The Hollywood Reporter launched THR Live on Wednesday with an Emmy-focused dialog led by Scott Feinberg, govt editor, awards, and Brande Victorian, deputy awards editor.
The YouTube livestream broke down the newest Emmy predictions, awards buzz and potential voter favorites amid Emmy nominations voting June 11-22, whereas additionally giving viewers the prospect to ask their most urgent questions by way of Instagram and a stay chat field.
In discussing the race general, Feinberg pointed to a latest pattern that’s more likely to play out within the drama, comedy and restricted classes.
“What has been happening in the last four years is that three or four shows take up half of the categories,” he defined. “I think The Pitt is going to get a zillion supporting actor and actress nominations. You’re also going to see this with Love Story in the limited categories.”
Talking to the latter, Victorian known as out the clear frontrunners within the restricted or anthology sequence race, stating, “I think it’s going to be Love Story, Beef, The Beast in Me [and] All Her Fault.” Calling out the optimistic response to HBO’s DTF St. Louis as nicely, she famous, “The fifth spot is definitely where something could come in, like Half Man, and even Lord of the Flies, which was really well received.”
Feinberg additionally spoke about the potential for Taylor Sheridan lastly breaking by with the Tv Academy, noting that with Landman and his newest Paramount+ launch, The Madison, Sheridan may lastly be poised for an Emmy second.
In turning their consideration to viewers questions, the pair tackled an array of inquiries. Amongst them…
What can be the most important snub?
“I think it’d be somebody from The Pitt not being nominated with all of the vote-splitting happening,” Feinberg responded. “Even with Love Story, if Sarah Pidgeon is nominated and Paul Anthony Kelly isn’t, that would cause some upset.”
Victorian, in the meantime, pointed to HBO’s Industry, now in its fourth season. “There’s been so much conversation surrounding the show, and if it’s going to happen, it’ll happen now on the heels of the final season. I think it’d be a bit surprising if they’re not even nominated for best drama series.”
Why do some performances break by however not others?
“There’s great content on dozens of platforms. If there aren’t enough people watching it, it doesn’t matter if you’re great. People need to know about it. If you’re not on one of the platforms that has become a reflexive place for people to go to, it’s very hard to break through,” stated Feinberg.
“It is a campaign,” Victorian added. “And it’s particularly important for shows that come out super early [in the season], you have to remind people, ‘We’re in this race’… you can’t ignore how important campaigning is.”
The 2026 Emmy Awards nominations can be announced in full on July 8, with the 78th annual Emmys set to air stay on NBC and Peacock on Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
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