The Emmy nominations are being announced this week and with it comes my yearly attempt to pick my favorites in each category only to watch them be passed over in favor of Downton Abbey in a week. This year, a lot of great shows from last year came to an end, while others simply fell in quality, so much of who showed up below were new picks.
Overall, this was a pretty good year for television, but decidedly uneven in how quality was spread across categories. When comparing the two, it tended to be a stronger year for comedy than drama, although the distinction between the two at these awards has never been more confusing. And it must be said: female performers this year brought it much harder than the men did. Any number of these female categories could have expanded to nine or ten nominees, while coming up with six was difficult for any number of the men's. Meanwhile, this was not by any means a good year for miniseries and tv movies and certainly not enough to justify those categories being as large as they are.
Below are my picks in the Emmy categories I feel I viewed enough in to have an opinion. They stick mostly to Emmy eligibility and category placement, but otherwise are fever dreams compared to what will actually be nominated. Enjoy!
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Bob's Burgers
Broad City
Inside Amy Schumer
Jane the Virgin
Parks and Recreation
Transparent
Veep
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
The Americans
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Justified
Mad Men
Orange is the New Black
Rectify
OUTSTANDING MOVIE/MINISERIES
Bessie
The Honorable Woman
The Missing
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Constance Wu, Fresh off the Boat
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Jonathan Groff, Looking
Chris Messina, The Mindy Project
Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Eva Green, Penny Dreadful
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Keri Russell, The Americans
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Clive Owen, The Knick
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Aden Young, Rectify
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Frances O'Connor, The Missing
Saoirse Ronan, Stockholm Pennsylvania
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
James Nesbitt, The Missing
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Amy Landecker, Transparent
Judith Light, Transparent
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Lauren Weedman, Looking
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Titus Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Jaime Camil, Jane the Virgin
Noel Fisher, Shameless
Tony Hale, Veep
Robert Michael Morris, The Comeback
Nick Offerman, Parks and Recreation
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Joelle Carter, Justified
Carrie Coon, The Leftovers
Carrie Coon, The Leftovers
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Yael Stone, Orange is the New Black
Lorraine Toussaint, Orange is the New Black
Samira Wiley, Orange is the New Black
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Matt Czuchry, The Good Wife
Jordan Gavaris, Orphan Black
Walton Goggins, Justified
Andre Holland, The Knick
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Lubna Azabal, The Honorable Woman
Claire Foy, Wolf Hall
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
Janet McTeer, The Honorable Woman
Mo'nique, Bessie
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE/MINISERIES
Andrew Buchan, The Honorable Woman
Jonathan Pryce, Wolf Hall
Stephen Rea, The Honorable Woman
Cory Michael Smith, Olive Kitteridge
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY
Josh Charles, Inside Amy Schumer
Susie Essman, Broad City
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Lennon Parham, Veep
Michaela Watkins, Transparent
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA
Walton Goggins, Sons of Anarchy
Julianne Nicholson, Masters of Sex
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men
Lois Smith, The Americans
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY
"The Runaway Club," Bob's Burgers
"Knockoffs," Broad City
"Knockoffs," Broad City
"Valerie is Brought to Her Knees," The Comeback
"Chapter One," Jane the Virgin
"Looking for a Plot," Looking
"Leslie and Ron," Parks and Recreation
"Looking for a Plot," Looking
"Leslie and Ron," Parks and Recreation
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA
"Episode 1," The Affair
"Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?", The Americans
"Oppo Research," The Good Wife
"Lost Horizon," Mad Men
"You Also Have a Pizza," Orange is the New Black
"Donald the Normal," Rectify
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY
"St. Marks," Broad City
"12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer," Inside Amy Schumer
"Alive in Tucson," The Last Man on Earth
"Best New Girl," Transparent
"Kimmy Goes Outside!", Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
"Testimony," Veep
"Testimony," Veep
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA
"Hardhome," Game of Thrones
"The Promise," Justified
"Get the Rope," The Knick
"Fight," Masters of Sex
"We Have Manners. We're Polite," Orange is the New Black
"Possession," Penny Dreadful
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY
Black-ish
Jane the Virgin
Parks and Recreation
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA
The Americans
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
Justified
Mad Men
Orange is the New Black
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