Emmy Predictions – Megan Lachinski

Here are Megan Lachinski’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

Megan Lachinski
1"Hacks" (HBO Max)
2"The Comeback" (HBO Max)
3"Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4"Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
5"Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
6"Nobody Wants This" (Netflix)
7"Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
8"Rooster" (HBO Max)
9"The Lowdown" (FX)
10"Jury Duty: Company Retreat" (Prime Video)

Outstanding Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
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"Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
8"A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max)
9"The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)
10"Landman" (Paramount+)

Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

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

Outstanding Television Movie

Megan Lachinski
1"People We Meet on Vacation" (Netflix)
2"Remarkably Bright Creatures" (Netflix)
3"Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" (Hulu)
4"Swiped" (Hulu)
5"Heads Of State" (PRime Video)
6"Swiped" (Hulu)
7"Jack Ryan: Ghost War" (Prime Video)
8"Pizza Movie" (Hulu)
9"Deep Cover" (Prime Video)
10"Oh. What. Fun" (Prime Video)

Outstanding Animated Program

Megan Lachinski
1"The Simpsons" (FOX)
2"Rick and Morty" (Adult Swim)
3"Bob's Burgers" (FOX)
4"Star Wars: Maul-Shadow Lord" (Disney+)
5"Invincible (Prime Video)
6"Stranger Things: Tales from '85" (Netflix)
7"Kevin" (Prime Video)
8"Splinter Cell: Deathwatch" (Netflix)
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Outstanding Competition Program

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

Megan Lachinski
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

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

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
1Rhea Seehorn, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
2Keri Russell, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
3Zendaya , "Euphoria" (HBO Max)
4Kathy Bates, "Matlock" (CBS)
5Jennifer Aniston, "The Morning Show (Apple TV)
6Chase Infiniti, "The Testaments" (Hulu)
7Carrie Coon, "The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)
8Myha'la , "Industry" (HBO Max)
9Ella Purnell, "Fallout"
10Marisa Abela, "Industry" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Megan Lachinski
1Carey Mulligan, "Beef" (Netflix)
2Sarah Snook, "All Her Fault" (Peacock)
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)
7Rachel Weisz, "Vladimir" (Netflix)
8Tessa Thompson, "His and Hers" (Netflix)
9Julianne Moore, "Echo Valley" (Apple TV)
10Robin Wright, "The Girlfriend" (Prime)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

Megan Lachinski
1Jason Segel, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
2Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
3Adam Brody, "Nobody Wants This" (Netflix)
4Steve Carell, "Rooster" (HBO Max)
5Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear" (Hulu)
6Steve Martin, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
7Tim Robinson, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max)
8Ethan Hawke, "The Lowdown" (FX)
9Ted Danson, "A Man on the Inside" (Netflix)
10Tracy Morgan, "The Rise and Fall of Reggie Dinkins" (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
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)
6Matthew Rhys, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
7Peter Claffey, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max)
8Rufus Sewell, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
9Tom Hiddleston, "The Night Manager" (Prime Video)
10Walton Goggins, "Fallout" (Prime Video)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Megan Lachinski
1Richard Gadd, "Half Man" (HBO Max)
2Oscar Issac, "Beef" (Netflix)
3Jason Bateman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
4Matthew Rhys, "The Beast in Me" (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)
8Cillian Murphy, "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" (Netflix)
9Jude Law, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
10Michael Shannon, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

Megan Lachinski
1Michelle Pfeiffer, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
2Hannah Einbinder, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
3Jessica Williams, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4Sheryl Lee Ralph, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
5Ashley Padilla, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
6Janelle James, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
7Danielle Deadwyler, "Rooster" (HBO Max)
8Meg Stalter, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
9Lisa Ann Walter, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
10Liza Colon-Zayas, "The Bear" (FX)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
1Katherine LaNasa, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Karolina Wydra, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3Taylor Dearden, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
4Allison Janney, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
5Sepideh Moafi, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
6Emilia Jones, "Task" (HBO Max)
7Isa Briones, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
8Supriya Ganesh, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
9Juliane Nicholson, "Paradise" (Hulu)
10Christine Baranski, "The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

Megan Lachinski
1Harrison Ford, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
2Nick Offerman, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV)
3Paul W. Downs, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
4Michael Urie, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
5Tyler James Williams, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
6Ted McGinley, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
7Bryan Cranston, "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair" (Hulu)
8Andrew Scott, "The Comeback" (HBO Max)
9Colman Domingo, "The Four Seasons" (Netflix)
10Bowen Yang, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
1Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show" (Apple TV)
2Tom Pelphrey, "Task" (HBO Max)
3Stephen Root, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
4Jack Lowden, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
5Colman Domingo, "Euphoria" (HBO Max)
6Carlos-Manuel Vesga, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
7Jacob Elordi, "Euphoria" (HBO Max)
8Patrick Ball, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
9Sam Elliott, "Landman" (Paramount+)
10James Marsden, "Your Friends & Neighbors" (Apple TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Megan Lachinski
1Jamie Bell, Half Man (HBO Max)
2Charles Melton, "Beef" (Netflix)
3Jonathan Banks, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
4Alessandro Nivola, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
5Troy Kotsur, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
6Richard Jenkins, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
7Tom Hollander, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Netflix)
8Nick Offerman, "Death By Lightning" (Netflix)
9Jake Lacy, "All Her Fault" (Peacock)
10Rory Kinnear, "Lord of the Flies" (Netflix)

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
1Shailene Woodley, “Paradise” (Hulu)
2Brittany Allen , "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
3Tal Anderson, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
4Miriam Shor, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
5Richa Moorjani,, "Alien: Earth" (FX)
6Leslie Uggams, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
7Merrit Wever, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
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Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series     

Megan Lachinski
1Amy Poehler, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
2Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” (FX)
3Ariana Grande, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
4Danielle Deadwyler, “The Bear” (FX)
5Candice Bergen, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
6Keyla Monterroso Mejia, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
7Kaitlin Olson, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
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Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
1Shawn Hatosy, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Jeff Hiller, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3Jeff Kober, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
4Jeremy Irons, "The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
5Ernest Harden Jr., "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
6Charles Baker, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
7Jonathan Pryce, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
8Samba Schutte, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
9Luke Tennie, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
10Patrick Fischler, "Paradise" (Hulu)

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series     

Megan Lachinski
1Michael J. Fox, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
2Bad Bunny, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
3Jeff Daniels, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
4Ryan Gosling, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
5Jon Bernthal, "The Bear" (FX)
6Tony Goldwyn, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
7Rob Reiner, "The Bear" (FX)
8Will Ferrell, "Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
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Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

Megan Lachinski
1Lucia Aniello, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
2Michael Patrick King, “The Comeback” (HBO Max)
3Randall Keenan Winston, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
4Randall Einhorn, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
5Janicza Bravo, "The Bear" (FX)
6Christopher Storer, "The Bear" (FX)
7Andrew DeYoung, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max)
8Dearbhla Walsh, "Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV)
9Randall Keenan Winston, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
10Mary Lou Belli, “The Ms. Pat Show” (BET)

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

Megan Lachinski
1John Wells, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Vince Gilligan, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3Alex Graves, "The Diplomat"
4Saul Metzstein, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
5Ken Olin, "Paradise" (Hulu)
6Jeremiah Zagar, "Task" (HBO Max)
7Amanda Marsalis, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
8Sam Levinson, "Euphoria" (HBO Max)
9Eric Kripke, "The Boys" (Prime Video)
10Uta Briesewitz, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series

Megan Lachinski
1Alexandra Brodski, "Half Man" (HBO Max)
2Jake Schreier, "Beef" (Netflix)
3Steven Conrad, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
4Max Winkler, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
5Antonio Campos, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
6Jason Bateman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
7Matt Ross, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
8Minkie Spiro, "All Her Fault" (Peacock)
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Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series  

Megan Lachinski
1Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
2Bill Lawrence & Brett Goldstein & Neil Goldman, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
3Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback" (HBO Max)
4Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
5Sterlin Harjo, "The Lowdown" (FX)
6J. J. Philbin & Ben Smith, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
7Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses, "Rooster" (HBO Max)
8Christopher Storer, "The Bear" (FX)
9Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin, "The Chair Company" (HBO Max)
10Ayo Edebiri & Lionel Boyce, "The Bear" (FX)

Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
 

Megan Lachinski
1R. Scott Gemmill, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Vince Gilligan, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)
3Brad Ingelsby, "Task" (HBO Max)
4Debora Cahn, "The Diplomat" (Netflix)
5Noah Wyle, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
6Dan Fogelman & Eric Wen, "Paradise" (Hulu)
7Will Smith, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV)
8Charlotte Stoudt & Zander Lehmann, "The Morning Show" (Apple TV)
9Joe Sachs, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
10Alison Tatlock & Gordon Smith, "Pluribus" (Apple TV)

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

Megan Lachinski
1Richard Gadd, "Half Man" (HBO Max)
2Lee Sung Jin, "Beef"
3Steven Conrad, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
4Gabe Rotter and Daniel Pearle, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix)
5Mike Makowsky, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
6Annie Weisman & Kay Oyegun, "Imperfect Women" (Apple TV)
7Jack Thorne, "Lord of the Flies" (Netflix)
8Connor Hines, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX)
9Zach Baylin & Kate Susman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix)
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Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series      

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