Television Academy to Feature Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller at Emmy Nominees Announcement Ceremony

The Television Academy announced on June 18 that Emmy winners Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller will present nominations for the 78th Emmy Awards at a ceremony scheduled for Wednesday, July 8. The nomination presentation is set for 8:30 a.m. PT and 11:30 a.m. ET, according to the Academy’s announcement reported by Deadline.

The ceremony will be held at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre, and it will be streamed live. The Academy’s notice indicated the program will be delivered through a live broadcast format timed specifically for the morning nomination release.

Colón-Zayas, who the Academy identified as an Emmy winner for The Bear, and Hiller, who the Academy identified as an Emmy winner for Somebody Somewhere, will serve as the event presenters for the nomination announcement. The Television Academy’s announcement framed them as prominent Emmy winners returning for a public-facing role tied to the nomination process for the upcoming Emmy cycle.

The nominations are for the 78th Emmy Awards, marking the next iteration of the Academy’s annual awards program. The June 18 announcement did not specify additional presenters beyond Colón-Zayas and Hiller, but it tied the nomination reveal to a formal ceremony rather than a purely online release.

Deadline’s report said the Academy chair, Cris Abrego, made remarks in connection with the event, but the brief item provided here does not include a verbatim quote. The Academy’s communication instead focused on the scheduling and format of the announcement and the choice of presenters for the nomination ceremony.

With the nomination ceremony set for July 8, the announcement creates a defined timeline for campaigns and attention around the Emmy Awards season. For viewers, the live streamed ceremony is positioned as the next major public step in the Emmy process after production and submission deadlines, and it is expected to bring categories and credited titles into the spotlight at the same time.

The Television Academy’s announcement places both the venue and timing in the public record, allowing networks, studios, and performers to plan for the nomination reveal. The next step after the July 8 ceremony will be the broader Emmy nominations cycle, followed by the later awards telecast timetable set by the Academy.