The
Emmys are this Sunday.
Looking forward to Andy Samberg hosting this year. 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:
Outstanding
Drama Series
Better
Call Saul | Downton
Abbey | Game of Thrones | Homeland | House of Cards | Mad
Men | Orange is the New Black
WILL WIN: Mad Men (sentimental choice)
WANT TO WIN: Game of Thrones (should win at least once)
Outstanding
Comedy Series
Louie | Modern Family | Parks and Recreation | Silicon
Valley | Transparent | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Veep
WILL WIN: Veep (critics love this show)
WANT TO WIN: Parks and Recreation (end with a bang)
Outstanding
Variety Talk Series
Colbert
Report | The
Daily Show | Jimmy Kimmel Live | Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver | Late Show
with David Letterman | The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
WILL WIN: Late Show with David Letterman (ended strong)
WANT TO WIN: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (he rocks)
Outstanding
Variety Sketch Series
Drunk
History | Inside
Amy Schumer | Key & Peele | Portlandia
| SNL
WILL WIN: Inside Amy Schumer (she’s finally recognized)
WANT TO WIN: Inside Amy Schumer (raunchy but hilarious)
Outstanding
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 (time for it to win again)
WANT TO WIN: Amazing Race (don’t watch the other ones)
Lead Actor
in a Drama Series
Better Call Saul: Bob
Odenkirk | Bloodline: Kyle Chandler | House of Cards: Kevin Spacey
| Mad Men: Jon Hamm | The Newsroom: Jeff Daniels | Ray
Donovon: Live Schreiber
WILL WIN: Jon Hamm (now that Bryan Cranston is gone)
WANT TO WIN: Jon Hamm (a nice parting gift)
Lead Actress
in a Drama Series
Empire: Taraji
P Henson | Homeland: Claire Danes | House of Cards: Robin Wright
| How To Get Away With Murder: Viola Davis | Mad Men: Elisabeth Moss | Orphan
Black: Tatiana Maslany
WILL WIN: Taraji P Henson (she be crazy)
WANT TO WIN: Tatiana Maslany (she so deserves it)
Lead Actor
in a Comedy Series
Black-ish: Anthony
Anderson | Episodes: Matt LeBlanc | House of Lies: Don Cheadle |
Last Man on Earth: Will Forte | Louie: Louis CK | Shamless: William H Macy | Transparent:
Jeffrey Tambor
WILL WIN: Jeffrey Tambor (transgender is in right now)
WANT TO WIN: Will Forte (based on the pilot alone)
Lead
Actress in a Comedy Series
The Comeback: Lisa
Kudrow | Grace and Frankie: Lily Tomlin | Inside Amy Schumer: Amy
Schumer | Nurse Jackie: Edie Falco | Parks & Recreation: Amy
Poehler | Veep: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
WILL WIN: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (she always wins)
WANT TO WIN: Amy Poehler (can’t she get a parting girt too?)
Supporting
Actor in a Drama Series
Better Call Saul: Jonathan
Banks | Bloodline: Ben Mendelsohn | Downton Abbey: Jim Carter |
Game of Thrones: Peter Dinklage | The Good
Wife: Alan Cumming | House of Cards: Michael Kelly
WILL WIN: Ben Mendelsohn (he made Bloodline
great)
WANT TO WIN: Michael Kelly (love his sad role)
Supporting
Actress in a Drama Series
Downton Abbey: Joanne
Froggatt | Game of Thrones: Lena Headey | Game of Thrones: Emilia
Clarke | The Good Wife: Christine Baranski | Mad Men: Christina Hendricks | Orange
is the New Black: Uzo Aduba
WILL WIN: Christina Hendricks (good storyline this season)
WANT TO WIN: Uzo Aduba (she was great this season)
Supporting
Actor in a Comedy Series
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Andre
Braugher | Girls: Adam Driver | Key & Peele: Keegan-Michael
Key | Modern Family: Ty Burrell | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Tituss
Burgess | Veep: Tony Hale
WILL WIN: Tony Hale (for some reason he keeps winning)
WANT TO WIN: Andre Braugher (best straight man ever)
Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory: Mayim
Bialik | Getting On: Niecy Nash | Modern Family: Julie Bowen
| Mom: Allison Janney | SNL: Kate McKinnon | Transparent: Gaby Hoffmann |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schidt: Jane Krakowski | Veep: Anna Chlumsky
WILL WIN: Allison Janney (there’s a lot to choose from)
WANT TO WIN: Mayim Bialik (so awkwardly funny)
Writing
for a Drama Series
The
Americans • Do Mail
Robots Dream of Electric Sheep? | Better Call Saul • Five-O | Game
of Thrones • Mother’s Mercy | Mad Men • Lost Horizon | Mad
Men • Person to Person
WILL WIN: Mad Men-Lost Horizon (a great finale)
WANT TO WIN: Better Call Saul-Five-O (whole season was great)
Writing
for a Comedy Series
Episodes • Episode 409 | Last Man on Earth • Alive
in Tucson (Pilot) | Louie • Bobby’s House | Silicon Valley • Two Days of the
Condor | Transparent • Pilot | Veep • Election Night
WILL WIN: Veep-Election Night (seems
perfectly timed)
WANT TO WIN: Last Man on Earth-Alive in Tucson (great opening)
Let’s see
how I do. I’ll post after the Emmys with the results and commentary.
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