2018 Emmys: OFFICIAL Episode Submissions for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards
The official episode submissions for the 2018 Primetime Emmy Awards for series and performances are trickling in and you can find them here, updated as they’re announced.
Submissions for all Guest categories were already known from the original nominating ballot and in Limited Series/TV Movie all lead nominees ‘submit’ the entire series or movie. Nominees in supporting that come from a television movie do the same.
Emmy voting ends August 27th at 10pm PST. The Creative Arts Emmys (which will unveil the Guest winners) will be a two-night affair on Saturday, September 8th at 5:00pm and Sunday, September 9th at 4:00pm PST.
The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards will be Monday, September 17th.
You can follow my 2018 Emmy Winner Predictions here.
DRAMA SERIES
The Americans (FX) — “Dead Hand,” “The Great Patriotic War,” “Harvest,” “The Summit,” “Jennings, Elizabeth” and “START”
The Crown (Netflix) — “Beryl,” “Marionettes,” “Matrimonium,” “Dear Mrs. Kennedy,” “Paterfamilias” and “Mystery Man”
Game of Thrones (HBO) — “Stormborn,” “The Queen’s Justice,” “The Spoils of War,” “Eastwatch,” “Beyond the Wall” and “The Dragon and the Wolf”
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) — “June,” “Unwomen,” “Baggage,” “After,” “Smart Power” and “The Last Ceremony”
Stranger Things (Netflix) — “MADMAX,” “Trick or Treat, Freak,” “Will the Wise,” “The Spy,” “The Mind Flayer” and “The Gate”
This Is Us — “A Father’s Advice,” “Number One,” “The Fifth Wheel,” “Super Bowl Sunday,” “The Car” and “The Wedding”
Westworld (HBO) — “Journey Into Night,” “The Riddle of the Sphinx,” “Akane No Mai,” “Kiksuya,” “Vanishing Point” and “The Passenger”
COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta (FX) — “Alligator Man,” “Sportin’ Waves,” “Money Bag Shawty,” “Barbershop,” “Teddy Perkins” and “North of the Border”
Barry (HBO) — “Make Your Mark,” “Commit… To YOU,” “Do Your Job,” “Listen with Your Ears, React with Your Face,” “Loud, Fast and Keep Going” and “Know Your Truth”
Black-ish (ABC) — “Juneteenth,” “Mother Nature,” “First and Last,” “Advance to Go (Collect $200),” “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” and “Blue Valentine”
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) — “Foisted!,” “A Disturbance in the Kitchen,” “Running with the Bulls,” “Never Wait for Seconds!,” “The Shucker” and “Fatwa!”
GLOW (Netflix) — “Pilot,” “Debbie Does Something,” “This is One of Those Moments,” “Live Studio Audience,” “Maybe It’s All the Disco” and “Money’s in the Chase”
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) — “Pilot,” “Ya Shivu v Bolshom Dome Na Kholme,” “Because You Left,” “The Disappointment of the Dionne Quintuplets,” “Put That on Your Plate” and “Thank You and Good Night”
Silicon Valley” — “Chief Operating Officer,” “Tech Evangelist,” “Facial Recognition,” “Artificial Emotional Intelligence,” “Initial Coin Offering” and “Fifty-One Percent”
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) — “Kimmy Is… Little Girl, Big City,” “Kimmy Has a Weekend,” “Party Monster: Scratching the Surface,” “Kimmy Disputes the Paradigm,” “Kimmy and the Beest” and “Kimmy Meets an Old Friend”
LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Claire Foy, The Crown (“Dear Mrs. Kennedy”)
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black (“To Right the Wrongs of Many”)
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale (“The Last Ceremony”)
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve (“I Have a Thing About Bathrooms”)
Keri Russell, The Americans (“The Summit”)
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld (“Reunion”)
LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Bateman, Ozark (“The Toll”)
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us (“Number Three”)
Ed Harris, Westworld (“Vanishing Point”)
Matthew Rhys, The Americans (“Start”)
Milo Ventimiglia, This Is Us (“The Car”)
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld (“The Passenger”)
LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOVIE
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michele Dockery, Godless
Edie Falco, Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers
Regina King, Seven Seconds
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult
LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOVIE
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jeff Daniels, The Looming Tower
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert
Jesse Plemons, USS Callister: Black Mirror
LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Pamela Adlon, Better Things (“Eulogy”)
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (“Thank You and Good Night”)
Allison Janney, Mom (“Phone Confetti and a Wee Dingle”)
Issa Rae, Insecure (“Hella Great”)
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish (“Elder. Scam.”)
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie (“The Home”)
LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (“Advance to Go (Collect $200)”)
Ted Danson, The Good Place (“Dance Dance Resolution”)
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm (“Fatwa!”)
Donald Glover, Atlanta (“Teddy Perkins”)
Bill Hader, Barry (“Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going”)
William H. Macy, Shameless (“Sleepwalking”)
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones (“The Spoils of War”)
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (“The Dragon and the Wolf”)
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland (“Species Jump”)
David Harbour, Stranger Things (“Will the Wise”)
Matt Smith, The Crown (“Mystery Man”)
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale (“First Blood”)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (“The Dragon and the Wolf”)
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things (“The Pollywog”)
Vanessa Kirby, The Crown (“Beryl”)
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale (“Women’s Work”)
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale (“Unwomen”)
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale (“June”)
Thandie Newton, Westworld (“Akane No Mai”)
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta (“Woods”)
Henry Winkler, Barry (“Chapter Four: Commit… to You?”)
Louie Anderson, Baskets (“Thanksgiving”)
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Donald Glover”)
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live (“Host: John Mulaney”)
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (“Thank You and Good Night”)
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (“Kimmy and the Beest”)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta (“Helen”)
Betty Gilpin, GLOW (“Debbie Does Something”)
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne (“No Country for Old Women”)
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Chadwick Boseman”)
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Donald Glover”)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Bill Hader”)
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (“Doink”)
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace (“Rosie’s Quinceañera”)
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Jeff Daniels, Godless (“An Incident at Creede”)
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in Concert (Full Movie)
Ricky Martin, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (“The Man Who Would Be Vogue”)
Edgar Ramírez, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (“Ascent”)
Finn Wittrock, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”)
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower (“9/11”)
John Leguizamo, Waco (“The Strangers Across the Street”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Adina Porter, American Horror Story: Cult (“11/9”)
Letitia Wright, Black Museum: Black Mirror (Full Movie)
Merritt Wever, Godless (“The Ladies of La Belle”)
Sara Bareilles, Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert (Full Movie)
Penélope Cruz, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (“Ascent”)
Judith Light, The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (“A Random Killing”)
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA
F. Murray Abraham, Homeland (“All In”)
Cameron Britton, Mindhunter (“Episode 2”)
Matthew Goode, The Crown (“Matrimonium”)
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us (“A Father’s Advice”)
Gerald McRaney, This Is Us (“The Car”)
Jimmi Simpson, Westworld (“Reunion”)
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Diana Rigg, Game Of Thrones (“The Queen’s Justice”)
Cicely Tyson, How To Get Away With Murder (“I’m Going Away”)
Viola Davis, Scandal (“Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself”)
Kelly Jenrette, The Handmaid’s Tale (“Other Women”
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale (“Baggage”)
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale (After”)
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Wanda Sykes, Black-ish (“Juneteenth”)
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Tina Fey”)
Tiffany Haddish, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Tiffany HAddihs”)
Maya Rudolph, The Good Place (“The Burrito”)
Jane Lynch, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (“Put That On Your Plate!”)
Molly Shannon, Will & Grace (“There’s Something About Larry”)
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Katt Williams, Atlanta (“Alligator Man”)
Sterling K. Brown, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (“The Box”)
Bryan Cranston, Curb Your Enthusiasm (“Running with the Bulls”)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Curb Your Enthusiasm (“Fatwa!”)
Donald Glover, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Donald Glover”)
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live (“Host: Bill Hader”)
REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Ninja Warrior (NBC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
Top Chef (Bravo)
The Voice (NBC)
STRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Antiques Roadshow (PBS)
Fixer Upper (HGTV)
Lip Sync Battle (Paramount Network)
Queer Eye (Netflix)
Shark Tank (ABC)
Who Do You Think You Are? (TLC)
UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Born This Way (A&E)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery Channel)
Intervention (A&E)
Naked And Afraid (Discovery Channel)
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked”(VH1)
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
HOST FOR A REALITY/REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen’s Game Of Games (NBC)
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night (NBC)
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, Project Runway (Lifetime)
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)
W. Kamau Bell, United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell (CNN)
VARIETY TALK SERIES
“Daily Show with Trevor Noah” — February 22, 2018
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” — October 11, 2017
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” — September 21, 2017
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” — July 2, 2017
“Late Late Show with James Corden” — June 6, 2017
“Late Show with Stephen Colbert” — September 25, 2017
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)
VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
“At Home with Amy Sedaris” — “Holidays”
“Drunk History” — “Heroines”
“I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman” — “Episode 1.6”
“Portlandia” — “Riot Spray”
“Saturday Night Live” — “Host: Donald Glover”
“Tracey Ullman’s Show” — “Episode 2.1”
At Home With Amy Sedaris (truTV)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
I Love You America with Sarah Silverman (Hulu)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)
ANIMATED PROGRAM
Baymax Returns (Big Hero 6: The Series) (Disney XD)
Bob’s Burgers (Fox)
Rick And Morty (Adult Swim)
South Park (Comedy Central)
The Simpsons (Fox)
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