Emmy Predictions 2026 - Who Will Likely Be Nominated for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series?

From June 11 to 22, 2026, voting is taking place for The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. As such, it's fun to look at which actors and shows have the best chances of actually being nominated this year. So, these are my predictions for which performers will be nominated for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Performers most likely to be nominated:

1. Harrison Ford for Apple TV's Shrinking
2. Paul W. Downs for HBO Max's Hacks
3. Ebon Moss-Bachrach for FX's The Bear
4. Nick Offerman for Apple TV's Margo's Got Money Troubles
5. Michael Urie for Apple TV's Shrinking
6. Bowen Yang for NBC's Saturday Night Live
7. Tyler James Williams for ABC's Abbott Elementary

Serious threats that could break through:

1. Stephen Root, Jeff Hiller, Kevin Carroll and Kingston Rumi Southwick for Apple TV's Widow's Bay
2. Colman Domingo, Will Forte and Marco Calvani for Netflix's The Four Seasons
3. Marcello Hernández, Kenan Thompson, James Austin Johnson, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, Colin Jost and Michael Che for NBC's Saturday Night Live
4. Ted McGinley and Luke Tennie for Apple TV's Shrinking
5. Dan Bucatinsky, Tim Bagley, Jack O'Brien and Damian Young for HBO's The Comeback
6. Bobby Cannavale, Christoph Waltz, Richard Kind, Michael Cyril Creighton, Jermaine Fowler and Logan Lerman for Hulu's Only Murders in the Building
7. John C. McGinley and Phil Dunster for HBO's Rooster
8. Timothy Simons for Netflix's Nobody Wants This
9. Michael Angarano and Greg Kinnear for Apple TV's Margo's Got Money Troubles
10. Keith David, Tracy Letts and Kyle MacLachlan for FX's The Lowdown
11. Chris Perfetti and William Stanford Davis for ABC's Abbott Elementary
12. Lionel Boyce and Matty Matheson for FX's The Bear
13. Carl Clemons-Hopkins for HBO Max's Hacks
14. Daniel Radcliffe and Bobby Moynihan for NBC's The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

Some considerable long-shots:

1. Josh Hutcherson and Jordan Firstman for HBO's I Love LA
2. Ben Kingsley and Arian Moayed for Disney+'s Wonder Man
3. Lou Diamond Phillips, James Downey, Will Price and Joseph Tudisco for HBO's The Chair Company
4. Steve Buscemi and Luis Guzmán for Netflix's Wednesday
5. Stephen McKinley Henderson, Max Greenfield and David Strathairn for Netflix's A Man on the Inside
6. Joel Kim Booster, Nat Faxon and Ron Funches for Apple TV's Loot
7. Bryan Cranston for Disney+'s Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair
8. Tony Shalhoub and Jon Tenney for MGM+'s American Classic
9. Ray Romano, Justin Theroux and Drew Tarver for Netflix's Running Point
10. Jack Innanen and Boran Kuzum for Netflix's Big Mistakes
11. Brendan Gleeson, Lamorne Morris, Jack Huston, Andrew Lewis Caldwell and Abraham Popoola for MGM+'s Spider-Noir
12. Oscar Nuñez, Alex Edelman, Melvin Gregg and Tim Key for Peacock's The Paper
13. O-T Fagbenle and Aasif Mandvi for Peacock's The Miniature Wife
14. Steve Zahn, Quentin Blair and Frankie Rodriguez for Hulu's Chad Powers

Colorful oddities that still have an outside chance:

1. Marc Maron and Peter Sager for Apple TV's Stick
2. Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar for Peacock's The 'Burbs
3. Ricky Martin and Josh Lucas for Apple TV's Palm Royale
4. Josh Segarra for FOX's Best Medicine
5. Wendell Pierce for CBS' Elsbeth
6. Dermot Mulroney for Netflix's The Hunting Wives
7. Donald Faison for ABC's Scrubs
8. David Dastmalchian for Apple TV's Murderbot
9. Luke Macfarlane for Apple TV's Platonic
10. Colin Firth, Joseph Fiennes, Dónal Finn and Max Irons for Prime Video's Young Sherlock
11. Josh Lawson and Mekki Leeper for NBC's St. Denis Medical
12. Alex Bonifer, Jerry Hauck, Chris Kula, Rob Lathan, Ryan Perez, Marc-Sully Saint-Fleur and Jim Woods for Prime Video's Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat

The nominations for The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 8. The winners will be awarded in a ceremony broadcast on NBC on Monday, September 14.