Television Academy Calendar

• June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026
  Eligibility period for Emmy entries
  
  All dates below are subject to change.

• February 19
  Open for submissions

• April 7
  Deadline to apply for membership to guarantee voting eligibility for both rounds of the 78th Emmy competition and to secure member entry fee discount. Application(s) must be completed and paid for by this date.

  Deadline for current voting members to apply for hyphenate voting status and for Associate members to apply to switch to Active voting membership.

• May 6
  Deadline for lapsed members to apply to reinstate their membership to guarantee voting eligibility for both rounds of the 78th Emmy competition and to secure member entry fee discount. Application(s) must be completed and paid for by this date.

• May 7
  Entry deadline for programs that identify as Primetime programming by virtue of genre and were originally presented June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026.

  Upload deadline for all entry materials.

• June 11
  Nominations-round voting begins

• June 22 10:00 PM
  Nominations-round voting ends

• June 26 - July 7
  Voting for peer group-specific top ten round panels (if applicable)  

• July 8
  Nominations announced

• July 15
  Nominations announced for peer-group specific top 10 round panels

• July 22
  Deadline for errors and omissions to the nominations

• Week of August 10
  Final-round videos available for viewing

• August 17
  Final-round voting begins

• August 26 10:00 PM
  Final-round voting ends

• Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6
  2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards and Governors Gala

• Monday, September 14
  78th Emmy Awards CBS Telecast and Governors Gala

• TBD
  2026 Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards

updated 12.12.25

• January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
  Eligibility period
  Rules and Procedures

• November 10, 2025 - November 21, 2025
  Eligibility Period, Station Awards for Regularly Scheduled Daily Morning, Daytime & Evening Newscast

• January 21, 2026, 9:00 AM PT
  Online Entry System Opens for Submissions

• January 30, 5:00 PM PT Deadline to apply for Active Membership for Complimentary and Discounted Entry Fees

• February 9, 5:00 PM PT
  Online Entry and Videos Upload Deadline

• February 19, 5:00 PM PT
  Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards Committee Meeting
  Verification of Submissions

• February 27, 5:00 PM PT
  Deadline for All Errors or Omissions in the categorization and listing of Submissions

• March 3, 5:00 PM
  Deadline for Final Approval/Sign-Off from Stations in the categorization and listing of submissions

• March 19, 5:00 PM
  Deadline for submission of Governors Award Candidates

• April 8
  Voting Starts

• April 27
  Voting Ends

• June 2
  Nominations Announced

• June 8, 5:00 PM PT
  Deadline for correcting Errors and Omissions in the listing of nominations

• June 10 TBD
  Governors Award Announced

• July 25
  78th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards Presentation

*Dates subject to change

• January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
  Eligibility period

• December 16, 2025
  Entry site and entry video upload window opens

• January 13, 2026
  Entry deadline

• TBD
  Voting opens

• TBD
  Voting closes

• TBD
  Honoree Announcement

• TBD
  Television Academy Honors Presentation

78th Emmy Awards Season Eligibility

• April 7, 2026
  Deadline to apply for membership to guarantee voting eligibility for both rounds of the 78th Emmy competition and to secure member entry fee discount. Application(s) must be completed and paid for by this date.

  Deadline for current voting members to apply for hyphenate voting status and for Associate members to apply to switch to Active voting membership.

• May 6, 2026
  Deadline for lapsed members to apply to reinstate their membership to guarantee voting eligibility for both rounds of the 78th Emmy competition and to secure member entry fee discount. Application(s) must be completed and paid for by this date.

• August 1, 2024 - July 31, 2025
  Eligibility Period

• September 23, 2025
  Online Entry System opens for submissions

• October 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM PT
  Online Entry submissions deadline

• October 28, 2025 - November 11, 2025
  Voting

• November 19, 2025
  Nominations announced

• November 25, 2025
  Deadline for errors & omissions

• March 28, 2026
  45th College Television Awards Ceremony

emmy Magazine 2026 publication calendar and production schedule

Issue No. 1
AD CLOSING: January 16
MATERIALS DUE: January 21
ON-SALE: February 12

Issue No. 2
AD CLOSING: February 12
MATERIALS DUE: February 17
ON-SALE: March 12

Issue No. 3
AD CLOSING: March 3
MATERIALS DUE: March 5
ON-SALE: April 1

Issue No. 4
AD CLOSING: March 17
MATERIALS DUE: March 19
ON-SALE: April 14

Issue No. 5
AD CLOSING: March 31
MATERIALS DUE: April 2
ON-SALE: May 1

Issue No. 6
AD CLOSING: April 14
MATERIALS DUE: April 16
ON-SALE: May 13

Issue No. 7
AD CLOSING: April 28
MATERIALS DUE: April 30
ON-SALE: June 1

Issue No. 8
AD CLOSING: May 13
MATERIALS DUE: May 15
ON-SALE: June 11

Issue No. 9 (Issues 9 and 10 have the same production dates)
AD CLOSING: July 17
MATERIALS DUE: July 21
ON-SALE: August 13

Issue No. 10
AD CLOSING: July 17
MATERIALS DUE: July 21
ON SALE: August 15

Issue No. 11
AD CLOSING: August 12
MATERIALS DUE: August 14
ON SALE: September 8

Issue No. 12
AD CLOSING: September 18
MATERIALS DUE: September 22
ON SALE: October 15

Issue No. 13
AD CLOSING: November 6
MATERIALS DUE: November 10
ON-SALE: December 7

78th PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS PROGRAM
AD CLOSING: August 18
MATERIALS DUE: August 20
CREATIVE ARTS AWARDS: September 5 & 6
PRIMETIME EMMY TELECAST: September 14

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all dates are subject to change

updated 12.15.25

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