2023 Emmy nominations ballot: 2,428 performers vie for your consideration (that’s 372 fewer than last year)

Emmy voters in the Performers and Casting branches of the TV academy will be filling out their nominations ballots over the next 11 days. The task ahead of these 2,000 members should be a bit less challenging compared to last year, since the total number of performers they have to consider decreased by 13% to 2,428. This is down from 2,800 in 2022, continuing an up-down pattern tracing back to 2017.

Three years ago, the Emmys introduced a sliding scale of nominees based on the number of contenders. This time, there will be five nominees in the comedy lead categories, six in drama lead, drama guest, and comedy guest, seven in comedy supporting, and eight in drama supporting. For movies and limited series, there will be six for lead and seven for supporting.

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The performers on this year’s ballot are entered across 16 races that encompass continuing series, telefilms, and limited series. As with members of all the other branches, these voters must also consider the 725 shows submitted across 12 program categories.

Below, we’ve broken down the number of contenders that are entered this year in each performer category (by way of comparison, the 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 counts are in brackets).

SEE 2023 Emmy nominations ballot: 725 programs vie for your consideration (that’s 29 fewer than last year)

COMEDY: 813 entries (down from 984 entries)

Comedy Actor: 68 entries (2022: 84 entries; 2021: 56 entries; 2020: 88 entries; 2019: 86 entries; 2018: 89 entries)

Comedy Actress: 76 entries (2022: 91 entries; 2021: 53 entries; 2020: 86 entries; 2019: 80 entries; 2018: 85 entries)

Comedy Supporting Actor: 239 entries (2022: 282 entries; 2021: 171 entries; 2020: 251 entries; 2019: 235 entries; 2018: 265 entries)

Comedy Supporting Actress: 202 entries (2022: 265 entries; 2021: 160 entries; 2020: 241 entries; 2019: 207 entries; 2018: 252 entries)

Comedy Guest Actor: 130 entries (2022: 148 entries; 2021: 72 entries; 2020: 148 entries; 2019: 168 entries; 2018: 164 entries)

Comedy Guest Actress: 98 entries (2022: 114 entries; 2021: 64 entries; 2020: 115 entries; 2019: 139 entries; 2018: 128 entries)

DRAMA: 1,057 entries (down from 1,243 entries)

Drama Actor: 109 entries (2022: 134 entries; 2021: 104 entries; 2020: 142 entries; 2019: 108 entries; 2018: 119 entries)

Drama Actress: 109 entries (2022: 114 entries; 2021: 100 entries; 2020: 136 entries; 2019: 88 entries; 2018: 99 entries)

Drama Supporting Actor: 345 entries (2022: 434 entries; 2021: 311 entries; 2020: 455 entries; 2019: 372 entries; 2018: 406 entries)

Drama Supporting Actress: 312 entries (2022: 384 entries; 2021: 288 entries; 2020: 394 entries; 2019: 303 entries; 2018: 278 entries)

Drama Guest Actor: 102 entries (2022: 94 entries; 2021: 60 entries; 2020: 137 entries; 2019: 125 entries; 2018: 115 entries)

Drama Guest Actress: 80 entries (2022: 83 entries; 2021: 65 entries; 2020: 109 entries; 2019: 99 entries; 2018: 92 entries)

MOVIE/LIMITED: 558 entries (down from 573 entries)

Movie/Limited Actor: 97 entries (2022: 64 entries; 2021: 52 entries; 2020: 45 entries; 2019: 44 entries; 2018: 42 entries)

Movie/Limited Actress: 96 entries (2022: 92 entries; 2021: 53 entries; 2020: 61 entries; 2019: 50 entries; 2018: 44 entries)

Movie/Limited Supporting Actor: 189 entries (2022: 234 entries; 2021: 140 entries; 2020: 123 entries; 2019: 115 entries; 2018: 113 entries)

Movie/Limited Supporting Actress: 176 entries (2022: 183 entries; 2021: 116 entries; 2020: 121 entries; 2019: 94 entries; 2018: 81 entries)

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