Emmy Predictions – Alyssa Christian

Here are Alyssa Christian’s 2026 Emmy Predictions. Ranking is updated in real-time, and is constantly changing until the end of the season.

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Outstanding Comedy Series

Alyssa Christian
1"Hacks" (HBO Max)
2"Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
3"Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4"The Comeback" (HBO Max)
5"Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
6"The Bear" (FX)
7"Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
8"Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
9"Rooster" (HBO Max)
10"The Chair Company" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1"The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2"Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3"Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
4"The Diplomat" (Netflix)
5"Task" (HBO Max)
6"Paradise" (Hulu)
7"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max)
8"Stranger Things" (Netflix)
9"The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)
10"The Morning Show" (Apple TV)

Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

Alyssa Christian
1"Half Man" (HBO Max)
2"DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
3"Beef" (Netflix)
4"The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
5"Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
6"All Her Fault" (Peacock)
7"Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
8"Lord of the Flies" (Netflix)
9"Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
10"Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Netflix)

Outstanding Television Movie

Alyssa Christian
1"Remarkably Bright Creatures" (Netflix)
2"Miss You, Love You" (HBO Max)
3"People We Meet on Vacation" (Netflix)
4"Pizza Movie" (Hulu)
5"Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" (Hulu)
6"Deep Cover" (Prime Video)
7"Jack Ryan: Ghost War" (Prime Video)
8"Swiped" (Hulu)
9"Straw" (Netflix)
10"Heads Of State" (Prime Video)

Outstanding Animated Program

Alyssa Christian
1"South Park" (Comedy Central)
2"The Simpsons" (FOX)
3"Rick and Morty" (Adult Swim)
4"Bob's Burgers" (FOX)
5"Primal" (Adult Swim)
6"Invincible (Prime Video)
7"Long Story Short" (Netflix)
8"Kevin" (Prime Video)
9"Star Wars: Maul-Shadow Lord" (Disney+)
10"Splinter Cell: Deathwatch" (Netflix)

Outstanding Competition Program

Alyssa Christian
1"The Traitors" (Peacock)
2“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
3"Survivor" (CBS)
4"The Amazing Race" (CBS)
5"Top Chef" (Bravo)
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Outstanding Variety Series
 

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1"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (HBO Max)
2“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
3"The Daily Show" (Comedy Central)
4"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (ABC)
5"Late Night With Seth Meyers" (NBC)
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Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

Alyssa Christian
1Jean Smart, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
2Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback" (HBO Max)
3Elle Fanning, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
4Ayo Edebiri, "The Bear" (FX)
5Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
6Jenna Ortega, "Wednesday" (Netflix)
7Kristen Wiig, "Palm Royale" (Apple TV)
8Kristen Bell, "Nobody Wants This" (Netflix)
9Selena Gomez, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
10Rachel Sennott, "I Love L.A." (HBO Max)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1Rhea Seehorn, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
2Keri Russell, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
3Zendaya , "Euphoria" (HBO Max)
4Carrie Coon, "The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)
5Chase Infiniti, "The Testaments" (Hulu)
6Kathy Bates, "Matlock" (CBS)
7Jennifer Aniston, "The Morning Show (Apple TV)
8Michelle Pfeiffer, "The Madison" (Paramount+)
9Myha'la , "Industry" (HBO Max)
10Reese Witherspoon, "The Morning Show (Apple TV)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Alyssa Christian
1Sarah Snook, "All Her Fault" (Peacock)
2Carey Mulligan, "Beef" (Netflix)
3Sarah Pidgeon, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
4Claire Danes, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
5Kerry Washington, "Imperfect Women" (Apple TV)
6Camila Morrone, "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" (Netflix)
7Sally Field, "Remarkably Bright Creatures" (Netflix)
8Rachel Weisz, "Vladimir" (Netflix)
9Robin Wright, "The Girlfriend" (Prime)
10Tessa Thompson, "His and Hers" (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Alyssa Christian
1Matthew Rhys, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
2Jason Segel, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
3Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
4Steve Carell, "Rooster" (HBO Max)
5Ethan Hawke, "The Lowdown" (FX)
6Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear" (Hulu)
7Adam Brody, "Nobody Wants This" (Netflix)
8Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
9Ted Danson, "A Man on the Inside" (Netflix)
10Tim Robinson, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1Noah Wyle, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Mark Ruffalo, "Task" (HBO Max)
3Gary Oldman, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
4Sterling K. Brown, "Paradise" (Hulu)
5Jon Hamm, "Your Friends & Neighbors" (Apple TV)
6Rufus Sewell, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
7Antony Starr, "The Boys" (Prime Video)
8Idris Elba, "Hijack" (Apple TV)
9Peter Claffey, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max)
10Billy Bob Thornton, "Landman" (Paramount+)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Alyssa Christian
1Jamie Bell, "Half Man" (HBO Max)
2Oscar Issac, "Beef" (Netflix)
3Matthew Rhys, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
4Jason Bateman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
5Charlie Hunnam, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Netflix)
6Riz Ahmed, "Bait" (Prime Video)
7Paul Anthony Kelly, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
8Michael Shannon, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
9Jude Law, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
10Cillian Murphy, "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Alyssa Christian
1Hannah Einbinder, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
2Michelle Pfeiffer, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
3Jessica Williams, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4Kate O'Flynn, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
5Janelle James, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
6Sheryl Lee Ralph, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
7Meg Stalter, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
8Ashley Padilla, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
9Liza Colon-Zayas, "The Bear" (FX)
10Christa Miller, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1Katherine LaNasa, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Karolina Wydra, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3Taylor Dearden, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
4Juliane Nicholson, "Paradise" (Hulu)
5Allison Janney, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
6Sepideh Moafi, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
7Isa Briones, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
8Nicole Beharie, "The Morning Show" (Apple TV)
9Marisa Abela, "Industry" (HBO Max)
10Emilia Jones, "Task" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Alyssa Christian
1Cailee Spaeny, "Beef" (Netflix)
2Linda Cardellini, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
3Yuh-Jung Youn, "Beef" (Netflix)
4Grace Gummer, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
5Constance Zimmer, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
6Brittany Snow, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
7Naomi Watts, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
8Dakota Fanning, "All Her Fault" (Peacock)
9Laurie Metcalf, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Netflix)
10Betty Gilpin, "Death By Lightning" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Alyssa Christian
1Harrison Ford, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
2Nick Offerman, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
3Paul W. Downs, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
4Stephen Root, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
5Ebon Moss-Bachrach, "The Bear" (FX)
6Michael Urie, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
7Bryan Cranston, "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair" (Hulu)
8Colman Domingo, "The Four Seasons" (Netflix)
9Ted McGinley, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
10Phil Dunster, "Rooster" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1Tom Pelphrey, "Task" (HBO Max)
2Patrick Ball, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
3Shawn Hatosy, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
4Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show" (Apple TV)
5Jack Lowden, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
6Carlos-Manuel Vesga, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
7Gerran Howell, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
8Colman Domingo, "Euphoria" (HBO Max)
9James Marsden, "Paradise" (Hulu)
10Ken Leung, "Industry" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Alyssa Christian
1David Harbour, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
2Richard Gadd, Half Man (HBO Max)
3Charles Melton, "Beef" (Netflix)
4Jason Bateman, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
5Jonathan Banks, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
6Alessandro Nivola, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
7Troy Kotsur, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
8Michael Peña, "All Her Fault" (Peacock)
9Richard Jenkins, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
10Nick Offerman, "Death By Lightning" (Netflix)

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1Shailene Woodley, “Paradise” (Hulu)
2Merrit Wever, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
3Tal Anderson, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
4Miriam Shor, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
5Brittany Allen, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
6Tina Ivlev, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
7Elisabeth Moss, "The Testaments" (Hulu)
8Leslie Uggams, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
9Lindsay Duncan, "The Morning Show" (Apple TV)
10Richa Moorjani, "Alien: Earth" (FX)

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series     

Alyssa Christian
1Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
2Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” (FX)
3Cherry Jones, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
4Kaitlin Olson, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
5Leslie Bibb, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
6Betty Gilpin, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
7Laurie Metcalf, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
8Candice Bergen, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
9Cobie Smulders, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
10Ariana Grande, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1Jeff Kober, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Jeff Hiller, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3Samba Schutte, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
4Colman Domingo, "Euphoria" (HBO)
5Bradley Whitford, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
6Jonathan Pryce, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
7Jeremy Irons, "The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
8Ernest Harden Jr., "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
9Eric Dane, "Euphoria" (HBO)
10Patrick Fischler, "Paradise" (Hulu)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series     

Alyssa Christian
1Michael J. Fox, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
2Andrew Scott, "The Comeback" (HBO)
3Jeff Daniels, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4Jon Bernthal, "The Bear" (FX)
5Brett Goldstein, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
6Rob Reiner, "The Bear" (FX)
7Bad Bunny, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
8Ryan Gosling, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
9Peter Dinklage, "The Lowdown" (FX)
10Tony Goldwyn, "Hacks" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

Alyssa Christian
1Lucia Aniello, “Hacks” (HBO Max) - "Hacks"
2Hiro Murai, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV) - "Welcome to Widow's Bay!"
3Michael Patrick King, “The Comeback” (HBO Max) - "Valerie Faces Reality"
4Janicza Bravo, "The Bear" (FX) - "Worms"
5Mary Lou Belli, “The Ms. Pat Show” (BET) - "Give It Arrest"
6Randall Keenan Winston, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) - "And That's Our Time"
7Christopher Storer, "The Bear" (FX) - "Bears"
8Dearbhla Walsh, "Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV) - "Flamingos"
9Andrew DeYoung, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max) - "Life Goes By Too F*cking Fast, It Really Does."
10Sterlin Harjo, “The Lowdown” (FX) - "Pilot"

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Alyssa Christian
1Vince Gilligan, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "We Is Us"
2Saul Metzstein, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV) - "Scars"
3John Wells, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "9:00 P.M."
4Uta Briesewitz, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "5:00 P.M."
5Gordon Smith, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Grenade"
6Jeremiah Zagar, "Task" (HBO Max) - "Crossings"
7Liza Johnson, "The Diplomat" (Netflix) - "Amagansett"
8Ken Olin, "Paradise" (Hulu) - "A Holy Charge"
9Frederick E. O. Toye, "Fallout" (Prime Video) - "The Strip"
10Shawn Hatosy, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "3:00 P.M."

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series

Alyssa Christian
1Alexandra Brodski, "Half Man" (HBO Max) - "Episode 2"
2Marc Munden, "Lord of the Flies" (Netflix)
3Steven Conrad, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
4Jason Bateman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix) - "The Black Rabbits"
5Lee Sung Jin, "Beef" (Netflix) - "Oh, The Comfort, The Inexpressible Comfort"
6Max Winkler, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX) - "Pilot"
7Jake Schreier, "Beef" (Netflix) - "It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey"
8Minkie Spiro, "All Her Fault" (Peacock) - "Episode 1"
9Weronika Tofilska, "Something Very Bad in Going to Happen" (Netflix) - "I Do"
10Antonio Campos, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix) - "Sick Puppy"

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series  

Alyssa Christian
1Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky, "Hacks" (HBO Max) - "Hacks"
2Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback" (HBO Max) - "Valerie Does It All"
3Bill Lawrence & Brett Goldstein & Neil Goldman, "Shrinking" (Apple TV) - "And That's Our Time"
4Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC) - "Team Building"
5Eva Anderson & David E. Kelley, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV) - "Lock And Load"
6Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses, "Rooster" (HBO Max) - "Release the Brown Fat"
7Ayo Edebiri & Lionel Boyce, "The Bear" (FX) - "Worms"
8J. J. Philbin & Ben Smith, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu) - "Nail In the Coffin"
9Christopher Storer, "The Bear" (FX) - "Goodbye"
10Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max) - "Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does."

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
 

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1Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman & R. Scott Gemmill, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "1:00 P.M."
2Vince Gilligan, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "We Is Us"
3Will Smith, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV) - "Scars"
4Debora Cahn, "The Diplomat" (Netflix) - "Amagansett"
5Brad Ingelsby, "Task" (HBO Max) - "A Still Small Voice"
6Gordon Smith, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Grenade"
7Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, "Industry" (HBO Max) - "Dear Henry"
8Valerie Chu, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "12:00 P.M."
9Dan Fogelman & Eric Wen, "Paradise" (Hulu) - "Graceland"
10Ariel Levine, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Got Milk"

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Alyssa Christian
1Richard Gadd, "Half Man" (HBO Max)
2Lee Sung Jin, "Beef" (Netflix) - "All The Things We're Never Going To Have"
3Steven Conrad, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
4Mike Makowsky, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
5Jack Thorne, "Lord of the Flies" (Netflix)
6Gabe Rotter and Daniel Pearle, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix) - "Sick Puppy"
7Connor Hines, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette" (FX) - "Pilot"
8Annie Weisman, "Imperfect Women" (Apple TV) - "Eleanor"
9Zach Baylin & Kate Susman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix) - "Isle of Joy"
10Ian Brennan, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series      

Alyssa Christian
1"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (HBO Max)
2"Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
3"The Daily Show" (Comedy Central)
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