2018 Emmy Predictions

I'm really just interested in this category -  because of my fave actor but also, I think because, it's an incredibly weird one and competitive too - I would argue that this is becoming, every year more competitive than the BA Oscar.

Obviously I'd love to see Pacino win but I don't think he can win a 3rd Emmy for a performance so subdued though I'd be stunned if he's not nominated. But Jordan looks out here now, he didn't do anything and the show was awful too, I like McLaughlan but I don't really care much about Twin Peaks overall and I think it's still way too cultish I see him the same as Pacino and Daniels, a nominee who can't win.

Criss I didn't get at all (I'm predicting him to win I guess) I thought he was fine but not special, but Cumberbatch who is becoming an all-time force on TV (previous winner, perennial nominee) I thought was giving a performance that stands with his best film work in Patrick Melrose and should win but.............nobody saw it

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES/TV MOVIE:

Darren Criss | American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace (FX)
Jeff Daniels | The Looming Tower (Hulu)
Michael B. Jordan | Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Kyle Maclachlan | Twin Peaks: The Return (Showtime)
Al Pacino | Paterno (HBO)

I forgot Cumberbatch! I’ll swap Jordan out. Jordan was really excellent which is why despite the reception of the film, I had confidence his performance plus his popularity would get him through, but yeah, I think Cumberbatch, despite the fact that his performance isn’t the most widely seen, will get enough underground support to pull him into the category.

If Dern wins two Emmys in one night for the same category area, immediately the year after winning an Emmy for the same category, we all bow down to Laura Dern.

- Hopefully that awful season of Curb is snubbed entirely.

- Louie Anderson and Galifianakis most definitely need to be nominated for Baskets.

- Really confused as to why FX is running Trust in the drama category. Sutherland getting snubbed would be criminal.

- Hoping they go wild for The Americans and Emmerich and Martindale (or Holly Taylor) both score supporting nods.

- Not gonna happen, but it would be great if Olyphant got some recognition for Santa Clarita Diet

Sadly I doubt Twin Peaks is even getting nominated. The Globes are much more open to "weird shit" than the Emmys and they didn't nominate it. The guilds didn't touch it either.

Comedy Series
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley

Alt. Will and Grace

Lead Actor - Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
William H. Macy, Shameless
Eric McCormack, Will and Grace

Alt. Tracy Morgan, The Last O.G.

Lead Actress - Comedy
Allison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Jane Fonda, Grace and Frankie
Allison Janney, Mom
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Alt. Debra Messing, Will and Grace

Supporting Actor - Comedy
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Sean Hayes, Will and Grace
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Marc Maron, GLOW
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Alt. Louie Anderson, Baskets

Supporting Actress - Comedy
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Megan Mullally, Will and Grace
Jessica Walter, Arrested Development

Alt. Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actor - Comedy
Bryan Cranston, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Leslie Jordan, Will and Grace
Lin Manuel-Miranda, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory

Alt. John Mulaney, Saturday Night Live

Guest Actress - Comedy
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
Tiffany Haddish, Saturday Night Live
Jane Lynch, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel
Molly Shannon, Will and Grace
Wanda Sykes, Black-ish

Alt. Blythe Danner, Will and Grace

Directing - Comedy
Donald Glover for “Barbershop" from ATLANTA
Hiro Murai for “Teddy Perkins” from ATLANTA
Bill Hader for "Make Your Mark” from BARRY
Jesse Peretz for “Pilot” from GLOW
Amy Sherman-Palladino for “Pilot” from THE MARVELLOUS MRS. MAISEL
Mike Judge for "Grow Fast or Die Slow” from SILICON VALLEY

Alt. Robert B. Weide for "Never Wait for Seconds!” from Curb Your Enthusiasm

Writing - Comedy
Donald Glover for “Teddy Perkins” from ATLANTA
Stephen Glover for “FUBU” from ATLANTA
Alec Berg and Bill Hader for “Make Your Mark” from BARRY
Larry David & Jeff Schaffer & Justin Hurwitz & Jon Hayman for “Fatma!” from CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Amy Sherman-Palladino for “Pilot” from THE MARVELLOUS MRS. MAISEL
Alec Berg for "Fifty-One Percent” from SILICON VALLEY

Alt. Jesse Peretz for “Pilot” from GLOW
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Drama Series
The Americans
The Crown
Game of Thrones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Stranger Things
This is Us
Westworld

Alt. Mindhunter

Lead Actor - Drama
Jason Bateman, Ozark
Sterling K. Brown, This is Us
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Milo Ventimiglia, This is Us
Jeffrey Wright, Westworld

Alt. Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor

Lead Actress - Drama
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Claire Foy, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Keri Russell, The Americans
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld

Alt. Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder

Supporting Actor - Drama
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
David Harbour, Stranger Things
Justin Hartley, This is Us
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Jon Voight, Ray Donovan

Alt. Noah Schnapp, Stranger Things

Supporting Actress - Drama
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid’s Tale
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Chrissy Metz, This is Us
Thandie Newton, Westworld

Alt. Vanessa Kirby, The Crown

Guest Actor - Drama
Alan Alda, The Good Fight
Matthew Goode, The Crown
Michael C. Hall, The Crown
Ron Cephas Jones, This is Us
Gerald McCraney, This is Us
Jimmi Simpson, Westworld

Alt. Cameron Britton, Mindhunter

Guest Actress - Drama
Cherry Jones, The Handmaid’s Tale
Margo Martindale, The Good Fight
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Marisa Tomei, The Handmaid’s Tale
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid’s Tale

Alt. Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black

Directing - Drama
Stephen Daldry for “Dear Mrs. Kennedy” from THE CROWN
Jeremy Podeswa for “The Dragon and the Wolf” from GAME OF THRONES
Matt Shakman for “The Spoils of War” from GAME OF THRONES
Mike Barker for “June” from THE HANDMAID’S TALE
Lesli Linka Glatter for "Paean to the People" from HOMELAND
David Fincher for “Episode 1” from MINDHUNTER

Alt. Frederick E.O. Toye for “The Passenger” from WESTWORLD

Writing - Drama
Joel Fields & Joe Weisberg for “START” from THE AMERICANS
Peter Morgan for "Matrimonium" from THE CROWN
David Benioff & D. B. Weiss for “The Dragon and the Wolf” from GAME OF THRONES
Bruce Miller for “Unwomen” from THE HANDMAID’S TALE
Phoebe Waller-Bridge for “Nice Face” from KILLING EVE
Lisa Joy & Roberto Patino for “Journey Into Night” from WESTWORLD

Alt. The Duffer Brothers for “MADMAX” from STRANGER THINGS

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Limited Series
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Godless
The Looming Tower
Top of the Lake: China Girl
Twin Peaks: The Return

Alt. Patrick Melrose

TV Movie
Black Mirror: U.S.S. Callister
Fahrenheit 451
Flint
Paterno
The Tale

Alt. I Am Elizabeth Smart

Actor - Limited Series / TV Movie
Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso
Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Benedict Cumberbatch, Patrick Melrose
Michael B. Jordan, Fahrenheit 451
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return
Al Pacino, Paterno

Alt. Evan Peters, American Horror Story: Cult

Actress - Limited Series / TV Movie
Hayley Atwell, Howards End
Jessica Biel, The Sinner
Laura Dern, The Tale
Michelle Dockery, Godless
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Cult

Alt. Sarah Gadon, Alias Grace

Supporting Actor - Limited Series / TV Movie
Bill Camp, The Looming Tower
Jeff Daniels, Godless
Édgar Ramírez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Peter Sarsgaard, The Looming Tower
Michael Shannon, Fahrenheit 451
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Looming Tower

Alt. Jason Ritter, The Tale

Supporting Actress - Limited Series / TV Movie
Ellen Burstyn, The Tale
Penélope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Laura Dern, Twin Peaks: The Return
Nicole Kidman, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Angela Lansbury, Little Women
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace

Alt. Elizabeth Debicki, The Tale

Directing - Limited Series / TV Movie
Ryan Murphy for “The Man That Would Be Vogue” from The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Ramin Bahrani, Fahrenheit 451
Scott Frank, Godless
Jennifer Fox, The Tale
Jane Campion for “China Girl” from Top of the Lake: China Girl
David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return

Alt. The Looming Tower

Writing - Limited Series / TV Movie
Tom Rob Smith, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror: Hang the DJ
Ramin Bahrani and Amir Naderi, Fahrenheit 451
Jennifer Fox, The Tale
Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Mark Frost and David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return

Alt. The Looming Tower

With nominations next week this has become an interesting category too - the Emmy's for Mini/Movie acting Male and Female have in this decade become Oscar caliber competitive and Jennifer Jason Leigh could shake this category up big time I think but who would she bump out?

Supporting Actress - Limited Series / TV Movie

Ellen Burstyn, The Tale
Penélope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Laura Dern, Twin Peaks: The Return
Nicole Kidman, Top of the Lake: China Girl
Angela Lansbury, Little Women
Judith Light, The Assassination of Gianni Versace

No Maclachlan AND no Pacino - but Jesse Plemons for what is essentially a joke and John Legend............yikes. I had MacLachlan and Pacino as 3 and 4 in the category - I could have made a strong case for MacLachlan winning

Nothing wrong with that Plemons nomination, personally, and I'd argue he's the most deserving one of the bunch who actually got in.

Well I wouldn't go that far, Patrick Melrose is the best performance I've seen Cumberbatch give - that was great work - and as I've said about him in some other spots he is a TV powerhouse, hope he wins.

But Plemons was witty and solid work but there's no dramatic "there" there - and I'm a fan of his - I really can't see him, Legend or Daniels in that category and I'm no fan of Criss but he was a given. No real problem with Banderas (good) and Cumberbatch (great) but the rest of the category is a hot mess for me.

"Ricky Martin, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story"

I fucking hate the Emmys! Cannot believe not a single nomination for Twin Peaks? Fuck them.

Edit: Did Lynch get nominated for directing? At least, they've some sense.