A lot of you might be confused right now and thinking, “The Emmys? We just had those back in January!” –to which yes you are right, we did. However, that’s not the usual schedule the Emmys follow. Notice how my two previous Oscar predictions were released around the same time in March; the Oscars of the past few years have consistently taken place in March. The Emmys follow a similar pattern, except in September. While they were actually supposed to happen last September, we were still in the midst of the SAG-AFTRA strike at that time, which delayed the awards to January. Since the strike is over, the Emmys have resumed their normal September scheduling. So without further ado, below are my final Emmy predictions of my High School career.
A quick sidenote: I anticipate that this might have my worst hit rate out of any of these predictions because I haven’t seen any of these shows except for The Bear as of September 10th. To that end, my predictions are based on how popular the show is and how many nominations it has.
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Palm Royale
Reservation Dogs
What We Do In The Shadows
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary: Randall Einhorn (Party)
The Bear: Christopher Storer (Fishes)
The Bear: Ramy Youssef (Honeydew)
The Gentlemen: Guy Ritchie (Refined Aggression)
Hacks: Lucia Aniello (Bulletproof)
The Ms. Pat Show: Mary Lou Belli (I’m The Pappy)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Crown: Stephen Daldry (Sleep, Dearie Sleep)
The Morning Show: Mimi Leder (The Overview Effect)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Hiro Murai (First Date)
Shogun: Frederick E.O. Toye (Crimson Sky)
Slow Horses: Saul Metzstein (Strange Games)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty: Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Beat L.A.)
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Baby Reindeer: Weronika Tofilska (Episode 4)
Fargo: Noah Hawley (The Tragedy of the Commons)
Feud: Capote vs The Swans: Gus Van Sant (Pilot)
Lessons in Chemistry: Millicent Shelton (Poirot)
Ripley: Steven Zaillian (Whole show is directed by one person)
True Detective: Night Country: Issa López (Whole show is directed by one person)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
The Crown
Fallout
The Gilded Age
The Morning Show
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Shogun
Slow Horses
3 Body Problem
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
What We Do in the Shadows: Matt Berry
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David
Only Murders in the Building: Steve Martin
Only Murders in the Building: Martin Short
The Bear: Jeremy Allen White
Reservation Dogs: D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Hijack: Idris Elba
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Donald Glover
Fallout: Walton Goggins
Slow Horses: Gary Oldman
Shogun: Hiroyuki Sanada
The Crown: Dominic West
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Fellow Travelers: Matt Bomer
Baby Reindeer: Richard Gadd
Fargo: Jon Hamm
Feud: Capote vs The Swans: Tom Hollander
Ripley: Andrew Scott
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary: Quinta Brunson
The Bear: Ayo Edebiri
Only Murders in the Building: Selena Gomez
Loot: Maya Rudolph
Hacks: Jean Smart
Palm Royale: Kristen Wiig
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
The Morning Show: Jennifer Aniston
The Gilded Age: Carrie Coon
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Maya Erskine
Shogun: Anna Sawai
The Crown: Imelda Staunton
The Morning Show: Reese Witherspoon
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE:
True Detective: Night Country: Jodie Foster
Lessons in Chemistry: Brie Larson
Fargo: Juno Temple
Griselda: Sofia Vergara
Feud: Capote vs The Swans: Naomi Watts
OUTSTANDING LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES
Baby Reindeer
Fargo
Lessons in Chemistry
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
OUTSTANDING REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors
The Voice
OUTSTANDING SCRIPTED VARIETY SERIES
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
The Bear: Lionel Boyce
Hacks: Paul W. Downs
The Bear: Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Only Murders in the Building: Paul Rudd
Abbott Elementary: Tyler James Williams
Saturday Night Live: Bowen Yang
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Shogun: Tadanobu Asano
The Morning Show: Billy Crudup
The Morning Show: Mark Duplass
The Morning Show: Jon Hamm
Shogun: Takehiro Hira
Slow Horses: Jack Lowden
The Crown: Jonathan Pryce
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Fellow Travelers: Jonathan Bailey
The Sympathizer: Robert Downey Jr.
Baby Reindeer: Tom Goodman-Hill
True Detective: Night Country: John Hawkes
Fargo: Lamorne Morris
Lessons in Chemistry: Lewis Pullman
Feud: Capote vs The Swans: Treat Williams
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Palm Royale: Carol Burnett
The Bear: Liza Colón-Zayas
Hacks: Hannah Einbinder
Abbott Elementary: Janelle James
Abbott Elementary: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Only Murders in the Building: Meryl Streep
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
The Gilded Age: Christine Baranski
The Morning Show: Nicole Beharie
The Crown: Elizabeth Debicki
The Morning Show: Greta Lee
The Crown: Lesley Manville
The Morning Show: Karen Pittman
The Morning Show: Holland Taylor
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Ripley: Dakota Fanning
Under the Bridge: Lily Gladstone
Baby Reindeer: Jessica Gunning
Lessons in Chemistry: Aja Naomi King
Feud: Capote vs The Swans: Diane Lane
Baby Reindeer: Nava Mau
True Detective: Night Country: Kali Reis
OUTSTANDING TALK SERIES
The Daily Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night With Seth Meyers
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
OUTSTANDING VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
The Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show Starring Usher
66th Grammy Awards
Greatest Roast of all Time: Tom Brady
The Oscars
76th Annual Tony Awards
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary: Quinta Brunson (Career Day)
The Bear: Christopher Storer (Fishes)
Girls5eva: Meredith Scardino and Sam Means (Orlando)
Hacks: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky (Bulletproof)
The Other Two: Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider (Brooke Hosts A Night of Undeniable Good)
What We Do in the Shadows: Jake Bender and Zach Dunn (Pride Parade)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Crown: Peter Morgan and Meriel Sheibani-Clare (Ritz)
Fallout: Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner (The End)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover (First Date)
Shogun: Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks (Anjin)
Shogun: Rachel Kondo and Caillin Puente (Crimson Sky)
Slow Horses: Will Smith -no not that one- (Negotiating With Tigers)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
Baby Reindeer: Richard Gadd (Whole show is written by one person)
Black Mirror: Charlie Brooker (Joan is Awful)
Fargo: Noah Hawley (The Tragedy of the Commons)
Fellow Travelers: Ron Nyswaner (You’re Wonderful)
Ripley: Steve Zaillian (Whole show was written by one person)
True Detective: Night Country: Issa López (Whole show was written by one person)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
The Daily Show
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Saturday Night Live
