With voting about to begin for this year's Emmy race, IndieWire editor-at-large Anne Thompson and executive editor Michael Schneider look at some of the key races. This week: variety talk series, variety sketch series, plus writing and directing for variety series; and the guest actor and actor categories for drama and comedy. Will John Oliver repeat in talk, or is Samantha Bee on the rise? Listen on!

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