In advance of Thursday’s 2015 Emmy nominations announcement, the Awards Daily TV crew of Megan, Joey, and Clarence are each providing their predictions in the major Emmy categories. Check back on Thursday to see who wins the Awards Daily TV Emmy prediction crown. Want to play along? Leave your predictions in the Comments section below.
Today, we conclude our predictions fiesta with Clarence who is going with Vera Farmiga in Bates Motel if it kills him. Should he be wrong on this, then please be kind.
Outstanding Comedy Series
- The Big Bang Theory
- Louie
- Modern Family
- Parks and Recreation
- Silicon Valley
- Transparent
- Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor, Comedy
- Louis C.K., Louie
- Billy Crystal, The Comedians
- Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
- William H. Macy, Shameless
- Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
- Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Lead Actress, Comedy
- Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
- Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
- Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
- Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy
- Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- Ty Burrell, Modern Family
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
- Tony Hale, Veep
- T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy
- Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
- Julie Bowen, Modern Family
- Anna Chlumsky, Veep
- Allison Janney, Mom
- Judith Light, Transparent
- Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Drama Series
- Better Call Saul
- Downton Abbey
- Empire
- Game of Thrones
- House of Cards
- Mad Men
- Orange is the New Black
Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama
- Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
- Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
- Jon Hamm, Mad Men
- Terrence Howard, Empire
- Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
- Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Outstanding Lead Actress, Drama
- Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
- Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
- Taraji P. Henson, Empire
- Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
- Ruth Wilson, The Affair
- Robin Wright, House of Cards
Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama
- Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
- Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
- Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
- Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
- Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
- Jon Voight, Ray Donovan
Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama
- Uzo Aduba, Orange is the New Black
- Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
- Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
- Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
- Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
- Sissy Spacek, Bloodline
Outstanding Limited Series
- American Crime
- American Horror Story: Freak Show
- The Honorable Woman
- The Missing
- Olive Kitteridge
- Wolf Hall
Outstanding TV Movie
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Curtain, Poirot’s Last Case
- Bessie
- Derek: The Final Chapter
- Killing Jesus
- Nightingale
- Worricker: Salting the Battlefield
Outstanding Lead Actor, Mini Series or TV Movie
- Adrian Brody, Houdini
- Ricky Gervais: Derek: The Final Chapter
- Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
- David Oyelowo, Nightingale
- Bill Paxton, Texas Rising
- Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini Series or TV Movie
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
- Felicity Huffman, American Crime
- Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Queen Latifah, Bessie
- Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
- Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd (Lincoln Center)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini Series of Movie
- Michael Chiklis, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
- Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
- Jonathan Pryce, Wolf Hall
- Stephen Rea, The Honorable Woman
- Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini Series or Movie
- Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
- Mo’Nique, Bessie
- Janet McTeer, The Honorable Woman
- Cynthia Nixon, Stockholm, Pennsylvania
- Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Susan Sarandon, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
Outstanding Reality Competition
- The Amazing Race
- Dancing with the Stars
- Project Runway
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Top Chef
- The Voice
Outstanding Reality Host
- Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
- Anthony Bourdain, The Taste
- Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
- Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
- Heidi Klum/Tim Gunn, Project Runway
- Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
- The Colbert Report
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Late Show with David Letterman
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
- Comedy Bang Bang
- Inside Amy Schumer
- Key and Peele
- Portlandia
- Saturday Night Live
- The Soup