The Emmy nominations this year brought both the very familiar – “Game of Thrones” and some fresh faces – Billy Porter (“Pose”), Phoebe Waller-Bridge (“Fleabag”) and Jharrel Jerome (“When They See Us”).

In its last season on HBO, and despite the outcries of very vocal fans unsatisfied with the outcome, the epic series received 32 nominations from the Television Academy – the most of any other series. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” on Amazon Prime got the second most with 20.

And since we’re keeping score, HBO garnered 137 nominations, Netflix, 118 nominations and NBC had 58, the most of any “traditional” network.

SBR’s top-rated sportsbooks like Bovada already are offering odds on who will win, with some longshots having a chance. So, before placing a bet make sure to read a Bovada review first.

Some of the fresh faces may take home a few awards, but the track record usually favors the familiar ones.

For example, in the Best Drama Series category, the nominees are: “Better Call Saul,” “Bodyguard,” “Game of Thrones,” “Killing Eve,” “Ozark,” “Pose,” “Succession,” and “This Is Us.” We are thrilled to see “Killing Eve,” “Pose,” and “Succession” in the running but even with all the backlash, the voters will give this award to “GOT” just as a last bend the knee to the eight-year saga.

In the Lead Actor In A Drama Series, the nominees are Jason Bateman, “Ozark”; Sterling K. Brown, “This Is Us’; Kit Harington, “Game of Thrones”; Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”; Billy Porter, “Pose”; and Milo Ventimiglia, “This Is Us.” As much as we’d love to see Ventimiglia win this award, it is like where a “newbie” will break through. Consider putting your money on Harington but most likely Porter who is hot, hotter, HOTTEST right now.

As for Lead Actress In A Drama, the nominees are Emilia Clarke, “Game of Thrones”; Jodie Comer, “Killing Eve”; Viola Davis, “How to Get Away with Murder”; Laura Linney, “Ozark”; Mandy Moore, “This Is Us”; Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve’; Robin Wright, “House of Cards.” With last year’s winner, Oh, squaring off against her in-show rival Comer and possibly splitting the vote, the door is open Daenerys (Clarke) or Linney to take the trophy.

The Best Comedy Series is a tough one to pick with the nominees “Barry,” “Fleabag,” “The Good Place,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Russian Doll,” “Schitt’s Creek,” and “Veep.” “Mrs. Maisel” won last year and received the most noms of any comedy, but that doesn’t mean it will take home the win. Many are thrilled to see “Schitt’s Creek finally on the list but we’re shooting for Bill Hader’s “Barry.”

As for Lead Actor in a Comedy those going for laughs and the statuette Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”; Don Cheadle, “Black Monday”; Ted Danson, “The Good Place”; Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”; Bill Hader, “Barry”; Eugene Levy, “Schitt’s Creek.” We’re all about Hader as trained klller turned wannabe actor, but there might be some softies who will pick Douglas as the has-been actor turned acting teacher.

Vying for the Lead Actress in a Comedy award, the nominees are Christina Applegate, “Dead to Me”; Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”; Natasha Lyonne, “Russian Doll”; Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek”; Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “Fleabag.” Normally we would say this was a shoo-in – All Julia Louis-Dreyfus, all the time. She has won six times for playing this character alone, it’s her last season, and well, she’s fierce. Shoo-in, right? The competition is stiff, last year’s winner Brosnahan plus the first-timers Lyonne, O’Hara, and Waller-Bridge. Applegate was nominated in 2009. Any of them could win, but is it wrong to wish is were O’Hara who has been entertaining us for years and years?

As for handicapping the other races, competition is equally as tight in the Best Limited Series category between “Chernobyl” on HBO and “When They See Us” on Netflix. We think “When They See Us,” about the injustice served the Central Park 5 has the edge, as does Jharrel Jerome in the Lead Actor Limited Series, who who skillfully played Korey Wise as both a teen and as an adult. It would be a crime if Michelle Williams doesn’t win for her turn as Gwen Verdon in “Fosse/Verdon,” but never underestimate Niecy Nash.