Emmy Predictions – Amy Kim

Here are Amy Kim’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

Amy Kim
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"Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
7"The Bear" (FX)
8"Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
9"Rooster" (HBO Max)
10"The Chair Company" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Drama Series

Amy Kim
1"The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2"Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3"Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
4"The Diplomat" (Netflix)
5"Paradise" (Hulu)
6"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max)
7"Task" (HBO Max)
8"Stranger Things" (Netflix)
9"Euphoria" (HBO Max)
10"The Testaments" (Hulu)

Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

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

Outstanding Television Movie

Amy Kim
1"Remarkably Bright Creatures" (Netflix)
2"People We Meet on Vacation" (Netflix)
3"Deep Cover" (Prime Video)
4"Swiped" (Hulu)
5"Straw" (Netflix)
6"Miss You, Love You" (HBO Max)
7"Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" (Hulu)
8"A Winter's Song" (Apple TV)
9"Heads Of State" (PRime Video)
10"Jack Ryan: Ghost War" (Prime Video)

Outstanding Animated Program

Amy Kim
1"South Park" (Comedy Central)
2"The Simpsons" (FOX)
3"Rick and Morty" (Adult Swim)
4"Primal" (Adult Swim)
5"Bob's Burgers" (FOX)
6"Invincible (Prime Video)
7"Stranger Things: Tales from '85" (Netflix)
8"Splinter Cell: Deathwatch" (Netflix)
9"Kevin" (Prime Video)
10"Star Wars: Maul-Shadow Lord" (Disney+)

Outstanding Competition Program

Amy Kim
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
 

Amy Kim
1"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" (HBO Max)
2“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
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Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

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

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Amy Kim
1Rhea Seehorn, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
2Keri Russell, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
3Zendaya , "Euphoria" (HBO Max)
4Carrie Coon, "The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)
5Jennifer Aniston, "The Morning Show (Apple TV)
6Chase Infiniti, "The Testaments" (Hulu)
7Kathy Bates, "Matlock" (CBS)
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

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

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Amy Kim
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)
5Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear" (Hulu)
6Adam Brody, "Nobody Wants This" (Netflix)
7Tim Robinson, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max)
8Ethan Hawke, "The Lowdown" (FX)
9Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
10Ted Danson, "A Man on the Inside" (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Amy Kim
1Noah Wyle, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Gary Oldman, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
3Sterling K. Brown, "Paradise" (Hulu)
4Mark Ruffalo, "Task" (HBO Max)
5Peter Claffey, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max)
6Jon Hamm, "Your Friends & Neighbors" (Apple TV)
7Tom Hiddleston, "The Night Manager" (Prime Video)
8Walton Goggins, "Fallout" (Prime Video)
9Idris Elba, "Hijack" (Apple TV)
10Morgan Spector, "The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Amy Kim
1Oscar Issac, "Beef" (Netflix)
2Matthew Rhys, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
3Jamie Bell, "Half Man" (HBO Max)
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)
8Jude Law, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
9Michael Shannon, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
10David Harbour, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Amy Kim
1Hannah Einbinder, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
2Michelle Pfeiffer, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
3Jessica Williams, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4Janelle James, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
5Sheryl Lee Ralph, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
6Carol Burnett, "Palm Royale" (Apple TV)
7Kate O'Flynn, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
8Danielle Deadwyler, "Rooster" (HBO Max)
9Meg Stalter, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
10Liza Colon-Zayas, "The Bear" (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

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

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Amy Kim
1Linda Cardellini, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
2Cailee Spaeny, "Beef" (Netflix)
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)
6Naomi Watts, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
7Brittany Snow, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
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

Amy Kim
1Harrison Ford, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
2Nick Offerman, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
3Michael Urie, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4Bowen Yang, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
5Paul W. Downs, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
6Stephen Root, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
7Ebon Moss-Bachrach, "The Bear" (FX)
8Tyler James Williams, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
9Phil Dunster, "Rooster" (HBO Max)
10Marcello Hernandez, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

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

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Amy Kim
1Shailene Woodley, “Paradise” (Hulu)
2Brittany Allen, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
3Tal Anderson, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
4Miriam Shor, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
5Merrit Wever, “The Gilded Age” (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)
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Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series     

Amy Kim
1Cherry Jones, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
2Leslie Bibb, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
3Kaitlin Olson, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
4Laurie Metcalf, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
5Malin Akerman, "The Comeback" (HBO)
6Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” (FX)
7Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
8Candice Bergen, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
9Ariana Grande, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
10Keyla Monterroso Mejia, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Amy Kim
1Giancarlo Esposito, "The Boys" (Amazon Prime)
2Samba Schutte, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
3Jeff Hiller, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
4Jeff Kober, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
5Jeremy Irons, "The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
6Jonathan Pryce, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
7Ernest Harden Jr., "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
8Patrick Fischler, "Paradise" (Hulu)
9Charles Baker, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
10Rafal Casal, "The Boroughs” (Netflix)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series     

Amy Kim
1Michael J. Fox, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
2Andrew Scott, "The Comeback" (HBO)
3Lance Barber, "The Comeback" (HBO)
4Jeff Daniels, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
5Bad Bunny, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
6Jon Bernthal, "The Bear" (FX)
7Rob Reiner, "The Bear" (FX)
8Ryan Gosling, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
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Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

Amy Kim
1Hiro Murai, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV) - "Welcome to Widow's Bay!"
2Lucia Aniello, “Hacks” (HBO Max) - "Hacks"
3Mary Lou Belli, “The Ms. Pat Show” (BET) - "Give It Arrest"
4Michael Patrick King, “The Comeback” (HBO Max) - "Valerie Faces Reality"
5Dearbhla Walsh, "Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV) - "Flamingos"
6Janicza Bravo, "The Bear" (FX) - "Worms"
7Randall Keenan Winston, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) - "And That's Our Time"
8Randall Einhorn, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC) - "Ballgame"
9Sterlin Harjo, “The Lowdown” (FX) - "Pilot"
10Zach Braff, "Rooster" (HBO Max) - "Angry, Like An Angry Person"

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Amy Kim
1Saul Metzstein, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV) - "Scars"
2John Wells, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "9:00 P.M."
3Uta Briesewitz, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "5:00 P.M."
4Vince Gilligan, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "We Is Us"
5Gordon Smith, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Grenade"
6Liza Johnson, "The Diplomat" (Netflix) - "Amagansett"
7Owen Harris, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max) - "In the Name of the Mother"
8Salli Richardson Whitfield, "Task" (HBO Max) - "Out Beyond Ideas Of Wrongdoing And Rightdoing, There Is A River."
9Luke Snellin, "Industry" (HBO Max) - "Dear Henry"
10Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, "Industry" (HBO Max) - "The Commander And The Grey Lady"

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series

Amy Kim
1Lee Sung Jin, "Beef" (Netflix) - "Oh, The Comfort, The Inexpressible Comfort"
2Jake Schreier, "Beef" (Netflix) - "It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey"
3Antonio Campos, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix) - "Sick Puppy"
4Steven Conrad, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
5Jason Bateman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix) - "The Black Rabbits"
6Alexandra Brodski, "Half Man" (HBO Max) - "Episode 2"
7Max Winkler, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX) - "Pilot"
8Crystle Roberson Dorsey, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX) - "Battery Park"
9Gillian Robespierre, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX) - "The Wedding"
10Matt Ross, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series  

Amy Kim
1Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky, "Hacks" (HBO Max) - "Hacks"
2Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback" (HBO Max) - "Valerie Does It All"
3Katie Dippold, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV) - "Welcome to Widow's Bay!"
4Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC) - "Team Building"
5Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max) - "Life Goes By Too F**king Fast, It Really Does."
6Eva Anderson & David E. Kelley, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV) - "Lock And Load"
7Bill Lawrence & Brett Goldstein & Neil Goldman, "Shrinking" (Apple TV) - "And That's Our Time"
8Sterlin Harjo, "The Lowdown" (FX) - "Pilot"
9Ayo Edebiri & Lionel Boyce, "The Bear" (FX) - "Worms"
10Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses, "Rooster" (HBO Max) - "Release the Brown Fat"

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
 

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1Will Smith, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV) - "Scars"
2Vince Gilligan, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "We Is Us"
3Valerie Chu, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "12:00 P.M."
4Kirsten Pierre-Geyfman & R. Scott Gemmill, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "1:00 P.M."
5Jonny Gomez, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Charm Offensive"
6Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, "Industry" (HBO Max) - "Dear Henry"
7Brad Ingelsby, "Task" (HBO Max) - "A Still Small Voice"
8Hiram Martinez & Ti Mikkel and Ira Parker, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max) - "In the Name of the Mother"
9Dan Fogelman & Eric Wen, "Paradise" (Hulu) - "Graceland"
10Gordon Smith, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Grenade"

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Amy Kim
1Lee Sung Jin, "Beef" (Netflix) - "All The Things We're Never Going To Have"
2Steven Conrad, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
3Mike Makowsky, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
4Gabe Rotter and Daniel Pearle, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix) - "Sick Puppy"
5Richard Gadd, "Half Man" (HBO Max)
6Jack Thorne, "Lord of the Flies" (Netflix)
7Kim Rosenstock, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette" (FX) - "Battery Park"
8Zach Baylin & Kate Susman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix) - "Isle of Joy"
9Connor Hines, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette" (FX) - "Pilot"
10Riz Ahmed, "Bait" (Prime Video) - "House or Home"

Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series      

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