Emmy Predictions – Will Mavity

Here are Will Mavity’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

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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"Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
8"Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
9"The Lowdown" (FX)
10"Rooster" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Drama Series

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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"The Morning Show" (Apple TV)
9"Stranger Things" (Netflix)
10"The Gilded Age" (HBO Max)

Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series

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

Outstanding Television Movie

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1"Remarkably Bright Creatures" (Netflix)
2"Miss You, Love You" (HBO Max)
3"People We Meet on Vacation" (Netflix)
4"Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" (Hulu)
5"Deep Cover" (Prime Video)
6"Jack Ryan: Ghost War" (Prime Video)
7"Echo Valley" (Apple TV)
8"Swiped" (Hulu)
9"Pizza Movie" (Hulu)
10"Oh. What. Fun" (Prime Video)

Outstanding Animated Program

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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"Star Wars: Maul-Shadow Lord" (Disney+)
8"Stranger Things: Tales from '85" (Netflix)
9"Kevin" (Prime Video)
10"Splinter Cell: Deathwatch" (Netflix)

Outstanding Competition Program

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1"The Traitors" (Peacock)
2"Survivor" (CBS)
3“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
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"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" (CBS)
3"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (ABC)
4"The Daily Show" (Comedy Central)
5“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
6"Late Night With Seth Meyers" (NBC)
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Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series

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

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

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

Outstanding Lead Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

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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)
6Sally Field, "Remarkably Bright Creatures" (Netflix)
7Allison Janney, "Miss You, Love You" (HBO Max)
8Tessa Thompson, "His and Hers" (Netflix)
9Camila Morrone, "Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen" (Netflix)
10Julianne Moore, "Echo Valley" (Apple TV)

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series

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1Matthew Rhys, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
2Jason Segel, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
3Martin Short, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu)
4Jeremy Allen White, "The Bear" (Hulu)
5Steve Carell, "Rooster" (HBO Max)
6Ethan Hawke, "The Lowdown" (FX)
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

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

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

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

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series

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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)
6Meg Stalter, "Hacks" (HBO Max)
7Kate O'Flynn, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV)
8Liza Colon-Zayas, "The Bear" (FX)
9Ashley Padilla, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
10Carol Burnett, "Palm Royale" (Apple TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series

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

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

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

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series

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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)
5Michael Urie, "Shrinking" (Apple TV)
6Ebon Moss-Bachrach, "The Bear" (FX)
7Tyler James Williams, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
8Bowen Yang, "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)
9Tyler James Williams, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC)
10Colman Domingo, "The Four Seasons" (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series

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1Patrick Ball, "The Pitt" (HBO Max)
2Tom Pelphrey, "Task" (HBO Max)
3Billy Crudup, "The Morning Show" (Apple TV)
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)
9Sam Elliott, "Landman" (Paramount+)
10James Marsden, "Paradise" (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

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

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

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

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series     

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

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series

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

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series     

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

Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series

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1Lucia Aniello, “Hacks” (HBO Max) - "Hacks"
2Hiro Murai, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV) - "Welcome to Widow's Bay!"
3Janicza Bravo, "The Bear" (FX) - "Worms"
4Randall Keenan Winston, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) - "And That's Our Time"
5Mary Lou Belli, “The Ms. Pat Show” (BET) - "Give It Arrest"
6Christopher Storer, "The Bear" (FX) - "Bears"
7Alice Seabright, "Margo's Got Money Troubles (Apple TV) - "Lariat Takedown"
8Randall Einhorn, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC) - "Ballgame"
9Zach Braff, "Shrinking" (Apple TV) - "D-Day"
10Rhys Thomas, "The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" (NBC) - "Pilot"

Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series

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1John Wells, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "9:00 P.M."
2Vince Gilligan, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "We Is Us"
3Saul Metzstein, "Slow Horses" (Apple TV) - "Scars"
4Uta Briesewitz, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "5:00 P.M."
5Owen Harris, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" (HBO Max) - "In the Name of the Mother"
6Shawn Hatosy, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "3:00 P.M."
7Salli Richardson Whitfield, "Task" (HBO Max) - "Out Beyond Ideas Of Wrongdoing And Rightdoing, There Is A River."
8Ken Olin, "Paradise" (Hulu) - "A Holy Charge"
9Gordon Smith, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Grenade"
10Alex Graves, "The Diplomat" (Netflix) - "Schrodinger's Wife"

Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series

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1Alexandra Brodski, "Half Man" (HBO Max) - "Episode 2"
2Lee Sung Jin, "Beef" (Netflix) - "Oh, The Comfort, The Inexpressible Comfort"
3Antonio Campos, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix) - "Sick Puppy"
4Jason Bateman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix) - "The Black Rabbits"
5Jake Schreier, "Beef" (Netflix) - "It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey"
6Matt Ross, "Death by Lightning" (Netflix)
7Max Winkler, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bissette" (FX) - "Pilot"
8Steven Conrad, "DTF St. Louis" (HBO Max)
9Bassam Tariq, "Bait" (Prime Video) - "House or Home"
10Weronika Tofilska, "Something Very Bad in Going to Happen" (Netflix) - "I Do"

Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series  

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1Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky, "Hacks" (HBO Max) - "Hacks"
2Katie Dippold, "Widow's Bay" (Apple TV) - "Welcome to Widow's Bay!"
3Bill Lawrence & Brett Goldstein & Neil Goldman, "Shrinking" (Apple TV) - "And That's Our Time"
4Christopher Storer, "The Bear" (FX) - "Goodbye"
5Michael Patrick King & Lisa Kudrow, "The Comeback" (HBO Max) - "Valerie Does It All"
6Eva Anderson & David E. Kelley, "Margo's Got Money Troubles" (Apple TV) - "Lock And Load"
7Sterlin Harjo, "The Lowdown" (FX) - "Pilot"
8Ayo Edebiri & Lionel Boyce, "The Bear" (FX) - "Worms"
9Quinta Brunson, "Abbott Elementary" (ABC) - "Team Building"
10J. J. Philbin & Ben Smith, "Only Murders in the Building" (Hulu) - "Nail In the Coffin"

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"
4Brad Ingelsby, "Task" (HBO Max) - "A Still Small Voice"
5Brad Ingelsby, "Task" (HBO Max) - "A Still Small Voice"
6Gordon Smith, "Pluribus" (Apple TV) - "Grenade"
7Valerie Chu, "The Pitt" (HBO Max) - "12:00 P.M."
8Debora Cahn, "The Diplomat" (Netflix) - "Amagansett"
9Dan Fogelman & Eric Wen, "Paradise" (Hulu) - "Graceland"
10Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, "Industry" (HBO Max) - "Dear Henry"

Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

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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)
5Gabe Rotter and Daniel Pearle, "The Beast in Me" (Netflix) - "Sick Puppy"
6Zach Baylin & Kate Susman, "Black Rabbit" (Netflix) - "Isle of Joy"
7Connor Hines, "Love Story: JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette" (FX) - "Pilot"
8Jack Thorne, "Lord of the Flies" (Netflix)
9Ian Brennan, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" (Netflix)
10Riz Ahmed, "Bait" (Prime Video) - "House or Home"

Outstanding Writing For A 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)
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