The
Emmys
are this coming Sunday. Looking forward to Colbert hosting the festivities. 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 | House of Cards
| Stranger
Things | The Crown | The Handmaid’s Tale | This
Is Us | Westworld
WILL WIN: The Handmaid’s Tale (seems oddly
relevant right now)
WANT TO
WIN: Stranger Things (such
binge-watchable fun)
Outstanding
Comedy Series
Atlanta | Black-ish | Master of None | Modern
Family | Silicon Valley | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Veep
WILL WIN: Veep (The love is
never-ending for this show)
WANT TO
WIN: Master of None (love the
writing and Ansari)
Outstanding
Limited Series
Big
Little Lies
| Fargo
| Feud: Bette & Joan | Genius | The Night Of
WILL WIN: Big Little Lies (great cast and female
driven)
WANT TO
WIN: The Night Of (loved watching
the story unfold)
Outstanding
Variety Talk Series
Full
Frontal with Samantha Bee | Jimmy Kimmel Live | Last
Week Tonight with John Oliver | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |
The
Late Late Show with James Corden | Real Time with Bill Maher
WILL WIN: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (so needed
right now)
WANT TO
WIN: Last Week Tonight with
John Oliver (always make me laugh and think)
Outstanding
Variety Sketch Series
Billy
on the Street
| Documentary
Now! | Drunk History | Portlandia | SNL | Tracey
Ullman’s Show
WILL WIN: SNL (It had one of its best
seasons in years)
WANT TO
WIN: SNL (very strong
this year)
Outstanding
Reality – Competition Program
Amazing
Race | America
Ninja Warrior | Project Runway | RuPaul’s
Drag Race | Top Chef | The Voice
WILL WIN: RuPaul’s Drag Race (have never
seen it but still popular for some reason)
WANT TO
WIN: Amazing Race (back to
normal after that dreaded YouTube one)
Lead Actor
in a Drama Series
The Americans: Matthew Rhys | Better Call Saul: Bob Odenkirk | House of
Cards: Kevin Spacey | Ray Donovon: Liev Schreiber | This Is Us:
Sterling K. Brown | This Is Us: Milo Ventimiglia
WILL WIN: Sterling K Brown (this guy is on a roll,
stellar acting)
WANT TO
WIN: Bob Odenkirk (you want to
root for him the whole time)
Lead
Actress in a Drama Series
The Americans: Keri Russell | The Crown:
Claire Foy | The Handmaid’s Tale: Elisabeth
Moss | House of Cards: Robin Wright | How To Get Away With Murder: Viola
Davis | Westworld: Evan Rachel Wood
WILL WIN: Elisabeth Moss (She deserves some
awards)
WANT TO
WIN: Elisabeth Moss (Her Offred
was pretty moving)
Lead Actor
in a Comedy Series
Atlanta: Donald
Glover | Baskets: Zach Galifianakis | Black-ish: Anthony Anderson | Master of
None: Aziz Ansari | Shameless: William H Macy | Transparent:
Jeffrey Tambor
WILL WIN: Donald Glover (consolation for loss
of series to Veep)
WANT TO
WIN: Aziz Ansari (love his
authenticity)
Lead
Actress in a Comedy Series
Better Things: Pamela Adlon | Black-ish:
Tracee Ellis Ross | Grace and Frankie: Jane Fonda| Grace and Frankie:
Lily Tomlin | Mom: Allison Janney | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Ellie Kemper | Veep: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
WILL WIN: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (why not
another one)
WANT TO
WIN: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (if you
can’t beat ‘em…)
Lead Actor
in a Limited Series or Movie
Fargo: Ewan
McGregor | Genius: Geoffrey Rush | The Night Of: Riz Ahmed
| The Night Of: John Turturro | Sherlock-The Lying Detective: Benedict Cumberbatch | The Wizard of Lies: Robert De Niro
WILL WIN: Riz Ahmed (such an interesting
transformation)
WANT TO
WIN: John Turturro (a toss up
for this awesome series)
Lead
Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
American Crime: Felicity Huffman | Big Little
Lies: Nicole Kidman | Big Little Lies: Reese Witherspoon | Fargo:
Carrie Coon | Feud-Bette & Joan: Jessica
Lange | Feud-Bette & Joan: Susan Sarandon
WILL WIN: Nicole Kidman (such a risky role of
an abused wife)
WANT TO
WIN: Nicole Kidman (she
deserves it, it’s so hard to watch)
Supporting
Actor in a Drama Series
Better Call Saul: Jonathan Banks | The Crown:
John Lithgow | Homeland: Mandy Patinkin
| House of Cards: Michael Kelly | Stranger Things: David
Harbour | This Is Us: Ron Cephas Jones | Westworld: Jeffrey Wright
WILL WIN: John Lithgow (his Churchill outshone
the queen at times)
WANT TO
WIN: John Lithgow (although I
still like Michael Kelly’s work)
Supporting
Actress in a Drama Series
The Handmaid’s Tale: Ann Dowd | The Handmaid’s
Tale: Samira Wiley | Orange is the New Black: Uzo Aduba | Stranger Things: Millie
Bobby Brown | This Is Us: Chrissy Metz | Westworld: Thandie Newton
WILL WIN: Thandie Newton (Westworld needs some love)
WANT TO
WIN: Chrissy Metz (Loved her
work this past season)
Supporting
Actor in a Comedy Series
Baskets: Louie
Anderson | Modern Family: Ty Burrell | SNL: Alec Baldwin | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Tituss
Burgess | Veep: Tony Hale | Veep: Matt Walsh
WILL WIN: Alec Baldwin (Trump wins again)
WANT TO
WIN: Matt Walsh (His
pathetic-ness is so fun)
Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series
SNL: Vanessa
Bayer | SNL: Leslie Jones | SNL: Kate McKinnon | Transparent: Kathryn Hahn
| Transparent: Judith Light | Veep: Anna Chlumsky
WILL WIN: Kate McKinnon (Hillary and then Kelly
for the win)
WANT TO
WIN: Kate McKinnon (She’s
amazing)
Supporting
Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Big Little Lies: Alexander Skarsgard | Fargo: David Thewlis | Feud-Bette & Joan: Alfred
Molina | Feud-Bette & Joan: Stanley Tucci | The Night Of: Bill Camp
| The Night Of: Michael Kenneth Williams
WILL WIN: Alexander Skarsgard (even bigger
risk as an abusive husband)
WANT TO
WIN: Stanley Tucci (a small but
wonderfully dick-ish role)
Supporting
Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
American Crime: Regina
King | Big Little Lies: Laura Dern | Big Little Lies:
Shailene Woodley | Feud-Bette & Joan: Judy Davis | Feud-Bette & Joan: Jackie
Hoffman | The Wizard of Lies: Ruth Madoff
WILL WIN: Laura Dern (she makes it so easy
to hate her character)
WANT TO
WIN: Laura Dern (not much
more to add)
Directing
for a Drama Series
Better
Call Saul
• Witness | The Crown • Hyde Park Corner | The Handmaid’s Tale • The
Bridge | The Handmaid’s Tale • Offred (Pilot) | Stranger Things • Chapter
One: The Vanishing of Will Byers | Westworld • The Bicameral Mind
WILL WIN: The Handmaid’s Tale-Offred (lots
of emotion to be had)
WANT TO
WIN: Stranger Things-The
Vanishing of Will Byers (great start to a series)
Writing
for a Drama Series
The
Americans
• The Soviet Division | Better Call Saul • Chicanery | The
Crown • Assassins | The Handmaid’s Tale • Offred (Pilot)
| Stranger
Things • Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers | Westworld
• The Bicameral Mind
WILL WIN: Stranger Things-The Vanishing of Will
Byers (nostalgic creepy fun)
WANT TO
WIN: Better Call Saul-Chicanery (a
wonderfully tense brother vs brother trial)
Directing
for a Comedy Series
Atlanta
• B.A.N.
| Silicon
Valley • Intellectual Property | Silicon Valley • Server Error | Veep •
Blurb | Veep • Groundbreaking | Veep • Justice
WILL WIN: Atlanta-B.A.N.(just because of
the clever format)
WANT TO
WIN: Silicon Valley-Server
Error (Jared steals the show)
Writing
for a Comedy Series
Atlanta
• B.A.N.
| Atlanta
• Streets On Lock | Master of None • Thanksgiving | Silicon Valley • Success
Failure | Veep • Georgia | Veep • Groundbreaking
WILL WIN: Master of None-Thanksgiving (well done coming out story)
WANT TO
WIN: Master of None-Thanksgiving
(I like some of the other MoN eps more though)
Directing
for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
Big
Little Lies
| Fargo
• The Law of Vacant Places | Feud-Bette & Joan • And the
Winner Is . . . (The Oscars of 1963) | Genius • Einstein: Chapter One | The
Night Of • The Art of War | The Night Of • The Beach
WILL WIN: Big Little Lies (a well told miniseries)
WANT TO
WIN: The Night Of-The Beach (watching
all his mistakes was gripping)
Writing
for a Limited Series, Movie or Special
Big
Little Lies
| Black
Mirror: San Junipero | Fargo • The Law of Vacant Places | Feud-Bette
& Joan • And the Winner Is . . . (The Oscars of 1963) | Feud-Better
& Joan • Pilot | The Night Of • The Call of the Wild
WILL WIN: Black Mirror: San Junipera (though I
like the first one of the season better)
WANT TO
WIN: Feud-Bette & Joan-And the
Winner is . . . (truth is stranger than
fiction)
I
got 15 out of 22 categories last year. Let’s see how I do this year. I’ll post
after the Emmys with the results and commentary.
