Thursday, July 10, 2014

My Emmy Nomination Predictions

Emmy nominations are just hours away from being announced.  Here's my quick predictions.

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Mad Men
True Detective

Other possibilities: Downton Abbey, Homeland, The Americans, Masters of Sex, Ray Donovan, Boardwalk Empire and The Blacklist.

Shows I would love to see nominated but won't: Justified, Person of Interest, Arrow.


BEST ACTOR - DRAMA:

Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Woody Harrelson, True Detective
Matthew McConaughey, True Detective
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
James Spader, The Blacklist

Other possibilities: Matthew Rhys for The Americans, Hugh Bonneville for Downton Abbey, Michael Sheen for Masters of Sex, Liev Schreiber for Ray Donovan, Steve Buscemi for Boardwalk Empire and Jeff Daniels for The Newsroom.

Performances I would see nominated but won't: Timothy Olyphant for Justified, Stephen Amell for Arrow and Andrew Lincoln for The Walking Dead.


BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA:

Claire Danes, Homeland
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Other possibilities: Lizzy Caplan for Masters of Sex, Vera Farmiga for Bates Motel, Michelle Dockery for Downton Abbey and Keri Russell for The Americans.

Performances I would love to see nominated but won't: Emily Van Camp for Revenge, Madeline Stowe for Revenge.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - DRAMA:

Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Dean Norris, Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Jeffrey Wright, Boardwalk Empire

Other possibilities: Noah Emmerich for The Americans, Jim Carter for Downton Abbey

Performances I would love to see nominated but won't: Walton Goggins for Justified, David Morrisey for The Walking Dead, Manu Bennett for Arrow, James Purefoy for The Following and Henry Czerny for Revenge.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DRAMA:

Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Michelle Monaghan, True Detective
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Bellamy Young, Scandal

Other possibilities: Emilia Clarke for Game of Thrones, Christina Hendricks for Mad Men, Monica Potter for Parenthood, Betsy Brandt for Breaking Bad, Archie Panjabi for The Good Wife.

Performances I would love to see nominated but won't: Melissa McBride for The Walking Dead, Morgan Saylor for Homeland, Joelle Carter for Justified, Taraji P. Henson for Person of Interest, Amy Acker for Person of Interest and Susanna Thompson for Arrow.


BEST COMEDY SERIES:

The Big Bang Theory
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Louie
Modern Family
Orange is the New Black
Veep

Other possibilities: Girls, Parks and Recreation, Silicon Valley, Mom, Shameless.


BEST ACTOR - COMEDY:

Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine


BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY:

Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Anna Faris, Mom
Julia Louise-Dreyfuss, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Emmy Rossum, Shameless
Taylor Schilling, Orange is the New Black


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - COMEDY:

Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tony Hale, Veep
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - COMEDY:

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Allison Janney, Mom
Kate Mulgrew, Orange is the New Black
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie

I'll skip the other awards (miniseries, tv movie, variety series, reality competition, etc.)