2016 Emmy Contenders: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

2016 Contenders
Tony Hale "Veep"
Tituss Burgess "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
Ty Burrell "Modern Family"
Adam Driver "Girls"
Andre Braugher "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Keegan Michael-Key "Key and Peele"
Jordan Peele "Key and Peele"
Fred Armisen "Portlandia"
T.J. Miller "Silicon Valley"
Josh Brener "Silicon Valley"
Zach Woods "Silicon Valley"
Kumail Nanjiani "Silicon Valley"
Martin Starr "Silicon Valley"
Hugh Laurie "Veep"
Matt Walsh "Veep"
Reid Scott "Veep"
Timothy Simons "Veep"
Kevin Dunn "Veep"
Gary Cole "Veep"
Sam Richardson "Veep"
Laurence Fishburne "black-ish"
Miles Brown "black-ish"
Marcus Scribner "black-ish"
Ed O'Neill "Modern Family"
Jesse Tyler Ferguson "Modern Family"
Eric Stonestreet "Modern Family"
Rico Rodriguez "Modern Family"
Nolan Gould "Modern Family"
Joe Lo Truglio "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Terry Crews "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Dirk Blocker "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Joel McKinnon Miller "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
Louie Anderson "Baskets"
Malcolm McDowell "Mozart in the Jungle"
Andrew Rannells "Girls"
Alex Karpovsky "Girls"
Sam Elliott "The Ranch"
Jay Duplass "Transparent"
James Brolin "Life in Pieces"
Colin Hanks "Life in Pieces"
Thomas Sadoski "Life in Pieces"
Dan Bakkedahl "Life in Pieces"
Niall Cunningham "Life in Pieces"
David Alan Grier "The Carmichael Show"
Mel Rodriguez "Getting On"
Noah Galvin "The Real O'Neals"
Jay R. Ferguson "The Real O'Neals"
Matt Shively "The Real O'Neals"
Justin Baldoni "Jane the Virgin"
Jaime Camil "Jane the Virgin"
Brett Dier "Jane the Virgin"
Mark Duplass "Transparent"
Steve Zissis "Transparent"
Taran Killam "Saturday Night Live"
Kenan Thompson "Saturday Night Live"
Beck Bennett "Saturday Night Live"
Jay Pharoah "Saturday Night Live"
Bobby Moynihan "Saturday Night Live"
Kyle Mooney "Saturday Night Live"
Pete Davidson "Saturday Night Live"
Jon Rudnitsky "Saturday Night Live"
Sam Waterston "Grace and Frankie"
Martin Sheen "Grace and Frankie"
Paul Rudd "Wet Hot American Summer"
Bradley Cooper "Wet Hot American Summer"
Michael Ian Black "Wet Hot American Summer"
Jason Schwartzman "Wet Hot American Summer"
Michael Showalter "Wet Hot American Summer"
Desmin Borges "You're the Worst"
Jeremy Allen White "Shameless"
Cameron Monaghan "Shameless"

Commentary - All six nominees from last year are returning, and throw in previous nominees like the rest of the Modern Family guys, and Fred Armisen. There are some newer contenders like Louie Anderson, David Alan Grier, the guys from The Real O'Neals, Life in Pieces, Malcolm McDowell, Sam Elliot, and the crazy popular cast of Wet Hot American Summer, but I'm not sure any of those shows are going to be the Emmy voters' radars, let alone the casts and crews. Then there are the additions from other casts to the nominees. Can any of the other guys from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, Girls or Peele make the cut? What about one or more of the guys from SNL, Jane the Virgin, Shameless, Silicon Valley, black-ish, or Grace and Frankie? At this early stage I am confident to say that a lot of last year's nominees will return, but as we know, there is usually always one surprise.