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L.A. Times BuzzMeter: Predicting the 2026 Emmy winners

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Swinging with swagger after nailing so many of their nomination predictions in Round 1, the hive mind is back and buzzing with winner predictions in 14 Emmy categories.

This time around, there are several consensus picks our BuzzMeter panel considers slam dunks, but the more curious conversations center around whether the multiple nominees from “The Pitt” might cancel each other out, whether sleeper hit “Widow’s Bay” might scare up enough late momentum to knock off “Hacks” in its final season and the possibility of Matthew Rhys becoming a double winner in major acting categories this year.

All that, the usual grumbling about snubs (“Wonder Man,” “Death by Lightning,” how your absences are lamented by this panel) and the reading of academy viewers’ minds: Behold Round 2 of your 2026 Emmys BuzzMeter!

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