One potentially exciting race for this board would be if Lemonade and Adele Live in New York City indeed face off in Variety Special.
For Movie/Limited Series categories, OJ Simpson looks like the frontrunner so far. High acclaim and (for the genre and for being on cable) high audience impact/ratings. Alternately Fargo. FX wins either way.
Most-nominated Drama roles w/o a win, I think:
12 Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
6 Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart
6 Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway
6 Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson
6 Ed Begley Jr as Victor Ehrlich
6 Hugh Laurie as as Gregory House
6 Martin Sheen as Josiah Bartlet
Most of them are now impossible, but...can Baranski snatch ha arguably due (though she won for another show a long time ago) Emmy on her 7th try? People have been buzzing about her perf in the series finale. Not sure if a possible spinoff would help or hinder her chances.
Reposting here for when I put up noms on the OP:
Emmy ballots are online:
http://www.emmys.com/ballots/2016
A few highlights:
black-ish, Wtg + Dir "Hope"
Dir "Any Given Saturday" "Daddy Dre-Care" "Dr. Hell No" "The Word"
Lead Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross
Supporting Miles Brown, Laurence Fishburne, Peter MacKenzie, Marcus Scribner, Jenifer Lewis, Marsai Martin, Yara Shahidi
Guest Deon Cole, Allen Maldonado, Regina Hall
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Wtg + Dir "Josh Just Happens To Live Here!"
Rachel Bloom
Santino Fontana, Pete Gardner, Vincent Rodriguez III, Donna Lynn Champlin, Vella Lovell
Dr. Phil, Ava Acres, Tovah Feldshuh, Gina Gallego, Amy Hill, Michael Hyatt, Lea Salonga
Girls, Wtg "Homeward Bound" "Japan" "Old Loves" "Queen for Two Days" "The Panic in Central Park"
Dir most episodes
Lena Dunham
Adam Driver, Alex Karpovsky, Jake Lacy, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Andrew Rannells, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Alison Williams
Christopher Abbott, Guillermo Diaz, Peter Scolari, Corey Stoll, Becky Ann Baker, Aidy Bryant, Jenny Slate
The Last Man on Earth, Wtg + Dir "Pitch Black" "Silent Night"
Dir "Smart and Stupid"
Will Forte
Mel Rodriguez, Cleopatra Coleman, January Jones, Kristen Schaal, Mary Steenburgen
Jason Sudeikes
Master of None, Wtg + Dir "Parents"
Aziz Ansari
Eric Wareheim, Kelvin Yu, Lena Waithe, Noel Wells
Shoukath Ansari, Noah Emmerich, Ravi Patel, Danielle Brooks, Claire Danes
Modern Family, Wtg + Dir "The Party" "Crazy Train" "Double Click"
Wtg “The Storm” “White Christmas” "The Cover-Up” “Phil’s Sexy Sexy House” “Clean Out Your Junk Drawer”
Dir "I Don't Know How She Does It"
N/A
Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Nolan Gould, Ed O'Neill, Rico Rodriguez, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara, Ariel Winter
Andrea Martin...How random to ignore Haley and have this one guest who I haven't heard of. I mean, I don't think the former would get a nom, but it's more likely than Rico Rodriguez.
Silicon Valley, Wtg + Dir "Founder Friendly"
Wtg "The Uptick"
Dir "Daily Active Viewers"
Thomas Middleditch
Josh Brener, TJ Miller, Kumail Nanjiani, Matt Ross, Martin Starr, Zach Woods, Jimmy Yang, Amanda Crew, Suzanne Cryer
Transparent, Wtg + Dir "Man of the Land" "The Book of Life"
Wtg "Kina Hora"
Jeffrey Tambor
Jay Duplass, Alex MacNicoll, Alexandra Billings, Carrie Brownstein, Kathryn Hahn, Gaby Hoffman, Cherry Jones, Amy Landecker, Judith Light, Trace Lysett, Hari Nef, Emily Robinson
Rob Huebel, Richard Masur, Bradley Whitford, Melora Hardin, Anjelica Huston, Michaela Watkins
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Wtg + Dir "Kimmy Finds Her Mom!"
Wtg "Kimmy Goes on a Playdate!"
Dir "Kimmy Gives Up!" "Kimmy Meets A Drunk Lady!"
Ellie Kemper
Tituss Burgess, Lauren Adams (?), Sara Chase (?), Carol Kane, Jane Krakowski, Sol Miranda (?)
Fred Armisen, Gil Birmingham, Mike Carlsen, Josh Charles, David Cross, Jeff Goldblum, Ice T, Joshua Jackson, Evan Jonigkeit, Ki Hong Lee, Ian Roberts, Anna Camp, Tina Fey, Sheri Foster Blake, Lisa Kudrow, Zosia Mamet, Amy Sedaris, Pernell Walker
Veep, Wtg + Dir "Doc" "Morning After" "Mother"
Julia Louis Dreyfus
Gary Cole, Kevin Dunn, Tony Hale, Hugh Laurie, Sam Richardson, Reid Scott, Timothy Simons, Matt Walsh, Sufe Bradshaw, Anna Chlumsky, Sarah Sutherland
Peter MacNicol, Martin Mull
&
SNL N/A (though for Variety Directing it's the Fey/Poehler ep)
Beck Bennett, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Colin Jost, Taran Killam, Kyle Mooney, Bobby Moynihan, Jay Pharoah, Jon Rudnitsky, Kenan Thompson, Vanessa Bayer, Aidy Bryant, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Sasheer Zamata
Fred Armisen, Larry David, Drake, Ryan Gosling, Chris Hemsworth (...), Tracy Morgan, Tina Fey + Amy Poehler (Is that legal?), Ariana Grande [Seems submitted by herself not SNL giving the difference in description.], Brie Larson, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer
The Americans, Wtg + Dir "Persona Non Grata"
Dir "Clark's Place" "The Magic Of David Copperfield V: The Statue Of Liberty Disappears"
Lead Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell
Supporting Dylan Baker, Noah Emmerich, Lev Gorn, Frank Langella, Costa Ronin, Keidrich Sellati, Richard Thomas, Holly Taylor, Alison Wright
Guest Annet Mahendru, Margo Martindale
Better Call Saul, Wtg + Dir most episodes
Bob Odenkirk
Jonathan Banks, Ed Begley, Jr, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Mark Margolis, Michael McKean, Rhea Seehorn
Mark Proksch
Downton Abbey, Wtg + Dir "Part Eight"
Dir "Part Nine" "Part One"
Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Michelle Dockery
Jim Carter, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith
Game of Thrones, Wtg + Dir "Battle of the Bastards"
Dir "Book of the Stranger" "Home" "No One" "The Door" - Kii at No One. I know they wanna be nice and let all the directors submit, but really though.
N/A
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Sophie Turner, Carice van Houten, Maisie Williams...Pretty sure Melisandre submitted herself the way that Margaery did in previous years, given how she was paid dust in FYC materials.
Max von Sydow
The Good Wife, Wtg "End"
Julianna Margulies
Alan *******, Matt Czuchry, Zach Grenier, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Noth, Christine Baranski, Cush Jumbo, Margo Martindale
Jerry Adler, Josh Charles, Michael J Fox, Christopher McDonald, Denis O'Hare, Blair Underwood, Zach Woods, Stockard Channing, Nikki M. James, Mary Beth Peil, Carrie Preston, Sarah Steele
Homeland, Wtg most of the season
Dir "The Tradition Of Hospitality"
Claire Danes
F Murray Abraham, Atheer Adel, Alexander Fehling, Rupert Friend, Rene Ifrah, Mark Ivanir, Sebastian Koch, Mandy Patinkin, Nina Hoss, Miranda Otto, Sarah Sokolovic
Horace and Pete, Wtg "Episode 103"
Dir "Episode 110"
Steve Buscemi, Louis CK
Alan Alda, Kurt Metzger, Steven Wright, Edie Falco, Jessica Lange
Aidy Bryant, Hannah Dunne, Laurie Metcalf
House of Cards, Wtg most of the season
Dir 45, 49, 50, 52
Kevin Spacey, Robin Wrigh
Derek Cecil, Michael Kelly, Joel Kinnaman, Boris McGiver, Jayne Atkinson, Neve Campbell, Elizabeth Marvel
Mahershala Ali, Sebastian Arcelus, Reed Birney, Reg E Cathey, Nathan Darrow, Paul Sparks, Ellen Burstyn, Kim Dickens, Kate Mara, Molly Parker, Cicely Tyson, Constance Zimmer
Mr. Robot, Wtg + Dir "eps1.0_hellofriend.mov (Pilot)"
Dir "1.3 da3m0ns" "eps1.1_one-and-zer0es.mpeg" "eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v" "eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt"
Rami Malek
Michel Gill, Christian Slater, Martin Wallstrom, Carly Chaikin, Stephanie Corneliussen, Portia Doubleday, Gloria Reuben, Frankie Shaw
Bruce Altman, Michael Cristofer, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Elliot Villar, BD Wong, Sakina Jaffrey
Orange is the New Black, Wtg + Dir "Mother's Day"
Wtg "Don't Make Me Come Back There" "Trust No Bitch"
Dir "Tittin' and a Hairin'" "Bed Bugs and Beyond"
Taylor Schilling
Michael J. Harney, Nick Sandow, Uzo Aduba, Danielle Brooks, Lori Tan Chinn, Laverne Cox, Jackie Cruz, Lea DeLaria, Selenis Leyva, Taryn Manning, Kate Mulgrew, Emma Myles, Laura Prepon
Pablo Schreiber, Natasha Lyonne, Mary Steenburgen