This Thursday, July 14 at 11:30am ET/8:30 am PT, the nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced. It's a major point in the calendar for anyone heavily involved with TV and gives us the final list of those who could be receiving one of those gold statuettes come September 18. As part of the build-up to Thursday's announcement, I put it to the SpoilerTV team to give their nominations for who they'd like to see shortlisted, and below are the final list of the most popular picks.
It's important to note that these are not predictions; many of these will likely not make the official list later this week. These are the nominations that the team would make if they were a voting member of the Academy. As such, they had to adhere exactly to the Emmy ballots, which means that only those who submitted were up for debate, and performers and programs had to be listed in the category that they were on in the ballots.
Following the rules implemented in last year's Awards, seven shows are picked in the series category for both Comedy and Drama. Beyond that, each category is limited to either six or seven nominations: If there were either five or seven outright leaders in any given performer category, it would be populated by seven nominees rather than trying to whittle it down to six.
Have a read through the team's collective nominations and then hit the comments with who you'd nominate, were you an Academy voter.
Comedy Series
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Fresh Off The Boat
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Master of None
The Middle
2 Broke Girls
Drama Series
Marvel's Jessica Jones
Game of Thrones
Mr. Robot
How To Get Away With Murder
UnREAL
The Americans
The Leftovers
Limited Series
Fargo
American Crime
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
The Night Manager
Roots
The Astronaut Wives Club
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Anthony Anderson (black-ish)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat)
Bruce Campbell (Ash Vs. Evil Dead)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Rob Delaney (Catastrophe)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
Charlie Cox (Marvel's Daredevil)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Michael Emerson (Person Of Interest)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Tom Ellis (Lucifer)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series
Patrick Wilson (Fargo)
Courtney B.Vance (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Cuba Gooding Jr. (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
James Franco (11.22.63)
Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Constance Wu (Fresh Off The Boat)
Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin)
Anna Faris (Mom)
Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls)
Aya Cash (You're the Worst)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)
Viola Davis (How To Get Away With Murder)
Krysten Ritter (Marvel's Jessica Jones)
Shiri Appleby (UnREAL)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Rose McIver (iZombie)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series
Kirsten Dunst (Fargo)
Lili Taylor (American Crime)
Rachel McAdams (True Detective)
Sarah Paulson (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Jaime Camill (Jane The Virgin)
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Max Greenfield (New Girl)
Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Desmin Borges (You're the Worst)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jon Bernthal (Marvel's Daredevil)
Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
David Tennant (Marvel's Jessica Jones)
Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers)
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series
Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo)
Hugh Laurie (The Night Manager)
Jesse Plemons (Fargo)
David Schwimmer (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Jeffrey Donovan (Fargo)
Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Ted Danson (Fargo)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Eden Sher (The Middle)
Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Jodie Sweetin (Fuller House)
Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Constance Zimmer (UnREAL)
Lindsey Morgan (The 100)
Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)
Alison Wright (The Americans)
Ann Dowd (The Leftovers)
Holly Taylor (The Americans)
Jamie Clayton (Sense8)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series
Jean Smart (Fargo)
Cristin Milioti (Fargo)
Olivia Colman (The Night Manager)
Rachel Keller (Fargo)
Regina King (American Crime)
Connie Britton (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story)
Irina Dvorovenko (Flesh & Bone)
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