It’s time for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards! Who will win Best Drama? Will anything upset Veep? And just how popular will Saturday Night Live and Stranger Things be? You can find out here as I will update the winner in real time, and will provide a write-up sometime this week – tomorrow, hopefully. You can see my predictions below with an * and I will make the winners bold as they’re announced!
Outstanding Drama Series
- Better Call Saul
- The Crown *
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- House of Cards
- Stranger Things
- This Is Us
- Westworld
Outstanding Comedy Series
- Atlanta
- Black-ish
- Master of None
- Modern Family
- Silicon Valley
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Veep *
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver *
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- The Late Late Show with James Corden
- Real Time With Bill Maher
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Billy on the Street
- Documentary Now!
- Drunk History
- Portlandia
- Saturday Night Live *
- Tracey Ullman’s Show
Outstanding Limited Series
- Big Little Lies *
- Fargo
- Feud: Bette and Joan
- Genius
- The Night Of
Outstanding Television Movie
- Black Mirror: San Junipero *
- Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Sherlock: The Lying Detective
- The Wizard of Lies
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
- The Amazing Race
- American Ninja Warrior
- Project Runway
- RuPaul’s Drag Race *
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Anthony Anderson-Black-ish
- Aziz Ansari-Master of None
- Zach Galifianakis-Baskets
- Donald Glover-Atlanta *
- William H. Macy-Shameless
- Jeffrey Tambor-Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Pamela Adlon-Better Things
- Jane Fonda-Grace and Frankie
- Allison Janney-Mom
- Ellie Kemper-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Veep *
- Tracee Ellis Ross-Black-ish
- Lily Tomlin-Grace and Frankie
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Sterling K. Brown-This Is Us *
- Anthony Hopkins-Westworld
- Bob Odenkirk-Better Call Saul
- Matthew Rhys-The Americans
- Live Schreiber-Ray Donovan
- Kevin Spacey-House of Cards
- Milo Ventimiglia-This Is Us
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Viola Davis-How to Get Away with Murder
- Claire Foy-The Crown *
- Elisabeth Moss-The Handmaid’s Tale
- Keri Russell-The Americans
- Evan Rachel Wood-Westworld
- Robin Wright-House of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series/TV Movie
- Riz Ahmed-The Night Of *
- Benedict Cumberbatch-Sherlock: The Lying Detective
- Robert De Niro-The Wizard of Lies
- Ewan McGregor-Fargo
- Geoffrey Rush-Genius
- John Turturro-The Night Of
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series/TV Movie
- Carrie Coon-Fargo
- Felicity Huffman-American Crime
- Nicole Kidman-Big Little Lies
- Jessica Lange-Feud: Bette and Joan *
- Susan Sarandon-Feud: Bette and Joan
- Reese Withersoon-Big Little Lies
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Louie Anderson-Baskets
- Alec Baldwin-Saturday Night Live *
- Tituss Burgess-Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Ty Burrell-Modern Family
- Tony Hale-Veep
- Matt Walsh-Veep
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Vanessa Bayer-Saturday Night Live
- Anna Chlumsky-Veep
- Kathryn Hahn-Transparent
- Leslie Jones-Saturday Night Live
- Judith Light-Transparent
- Kate McKinnon-Saturday Night Live *
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Jonathan Banks-Better Call Saul
- David Harbour-Stranger Things
- Ron Cephas Jones-This Is Us
- Michael Kelly-House of Cards
- John Lithgow-The Crown *
- Mandy Patinkin-Homeland
- Jeffrey Wright-Westworld
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Uzo Aduba-Orange Is the New Black
- Millie Bobby Brown-Stranger Things
- Ann Dowd-The Handmaid’s Tale
- Chrissy Metz-This Is Us
- Thandie Newton-Westworld *
- Samira Wiley-The Handmaid’s Tale
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series/TV Movie
- Bill Camp-The Night Of
- Alfred Molina-Feud: Bette and Joan
- Alexander Skarsgård-Big Little Lies *
- David Thewlis-Fargo
- Stanley Tucci-Feud: Bette and Joan
- Michael K. Williams-The Night Of
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series/TV Movie
- Judy Davis-Feud: Bette and Joan *
- Laura Dern-Big Little Lies
- Jackie Hoffman-Feud: Bette and Joan
- Regina King-American Crime
- Michelle Pfeiffer-The Wizard of Lies
- Shailene Woodley-Big Little Lies
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
- “B.A.N.”-Atlanta (Donald Glover) *
- “Intellectual Property”-Silicon Valley (Jamie Babbit)
- “Server Error”-Silicon Valley (Mike Judge)
- “Blurb”-Veep (Morgan Sackett)
- “Justice”-Veep (Dale Stern)
- “Groundbreaking”-Veep (David Mandel)
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- “Witness”-Better Call Saul (Vince Gilligan)
- “Hyde Park Corner”-The Crown (Stephen Daldry)
- “Offred”-The Handmaid’s Tale (Reed Morano)
- “The Bridge”-The Handmaid’s Tale (Kate Dennis)
- “America First”-Homeland (Lesli Linka Glatter)
- “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”-Stranger Things (The Duffer Brothers) *
- “The Bicameral Mind”-Westworld (Jonathan Nolan)
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series
- Drunk History
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert *
- Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series/TV Movie
- Big Little Lies (Jean-Marc Vallée) *
- Fargo: “The Law of Vacant Places” (Noah Hawley)
- Feud: Bette and Joan: “And The Winner Is… (The Oscars of 1963)” (Ryan Murphy)
- Genius: “Einstein: Chapter One” (Ron Howard)
- The Night Of: “The Art of War” (James Marsh)
- The Night Of: “The Beach” (Steve Zaillian)
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- “B.A.N.”-Atlanta (Donald Glover)
- “Streets on Lock”-Atlanta (Stephen Glover)
- “Thanksgiving”-Master of None (Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe) *
- “Success Failure”-Silicon Valley (Alec Berg)
- “Georgia”-Veep (Billy Kimball)
- “Groundbreaking”-Veep (David Mandel)
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
- “The Soviet Division”-The Americans (Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg)
- “Chicanery”-Better Call Saul (Gordon Smith)
- “Assassins”-The Crown (Peter Morgan) *
- “Offred”-The Handmaid’s Tale (Bruce Miller)
- “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”-Stranger Things (The Duffer Brothers)
- “The Bicameral Mind”-Westworld (Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Late Night with Seth Meyers
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- Saturday Night Live *
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series/TV Movie
- Big Little Lies (David E. Kelley)
- Black Mirror: “San Junipero” (Charlie Brooker)
- Fargo: “The Law of Vacant Places” (Noah Hawley)
- Feud: Bette and Joan: “And the Winner Is… (The Oscars of 1963)” (Ryan Murphy) *
- Feud: Bette and Joan: “Pilot” (Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam, and Ryan Murphy)
- The Night Of: “The Call of the Wild” (Richard Price and Steven Zaillian)
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