Final Emmy Winner Predictions

The Emmy Awards air tonight, and I’ve had the pleasure of breaking down a few of the major categories for The Film Experience and Awards Radar, along with the rest of the drama, comedy, and limited series races here. I also got to interview a handful of Emmy nominees for Awards Radar and AwardsWatch. Will that give me more insight into who will win? We’ll see!

In preparation for this year’s awards, I caught up on the full seasons of a few shows I had never really watched before: “The Boys,” “Bridgerton,” “Cobra Kai,” “Emily in Paris,,” “Pen15,” and “I May Destroy You.” None of those, except maybe the last one, should figure too heavily into tonight’s ceremony barring a real surprise, and the same is probably true for the two other shows that I sampled heavily, “Black-ish” and “Saturday Night Live,” though the latter did pick up the guest actor and guest actress trophies already.

This night is almost sure to be mostly about “Ted Lasso” and “The Crown,” and the only question is which limited series will triumph. I’m betting on “The Queen’s Gambit,” but it could just easily be “WandaVision” or “Mare of Easttown.” I think my boldest prediction is Mj Rodriguez winning best actress for “Pose,” which I would love to see happen.

Enjoy the show, and leave your thoughts in the comments! For detailed predictions in almost every category, click on the hyperlinked category name.

No guts, no glory:
“I May Destroy You” wins Best Limited Series

DRAMA SERIES:
The Crown

DRAMA LEAD ACTOR:
Billy Porter (Pose)

DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS:
Mj Rodriguez (Pose)

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Michael K. Williams (Lovecraft Country)

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gillian Anderson (The Crown)

DRAMA DIRECTING:
Fairytale (The Crown)

DRAMA WRITING:
War (The Crown)

COMEDY SERIES:
Ted Lasso

COMEDY LEAD ACTOR:
Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso)

COMEDY LEAD ACTRESS:
Jean Smart (Hacks)

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso)

COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso)

COMEDY DIRECTING:
The Hope That Kills You (Ted Lasso)

COMEDY WRITING:
Pilot (Ted Lasso)

LIMITED SERIES:
The Queen’s Gambit

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE LEAD ACTOR:
Paul Bettany (WandaVision)

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE LEAD ACTRESS:
Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit)

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Daveed Diggs (Hamilton)

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision)

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE DIRECTING:
The Queen’s Gambit

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE WRITING:
Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience (WandaVision)

VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE):
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VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED):
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VARIETY TALK SERIES:
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