SDSA television awards honour Widow’s Bay, Fallout and Hacks
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The Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) has announced the winners of its television awards for 2025–26, honouring "Widow's Bay," "Fallout," "Hacks" and "Beef" among the productions recognised for outstanding set decoration. The awards celebrate the production designers and set decorators who craft the visual environments of television, covering shows released between 1 June 2025 and 31 May 2026 across nine categories.
"Widow's Bay" won best decor/design of a one-hour contemporary series, crediting set decorator Jennifer Engel and production designer Steve Arnold, while "Fallout" and "Wednesday" tied in the fantasy or science-fiction category. Other winners included "Palm Royale" (one-hour period series), "Beef" (television movie or limited series), "Hacks" (half-hour single-camera series), "Happy's Place" (half-hour multi-camera series), Offset and John Legend's "Never Let Go" (web series, music video or commercial), "The Muppet Show" (variety, reality or competition series) and "The Bold and the Beautiful" (daytime series). Nominees across the categories also included "Euphoria," "Stranger Things," "Bridgerton," "The Boys" and "Saturday Night Live."
- SDSA named its 2025–26 television set decoration award winners.
- "Widow's Bay," "Fallout" and "Hacks" led the honourees across nine categories.
- "Fallout" and "Wednesday" tied in the sci-fi/fantasy category.
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Set decorators translate a script into a physical world, choosing the furniture, props, wallpaper and clutter that make a fictional home, office or spaceship feel real. It's a distinct craft from production design, and it's the kind of work that shapes a show's atmosphere without viewers necessarily noticing it consciously. The Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) is the trade body that recognises this work with annual awards, judged by fellow set decorators rather than the wider public.
This particular round covers television released between June 2025 and May 2026, spanning genres from contemporary drama to fantasy, comedy, daytime soap and variety shows, each judged separately. Winners include newer titles such as "Widow's Bay" and "Happy's Place" alongside established hits like "Fallout," "Hacks," "Wednesday" and "The Bold and the Beautiful," reflecting how the awards cut across streaming, cable and broadcast television.
These prizes matter mainly within the industry, as recognition for behind-the-scenes crews whose work rarely gets awards attention compared with actors or writers, but they also serve as a marker of which shows are seen as visually accomplished by the people who build them.
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Originally published by Variety as “‘Widow’s Bay,’ ‘Fallout’ and ‘Hacks’ Among Set Decorators Society of America TV Award Winners”.