Awards schedule for 2025-26: Here's when the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and more return 

Aashna
Awards schedule for 2025-26 (Image via X/@TelevisionAcad)
Awards schedule for 2025-26 (Image via X/@TelevisionAcad)

The award season is finally upon us, and the only Awards schedule for 2025-26 you need is also here!

With 77th Primetime Emmy nominations already locked in, other major TV and film awards will follow soon. Apple TV's Severance bagged the most Emmy nominations (27) this year, followed by The Penguin (24). However, all eyes are on Apple TV's freshman series The Studio, which bagged a total of 23 nominations and made history.

Leading the Awards schedule for 2025-26, the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will kick off the season and will be held on September 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

This party will be joined by the Golden Globe Awards, which will be held on January 11, 2026. Nominations for the same will be locked in on December 8, 2025. Lastly, the Academy Awards will close the awards season and will be held on March 15, 2026.

However, there are many more important and coveted trophies in between that will keep you entertained all year round. Here is the complete awards schedule for 2025-26.


Awards schedule for 2025-26: A complete guide to all the upcoming Awards shows and nominations

The month-wise awards schedule for 2025-26 is as follows:

1) August 2025

August 5th: VMA nominations

August 7th: Critics' Choice Super Awards and MacGuffin Awards nominations (Property Masters Guild)

August 10th: SDSA Awards for Television

August 23rd: LMGI Awards and AAFCA TV Honors


2) September 2025

September 6th-7th: Creative Arts Emmy Awards

September 13th: MacGuffin Awards (Property Masters Guild)

September 14th: Primetime Emmy Awards


3) October 2025

October 6th: Student Academy Awards

October 8th: Artios Awards nominations, non-film categories (Casting Society)

October 17th: Daytime Emmy Awards

October 23rd: Billboard Latiin Music Awards


4) November 2025

November 7th: Grammy Awards nominations

November 14th: Hollywood Music in Media Awards


5) December 2025

December 4th: Critics' Choice Awards TV nominations

December 5th: Critics' Choice Awards film nominations

December 8th: Golden Globe Awards nominations

December 16th: SCL Awards nominations

December 17th: Artios Awards nominations


6) January 2026

January 3rd: Palm Springs International Film Awards

January 4th: Critics' Choice Awards

January 7: SAG Awards nominations and Art Directors Guild Awards nominations

January 9th: PGA Awards nominations

January 11th: Golden Globe Awards

January 13th: National Board of Review Awards Gala

January 27th: Writers Guild Awards nominations and ACE Eddie Awards nominations


7) February 2026

February 1st: Grammy Awards

February 6th: SCL Awards

February 7th: DGA Awards

February 26th: Artios Awards

February 27th: ACE Eddie Awards

February 28th: PGA Awards and Art Directors Guild Awards


8) March 2026

March 1st: SAG Awards

March 8th: Writers Guild Awards and Golden Reels Awards

March 15: Academy Awards

This was the complete Awards schedule for 2025-26. Since 2025 Emmy nominations are already locked in, it's time to sit back and wait to see which TV show will take the most number of trophies home. Enjoy the Awards season!


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Edited by Aashna