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Emmy 2016 Predictions


OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory | CBS
Louie | FX
Modern Family | ABC
Silicon Valley | HBO
Transparent | Amazon
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix
Veep | HBO

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louis C.K. as Louie in Louie | FX
Matt LeBlanc as Matt LeBlanc in Episodes | Showtime
William H. Macy as Frank Gallagher in Shameless | Showtime
Thomas Middleditch as Richard Hendricks in Silicon Valley | HBO
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory | CBS
Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman in Transparent | Amazon

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie | Showtime
Ellie Kemper as Kimmy Schmidt in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix
Lisa Kudrow as Valerie Cherish in The Comeback | HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer in Veep | HBO
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation | NBC
Amy Schumer as Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer | Comedy Central

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Fred Armisen as Various Characters in Portlandia | IFC
Andre Braugher as Ray Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy in Modern Family | ABC
Tituss Burgess as Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett in Modern Family | ABC
Tony Hale as Gary Walsh in Veep | HBO

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah-Fowler in The Big Bang Theory | CBS
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy in Modern Family | ABC
Anna Chlumsky as Amy Brookheimer in Veep | HBO
Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett in Mom | CBS
Kate McKinnon as Various Characters in Saturday Night Live | NBC
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow in Nurse Jackie | Showtime

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louis C.K. as Various Characters in Saturday Night Live | NBC
Paul Giamatti as Juror #10 in Inside Amy Schumer | Comedy Central
Bill Hader as Various Characters in Saturday Night Live | NBC
Jon Hamm as Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix
Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman in Modern Family | ABC
Bradley Whitford as Marcy May in Transparent | Amazon

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory | CBS
Joan Cusack as Sheila Jackson in Shameless | Showtime
Tyne Daly as Mrs. Plank in Modern Family | ABC
Tina Fey as Marcia Clark in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Netflix
Rita Moreno as Liliana De La Vega in Jane the Virgin | The CW
Kyra Sedgwick as Madeline Wuntch in Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Fox

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Louie | Sleepover
Modern Family | Won't You Be Our Neighbor
Silicon Valley | Sand Hill Shuffle
Transparent | Best New Girl
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kimmy Goes on a Date!

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Louie | Bobby’s House
Parks and Recreation | One Last Ride
Transparent | Pilot
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Kimmy Goes Outside!
Veep | Election Night

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OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul | AMC
Downton Abbey | PBS
Empire | Fox
Game of Thrones | HBO
House of Cards | Netflix
Mad Men | AMC
Orange is the New Black | Netflix

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy in The Newsroom | HBO
Jon Hamm as Don Draper in Mad Men | AMC
Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon in Empire | Fox
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in Better Call Saul | AMC
Michael Sheen as William Masters in Masters of Sex | Showtime
Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood in House of Cards | Netflix

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Lizzy Caplan as Virginia Johnson in Masters of Sex | Showtime
Viola Davis as Annalise Keating in How to Get Away with Murder | ABC
Taraji P. Henson as Cookie Lyon in Empire | Fox
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick in The Good Wife | CBS
Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman in Orange is the New Black | Netflix
Robin Wright as Claire Underwood in House of Cards | Netflix

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut in Better Call Saul | AMC
Jim Carter as Charles Carson in Downton Abbey | PBS
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones | HBO
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson in Homeland | Showtime
John Slattery as Roger Sterling, Jr. in Mad Men | AMC
Jon Voight as Mickey Donovan in Ray Donovan | Showtime

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Uza Aduba as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Orange is the New Black | Netflix
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart in The Good Wife | CBS
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones | HBO
Christina Hendricks as Joan Harris in Mad Men | AMC
Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey | PBS
Lorraine Toussaint as Yvonne "Vee" Parker in Orange is the New Black | Netflix

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
F. Murray Abraham as Dar Adal in Homeland | Showtime
Dylan Baker as Colin Sweeney in The Good Wife | CBS
Beau Bridges as Barton Scully in Masters of Sex | Showtime
Lars Mikkelsen as Viktor Petrov in House of Cards | Netflix
David Hyde Pierce as Frank Prady in The Good Wife | CBS
Sam Shepard as Robert Rayburn in Bloodline | Netflix

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kate Burton as Sally Langston in Scandal | ABC
Allison Janney as Margaret Scully in Masters of Sex | Showtime
Julianne Nicholson as Dr. Lillian DePaul in Masters of Sex | Showtime
Diana Rigg as Lady Olenna Tyrrell in Game of Thrones | HBO
Lois Smith as Betty Turner in The Americans | FX
Cicely Tyson as Ophelia Hartness in How to Get Away with Murder | ABC

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire | Eldorado
Empire | Pilot
Game of Thrones | Hardhome
Mad Men | Person To Person
Orange is the New Black | Thirsty Bird

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Better Call Saul | Uno
Game of Thrones | Mother’s Mercy
House of Cards | Chapter 39
Orange is the New Black | We Have Manners, We’re Polite
Mad Men | Person to Person

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OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
American Crime | ABC
American Horror Story: Freak Show | FX
The Honourable Woman | Sundance
Olive Kitteridge | HBO
Wolf Hall | PBS

OUTSTANDING TV MOVIE
Bessie | HBO
Derek: The Final Chapter | Netflix
Killing Jesus | National Geographic
Nightingale | HBO
Worricker: Salting the Battlefield | PBS

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Ricky Gervais as Derek Noakes in Derek: The Final Chapter | Netflix
Timothy Hutton as Russ Skokie in American Crime | ABC
Richard Jenkins as Henry Kitteridge in Olive Kitteridge | HBO
David Oyelowo as Peter Snowden in Nightingale | HBO
Bill Paxton as Sam Houston in Texas Rising | History Channel
Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall | PBS

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Nessa Stein in The Honourable Woman | Sundance
Felicity Huffman as Barbara Hanlon in American Crime | ABC
Jessica Lange as Elsa Mars in American Horror Story: Freak Show | FX
Queen Latifah as Bessie Smith in Bessie | HBO
Frances McDormand as Olive Kitteridge in Olive Kitteridge | HBO
Emma Thompson as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | PBS

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Michael Chiklis as Dell Toledo in American Horror Story: Freak Show | FX
Damian Lewis as King Henry VIII in Wolf Hall | PBS
Bill Murray as Jack Kennison in Olive Kitteridge | HBO
Jonathan Pryce as Thomas Wolsey in Wolf Hall | PBS
Stephen Rea as Sir Hugh Hayden-Hoyle in The Honourable Woman | Sundance
Michael Kenneth Williams as Jack Gee in Bessie | HBO

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Kathy Bates as Ethel Darling in American Horror Story: Freak Show | FX
Claire Foy as Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall | PBS
Regina King as Aliyah Shadeed in American Crime | ABC
Janet McTeer as Dame Julia Walsh in The Honourable Woman | Sundance
Mo'Nique as Ma Rainey in Bessie | HBO
Sarah Paulson as Bette and Dot Tattler in American Horror Story: Freak Show | FX

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Bessie | Dee Rees
The Honourable Woman | Hugo Blick
Olive Kitteridge | Lisa Cholodenko
Texas Rising | Roland Joffé
Wolf Hall | Peter Kosminsky

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE
Bessie | Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Dee Rees
The Honourable Woman | Hugo Blick
Nightingale | Frederick Mensch
Olive Kitteridge | Jane Anderson
Wolf Hall | Peter Straughan

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I am impressed that Tatiana Maslany from Orphan Black is not on your list for Best actress in a leading role, she should win, in my opinion.

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