The third annual Gotham Television Awards are handing out the riches on Monday night as HBO Max’s DTF St. Louis it was the only show to receive multiple awards, for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and for supporting actor David Harbour.
Apple TV Pluribus from Vince Gilligan and actress Rhea Seehorn took home the award for Breakthrough Drama Series, and HBO Max’s I love LA created by and starring Rachel Sennott took home the award for Breakthrough Comedy Series. See the full list of winners below.
The 2026 Gotham TV Awards honor the most successful TV series and excellence of 2025. HBO Max led all platforms with five wins for the evening, while Netflix — which had the top 22 names in Gotham — followed with three. Hulu is the only other multiple winner.
Chase Infiniti won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series for Hulu The Handmaid’s Tale series sequence Testamentsand Babou Ceesay took home Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series for the FX/Hulu creepshow Alien: Earth.
On the comedy side, Tim Robinson won his best performance on HBO Max Chairman’s Company, Laurie Metcalf took home the Netflix Performance Support trophy Big mistakes, which arrived in the evening tied with the streamer’s miniseries Death by lightning with the top four nominations each.
Another limited series or anthology category went to Michael Shannon for Outstanding Lead Performance by Netflix Death by lightning.
The first telepic award of the night went to Cory Michael Smith, who won Outstanding Performance in an Original Film for HBO Max’s satirical drama. Mountainhead. Shudder’s French septuagenarian pic Meditation on a Dead Diamond then took home Gotham for Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming.
Netflix’s Katrina: Come Hell and High Water won in the Breakthrough Nonfiction Series.
Among the special honorees tonight, Claire Danes received the Performer Tribute, Kerry Washington accepted the Spotlight Tribute, and Michelle Pfeiffer was given the Legend Tribute. Matt and Ross Duffer received a Visionary Tribute for their work on Netflix that recently wrapped Stranger Thingsand the cast of A Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette will be honored with an Ensemble Tribute.
Here are the winners of the 2026 Gotham TV Awards:
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
DTF St. Louis
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, KC Wenson, executive producers (HBO Max)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series or Anthology
Michael Shannon, Death by lightning (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited Series or Anthology
David Harbour, DTF St. Louis (HBO Max)
A successful Drama series
Pluribus
Vince Gilligan, creator; Jeff Frost, Vince Gilligan, Diane Mercer, Allyce Ozarski, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock, executive producers (Apple TV)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series
Chase Infiniti, Testaments (Hulu)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series
Babou Ceesay, Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu)
Outstanding Original Film, Stream or Broadcast
Meditation on a Dead Diamond
Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, directors; Pierre Foulon, producer (Shudder)
Outstanding Performance in an Original Film
Cory Michael Smith, Mountainhead (HBO Max)
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Geeta Gandbhir, Spike Lee, Sam Pollard, executive producers (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series
Laurie Metcalf, Big Mistakes (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series
Tim Robinson, Chairman’s Company (HBO Max)
Breakthrough Comedy Series
I love LA
Rachel Sennott, creator; Emma Barrie, Aida Rodgers, Lorene Scafaria, Rachel Sennott, Max Silvestri, executive producers (HBO Max)
