Performers most likely to be nominated:
- Jason Sudeikis for AppleTV+'s Ted Lasso
- Bill Hader for HBO's Barry
- Steve Martin for Hulu's Only Murders in the Building
- Martin Short for Hulu's Only Murders in the Building
- Donald Glover for FX's Atlanta
- Anthony Anderson for ABC's Black-ish
Serious threats who could break through:
- Nicholas Hoult for Hulu's The Great
- Larry David for HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Kayvan Novak and Matt Berry for FX's What We Do In the Shadows
- Don Cheadle for Showtime's Black Monday
- Sam Richardson for AppleTV+'s The Afterparty
- Jeremy Renner for Disney+'s Hawkeye
- Jake Johnson for HBO Max's Minx
- Ricky Gervais for Netflix's After Life
- Rhys Darby for HBO Max's Our Flag Means Death
- Ralph Macchio and William Zabka for Netflix's Cobra Kai
Some considerable long-shots:
- John Cena for HBO Max's Peacemaker
- Dave Burd for FXX's Dave
- Keegan-Michael Key for AppleTV+'s Schmigadoon!
- Utkarsh Ambudkar for CBS' Ghosts
- John Goodman for ABC's The Conners
- D'Pharoah Woon-A-Tai for FX's Reservation Dogs
- Andy Samberg for NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Danny McBridge and John Goodman for HBO's The Righteous Gemstones
- Drew Tarver for HBO Max's The Other Two
- Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken for Amazon's The Outlaws
- Diedrich Bader for FX's Better Things
Colorful oddities who still have an outside chance:
- Kenan Thompson for NBC's Kenan
- Mike Myers for Netflix's The Pentaverate
- Ted Danson for NBC's Mr. Mayor
- Greg Kinnear for Starz's Shining Vale
- Robbie Amell for Amazon's Upload
- Will Arnett for Netflix's Murderville
- Mark Indelicato for Amazon's With Love
- Will Forte for Peacock's MacGruber
- Steve Carell for Netflix's Space Force
- Craig Robinson for Peacock's Killing It
- Josh Gad for Peacock's Wolf Like Me
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt for AppleTV+'s Mr. Corman
The nominations for The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 12.
