Todos os anos, os atores e atrizes indicados ao Emmy precisam escolher um episódio, no qual eles acreditam que entregaram a melhor performance da temporada. Será com base no episódio escolhido que os votantes do Emmy elegerão os vencedores. O site Gold Derby divulgou a lista das submissões na premiação desse ano, e aqui está a lista completa:
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep (“Election Night”)
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie (“I Say a Little Prayer”)
Lisa Kudrow – The Comeback (“Valerie is Taken Seriously”)
Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation (“One Last Ride”)
Amy Schumer – Inside Amy Schumer (“Cool With It”)
Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie (“The Vows”)
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Louis C.K. – Louie (“Bobby’s House”)
Don Cheadle – House of Lies (“It’s a Box Inside a Box”)
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent (“The Letting Go”)
Anthony Anderson – Black-ish (“Sex, Lies and Vasectomies”)
Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth (“Alive in Tucson”)
Matt LeBlanc – Episodes (“Episode 405”)
William H. Macy – Shameless (“A Night to Remem – Wait, What?”)
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Niecy Nash – Getting On (“The 7th Annual Christmas Card Competition”)
Julie Bowen – Modern Family (“Valentine’s Day 4: Twisted Sister”)
Alison Janney – Mom (“Dropped Soap and a Big Guy on a Throne”)
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live (Host: Taraji P. Henson”)
Mayim Bialik – The Big Bang Theory (“The Prom Equivalency”)
Gaby Hoffman – Transparent (“Rollin”)
Jane Krakowski – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (“Kimmy Gets a Job”)
Anna Chlumsky – Veep (“Convention”)
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Andre Braugher – Brooklyn Nine-Nine (“Mole”)
Adam Driver – Girls (“Close-Up”)
Ty Burell – Modern Family (“Crying Out Loud”)
Tituss Burgess – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (“Kimmy Goes to School!”)
Tony Hale – Veep (“East Wing”)
Keegan-Michael Key – Key & Peele (“Sex Detective”)
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Gaby Hoffman – Girls (“Home Birth”)
Pamela Adlon – Louie (“Bobby’s House”)
Elizabeth Banks – Modern Family (“Fight or Flight”)
Joan Cusack – Shameless (“Milk of the Gold”)
Christine Baranski – The Big Bang Theory (“The Maternal Combustion”)
Tina Fey – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (“Kimmy Goes to Court”)
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Paul Giamatti – Inside Amy Schumer (“12 Angry Men”)
Bill Hader – Saturday Night Live (“Host: Bill Hader”)
Louis C.K. – Saturday Night Live (“Host: Louis C.K”)
Mel Brooks – The Comedians (“Celebrity Guest”)
Bradley Withford – Transparent (“Best New Girl”)
Jon Hamm – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (“Kimmy Makes Waffles”)
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Claire Danes – Homeland (“From A to B and Back Again”)
Viola Davis – How to Get Away with Murder (“Freakin’ Whack-a-Mole”)
Taraji P. Henson – Empire (“Pilot”)
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black (“Certain Agony of the Battlefield”)
Elisabeth Moss – Mad Men (“Person to Person”)
Robin Wright – House of Cards (“Chapter 32”)
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Jon Hamm – Mad Men (“Person to Person”)
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards (“Chapter 32”)
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (“Pimento”)
Jeff Daniels – The Newsroom (“What Kind of Day Has It Been”)
Kyle Chandler – Bloodline (“Part 12”)
Liev Schrieber – Ray Donovan (“Walk This Way”)
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Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey (“Episode 5.08”)
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones (“Mother’s Mercy”)
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones (“The Dance of Dragons”)
Christina Hendricks – Mad Men (“Lost Horizon”)
Uzo Aduba – Orange is the New Black (“Hugs Can Be Deceiving”)
Christine Baranski – The Good Wife (“Loser Edit”)
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Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul (“Five-0”)
Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline (Part 12)
Jim Carter – Downton Abbey (“Episode 5.09”)
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones (“Hardhome”)
Michael Kelly – House of Cards (Chapter 27)
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife (“Undisclosed Recipients”)
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Diana Rigg – Game of Thrones (“The Gift”)
Rachel Brosnahan – House of Cards (“Chapter 39”)
Cicely Tyson – How to Get Away with Murder (“Mama’s Here Now”)
Allison Janney – Masters of Sex (“Parallax”)
Khandi Alexander – Scandal (“Where the Sun Don’t Shine”)
Margo Martindale – The Americans (“I Am Abassin Zadran”)
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F. Murray Abraham – Homeland (“Long Time Coming”)
Reg E. Cathey – House of Cards (“Chapter 34”)
Beau Bridges – Masters of Sex (“Parallax”)
Pablo Schreiber – Orange is the New Black (“40 Oz. of Furlough”)
Alan Alda – The Blacklist (“The Decembrist”)
Michael J. Fox – The Good Wife (“Red Zone”)
