The 2026 Grammy Awards telecast has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy for outstanding variety special (live), marking the 10th time the annual broadcast has received a top-programme nomination without ever winning. That keeps attention on whether this could finally be the year the Grammys break through, especially as it competes against other major live events including the Oscars, the Tonys, the Golden Globes and Apple Music’s Super Bowl LX halftime show. The nomination matters because it highlights the Grammys’ long-running prestige in television while also underscoring its repeated losses in one of the Emmys’ biggest categories.

The article notes that the Grammys has previously lost twice each to the Oscars and the Tonys, with other defeats spread across different programmes, and says the Bad Bunny-led Super Bowl halftime show may be its strongest rival this year. Several producers are competing against themselves across multiple nominated shows, including Jesse Collins, Raj Kapoor, Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner. It also points out that Trevor Noah has coincided with four of the six most recent Grammy telecasts to earn top-programme nominations, but he has said he will not return to host next year’s ceremony and no replacement has yet been announced.