Emmys 2022: Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series — Our Dream Nominees!

Saturday Night Live and Ted Lasso accounted for nearly all of the nominations in Emmy's Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy series race last year (two for SNL and a staggering four for the Apple TV+ phenom).

As voters weigh how much Supporting Actor real estate to give both programs in '22, we here in Dream Emmy-land have but one simple plea: Spread the wealth.

Scroll through the list below to review all of our Dream Nominees (remember, these aren't predictions; they're wish lists) and then tell us if our picks warrant a "Hell, yes!," "Um, no" or "How could you leave off so-and-so?!"For the record, 2022 Emmy nominations will be voted on from June 16-27, and unveiled on July 12. The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony is scheduled to air on Monday, Sept. 12 on NBC.

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WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Is there a more consistently delightful character anywhere on television than Carrigan's goofy Chechen gangster Noho Hank? As Hank himself might say: "No way, José." Carrigan has been stealing scenes left and right as the lovable criminal since HBO's hitman comedy debuted, and Season 3 has been no exception, with the added twist of an unexpected wrinkle in Hank's personal life. We can tell that his crumbling friendship with Barry really stings, too, and Carrigan expertly hints at the hurt lying just beneath Hank's sunny exterior.

WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Roy went through something of a midlife crisis in his first year of retirement, which, coupled with his relationship with Keeley, gave Goldstein plenty to work with in Season 2. There continued to be something rather magical (nay, poetic!) about the way he delivered Roy's filthiest lines and managed to imbue every cuss word with a sense of what his character was feeling. He may not like to wear his heart on his sleeve, but Roy continued to do so unwittingly — and Goldstein was a f—king riot every time.

WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Henry has long brought simmering disappointment to his alter ego Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles. What makes the Yale University grad's performance in Season 3 superior is the loneliness he conveys now that a semi-famous Paper Boi is touring Europe. Never was this clearer than when the character's phone went missing in Episode 5 and he pleaded with Wiley, the man he thought had stolen it. Filling his voice and visage with desperation, Paper Boi worried that without his phone, he'd lose the first song he'd written in months. Thanks to Henry's flawless delivery, we learned the rapper's deepest fear was purposelessness.

WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Playing an American Revolutionary War soldier who's been closeted for hundreds of years on a comedy about the ghostly afterlife, Jones was tasked with one of the most challenging roles on the CBS hit. Equal parts funny and vulnerable, the actor had us laughing at Isaac's obvious denial of his sexuality while never allowing his character to be just a joke. With aching tenderness and doubt, Isaac inched toward self-acceptance, and Jones — who is also a cast member/co-producer/writer on TVLine Dream Emmy nominee The Other Two — thrived in the complex part.

WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Among the Herculean tasks Kirby was handed in the Season 4 finale: Charm the literal show corset off the series' titular heroine and provide a satisfying payoff to the couple's four-season courtship in the process; pay homage to his late, real-life alter ego Lenny Bruce's seminal 1961 Carnegie Hall performance; and light a fire in Midge that puts her on a path to superstardom. After watching the standout hour — by far Kirby's finest yet — we can place a bold check mark in each of the three columns.

WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: It was a bit UnREAL how Stroma, who typically gets cast as a dashing heartthrob, threw vanity to the wind and went all in to play Adrian Chase aka Vigilante — an assassin who is as dimwitted as he is lethal. Whether buddying up (sometimes too much) to his BFF Peacemaker, shamelessly picking a fight with imprisoned white supremacists or launching into an utterly hideous and hilarious set of "face muscle exercises" (so as to conceal his unmasked identity), Stroma understood the assignment, creating an indelible and pretty idiotic sidekick.

WHY HE DESERVES A NOD: Williams doesn't even need to speak to garner a laugh on the ABC comedy. As Gregory Eddie, a teacher who often finds himself uncomfortably out of his element or facing the unwanted sexual advances of Principal Ava, Williams says more with a perfectly timed, fourth wall-breaking glance than he does with words. That doesn't mean the actor isn't also hysterical when Gregory rants about his hatred of pizza, for example. But we must hail Williams as the new king of the Deadpan Look to Camera!