Outstanding Television Movie
“Churchill’s Secret”
“Custody”
“Immortal Lie of Henrietta Lacks”
“Sherlock: The Lying Detective”
“The Wizard of Lies”
Ready to crash: “Black Mirror,” “Killing Regan,” “Agatha Christie’s The Witness for the Prosecution”
You in danger girl: “Black Mirror”
Already snubbed: None
Lowdown: “Witness for the Prosecution” seems like the only real contender that could crash the field.
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live”
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
“Late Late Show with James Corden”
“Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
“Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”
Ready to crash: “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
You in danger girl: “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”
Already snubbed: “Watch What Happens Live”
Lowdown: In a perfect world “Jimmy Fallon” doesn’t make the cut, but after six straight years of nominations its hard to bet against him. If “Full Frontal” isn’t part of the mix it’s literally a crime against humanity.
Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
“The Amazing Race”
“Dancing With the Stars”
“Project Runway”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
“Top Chef”
“The Voice”
Ready to crash: “American Ninja Warrior,” “Survivor,” “Lip Sync Battle”
You in danger girl: “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” “Dancing with the Stars”
Already snubbed: None
Lowdown: Will “Drag Race” finally make the cut? It’s been on an upward trajectory, but Emmy voters may simply love “American Ninja Warrior” or – gasp – “Lip Sync Battle” too much for it to finally strut down the runway.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”
Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
Ready to crash: Anthony Hopkins (“Westworld”), Billy Bob Thornton (“Goliath”), Milo Ventimiglia (“This Is Us”), Matt Smith (“The Crown”)
You in danger girl: Liev Schreiber, Matthew Rhys
Already snubbed: Justin Theroux (“The Leftovers”), Dan Stevens (“Legion”)
Lowdown: Spacey and Schreiber really shouldn’t be here, but Emmy voters seem to love them. The question is do they love “This Is Us” and its star Milo Ventimiglia more?
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
Thomas Middleditch, “Silicon Valley”
Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Ready to crash: Ted Danson (“The Good Place”), Hank Azaria (“Brockmire”), Neil Patrick Harris (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”)
You in danger girl: Thomas Middleditch, William H. Macy
Already snubbed: None
Lowdown: Not a lot of buzz over this category and it’s hard to see anyone knocking these six from the field. However, Neil Patrick Harris and Hank Azaria are both historically Emmy favorites so anything is possible.
No love for Constance Wu or Fresh Off the Boat?
Possible, but I doubt it this year.
I don’t think Better Call Saul is in danger, this was arguably its better season, my prediction is that one of the new series will fall. It would be great if Rhea Seehorn gets nominated, she is getting better with each season. The acting categories in limited series are really crowded but Sarah Paulson wasn’t good at all in AHS, Mary Elizabeth Winstead deserves that place.
Don’t disagree with you on Paulson but they LOVE her. (And if not her Kathy Bates could crash there too)
Why on earth would Stranger Things even be talked about in consideration for an Emmy let alone be nominated ? There was absolutely nothing about it that deserved an Emmy. It was just okay. With nice acting from the juvenile stars. Ms. Ryder was abysmal.
Becoming a media sensation qualifies you now ?