One pretty sure bet is HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, which has been nominated every year it's been eligible since 2002.

New Contenders: With the freshman class of comedies not exactly burning the house down, expect the rest of the Comedy Series category to dip back into some old faves. Another show that aired its final episode this season, The Good Place, is also looking to make it back into the Emmy race. The show went out on such a high note that many are expecting it to make the jump from Emmy nominee to winner. Maisel and Pop's Schitt's Creek, whose final season coincided with the show's peak pop culture relevance. Returning 2019 Nominees: The two returning nominees expected to battle it out for this year's top comedy prize are Amazon Prime's The Marvelous Mrs. Combined with the fact that Barry and Russian Doll hav yet to air new seasons, that puts a big hole in most of this year's major comedy categories. Ineligible 2019 Nominees: Last year's champion Fleabag ended after two seasons, while Veep ended after seven seasons. This past TV season wasn't nearly as packed with new Emmy-contending comedies, but with the Outstanding Comedy Series expanding to eight nominees, there's going to be room for either some first-time nominees or a few old Emmy faves to re-enter the scene. That wasn't the year's only upset in the Comedy categories, with shows like Russian Doll, Schitt's Creek, and Dead to Me asserting themselves for the first time, while HBO's Barry stepped up to join The Marvelous Mrs. Last year's Emmy Awards surprised prognosticators with voters bypassing longtime Emmy favorite Veep (then in its farewell run at eligibility) and instead swinging in a big way towards Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, which took four major wins, including Outstanding Comedy series. Who's poised to get a nod when the TV Academy announces its nominees on July 28th? Yesterday he looked at the favorites in the Limited Series category. Today: Comedy Series. This week Joe will be looking at the top contenders in each of the major categories at this year's 72nd Annual Emmy Awards. He's also an awards expert and one half of the popular podcast, This Had Oscar Buzz. Joe Reid isn't just Primetimer's managing editor.

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