DTF St Louis David Harbour and Linda Cardellini Score First Emmy Wins

DTF St. Louis delivered another memorable moment at the Emmys as David Harbour and Linda Cardellini picked up their first Emmy wins for their performances in the HBO dark comedy miniseries. HBO celebrated both victories on social media, giving the actors and their characters a playful shout-out. Harbour's win was greeted with the cheeky caption "Floyd finally got a win," while Cardellini's celebration came with the equally playful "Can you speak up?" — a fitting nod to the show's wonderfully offbeat sense of humour.

David Harbour won Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series for his performance as Floyd Smernitch, an American Sign Language interpreter caught up in the show's increasingly complicated world. The role gives Harbour a very different opportunity from some of his better-known screen characters, allowing him to explore a more understated and quirky side of his acting. HBO's playful reference to Floyd in its Emmy post only added to the fun surrounding Harbour's first major television award.

Linda Cardellini also took home her first Emmy, winning Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series for her role in DTF St. Louis. Her performance has been one of the highlights of the series, with Cardellini bringing plenty of emotional complexity to a story filled with questionable decisions, complicated relationships and darkly comic situations. HBO marked her achievement with an official winner image, giving the actress a well-earned spotlight during an impressive awards night for the series.

Created by Steven Conrad, DTF St. Louis stars Jason Bateman, Linda Cardellini and David Harbour in a seven-part story that mixes dark comedy with murder mystery and relationship drama. The plot follows three adults dealing with middle-age dissatisfaction and a complicated love triangle, with their lives eventually spiralling toward a death. A dating app that facilitates affairs becomes an important part of the mystery, giving the series a particularly modern twist on its tale of desire and consequences.

What makes DTF St. Louis stand out is the way it refuses to tell its story in a straightforward manner. The series uses a nonlinear narrative, revisiting events and scenes from different perspectives while gradually revealing where everything fits in the timeline. That structure adds another layer to the show's mystery, while the combination of uncomfortable situations and sharp humour keeps the seven episodes from becoming a conventional crime story.

With 13 Emmy nominations and multiple wins, DTF St. Louis has emerged as one of HBO's notable television success stories of 2026. Harbour and Cardellini's first Emmy victories are particularly satisfying milestones, recognising performances that helped give the strange, funny and occasionally disturbing series its personality. Between the show's unconventional storytelling and its talented ensemble, DTF St. Louis has certainly found a way to turn middle-age malaise, affairs and murder into award-winning television.