This Tuesday, July 28 at 11:30am ET/8:30 am PT, the nominations for the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced ahead of the ceremony on Sunday, September 20, broadcast on ABC. Ahead of Tuesday's announcement, which you'll be able to follow here on SpoilerTV, I put it to our team to give their nominations for who they'd like to see shortlisted.
It's important to note that these are not predictions; many of these will likely not make the official list. 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.
The Emmy rules changed on nomination numbers this year. This posed a problem because our number of nominations often brought about ties that were a significant distance from the target number of nominations. Where possible, we have stuck to the intended number of nominations, as you'll see it on Tuesday in the official list. However, where that wasn't possible, we have adhered to the previous rules 5a-5d under the Primetime Rules and Procedures' Nominations Procedures. Next to each category's heading is the number of nominations you can expect to see on Tuesday.
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 (8)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Dead to Me
GLOW
Insecure
Schitt's Creek
Sex Education
The Good Place
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
What We Do In the Shadows
Zoeys Extraordinary Playlist
Drama Series (8)
Better Call Saul
Big Little Lies
Euphoria
Prodigal Son
Star Trek: Picard
Stranger Things
Succession
The Mandalorian
Limited Series (5)
Little Fires Everywhere
Mrs. America
Normal People
Unbelievable
Watchmen
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (6)
Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Asa Butterfield - Sex Education
Ben Platt - The Politician
Bradley Whitford - Perfect Harmony
Eugene Levy - Schitt's Creek
Ted Danson - The Good Place
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (6)
Billy Porter - Pose
Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul
Justin Hartley - This Is Us
Michael Sheen - Prodigal Son
Patrick Stewert - Star Trek: Picard
Pedro Pascal - The Mandalorian
Ryan Eggold - New Amsterdam
Tom Payne - Prodigal Son
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series (5)
Chris Evans - Defending Jacob
Jeremy Irons - Watchmen
Mark Ruffalo - I Know This Much Is True
Paul Mescal - Normal People
Russell Tovey - Years and Years
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (6)
Alison Brie - GLOW
Catherine O'Hara - Schitt's Creek
Christina Applegate - Dead to me
Issa Rae - Insecure
Jane Levy - Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Kristen Bell - The Good Place
Linda Cardellini - Dead to Me
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (6)
Cobie Smulders - Stumptown
Jennifer Aniston - The Morning Show
Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon - The Morning Show
Sandra Oh - Killing Eve
Zendaya - Euphoria
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series (5)
Daisy Edgar-Jones - Normal People
Kaitlyn Dever - Unbelievable
Kerry Washington - Little Fires Everywhere
Merritt Wever - Unbelievable
Reese Witherspoon - Little Fires Everywhere
Regina King - Watchmen
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (8)
Andre Braugher - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Manny Jacinto - The Good Place
Ncuti Gatwa - Sex Education
Nicholas Hoult - The Great
Peter Gallagher - Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
William Jackson Harper - The Good Place
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (8)
Billy Crudup - The Morning Show
David Harbour - Stranger Things
Ed Harris - Westworld
Giancarlo Esposito - Better Call Saul
Joe Keery - Stranger Things
Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul
Josh O'Connor - The Crown
Oliver Stark - 911
Tom Pelphrey - Ozark
Tyler Labine - New Amsterdam
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series (6)
Denny Love - Looking For Alaska
Jim Parsons - Hollywood
Joshua Jackson - Little Fires Everywhere
Louis Gossett Jr. - Watchmen
Tim Blake Nelson - Watchmen
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II - Watchmen
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (8)
Annie Murphy - Schitt's Creek
Ashley Jensen - After Life
Betty Gilpin - GLOW
D'Arcy Carden - The Good Place
Gillian Anderson - Sex Education
Natasha Rothwell - Insecure
Penelope Wilton - After Life
Rita Moreno - One Day At A Time
Stephanie Beatriz - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Yvonne Orji - Insecure
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (8)
Freema Agyeman - New Amsterdam
Hunter Schafer - Euphoria
Indya Moore - Pose
Julia Garner - Ozark
Laura Dern - Big Little Lies
Meryl Streep - Big Little Lies
Rhea Seehorn - Better Call Saul
Tessa Thompson - Westworld
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series (6)
Emma Thompson - Years and Years
Jean Smart - Watchmen
Lexi Underwood - Little Fires Everywhere
Rose Byrne - Mrs. America
Toni Collette - Unbelievable
