The public alone decides the National Television Awards, and the 31st ceremony was broadcast live from The O2 this September.
Decided by the public alone, the National Television Awards broadcast their 31st ceremony live from The O2 arena in North Greenwich on Tuesday 8 September 2026.
The awards began at the Wembley Conference Centre in 1995. The ceremony spent 12 years at the Royal Albert Hall from 1996 and moved to The O2 in 2010. It has left only once since, for a single year at Wembley Arena in 2022.
There is no jury, no academy and no industry panel. Nominations open to the public before any shortlist is drawn, so even eligibility is settled outside the industry.
That rule shapes the categories. Soaps, entertainment formats, daytime programmes and drama compete for the same public vote, and viewers decide what is nominated rather than a committee.
Joel Dommett hosted for a sixth year running, having taken over from David Walliams in 2021. The public vote closed before the evening began, and Indigo Television produced the ceremony, as it has every edition since the first.