2026 Emmys Predictions in Every Category

“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max)
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) ***
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
“Task” (HBO Max)
“The Testaments” (Hulu)

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“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC)
“Hacks” (HBO Max) ***
“Jury Duty: Company Retreat” (Prime Video)
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
“Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)
“Rooster” (HBO Max)
“Shrinking” (Apple TV)

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“Beef” (Netflix) ***
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix)
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)

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“Deep Cover” (Prime Video)
“Mike and Nick & Nick and Alice” (Hulu)
“Miss You, Love You” (HBO Max)
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” (Netflix) ***
“People We Meet on Vacation” (Netflix)

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Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
Mark Ruffalo, “Task” (HBO Max)
Billy Bob Thornton, “Landman” (Paramount+)
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***

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Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)
Steve Carell, “Rooster” (HBO Max)
Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
Jason Segel, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) ***

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Jason Bateman, “Black Rabbit” (Netflix)
Jamie Bell, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)
Oscar Isaac, “Beef” (Netflix) ***
Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)

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Kathy Bates, “Matlock” (CBS)
Michelle Pfeiffer, “The Madison” (Paramount+)
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus” (Apple TV) ***
Zendaya, “Euphoria” (HBO Max)

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Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback” (HBO Max)
Keke Palmer, “The ‘Burbs” (Peacock)
Jean Smart, “Hacks” (HBO Max) ***

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Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
Carey Mulligan, “Beef” (Netflix) ***
Sarah Pidgeon, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault” (Peacock)
Kerry Washington, “Imperfect Women” (Apple TV)

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Patrick Ball, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Ato Essandoh, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Shawn Hatosy, “The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
Tom Pelphrey, “Task” (HBO Max)
Kurt Russell, “The Madison” (Paramount+)
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

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Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons” (Netflix)
Paul W. Downs, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) ***
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, “The Bear” (FX)
Nick Offerman, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Michael Urie, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Bowen Yang, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

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Jonathan Banks, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
Jason Bateman, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Richard Gadd, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
David Harbour, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) ***
Charles Melton, “Beef” (Netflix)
Alessandro Nivola, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)

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Marisa Abela, “Industry” (HBO Max)
Isa Briones, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
Sepideh Moafi, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

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Erika Alexander, “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC)
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Laurie Metcalf, “Big Mistakes” (Netflix)
Michelle Pfeiffer, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) ***
Sheryl Lee Ralph, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Jessica Williams, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)

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Linda Cardellini, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Grace Gummer, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)
Laurie Metcalf, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)
Cailee Spaeny, “Beef” (Netflix) ***
Naomi Watts, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)
Yuh-Jung Youn, “Beef” (Netflix)

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Eric Dane, “Euphoria” (HBO Max)
Colman Domingo, “Euphoria” (HBO Max) ***
Jeff Kober, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Bill Pullman, “The Boroughs” (Netflix)
Samba Schutte, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Bradley Whitford, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)

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Tal Anderson, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Yvette Nicole Brown, “Matlock” (CBS)
Elisabeth Moss, “The Testaments” (Hulu)
Miriam Shor, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Shailene Woodley, “Paradise” (Hulu) ***
Merritt Wever, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)

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Jon Bernthal, “The Bear” (FX)
Jeff Daniels, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Tony Goldwyn, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Brett Goldstein, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Michael J. Fox, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) ***
Rob Reiner, “The Bear” (FX)

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Candice Bergen, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” (FX) ***
Danielle Deadwyler, “The Bear” (FX)
Laurie Metcalf, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Kaitlin Olson, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

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“The Diplomat” (Netflix) — Alex Graves, “Schrodinger’s Wife”
“Euphoria” (HBO Max) — Sam Levinson, “In God We Trust”
“Paradise” (Hulu) — Ken Olin, “A Holy Change”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — John Wells, “9:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — Vince Gilligan, “We Is Us” ***
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — Saul Metzstein, “Scars”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — The Duffer Brothers, “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”

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“Abbott Elementary” (ABC) — Randall Einhorn, “Miami”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — Lucia Aniello, “TBD Series Finale” ***
“Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat” (Prime Video) — Jake Szymanski, “Mergers & Acquisitions”
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) — Dearbhla Walsh, “Flamingoes”
“The Ms. Pat Show” (BET) — Mary Lou Belli, “Killin’ and Dyin’”
“Rooster” (HBO Max) — Jonathan Krisel, “Release the Brown Fat”
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) — Randall Keenan Winston, “And That’s Our Time”

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“Beef” (Netflix) — Lee Sung Jin,”Oh, the Comfort, the Inexpressible Comfort” ***
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — Jason Bateman, “The Black Rabbits”
“Death by Lightning” (Netflix) — Matt Ross, “Series”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — Steven Conrad, “Series”
“Half Man” (HBO Max) — Alexandra Brodski, “TBD Episode 1”
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) — Marc Munden, “Series”

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“The Audacity” (AMC) — “Best of All Possible Worlds” by Jonathan Glatzer
“The Diplomat” (Netflix) — “Schrodinger’s Wife” by Debora Cahn
“Industry” (HBO Max) — “Both, And” by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay
“Paradise” (Hulu) — “Exodus” by John Hoberg and Seena Haddad
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “9:00 P.M.” by R. Scott Gemmill
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us” by Vince Gilligan ***
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — “Scars” by Will Smith

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“Abbott Elementary” (ABC) — “Team Building” by Quinta Brunson
“The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins” (NBC) — “Pilot” by Robert Carlock and Sam Means
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “TBD Series Finale” by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky
“Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat” (Prime Video) — “Onboarding” by Anthony King
“The Lowdown” (FX) — “Pilot” by Sterlin Harjo
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) — “Lock and Loaded” by Eva Anderson and David E. Kelley
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) — “And That’s Our Time” by Bill Lawrence, Brett Goldstein and Neil Goldman ***

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“Beef” (Netflix) — “Oh, the Comfort, the Inexpressible Comfort” by Lee Sung Jin & Madeleine Pron
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — “The Cyclone” by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — Series by Steven Conrad ***
“Half Man” (HBO Max) — Series by Richard Gadd
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) — Series by Jack Thorne

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“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) ***
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) ***
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO Max) ***
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) ***

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“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)

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“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Jury Duty: Company Retreat” (Prime Video)
“The Lowdown” (FX)
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
“Rooster” (HBO Max)
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) ***

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“Beef” (Netflix)
“Half Man” (HBO Max)
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) ***
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)

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“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
“Survivor” (CBS) ***
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
“The Traitors” (Peacock)

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“Celebrity Family Feud” (Syndicated)
“Game Changer” (Dropout)
“Jeopardy” (Syndicated) ***
“The Price is Right” (Syndicated)
“Wheel of Fortune” (Syndicated)

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RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
Alan Cumming, “The Traitors” (Peacock)
Kristen Kish, “Top Chef” (Bravo)
Padma Lakshmi, “America’s Culinary Cup” (CBS)
Jeff Probst, “Survivor” (CBS) ***

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“Antiques Roadshow” (PBS)
“Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” (Food Network)
“Love is Blind” (Netflix)
“Queer Eye” (Netflix) ***
“Shark Tank” (ABC)

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“Funny AF with Kevin Hart” (Netflix)
“Love is Blind” (Netflix)
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) ***
“Queer Eye” (Netflix)
“Welcome to Wrexham” (FX)

“Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
“King of the Hill” (Hulu)
“Long Story Short” (Netflix)
“Rick and Morty” (Adult Swim)
“The Simpsons” (Fox) ***

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“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) ***
“Rafa” (Netflix)
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix)
“Taylor Swift: The End of an Era” (Disney+)
“The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max)

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“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video) ***
“Marty, Life is Short” (Netflix)
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man” (HBO Max)
“My Mom Jayne” (HBO Max)
“Ocean with David Attenborough” (National Geographic)

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“The Dinosaurs” (Netflix)
“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” (PBS)
“My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler” (Netflix)
“The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy” (Apple TV) ***
“Tucci in Italy” (National Geographic)

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“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (Roc Nation) ***
“BTS The Comeback Live: Arirang” (Netflix)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“The 68th Grammy Awards” (Paramount+)
“Skyscraper Live” (Netflix)

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“Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable” (Netflix)
“Kevin Hart: Acting My Age” (Netflix)
“Marc Maron: Panicked” (HBO Max)
“Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” (Hulu) ***
“2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony” (ABC)

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“Fallout” (Prime Video)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max)
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) ***
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)

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“Hacks” (HBO Max) ***
“Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat” (Prime Video)
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Shrinking” (Apple TV)
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)

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“Beef” (Netflix)
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) ***
“His and Hers” (Netflix)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bissette” (FX)
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)

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