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Rob Reiner Earns Posthumous Emmys 2026 Nomination for ‘The Bear’
Rob Reiner remains a titan of television.
Less than a year after the legendary filmmaker and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were killed at their Brentwood, Calif., home on Dec. 14, Rob won the award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series at the Sept. 6 Creative Arts Emmy Awards for his role as restaurant consultant Albert Schurr on season four of The Bear.
The late actor beat out fellow nominees Connor Storrie (Saturday Night Live), Hamish Linklater (Widow’s Bay), Christopher McDonald (Hacks), Michael J. Fox (Shrinking) and Brett Goldstein (Shrinking). And the win felt especially poignant for all those gathered at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (See all the winners here.)
Accepting the award on Rob’s behalf was presenter Wendi McLendon-Covey, who told the audience, "We all wish he was here,” as they gave him a standing ovation.
The win marked Rob's first since 1978 when he picked up the award for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his work on All in the Family, and comes nine months after prosecutors say he and his wife Michele were stabbed to death at home by their son Nick Reiner, who has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Rob also received a touching tribute in the final episode of The Bear, when line cook Ebra (Edwin Lee Gibson) called Rob’s Albert—his business mentor on the FX series—to tell him of the plan to franchise their restaurant.
“Albert, we are in business,” Ebra said into the phone. “It’s perfect. I will have all the documents, email it to you immediately. Anything else I can do?”
While audiences couldn’t hear Albert on the other end, Ebra smiled as he quoted Rob’s 1987 film The Princess Bride, saying, “As you wish.”
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But returning to film season five of The Bear without Rob was certainly challenging for Edwin.
“It's emotional when I think about it,” he told The Standard in June. “Because we go back in season five, and he's not there and we fully expected him to be there, [it] changed a bit the trajectory of the story.”
Of course, he will always treasure the moments he did get to share with Rob—both on and off camera.
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“All those days that Rob and I spent together were a lot of fun,” he remembered. “I'm really happy that it looks like, ‘Oh, they must have spent so much time,' when in actuality we just had such a great chemistry immediately.”
“I got to be his last scene partner, unfortunately,” Edwin reflected. “But it was just really, really great moments with someone that you grew up watching in front of the camera, then behind the camera.”
Before more Emmy Award winners are revealed at the Sept. 14 ceremony on NBC, read on for a look at which surprising celebrities were—and weren’t—nominated this year.
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SURPRISE: Connor Storrie, Saturday Night Live
While Heated Rivalry was sidelined from the award show since it was financed outside of the United States—it's a production from Canada's Bell Media—Connor Storrie is still in the running for an Emmy.
After all, the actor—who experienced a meteoric rise to fame alongside Heated Rivalry costar Hudson Williams following the 2025 release of their gay hockey romance—was nominated in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series category for his February 2026 Saturday Night Live appearance.
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SNUB: The Amazing Race
Although the competition show has been nominated for Outstanding Reality Competition Program since the category's inception in 2003—including 108 nods and 15 wins—it didn't make it across the finish line this time.
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SURPRISE: Euphoria
Despite the lackluster response to the HBO show's third season—which earned a drastically lower critical score than its first and second installments—it received seven nominations.
Zendaya proved that she didn't need any help shaking up the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category, which she previously won in 2022 and 2020. Colman Domingo also earned a nod in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
The show—which also starred Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney and Maude Apatow—was also nominated for Picture Editing, Production Design, Cinematography, Contemporary Hairstyling and Contemporary Makeup.
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SNUB: Stranger Things
The Netflix series may have earned nominations for Special Visual Effects, Production Design, Sound Mixing and more, but it didn't get a spotlight in any acting or directing categories for its fifth and final season. It's a disappointing end to the beloved show, which has won 12 Emmys since its 2016 debut.
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SNUB: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear
Sorry, Chef. While The Bear was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series and Ayo Edibiri earned a nod for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Jeremy Allen White didn't get an Outstanding Lead Actor nod. (The Shameless alum won the award in 2023 and 2024 for his role as Carmy Berzatto.)
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SNUB: Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Cousin didn't make the cut, either. Although Ebon Moss-Bachrach—who plays Richie Jerimovich—won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2023 and 2024 and was nominated in 2025, he wasn't included in this year's list.
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SURPRISE: Chase Infiniti, The Testaments
Following Chase Infiniti's film debut in One Battle After Another, which earned her Golden Globe and Actor Awards nominations, she may be striking gold at the Emmys with The Testaments. Following in the footsteps of her onscreen mom Elisabeth Moss, Infiniti, who plays Agnes in the Hulu series, was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
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SNUB: Paul Anthony Kelly, Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette
Although Sarah Pidgeon was nominated for her role as Carolyn Bessette in the FX show—which is nominated in six categories, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series—Paul Anthony Kelly's portrayal as John F. Kennedy Jr. didn't make the list.
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SNUB: Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
This podcast co-host and hot rabbi didn't earn nods in their respective Outstanding Lead Actor and Actress categories, despite both Kristen Bell and Adam Brody being strong contenders at last year's Emmys. (The show was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series this time around.)
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SNUB: Wednesday
While the Jenna Ortega-led series was nominated in the Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series categories for its first season in 2022, it didn't earn any acting or directing nods this year.
With a third season in the works, there's a chance an Emmy will be in its future. Unfortunately, Wednesday Addams doesn't bury hatches; she sharpens them.
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SNUB: Fallout
The Prime Video series may have been nominated in nine categories—including Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes and Stunt Performance—but it didn't earn any other nods, despite its second season's positive critical reception and commercial success.
As the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) makes his way through the wasteland in season three, maybe he'll end up with an Emmy in his hands by then.
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SURPRISE: Summer House
On the heels of its explosive season 10 controversy—stars Amanda Batula and West Wilson began a messy romantic relationship that led to major fallout—the Bravo show earned its first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program.
Don't miss the Emmy Awards 2026 live telecast Monday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC and streaming on Peacock.
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