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11 Sep 2026 · 43 min

Final Emmy Predictions: Will 'Widow's Bay' and 'The Pitt' Dominate on Monday?

In a Mega Roundtable edition of the Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Michael Schneider, Clayton Davis and Jazz Tangcay go through the remaining Emmy categories and take a cue from last week's Creative Arts Emmy winners to give their final predictions on who might win. Will there be any surprises? Will history be made in any key categories? We look at it all here, one more time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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