Reba McEntire to perform Dolly Parton tribute at the 2026 Emmy Awards

Reba McEntire will reportedly pay tribute to Dolly Parton at the 2026 Emmy Awards on Monday night.

On Sunday, editors at Deadline claimed the country music star will honour the late entertainment icon amid the ceremony held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

Further details about what the tribute will entail have not been disclosed.

The Jolene hitmaker died at the age of 80 last month following a "brief battle" with cancer.

Parton and McEntire were longtime friends, with the I Will Always Love You singer making a cameo on a 2005 episode of the popular sitcom, Reba.

Previously, representatives for the Television Academy announced that the In Memoriam segment will feature Noah Kahan performing Bridge Over Troubled Water.

The ceremony will also include celebrations of the milestone 30th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer with David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar, and the 50th anniversary of Charlie's Angels with Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, and Jaclyn Smith.

Mariska Hargitay will be the host of the event, while presenters include Stephen Amell, Awkwafina, Scott Caan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Garner, Woody Harrelson, Paul Anthony Kelly, Matthew McConaughey, John Mulaney, Brooks Nader, Emmy Rossum, Sofía Vergara, and Shailene Woodley, among others.

Additionally, actor-activist Michael J. Fox will be bestowed with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.

As far as nominations for the Emmys are concerned, the nominees in the Outstanding Comedy Series include Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Hacks, Margo's Got Money Troubles, Nobody Wants This, Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking, and Widow's Bay.

While the nominees in the Outstanding Drama Series include The Diplomat, The Gilded Age, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Paradise, The Pitt, Pluribus, Slow Horses, and Your Friends & Neighbors.