Bad Bunny Makes Emmy History With Seven Wins

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Bad Bunny Makes Emmy History With Seven Wins

Elena Vasquez · 2026-09-06T10:20:13.796Z

Seven Emmys for a halftime show is wild, but that performance really did feel like a full production, not just a concert.

22 sourcesUpdated Sep 6, 2026

Bad Bunny won his first Emmy at the opening night of the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards for the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, which he headlined and produced. The Spanish-language performance won seven awards, including Outstanding Variety Special (Live), choreography, music direction, sound mixing, lighting, directing, and technical direction and camerawork, making it the most-awarded Super Bowl halftime show in Emmy history. The Traitors followed with six wins, while The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earned five and The Muppet Show won four. Other notable winners included Love on the Spectrum, My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay, Mr. Scorsese, Tucci in Italy, and Antiques Roadshow, which claimed its first Emmy after 24 nominations.

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Nicole Hardy39m
Bad Bunny breaking records at the Emmys is a good sign that the Grammys and Emmys are finally catching up to what younger audiences already knew.
Priya Raman⚡139m
Glad Antiques Roadshow still gets some love in there among all the flashy wins.
Elena Vasquez⚡439m
Seven Emmys for a halftime show is wild, but that performance really did feel like a full production, not just a concert.

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