The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage, Scott Feinberg, presents his predictions for the upcoming Emmy Awards. These projections are based on consultations with voters and strategists, analysis of marketing and campaigns, previous awards results, and the history of the Emmys themselves. Feinberg emphasizes that these predictions represent the behavior of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences.
In the category of Best Drama Series, Feinberg projects that HBO/Max’s “Succession” will take the top spot. Other contenders in this category include “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” from HBO/Max, “Better Call Saul” from AMC, “Yellowjackets” from Showtime, “The Crown” from Netflix, and “Andor” and “House of the Dragon” from Disney+.
Moving on to Best Comedy Series, Feinberg predicts that Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” will be the frontrunner. Other contenders in this category include FX’s “The Bear,” ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” HBO/Max’s “Barry,” Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” Amazon Freevee’s “Jury Duty,” Netflix’s “Wednesday,” and Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
For Best Limited or Anthology Series, Feinberg projects that Netflix’s “Beef” will take the top spot. Other contenders in this category include Netflix’s “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” Amazon’s “Daisy Jones & the Six,” FX’s “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” and Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
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In the category of Best TV Movie, Feinberg predicts that Roku Channel’s “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” will be the frontrunner. Other contenders in this category include Hulu’s “Prey” and “Fire Island,” NBC’s “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas,” and Disney+’s “Hocus Pocus 2.”
Moving on to the variety categories, Feinberg predicts that CBS’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will be the frontrunner in Best Variety Talk Series. Other contenders include Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” and NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “The Problem With Jon Stewart.”
In the category of Best Scripted Variety Series, Feinberg projects that HBO/Max’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” will take the top spot. Other contenders include NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and HBO/Max’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show.”
For Best Variety Special (Live), Feinberg predicts that Fox’s “The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna” will be the frontrunner. Other contenders include Netflix’s “Chris Rock: Selective Outrage,” Disney+’s “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium,” ABC’s “The Oscars,” and CBS’s “The 75th Annual Tony Awards.”
Moving on to Best Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Feinberg projects that Netflix’s “John Mulaney: Baby J” will take the top spot. Other contenders include ABC’s “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter,” NBC’s “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love,” HBO/Max’s “Lizzo: Live in Concert,” Netflix’s “Trevor Noah: I Wish You Would,” and Netflix’s “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer.”
In the documentary and nonfiction categories, Feinberg predicts that PBS’s “The U.S. and the Holocaust” will be the frontrunner in Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Other contenders include Hulu’s “The 1619 Project,” HBO/Max’s “100 Foot Wave,” FX’s “Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur,” and Nat Geo’s “Secrets of the Elephants.”
For Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Feinberg predicts that Apple TV+’s “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” will take the top spot. Other contenders include HBO/Max’s “Being Mary Tyler Moore,” Netflix’s “Pamela: A Love Story,” Amazon’s “Judy Blume Forever,” and Amazon’s “My Transparent Life.”
In the category of Best Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special, Feinberg projects that Netflix’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy” will be the frontrunner. Other contenders include CNN’s “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy,” CNN’s “The United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell,” Netflix’s “The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey,” and Hulu’s “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi.”
Moving on to the reality categories, Feinberg predicts that Netflix’s “Queer Eye” will be the frontrunner in Best Structured Reality Program. Other contenders include ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Netflix’s “Love Is Blind,” PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow,” and Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.”
In the category of Best Unstructured Reality Program, Feinberg projects that VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” will take the top spot. Other contenders include FX’s “Welcome to Wrexham,” Netflix’s “Indian Matchmaking” and “Selling Sunset,” and Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules.”
For Best Reality Competition Program, Feinberg predicts that VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will be the frontrunner. Other contenders include NBC’s “The Voice,” CBS’s “The Amazing Race,” Bravo’s “Top Chef,” and CBS’s “Survivor.”
Moving on to the Best Game Show category, Feinberg predicts that “Jeopardy!” will take the top spot. Other contenders include CBS’s “The Price Is Right,” Syndicated’s “Wheel of Fortune” and “Family Feud,” and NBC’s “That’s My Jam.”
In the acting categories, Feinberg predicts that Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”) and Sarah Snook (“Succession”) will be the frontrunners for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Drama Series, respectively.
For Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a Drama Series, Feinberg projects that Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, and Alexander Skarsgard (“Succession”) will be leading contenders, along with Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”) in the supporting actress category.
Moving on to the comedy categories, Feinberg predicts that Jason Sudeikis (“Ted L
