The official episode submissions for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards for Drama and Comedy Series and performances are trickling in and you can find them here, updated as they’re announced. Bookmark this page to keep up with the additions.
Drama and Comedy Series’ submit their best six episodes for consideration. With the final season of Game of Thrones being only six episodes (as well as the first season of Bodyguard and the second season of Fleabag), we know by default their official submissions.
Submissions for all Guest Acting categories were already known from the original nominating ballot and in Limited Series/TV Movie all lead nominees ‘submit’ the entire series or movie or a supporting performance nominated from a TV Movie won’t be listed below. Nominees in supporting that come from a Limited Series will submit an episode or chapter.
Emmy winner voting begins Thursday, August 15h and ends Thursday, August 29th at 10pm PST. The Creative Arts Emmys (which will unveil the Reality Host and Guest Acting winners) will be a two-night affair on Saturday, September 14th at 5:00pm and Sunday, September 15th at 4:00pm PST. The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards will be Sunday, September 22nd.
Drama Series
- Better Call Saul (AMC) – “Smoke” “Breathe” “Something Stupid” “Coushatta” “Wiedersehen” “Winner”
- Bodyguard (Netflix) – “Episode 1.1” “Episode 1.2” “Episode 1.3” “Episode 1.4” “Episode 1.5” “Episode 1.6”
- Game of Thrones (HBO) – “Winterfell” “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” “The Long Night” “The Last of the Starks” “The Bells” “The Iron Throne”
- Killing Eve (AMC/BBC America) – “Do You Know How to Dispose of a Body?” “Nice and Neat” “The Hungry Caterpillar” “Desperate Times” “Wide Awake” “You’re Mine”
- Ozark (Netflix) – “Reparations” “The Precious Blood of Jesus” “Outer Darkness” “One Way Out” “The Badger” “The Gold Coast”
- Pose (FX) – “Pilot” “Access” “Giving and Receiving” “The Fever” “Love Is the Message” “Mother of the Year”
- Succession (HBO) – “Celebration” “Which Side Are You On” “Austerlitz” “Prague” “Pre-Nuptial” “Nobody Is Ever Missing”
- This Is Us (NBC) – “Vietnam” “Sometimes” “Our Little Island Girl” “Songbird: Part One” “Waiting Room” “R&B”
Comedy Series
- Barry (HBO) – “The Show Must Go On” “What?!” “ronny/lily” “The Truth Has a Ring to It” “The Audition” “berkman>block”
- Fleabag (Amazon Prime) – “Episode 2.1” “Episode 2.2” “Episode 2.3” “Episode 2.4” “Episode 2.5” “Episode 2.6”
- The Good Place (NBC) – “Everything Is Bonzer, Part 1” “Everything Is Bonzer, Part 2” “Jeremy Bearimy” “Don’t Let the Good Life Pass You By” “Janet(s)” “Pandemonium”
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) – “Simone” “We’re Going to the Catskills” “Midnight at the Concord” “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” “Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy” “All Alone”
- Russian Doll (Netflix) – “Nothing in This World is Easy” “The Great Escape” “A Warm Body” “Alan’s Routine” “The Way Out” “Ariadne”
- Schitt’s Creek (Pop) – “The Crowening” “Love Letters” “Rock On!” “Meet the Parents” “The Hike” “Cabaret”
- Veep (HBO) – “Iowa” “Pledge” “South Carolina” “Super Tuesday” “Oslo” “Veep”
Lead Actor in a Drama Series
- Jason Bateman, Ozark (Netflix) – “Reparations”
- Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (NBC) – “R&B”
- Kit Harington, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Iron Throne”
- Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC) – “Winner”
- Billy Porter, Pose (FX) – “Love is the Message”
- Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us (NBC) – “Sometimes”
Lead Actress in a Drama Series
- Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Last of the Starks”
- Jodie Comer, Killing Eve (BBC) – “I Hope You Like Missionary”
- Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder (ABC) – “He Betrayed Us Both”
- Laura Linney, Ozark (Netflix) – “One Way Out”
- Mandy Moore, This Is Us (NBC) – “The Graduates”
- Sandra Oh, Killing Eve (BBC) – “You’re Mine”
- Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix) – “Chapter 70”
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
- Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
- Julia Garner, Ozark (Netflix) – “Gold Coast”
- Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Bells”
- Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve (BBC) – “Nice and Neat”
- Sophie Turner, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “Winterfell”
- Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Long Night”
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
- Alfie Allen, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Long Night”
- Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC) – “Winner”
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
- Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Iron Throne”
- Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul (AMC) – “Pinata”
- Michael Kelly, House of Cards (Netflix) – “Chapter 73”
- Chris Sullivan, This Is Us (NBC) – “Toby”
Guest Actor in a Drama Series
- Michael Angarano, This Is Us (NBC) – “Songbird Road: Part One”
- Michael McKean, Better Call Saul (AMC) – “Winner”
- Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us (NBC) – “A Philadelphia Story”
- Kumail Nanjiani, The Twilight Zone (CBS All Access) – “The Comedian”
- Glynn Turman, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) – “It Was the Worst Day of My Life”
- Bradley Whitford, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) – “Postpartum”
Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black (Netflix) – “Well This Took a Dark Turn”
- Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) – “Holly”
- Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Apocalypse (FX) – “Return to Murder House”
- Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us (NBC) – “My Little Island Girl”
- Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) – “Where Are Your Parents?”
- Carice van Houten, Game of Thrones (HBO) – “The Long Night”
Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
- Anthony Anderson, black-ish (ABC) – “Purple Rain”
- Don Cheadle, Black Monday (TBS) – “365 – Pilot”
- Ted Danson, The Good Place (NBC) – “The Worst Possible Use of Free Will”
- Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method (Netflix) – “An Actor Avoids”
- Bill Hader, Barry (HBO) – “The Truth Has a Ring to It”
- Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek (POP) – “Rock On!”
Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
- Christina Applegate, Dead to Me (Netflix) – “I’ve Got to Get Away”
- Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – “Midnight at the Concord”
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO) – “Veep”
- Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll (Netflix) – “Nothing in This World Is Easy”
- Catherine O’Hara, Schitt’s Creek (POP) – “The Crowening”
- Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag (Amazon) – “Episode 2.1”
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
- Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – “Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy”
- Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO) – “Pledge”
- Sian Clifford, Fleabag (Amazon) – “Episode 2.3”
- Olivia Colman, Fleabag (Amazon) – “Episode 2.4”
- Betty Gilpin, GLOW (Netflix) – “Mother of All Matches”
- Sarah Goldberg, Barry (HBO) – “The Audition”
- Marin Hinkle, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – “Simone”
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: Liev Schreiber”
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method (Netflix) – “An Agent Grieves”
- Anthony Carrigan, Barry (HBO) – “Past = Present x Future Over Yesterday”
- Tony Hale, Veep (HBO) – “Veep”
- Stephen Root, Barry (HBO) – “berkman > block”
- Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – “We’re Going to the Catskills”
- Henry Winkler, Barry (HBO) – “What?!”
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
- Matt Damon, Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: Matt Damon”
- Robert De Niro, Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: Sandra Oh”
- Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – “All Alone”
- Peter MacNicol, Veep (HBO) – “Oslo”
- John Mulaney, Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: John Mulaney”
- Adam Sandler, Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: Adam Sandler”
- Rufus Sewell, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – “Look, She Made a Hat”
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
- Jane Lynch, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) – “Vote for Kennedy, Vote for Kennedy”
- Sandra Oh, Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: Sandra Oh”
- Maya Rudolph, The Good Place (NBC) – “Chidi Sees the Time-Knife”
- Fiona Shaw, Fleabag (Amazon) – “Episode 2”
- Kristin Scott Thomas, Fleabag (amazon) – “Episode 3”
- Emma Thompson, Saturday Night Live (NBC) – “Host: Emma Thompson”
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
- Asante Blackk, When They See Us (Netflix) – “Part One”
- Paul Dano, Escape at Dannemora (Showtime) – “Part 7”
- John Leguizamo, When They See Us (Netflix) – “Part Three”
- Stellan Skarsgard, Chernobyl (HBO) – “Please Remain Calm”
- Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal (Amazon) – “Episode 3”
- Michael Kenneth Williams, When They See Us (Netflix) – “Part One”
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
- Patricia Arquette, The Act (Hulu) – “The Teeth – Part 2”
- Marsha Stephanie Blake, When They See Us (Netflix) – “Part Three”
- Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects (HBO) – “Closer – Part 5”
- Vera Farmiga, When They See Us (Netflix) – “Part Two”
- Margaret Qualley, Fosse/Verdon (FX) – “Where Am I Going? – Part 5”
- Emily Watson, Chernobyl (HBO) – “Open Wide, O Earth – Part 3”
Reality/Competition Program
- The Amazing Race (CBS) – “Who Wants a Rolex?”
- American Ninja Warrior (NBC) – “Seattle/Tacoma City Qualifiers”
- Nailed It (Netflix) – “3, 2, 1… Ya Not Done”
- RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) – “Whatcha Unpackin’?”
- Top Chef (Bravo) – “The Greatest”
- The Voice (NBC) – “Blind Auditions Premiere Night 1, Season 16”
Reality/Competition Host
- Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen’s Game of Games (NBC) – “Air Force One Eyed Monster”
- RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) – “Whatcha Unpackin’?”
- James Corden, The World’s Best (CBS) – “Episode 1.1”
- Marie Kondo, Tidying Up with Marie Condo (Netflix) – “Sparking Joy After a Loss”
- Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, Making It (NBC) – “Meet Your Makers”
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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