"Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay is set to host the 2026 Emmy Awards on NBC and Peacock Sept. 14. Nominations are to be announced Wednesday.

Mariska Hargitay is set to host the Emmy Awards on Sept. 14. File Photo by John McCoy/UPI UPI Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay appear backstage during the Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles in 2025. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI UPI Mariska Hargitay speaks at a rally and protest for members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and its supporters outside of Paramount offices in Times Square in 2023 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI UPI

July 7 (UPI) -- Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay is set to host the 2026 Emmy Awards on NBC and Peacock Sept. 14.

The Emmys honor excellence in prime-time television.

Nominations are expected to be announced Wednesday.

"Bringing important stories into the light has been the heartbeat of my career. It's my great honor to host the 78th Emmy Awards -- in the 100th birthday year of my beloved NBC -- and celebrate this extraordinary community of storytellers," Hargitay said in a statement Tuesday.

"Whether it's an actor or a director, a costumer or a sound designer, we are all so privileged to take part in creating television that unites us," she said. "Regardless of how, where or when we watch, we are together in our laughter, our tears, our love of stories -- and our delighted anticipation to see what happens next."