Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Likely
Antonio Banderas, “Genius: Picasso”
Darren Criss, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “Patrick Melrose”
Jeff Daniels, “The Looming Tower”
Battling
Daniel Brühl, “The Alienist”
Hugh Grant, “A Very English Scandal”
Jonah Hill, “Maniac”
Lowdown: Darren Criss and Antonio Banderas are locks. SAG has an affinity for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jeff Daniels so we’re assuming they are in. The last slot? Pick ’em.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Likely
Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects”
Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora”
Laura Dern, “The Tale”
Regina King, “Seven Seconds”
Emma Stone, “Maniac”
Battling
Connie Britton, “Dirty John”
Lowdown: We don’t think SAG will snub Emma Stone in this category, but if they do Netflix should see it’s yet another sign the industry really doesn’t like “Maniac.”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Likely
Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us”
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Battling
Billy Porter, “Pose”
Richard Madden, “Bodyguard”
Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”
Lowdown: Liev Schreiber has never earned a SAG nomination for his role on “Ray Donovan,” but could this be the year? Beyond the “Likely” we’re honestly perplexed at who the other two nominees will turn out to be.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Likely
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”
Julia Roberts, “Homecoming”
Robin Wright, “House of Cards”
Battling
Laura Linney, “Ozark”
Thandie Newton, “Westworld”
Keri Russell, “The Americans”
Lowdown: As noted, SAG loves Netflix so Laura Linney could easily sneak in again over the more deserving Keri Russell or Thandie Newton.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Likely
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Donald Glover, “Atlanta”
Bill Hader, “Barry”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Battling
Jim Carrey, “Kidding”
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”
Sean Hayes, “Will & Grace”
Marc Maron, “GLOW”
Henry Winkler, “Barry”
Lowdown: Bill Hader should crack this category for the first time. It’s unclear if Jim Carrey or Michael Douglas will join him.
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Likely
Uzo Aduba, “Orange Is The New Black”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Alison Brie, “GLOW”
Lily Tomlin, “Grace & Frankie”
Battling
Kristen Bell, “The Good Place”
Candice Bergen, “Murphy Brown”
Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Tracee Ellis Ross, “Black-ish”
Jane Fonda, “Grace & Frankie”
Lowdown: Do both “Grace & Frankie” land nominations again this year?
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Likely
“This Is Us”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Westworld”
Battling
“The Americans”
“Better Call Saul”
“Homecoming”
“Killing Eve”
“Ozark”
“Pose”
“Succession”
Lowdown: Honestly, only “This Is Us” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” are likely safe here. The rest will be a surprise one way or another.
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Likely
“Barry”
“GLOW”
“Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Battling
“Atlanta”
“The Good Place”
“Murphy Brown”
“Silicon Valley”
“Will & Grace”
Lowdown: You’d think “Atlanta” would be safe, but this has been a strange awards season the TV side so far. We’re not even sure “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is a lock this year.
The nominations for the 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards will be announced at 7 AM PT, 10 AM ET.
The 25th SAG Awards will be handed out live on Jan. 27 at 5 PM PT, 8 PM ET on TNT and TBS.
