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UPDATED: June 5, 2023

2023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett in "The Last of Us" (HBO) HBO

Weekly Commentary: Could 'Succession' still dominate the drama director category this year? Mark Mylod could have submitted either "Connor's Wedding" (Logan's death) or the series finale "With Open Eyes" - he went with the former (good choice).

He also has his "Succession" colleagues to fight with - especially Andrij Parekh for "America Decide" (election night episode) and Lorene Scafaria ("Living +"), all of which could make the cut. But as we saw last year when four directors succeeded, they lost to "Squid Game" (not eligible this year).

It also has Craig Mazin and Peter Hoar from "The Last of Us" directing two of the best episodes of the series.

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2022 Category Winner: "Squid Game" (Netflix) — Hwang Dong-hyuk, "Red Light, Green light"

And the expected nominees are: