Death By Lightning” led the nominations for this year’s Gotham Television Awards, as announced Tuesday by the Gotham Film & Media Institute. The org revealed noms in 12 award categories.

“With today’s nominations, our third annual Gotham Television Awards celebrates an incredible year of breakthrough comedies, dramas, and original films, as well as a newly expanded Limited or Anthology Series category recognizing where some of television’s boldest work is being made,” said The Gotham executive director Jeffrey Sharp in a statement. “As the first awards show of the new television season, we’re proud to bring together the industry’s most exciting voices, celebrate the year’s achievements, and deepen our commitment to supporting the creative community we represent here at The Gotham.”

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‘Big Mistakes” and “Death By Lightning” received four noms, while “I Love LA,” “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” “Alien: Earth,” “Pluribus,” “Beef” and “DTF St. Louis” recevied three nods each.

The Gotham 2026 Television Awards event will be held on Monday, June 1, at 7 p.m. ET at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The Duffer Brothers will be given a special honor for “Stranger Things,” with additional awards to be announced soon.

Nominations were selected by a group of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers and film curators. Additional juries of “writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in making television” will choose the final Gotham Television Awards winners. Last year’s honorees included “Adolescence,” “The Studio,” “The Pitt,” “Social Studies” and “Pee-wee as Himself,” in addition to tributes for Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, Hwang Dong-hyuk and Elisabeth Moss, as well as the cast of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Parker Posey, Brian Tyree Henry, Sheryl Lee Ralph and David E. Kelley. 

Here are the 2026 Gotham Television Award nominations are:

Breakthrough Comedy Series

“Big Mistakes” (Netflix)
Dan Levy, Rachel Sennott, creators; Etan Frankel, Timothy Greenberg, Dean Holland, Dan Levy, Anne-Marie McGintee, Rachel Sennott, executive producers

“The Chair Company” (HBO Max)
Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, creators; Andrew DeYoung, Zach Kanin, Adam McKay, Tim Robinson, Todd Schulman, Igor Srubshchik, executive producers

“I Love LA” (HBO Max)
Rachel Sennott, creator; Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers, Lorene Scafaria, Rachel Sennott, Max Silvestri, executive producers

“Long Story Short” (Netflix)
Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator; Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Noel Bright, Steven A. Cohen, executive producers

“Too Much” (Netflix)
Lena Dunham, Luis Felber, creators; Tim Bevan, Michael P. Cohen, Lena Dunham, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Bruce Eric Kaplan, executive producers

Breakthrough Drama Series

“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
George R.R. Martin, Ira Parker, creators; Sarah Bradshaw, Ryan Condal, Vince Gerardis, Owen Harris, George R.R. Martin, Ira Parker, executive producers

“Alien: Earth” (FX/Hulu)
Noah Hawley, creator; Dana Gonzales, Noah Hawley, Joseph E. Iberti, Clayton Krueger, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, executive producers

“Dept. Q” (Netflix)
Scott Frank, Chandni Lakhani, creators; Rob Bullock, Scott Frank, Andy Harries, Charlotte Moore, executive producers

“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Vince Gilligan, creator; Jeff Frost, Vince Gilligan, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, executive producers

“Task” (HBO Max)
Brad Ingelsby, creator; David Crockett, Brad Ingelsby, Paul Lee, Mark Roybal, Mark Ruffalo, Ron Schmidt, Salli Richardson Whitfield, Jeremiah Zagar, executive producers

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

“Beef” (Netflix)
Lee Sung Jin, creator; Sam French, Oscar Isaac, Lee Sung Jin, Ethan Kuperberg, Charles Melton, Anna Ouyang Moench, Carey Mulligan, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich, Kitao Sakurai, Jake Schreier, Cailee Spaeny, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, executive producers

“Death by Lightning” (Netflix)
Mike Makowsky, creator; David Benioff, Bernadette Caulfield, Mike Makowsky, Matt Ross, D.B. Weiss, executive producers

“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Steven Conrad, creator; Molly Allen, Jason Bateman, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steven Conrad, Michael Costigan, David Harbour, James Lasdun, Michael Nelson, Jennifer Scher, Bruce Terris, Steve Tisch, K.C. Wenson, executive producers

“Half Man” (HBO Max)
Richard Gadd, creator; executive producers to be determined

“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix)
Jack Thorne, creator; Jamie Campbell, Amanda Duthie, Nawfal Faizullah, Marc Munden, Cailah Scobie, Jack Thorne, Joel Wilson, executive producers

Breakthrough Nonfiction Series

“High Horse: The Black Cowboy” (Peacock)
Kadine Anckle, Tom Casciato, Mari Keiko Gonzalez, Sacha Jenkins, Liz Yale Marsh, Keith McQuirter, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Keisha Senter, Jamal M. Watson, executive producers; Jason Perez, director

“Katrina: Come Hell and High Water” (Netflix)
Geeta Gandbhir, Spike Lee, Sam Pollard, executive producers

“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV)
Damon Cardasis, Chris Donnelly, Rebecca Miller, Cindy Tolan, Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, executive producers

“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix)
Brad Bernstein, Ariel Brozell, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, David Karabinas, Stacy Scripter, Alexandria Stapleton, executive producers

“The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max)
Nancy Abraham, Avi Belkin, Margaret Brown, Beth Garrabrant, Lisa Heller, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emily Osborne, Sara Rodriguez, Limor Gott Ronen, Mickey Stanley, Emma Stone, Nicole Stott, executive producers

Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming

“Color Theories by Julio Torres” (HBO Max)
Julio Torres, director; Matthew Vaughan, producer

“People We Meet on Vacation” (Netflix)
Brett Haley, director; Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Isaac Klausner, producers

“Reflection in a Dead Diamond” (Shudder)
Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, directors; Pierre Foulon, producer

“Remarkably Bright Creatures” (Netflix)
Olivia Newman, director; Peter Craig, David Levine, Bryan Unkeless, producers

“#Skyking” (Hulu)
Patricia E. Gillespie, director; Christopher G. Cowan, Patricia E. Gillespie, David Sloan, Claire Weinraub, producers

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series

Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Dan Levy, “Big Mistakes” (Netflix)
Taylor Ortega, “Big Mistakes” (Netflix)
Tim Robinson, “The Chair Company” (HBO Max)
Rachel Sennott, “I Love LA” (HBO Max)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series

Malin Åkerman, “The Hunting Wives” (Netflix)
Sydney Chandler, “Alien: Earth” (FX/Hulu)
Peter Claffey, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
Chase Infiniti, “The Testaments” (Hulu)
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series

Riz Ahmed, “Bait” (Amazon Prime Video)
Jamie Bell, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
Matthew Macfadyen, “Death by Lightning” (Netflix)
Carey Mulligan, “Beef” (Netflix)
Sarah Pidgeon, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette” (FX/Hulu)
Lili Reinhart, “Hal & Harper” (MUBI)
Michael Shannon, “Death by Lightning” (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series

Odessa A’zion, “I Love LA” (HBO Max)
Erika Alexander, “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC)
Laurie Metcalf, “Big Mistakes” (Netflix)
Michelle Pfeiffer, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Daniel Radcliffe, “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC)
Haley Lu Richardson, “Ponies” (Peacock)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series

Dexter Sol Ansell, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
Babou Ceesay, “Alien: Earth” (FX/Hulu)
Zach Galifianakis, “The Audacity” (AMC)
Tom Pelphrey, “Task” (HBO Max)
Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series

Linda Cardellini, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
David Harbour, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
David McKenna, “Lord of the Flies” (Netflix)
Nick Offerman, “Death by Lightning” (Netflix)
Cailee Spaeny, “Beef” (Netflix)

Outstanding Performance in an Original Film

Sally Field, “Remarkably Bright Creatures” (Netflix)
Allison Janney, “Miss You, Love You” (HBO Max)
Cassandra Naud, “Influencers” (Shudder)
Yannick Renier, “Reflection in a Dead Diamond” (Shudder)
Cory Michael Smith, “Mountainhead” (HBO Max)