The Small Pictures: 2018 Primetime Emmy Ballot

Tomorrow are the 2018 Emmy nominations so I've once again drafted up my favorites in each category for my own personal ballot. Nobody is asking me, but if they would I'd go with the below picks in all the comedy, drama and movie/miniseries categories. Enjoy!

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES

Better Things

Bojack Horseman
Broad City
Dear White People
The Good Place
High Maintenance
Search Party

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

The Americans

The Deuce
The Good Fight
The Handmaid’s Tale

Killing Eve
Mindhunter
Orange is the New Black

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES/MOVIE

Alias Grace
American Vandal
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
The Sinner
The Tale
Twin Peaks: The Return

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

Maria Bamford, Lady Dynamite

Kristen Bell, The Good Place

Logan Browning, Dear White People

Justina Machado, One Day At A Time

Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

Alia Shawkat, Search Party

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Anthony Anderson, Black-ish

Ted Danson, The Good Place

Will Forte, The Last Man On Earth

Donald Glover, Atlanta

Bill Hader, Barry

Ben Sinclair, High Maintenance

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Christine Baranski, The Good Fight

Jodie Comer, Killing Eve

Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black

Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale

Sandra Oh, Killing Eve

Keri Russell, The Americans

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us

Jonathan Groff, Mindhunter

Rami Malek, Mr. Robot

Holt McCallany, Mindhunter

Matthew Rhys, The Americans

Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Hayley Atwell, Howards End

Jessica Biel, The Sinner

Laura Dern, The Tale

Anna Friel, The Girlfriend Experience

Sarah Gadon, Alias Grace

Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake: China Girl

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Jared Harris, The Terror
Garrett Hedlund, Mosaic
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return
Jimmy Tatro, American Vandal

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

D’Arcy Carden, The Good Place

Meredith Hagner, Search Party

Rita Moreno, One Day At A Time

Andrea Navedo, Jane the Virgin

Rosie O’Donnell, SMILF

Nicole Richie, Great News

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY

Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Jaime Camil, Jane the Virgin
John Early, Search Party
William Jackson Harper, The Good Place
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Fred Melamed, Lady Dynamite

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Danielle Brooks, Orange is the New Black

Cush Jumbo, The Good Fight

Thandie Newton, Westworld

Sarah Steele, The Good Fight

Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Holly Taylor, The Americans

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Kim Bodnia, Killing Eve
Noah Emmerich, The Americans
Joseph Fiennes, The Handmaid’s Tale
Jordan Gavaris, Orphan Black
Delroy Lindo, The Good Fight
Zahn McClarnon, Westworld

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Elizabeth Debicki, The Tale
Laura Dern, Twin Peaks: The Return
Sheryl Lee, Twin Peaks: The Return
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Naomi Watts, Twin Peaks: The Return
Grace Zabriskie, Twin Peaks: The Return

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Eamon Farren, Twin Peaks: The Return

Cody Fern, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Miguel Ferrer, Twin Peaks: The Return
Alex Lawther, Howards End
Tahar Rahim, The Looming Tower
Jason Ritter, The Tale

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY

“Ruthie,” Bojack Horseman

“Time’s Arrow,” Bojack Horseman
“Dance Dance Resolution,” The Good Place
“Globo,” High Maintenance
“Not Yet,” One Day At A Time
“Murder,” Search Party

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA

“Jennings, Elizabeth,” The Americans

“START,” The Americans
“Pilot,” The Deuce
“Day 492,” The Good Fight
“June,” The Handmaid’s Tale
“Nice Face,” Killing Eve

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Alias Grace

American Vandal
“House By The Lake,” The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Howards End
The Tale
Twin Peaks: The Return

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY

“Teddy Perkins,” Atlanta (dir. Hiro Murai)

“Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going,” Barry (dir. Alec Berg)
“Eulogy,” Better Things (dir. Pamela Adlon)
“Witches,” Broad City (dir. Abbi Jacobson)
“Chapter IV,” Dear White People (dir. Kimberly Peirce)
“Run, Bridgette, Run or Forty-Eight Burnt Cupcakes & Graveyard Rum,“ SMILF (dir. Amy York Rubin)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA

“The Great Patriotic War,” The Americans (dir. Thomas Schlamme)

“START,” The Americans (dir. Chris Long)

“Holly,” The Handmaid’s Tale (dir. Daina Reid)

“Don’t I Know You,” Killing Eve (dir. Jon East)

“Episode 1,” Mindhunter (dir. David Fincher)

“Riot FOMO,” Orange is the New Black (dir. Andrew McCarthy)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES/MOVIE

Alias Grace (dir. Mary Harron)
“Admitting,” The Girlfriend Experience (dir. Amy Seimetz)
“Part I,” The Sinner (dir. Antonio Campos)
The Tale (dir. Jennifer Fox)
Twin Peaks: The Return (dir. David Lynch)
“Who’s Your Daddy,” Top of the Lake: China Girl (dir. Jane Campion)

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY

Fran Drescher, Broad City
Susie Essman, Broad City
Maribeth Monroe, The Good Place
Busy Phillips, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Saoirse Ronan, Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig, The Last Man On Earth

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA

Jodi Balfour, The Crown

Cameron Britton, Mindhunter
Rinko Kikuchi, Westworld
Andrea Martin, The Good Fight
Margo Martindale, The Good Fight
Marisa Tomei, The Handmaid’s Tale

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY