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  • Emmy Award Predictions

    Check out the early picks for the TV awards...

    June 9, 2012

    Best Television Series (Drama)

    • Breaking Bad
    • Downton Abbey
    • Game of Thrones
    • Homeland
    • Mad Men

    Alternates: Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, Justified, Dexter, Boss

    Best Television Series (Comedy)

    • 30 Rock
    • The Big Bang Theory
    • Louie
    • Modern Family
    • Parks and Recreation

    Alternates: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Community, New Girl, Glee, Enlightened

    Best Lead Actor (Drama)

    • Steve Buscemi – Boardwalk Empire
    • Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad
    • Kelsey Grammar – Boss
    • Jon Hamm – Mad Men
    • Hugh Laurie – House
    Alternates: Damian Lewis (Homeland), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Timothy Olyphant (Justified), Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), Dustin Hoffman (Luck)

    Best Lead Actor (Comedy)

    • Alec Baldwin – 30 Rock
    • Don Cheadle – House of Lies
    • Louie CK – Louie
    • Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm
    • Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory

    Alternates: Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men), Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Joel McHale (Community), Warwick Davis (Life’s Too Short)

    Best Lead Actress (Drama)

    • Glenn Close – Damages
    • Claire Danes – Homeland
    • Julianna Marguilles – The Good Wife
    • Elizabeth McGovern – Downton Abbey
    • Elizabeth Moss – Mad Men

    Alternates: Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Kathy Bates (Harry’s Law), Mirelles Enos (The Killing), Katey Segal (Sons of Anarchy), Debra Messing (Smash)

    Best Lead Actress (Comedy)

    • Laura Dern – Enlightened
    • Tina Fey – 30 Rock
    • Laura Linney – The Big C
    • Melissa McCarthy – Mike & Molly
    • Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation

    Alternates: Julie Louis Dreyfuss (Veep), Zooey Deschanel (New Girl), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie), Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope), Lena Dunham (Girls)

    Best Supporting Actor (Drama)

    • Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
    • Nick Nolte – Luck
    • Mandy Patinkin – Homeland
    • Aaron Paul – Breaking Bad
    • John Slattery – Mad Men

    Alternates: Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Josh Charles (The Good Wife), John Goodman (Damages), Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)

    Best Supporting Actor (Comedy)

    • Ty Burrell – Modern Family
    • Jesse Tyler Freguson – Modern Family
    • Ed O’Neill – Modern Family
    • Nick Offerman – Parks and Recreation
    • Eric Stonestreet – Modern Family

    Alternates: Max Greenfield (New Girl), James Spader (The Office), Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live), Ricky Gervais (Life’s Too Short), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)

    Best Supporting Actress (Drama)

    • Rose Byrne – Damages
    • Christina Hendricks – Mad Men
    • Kelly MacDonald – Boardwalk Empire
    • Archie Panjabi – The Good Wife
    • Maggie Smith – Downton Abbey

    Alternates: Christine Baranski (The Good Wife), Michelle Forbes (The Killing), Anjelica Huston (Smash), Morena Baccarin (Homeland), Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)

    Best Supporting Actress (Comedy)

    • Julie Bowen – Modern Family
    • Maya Rudolph – Up All Night
    • Sofia Vergara – Modern Family
    • Betty White – Hot in Cleveland
    • Kristen Wiig – Saturday Night Live

    Alternates: Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Diane Ladd (Enlightened), Kristen Bell (House of Lies), Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), Cloris Leachman (Raising Hope)

    Best TV Movie or Mini-Series

    • American Horror Story
    • Hemingway and Gelhorn
    • Game Change
    • Great Expectations
    • Titanic

    Alternates: Hatfield’s and McCoys, The Hour, Luther, Five, Appropriate Adult

    Best Lead Actor – TV or Mini-Series

    • Ed Harris – Game Change
    • Woody Harrelson – Game Change
    • Bill Nighy – Page Eight
    • Clive Owen – Hemingway and Gelhorn
    • Dominic West – The Hour

    Alternates: Kevin Costner (Hatfields & McCoys), Idris Elba (Luther), Ray Winstone (Great Expectations), Benedict Cumberbatch (Parade’s End), Martin Landau (Have a Little Faith)

    Best Lead Actress – TV or Mini-Series

    • Romola Garai – The Hour
    • Nicole Kidman – Hemingway and Gelhorn
    • Julianne Moore – Game Change
    • Emily Watson – Appropriate Adult
    • Rachel Weisz – Page Eight

    Alternates: Judy Davis (Page Eight), Connie Britton (American Horror Story), Rebecca Hall (Parade’s End), Mare Winningham (Hatfields & McCoys), Gillian Anderson (Great Expectations)

    Best Supporting Actor – TV or Mini Series

    • Robert Duvall – Hemingway and Gelhorn
    • Michael Gambon – Page Eight
    • Martin Landau – Have a Little Faith
    • Bill Paxton – Hatfields and McCoys
    • David Strathairn – Hemingway and Gelhorn

    Alternates: Tom Berenger (Hatfields and McCoys), Ed Harris (Game Change), Evan Peters (American Horror Story)

    Best Supporting Actress – TV or Mini-Series

    • Gillian Anderson – Great Expectations
    • Judy Davis – Page Eight
    • Jessica Lange – American Horror Story
    • Sarah Paulson – Game Change
    • Mare Winningham – Hatfields and McCoys

    2 Comments

    1. Why is “The Middle” ignored by so many? It’s just as well written as many of the other comedies that are nominated.

      Pat

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    2. Smash?

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