Tonight, the biggest names in Hollywood will come together at the Primetime Emmys to celebrate the best in television at TV’s biggest night of the year.
Entering the night, HBO leads the pack with the three most-nominated shows of the evening in Succession, The Last of Us, and The White Lotus which landed a collective 74 nominations this year. These shows will face off against some of TV’s top contenders from HBO’s rival networks including Netflix’s The Crown and The Diplomat, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and Showtime’s Yellowjacket.
Then there are the comedy and limited series races which will see the likes of Abbott Elementary, Ted Lasso, The Bear, Beef, and Daisy Jones & the Six facing off in hopes of walking away with television’s top honor.
Fans are eager to see their favorite stars hitting the red carpet and are even more eager to see who will take home the night’s top honors. While we have to wait until the evening to find out who exactly will be walking away victorious, the winners have likely already been revealed.
Award Shows once were full of surprises, but they’ve become more predictable in recent years which makes it easier than ever to predict who might walk away with an award on awards night. The winners at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards were nearly identical to the winners of the 2024 Golden Globes, which seems to suggest the same actors, actresses, and shows will take home the Emmys as well.
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
Brian Cox (Succession)
Predicted Winner: Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)
Jeremy Strong (Succession)
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Sharon Horgan (Bad Sisters)
Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
Keri Russell (The Diplomat)
Predicted Winner: Sarah Snook (Succession)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus)
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Michael Imperioli (The White Lotus)
Theo James (The White Lotus)
Predicted Winner: Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Alan Ruck (Succession)
Will Sharpe (The White Lotus)
Alexander Skarsgård (Succession)
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
Predicted Winner: Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus)
Sabrina Impacciatore (The White Lotus)
Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus)
Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)
J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)
Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus)
Best Drama Series
Andor (Disney+)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Crown (Netflix)
House of the Dragon (HBO/Max)
The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
Predicted Winner: Succession (HBO/Max)
The White Lotus (HBO/Max)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Best Actress in a Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
Lizzy Caplan (Fleishman Is in Trouble)
Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy)
Dominique Fishback (Swarm)
Kathryn Hahn (Tiny Beautiful Things)
Riley Keough (Daisy Jones & the Six)
Predicted Winner: Ali Wong (Beef)
Best Actor in a Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
Kumail Nanjiani (Welcome to Chippendales)
Evan Peters (Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)
Michael Shannon (George & Tammy)
Predicted Winner: Steven Yeun (Beef)
Best Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
Predicted Winner: Beef (Netflix)
Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (Netflix)
Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)
Fleishman Is in Trouble (FX)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+)
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
Murray Bartlett (Welcome To Chippendales)
Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
Richard Jenkins (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Joseph Lee (Beef)
Ray Liotta (Black Bird)
Young Mazino (Beef)
Jesse Plemons (Love & Death)
Surprisingly, none of this year’s Supporting Actor nominees have taken home an award at any of this year’s key awards meaning we should be in for a surprise in this race!
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, Movie or Anthology
Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome To Chippendales)
Maria Bello (Beef)
Claire Danes (Fleishman Is In Trouble)
Juliette Lewis (Welcome to Chippendales)
Camila Morrone (Daisy Jones & The Six)
Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
Merritt Wever (Tiny Beautiful Things)
Surprisingly, none of this year’s Supporting Actress nominees have taken home an award at any of this year’s key awards meaning we should be in for a surprise in this race!
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face)
Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
With Ayo Edebiri who has taken home the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy, Edebiri will be competing in the Supporting Actress category, opening the door wide open. This means we should see a surprise winner in the race!
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Bill Hader (Barry)
Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
Jason Segel (Shrinking)
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)
Predicted Winner: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso)
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)
James Marsden (Jury Duty)
Predicted Winner: Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
Henry Winkler (Barry)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Predicted Winner: Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)
Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
Juno Temple (Ted Lasso)
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)
Jessica Williams (Shrinking)
Best Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Barry (HBO/Max)
Predicted Winner: The Bear (FX)
Jury Duty (Freevee)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
Wednesday (Netflix)