Emmy Predictions: First Look at Possible Winners With ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Beef’ Leading the Way

“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
“Your Friends and Neighbors” (Apple TV)

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“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“The Bear” (FX)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
“Nobody Wants This” (Netflix)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Shrinking” (Apple TV)
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) ***

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“All Her Fault” (Peacock)
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
“Beef” (Netflix) ***
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)

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“Heads of State” (Prime Video)
“Miss You, Love You” (HBO Max)
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” (Netflix) ***
“People We Meet on Vacation” (Netflix)
“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War” (Prime Video)

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Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
Mark Ruffalo, “Task” (HBO Max)
Rufus Sewell, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, “Wonder Man” (Disney+)
Steve Carell, “Rooster” (HBO Max)
Matthew Rhys, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Jason Segel, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) ***

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Riz Ahmed, “Bait” (Prime Video)
Jason Bateman, “Black Rabbit” (Netflix)
Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)
Oscar Isaac, “Beef” (Netflix) ***
Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)

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Carrie Coon, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
Chase Infiniti, “The Testaments” (Hulu)
Keri Russell, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus” (Apple TV) ***
Zendaya, “Euphoria” (HBO Max)

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Quinta Brunson, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear” (FX)
Elle Fanning, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Lisa Kudrow, “The Comeback” (HBO Max)
Jean Smart, “Hacks” (HBO Max) ***

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Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
Sally Field, “Remarkably Bright Creatures” (Netflix)
Carey Mulligan, “Beef” (Netflix) ***
Sarah Pidgeon, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)
Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault” (Peacock)

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Patrick Ball, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show” (Apple TV)
Shawn Hatosy, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Gerran Howell, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Jack Lowden, “Slow Horses” (Apple TV) ***
Tom Pelphrey, “Task” (HBO Max)
Carlos-Manuel Vesga, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

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Colman Domingo, “The Four Seasons” (Netflix)
Paul W. Downs, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Harrison Ford, “Shrinking” (Apple TV) ***
Nick Offerman, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Stephen Root, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Michael Urie, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Tyler James Williams, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

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Jason Bateman, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Richard Gadd, “Half Man” (HBO Max)
David Harbour, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) ***
Richard Jenkins, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Charles Melton, “Beef” (Netflix)
Nick Offerman, “Death by Lightning” (Netflix)

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Taylor Dearden, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Fiona Dourif, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Allison Janney, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)
Katherine LaNasa, “The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
Sepideh Moafi, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Julianne Nicholson, “Paradise” (Hulu)
Karolina Wydra, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)

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Dale Dickey, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Kate O’Flynn, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) ***
Janelle James, “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Michelle Pfeiffer, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV)
Megan Stalter, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Jessica Williams, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)

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Linda Cardellini, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Dakota Fanning, “All Her Fault” (Peacock)
Laurie Metcalf, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix)
Joy Sunday, “DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
Yuh-jung Youn, “Beef” (Netflix)
Constance Zimmer, “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) ***

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GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Colman Domingo, “Euphoria” (HBO Max)
Ernest Harden Jr., “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Jeff Hiller, “Pluribus” (Apple TV) ***
Jeff Kober, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Jonathan Pryce, “Slow Horses” (Apple TV)
Bradley Whitford, “The Diplomat” (Netflix)

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brittany Allen, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Tal Anderson, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Tina Ivlev, “The Pitt” (HBO Max)
Miriam Shor, “Pluribus” (Apple TV)
Merritt Wever, “The Gilded Age” (HBO Max)
Shailene Woodley, “Paradise” (Hulu) ***

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Michael J. Fox, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Brett Goldstein, “Shrinking” (Apple TV)
Hamish Linklater, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV)
Christopher McDonald, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Rob Reiner, “The Bear” (FX) ***
Connor Storrie, “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Leslie Bibb, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Jamie Lee Curtis, “The Bear” (FX)
Betty Gilpin, “Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) ***
Cherry Jones, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Laurie Metcalf, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Kaitlin Olson, “Hacks” (HBO Max)
Lauren Weedman, “Hacks” (HBO Max)

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VARIETY SERIES
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) ***
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) ***
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO Max) ***
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) ***
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) ***

VARIETY SPECIAL (LIVE)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“83rd Annual Golden Globes” (CBS)
“68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“78th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)

VARIETY SPECIAL (PRE-RECORDED)
“Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…” (Netflix)
“The Muppet Show” (Disney+)
“Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” (Hulu) ***
“Taylor Swift | the Eras Tour | the Final Show” (Disney+)
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (NBC)

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DIRECTING (DRAMA)
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) — Salli Richardson Whitfield, “My Mind Is Made Up”
“Paradise” (Hulu) — Hanelle M. Culpepper, “Exodus”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — Noah Wyle, “12:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — Vince Gilligan, “We Is Us” ***
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — Saul Metzstein, “Scars”
“Task” (HBO Max) — Salli Richardson Whitfield, “Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing, There Is a River.”

DIRECTING (COMEDY)
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC) — Randall Einhorn, “Ballgame”
“The Bear” (FX/Hulu) — Christopher Storer, “Bears”
“The Chair Company” (HBO Max) — Andrew DeYoung, “Life Goes by Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — Lucia Aniello, “Hacks (Finale)”
“The Ms. Pat Show” (BET+) — Mary Lou Belli, “Give It Arrest”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — Hiro Murai, “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!” ***

DIRECTING (LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE)
“Beef” (Netflix) — Jake Schreier, “It Will Stay This Way And You Will Obey”
“Beef” (Netflix) — Lee Sung Jin, “Oh, the Comfort, the Inexpressible Comfort” ***
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — Jason Bateman, “The Black Rabbits”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — Steven Conrad, “Series”

DIRECTING (DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION)
“Marty, Life Is Short” (Netflix) — Lawrence Kasdan
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max) — Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) — Rebecca Miller, “All This Filming Isn’t Healthy”
“My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay” (HBO Max) — Mariska Hargitay
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) — Alexandria Stapleton, “Pain vs Love” ***

DIRECTING (VARIETY SERIES)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) — Andy Fisher, “Guests: Robert De Niro as the New FCC Chair, Glen Powell, and Musical Guest Sarah McLachlan”
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — Yvonne De Mare, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series Finale” ***
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — Liz Patrick, “Host: Olivia Rodrigo”

DIRECTING (VARIETY SPECIAL)
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) — Hamish Hamilton ***
“Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…” (Netflix) — Rikki Hughes
“Taylor Swift | the Eras Tour | the Final Show” (Disney+) — Glenn Weiss
“78th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS) — Glenn Weiss
“Wanda Sykes: Legacy” (Netflix) — Julie Dash

DIRECTING (REALITY PROGRAM)
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) — Bertram van Munster, “I’m Not a Big Fan of Olives”
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) — Cian O’Clery, “Episode 1” ***
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — Nick Murray, “Grand Finale”
“Top Chef” (Bravo) — Anna Moulaison, “Carolina Roots”
“The Traitors” (Peacock) — Ben Archard, “Let the Cards Fall as They Will”

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WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
“The Diplomat” (Netflix) — “Amagansett”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “1:00 P.M.”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “12:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — “Scars” ***
“Task” (HBO Max) — “A Still Small Voice”

WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC) — “Team Building”
“The Chair Company” (HBO Max) — “Life Goes by Too F**king Fast, It Really Does.”
“The Comeback” (HBO Max) — “Valerie Does It All”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Hacks (Finale)” ***
“Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat” (Prime Video) — “Mergers and Acquisitions”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!”

WRITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
“All Her Fault” (Peacock) — “Episode 8”
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) — “Sick Puppy”
“Beef” (Netflix) — “All the Things We’re Never Going to Have”
“Death by Lightning” (Netflix)
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) ***

WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO Max)
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) ***

WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
“Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace” (HBO Max)
“The Muppet Show” (Disney+) ***
“Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” (Hulu)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“Wanda Sykes: Legacy” (Netflix)

WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
“The American Revolution” (PBS) — “Episode One: In Order to Be Free (May 1754 – May 1775)”
“The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize” (Comedy Central) ***
“The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy” (Apple TV) — “Living the Royal Life in the UK”

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HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
RuPaul Charles, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
Alan Cumming, “The Traitors” (Peacock)
Kristen Kish, “Top Chef” (Bravo)
Ariana Madix, “Love Island USA” (Peacock)
Jeff Probst, “Survivor” (CBS) ***

HOST FOR A GAME SHOW
Steve Harvey, “Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC)
Ken Jennings, “Jeopardy!” (ABC/Syndicated)
Colin Jost, “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” (Netflix)
Jimmy Kimmel, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” (ABC)
Martin Short, “Match Game” (ABC) ***

DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SPECIAL
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video)
“Marty, Life Is Short” (Netflix)
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max)
“My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay” (HBO Max) ***
“Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic)

DOCUMENTARY OR NONFICTION SERIES
“The American Revolution” (PBS)
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV)
“Rafa” (Netflix)
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) ***
“The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max)

HOSTED NONFICTION SERIES OR SPECIAL
“The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Give the Man a Prize” (Comedy Central)
“Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (PBS)
“My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman” (Netflix) ***
“The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy” (Apple TV)
“Tucci in Italy” (National Geographic)

EXCEPTIONAL MERIT IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
“The Librarians” (PBS) ***
“The Tale of Silyan” (National Geographic)

CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
“The Diplomat” (Netflix)
“Paradise” (Hulu)
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV)

CASTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Shrinking” (Apple TV)
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) ***

CASTING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
“All Her Fault” (Peacock)
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
“Beef” (Netflix) ***
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX)

CASTING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) ***
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV)
“Survivor” (CBS)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (HALF-HOUR)
“The Bear” (FX) — “Scallop”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “The Garden”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “In the Name of the Mother”
“The Upshaws” (Netflix) — “Indy Streets”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Our History” ***

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (ONE HOUR)
“Alien: Earth” (FX) — “Neverland”
“Euphoria” (HBO Max) — “In God We Trust” ***
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) — “Flamingos”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Spider-Noir” (MGM+/Prime Video) — “Step Into My Office”
“Task” (HBO Max) — “Crossings”

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
“Beef” (Netflix) — “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey” ***
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — “Isle of Joy”
“Death by Lightning” (Netflix) — “Destiny of the Republic”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — “Cornhole”
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) — “Buxom Bird”

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
“My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay” (HBO Max)
“Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic) ***
“The Tale of Silyan” (National Geographic)
“Tucci in Italy” (National Geographic) — “Le Marche”
“The Yogurt Shop Murders” (HBO Max) — “The End of Wondering”

CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) — “Series Body of Work”
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) — “Episode 4”
“Survivor” (CBS) — “Series Body of Work” ***
“The Traitors” (Peacock) — “Series Body of Work”
“Welcome to Wrexham” (FX/Hulu) — “Do a Wrexham”

CHOREOGRAPHY FOR VARIETY OR REALITY PROGRAMMING
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) — “Casita Medley / EoO / Nuevayol” ***
“2025 MTV Video Music Awards” (CBS) — “Tate McRae Performance”
“The Oscars” (ABC) — “Golden”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “Versatile / Stimulate / What’s in a Ball?”
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (NBC) — “Wizard and I”

CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SCRIPTED PROGRAMMING
“Bridgerton” (Netflix) — “Pink / Full Circle / Recital / Masquerade / Stag”
“Noah’s Arc: The Movie” (Paramount+with Showtime) — “Love Is a Contact Sport / Next Caller”
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Comin’ Home Baby / I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart / I Had a Ball”
“Daytona Routine / Buttons Daytona Routine” (NBC)
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “The Dead Dance” ***
“Will Trent” (ABC) — “NuevaYol”

PERIOD COSTUMES
“Bridgerton” (Netflix) — “Dance in the Country” ***
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) — “Marriage Is a Gamble”
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — “The Wedding”
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) — “Mother!”
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Maxine Is Ready to Single Mingle”

FANTASY/SCI-FI COSTUMES
“Alien: Earth” (FX) — “Neverland”
“The Boys” (Prime Video) — “The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk”
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Strip”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “Seven” ***

CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A SERIES
“Emily in Paris” (Netflix) — “Veni, Vidi, Venezia”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “No New Tricks” ***
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) — “Grudge Match”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) — “After You”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money”

CONTEMPORARY COSTUMES FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) — “Elephant in the Room” ***
“Beef” (Netflix) — “All the Things We’re Never Going to Have”
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — “The Black Rabbits”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — “Cornhole”
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” (Netflix)

CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING
“All’s Fair” (Hulu) — “Oh, Jesus!”
“Emily in Paris” (Netflix) — “Veni, Vidi, Venezia”
“Euphoria” (HBO Max) — “The Ballad of Paladin”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “No New Tricks”
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) — “Buddies”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money” ***

PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI HAIRSTYLING
“Bridgerton” (Netflix) — “The Waltz”
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Strip”
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) — “My Mind Is Made Up”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “The Morrow”
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Maxine Drinks Martinis Now” ***

HAIRSTYLING FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC)
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC) — “Disney Night”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2” ***
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Glen Powell”
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (NBC)

LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A SERIES
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC) — “20th Birthday Party”
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) — “Guests: Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Kumail Nanjiani, Josh Meyers, And Musical Guest Reneé Rapp” ***
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “Guests: Bruce Springsteen, Special Surprise Guests”
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Ariana Grande”
“The Voice” (NBC) — “Finale Part 2”

LIGHTING DESIGN/LIGHTING DIRECTION FOR A SPECIAL
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC)
“68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Oscars” (ABC) ***
“78th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (NBC)

TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERAWORK FOR A SERIES
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) — “Episode 30105”
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC) — “20th Birthday Party” ***
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC) — “Guests: Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Kumail Nanjiani, Josh Meyers, And Musical Guest Reneé Rapp”
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series Finale”
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Olivia Rodrigo”

TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND CAMERAWORK FOR A SPECIAL
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction 2025” (ABC)
“Taylor Swift | the Eras Tour | the Final Show” (Disney+)
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (NBC) ***

CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
“All’s Fair” (Hulu) — “Oh, Jesus!”
“Euphoria” (HBO Max) — “Kitty Likes to Dance”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Hacks (Finale)”
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” (Apple TV) — “Grudge Match”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “1:00 P.M.” ***
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money”

PERIOD OR FANTASY/SCI-FI MAKEUP (NON-PROSTHETIC)
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Strip”
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) — “My Mind Is Made Up”
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette” (FX) — “The Pools Party” ***
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) — “The Babysitter”
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Maxine Drinks Martinis Now”

MAKEUP FOR A VARIETY, NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
“Dancing With the Stars” (ABC) — “Disney Night” ***
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Bad Bunny”

PROSTHETIC MAKEUP
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Demon in the Snow”
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) — “The Godfather”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “9:00 P.M.”
“Spider-Noir” (MGM+/Prime Video) — “Betrayal” ***
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Four: Sorcerer”

MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “In the Name of the Mother”
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Maxine Drinks Martinis Now”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — “Missiles”
“Spider-Noir” (MGM+/Prime Video) — “Step Into My Office” ***
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Our History”

MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
“All Her Fault” (Peacock) — “Episode 7”
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) — “The Beast and Me”
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — “Isle of Joy”
“In the Blink of an Eye” (Hulu) ***
“Washington Black” (Hulu) — “If You See My Mama, Whisper Her This…”

MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
“High Horse: The Black Cowboy” (Peacock) — “F*ck Westerns”
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video)
“Kingdom” (BBC America) — “Episode 2”
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max)
“Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic)
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” (Apple TV) — “The Big Freeze” ***

MUSIC DIRECTION
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Series Finale”
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Jack Black”
“Wicked: One Wonderful Night” (NBC)

ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
“The Boys” (Prime Video) — “The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk / Song Title: Raise Him Up”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “EGOT / Song Title: Mis Figuritas”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “12:00 P.M. / Song Title: Need Someone”
“South Park” (Comedy Central) — “The Crap Out / Song Title: Christian Woman”
“Spider-Noir” (MGM+/Prime Video) — “A Mistake I’ll Never Make Again / Song Title: The Devil You Know”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “Woe Me the Money / Song Title: The Dead Dance” ***

ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
“All Her Fault” (Peacock)
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix)
“The ‘Burbs” (Peacock)
“Murderbot” (Apple TV) ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV)

MUSIC SUPERVISION
“The Boys” (Prime Video) — “Blood and Bone”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Hacks (Finale)”
“Nobody Wants This” (Netflix) — “When Noah Met Joanne”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Beach Reads” ***

PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
“Euphoria” (HBO Max) — “In God We Trust”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “1:00 P.M.”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “9:00 P.M.” ***
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Got Milk”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Grenade”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Task” (HBO Max) — “A Still Small Voice”

PICTURE EDITING FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
“The Bear” (FX) — “Bears”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “The Cube”
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Hacks (Finale)”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Our History”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Welcome to Widow’s Bay!” ***
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “What to Expect on Your Trip”

PICTURE EDITING FOR A MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
“Leanne” (Netflix) — “Having Big Feelings”
“The Neighborhood” (CBS) — “Welcome to the Zhuzh”
“Shifting Gears” (ABC) — “Nutcracker”
“Tyler Perry’s Assisted Living” (BET Networks) — “A Rolling Stone”
“The Upshaws” (Netflix) — “Election Day” ***

PICTURE EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
“Beef” (Netflix) — “All the Things We’re Never Going to Have”
“Beef” (Netflix) — “The Increasing Flimsiness of Any Certainties About the Future”
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — “Isle of Joy”
“Death by Lightning” (Netflix) — “The Man From Ohio”
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — “No One’s Normal. It Just Looks That Way From Across the Street” ***

PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING
“The Muppet Show” (Disney+)
“Nikki Glaser: Good Girl” (Hulu)
“Ramy Youssef: In Love” (HBO Max)
“Taylor Swift | the Eras Tour | the Final Show” (Disney+) ***
“Wanda Sykes: Legacy” (Netflix)

PICTURE EDITING FOR VARIETY PROGRAMMING (SEGMENT)
“The Daily Show” (Comedy Central) — “RFK Hospital: An Original Series Inspired by the Medical Advice of RFK Jr.” ***
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO Max) — “Moon Mammoths Game Documentary”
“McCartney and Elvis Costello” (CBS)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Home Alone”
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “MAHAspital (The New Pitt)”

PICTURE EDITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video) ***
“Marty, Life Is Short” (Netflix)
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max)
“Mr. Scorsese” (Apple TV) — “Stranger in a Strange Land”
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” (Netflix) — “Blink Again”

PICTURE EDITING FOR A STRUCTURED REALITY OR COMPETITION PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) — “Series Body of Work”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “You Can’t Keep a Good Drag Queen Down”
“Survivor” (CBS) — “Series Body of Work”
“The Traitors” (Peacock) — “The Death Conga” ***
“The Voice” (NBC) — “Series Body of Work”

PICTURE EDITING FOR AN UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
“America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders” (Netflix) — “Series Body of Work”
“Deadliest Catch” (Discovery Channel) — “Kings of the Frozen North”
“Love on the Spectrum” (Netflix) — “Episode 4” ***
“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” (MTV) — “Red Carpet Mash-ups”
“Welcome to Wrexham” (FX) — “Do a Wrexham”

PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE CONTEMPORARY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
“Euphoria” (HBO Max) — “This Little Piggy”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “9:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “Grenade”
“Slow Horses” (Apple TV) — “Incommunicado”
“Wednesday” (Netflix) — “If These Woes Could Talk” ***

PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Wrangler”
“The Gilded Age” (HBO Max) — “If You Want to Cook an Omelette” ***
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Maxine Does Something Good”
“Spider-Noir” (MGM+/Prime Video) — “Step Into My Office”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Four: Sorcerer”

PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PROGRAM (HALF-HOUR)
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “Who’s Making Dinner?”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “Seven” ***
“Leanne” (Netflix) — “Please Be a Lizard”
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) — “The House Always…”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “Lodging”

PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY OR REALITY SERIES
“ABC” (20th Television in association with Kimmelot)
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “Guests: John Krasinski, and Special Appearances”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “RDR Live Returns!”
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC) — “Host: Jack Black” ***
“The Traitors” (Peacock) — “The Black Banquet”

PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“68th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS)
“The Muppet Show” (Disney+)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“78th Annual Tony Awards” (CBS)

SHORT FORM (COMEDY, DRAMA OR VARIETY SERIES)
“Bad Thoughts” (Netflix)
“Colbert Before Air” (YouTube)
“The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains” (YouTube)
“The Randy Rainbow Show” (YouTube)
“SubwayTakes With Kareem Rahma” (YouTube) ***

PERFORMER (SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES)
Kim Estes, “Big Law” (Vimeo)
Desi Lydic, “The Daily Show: Desi Lydic Foxsplains” (Comedy Central) ***
Randy Rainbow, “The Randy Rainbow Show” (YouTube)

SHORT FORM (NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES)
“Hacks: Bit by Bit” (HBO Max)
“Inside the Pitt” (HBO Max)
“Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette – a Love Untold” (FX/Hulu)
“Shrinking – in It Together” (Apple TV)
“This Is a Gardening Show” (Netflix) ***

EMERGING MEDIA PROGRAM
“Blumhouse Enhanced Cinema” (Meta Quest)
“Uncanny Alley: A New Day” (VR Chat)
“The World of Fallout” (Prime Video) ***

Emmy category page with rankings>>>

SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
“Alien: Earth” (FX) — “Neverland”
“The Boys” (Prime Video) — “Blood and Bone”
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Strip”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — “The Man in the Mask”
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” ***

SOUND EDITING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “In the Name of the Mother”
“Murderbot” (Apple TV) — “All Systems Red”
“Predator: Killer of Killers” (Hulu)
“Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord” (Disney+) — “Chapter 10: The Dark Lord”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “What to Expect on Your Trip” ***

SOUND EDITING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
“The Beast in Me” (Netflix) — “Sick Puppy”
“Beef” (Netflix) — “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey”
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) — “Piggy”
“The Rip” (Netflix)
“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War” (Prime Video) ***

SOUND EDITING FOR A NONFICTION OR REALITY PROGRAM
“Billy Joel: And so It Goes” (HBO Max) ***
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video)
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max)
“Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic)
“World War II With Tom Hanks” (HISTORY) — “The Beginning”

SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (ONE HOUR)
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Strip”
“The Pitt” (HBO Max) — “8:00 P.M.”
“Pluribus” (Apple TV) — “We Is Us”
“Spider-Noir” (MGM+/Prime Video) — “Step Into My Office” ***
“Stranger Things” (Netflix) — “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up”

SOUND MIXING FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOVIE
“Beef” (Netflix) — “It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey”
“Black Rabbit” (Netflix) — “Isle of Joy” ***
“DTF St. Louis” (HBO Max) — “Amphezyne”
“Lord of the Flies” (Netflix) — “Piggy”
“Monster: The Ed Gein Story” (Netflix) — “Sick as Your Secrets”

SOUND MIXING FOR A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES (HALF-HOUR) AND ANIMATION
“The Bear” (FX) — “Scallop” ***
“Hacks” (HBO Max) — “The Garden”
“Shrinking” (Apple TV) — “I Will Be Grape”
“Tires” (Netflix) — “The Tri-State Mid Market Tire Expo”
“Widow’s Bay” (Apple TV) — “What to Expect on Your Trip”

SOUND MIXING FOR A VARIETY SERIES OR SPECIAL
“The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny” (NBC) ***
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS) — “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Series Finale”
“The Muppet Show” (Disney+)
“The Oscars” (ABC)
“Taylor Swift | the Eras Tour | the Final Show” (Disney+)

SOUND MIXING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
“Billy Joel: And so It Goes” (HBO Max) ***
“John Candy: I Like Me” (Prime Video)
“Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” (HBO Max)
“Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic)
“Tucci in Italy” (National Geographic) — “Naples & Campania”

SOUND MIXING FOR A REALITY PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race” (CBS) — “Series Body of Work”
“Deadliest Catch” (Discovery Channel) — “Kings of the Frozen North”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” (MTV) — “Fannie: The Hard Knock Ball Rusical”
“The Voice” (NBC) — “The Blind Auditions Premiere” ***
“Welcome to Wrexham” (FX/Hulu) — “Do a Wrexham”

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SEASON OR A MOVIE
“Alien: Earth” (FX) ***
“Foundation” (Apple TV)
“IT: Welcome to Derry” (HBO Max)
“Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” (Apple TV)
“Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” (Apple TV)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SINGLE EPISODE
“Gen V” (Prime Video) — “New Year, New U”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “In the Name of the Mother” ***
“Paradise” (Hulu) — “Exodus”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — “Nightmare on a Gurney”
“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” (AMC) — “Costa Da Morte”

STUNT COORDINATION FOR COMEDY PROGRAMMING
“Beef” (Netflix)
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV)
“Peacemaker” (HBO Max) ***
“Poker Face” (Peacock)
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video)
“Tulsa King” (Paramount+)

STUNT COORDINATION FOR DRAMA PROGRAMMING
“The Boys” (Prime Video) ***
“Fallout” (Prime Video)
“FBI” (CBS)
“The Rookie” (ABC)
“Stranger Things” (Netflix)

STUNT PERFORMANCE
“Fallout” (Prime Video) — “The Profligate”
“FBI” (CBS) — “Crusader”
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” (HBO Max) — “In the Name of the Mother”
“Palm Royale” (Apple TV) — “Maxine Finds Herself”
“Spider-Noir” (Prime Video) — “Tread Lightly” ***

CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
Pamela Adlon, “King of the Hill” (Hulu)
Julie Andrews, “Bridgerton” (Netflix)
Hank Azaria, “The Simpsons” (Fox)
Trey Parker, “South Park” (Comedy Central) ***
Matt Vogel, “The Muppet Show” (Disney+)
Steven Yeun, “Invincible” (Prime Video)

NARRATOR
David Attenborough, “A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough” (Netflix)
David Attenborough, “Ocean With David Attenborough” (National Geographic)
Jodie Foster, “Breakdown: 1975” (Netflix)
Werner Herzog, “Ghost Elephants” (National Geographic) ***
Octavia Spencer, “Lost Women of Alaska” (Investigation Discovery)