THR's awards expert surveys the landscape as the race begins to take shape.

This is 2016's first Emmys edition of THR's "Feinberg Forecast," a weekly assessment of the Emmys race by our awards columnist Scott Feinberg that he bases on his viewings of shows, his familiarity with awards history and his conversations with industry insiders. Because it's his first read of a massive field, there will inevitably be errors and omissions, which we encourage you to call to his attention by emailing him at scott[dot]feinberg[at]thr[dot]com. He will address them before the next edition, which will also include his take on additional categories.

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• Best Drama Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Game of Thrones (HBO)
  House of Cards (Netflix)
  Downton Abbey (PBS)
  Better Call Saul (AMC)
  Mr. Robot (USA)
  Billions (Showtime)
  Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Homeland (Showtime)
  Horace and Pete (LouisCK.net)
  The Good Wife (CBS)
  The Americans (FX)
  Empire (Fox)
  Narcos (Netflix)
  Vinyl (HBO)
  Underground (WGN America)
  Bloodline (Netflix)
  The Affair (Showtime)
  Ray Donovan (Showtime)
  The Path (Hulu)
  The Walking Dead (AMC)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Outlander (Starz)
  Jessica Jones (Netflix)
  The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)
  Masters of Sex (Showtime)
  Orphan Black (BBC America)
  How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
  Scandal (ABC)
  The Catch (ABC)
  The Leftovers (HBO)
  Vikings (History)
  UnREAL (Lifetime)
  The Blacklist (NBC)
  Shades of Blue (NBC)
  The Family (ABC)
  Sense8 (Netflix)
  Manhattan (WGN America)

  LONG SHOTS

  Kingdom (Audience)
  Hap and Leonard (SundanceTV)
  The Knick (Cinemax)
  Bates Motel (A&E)
  The X-Files (Fox)
  Penny Dreadful (Showtime)
  Hannibal (NBC)
  Supergirl (CBS)
  Mercy Street (PBS)
  Indian Summers (PBS)
  Black Sails (Starz)
  Rectify (SundanceTV)
  Colony (USA)
  Blindspot (NBC)
  The Last Kingdom (BBC America)
  Outsiders (WGN America)
  Into the Badlands (AMC)
  Deutschland 83 (SundanceTV)
  Poldark (PBS)

• Best Comedy Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Veep (HBO)
  Transparent (Amazon)
  Silicon Valley (HBO)
  Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
  Modern Family (ABC)
  Black-ish (ABC)
  Master of None (Netflix)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Mozart in the Jungle (Amazon)
  The Carmichael Show (NBC)
  Mom (CBS)
  The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
  The Last Man on Earth (Fox)
  Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW)
  Shameless (Showtime)
  Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
  Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
  Broad City (Comedy Central)
  Love (Netflix)
  House of Lies (Showtime)
  Superstore (NBC)

  POSSIBILITIES

  You're the Worst (FX)
  Casual (Hulu)
  Girls (HBO)
  The Ranch (Netflix)
  Jane the Virgin (The CW)
  Fresh Off the Boat (ABC)
  Baskets (FX)
  Togetherness (HBO)
  Schitt's Creek (Pop TV)
  Scream Queens (Fox)
  The Goldbergs (CBS)
  Younger (TV Land)
  Dr. Ken (ABC)
  Angie Tribeca (TBS)
  Catastrophe (Channel 4)

  LONG SHOTS

  Flaked (Netflix)
  Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (Netflix)
  Ballers (HBO)
  Blunt Talk (Starz)
  Another Period (Comedy Central)
  You Me Her (Audience)
  Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (FX)
  The Grinder (FOX)
  Grandfathered (FOX)
  Getting On (HBO)
  Difficult People (Hulu)
  Life in Pieces (CBS)
  Ash vs. The Dead (Starz)
  Crowded (NBC)
  Playing House (USA)
  Review (Comedy Central)

• Best Actor in a Drama Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
  Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
  Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
  Paul Giamatti (Billions)
  Damian Lewis (Billions)
  Kyle Chandler (Bloodline)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Louis C.K. (Horace and Pete)
  Steve Buscemi (Horace and Pete)
  Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)
  Terrence Howard (Empire)
  Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
  Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
  Dominic West (The Affair)
  Bobby Cannavale (Vinyl)
  Wagner Moura (Narcos)
  Aldis Hodge (Underground)
  Hugh Dancy (The Path)
  Aaron Paul (The Path)

  POSSIBLITIES

  James Spader (The Blacklist)
  Clive Owen (The Knick)
  Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex)
  Justin Theroux (The Leftovers)
  Peter Krause (The Catch)
  Sam Heughan (Outlander)
  Mads Mikkelsen (Hannibal)
  Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead)
  Ray Liotta (Shades of Blue)
  David Duchovny (The X-Files)
  Travis Fimmel (Vikings)
  Matt Dillon (Wayward Pines)

  LONG SHOTS

  Jeremy Piven (Mr. Selfridge)
  Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel)
  Timothy Dalton (Penny Dreadful)
  Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful)
  Aiden Young (Rectify)
  Michael K. Williams (Hap and Leonard)
  James Purefoy (Hap and Leonard)
  Frank Grillo (Kingdom)
  Josh Holloway (Colony)
  Josh Radnor (Mercy Street)
  David Morse (Outsiders)
  John Benjamin Hickey (Manhattan)
  Aidan Turner (Poldark)
• Best Actress in a Drama Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Robin Wright (House of Cards)
  Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)
  Taraji P. Henson (Empire)
  Claire Danes (Homeland)
  Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
  Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey)
  Keri Russell (The Americans)
  Jennifer Lopez (Shades of Blue)
  Ruth Wilson (The Affair)
  Kerry Washington (Scandal)
  Olivia Wilde (Vinyl)
  Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones)
  Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black)
  Gillian Anderson (The X-Files)
  Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Underground)
  Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
  Mireille Enos (The Catch)
  Shiri Appleby (UnREAL)
  Michelle Monaghan (The Path)
  Lizzie Caplan (Masters of Sex)
  Joan Allen (The Family)
  Eva Green (Penny Dreadful)
  Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel)
  Carrie Coon (The Leftovers)
  Alexa Davalos (The Man in the High Castle)

  LONG SHOTS

  Melissa Benoist (Supergirl)
  Priyanka Chopra (Quantico)
  Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy)
  Connie Britton (Nashville)
  Sarah Wayne Callies (Colony)
  Abigail Spencer (Rectify)
  Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Mercy Street)
  Kim Dickens (Fear the Walking Dead)
  Hannah James (Mercy Street)
  Jaimie Alexander (Blindspot)

• Best Actor in a Comedy Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
  Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
  Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
  William H. Macy (Shameless)
  Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth)
  Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Jerrod Carmichael (The Carmichael Show)
  Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
  Don Cheadle (House of Lies)
  Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)
  Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley)
  Paul Rust (Love)
  Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  Patrick Stewart (Blunt Talk)
  Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat)
  Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken)
  Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Dwayne Johnson (Ballers)
  Ashton Kutcher (The Ranch)
  Chris Geere (You're the Worst)
  Tommy Dewey (Casual)
  Rob Delaney (Catastrophe)
  Andrew Dice Clay (Dice)
  Ben Feldman (Superstore)
  John Stamos (Grandfathered)
  Fred Savage (The Grinder)
  Rob Lowe (The Grinder)
  Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek)

  LONG SHOTS

  Will Arnett (Flaked)
  Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show)
  Jay Baruchel (Man Seeking Woman)
  Billy Eichner (Difficult People)
  Denis Leary (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll)
  Bill Hader (Documentary Now!)
  Fred Armisen (Documentary Now!)
  Andy Daly (Review)
  Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead)
  Greg Poehler (You Me Her)
  Patrick Warburton (Crowded)

• Best Actress in a Comedy Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
  Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer)
  Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
  Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
  Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)
  Melissa McCarthy (Mike and Molly)
  America Ferrera (Superstore)
  Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin)
  Michaela Watkins (Casual)
  Gillian Jacobs (Love)
  Anna Faris (Mom)
  Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat)
  Martha Plimpton (The Real O’Neals)
  Emmy Rossum (Shameless)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Ilana Glazer (Broad City)
  Abbi Jacobson (Broad City)
  Kristen Schaal (The Last Man on Earth)
  Laurie Metcalf (Getting On)
  Lena Dunham (Girls)
  Aya Cash (You're the Worst)
  Jamie Lee Curtis (Scream Queens)
  Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca)
  Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs)
  Betsy Brandt (Life in Pieces)
  Catherine O'Hara (Schitt's Creek)

  LONG SHOTS

  Sutton Foster (Younger)
  Julie Klausner (Difficult People)
  Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe)
  Carrie Preston (Crowded)
  Emma Roberts (Scream Queens)
  Tig Notaro (One Mississippi)
  Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls)
  Jessica St. Clair (Playing House)
  Lennon Parham (Playing House)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
  Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
  Jim Carter (Downton Abbey)
  Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
  Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
  Alan Alda (Horace and Pete)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
  Ben Mendelsohn (Bloodline)
  Jussie Smollett (Empire)
  Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
  Ray Romano (Vinyl)
  Michael McKean (Better Call Saul)
  Jon Voight (Ray Donovan)
  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
  Rupert Friend (Homeland)
  Beau Bridges (Masters of Sex)
  Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Christopher Meloni (Underground)
  Joel Kinnaman (House of Cards)
  Rufus Sewell (The Man in the High Castle)
  Pedro Pascal (Narcos)
  Michael Mando (Better Call Saul)
  Tobias Menzies (Outlander)
  Joshua Jackson (The Affair)
  Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers)
  F. Murray Abraham (Homeland)
  Andre Holland (The Knick)
  Chris Noth (The Good Wife)

  LONG SHOTS

  Tony Goldwyn (Scandal)
  Josh Charles (Masters of Sex)
  Keith Carradine (Madam Secretary)
  Gary Cole (Mercy Street)
  Norbert Leo Butz (Mercy Street)
  Nick Jonas (Kingdom)
  Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom)
  Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead)
  Craig Bierko (UnREAL)
  Michael Harney (Orange Is the New Black)
  Clayne Crawford (Rectify)

• Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
  Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
  Joanne Froggatt (Downton Abbey)
  Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
  Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
  Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Margo Martindale (The Good Wife)
  Maggie Siff (Billions)
  Constance Zimmer (UnREAL)
  Maura Tierney (The Affair)
  Edie Falco (Horace and Pete)
  Jessica Lange (Horace and Pete)
  Sissy Spacek (Bloodline)
  Regina King (The Leftovers)
  Neve Campbell (House of Cards)
  Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black)
  Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)
  Malin Akerman (Billions)
  Miranda Otto (Homeland)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Linda Cardellini (Bloodline)
  Andrea Riseborough (Bloodline)
  Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black)
  Calista Flockhart (Supergirl)
  Alison Wright (The Americans)
  Bellamy Young (Scandal)
  Juno Temple (Vinyl)
  Melissa McBride (The Walking Dead)
  Katheryn Winnick (Vikings)
  Ann Dowd (The Leftovers)
  Joanna Going (Kingdom)
  Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex)
  Gillian Anderson (Hannibal)

  LONG SHOTS

  Liza Weil (How to Get Away With Murder)
  Jayne Atkinson (House of Cards)
  Annet Mahendru (The Americans)
  Hayden Panettiere (Nashville)
  Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black)
  Laura Prepon (Orange Is the New Black)
  Julie Walters (Indian Summers)
  Helen McCrory (Penny Dreadful)
  Juliet Rylance (The Knick)
  Eve Hewson (The Knick)
  Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead)
  Katie Holmes (Ray Donovan)

• Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Tony Hale (Veep)
  Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
  Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele)
  T.J. Miller (Silicon Valley)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Laurence Fishburne (Black-ish)
  Adam Driver (Girls)
  Hugh Laurie (Veep)
  Louie Anderson (Baskets)
  Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
  Zach Woods (Silicon Valley)
  Jay Duplass (Transparent)
  Jordan Peele (Key and Peele)
  Fred Armisen (Portlandia)
  Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
  Ed O'Neill (Modern Family)
  Sam Elliott (The Ranch)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Timothy Simons (Veep)
  Gary Cole (Veep)
  Martin Sheen (Grace and Frankie)
  Sam Waterston (Grace and Frankie)
  Malcolm McDowell (Mozart in the Jungle)
  Nyasha Hatendi (Casual)
  Mark Duplass (Togetherness)
  Danny DeVito (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
  Dermot Mulroney (Shameless)
  Colin Hanks (Life in Pieces)
  Steve Zissis (Togetherness)
  Vincent Rodriguez III (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)

  LONG SHOTS

  Kevin Corrigan (Dice)
  Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin)
  James Brolin (Life in Pieces)
  Taran Killam (Saturday Night Live)
  Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live)
  Jere Burns (Angie Tribeca)
  Mel Rodriguez (Getting On)
  Stacy Keach (Crowded)
  John Corbett (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll)
  William Devane (The Grinder)
  Bradley Cooper (Wet Hot American Summer)
  Paul Rudd (Wet Hot American Summer)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
  Allison Janney (Mom)
  Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
  Judith Light (Transparent)
  Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
  Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
  Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent)
  Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory)
  Debra Winger (The Ranch)
  Carol Kane (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Noel Wells (Master of None)
  Niecy Nash (Getting On)
  Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  Carrie Brownstein (Portlandia)
  Frances Conroy (Casual)
  Bernadette Peters (Mozart in the Jungle)
  Saffron Burrows (Mozart in the Jungle)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory)
  Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness)
  Rachel Blanchard (You Me Her)
  Amanda Peet (Togetherness)
  Dianne Wiest (Life in Pieces)
  Priscilla Faia (You Me Her)
  Amy Landecker (Transparent)
  Kether Donohue (You're the Worst)
  Carrie Fisher (Catastrophe)
  Jemima Kirke (Girls)
  Allison Williams (Girls)
  Kristen Bell (House of Lies)
  Donna Lynne Chaplin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)

  LONG SHOTS

  Amy Poehler (Wet Hot American Summer)
  Kristen Wiig (Wet Hot American Summer)
  Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live)
  Megan Mullally (You, Me and the Apocalypse)
  Martha Kelly (Baskets)
  Christina Hendricks (Another Period)
  Elizabeth Gillies (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll)
  Jacki Weaver (Blunt Talk)
  Hilary Duff (Younger)
  Natalie Zea (The Detour)
  Lea Michele (Scream Queens)
  Niecy Nash (Scream Queens)

• Best Limited Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)
  Fargo (FX)
  American Crime (ABC)
  Show Me a Hero (HBO)
  Roots (History)
  The Night Manager (AMC)

  MAJOR THREATS

  American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
  11.22.63 (Hulu)
  War and Peace (BBC One)
  Madoff (ABC)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Flesh and Bone (Starz)
  London Spy (BBC America)
  Rebellion (SundanceTV)
  True Detective (HBO)

  LONG SHOTS

  The Spoils Before Dying (IFC)
  Time Traveling Bong (Comedy Central)
  Of Kings and Prophets (ABC)
  The Enfield Haunting (Sky Living)
  Tut (Spike)

• Best Television Movie

  FRONTRUNNERS

  All the Way (HBO)
  Confirmation (HBO)
  Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (PBS)
  Luther (BBC One)
  Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (HBO)
  The Dresser (Starz)

  MAJOR THREATS

  A Very Murray Christmas (Netflix)
  Wallander: The Troubled Man (PBS)
  Special Correspondents (Netflix)
  Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors (NBC)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Saints & Strangers (National Geographic)
  CSI: Immortality (CBS)
  Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (Hallmark)

  LONG SHOTS

  Manson's Lost Girls (Lifetime)
  7 Days in Hell (HBO)
• Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Bryan Cranston (All the Way)
  Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O.J. Simpson)
  Oscar Isaac (Show Me a Hero)
  Idris Elba (Luther)
  Tom Hiddleston (The Night Manager)
  Cuba Gooding, Jr. (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Abominable Bride)
  Patrick Wilson (Fargo)
  Timothy Hutton (American Crime)
  James Franco (11.22.63)
  Bill Murray (A Very Murray Christmas)
  Kenneth Branagh (Wallander: The Troubled Man)
  Ricky Gervais (Special Correspondents)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Richard Dreyfuss (Madoff)
  Paul Dano (War and Peace)
  James Earl Jones (Driving Miss Daisy)
  Matt Bomer (American Horror Story: Hotel)
  Malachi Kirby (Roots)
  Rege-Jean Page (Roots)

  LONG SHOTS

  Ian McKellen (The Dresser)
  Anthony Hopkins (The Dresser)
  Ben Whishaw (London Spy)
  Wes Bentley (American Horror Story: Hotel)
  Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise)

• Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Sarah Paulson (The People v. O.J. Simpson)
  Kirsten Dunst (Fargo)
  Kerry Washington (Confirmation)
  Audra McDonald (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill)
  Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
  Lady Gaga (American Horror Story: Hotel)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Anika Noni Rose (Roots)
  Lili Taylor (American Crime)
  Angela Lansbury (Driving Miss Daisy)
  Blythe Danner (Madoff)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Kristen Wiig (The Spoils Before Dying)
  Lily James (War and Peace)
  Rachel McAdams (True Detective)
  Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone)

  LONG SHOTS

  Julianne Hough (Grease Live!)
  Shanice Williams (The Wiz Live!)
  Alyvia Alyn Lind (Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors)
  Anna Camp (Saints & Strangers)
  Ilana Glazer (Time Traveling Bong)

• Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Hugh Laurie (The Night Manager)
  Sterling K. Brown (The People v. O.J. Simpson)
  Forest Whitaker (Roots)
  Jesse Plemons (Fargo)
  Wendell Pierce (Confirmation)
  John Travolta (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Ted Danson (Fargo)
  Anthony Mackie (All the Way)
  Bradley Whitford (All the Way)
  Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo)
  Nathan Lane (The People v. O.J. Simpson)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Roots)
  Connor Jessup (American Crime)
  David Schwimmer (The People v. O.J. Simpson)
  Evan Peters (American Horror Story: Hotel)
  Denis O'Hare (American Horror Story: Hotel)

  LONG SHOTS

  Greg Kinnear (Confirmation)
  Brad Garrett (Fargo)
  Jeffrey Donovan (Fargo)
  Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story: Hotel)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Television Movie

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Jean Smart (Fargo)
  Melissa Leo (All the Way)
  Regina King (American Crime)
  Olivia Colman (The Night Manager)
  Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Hotel)
  Emayatzy Corinealdi (Roots)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Catherine Keener (Show Me a Hero)
  Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Hotel)
  Angela Bassett (American Horror Story: Hotel)
  Erika Christensen (Confirmation)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Mare Winningham (American Horror Story: Hotel)
  Anna Paquin (Roots)
  Erica Tazel (Roots)
  Zoe Lister-Jones (Confirmation)
  Vera Farmiga (Special Correspondents)

  LONG SHOTS

  America Ferrera (Special Correspondents)
  Kelly Macdonald (Special Correspondents)
  Connie Britton (The People v. O.J. Simpson)
  Kether Donohue (Grease Live!)
  Jennifer Nettles (Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors)

• Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan)
  Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife)
  Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead)
  Jon Cryer (NCIS)
  Denis O'Hare (The Good Wife)
  B.D. Wong (Mr. Robot)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan)
  Richard Armitage (Hannibal)
  Jon Tenney (Scandal)
  Blair Underwood (The Good Wife)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Alex Karpovsky (Law & Order: SVU)
  Robert Wagner (NCIS)
  Jerry Ferrara (Power)

  LONG SHOTS

  Brian Stokes Mitchell (The Path)
  Clark Middleton (The Path)
  Julian McMahon (Hunters)

• Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Laurie Metcalf (Horace and Pete)
  Allison Janney (Masters of Sex)
  Carrie Preston (The Good Wife)
  Mary Steenburgen (Orange Is the New Black)
  Patti LuPone (Penny Dreadful)
  Alicia Witt (The Walking Dead)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Margo Martindale (The Americans)
  Ellen Burstyn (House of Cards)
  Cynthia Nixon (The Affair)
  Whoopi Goldberg (Law & Order: SVU)
  Sarah Silverman (Masters of Sex)
  Stockard Channing (The Good Wife)
  Carrie Fisher (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Kathleen Turner (The Path)
  Annet Mahendru (The X-Files)
  Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black)
  Constance Zimmer (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
  Mare Winningham (The Affair)
  Ana de la Reguera (Narcos)

  LONG SHOTS

  Arielle Kebbel (UnREAL)
  Leslie Hope (Suits)
  Lorraine Toussaint (The Fosters)
  Lorraine Toussaint (Chicago P.D.)
• Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Larry David (Saturday Night Live)
  Bob Newhart (The Big Bang Theory)
  Tracy Morgan (Saturday Night Live)
  Jason Sudeikis (The Last Man on Earth)
  Bill Hader (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  Paul Sorvino (Grandfathered)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Ravi Patel (Master of None)
  Dan Bucatinsky (Superstore)
  Judd Hirsch (The Big Bang Theory)
  Keith Carradine (The Big Bang Theory)
  Adam DeVine (Modern Family)
  Fred Melamed (Casual)
  Joe Manganiello (Mom)
  Keegan-Michael Key (House of Lies)
  Richard Schiff (House of Lies)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Josh Charles (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Ice-T (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Joshua Jackson (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  David Cross (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Ryan Gosling (Saturday Night Live)
  Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Mindy Project)
  Steve Buscemi (The Jim Gaffigan Show)
  Adrien Brody (Dice)
  Matthew Morrison (Younger)
  John Cho (House of Lies)

  LONG SHOTS

  Justin Kirk (You're the Worst)
  Rob Corddry (Teachers)
  Rob Riggle (Teachers)
  Richard Masur (Younger)
  David Wain (Younger)
  Fred Armisen (Man Seeking Woman)
  Peter Giles (Man Seeking Woman)
  Seth Meyers (Difficult People)
  Fred Armisen (Difficult People)
  John Benjamin Hickey (Difficult People)

• Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

  FRONTRUNNERS

  Claire Danes (Master of None)
  Christine Baranski (The Big Bang Theory)
  Tina Fey (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Ellen Burstyn (Mom)
  Lisa Kudrow (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Ariana Grande (Saturday Night Live)

  MAJOR THREATS

  Melissa McCarthy (Saturday Night Live)
  Tina Fey (Saturday Night Live)
  Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live)
  Emily Osment (Mom)
  Wanda Sykes (House of Lies)
  Jenny Slate (Girls)
  Betty White (Crowded)
  Katey Sagal (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  Kyra Sedgwick (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  Kathryn Hahn (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
  Archie Panjabi (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

  POSSIBILITIES

  Amy Sedaris (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
  Cynthia Nixon (Broad City)
  Martha Plimpton (Younger)
  Tovah Feldshuh (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
  Danielle Brooks (Master of None)
  Lorraine Bracco (Dice)
  Sasha Alexander (Shameless)
  Carol Kane (Crowded)
  Natasha Lyonne (Portlandia)
  June Squibb (Mom)
  Judy Greer (Mom)
  Rosie O'Donnell (Mom)

  LONG SHOTS

  Camryn Manheim (Younger)
  Rhea Perlman (Mom)
  Linda Lavin (Mom)
  Melora Hardin (Transparent)
  Kate McKinnon (Difficult People)
  Kathie Lee Gifford (Difficult People)
  Alison Brie (Teachers)
  Kathy Najimy (Younger)
  Robin Givens (Man Seeking Woman)