2016 Emmy Predictions – July
“Game of Thrones!” “Game of Thrones!” “Game of Thrones!”
With that said, it should be a pretty big year for HBO as well as Netflix. We’ve got all of our predictions below including GUEST categories and Variety categories as well.
Keep it here for our most updated predictions.
Drama Series
Game of Thrones
House of Cards
Better Call Saul
Mr. Robot
Downton Abbey
Homeland
Orange is the New Black
Alternates
Billions
The Good Wife
Narcos
Vinyl
The Affair
Dark Horses
Empire
Horace and Pete
The Americans
Orphan Black
Indian Summers
The Leftovers
How to Get Away with Murder
Comedy Series
Veep
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Modern Family
Master of None
Black-ish
Alternates
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Broad City
Shameless
The Last Man on Earth
Mozart in the Jungle
Dark Horses
Girls
Lady Dynamite
The Grinder
Grace and Frankie
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Carmichael Show
The Big Bang Theory
Mom
Limited Series
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Fargo
Roots
Show Me a Hero
American Horror Story: Hotel
Alternates
American Crime
The Night Manager
Dark Horses
Doctor Thorne
Flesh and Bone
The Spoils Before Dying
11.22.63
London Spy
War & Peace
Madoff
The Girlfriend Experience
Tut
True Detective
The Last Panthers
Saints and Strangers
Childhood’s End
TV Movie
A Very Murray Christmas
All the Way
Confirmation
The Dresser
Donald Trumps’ Art of the Deal
Alternates
Luther
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Wallander: The Troubled Man
A Deadly Adoption
Manson’s Lost Girls
7 Days in Hell
Dark Horses
Coat of Many Colors
The Passion
STOP
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Special Correspondents
Lead Actor – Drama
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Rami Malek – Mr. Robot
Damian Lewis – Billions
Paul Giamatti – Billions
Alternates
Clive Owen – The Knick
Wagner Moura – Narcos
Bobby Cannavale – Vinyl
Aaron Paul – The Path
Aldis Hodge – Underground
Hugh Bonneville – Downton Abbey
Dark Horses
Dominic West – The Affair
Sam Heughan – Outlander
Kyle Chandler – Bloodline
Terrence Howard – Empire
Steve Buscemi – Horace and Pete
James Spader – The Blacklist
Jeremy Piven – Mr. Selfridge
Louis CK – Horace and Pete
Lead Actress – Drama
Robin Wright – House of Cards
Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder
Claire Danes – Homeland
Taraji P. Henson – Empire
Taylor Schilling – Orange is the New Black
Eva Green – Penny Dreadful
Alternates
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Michelle Dockery – Downton Abbey
Laura Carmichael – Downton Abbey
Ruth Wilson – The Affair
Connie Britton – Nashville
Dark Horses
Jurnee Smollett-Bell – Underground
Kerry Washington – Scandal
Keri Russell – The Americans
Melissa Benoist – Supergirl
Vera Farmiga – Bates Motel
Michelle Monaghan – The Path
Jennifer Lopez – Shades of Blue
Lead Actor – Comedy
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
William H. Macy – Shameless
Aziz Ansari – Master of None
Don Cheadle – House of Lies
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth
Alternates
Gael Garcia Bernal – Mozart in the Jungle
Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory
Thomas Middleditch – Silicon Valley
Rob Lowe – The Grinder
Patrick Stewart – Blunt Talk
Dark Horses
Fred Armisen – Portlandia
Jerrod Carmichael – The Carmichael Show
Rob Delaney – Catastrophe
Zach Galifianakis – Baskets
Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Ian McKellen – Vicious
Tommy Dewey – Casual
Bill Hader – Documentary Now
Dwayne Johnson – Ballers
Lead Actress – Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep
Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer
Ellie Kemper – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tracee Ellis-Ross – Black-ish
Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie
Alternates
Jane Fonda – Grace and Frankie
Ilana Glazer – Broad City
Laurie Metcalf – Getting On
Abbi Jacobson – Broad City
Lena Dunham – Girls
Melissa McCarthy – Mike and Molly
Dark Horses
Maria Bamford – Lady Dynamite
Aya Cash – You’re the Worst
Carrie Brownstein – Portlandia
Dianne Wiest – Life in Pieces
Julie Klausner – Difficult People
Anna Faris – Mom
Jamie Lee Curtis – Scream Queens
Emma Roberts – Scream Queens
Supporting Actor – Drama
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
Christian Slater – Mr. Robot
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan
Alternates
Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
Michael Kelly – House of Cards
Alan Alda – Horace and Pete
Tobias Menzies – Outlander
Michael McKean – Better Call Saul
Beau Bridges – Masters of Sex
Dark Horses
Kit Harington – Game of Thrones
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Good Wife
F. Murray Abraham – Homeland
Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline
Ray Romano – Vinyl
Christopher Meloni – Underground
Andre Holland – The Knick
Supporting Actress – Drama
Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Joanne Frogatt – Downton Abbey
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey
Maura Tierney – The Affair
Alternates
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife
Kate Mulgrew – Orange is the New Black
Edie Falco – Horace and Pete
Laverne Cox – Orange is the New Black
Hayden Panettiere – Nashville
Malin Akerman – Billions
Dark Horses
Margo Martindale – The Good Wife
Sophie Turner – Game of Thrones
Jessica Lange – Horace and Pete
Olivia Wilde – Vinyl
Laura Prepon – Orange is the New Black
Sissy Spacek – Bloodline
Supporting Actor – Comedy
Tony Hale – Veep
Ty Burrell – Modern Family
Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Hugh Laurie – Veep
Adam Driver – Girls
Alternates
Louie Anderson – Baskets
Jay Duplass – Transparent
Malcolm McDowell – Mozart in the Jungle
Keegan Michael-Key – Key and Peele
Laurence Fishburne – Black-ish
Jesse Tyler Ferguson – Modern Family
Dark Horses
T.J. Miller – Silicon Valley
Jordan Peele – Key and Peele
Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family
Ed O’Neill – Modern Family
Martin Sheen – Grace and Frankie
Supporting Actress – Comedy
Allison Janney – Mom
Anna Chlumsky – Veep
Jane Krakowski – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Judith Light – Transparent
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Niecy Nash – Getting On
Alternates
Gaby Hoffmann – Transparent
Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen – Modern Family
Cecily Strong – Saturday Night Live
Amy Landecker – Transparent
Carol Kane – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Dark Horses
Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
Jacki Weaver – Blunt Talk
Bernadette Peters – Mozart in the Jungle
Noel Wells – Master of None
Frances Conroy – Casual
Martha Kelly – Baskets
Kristen Wiig – Wet Hot American Summer
Kristen Schaal – The Last Man on Earth
Lead Actor – Limited Series or TV Movie
Courtney B. Vance – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Bryan Cranston – All The Way
Cuba Gooding Jr. – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Oscar Isaac – Show Me a Hero
Bill Murray – A Very Murray Christmas
Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager
Alternates
Benedict Cumberbatch – Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Patrick Wilson – Fargo
Anthony Hopkins – The Dresser
Idris Elba – Luther
Timothy Hutton – American Crime
Malachi Kirby – Roots
Dark Horses
Ben Kingsley – Tut
Richard Dreyfus – Madoff
Kenneth Branagh – Wallander: The Troubled Man
Ian McKellen – The Dresser
Tony Shalhoub – Act One
James Franco – 11.22.63
Lead Actress – Limited Series or TV Movie
Sarah Paulson – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Felicity Huffman – American Crime
Kerry Washington – Confirmation
Kirsten Dunst – Fargo
Lady Gaga – American Horror Story: Hotel
Alternates
Sarah Hay – Flesh and Bone
Audra McDonald – Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill
Rachel McAdams – True Detective
Lili Taylor – American Crime
Dark Horses
Riley Keough – The Girlfriend Experience
Samantha Morton – The Last Panthers
Blythe Danner – Madoff
Lily James – War & Peace
Julianne Hough – Grease Live
Kirsten Wiig – A Deadly Adoption
Kirsten Wiig – The Spoils Before Dying
Supporting Actor – Limited Series or TV Movie
Sterling K. Brown – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager
Jesse Plemons – Fargo
Anthony Mackie – All the Way
John Travolta – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Alfred Molina – Show Me a Hero
Alternates
Forest Whitaker – Roots
Bookeem Woodbine – Fargo
Greg Kinnear – Confirmation
David Schwimmer – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Denis O’Hare – American Horror Story: Hotel
Chris Cooper – 11.22.63
Frank Langella – All the Way
Dark Horses
Connor Jessup – American Crime
Nathan Lane – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
David Alan Grier – The Wiz Live
Supporting Actress – Limited Series or TV Movie
Regina King – American Crime
Melissa Leo – All the Way
Jean Smart – Fargo
Sarah Paulson – American Horror Story: Hotel
Anika Noni Rose – Roots
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Hotel
Alternates
Olivia Colman – The Night Manager
Emayatzy Corinealdi – Roots
Anna Paquin – Roots
Elizabeth Debicki – The Night Manager
Catherine Keener – Show Me a Hero
Uzo Aduba – The Wiz Live
Emily Watson – The Dresser
Dark Horses
Angela Bassett – American Horror Story: Hotel
Cristin Miloti – Fargo
Charlotte Rampling – London Spy
Mary J. Blige – The Wiz Live
Connie Britton – The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
Miley Cyrus – A Very Murray Christmas
Jennifer Hudson – Confirmation
Variety Talk Series
Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Real Time with Bill Maher
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Late Late Show with James Corden
Alternates
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Conan
Dark Horses
Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
@Midnight
Chelsea
Watch What Happens Live
Fashionably Late with Rachel Zoe
Last Call with Carson Daly
Variety Sketch Series
Saturday Night Live
Inside Amy Schumer
Key and Peele
Portlandia
Documentary Now
Alternates
Drunk History
W/ Bob and David
Billy on the Street
Comedy Bang Bang
Nathan For You
Tosh.0
Adam Devine’s House Party
Guest Actor – Drama
Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife
Reg E. Cathey – House of Cards
Josh Charles – The Good Wife
Max Von Sydow – Game of Thrones
Pablo Schreiber – Orange is the New Black
Blair Underwood – The Good Wife
Alternates
BD Wong – Mr. Robot
Jesse Smollett – Underground
Rob Morrow – Billions
Robert Wagner – NCIS
John Cameron Mitchell – Vinyl
Beau Bridges – Bloodline
Dark Horses
David Strathairn – The Blacklist
Mark Margolis – The Affair
Paul Sparks – House of Cards
Sebastian Arcelus – House of Cards
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead
Tom Hardy – Peaky Blinders
Hank Azaria – Ray Donovan
John Caroll Lynch – The Walking Dead
Guest Actress – Drama
Ellen Burstyn – House of Cards
Margo Martindale – The Americans
Laurie Metcalf – Horace and Pete
Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder
Allison Janney – Masters of Sex
Marisa Tomei – Empire
Alternates
Carrie Preston – The Good Wife
Natasha Lyonne – Orange is the New Black
Annet Mahendru – The Americans
Kathleen Turner – The Path
Patti LuPone – Penny Dreadful
Dark Horses
Cicely Tyson – House of Cards
Annet Mahendru – The X-Files
Sarah Silverman – Masters of Sex
Stockard Channing – The Good Wife
Whoopi Goldberg – Law & Order: SVU
Judy Greer – Masters of Sex
Guest Actor – Comedy Series
Larry David – Saturday Night Live
Tracy Morgan – Saturday Night Live
Bob Newhart – The Big Bang Theory
Bradley Whitford – Transparent
Judd Hirsch – The Big Bang Theory
Steve Buscemi – Portlandia
Alternates
Bill Murray – Angie Tribeca
David Cross – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Louis CK – Portlandia
Fred Armisen – Saturday Night Live
Wallace Shawn – Mozart in the Jungle
Dark Horses
Ryan Gosling – Saturday Night Live
Drake – Saturday Night Live
Keke Palmer – Grease Live
Stephen Merchant – The Big Bang Theory
Peter MacNicol – Veep
James Franco – Angie Tribeca
John Slattery – Documentary Now
Will Ferrell – Drunk History
Guest Actress – Comedy
Tina Fey & Amy Poehler – Saturday Night Live
Tina Fey – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ellen Burstyn – Mom
Angelica Huston – Transparent
Christine Baranski – The Big Bang Theory
Melissa McCarthy – Saturday Night Live
Alternates
Anna Camp – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Amy Schumer – Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf – The Big Bang Theory
Lisa Kudrow – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Estelle Parsons – Grace and Frankie
Dark Horses
Claire Danes – Master of None
June Squibb – The Big Bang Theory
Melissa Leo – Broad City
Ariana Grande – Saturday Night Live
Frances Conroy – The Real O’Neals
Cynthia Nixon – Broad City
Jenny Slate – Girls
- A Very Murray Christmas All the Way American Crime American Horror Story: Hotel Better Call Saul Billions Black-ish Brooklyn Nine-Nine Confirmation Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Documentary Now Donald Trumps' Art of the Deal Downton Abbey Empire Fargo Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Game of Thrones Getting On Girls Grace and Frankie Homeland Horace and Pete House of Cards House of Lies How to Get Away with Murder Inside Amy Schumer Jimmy Kimmel Live Key and Peele Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late Late Show with James Corden Master of None Masters of Sex Modern Family Mom Mr. Robot Orange is the New Black Penny Dreadful Portlandia Ray Donovan Real Time with Bill Maher Roots Saturday Night Live Shameless Show Me a Hero Silicon Valley The Affair The Americans The Big Bang Theory The Dresser The Good Wife The Last Man on Earth The Night Manager The People v. OJ Simpson Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Transparent Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Veep