The 2016 Emmy nominations will be announced this Thursday, June 14. My predictions and wish lists for most of the major categories are on Moviepilot this year, and I covered Outstanding Animated Program for Bubbleblabber. Links to individual categories are below:
Comedy Series
Lead Actor in a Comedy
Lead Actress in a Comedy
Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Supporting Actress in a Comedy
Drama Series
Lead Actor in a Drama
Lead Actress in a Drama
Supporting Actor in a Drama
Supporting Actress in a Drama
Variety Talk Series
Variety Sketch Series
Animated Program
Folks from the preceding categories who did not quite make my wish lists: Will Forte (The Man on Earth), Fred Savage (The Grinder), Billy Eichner (Difficult People), Chris Geere (You’re the Worst), Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite), Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca), Michael Ian Black (Another Period), Fred Melamed (Lady Dynamite), Yael Grobglas (Jane the Virgin), Claudia O’Doherty (Love), Louis C.K. (Horace and Pete), Steve Buscemi (Horace and Pete), Ruth Wilson (The Affair), Craig Bierko (UnREAL), Alan Alda (Horace and Pete), Joshua Jackson (The Affair).
And here is my wish list for a selection of the remaining categories:
Limited Series
The People v. OJ Simpson
Fargo
The Spoils Before Dying
TV Movie
A Deadly Adoption
7 Days in Hell
Lead Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. OJ Simpson
Patrick Wilson, Fargo
Cuba Gooding, Jr., The People v. OJ Simpson
Lead Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
Sarah Paulson, The People v. OJ Simpson
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo
Supporting Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie
John Travolta, The People v. OJ Simpson
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. OJ Simpson
David Schwimmer, The People v. OJ Simpson
Bokeem Woodbine, Fargo
Will Ferrell, The Spoils Before Dying
Supporting Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie
Jean Smart, Fargo
Guest Actor
Larry David, Saturday Night Live
Guest Actress, Comedy
Lennon Parham, Review
Guest Actor, Drama
BD Wong, Mr. Robot
Guest Actress, Drama
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
Directing, Comedy
Jonathan Krisel, “Picnic,” Baskets
Host – Reality/Reality Competition
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
Main Title Design
W/ Bob & David
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Marvel’s Jessica Jones