Nominations for the 70th Annual Emmy Awards, honoring the best of the best in television from the past year, are set to be unveiled the morning of July 12. HBO's juggernaut Game of Thrones took a year off from last year's awards (after not airing its seventh season in time for consideration), so it's hoping to roar back into contention this time, while reigning Best Comedy champ Veep will be the one to step aside as we wait for its final season. 2018 will be voters' last chance to award some unrewarded shows and performers like FX's The Americans (my fave) and The Crown's Claire Foy, but it will also be their first chance to award potential new favorites like BBC America's Killing Eve or Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. One never really knows which direction Emmy voters will swerve in - hell, this year they even have the option to dip back into old favorites thought once finished (hey, Will & Grace!) or long dormant (Curb Your Enthusiasm) - but read on for my last-minute, foolhardy predictions of which way they'll go in 16 of the top categories.

DRAMA

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu)
This Is Us (NBC)
The Crown (Netflix)
Westworld (HBO)
The Americans (FX)
Stranger Things (Netflix)

Alternates: Killing Eve (BBC America), Ozark (Netflix), Homeland (Showtime)
I'm Rooting For: The Americans (FX)

Last year saw five freshmen series enter this field, and I suspect all five will return (though I'd say Stranger Things or even Westworld are the shakiest of those five). The other two programs that rounded out this group last year did not air new episodes within the eligibility period (Better Call Saul and House of Cards), which, in theory, would open up two slots - but obviously one will be filled by two-time champ Game of Thrones. The last spot could go to a new series (Killing Eve seems to have the current momentum), but I'm guessing (and praying) that The Americans re-enters the lineup for its near perfect conclusion to one of TV's best shows ever.

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)

Alternates: Jason Bateman (Ozark), Kit Harington (Game of Thrones), J.K. Simmons (Counterpart), Ed Harris (Westworld)
I'm Rooting For: Matthew Rhys (The Americans)

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)
Claire Foy (The Crown)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
Mandy Moore (This Is Us)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)

Alternates: Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Laura Linney (Ozark), Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder), Claire Danes (Homeland)
I'm Rooting For: Keri Russell (The Americans)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Justin Hartley (This Is Us)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid's Tale)

Alternates: Anthony Hopkins (Westworld), Jon Voight (Ray Donovan), Noah Emmerich (The Americans), Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Zahn McClarnon (Westworld)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid's Tale)
Vanessa Kirby (The Crown)

Alternates: Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid's Tale), Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)
I'm Rooting For: Vanessa Kirby (The Crown)

COMEDY

BEST COMEDY SERIES

Atlanta (FX)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
black-ish (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Barry (HBO)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
GLOW (Netflix)

Alternates: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), Will & Grace (NBC), Modern Family (ABC), The Good Place (NBC)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: High Maintenance (HBO)

With Veep out of the way and enthusiasm fading for previous nominees Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Modern Family (which has been nominated for each of its first eight seasons), there's room for some major shake-ups in this category. Maisel seems like the strongest of the new comedies, but I suspect there's also room for both Barry and GLOW alongside perennial nominees like Silicon Valley, black-ish, or Curb Your Enthusiasm. The biggest question mark for me will be to see just how much voters embrace the rebooted Will & Grace - a former winner here in 2000.

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Donald Glover (Atlanta)
Anthony Anderson (black-ish)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Bill Hader (Barry)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Eric McCormack (Will & Grace)

Alternates: Zack Galifianakis (Baskets), Ted Danson (The Good Place), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Tracee Ellis Ross (black-ish)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Alison Brie (GLOW)
Lily Tomlin (Grace & Frankie)
Jane Fonda (Grace & Frankie)

Alternates: Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Pamela Adlon (Better Things), Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Issa Rae (Insecure)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Alia Shawkat (Search Party)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Sean Hayes (Will & Grace)
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta)
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Henry Winkler (Barry)

Alternates: Marc Maron (GLOW), Alec Baldwin (SNL), Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta), Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Zach Woods (Silicon Valley)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Megan Mullally (Will & Grace)
Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne)
Betty Gilpin (GLOW)
Jessica Walter (Arrested Development)

Alternates: Leslie Jones (SNL), Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place)
Underdog I'm Rooting For: Judith Light (Transparent)

LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE

BEST LIMITED SERIES

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)
Godless (Netflix)
The Looming Tower (Hulu)
Howard's End (Starz)
Twin Peaks (Showtime)

Alternates: Top of the Lake: China Girl (Sundance), Genius: Picasso (NatGeo), American Vandal (Netflix), Patrick Melrose (Showtime)

BEST TV MOVIE

Black Mirror: USS Callister (Netflix)
The Tale (HBO)
Paterno (HBO)
Flint (Lifetime)
Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)

Alternates: The Child in Time (PBS), Electric Dreams: The Commuter (Amazon)

BEST ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace)
Al Pacino (Paterno)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Patrick Melrose)
Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks)
Jeff Daniels (The Looming Tower)
Antonio Banderas (Genius: Picasso)

Alternates: Michael B. Jordan (Fahrenheit 451), John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar), Evan Peters (American Horror Story: Cult), Jack O'Connell (Godless)

BEST ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Laura Dern (The Tale)
Jessica Biel (The Sinner)
Michelle Dockery (Godless)
Hayley Atwell (Howard's End)
Elisabeth Moss (Top of the Lake: China Girl)
Edie Falco (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders)

Alternates: Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Cult), Regina King (Seven Seconds), Sarah Gadon (Alias Grace), Cristin Milioti (Black Mirror: USS Callister)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace)
Jeff Daniels (Godless)
Michael Shannon (Fahrenheit 451)
Michael Stuhlbarg (The Looming Tower)
Brandon Victor Dixon (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Ricky Martin (The Assassination of Gianni Versace)

Alternates: Bill Camp (The Looming Tower), Peter Sarsgaard (The Looming Tower), Tahar Rahim (The Looming Tower), Cody Fern (The Assassination of Gianni Versace)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TV MOVIE/MINISERIES

Penelope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace)
Nicole Kidman (Top of the Lake: China Girl)
Judith Light (The Assassination of Gianni Versace)
Merritt Wever (Godless)
Angela Lansbury (Little Women)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Patrick Melrose)

Alternates: Laura Dern (Twin Peaks), Ellen Burstyn (The Tale), Sharon Stone (Mosaic), Naomi Watts (Twin Peaks)

Nominations will be announced live here and on various television networks at 11:30am ET by Samira Wiley and Ryan Eggold. The 70th Annual Emmy Awards will be broadcast by NBC on Monday, September 17th.