2022 Emmy Awards

[Eric]

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Elle Fanning, The Great (Hulu)
Sarah Lancashire, Julia (HBO)
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix)
Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max)

I have too many rooting interests in this category to let it just sit if Elle Fanning, Rachel Brosnahan or (as some are predicting) Selena Gomez or Sarah Jessica Parker make it in but not Bridgett Everett (Somebody Somewhere), Issa Rae (Insecure), Helene Yorke (The Other Two), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Girls5eva), Alia Shawkat (Search Party), or especially neither Maya Erskine nor Anna Konkle (Pen15).

[dws1982]

I think it's too small and too genre-straddling to really contend, but I would love to see Somebody Somewhere get some nominations--Bridgett Everett for sure, but several of the supporting cast would deserve it as well, as well as writers and directors. I don't even know where I would nominate it--I guess Comedy makes the most sense, but most of the things that stand out are dramatic moments.

And as someone who's been watching through Yellowstone, I kind of get why season four might get recognition that the other seasons didn't get, because I think it is (at least halfway through season four) an improvement on the earlier seasons. It's much less unpleasant, much less, "these are horrible people doing horrible things, but they are our horrible people". But also a lot of the things that make it better than the first three seasons don't really resonate without the context of what made the first three seasons such a chore, so I don't know that a person who hasn't seen the first three seasons will really appreciate how much season four improves on the first three seasons. And it's entertaining but it's still not exactly world-class TV. Jacki Weaver, basically playing a variation on her Animal Kingdom character as a corporate executive, is a lot of fun, would not mind seeing her get a guest actress nomination.

[flipp525]

Laurie Metcalf is great in The Dropout but her part is pretty teeny-tiny. I think Kate Burton makes more of an impact in her role and nails the emotional lows of her character.

Where’s Reneé Z in The Thing About Pam? She and Judy Greer will be nominated, mark my words.

[Sabin]

I haven't seen enough to really weigh in, but I'd be surprised if The Dropout doesn't make the Best Limited Series lineup, especially considering how recently it came out.

[anonymous1980]

Let's kick this off with my first round of Emmy predictions!

OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
Dopesick (Hulu)
Maid (Netflix)
Scenes from a Marriage (HBO)
Under the Banner of Heaven (FX)
The White Lotus (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Ozark (Netflix)
Severance (AppleTV+)
Squid Game (Netflix)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Succession (HBO)
Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Yellowstone (AMC)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Barry (HBO)
The Great (Hulu)
Hacks (HBO)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Reservation Dogs (FX)
Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
Paul Bettany, A Very British Scandal (Prime Video)
Ben Foster, The Survivor (HBO)
Andrew Garfield, Under the Banner of Heaven (FX)
Oscar Isaac, Scenes from a Marriage (HBO)
Michael Keaton, Dopesick (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
Jessica Chastain, Scenes from a Marriage (HBO)
Olivia Colman, Landscapers (HBO)
Julia Garner, Inventing Anna (Netflix)
Margaret Qualley, Maid (Netflix)
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus (HBO)
Ethan Hawke, Moon Knight (Disney+)
William H. Macy, The Dropout (Hulu)
Nick Robinson, Maid (Netflix)
Peter Sarsgaard, Dopesick (Hulu)
Michael Stuhlbargh, Dopesick (Hulu)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES or MOVIE
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus (HBO)
Kaitlyn Dever, Dopesick (Hulu)
Edie Falco, Impeachment: American Crime Story (FX)
Andie McDowell, Maid (Netflix)
Laurie Metcalf, The Dropout (Hulu)
Anika Noni Rose, Maid (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, Ozark (Netflix)
Brian Cox, Succession (HBO)
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game (Netflix)
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Adam Scott, Severance (AppleTV+)
Jeremy Strong, Succession (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show (AppleTV+)
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC America)
Patricia Arquette, Severance (AppleTV+)
Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix)
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets (Showtime)
Zendaya, Euphoria (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Nicholas Braun, Succession (HBO)
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show (AppleTV+)
Kieran Culkin, Succession (HBO)
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul (AMC)
David Harbour, Stranger Things (Netflix)
Matthew McFadyen, Succession (HBO)
Oh Yeong-soo, Squid Game (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix)
Jung Ho-yeon, Squid Game (Netflix)
Julianna Margulies, The Morning Show (AppleTV+)
Kelly Reilly, Yellowstone (AMC)
Rhea Seehorn, Better Call Saul (AMC)
J. Smith-Cameron, Succession (HBO)
Sarah Snook, Succession (HBO)
Youn Yuh-jung, Pachinko (AppleTV+)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish (ABC)
Donald Glover, Atlanta (FX)
Bill Hader, Barry (HBO)
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Elle Fanning, The Great (Hulu)
Sarah Lancashire, Julia (HBO)
Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix)
Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Carrigan, Barry (HBO)
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)
David Hyde Pierce, Julia (HBO)
Stephen Root, Barry (HBO)
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Henry Winkler, Barry (HBO)
Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Hannah Einbinder, Hacks (HBO Max)
Sarah Goldberg, Barry (HBO)
Janella James, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Juno Temple, Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso (AppleTV+)