ET predicts which shows and actors will add Emmy nominee to their resume.
Who will be this year's biggest contenders at the 2018 Emmys?
With nominations period over for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, the official list of nominees will be announced by The Handmaid's Tale star Samira Wiley and Ryan Eggold, star of NBC's upcoming fall drama, New Amsterdam, on Thursday, July 12 at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET from the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.
Television Academy Chairman and CEO Hayma Washington will join Wiley and Eggold at the nominations ceremony, which will stream live on Emmys.com. Performances and shows eligible for an Emmy nomination had to have aired an episode during this year's eligibility period, which ran from June 1, 2017 through May 31, 2018. Winners will be announced at the Primetime Emmys, set for Monday, Sept. 17, and co-hosted by Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che.
Game of Thrones is back in the fold on the drama side this year, and that means it may go head to head for the first time against last year's Outstanding Drama Series winner, The Handmaid's Tale. Could This Is Us earn acting nominations for its five main stars? And, with three-time Outstanding Comedy Series victor, Veep, out of the running this year, the torch will be passed to a new show for the top comedy prize.
With just 48 hours to go before nominations are revealed, ET predicts who will get an early morning phone call on Thursday.
Outstanding Drama Series
The Americans
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Killing Eve
This Is Us
Westworld
Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
GLOW
The Good Place
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Will & Grace
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Christine Baranski, The Good Fight
Claire Foy, The Crown
Mandy Moore, This Is Us
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
Eric McCormack, Will & Grace
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid's Tale
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Justin Hartley, This Is Us
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Noah Schnapp, Stranger Things
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
D'Arcy Carden, The Good Place
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Sean Hayes, Will & Grace
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Marc Maron, GLOW
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Outstanding Limited Series
American Vandal
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Howards End
The Sinner
Twin Peaks: The Return
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Hayley Atwell, Howards End
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Cristin Miliotti, Black Mirror: USS McCallister
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Michael B. Jordan, Fahrenheit 451
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return
Al Pacino, Paterno
The 70th Emmy Awards, co-hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost and Michael Che, will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 17, starting at 5 p.m. PT on NBC.
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