My Final Predictions for the 74th Emmy Nominations
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14 min readJul 11, 2022
The 74th Primetime Emmy Award nominations are announced on Tuesday, July 12th at 8:30am. Here are my predictions in 16 major categories covering comedy series, drama series, limited series, and made-for-television movies.
Author’s Note: This article is my preview of the 74th Emmy Award nominations. To read my reaction to the nominations, click here.
10 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU READ MY PREDICTIONS
- For those of you who don’t know, the Emmys are television’s top honor. They are what the Oscars are to film, the Tonys are to theater, and the Grammys are to music. (If one individual wins one of each, they are known as an EGOT recipient.)
- This year will mark the 74th consecutive year the ceremony has been held. The first ceremony aired on January 25, 1949. (Fun fact: the legendary Betty White, who passed away in January just weeks shy of her 100th birthday, scored her first nomination at the 3rd Annual Emmys in 1951.)
- The eligibility period for this year’s Emmys is June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2022. Thus, any series that aired all (or the majority of) its most recent season inside that time frame is eligible.
- The Emmys are voted on by members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS), which currently numbers around 24,000. Voting…
