Feinberg Forecast: 2020 Emmy Predictions
The Hollywood Reporter's awards columnist updates his assessment of 23 categories.
June 18, 2020 7:28am
Modified on June 20, 2020, Published on June 18, 2020
These projections reflect THR awards columnist Scott Feinberg's personal impressions, as well as historical considerations, precursor awards and consultations with industry insiders. They will be updated regularly to reflect new developments, and more categories may be added.
Best Drama Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Succession (HBO)
Ozark (Netflix)
The Crown (Netflix)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
This Is Us (NBC)
Westworld (HBO)MAJOR THREATS
Homeland (Showtime)
The Outsider (HBO)
Big Little Lies (HBO)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
Pose (FX)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
The Mandalorian (Disney+)
Hunters (Amazon)POSSIBILITIES
The Good Fight (CBS All Access)
Mr. Robot (USA)
Luther (BBC America)
Homecoming (Amazon)
Euphoria (HBO)
On Becoming a God in Central Florida (Showtime)
Ray Donovan (Showtime)
Mindhunter (Netflix)LONG SHOTS
Yellowstone (Paramount Network)
Billions (Showtime)
Outlander (Starz)
The Good Doctor (ABC)
My Brilliant Friend (HBO)
You (Netflix)
The New Pope (HBO)
Peaky Blinders (Netflix)
Legion (FX)Best Comedy Series
FRONTRUNNERS
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Schitt's Creek (Pop)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
The Good Place (NBC)
What We Do in the Shadows (FX)
Space Force (Netflix)
The Kominsky Method (Netflix)MAJOR THREATS
Insecure (HBO)
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (NBC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Better Things (FX)
Ramy (Hulu)
Black-ish (ABC)
Dave (FX)
Run (HBO)
The Great (Hulu)
Dickinson (Apple TV+)
Modern Family (ABC)POSSIBILITIES
The Politician (Netflix)
Sex Education (Netflix)
Baskets (FX)
Little America (Apple TV+)
GLOW (Netflix)
Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
Never Have I Ever (Netflix)
Upload (Amazon)
Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (Apple TV+)
Shrill (Hulu)LONG SHOTS
BlackAF (Netflix) NEW
After Life (Netflix)
Modern Love (Amazon)
High Fidelity (Hulu)
One Day at a Time (Pop)
The Righteous Gemstones (HBO)
Will and Grace (NBC)
Shameless (Showtime)
The Last O.G. (TBS)
The Conners (ABC)
Love Life (HBO Max)
Everything's Gonna Be Okay (Freeform) NEWBest Limited Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Unbelievable (Netflix)
Watchmen (HBO)
Mrs. America (FX on Hulu)
I Know This Much Is True (HBO)
The Plot Against America (HBO)MAJOR THREATS
Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
Hollywood (Netflix)
Unorthodox (Netflix)
Normal People (Hulu)
The Loudest Voice (Showtime)
Defending Jacob (Apple TV+)
Catherine the Great (HBO)
Devs (FX on Hulu)POSSIBILITIES
The Eddy (Netflix)
The Spy (Netflix)
Mrs. Fletcher (HBO)
Years and Years (HBO)
Quiz (AMC)
Belgravia (Epix)
American Horror Story: 1984 (FX)
Our Boys (HBO)LONG SHOTS
Castle Rock (Hulu)
ZeroZeroZero (Amazon)
Too Old to Die Young (Amazon)
Barkskins (NatGeo)
The Terror (AMC)
The Pale Horse (Amazon)
Miracle Workers (TBS)
Briarpatch (USA)Best Television Movie
FRONTRUNNERS
Bad Education (HBO)
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Netflix)
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (Lifetime)
American Son (Netflix)
Patsy and Loretta (Lifetime)MAJOR THREATS
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend (Netflix)
Transparent: Musicale Finale (Amazon)
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (Netflix)
Togo (Disney+)POSSIBILITIES
Blow the Man Down (Amazon)
Selah and the Spades (Amazon)
Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story (Lifetime)LONG SHOTS
A Christmas Carol (FX)
Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Acorn)
Lady and the Tramp (Disney+)Best Actor in a Drama Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Jason Bateman (Ozark) — podcast
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) — podcast
Billy Porter (Pose) — podcast
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) — podcast
Brian Cox (Succession)
Jeremy Strong (Succession) — podcastMAJOR THREATS
Tobias Menzies (The Crown)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us) — podcast
Aaron Paul (Westworld)
Ben Mendelsohn (The Outsider)
Steve Carell (The Morning Show) — podcast
Al Pacino (Hunters) — podcast
Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) — podcast
Idris Elba (Luther) — podcast
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Patrick Stewart (Star Trek: Picard)POSSIBILITIES
Justin Hartley (This Is Us)
Stephan James (Homecoming) — podcast
Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter)
Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian)
Kevin Costner (Yellowstone)
John Krasinski (Jack Ryan) — podcast
Penn Badgeley (You)
Cillian Murphy (Peaky Blinders)
Matt Bomer (The Sinner)
Bill Pullman (The Sinner)LONG SHOTS
Forest Whitaker (Godfather of Harlem)
Diego Luna (Narcos: Mexico)
Michael Pena (Narcos: Mexico)
John Malkovich (The New Pope)
Sam Heughan (Outlander)
Dan Stevens (Legion)
Ben Kingsley (Perpetual Grace, LTD)
Anthony Mackie (Altered Carbon)
Nicholas Pinnock (For Life)
Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) — podcastBest Actress in a Drama Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Laura Linney (Ozark)
Olivia Colman (The Crown) — podcast
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) — podcast
Jodie Comer (Killing Eve)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)
Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)MAJOR THREATS
Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show) — podcast
Claire Danes (Homeland) — podcast
Mandy Moore (This Is Us) — podcast
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) — podcast
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) — podcast
Janelle Monae (Homecoming) — podcast
Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder)
Zendaya (Euphoria)
Christine Baranski (The Good Fight)POSSIBILITIES
Kirsten Dunst (On Becoming a God in Central Florida)
Mj Rodriguez (Pose)
Ruth Wilson (Luther)
Winona Ryder (Stranger Things)
Jennifer Connelly (Snowpiercer)
Jerrika Hinton (Hunters)
Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials)
Angela Bassett (9-1-1)
Edie Falco (Tommy)LONG SHOTS
Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars)
Molly Parker (Lost in Space)
Rebecca Hall (Tales from the Loop)
Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who)
Brooklynn Prince (Home Before Dark)
Elizabeth Olsen (Sorry for Your Loss)
Gina Torres (Pearson)
Lauren Ambrose (Servant)
Ellen Page (Tales of the City)
Rosa Salazar (Undone)Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Kieran Culkin (Succession)
Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid's Tale)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Ed Harris (Westworld)
David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Tom Pelphrey (Ozark)MAJOR THREATS
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
Josh O'Connor (The Crown)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid's Tale)
Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies)
Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul) — podcast
Nicholas Braun (Succession)
Alan Ruck (Succession)
Mark Duplass (The Morning Show)
Tony Dalton (Better Call Saul)
Adam Scott (Big Little Lies)POSSIBILITIES
Ben Daniels (The Crown)
BD Wong (Mr. Robot)
Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
Delroy Lindo (The Good Fight)
Chris Sullivan (This Is Us)
Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)
Alan Alda (Ray Donovan) — podcast
Vincent Cassel (Westworld)
Jude Law (The New Pope)
Chris Messina (The Sinner)
Michael Cerveris (Mindhunter)LONG SHOTS
J.K. Simmons (Veronica Mars)
Richard Schiff (The Good Doctor)
Nathan Lane (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels)
Jimmi Simpson (Perpetual Grace, LTD)
Wendell Pierce (Jack Ryan)
Michael Kelly (Jack Ryan)
Ryan Jamaal Swain (Pose)
Saul Rubinek (Hunters)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (His Dark Materials) — podcast
James McAvoy (His Dark Materials)
Edward James Olmos (Mayans M.C.)Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Julia Garner (Ozark)
Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown)
Meryl Streep (Big Little Lies) — podcast
Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale)
Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul) — podcast
Cynthia Erivo (The Outsider) — podcastMAJOR THREATS
Sarah Snook (Succession)
Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)
Janet McTeer (Ozark)
Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid's Tale)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Susan Kelechi Watson (This Is Us)
Tessa Thompson (Westworld)
Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)POSSIBILITIES
Mare Winningham (The Outsider)
Julianne Nicholson (The Outsider)
Hong Chau (Homecoming)
Zoe Kravitz (Big Little Lies)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Phylicia Rashad (David Makes Man)
Hunter Schafer (Euphoria)
Anna Torv (Mindhunter)LONG SHOTS
Holly Hunter (Succession)
J. Smith-Cameron (Succession)
Indya Moore (Pose)
Dominique Jackson (Pose)
Sandra Bernhard (Pose)
Aubrey Plaza (Legion)
Cush Jumbo (The Good Fight)
Audra McDonald (The Good Fight)
Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials)Best Actor in a Comedy Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek) — podcast
Ted Danson (The Good Place) — podcast
Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Steve Carell (Space Force) — podcastMAJOR THREATS
Ramy Youssef (Ramy)
Don Cheadle (Black Monday)
Ricky Gervais (After Life) — podcast
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)
Dave Burd (Dave)
Ben Platt (The Politician)
Rob McElhenney (Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet)
Domhnall Gleeson (Run)
Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows)
Kayvan Novak (What We Do in the Shadows)POSSIBILITIES
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Asa Butterfield (Sex Education)
Paul Rudd (Living with Yourself)
Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley)
John Goodman (The Conners)
Eric McCormack (Will and Grace)
Hugh Laurie (Avenue 5)
Martin Freedman (Breeders)
Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones)
Bashir Salahuddin (Sherman's Showcase)LONG SHOTS
Bradley Whitford (Perfect Harmony)
Walton Goggins (The Unicorn)
Jim Carrey (Kidding)
Tracy Morgan (The Last O.G.) — podcast
Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Wyatt Russell (Lodge 49)
Hank Azaria (Brockmire) — podcast
Paul Reiser (Mad About You)
Ben Feldman (Superstore)
Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat)Best Actress in a Comedy Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) — podcast
Catherine O'Hara (Schitt's Creek) — podcast
Issa Rae (Insecure)
Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
Linda Cardellini (Dead to Me)
Jane Levy (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist)MAJOR THREATS
Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Elle Fanning (The Great)
Merritt Wever (Run)
Robin Thede (A Black Lady Sketch Show) — podcast
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) — podcast
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie) — podcast
Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie) — podcast
Kristen Bell (The Good Place)
Hailee Steinfeld (Dickinson) — podcast
Natasha Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows)
Alison Brie (GLOW) — podcastPOSSIBILITIES
Allison Janney (Mom) — podcast
Aidy Bryant (Shrill) — podcast
Awkwafina (Nora from Queens) — podcast
Abby McEnany (Work in Progress)
Debra Messing (Will and Grace)
Zoe Kravitz (High Fidelity)
Daisy Haggard (Breeders)
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever)
Charlotte Nicdao (Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet)
Gwyneth Paltrow (The Politician)
Anna Kendrick (Love Life)LONG SHOTS
Helen Hunt (Mad About You)
Justina Machado (One Day at a Time)
Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin)
America Ferrera (Superstore)
Logan Browning (Dear White People)
Sara Gilbert (The Conners)
Tiffany Haddish (The Last O.G.)
Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat)
Zoe Perry (Young Sheldon)
Kat Dennings (Dollface)Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method)
Dan Levy (Schitt's Creek)
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Sterling K. Brown (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) — podcast
Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Nicholas Hoult (The Great)
Peter Gallagher (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist)MAJOR THREATS
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) — podcast
Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
John Malkovich (Space Force)
Ben Schwartz (Space Force)
Paul Reiser (The Kominsky Method)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family)POSSIBILITIES
Marc Maron (GLOW) — podcast
Chris Elliott (Schitt's Creek)
Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek)
Mark Proksch (What We Do in the Shadows)
Harvey Guillen (What We Do in the Shadows)
Mahershala Ali (Ramy) — podcast
GaTa (Dave)
Jay Ellis (Insecure)
Andrew Scott (Modern Love)
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)LONG SHOTS
Sean Hayes (Will and Grace)
William Jackson Harper (The Good Place)
Manny Jacinto (The Good Place)
John Goodman (The Righteous Gemstones)
Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones)
Laurence Fishburne (Black-ish)
Leroy McClain (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Ncuti Gatwa (Sex Education)
F. Murray Abraham (Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet)
Danny Pudi (Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet)Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Lynch (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Marin Hinkle (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Annie Murphy (Schitt's Creek)
Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
Yvonne Orji (Insecure)
Lisa Kudrow (Space Force)MAJOR THREATS
Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time)
Lauren Graham (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist)
D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place)
Megan Mullally (Will and Grace)
Gillian Anderson (Sex Education)
Jane Krakowski (Dickinson)
Jameela Jamil (The Good Place)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)POSSIBILITIES
Mary Steenburgen (Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist)
Emily Hampshire (Schitt's Creek)
Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live) — podcast
Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)
Archie Panjabi (Run)
Laurie Metcalf (The Conners)
Jessica Lange (The Politician)
Penelope Wilton (After Life)
Hiam Abbass (Ramy)LONG SHOTS
Zoey Deutch (The Politician) — podcast
Anne Hathaway (Modern Love)
Tina Fey (Modern Love)
Lisa Edelstein (The Kominsky Method)
Nancy Travis (The Kominsky Method)
Jane Seymour (The Kominsky Method)
Regina Hall (Black Monday)
Jenifer Lewis (Black-ish)
Da'Vine Joy Randolph (High Fidelity)Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
FRONTRUNNERS
Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True)
Hugh Jackman (Bad Education) — podcast
Jeremy Irons (Watchmen)
Aaron Paul (El Camino)
Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice)
Chris Evans (Defending Jacob) — podcastMAJOR THREATS
Jeremy Pope (Hollywood)
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Spy) — podcast
Paul Mescal (Normal People)
Andre Holland (The Eddy)
Nick Offerman (Devs)
David Corenswet (Hollywood)POSSIBILITIES
Anthony Mackie (Black Mirror: Striking Vipers)
Morgan Spector (The Plot Against America)
Matthew Macfadyen (Quiz)
Willem Dafoe (Togo) — podcast
Rory Kinnear (Years and Years)
David Thewlis (Barkskins)LONG SHOTS
Woody Harrelson (Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times)
Steven Pasquale (American Son)
Guy Pearce (A Christmas Carol)
Jason Segel (Dispatches from Elsewhere) — podcast
Miles Teller (Too Old to Die Young) — podcast
Daniel Radcliffe (Miracle Workers)Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
FRONTRUNNERS
Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)
Regina King (Watchmen)
Merritt Wever (Unbelievable)
Kaitlyn Dever (Unbelievable) — podcast
Reese Witherspoon (Little Fires Everywhere) — podcast
Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere) — podcastMAJOR THREATS
Aunjanue Ellis (The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel)
Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America)
Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People)
Helen Mirren (Catherine the Great) — podcast
Kerry Washington (American Son) — podcast
Jessie Mueller (Patsy and Loretta)
Megan Hilty (Patsy and Loretta)POSSIBILITIES
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend)
Kathryn Hahn (Mrs. Fletcher)
Judith Light (Transparent: Musicale Finale) — podcast
Lizzy Caplan (Castle Rock)
Michelle Dockery (Defending Jacob)
Sonoya Mizuno (Devs)
Sian Clifford (Quiz)
Niecy Nash (Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story) NEWLONG SHOTS
Marisa Tomei (Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times)
Viola Davis (Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times)
Miley Cyrus (Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too)
Ginnifer Goodwin (Dolly Parton's Heartstrings)
Rosario Dawson (Briarpatch)
Nathalie Emmanuel (Four Weddings and a Funeral)
Lovie Simone (Selah and the Spades)
Ashley Jensen (Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House)Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
FRONTRUNNERS
Jim Parsons (Hollywood)
John Turturro (The Plot Against America) — podcast
Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen)
Jesse Plemons (El Camino) — podcast
Darren Criss (Hollywood) — podcast
Joe Mantello (Hollywood) — podcastMAJOR THREATS
Dylan McDermott (Hollywood)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend)
Michael Sheen (Quiz)
John Slattery (Mrs. America)
Ray Romano (Bad Education)
Jason Clarke (Catherine the Great)
Jaeden Martell (Defending Jacob)POSSIBILITIES
Tahar Rahim (The Eddy)
Joshua Jackson (Little Fires Everywhere)
Jake Picking (Hollywood)
Tim Robbins (Castle Rock)
Daniel Radcliffe (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend)
Jon Hamm (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend)LONG SHOTS
Ike Barinholtz (Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times)
Asante Blackk (Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times)
Richard E. Grant (Dispatches from Elsewhere) — podcast
Jharrel Jerome (Selah and the Spades)
Jay Duplass (Transparent: Musicale Finale)
Steve Buscemi (Miracle Workers)Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie
FRONTRUNNERS
Toni Collette (Unbelievable)
Jean Smart (Watchmen)
Sarah Paulson (Mrs. America)
Rose Byrne (Mrs. America)
Margo Martindale (Mrs. America)
Uzo Aduba (Mrs. America)MAJOR THREATS
Tracey Ullman (Mrs. America)
Allison Janney (Bad Education) — podcast
Winona Ryder (The Plot Against America)
Melissa Leo (I Know This Much Is True)
Kathryn Hahn (I Know This Much Is True)
Holland Taylor (Hollywood)
Patti LuPone (Hollywood) — podcast
Mira Sorvino (Hollywood)
Samara Weaving (Hollywood)
Laura Harrier (Hollywood)POSSIBILITIES
Naomi Watts (The Loudest Voice)
Sienna Miller (The Loudest Voice)
Hong Chau (Watchmen)
Elizabeth Banks (Mrs. America)
Rosie O'Donnell (I Know This Much Is True)
Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy)
Emma Thompson (Years and Years)
Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend)
Carol Kane (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. The Reverend)LONG SHOTS
Cherry Jones (Defending Jacob)
Sally Field (Dispatches from Elsewhere) — podcast
Tiffany Haddish (Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times)
Corinne Foxx (Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times)
Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere)
Jade Pettyjohn (Little Fires Everywhere)
Tiffany Boone (Little Fires Everywhere)
Alison Pill (Devs)
Marcia Gay Harden (Barkskins)Best Variety Sketch Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Saturday Night Live (NBC) — podcast (Lorne Michaels)
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO) — podcast (Robin Thede)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
At Home with Amy Sedaris (truTV)
Sherman's Showcase (IFC)
The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show (Netflix)MAJOR THREATS
Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready (Netflix)
Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show (Netflix)
The Degenerates (Netflix)
Alternatino With Arturo Castro (Comedy Central)
Tosh.0 (Comedy Central)POSSIBILITIES
Crank Yankers (Comedy Central)
Baroness von Sketch Show (IFC)
This Week at the Comedy Cellar (Comedy Central)
Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents (Comedy Central)Best Variety Talk Series
FRONTRUNNERS
Last Week Tonight (HBO)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS) — podcast
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) — podcast
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS) — podcast
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central) — podcast
Some Good News (YouTube) — podcast (John Krasinski) NEWMAJOR THREATS
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS) — podcast
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) — podcast
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) — podcast
Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC) — podcastPOSSIBILITIES
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Netflix)
Desus & Mero (Showtime) — podcast
Conan (TBS)LONG SHOTS
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (Bravo) — podcast
A Little Late with Lilly Singh (NBC)
The Jim Jefferies Show (Comedy Central)Best Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
FRONTRUNNERS
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones (Netflix)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (HBO)
Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (Netflix) — podcast (Hannah Gadsby)
The Kennedy Center Honors (PBS)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Denzel Washington (TNT) — podcast (Denzel Washington)MAJOR THREATS
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (Netflix) — podcast (Jerry Seinfeld)
Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show (CBS) — podcast (James Corden)
A Parks and Recreation Special (NBC)
Taylor Swift: City of Lover (ABC) NEW
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall (Netflix) NEW
Sermon on the Mount (HBO) — podcast (Jerrod Carmichael)
Ramy Youssef: Feelings (HBO)
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 (syndicated) NEW
Great Performances: Much Ado About Nothing (PBS) NEW
Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate (HBO)
The Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin (Comedy Central)
John Mulaney: The Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix)
Patton Oswalt: I Love Everything (Netflix)
Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby (Netflix) — podcast (Seth Meyers)
The Story of Soaps (ABC) NEW
Middleditch & Schwartz (Netflix) NEWPOSSIBILITIES
Bill Burr: Paper Tiger (Netflix)
Aziz Ansari: Right Now (Netflix) — podcast (Aziz Ansari)
Sincerely Louis C.K. (LouisCK.com) — podcast (Louis C.K.)
Saturday Night Seder (SaturdayNightSeder.com)
Garth Brooks: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (PBS) NEW
Leslie Jones: Time Machine (Netflix)
Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah (Netflix)
Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time (Amazon)
Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One (HBO)
Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw (HBO)
Dan Soder: Son of a Gary (HBO)
Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh (HBO)
Savage Fenty Show (Amazon)
Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning (Amazon)
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show (Netflix)LONG SHOTS
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show (Amazon)
Marc Maron: End Times Fun (Netflix) — podcast (Marc Maron)
Rob Delaney: Jackie (Amazon)
Pete Davidson: Alive from New York (Netflix)
Brad Paisley Thinks He's Special (ABC) NEW
Alice Wetterlund: My Mama Is A Human and So Am I (Amazon)
Daniel Sloss: X (HBO)
Jimmy O. Yang: Good Deal (Amazon)
Julio Torres: My Favorite Shapes (HBO)
Alonzo Bodden: Heavy Lightweight (Amazon)
Russell Peters: Deported (Amazon)
Mike E. Winfield: Stepman (Amazon)
Jayde Adams: Serious Black Jumper (Amazon)
#IMomSoHard Live (Amazon)
Sam Morril: I Got This (YouTube)Best Variety Special (Live)
FRONTRUNNERS
The 62nd Grammy Awards (CBS)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and Good Times (ABC) — podcast (Norman Lear) & podcast (Jimmy Kimmel)
The Oscars (ABC)
Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show (CBS) — podcast (Jennifer Lopez)
The 73rd Tony Awards (CBS) — podcast (James Corden)MAJOR THREATS
The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards (NBC) — podcast (Ricky Gervais)
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (ABC)
One World: Together at Home (syndicated)
Garth & Trisha Live! (CBS) NEWPOSSIBILITIES
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (PBS)
The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II (ABC)
The Disney Family Singalong: Volume I (ABC)
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (Broadway.com)LONG SHOTS
The Little Mermaid Live! (ABC)
Fox Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America (Fox)
Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve 2019 With Ryan Seacrest (ABC) — podcast (Ryan Seacrest)
Holidays With the Houghs (NBC)
Yellowstone Live (NatGeo) NEWBest Documentary or Nonfiction Series
FRONTRUNNERS
The Last Dance (ESPN)
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (Netflix)
Hillary (Hulu)
Country Music (PBS)
McMillions (HBO)MAJOR THREATS
Cosmos: Possible Worlds (NatGeo)
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (Netflix)
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix)
The Innocence Files (Netflix)
Dirty Money (Netflix)
Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (Netflix)
Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children (HBO)
Visible: Out on Television (Apple TV+)POSSIBILITIES
Serengeti (Discovery) NEW
Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life (PBS) NEW
Trial By Media (Netflix)
Home (Apple TV+)
The Last Narc (Amazon)
Shangri-La (Showtime)
Murder in the Bayou (Showtime)
Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates (Netflix) — podcast (Davis Guggenheim & Bill Gates)LONG SHOTS
How to Fix a Drug Scandal (Netflix)
The Devil Next Door (Netflix)
The Family (Netflix)
Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (Amazon)
Free Meek (Amazon)
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez (Netflix)
Regular Heroes (Amazon)
The Imagineering Story (Disney+)Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special
FRONTRUNNERS
Becoming (Netflix)
Beastie Boys Story (Apple TV+)
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (HBO)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (CNN)
The Elephant Queen (Apple TV+)MAJOR THREATS
The Great Hack (Netflix)
Laurel Canyon (Epix)
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter (HBO)
St. Louis Superman (MTV)
A Secret Love (Netflix)
American Experience: McCarthy (PBS) NEWPOSSIBILITIES
Who Killed Garrett Phillips? (HBO)
The Black Godfather (Netflix)
The Apollo (HBO)
Dolphin Reef (Disney+)
Elephant (Disney+)
AKA Jane Roe (FX) NEWLONG SHOTS
Circus of Books (Netflix)
Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On (A&E) NEW
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer (CNN)
Halston (CNN)
Very Ralph (HBO)
Jonas Brothers: Chasing Happiness (Amazon)Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
FRONTRUNNERS
American Factory (Netflix)
Apollo 11 (CNN)
The Edge of Democracy (Netflix)
The Cave (NatGeo)
For Sama (PBS)MAJOR THREATS
Independent Lens: One Child Nation (PBS) NEW
Sea of Shadows (NatGeo)
The Kingmaker (Showtime)POSSIBILITIES
Ask Dr. Ruth (Hulu)
Tell Me Who I Am (Netflix)
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness In Three Movements (HBO)LONG SHOTS
Rolling Thunder Revue (Netflix)
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