My 2020 Emmy Nomination Predictions

Tomorrow the nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards will be officially announced ahead of the ceremony in September, and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the usual awards campaigns have not been run and therefore predictions are more difficult. However, I have given it a go here by using industry insight, Emmy history, and personal gut feeling. I can’t wait to be embarrassed when the nominations are revealed tomorrow and I am wildly wrong…

*Worth noting these are very much my predictions, not personal preference. I will release a post detailing what my Emmy’s would ideally look like in a few months time.

Most Nominations – Succession – 6

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES –

• Better Call Saul
• Ozark
• Succession
• The Crown
• The Handmaid’s Tale
• The Morning Show
• This Is Us
• Westworld

Alternate: Euphoria

Should Have Been In: Mindhunter

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES –

• Billy Porter – Pose
• Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
• Brian Cox – Succession
• Jason Bateman – Ozark
• Jeremy Strong – Succession
• Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us

Alternate: Tobias Menzies – The Crown

Should Have Been In: Jonathan Groff – Mindhunter

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES –

• Elisabeth Moss – The Handmaid’s Tale
• Jennifer Aniston – The Morning Show
• Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
• Laura Linney – Ozark
• Olivia Colman – The Crown
• Zendaya – Euphoria

Alternate: Sandra Oh – Killing Eve

Should Have Been In: Reece Witherspoon – Big Little Lies

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES –

• Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
• Bradley Whitford – The Handmaid’s Tale
• Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
• Josh O’Connor – The Crown
• Kieran Culkin – Succession
• Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
• Matthew Macfadyen – Succession
• Tom Pelphrey – Ozark

Alternate: David Harbour – Stranger Things

Should Have Been In: Giancarlo Esposito – Better Call Saul

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES –

• Ann Dowd – The Handmaid’s Tale
• Helena Bonham Carter – The Crown
• Julia Garner – Ozark
• Laura Dern – Big Little Lies
• Meryl Streep – Big Little Lies
• Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
• Sarah Snook – Succession
• Thandie Newton – Westworld

Alternate: Janet McTeer – Ozark

Should Have Been In: Tessa Thompson – Westworld

OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES –

• Little Fires Everywhere
• Mrs. America
• Normal People  
• Unbelievable
• Watchmen

Alternate: The Plot Against America

Should Have Been In: Years and Years

OUTSTANDING TELEVISION MOVIE –

• American Son
• Bad Education
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Patsy and Loretta
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Alternate: The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Should Have Been In: N/A

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE –

• Aaron Paul – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Hugh Jackman – Bad Education
• Jeremy Irons – Watchmen
• Mark Ruffalo – I Know This Much is True
• Paul Mescal – Normal People

Alternate: Russell Crowe – The Loudest Voice

Should Have Been In: Nick Offerman – Devs

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE –

• Regina King – Watchmen
• Cate Blanchett – Mrs. America
• Kaitlyn Dever – Unbelievable
• Merritt Wever – Unbelievable
• Kerry Washington – Little Fires Everywhere

Alternate: Reece Witherspoon – Little Fires Everywhere

Should Have Been In: Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE –

• Dylan McDermott – Hollywood
• Jesse Plemons – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• Jim Parsons – Hollywood
• John Turturro – The Plot Against America
• Tim Blake Nelson – Watchmen
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Watchmen

Alternate: Darren Criss – Hollywood

Should Have Been In: Michael Sheen – Quiz

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE –

• Allison Janney – Bad Education
• Jean Smart – Watchmen
• Rose Byrne – Mrs. America
• Sarah Paulson – Mrs. America
• Toni Collette – Unbelievable
• Uzo Aduba – Mrs. America

Alternate: Tracey Ullman – Mrs. America

Should Have Been In: Naomi Watts – The Loudest Voice

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES –

• Better Things
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dead to Me
• Insecure
• Ramy
• Schitt’s Creek
• The Good Place
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Alternate: Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

Should Have Been In: Bojack Horseman

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES –

• Anthony Anderson – Black-ish
• Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek
• Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Michael Douglas – The Kominsky Method
• Ramy Youssef – Ramy
• Ted Danson – The Good Place

Alternate: Don Cheadle – Black Monday

Should Have Been In: Martin Freeman – Breeders

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES –

• Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek
• Christina Applegate – Dead to Me
• Issa Rae – Insecure
• Jane Levy – Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
• Linda Cardellini – Dead to Me
• Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Alternate: Pamela Adlon – Better Things

Should Have Been In: Aisling Bea – This Way Up

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES –  

• Alan Arkin – The Kominsky Method
• Alec Baldwin – Saturday Night Live
• Dan Levy – Schitt’s Creek
• James Marsden – Dead to Me
• Louie Anderson – Baskets
• Mahershala Ali – Ramy
• Michael Zegen – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Tony Shalhoub – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Alternate: Sterling K. Brown – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Should Have Been In: Nicholas Hoult – The Great

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES –

• Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Annie Murphy – Schitt’s Creek
• Betty Gilpin – Glow
• Jane Lynch – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
• Marin Hinkle – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Rita Moreno – One Day at a Time
• Yvonne Orji – Insecure

Alternate: Emily Hampshire – Schitt’s Creek

Should Have Been In: Phoebe Fox – The Great