And the Nominees Should Be…

Emmys voting begins on June 12, but ahead of the nominations reveal on July 13 (and the awards themselves on Sept. 12), Entertainment Weekly polled its television experts to select their picks for the 2017 nominees for Best Actor in a Comedy.

Only five or six actors will make the final list, but we counted eight worthy performances for your consideration…

Anthony Anderson (black-ish, ABC)

Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent, Amazon)

Donald Glover (Atlanta, FX)

Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley, HBO)

William H. Macy (Shameless, Showtime)

Aziz Ansari (Master of None, Netflix)

Ted Danson (The Good Place, NBC)

John Lithgow (Trial and Error, NBC)

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Guy D’Alema/FX; Jennifer Clasen/Amazon; Netflix

ANTHONY ANDERSON

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Jennifer Clasen/Amazon

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Guy D’Alema/FX

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Ron Batzdorff

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Tyler Golden/NBC