2017 Best Directing For a Drama Series Emmy Predictions

This race may be too close to call. Both Reed Morano (“Handmaid’s Tale”) and Stephen Daldry (“The Crown”) have an excellent shot to take this Emmy as do the Duffer Bros. (“Stranger Things”). The question is whether the second “Handmaid’s” nomination for Kate Denis seriously affects Morano’s chances and just how much Emmy voters love “Stranger Things.” [Updated July 27]

1. Reed Morano, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Offred”
2. Stephen Daldry, “The Crown,” “Hyde Park Corner”
3. The Duffer Bros., “Stranger Things,” “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
4. Jonathan Nolan, “Westworld,” “The Bicameral Mind”
5. Kate Dennis, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Bridge”
6. Lesli Linka Glatter, “Homeland,” “America First”

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