Nominations for the 69th Annual Emmy Awards, honoring the best of the best in television from the past year, will be announced tomorrow, July 13th. With HBO's juggernaut Game of Thrones ineligible (it didn't air new episodes within the June-May window) and a number of much-buzzed first year series looking likely to break through, there may be a healthy amount of surprises among the nominees. Though this is the Emmys, so maybe not. I'll be cheering loudly for The Leftovers and Westworld on the Drama side, all things Big Little Lies in the Limited Series categories, and Carrie Coon times two. Below are my last-minute predictions in 16 of the top categories.

DRAMA

BEST DRAMA SERIES

The Crown (Netflix)
This Is Us (NBC)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
The Americans (FX)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Westworld (HBO)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)

Alternates: House of Cards (Netflix), The Leftovers (HBO), Homeland (Showtime), Orange is the New Black (Netflix)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: The Leftovers (HBO)

Two-time reigning champ Game of Thrones and the late Downton Abbey are out of the running, but there are no less than FIVE brand new shows hoping to take their place. Better Call Saul seems certain to repeat, and all my fingers are crossed that the major nominations The Americans received last year were not a fluke (despite a fairly lackluster season, it remains one of TV's best). I'm betting all five freshmen series make the cut, which would leave perennial nominees like House of Cards and Homeland on the outside looking in.

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Rami Malek (Mr. Robot)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)

Alternates: Anthony Hopkins (Westworld), Kyle Chandler (Bloodline), Justin Theroux (The Leftovers), Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Justin Theroux (The Leftovers)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Claire Foy (The Crown)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)

Alternates: Carrie Coon (The Leftovers), Claire Danes (Homeland), Christine Baranski (The Good Fight), Mandy Moore (This Is Us)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Carrie Coon (The Leftovers)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

John Lithgow (The Crown)
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Ed Harris (Westworld)
Jared Harris (The Crown)

Alternates: Michael McKean (Better Call Saul), Jon Voight (Ray Donovan), Michael Kelly (House of Cards), David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Winona Ryder (Stranger Things)
Vera Farmiga (Bates Motel)
Vanessa Kirby (The Crown)

Alternates: Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black), Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale), Maura Tierney (The Affair), Margo Martindale (The Americans)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Amy Brenneman (The Leftovers)

COMEDY

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Veep (HBO)
black-ish (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Atlanta (FX)
Transparent (Amazon)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)

Alternates: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), Girls (HBO), Insecure (HBO), Better Things (FX)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Girls (HBO)

Unlike Drama Series, all seven of last year's nominees are again eligible here. The lone new series that stands a chance at breaking in looks to be FX's Atlanta. I'm predicting it pushes out Netflix's quirky Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but it's possible that five-time winner Modern Family gets snubbed after seven consecutive nominations.

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Anthony Anderson (black-ish)
Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
William H. Macy (Shameless)

Alternates: Ted Danson (The Good Place), Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Hank Azaria (Brockmire)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Rob Delaney (Catastrophe)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish)
Lily Tomlin (Grace & Frankie)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Jane Fonda (Grace & Frankie)

Alternates: Issa Rae (Insecure), Lena Dunham (Girls), Sarah Jessica Parker (Divorce), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Lena Dunham (Girls)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Matt Walsh (Veep)

Alternates: Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta), Timothy Simons (Veep), Laurence Fishburne (black-ish)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Zach Woods (Silicon Valley)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Judith Light (Transparent)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time)
Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent)
Andrea Martin (Great News)

Alternates: Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Allison Williams (Girls)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Kathryn Hahn (Transparent)

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

BEST LIMITED SERIES

Big Little Lies (HBO)
The Night Of (HBO)
Feud: Bette & Joan (FX)
Fargo (FX)
American Crime (ABC)

Alternates: The Young Pope (HBO), Genius (National Geographic), When We Rise (ABC)

BEST TV MOVIE

The Wizard of Lies (HBO)
Sherlock: The Lying Detective (PBS)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Churchill's Secret (PBS)

Alternates: Killing Reagan (National Geographic), Custody (Lifetime)

BEST ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Robert DeNiro (The Wizard of Lies)
Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)
John Turturro (The Night Of)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)

Alternates: Jude Law (The Young Pope), Michael Gambon (Churchill's Secret), Timothy Hutton (American Crime), Toby Jones (Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution)

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette & Joan)
Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette & Joan)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
Carrie Coon (Fargo)
Oprah Winfrey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)

Alternates: Felicity Huffman (American Crime), Bryce Dallas Howard (Black Mirror), Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Stanley Tucci (Feud: Bette & Joan)
Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette & Joan)
Alexander Skarsgaard (Big Little Lies)
David Thewlis (Fargo)
Martin Freeman (Sherlock: The Lying Detective)
Michael Stuhlbarg (Fargo)

Alternates: Hank Azaria (The Wizard of Lies), Reg E. Cathey (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), James Cromwell (The Young Pope), David Hyde Pierce (When We Rise)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Judy Davis (Feud: Bette & Joan)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)
Regina King (American Crime)
Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Fargo)

Alternates: Kathy Bates (American Horror Story: Roanoke), Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Roanoke), Jackie Hoffman (Feud: Bette & Joan), Jennifer Hudson (Hairspray! Live)

Nominations will be announced live here and on various television networks at 11:30am ET by Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore. The 69th Annual Emmy Awards will be broadcast by CBS on Sunday, September 17th.