2024 Emmy Nomination Predictions - Best Variety Talk and Scripted Series, Competition Program, and Reality Host

Best Variety Talk Series

The Daily Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Show with Steven Colbert

Other Contenders - John Mulaney Presents Everybody's in L.A., Real Time with Bill Maher, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, RuPaul's Drag Race: Pit Stop, Black Girl Stuff, Watch What Happens Live, Hot Ones

Commentary - With the Variety and Reality Categories, it is best to stick with what you know. Why in the world they have not recombined these categories is crazy, but here we are with four nominees in one and two in the other. These four are proven vets in this category, but watch out for John Mulaney who is a perennial favorite with voters. 

Best Variety Scripted Series

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Saturday Night Live

Other Contenders - After Midnight, Painting with John

Commentary - Duh.

Best Competition Program

The Amazing Race

RuPaul's Drag Race

Survivor

Top Chef

The Voice

Other Contenders - The Traitors, Squid Game: The Challenge, Is It Cake?, The Big Nailed It! Baking Challenge, Dancing with the Stars, The Masked Singer, Chopped, American Idol, America Ninja Warrior

Commentary - The Traitors, Squid Game, Is It Cake?, and The Big Nailed It are all intriguing, but I am sticking with the classics.

Best Reality Host

Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Bobby Berk, and Jonathan Van Ness "Queer Eye"

Nicole Byer "The Big Nailed It! Baking Challenge"

RuPaul Charles "RuPaul's Drag Race"

Alan Cumming "The Traitors"

Kristen Kish "Top Chef"

Other Contenders - Gordon Ramsey "Next Level Chef", Jeff Probst "Survivor", Mikey Day "Is It Cake?"

Commentary - Switching Kish for Lakshmi, and adding in Cumming, a popular actor to replace Amy and Maya from last year. Watch out for previous winner Probst, Mikey Day, and Gordon Ramsey.