The Emmys are a couple of days away. For the Primetime Emmys predictions it’s same as past years: I play to win but am happy if the one I want to win takes the statue. Here now are the fearless predictions:
Drama
Series
Boardwalk
Empire | Breaking
Bad | Downton Abbey | Game of Thrones | Homeland
| Mad
Men
WILL WIN: Breaking
Bad (it’s
time to dethrone Mad Men)
WANT TO WIN: Breaking
Bad (an
awesome season)
Comedy
Series
The
Big Bang Theory |
Curb
Your Enthusiasm | Girls | Modern Family | 30
Rock | Veep
WILL WIN: Modern
Family (still
top of its game)
WANT TO WIN: Modern
Family (another
solid season)
Variety,
Music or Comedy Series
Colbert
Report | The
Daily Show| Jimmy Kimmel Live | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Real
Time with Bill Maher | SNL
WILL WIN: The
Daily Show (it’s
a non-stop streak)
WANT TO WIN: Late
Night with Jimmy Fallon (fun stuff)
Reality
– Competition Program
Amazing
Race | Dancing
with the Stars | Project Runway | So
You Think You Can Dance | Top Chef | The Voice
WILL WIN:
Amazing Race (still
awesome)
WANT TO WIN:
Amazing Race (love
it)
Lead
Actor in a Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire: Steve
Buscemi | Breaking Bad: Bryan Cranston | Dexter: Michael C Hall |
Downton Abbey: Hugh Bonneville | Homeland:
Damian Lewis | Mad Men: Jon Hamm
WILL WIN: Bryan
Cranston (he
got scary this season)
WANT TO WIN: Jon
Hamm (needs
to finally get one)
Lead
Actress in a Drama Series
Damages: Glenn
Close | Downton Abbey: Michelle Dockery | The Good Wife: Julianna
Margulies | Harry’s Law: Kathy Bates | Homeland: Claire Danes |
Mad Men: Elisabeth Moss
WILL WIN: Claire
Danes (She
was intense)
WANT TO WIN: Claire
Danes (she
rocked her first season)
Lead
Actor in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory: Jim
Parsons | Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry David | House of Lies: Don Cheadle |
Louie: Louis CK | 30 Rock: Alec Baldwin | Two and a Half Men: Jon
Cryer
WILL WIN: Jim
Parsons (emmys
love him now)
WANT TO WIN: Louis
CK (really
funny guy)
Lead
Actress in a Comedy Series
Girls: Lena
Dunham | Mike & Molly: Melissa McCarthy | New Girl: Zooey Deschanel
| Nurse Jackie: Edie Falco | Parks &
Recreation: Amy Poehler | 30 Rock: Tina Fey | Veep: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
WILL WIN: Zooey
Deschanel (she
was wonderfully quirky)
WANT TO WIN: Amy
Poehler (finally
deserves one)
Supporting
Actor in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad: Aaron
Paul | Breaking Bad: Giancarlo Esposito | Downton Abbey: Brendan Coyle | Downton Abbey:
Jim Carter | Game of Thrones: Peter
Dinklage | Mad Men: Jared Harris
WILL WIN: Peter
Dinklage (another
great season)
WANT TO WIN: Giancarlo
Esposito (he
was awesome)
Supporting
Actress in a Drama Series
Breaking Bad: Anna
Gunn | Downtown Abbey: Maggie Smith | Downton Abbey: Joanne
Froggatt | The Good Wife: Archie Panjabi | The Good Wife: Christine
Baranski | Mad Men: Christina Hendricks
WILL WIN: Maggie
Smith (a
respectable choice)
WANT TO WIN: Maggie
Smith (so
fun to watch)
Supporting
Actor in a Comedy Series
Modern Family: Ed
O’Neill | Modern Family: Jesse Tyler Ferguson | Modern Family: Eric Stonestreet | Modern
Family: Ty Burrell | New Girl: Max Greenfield | SNL: Bill Hader
WILL WIN: Ed
O;Neill (spreading
the winning around)
WANT TO WIN: Max
Greenfield (made
douche-y so funny)
Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory: Mayim
Bialik | Desperate Housewives: Kathryn Joosten | Modern Family: Julie Bowen
| Modern Family: Sofia Vergara | Nurse Jackie:
Merritt Wever | SNL: Kristen Wiig
WILL WIN: Kristen
Wiig (sentimental
choice)
WANT TO WIN: Mayim
Bialik (very
funny this season)
Writing
for a Drama Series
Downton
Abbey • Episode 7
| Homeland
• Pilot | Mad Men • The Other Woman | Mad Men • Commissions and
Fees | Mad Men • Far Away Places
WILL WIN: Homeland-Pilot (contained
episode)
WANT TO WIN: Mad
Men-Commissions
and Fees (gripping)
Writing
for a Comedy Series
Community • Remedial Chaos Theory | Girls
• Pilot | Louie • Pregnant | Parks & Recreation • The Debate
| Parks
& Recreation • Win, Lose, or Draw
WILL WIN: Parks
& Recreation-The
Debate (deservedly so)
WANT TO WIN: Community-Remedial Chaos
Theory (brilliant)
Directing
for a Drama Series
Boardwalk
Empire • To the
Lost | Boardwalk Empire • Face Off | Downton Abbey • Episode 7
| Homeland
• Pilot | Mad Men • The Other Woman
WILL WIN: Mad
Men-The
Other Woman (craftily done)
WANT TO WIN: Breaking
Bad-Face
Off (fantastic finale)
Directing
for a Comedy Series
Curb
Your Enthusiasm •
Palestinian Chicken | Girls • She Did | Louie
• Duckling | Modern Family • Virgin Territory | Modern Family • Baby on
Board | New Girl • Pilot
WILL WIN: Louie-Duckling
(shot
in Afghanistan)
WANT TO WIN: Curb
Your Enthusiasm-Palestinian Chicken (great climax)
Good thing
I don’t bet on miniseries; I have no idea if American Horror Story, Game Change or Hatfields & McCoys will win. All I know is Julianne Moore will
win for her Sarah Palin role in Game Change. Anyway, let’s see how I do. I’ll post after the Emmys
with the results and commentary.
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