Emmy Nomination Predictions

The Emmys are so all over the place. ¬†Good TV stands out above the rest, but lately good TV is getting better and better. ¬†It’s especially easy to shine when the networks are still so dependent upon reality-TV programming.

Tom O’Neil has posted his predictions ¬†- and they’re hard to argue with. ¬†I will springboard off of his and do a little of my own.

BEST DRAMA SERIES
“Breaking Bad”
“Big Love”
“Dexter”
“Mad Men”
“The Good Wife”
“Lost”

I swapped out Brothers and Sisters for Damages — it’s not my cup of tea but it seems like it is something “they” would like. Treme is a definite possibility.

BEST COMEDY SERIES
“Hung”
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”
“The Office”
“Glee”
“Modern Family”
“30 Rock”

Is Two and a Half Men eligible? Because it’s hard to imagine it not getting nominated, if so. I threw in The Office and Hung because I think they are just fab. My alternate would be The New Adventures of Old Christine.

BEST DRAMA ACTOR
Simon Baker (“The Mentalist”)
Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”)
Michael C. Hall (“Dexter”)
Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”)
Hugh Laurie (“House”)
Matthew Fox (“Lost”)

I’m going with Tom on all of these except one – I don’t know about Timothy Olyphant just yet. I went ahead and added Matthew Fox.

BEST DRAMA ACTRESS
Glenn Close (“Damages”)
Sally Field (“Brothers and Sisters”)
January Jones (“Mad Men”)
Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”)
Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”)
Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”)

Oh god. So I put Sally Field in there because, you know, she’s Sally Field. And I also put Anna Gunn in there. Just for the hell of it because I don’t know how you ignore Breaking Bad for all categories.

BEST COMEDY ACTOR
Steve Carell (“The Office”)
Alec Baldwin (“30 Rock”)
Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
Matthew Morrison (“Glee”)
Thomas Jane (“Hung”)
Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”)

I wish Thomas Jane would get a nomination for Hung. So I added him. This is just to entertain myself. I really have no idea what they’ll do.

BEST COMEDY ACTRESS
Toni Collette (“United States of Tara”)
Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”)
Tina Fey (“30 Rock”)
Lea Michele (“Glee”)
Mary-Louise Parker (“Weeds”)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“New Adventures of Old Christine”)

I differ from Tom here by adding Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR
Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”)
Jon Cryer (“Two and a Half Men”)
Neil Patrick Harris (“How I Met Your Mother”)
Tracy Morgan (“30 Rock”)
Eric Stonestreet (“Modern Family”)
Ed O’Neill (“Modern Family”)

I agree with all of these predictions by Tom so we’ll just leave it at that.

BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTRESS
Julie Bowen (“Modern Family”)
Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”)
Jane Lynch (“Glee”)
Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”)
Kristen Wiig (“Saturday Night Live”)
Jane Adams (“Hung”)

I went ahead and added Jane Adams because she is so great.

BEST SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTOR
Michael Emerson (“Lost”)
John Goodman (“Treme”)
Terry O’Quinn (“Lost”)
Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad”)
Martin Short (“Damages”)
John Slattery (“Mad Men”)

I like all of Tom’s predictions here so I will hold.

BEST SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTRESS
Christine Baranski (“The Good Wife”)
Rose Byrne (“Damages”)
Elisabeth Moss (“Mad Men”)
Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy”)
Chlo√´ Sevigny (“Big Love”)
Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”)

Again, Tom’s predictions here seem perfectly sound.

Please head over to Gold Derby to see what else he predicted.