We’re back from the July Fourth holiday, which can only mean one thing over here at Awards Insider: It’s almost time for Emmy nominations.
I’m Rebecca Ford, and ahead of the July 12 nominations announcement, we’ve put together our predictions list, in which we make our picks in more than 20 categories. In some respects, I thought it would be an easier year for predictions, with certain shows ahead as such clear front-runners. But in the drama categories, once you get past the obvious inclusion of Succession, there are many unknowns. Yes, The White Lotus is also sure to have a strong showing, but could bubble shows like Bad Sisters or The Diplomat overperform (even though, yes, they are both debatably comedies in tone)? And just how many nominations will Succession actually get? The final season of Game of Thrones had 32 nominations—are we talking those sorts of numbers?
The comedy races could be full of surprises too. Abbott Elementary and The Bear are sure to do well, but just how many nominations can they both rack up? And all eyes will be on Ted Lasso, which very much dominated in its first two years, but has stumbled with this final season. Will the TV Academy show it as much love? It’s hard to imagine it doing so with exciting newcomers (including Poker Face, Shrinking,and Wednesday) seeming like strong contenders.
A new rule this year will likely have a major effect on the nominations too. The TV Academy has capped the number of actors a voter can vote for in each category to the number of nominations in that category. So, for example, in previous years in a category like supporting actor in a drama, a voter could check off as many names as they’d like from their favorite shows. Now, they only have eight picks in that category. Most likely, this means a single show won’t so clearly dominate one category, but with a show like Succession in the race, we could still find some of the categories saturated. We’ll have to wait and see.
When we look behind the camera, the writing and directing races are also stacked with fierce competition. It’ll be exciting to see the likes of Mike White, Jesse Armstrong, Peter Gould, and Craig Mazin all possibly going up against each other in the drama-writing category. While in directing, my colleague David Canfield is predicting as many as three nominations for Succession in that one category.
There are many questions leading into nominations day, but we hope our predictions help to clarify what might happen in many of these categories. What I do know is that we’ll inevitably be proven wrong, because the Emmy nominations always provide at least a few surprises—and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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