{"id":6065,"date":"2026-08-17T16:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:36:18","slug":"final-emmy-voting-opens-25-records-that-could-be-broken-from-jean-smart-and-allison-janneys-all-time-tie-to-harrison-fords-first-trophy-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=6065","title":{"rendered":"Final Emmy Voting Opens: 25 Records That Could Be Broken, From Jean Smart and Allison Janney\u2019s All-Time Tie to Harrison Ford\u2019s First Trophy at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tFinal Emmy voting is now open.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore than 20,000 Television Academy members have the final ballots in hand for the 78th Emmy Awards, with voting remaining open through Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 10 p.m. PT. When the envelopes begin opening \u2014 first during the two-night artisans ceremony, formerly known as the Creative Arts Emmys, on Sept. 5 and 6, and then during NBC\u2019s Sept. 14 telecast from the Peacock Theater \u2014 some of the longest-standing records in Emmy history could fall.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHBO Max enters the final stretch as the most-nominated network, led by two of the year\u2019s biggest contenders: reigning drama champion \u201cThe Pitt\u201d and the fifth and final season of \u201cHacks.\u201d But the night could produce history well beyond the top program races. Two actresses could tie the all-time record for acting wins on the same night. A limited series could accomplish something no program has done in the category\u2019s history. The competition could produce just the fourth three-peat ever \u2014 or the first for a show celebrating its 50th season. And perhaps the most poignant possibility sits in guest actor in a comedy series, where Rob Reiner is nominated posthumously alongside Michael J. Fox. Either outcome would rewrite the record book.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHere\u2019s a rundown of the records, milestones and fun facts among some of the nominees this year, category by category.<\/p>\n

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    • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cSlow Horses\u201d or \u201cPluribus\u201d wins, Apple TV claims its first drama series Emmy ever. The streamer has conquered comedy twice over \u2014 \u201cTed Lasso\u201d and \u201cThe Studio\u201d \u2014 but has never taken TV\u2019s most prestigious prize.<\/li>\n
    • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cThe Pitt\u201d wins, it becomes the 11th drama ever to win the top prize for its first two seasons \u2014 and the first since \u201cMad Men\u201d (2008-09). The others include: \u201cThe United States Steel Hour,\u201d \u201cPlayhouse 90,\u201d \u201cThe Defenders,\u201d \u201cMission: Impossible,\u201d \u201cUpstairs, Downstairs,\u201d \u201cHill Street Blues,\u201d \u201cPicket Fences,\u201d \u201cThe Practice\u201d and \u201cThe West Wing.\u201d<\/li>\n
    • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cPluribus,\u201d \u201cA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms\u201d or \u201cTask\u201d wins, it would mark back-to-back freshman champions, following \u201cThe Pitt\u201d last year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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      • MILESTONE<\/strong>: If \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay,\u201d \u201cShrinking\u201d or \u201cMargo\u2019s\u201d wins, it would be the fourth statue for Apple, one less than HBO\u2019s five. If \u201cHacks\u201d wins, they would tick up, still in fourth place overall behind NBC (26), CBS (22) and ABC (11).<\/li>\n
      • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d wins, the Hulu whodunit finally lands the top prize on its fifth consecutive series nomination \u2014 it\u2019s 0-for-4 to date despite seven Emmys elsewhere.<\/li>\n
      • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d wins, Quinta Brunson\u2019s sitcom also breaks through on its fifth straight series nomination, becoming the first broadcast comedy to win since \u201cModern Family\u201d in 2014.<\/li>\n
      • FUN FACT:<\/strong> With reigning champ \u201cThe Studio\u201d sitting out this cycle, a new winner is guaranteed. If \u201cThe Bear\u201d or \u201cHacks\u201d wins, each claims its second series title (2023 and 2024, respectively). If \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay\u201d or \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles\u201d wins, it\u2019s the second consecutive freshman champion after \u201cThe Studio.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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        • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cBeef\u201d wins, it makes history: no program has ever won the limited\/anthology series Emmy twice. In roughly seven decades of the category\u2019s various incarnations, every winner has been a one-and-done either because they needed to move to one of the recurring categories, or just never returned.<\/li>\n
        • FUN FACT:<\/strong> Anything else wins \u2014 \u201cAll Her Fault,\u201d \u201cThe Beast in Me,\u201d \u201cDTF St. Louis\u201d or \u201cLove Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette\u201d \u2014 and it\u2019s a first-time winner, as all four are freshman entries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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          • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Sterling K. Brown wins for \u201cParadise,\u201d he becomes just the third man ever to win lead drama actor for two different shows, joining Robert Young (\u201cFather Knows Best,\u201d \u201cMarcus Welby, M.D.\u201d) and James Spader (\u201cThe Practice,\u201d \u201cBoston Legal\u201d). It would also be his third acting Emmy for a third different program.<\/li>\n
          • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Noah Wyle wins, he becomes the fifth actor to win lead drama for a show\u2019s first two seasons \u2014 after E.G. Marshall (\u201cThe Defenders\u201d), Bill Cosby (\u201cI Spy\u201d), Daniel J. Travanti (\u201cHill Street Blues\u201d) and Bryan Cranston (\u201cBreaking Bad\u201d) \u2014 and the first since Cranston in 2009. Wyle is also nominated for directing \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d making him a threat to double.<\/li>\n
          • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Gary Oldman wins for \u201cSlow Horses,\u201d the Oscar winner lands his first Emmy at 68 after three noms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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            • RECORD:<\/strong> If Zendaya wins, she becomes the youngest performer in history \u2014 man or woman \u2014 to win three lead drama Emmys, at 30 years and two weeks. Cosby was 30 years and 10 months when he claimed his third in 1968. She\u2019d also be the fifth woman with three or more, after Barbara Bain, Michael Learned, Tyne Daly and Edie Falco, and the first since Falco in 2003. She already owns the category\u2019s youngest-winner mark (24, in 2020).<\/li>\n
            • RECORD<\/strong>: If Keri Russell wins \u2014 she\u2019s 0-for-5 in acting nominations across \u201cThe Americans\u201d and \u201cThe Diplomat\u201d \u2014 and longtime partner Matthew Rhys converts either of his two lead nominations, for \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay\u201d or \u201cThe Beast in Me,\u201d they become just the third real-life couple to win acting Emmys in the same year, and the first in 40 years, following two married pairs: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (1965, both for \u201cThe Magnificent Yankee\u201d) and William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett (1986, both for \u201cSt. Elsewhere\u201d). Russell and Rhys, partners for more than a decade though not legally married, would be the first couple to do it for different shows \u2014 and Rhys\u2019 lone Emmy so far came for playing her on-screen husband in \u201cThe Americans.\u201d<\/li>\n
            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Chase Infiniti wins, the 26-year-old \u201cThe Testaments\u201d breakout becomes the second-youngest lead drama actress champion ever, behind only Zendaya \u2014 on her first career nomination.<\/li>\n
            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Rhea Seehorn wins, the \u201cPluribus\u201d star claims a long-awaited first Emmy, three years after \u201cBetter Call Saul,\u201d which is all-time most-losing series with 0-for-53.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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              • RECORD:<\/strong> If Martin Short wins for \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d \u2014 his fifth straight nomination for Oliver Putnam \u2014 he lands his first acting Emmy in eight attempts and, at 76, becomes the oldest lead comedy actor winner ever, passing Eugene Levy (73, in 2020 for \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d). His trophy shelf isn\u2019t bare: his Emmys to date are for writing.<\/li>\n
              • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Steve Carell wins for \u201cRooster,\u201d he also breaks a 0-for-7 acting slump \u2014 famously including six losses as Michael Scott \u2014 for his first acting Emmy at 64. He has additional noms as a producer in other categories.<\/li>\n
              • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Matthew Rhys wins for \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay,\u201d he becomes the first man since Carroll O\u2019Connor in 1989 to hold lead acting Emmys in both comedy and drama and keep an eye on his limited series nomination below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                • RECORD:<\/strong> If Jean Smart wins, her eighth acting Emmy ties the all-time record for a performer, shared by Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cloris Leachman. It would also be her fifth lead comedy actress win \u2014 tying Mary Tyler Moore and Candice Bergen for second-most, behind Louis-Dreyfus\u2019 seven \u2014 and her third straight, the category\u2019s first three-peat since Louis-Dreyfus\u2019 2012-17 run.<\/li>\n
                • RECORD:<\/strong> If Elle Fanning wins \u2014 with sister Dakota also nominated in supporting actress (limited) \u2014 and both convert, they become the first sisters ever to win acting Emmys in the same year. As far as the record shows, no two sisters have ever both held acting Emmys, period.<\/li>\n
                • RECORD:<\/strong> After winning this category when \u201cHacks\u201d was on hiatus, if Quinta Brunson were to triumph again for \u201cAbbott Elementary,\u201d she becomes the first Black woman to hold multiple comedy-acting statuettes. She became the second Black woman to win the category after Isabel Sanford for \u201cThe Jeffersons.\u201d <\/li>\n
                • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Lisa Kudrow wins, it caps one of the great slow burns in Emmy history: she\u2019s been nominated for playing Valerie Cherish in \u201cThe Comeback\u201d in 2006, 2015 and now 2026 \u2014 the same role across three decades. It would be her first Emmy since \u201cFriends\u201d in 1998.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                  • MILESTONE<\/strong>: Oscar Isaac would make history for Latinos if he wins for \u201cBeef.\u201d Only one Latino actor has won the lead actor (limited) award \u2014 Jharrel Jerome for the 2019 Ava DuVernay crime drama \u201cWhen They See Us.\u201d Since then, the only Latino performers recognized in the category have been Lin-Manuel Miranda (\u201cHamilton\u201d) and, coincidentally, Oscar Isaac with his 2022 nomination for \u201cScenes From a Marriage.\u201d<\/li>\n
                  • RECORD:<\/strong> If Matthew Rhys wins, note the rare feat that got him here: dual lead nominations in the same year, in comedy (\u201cWidow\u2019s Bay\u201d) and limited (\u201cThe Beast in Me\u201d). No performer has ever won two lead acting Emmys in a single year. If Rhys sweeps both, he does something genuinely unprecedented. He becomes the first man to complete the lead trifecta of comedy, drama and limited wins. The only performer with victories across all three fields is Barbara Stanwyck, whose \u201ccomedy\u201d trophy came in a genre-blind 1961 category.<\/li>\n
                  • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Jason Bateman wins for \u201cBlack Rabbit,\u201d it\u2019s his first acting Emmy after a 0-for-7 career \u2014 and he\u2019s got three chances at hardware this year, doubling as a supporting nominee for \u201cDTF St. Louis\u201d and a directing nominee for \u201cBlack Rabbit.\u201d<\/li>\n
                  • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Riz Ahmed wins, his second lead limited victory ties James Woods\u2019 category-best two.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                    • RECORD:<\/strong> If Sally Field wins, she becomes \u2014 by a matter of months \u2014 the oldest winner in the category\u2019s history, sneaking by Jessica Tandy, who was 79 when she won in 1988 for \u201cFoxfire.\u201d Field will turn 80 in November. It would be her first Emmy since 2007 and her third different show winning her acting hardware, after \u201cER\u201d and \u201cBrothers and Sisters.\u201d<\/li>\n
                    • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Claire Danes wins, she joins the three-different-shows club (\u201cTemple Grandin,\u201d \u201cHomeland,\u201d \u201cThe Beast in Me\u201d) with her fourth acting Emmy.<\/li>\n
                    • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Carey Mulligan or Sarah Pidgeon wins, it\u2019s a victory on their first career nominations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                      • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Shawn Hatosy wins, he claims a second straight Emmy for Dr. Abbot on \u201cThe Pitt\u201d \u2014 having won guest actor last year \u2014 and joins the roughly dozen performers who\u2019ve won two different acting categories for the same series. Those names include Allison Janney\u2019s C.J. Cregg (\u201cThe West Wing\u201d), Uzo Aduba\u2019s Suzanne Warren (\u201cOrange Is the New Black\u201d), Jennifer Coolidge\u2019s Tanya (\u201cThe White Lotus\u201d) and Claire Foy\u2019s Queen Elizabeth (\u201cThe Crown\u201d). He\u2019d be the third man in the modern era to do it, after Christopher Lloyd and Jon Cryer. <\/li>\n
                      • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Billy Crudup wins, his third supporting drama Emmy for \u201cThe Morning Show\u201d ties Aaron Paul for the most in the category this century, one shy of Peter Dinklage\u2019s all-time four for \u201cGame of Thrones.\u201d<\/li>\n
                      • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Jack Lowden (\u201cSlow Horses\u201d), Tom Pelphrey (\u201cTask\u201d) or Carlos-Manuel Vesga (\u201cPluribus\u201d) wins, it\u2019s their first Emmy. Regarding Vesga on a first nomination, he would be the fourth Latino winner ever, and the first since Jimmy Smits for \u201cL.A. Law\u201d in 1990.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                        • RECORD:<\/strong> If Allison Janney wins, she matches Jean Smart\u2019s math: an eighth acting Emmy, tying Louis-Dreyfus and Leachman\u2019s all-time record. If both Janney and Smart win on Sept. 14, the record book gets two new co-holders in one night. Janney would also become a winner for four different shows (\u201cThe West Wing,\u201d \u201cMom,\u201d \u201cMasters of Sex,\u201d \u201cThe Diplomat\u201d) \u2014 matching the all-time mark of four, shared by seven performers: Ed Asner, Tyne Daly, Alfre Woodard, John Lithgow, Betty White, Helen Mirren and Laura Linney. Remarkably, five different nominees this year \u2014 Janney, Michael J. Fox, Cherry Jones, Merritt Wever and Bradley Whitford \u2014 could each join that exclusive club.<\/li>\n
                        • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Katherine LaNasa wins, she goes back-to-back for the first two seasons of \u201cThe Pitt\u201d \u2014 only Allison Janney (\u201cThe West Wing,\u201d 2000-01) and Blythe Danner (\u201cHuff,\u201d 2005-06) have ever done that in this category. It would mirror Wyle\u2019s potential repeat and give the medical drama a shot at repeating both of its 2025 acting wins.<\/li>\n
                        • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Julianne Nicholson wins, she claims Emmys in consecutive years for different shows in different categories (\u201cHacks\u201d guest, \u201cParadise\u201d supporting) \u2014 and becomes just the ninth woman with acting wins for three different programs in three different categories, joining Barbara Stanwyck, Tyne Daly, Allison Janney, Alfre Woodard, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Jean Smart and Merritt Wever.<\/li>\n
                        • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If one of LaNasa\u2019s \u201cPitt\u201d castmates beats her \u2014 Taylor Dearden, Fiona Dourif or Sepideh Moafi \u2014 the show would crown different winners in the same category in its first two seasons, exactly what \u201cThe Bear\u2019s\u201d women did in comedy (Ayo Edebiri in 2023, Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas in 2024, but notably Edebiri moved to lead in 2024). In this category, it\u2019s happened twice, via \u201cthirtysomething\u201d (1988-89) and \u201cThe Practice\u201d (1998-99).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                          • RECORD:<\/strong> If Harrison Ford wins, the 84-year-old collects the first Emmy of his career \u2014 months after receiving SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Life Achievement Award \u2014 and obliterates the category\u2019s oldest-winner record, held by Henry Winkler (72, in 2018), by a dozen years. If Stephen Root wins instead, the 74-year-old character-actor institution also breaks Winkler\u2019s mark, with a career first win.<\/li>\n
                          • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Tyler James Williams wins, the \u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d star converts on his fourth nomination. Williams would be the second Black man to win this category since Robert Guillaume for \u201cSoap\u201d in 1979, and would be the first broadcast win in this category since Alec Baldwin for \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Janelle James (\u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d) or Jessica Williams (\u201cShrinking\u201d) wins, she becomes the fourth Black woman to win the category, after Jack\u00e9e Harry (1987), Sheryl Lee Ralph (2022) and Ayo Edebiri (2023) \u2014 three of the four coming within five years. A James win would give \u201cAbbott\u201d its second winner here after Ralph.<\/li>\n
                            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Michelle Pfeiffer wins for \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles,\u201d the three-time Oscar nominee claims the first Emmy of her career at 68, on her second Emmy nom.<\/li>\n
                            • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Hannah Einbinder wins, she goes back-to-back for \u201cHacks.\u201d She would be the 12th two-timer, seven of which were consecutive including Julie Bowen, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon and Betty White. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                              • RECORD:<\/strong> If Charles Melton wins for \u201cBeef,\u201d the Korean American actor becomes the first Asian performer ever to win the category \u2014 a door \u201cBeef\u201d itself has been knocking on, having sent three Korean American actors into this race across its two seasons, after Young Mazino and Joseph Lee were both nominated for Season 1. Melton, also a nominated producer on the limited series ballot, would be a winner there.<\/li>\n
                              • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Richard Gadd wins for \u201cHalf Man,\u201d the \u201cBaby Reindeer\u201d creator joins Laurence Olivier, Hume Cronyn and Beau Bridges as the only men to win both the lead and supporting acting Emmys on the limited side \u2014 two years after sweeping series, lead actor and writing in a single night. Richard Jenkins, the 2015 lead limited winner for \u201cOlive Kitteridge,\u201d would enter the same club with a win for \u201cDTF St. Louis.\u201d<\/li>\n
                              • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Nick Offerman wins \u2014 he\u2019s double-nominated this year, here for \u201cDeath By Lightning\u201d and in supporting comedy for \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles\u201d \u2014 either trophy is his second acting Emmy after his \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d guest win. And if he converts both, he becomes the first performer since Allison Janney in 2014 to win two acting Emmys in a single year, and the first man to do it since Christopher Lloyd in 1992.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                • RECORD:<\/strong> If Youn Yuh-jung wins for \u201cBeef,\u201d the \u201cMinari\u201d Oscar winner becomes the first Korean \u2014 and first East Asian \u2014 performer to win the category; Shohreh Aghdashloo, the Iranian-born 2009 winner for \u201cHouse of Saddam,\u201d is its only Asian winner to date. <\/li>\n
                                • RECORD:<\/strong> If Dakota Fanning wins for \u201cAll Her Fault\u201d \u2014 her second nom in the category in three years, after \u201cRipley\u201d \u2014 this is where her half of the sisters record gets decided. If Elle also converts in lead comedy actress on Sept. 14, they become the first sisters ever to win acting Emmys in the same year.<\/li>\n
                                • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Laurie Metcalf wins for \u201cMonster: The Ed Gein Story,\u201d it\u2019s her fifth acting Emmy, in a third different category for a third different show \u2014 the same three-show, three-category group Julianne Nicholson is chasing in supporting drama. And Metcalf, like Offerman, is double-nominated: if she also takes guest comedy for \u201cHacks,\u201d she\u2019d be the first performer since Allison Janney in 2014 to win two acting Emmys in one year.<\/li>\n
                                • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Linda Cardellini wins for \u201cDTF St. Louis,\u201d it\u2019s a first Emmy on her fourth career nom, spanning \u201cMad Men\u201d and \u201cDead to Me.\u201d <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                  • RECORD:<\/strong> If Jonathan Pryce wins, the 79-year-old lands his first Emmy ever and becomes the category\u2019s oldest winner by nearly a decade, over Gerald McRaney\u2019s 70.<\/li>\n
                                  • RECORD:<\/strong> If Bradley Whitford wins, he becomes a winner for four different shows (\u201cThe West Wing,\u201d \u201cTransparent,\u201d \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u201d \u201cThe Diplomat\u201d), matching the all-time mark.<\/li>\n
                                  • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Colman Domingo wins, his second guest drama victory for \u201cEuphoria\u201d ties Patrick McGoohan\u2019s category record of two.<\/li>\n
                                  • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Jeff Kober wins, the Daytime Emmy winner (\u201cGeneral Hospital,\u201d 2022) pulls off the rare Daytime-Primetime acting double \u2014 joining Cloris Leachman, whose nine combined acting Emmys include one from daytime, among the few performers honored by both Academy orgs. He\u2019s 72 and on his first Primetime nomination; castmate Ernest Harden Jr., 73, is also a first-time nominee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                    • RECORD:<\/strong> If Merritt Wever wins, she becomes a winner for four different shows (\u201cNurse Jackie,\u201d \u201cGodless,\u201d \u201cSeverance,\u201d \u201cThe Gilded Age\u201d) \u2014 matching the all-time mark \u2014 and goes back-to-back in the category. She won last year for \u201cSeverance.\u201d<\/li>\n
                                    • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If any of \u201cThe Pitt\u2019s\u201d three nominees wins \u2014 Brittany Allen, Tal Anderson or Tina Ivlev \u2014 it\u2019s their first career noms converted. Anderson would be, to the best of our knowledge, the first autistic performer to win the statuette in this category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                      Guest Actor, Comedy<\/h2>\n

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                                      • RECORD:<\/strong> If Rob Reiner wins for \u201cThe Bear,\u201d it\u2019s a posthumous victory nine months after his death in December \u2014 the first posthumous on-camera acting win since Raul Julia in 1995, and it would come 52 years after his first Emmy and 48 years after his most recent nomination, the longest gap between acting nominations in Emmy history. He broke Lloyd Bridges\u2019 41-year record the moment nominations were announced. One fact that comes with it is that he is breaking his father, Carl Reiner\u2019s record, who won this exact category in 1995.<\/li>\n
                                      • RECORD:<\/strong> If Michael J. Fox wins, the 65-year-old \u2014 returning to acting after his Parkinson\u2019s-related retirement \u2014 collects his sixth acting Emmy, his first in 40 years, and becomes a winner for four different shows (\u201cFamily Ties,\u201d \u201cSpin City,\u201d \u201cRescue Me,\u201d \u201cShrinking\u201d), matching the all-time mark.<\/li>\n
                                      • RECORD:<\/strong> If Connor Storrie wins, the 26-year-old \u201cSNL\u201d breakout becomes the youngest winner in the category\u2019s history, breaking Justin Timberlake\u2019s record of 28.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                        Guest Actress, Comedy<\/h2>\n

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                                        • RECORD:<\/strong> \u201cHacks\u201d already made history here: five of the seven slots (Leslie Bibb, Cherry Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Kaitlin Olson, Lauren Weedman) \u2014 the most nominations any show has earned in this category in a single year, beating the record of four set by, yes, \u201cHacks\u201d in 2022.<\/li>\n
                                        • RECORD:<\/strong> If Cherry Jones wins, she becomes a winner for four different shows (\u201c24,\u201d \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u201d \u201cSuccession,\u201d \u201cHacks\u201d), matching the all-time mark.<\/li>\n
                                        • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Laurie Metcalf wins, it\u2019s her fifth acting Emmy and second in this category. If Jamie Lee Curtis wins, it\u2019s her second guest trophy for \u201cThe Bear.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                          Directing<\/h2>\n

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                                          • RECORD:<\/strong> If Salli Richardson-Whitfield wins directing drama (she has two of the six slots, for \u201cThe Gilded Age\u201d and \u201cTask\u201d) \u2014 she becomes the first Black woman ever to win the drama directing Emmy. The same is true if Hanelle M. Culpepper wins for \u201cParadise.\u201d Remarkably, three of the six nominations belong to Black women. Only four women have ever won the category: Karen Arthur (1985), Mimi Leder (1995), Reed Morano (2017) and Jessica Hobbs (2021).<\/li>\n
                                          • RECORD<\/strong>: If Hiro Murai wins the directing Emmy for the \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay\u201d first episode, he would be the first Asian ever to win in the comedy directing category. He was previously nominated in this category for \u201cMr. and Mrs. Smith\u201d and \u201cAtlanta.\u201d<\/li>\n
                                          • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Vince Gilligan wins for \u201cPluribus,\u201d it\u2019s the first individual directing or writing Emmy of his career after six previous nominations stretching back to \u201cThe X-Files\u201d in 1997. His \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d Emmys all came as a producer.<\/li>\n
                                          • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Noah Wyle wins for \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d TV\u2019s favorite ER doctor adds a directing Emmy to last year\u2019s acting win \u2014 becoming just the sixth person with both acting and directing Emmys, after Alan Alda, Betty Thomas, Charles S. Dutton, Donald Glover and Seth Rogen, and only the fourth to hold both for the same series (Alda for \u201cMASH,\u201d Glover for \u201cAtlanta,\u201d Rogen for \u201cThe Studio\u201d).<\/li>\n
                                          • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Christopher Storer wins for \u201cThe Bear,\u201d his third comedy directing victory for \u201cThe Bear\u201d ties Todd Holland\u2019s record for the most by any director in the category.<\/li>\n
                                          • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Lucia Aniello wins directing comedy, it\u2019s her second directing Emmy for \u201cHacks\u201d \u2014 making her just the second woman to win the category twice, after Gail Mancuso (\u201cModern Family,\u201d 2013-14). Joey Soloway, who is nonbinary, also won it back-to-back for \u201cTransparent.\u201d<\/li>\n
                                          • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Jason Bateman wins for \u201cBlack Rabbit,\u201d he becomes a two-time directing winner for two different shows, after \u201cOzark\u201d in 2019 \u2014 while still hunting his first acting trophy. Only four directors have ever won across two scripted genres: Jeff Bleckner, Thomas Schlamme, David Nutter and Ryan Murphy. Bateman would be the fifth.<\/li>\n
                                          • RECORD:<\/strong> If Mariska Hargitay wins for the documentary \u201cMy Mom Jayne,\u201d this year\u2019s Emmy host becomes the first acting-Emmy winner ever to win an Emmy for directing a documentary \u2014 a two-decade bridge from her 2006 \u201cSVU\u201d trophy to the other side of the camera. Either this category or the documentary special would make her the first person in Emmy history to pair an acting win with a documentary win.<\/li>\n
                                          • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Lawrence Kasdan wins for \u201cMarty, Life Is Short,\u201d the screenwriter behind \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark\u201d and \u201cThe Empire Strikes Back\u201d collects his first Emmy at 77.<\/li>\n
                                          • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d wins (Liz Patrick), its 14th victory extends the most lopsided record in this story: no program has won any directing category more.<\/li>\n
                                          • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cThe Late Show\u201d wins (Yvonne De Mare), it goes back-to-back after Jim Hoskinson\u2019s 2025 trophy \u2014 the first Emmy the Colbert era ever won.<\/li>\n
                                          • FUN FACT:<\/strong> All five nominated variety specials directors are first-timers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                            Writing<\/h2>\n

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                                            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Vince Gilligan wins for \u201cPluribus,\u201d it\u2019s the same story as his directing bid.<\/li>\n
                                            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cThe Pitt\u201d wins \u2014 it holds two of the six slots \u2014 the reigning drama champ adds the writing trophy that eluded it last year, when \u201cAndor\u2019s\u201d Dan Gilroy took it.<\/li>\n
                                            • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If Will Smith wins for \u201cSlow Horses,\u201d it\u2019s his second writing drama Emmy for the spy series.<\/li>\n
                                            • RECORD:<\/strong> If Quinta Brunson wins, it\u2019s her second writing Emmy for \u201cAbbott Elementary,\u201d four years after her first \u2014 making her the first Black woman to win the category twice. Lena Waithe (2017) is the only other Black woman to win it, and Brunson\u2019s four noms are already the most ever for a Black woman in the race.<\/li>\n
                                            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King win, Kudrow could take writing and acting trophies for \u201cThe Comeback\u201d 21 years after its premiere \u2014 as good a redemption arc as the Emmys have ever offered. A win in each would make her the ninth performer with acting and writing Emmys for the same series, a lineage running from Alan Alda (\u201cMASH\u201d) through Tina Fey (\u201c30 Rock\u201d), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (\u201cFleabag\u201d), Quinta Brunson (\u201cAbbott Elementary\u201d) and, last year, Seth Rogen (\u201cThe Studio\u201d).<\/li>\n
                                            • RECORD:<\/strong> If Lee Sung Jin wins, his second writing victory for \u201cBeef\u201d ties William Hanley\u2019s category record \u2014 and completes a potential first-ever anthology repeat across series, directing and writing. Lee already owns three Emmys, all won in a single night for \u201cBeef\u2019s\u201d first season; a full repeat would push him to six, extending his standing among the most decorated Asian creators in Emmy history, where multiple wins remain scarce (Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Aziz Ansari and composer Ramin Djawadi each have two).<\/li>\n
                                            • RECORD:<\/strong> If Geoffrey C. Ward wins for \u201cThe American Revolution,\u201d the 85-year-old Ken Burns collaborator extends his own category record to five wins.<\/li>\n
                                            • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cLast Week Tonight With John Oliver\u201d wins, its 11th consecutive victory extends both of its own records \u2014 most wins and longest active streak in the category. It has never lost since entering the race.<\/li>\n
                                            • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d wins, the ABC mainstay claims this category for the first time in more than two decades on the air.<\/li>\n
                                            • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cThe Muppet Show\u201d wins, the revival special delivers the franchise\u2019s first Emmy in 45 years \u2014 since 1981, when the original won for, fittingly, writing. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                              Reality and Competition Programs<\/h2>\n

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                                              • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cSurvivor\u201d wins competition program, the show that built the genre finally claims the category for the first time ever, in its milestone 50th-season year \u2014 it\u2019s 0-for-7 all time, having watched \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d feast during its prime.<\/li>\n
                                              • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d wins, the ballroom warhorse breaks a 0-for-12 drought for its first competition Emmy in two decades on the air.<\/li>\n
                                              • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cThe Traitors\u201d wins, it completes a three-peat \u2014 only the fourth in the category\u2019s history, after \u201cThe Amazing Race\u201d (seven straight, 2003-09), \u201cThe Voice\u201d (2015-17) and \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u201d (2018-21).<\/li>\n
                                              • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cTop Chef\u201d wins, it\u2019s the Bravo staple\u2019s first victory since 2010 \u2014 still the only year anything interrupted \u201cThe Amazing Race\u2019s\u201d first decade of dominance.<\/li>\n
                                              • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d wins unstructured reality, its third victory ties \u201cUnited Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell\u201d for the most in the category\u2019s history.<\/li>\n
                                              • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cQueer Eye\u201d wins structured reality, its eighth victory extends its own record as the most awarded show in the category\u2019s history \u2014 and makes it back-to-back for the Fab Five. If \u201cShark Tank\u201d wins, the ABC stalwart collects its sixth. If \u201cAntiques Roadshow,\u201d \u201cLove Is Blind\u201d or \u201cDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives\u201d wins, it\u2019s a first-ever victory \u2014 including Guy Fieri\u2019s first trip to Flavortown\u2019s trophy case.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                                Documentary<\/h2>\n

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                                                • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cMy Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay\u201d wins documentary special, the \u201cLaw & Order: SVU\u201d star makes history twice over. Hargitay, a credited producer and the film\u2019s director, would become the first person ever to win both an acting Emmy and a documentary Emmy \u2014 no performer has crossed that line in the awards\u2019 78-year history. The closest anyone has come: Stanley Tucci, whose \u201cSearching for Italy\u201d wins came in the separate hosted nonfiction category. And the timing is poetic \u2014 the documentary trophies are handed out at the Creative Arts ceremonies Sept. 5 and 6, meaning Hargitay could walk onto the Peacock Theater stage Sept. 14 as this year\u2019s Emmy host and its newest Emmy winner. She\u2019d be the first person to host the Emmys in the same year they won since Jeff Probst in 2008, and Probst shared the stage with four co-hosts; Hargitay is flying solo.<\/li>\n
                                                • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cMel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!\u201d wins documentary special, Judd Apatow collects his third documentary Emmy as a producer-director, honoring comedy\u2019s most decorated centenarian-in-waiting.<\/li>\n
                                                • FUN FACT<\/strong>: All five nominees in the documentary or nonfiction series category \u2014 \u201cThe American Revolution,\u201d \u201cMr. Scorsese,\u201d \u201cRafa,\u201d \u201cSean Combs: The Reckoning\u201d and \u201cThe Yogurt Shop Murders\u201d \u2014 are first-time nominees, guaranteeing a first-time winner. Ken Burns\u2019 \u201cThe American Revolution\u201d arrives as the heavyweight, while Rebecca Miller\u2019s \u201cMr. Scorsese\u201d gives the master his own awards-season close-up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                                  Variety Series<\/h2>\n

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                                                  • MILESTONE:<\/strong> The talk and scripted variety fields have been merged into a single race, and we could have multiple winners now that it\u2019s an \u201carea award.\u201d If \u201cThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert\u201d wins, the farewell is complete. Canceled by CBS and signed off May 21 after 33 years, the show went 0-for-31 at the Emmys before finally winning its first two trophies last September \u2014 including outstanding talk series \u2014 in the wake of the cancellation news. A win would be a final victory lap for the Colbert era in the newly unified category.<\/li>\n
                                                  • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d wins, the franchise pushes its total in TV\u2019s top variety races to 12 \u2014 extending the all-time record it already holds, built on the 10-year Jon Stewart dynasty (2003-12) plus its 2024 talk series win.<\/li>\n
                                                  • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d wins, it takes the flagship variety series prize for the first time since 1993 \u2014 its more recent series-level trophies came in the now-retired sketch category.<\/li>\n
                                                  • MILESTONE:<\/strong> If \u201cLast Week Tonight With John Oliver\u201d wins, it reclaims a throne it held for eight straight years in the talk race (2016-23).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                                    Animated Program<\/h2>\n

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                                                    • RECORD:<\/strong> If \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d wins, Springfield\u2019s 13th victory extends the record for the most category wins by any program in Emmy history. Matt Groening\u2019s personal total would climb to 15.<\/li>\n
                                                    • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cSouth Park\u201d wins, it\u2019s a sixth trophy and first since 2013.<\/li>\n
                                                    • FUN FACT:<\/strong> If \u201cSmiling Friends\u201d wins, the Adult Swim upstart claims the category on its first nomination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n
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                                                      Other Potentials<\/h2>\n

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                                                      • RECORD<\/strong>: In the narrator category, David Attenborough \u2014 who turned 100 in May \u2014 is nominated twice, against himself, for \u201cOcean With David Attenborough\u201d and \u201cA Gorilla Story.\u201d If either wins at the Creative Arts ceremony, he becomes the oldest Emmy winner in history, surpassing Norman Lear and Dick Van Dyke, who each won at 98. It would be his fourth Emmy as a narrator.<\/li>\n
                                                      • RECORD:<\/strong> Fox\u2019s \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d \u2014 a 13th animated program win extends the all-time record for category victories by any show. It pushes Matt Groening\u2019s personal haul to 15.<\/li>\n
                                                      • RECORD:<\/strong> Netflix\u2019s \u201cQueer Eye\u201d \u2014 an eighth-structured reality win extends its own category record, back-to-back.<\/li>\n
                                                      • RECORD:<\/strong> FX\u2019s \u201cWelcome to Wrexham\u201d \u2014 a third unstructured reality win ties \u201cUnited Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell\u201d for the category\u2019s most.<\/li>\n
                                                      • MILESTONE:<\/strong> Dave Porter \u2014 the \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d and \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d composer has never won an Emmy; he\u2019s double-nominated for \u201cPluribus\u201d (score and main title).<\/li>\n
                                                      • MILESTONE:<\/strong> Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl LX halftime show \u2014 a music direction win makes it back-to-back Super Bowls in the category after Kendrick Lamar\u2019s team last year.<\/li>\n
                                                      • FUN FACT:<\/strong> Comedy Central\u2019s \u201cSouth Park\u201d \u2014 a sixth animated win would be its first since 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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