The one notable absence for the 2018-19 awards, however, is regular winner Veep. Still, the comedy category remains a strong one thanks to Curb Your Enthusiasm, Silicon Valley and new acclaimed series Barry.
Game of Thrones-wise, the cast members that HBO is throwing its weight behind include Emilia Clarke (Daenerys), Kit Harington (Jon Snow) and Lena Headey (Cersei) while the Westworld stars in contention will be Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright and more including two yet-to-be-announced guest stars who we're hoping will be Zahn McClarnon.
One person who's expected to not only earn a nomination but earn an eventual win is Laura Dern for her portrayal of a sexual abuse survivor in Jennifer Fox's biographical TV Movie The Tale.
Cast your eyes on all the shows and stars whose names may be mentioned in a few week's time. It should be noted that personal reps are permitted to submit those HBO has chosen to omit.
COMEDY
Ballers
Comedy Actor – Dwayne Johnson
Comedy Supporting Actress – Emayatzy Corinealdi, Jazmyn Simon, Serinda Swan
Comedy Supporting Actor – London Brown, Donovan Carter, Rob Corrdry, Troy Garity, Steve Guttenberg, Omar Miller, Richard Schiff, John David Washington
Comedy Guest Actress – Brittany Hall
Comedy Guest Actor – Peter Berg
Barry
Comedy Actor – Bill Hader
Comedy Supporting Actress – Sarah Goldberg, Paula Newsome
Comedy Supporting Actor – Anthony Carrigan, Glenn Fleshler, Steven Root, Henry Winkler
Crashing
Comedy Actor – Pete Holmes
Comedy Supporting Actress – Jamie Lee
Comedy Supporting Actor – George Basil, Artie Lange
Comedy Guest Actor – Bill Burr
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Comedy Actor – Larry David
Comedy Supporting Actress – Susie Essman, Cheryl Hines
Comedy Supporting Actor – Bob Einstein, Jeff Garlin, Richard Lewis, J.B. Smoove
Comedy Guest Actress – Elizabeth Banks, Lauren Graham, Elizabeth Perkins, June Diane Raphael
Comedy Guest Actor – F. Murray Abraham, Bryan Cranston, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joe Regalbuto, Steven Weber
Divorce
Comedy Actress – Sarah Jessica Parker
Comedy Actor – Thomas Haden Church
Comedy Supporting Actress – Talia Balsam, Molly Shannon
Comedy Supporting Actor – Tracy Letts
Comedy Guest Actress – Amy Sedaris
High Maintenance
Comedy Actor – Ben Sinclair
Comedy Guest Actor – Luzer Twersky
Comedy Guest Actress – Alex Auder, Danielle Brooks, Kate Lyn Sheil, Yael Stone
Insecure
Comedy Actress – Issa Rae
Comedy Supporting Actress – Yvonne Orji, Natasha Rothwell
Comedy Supporting Actor – Jay Ellis
Room 104
Comedy Guest Actress – Sarah Hay
Comedy Guest Actor – Philip Baker Hall, James VanDer Beek
Silicon Valley
Comedy Actor – Thomas Middleditch
Comedy Supporting Actress – Amanda Crew, Suzanne Cryer
Comedy Supporting Actor – Josh Brener, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Martin Starr, Zach Woods, Jimmy O. Yang
Comedy Guest Actor – Chris Diamantopoulos
Vice Principals
Comedy Actor – Danny McBride
Comedy Supporting Actress – Dale Dickey, Georgia King, Edi Patterson, Busy Phillips
Comedy Supporting Actor – Walton Goggins, Sheaun McKinney, Shea Whigham
Comedy Guest Actress – Kimberly Hebert Gregory
Comedy Guest Actor – Fisher Stevens
DRAMA
The Deuce
Drama Actress – Maggie Gyllenhaal
Drama Actor – James Franco
Drama Supporting Actress – Dominique Fishback, Margarita Levieva, Emily Meade
Drama Supporting Actor – Gbenga Akinnagbe, Gary Carr
Drama Guest Actress – Zoe Kazan
Drama Guest Actor – Clarke Peters
Game of Thrones
Drama Actress – Emilia Clarke
Drama Actor – Kit Harington
Drama Supporting Actress – Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams
Drama Supporting Actor – Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage
Drama Guest Actress – Diana Rigg
Here and Now
Drama Actress – Holly Hunter
Drama Actor – Tim Robbins
Drama Supporting Actress – Sosie Bacon, Jerrika Hinton
Drama Supporting Actor – Raymond Lee, Peter Macdissi, Daniel Zovatto
Drama Guest Actor – Ted Levine
Westworld
Drama Actress – Evan Rachel Wood
Drama Actor – Ed Harris, Jeffrey Wright
Drama Supporting Actress – Thandie Newton, Tessa Thompson
Drama Supporting Actor – James Marsden
Drama Guest Actress – To Be Announced
Drama Guest Actor – To Be Announced
LIMITED SERIES / TV MOVIE
Fahrenheit 451
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Michael B. Jordan
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Sofia Boutella
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Michael Shannon
Mosaic
Movie/Limited Series Actress – Jennifer Ferrin
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Garret Hedlund, Devin Ratray
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Sharon Stone
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Beau Bridges, Paul Reubens, Frederick Weller
Notes from the Field
Movie/Limited Series Actress – Anna Deveare Smith
Paterno
Movie/Limited Series Actress – Riley Keough
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Al Pacino
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Kathy Baker, Annie Parisse
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Greg Grunberg, Larry Mitchell
Rellik
Movie/Limited Series Actress – Jodi Balfour
Movie/Limited Series Actor – Richard Dormer
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Rosalind Elezar
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Paterson Joseph, Ray Stevenson
The Tale
Movie/Limited Series Actress – Laura Dern
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress – Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabelle Nelisse
Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor – Common, Jason Ritter
The 70th Primetime Emmys Awards will take place in Los Angeles on 17 September.
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