It is not a secret that television is probably one of my favorite storytelling mediums. I watch a lot of TV. I was practically raised by the TV. I'm terrible at making actual predictions though, so I'm going to do more than just predict who the winners will be of the major categories. I'm indicating who I want the winners to be, too! And I'll update with the actual winners later tonight or tomorrow!

Key:
Title* = Will probably win
Title† = What or who I'd most like to see win
Title = Winner (announced later tonight/updated tonight or tomorrow)

Comedy Awards

Outstanding Comedy Series

  • Abbott Elementary*

  • The Bear

  • Hacks

  • Margo's Got Money Troubles

  • Nobody Wants This

  • Only Murders in the Building†

  • Shrinking

  • Widow's Bay — WINNER! (I've heard this series is fantastic, but I haven't seen it myself, so this was somewhat of a surprise... Especially since I didn't even know it was a comedy!)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Yahya Abdul-Mateen II for Wonder Man†

  • Steve Carell for Rooster

  • Matthew Rhys for Widow's Bay — WINNER! (Great actor, but I still haven't seen Widow's Bay, so yet another surprise!)

  • Jason Segel for Shrinking

  • Martin Short for Only Murders in the Building*

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Quinta Brunson for Abbott Elementary

  • Ayo Edebiri for The Bear†

  • Elle Fanning for Margo's Got Money Troubles

  • Lisa Kudrow for The Comeback

  • Jean Smart for Hacks* — WINNER! (Pretty much as expected. Jean Smart is a funny lady!)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

  • Colman Domingo for The Four Seasons

  • Paul W. Downs for Hacks

  • Harrison Ford for Shrinking*

  • Nick Offerman for Margo's Got Money Troubles†

  • Stephen Root for Widow's Bay — WINNER! (Another surprise from Widow's Bay!)

  • Michael Urie for Shrinking

  • Tyler James Williams for Abbott Elementary

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

  • Dale Dickey for Widow's Bay

  • Hannah Einbinder for Hacks

  • Janelle James for Abbott Elementary*†

  • Kate O'Flynn for Widow's Bay — WINNER! (Another Widow's Bay winner! With the exception of Jean Smart for Leading Actress, this show basically shut out the competition from the Comedy category!)

  • Michelle Pfeiffer for Margo's Got Money Troubles

  • Megan Stalter for Hacks

  • Jessica Williams for Shrinking

Drama Awards

Outstanding Drama Series

  • The Diplomat

  • The Gilded Age

  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

  • Paradise

  • The Pitt*† — WINNER! (I'm so glad that I was right here! Definitely one of my new favorites, though I have a lot of love for The Diplomat, Paradise, and Pluribus, also!)

  • Pluribus

  • Slow Horses

  • Your Friends & Neighbors

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

  • Sterling K. Brown for Paradise†

  • Gary Oldman for Slow Horses

  • Mark Ruffalo for Task

  • Rufus Sewell for The Diplomat

  • Noah Wyle for The Pitt* — WINNER! (As suspected... I love Wyle on The Pitt, but Sterling K. Brown and even Rufus Sewell were more deserving here, in my opinion.)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

  • Carrie Coon for The Gilded Age*

  • Chase Infiniti for The Testaments

  • Keri Russell for The Diplomat

  • Rhea Seehorn for Pluribus† — WINNER! (BIG surprise for me! I definitely felt she was the underdog here.)

  • Zendaya for Euphoria

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

  • Patrick Ball for The Pitt

  • Billy Crudup for The Morning Show

  • Shawn Hatosy for The Pitt*†

  • Gerran Howell for The Pitt

  • Jack Lowden for Slow Horses

  • Tom Pelphrey for Task — WINNER! (I'm going to be honest here... I had never heard of this series before this awards season! So this one was a surprise.)

  • Carlos-Manuel Vesga for Pluribus

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  • Taylor Dearden for The Pitt

  • Fiona Dourif for The Pitt

  • Allison Janney for The Diplomat*† — WINNER! (I would watch hours of Allison Janney just reading the encyclopedia. This category was really hard, though. Literally every single one of these women were deserving of the award!)

  • Katherine LaNasa for The Pitt

  • Sepideh Moafi for The Pitt

  • Julianne Nicholson for Paradise

  • Karolina Wydra for Pluribus

What are your thoughts? Who do you want to see take home an Emmy?? Let's hear it!