2022 Emmy Predictions: The top Limited Series categories

The Television Academy is in the middle of voting for this year’s Emmys, so it’s time to take a look at every category for Limited or Anthology Series.

Hulu is dominating the limited series landscape this season, with popular series’ like Dopesick, The Girl From Plainville, The Dropout and Under the Banner of Heaven. It’s safe to say that Hulu will probably end up with three nominees in the the Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series category, as well as acting, writing and directing nominations for these series. Netflix and HBO will also be competing with HBO having The White Lotus and Scenes From a Marriage, while Netflix’s main priority in these categories will be MAID. The writing and directing categories don’t have a clear frontrunner yet like the acting categories do, which makes it all the more fun to predict what could happen.

All four acting categories seem to have a clear frontrunner at this point: Michael Keaton for Dopesick (lead actor); Amanda Seyfried for The Dropout (lead actress); Murray Bartlett and Jennifer Coolidge for The White Lotus (supporting actor and actress, respectively). This doesn’t mean that the competition is weak, though, as there is still time for any of these races to become less clear on what will happen. With so many limited series competing in these categories, it might be difficult for Emmy voters to pick their favorite.

Here are my predictions for the main categories in Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and TV Movie:

Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series

• Dopesick (Hulu)
• The White Lotus (HBO)
• The Dropout (Hulu)
• Under the Banner of Heaven (FX/Hulu)
• MAID (Netflix)

Outstanding Television Movie

• The Survivor (HBO)
• Fresh (Hulu)
• Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (Roku)
• Single All The Way (Netflix)
• The Valet (Hulu)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Michael Keaton – Dopesick (Hulu)
• Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven (FX/Hulu)
• Oscar Isaac – Scenes From a Marriage (HBO)
• Ben Foster – The Survivor (HBO)
• Colin Firth – The Staircase (HBO Max)
• Sebastian Stan – Pam and Tommy (Hulu)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)
• Margaret Qualley – MAID (Netflix)
• Jessica Chastain – Scenes From a Marriage (HBO)
• Michelle Pfeiffer – The First Lady (Showtime)
• Toni Collette – The Staircase (HBO Max)
• Lily James – Pam and Tommy (Hulu)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus (HBO)
• Naveen Andrews – The Dropout (Hulu)
• Peter Saarsgard – Dopesick (Hulu)
• O-T Fagbenle – The First Lady (Showtime)
• Nick Robinson – MAID (Netflix)
• Sam Worthington – Under the Banner of Heaven (FX/Hulu)
• Jake Lacy – The White Lotus (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus (HBO)
• Kaitlyn Dever – Dopesick (Hulu)
• Andie MacDowell – MAID (Netflix)
• Chloë Sevigney – The Girl from Plainville (Hulu)
• Connie Britton – The White Lotus (HBO)
• Laurie Metcalf – The Dropout (Hulu)
• Ellen Burstyn – The First Lady (Showtime)

Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• “The People vs Purdue Pharma” – Dopesick (Hulu)
• “I’m in a Hurry” – The Dropout (Hulu)
• “Snaps” – MAID (Netflix)
• “When God Was Love” – Under the Banner of Heaven (FX/Hulu)
• “Unbroken Circle” – Station Eleven (HBO Max)
• The White Lotus (HBO)

Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

• “The People vs Purdue Pharma” – Dopesick (Hulu)
• “Green Juice” – The Dropout (Hulu)
• “The Illiterates” – Scenes From a Marriage (HBO)
• “Revelation” – Under the Banner of Heaven (FX/Hulu)
• “Unbroken Circle” – Station Eleven (HBO Max)
• The White Lotus (HBO)

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Tyler is the TV Awards Editor for AwardsWatch and from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He’s been obsessed with movies and the oscars since he was about 14. He enjoys reading, but even more, talking about Amy Adams more and will, at any given moment, bring up her Oscar snub for Arrival. The only thing he spends more time on than watching TV is sitting on Twitter. If you ever want to discuss the movie Carol at length, he’s your guy. You can find Tyler at @wordswithtyler

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