Thursday, September 15, 2011

2011 Primetime Emmy Nominations and Predictions

Here are the nominees with my predictions in bold.

COMEDY SERIES
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Glee (FOX)
Modern Family (ABC)
The Office (NBC)
Parks and Recreation (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)

COMEDY ACTOR
Louis C.K. (Louie)
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)

COMEDY ACTRESS
Laura Linney (The Big C)
Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)

SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR
Chris Colfer (Glee)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)
Ed O'Neill (Modern Family)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men)

SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTRESS
Jane Lynch (Glee)
Betty White (Hot in Cleveland)
Julie Bowen (Modern Family)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live)
Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)

DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Dexter (Showtime)
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Wife (CBS)
Mad Men (AMC)

DRAMA ACTOR
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Hugh Laurie (House)
Timothy Olyphant (Justified)
Jon Hamm (Mad Men)

DRAMA ACTRESS
Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Kathy Bates (Harry's Law)
Mireille Enos (The Killing)
Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order)
Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men)

SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTOR
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Josh Charles (The Good Wife)
Alan Cumming (The Good Wife)
Walton Goggins (Justified)
John Slattery (Mad Men)
Andre Braugher (Men of a Certain Age)

SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTRESS
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife)
Christine Baranski (The Good Wife)
Margo Martindale (Justified)
Michelle Forbes (The Killing)
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)

MINISERIES OR TV MOVIE
Cinema Verite (HBO)
Masterpiece: Downton Abbey (PBS)
The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
The Pillars of the Earth (Starz)
Too Big to Fail (HBO)

LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)
Elizabeth McGovern (Masterpiece: Downton Abbey)
Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)
Taraji P. Henson (Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story)
Jean Marsh (Masterpiece: Upstairs Downstairs)

LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Edgar Ramirez (Carlos)
Greg Kinnear (The Kennedys)
Barry Pepper (The Kennedys)
Idris Elba (Luther)
Laurence Fishburne (Thurgood)
William Hurt (Too Big to Fail)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Maggie Smith (Masterpiece: Downton Abbey)
Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)
Melissa Leo (Mildred Pierce)
Mare Winningham (Mildred Pierce)
Eileen Atkins (Upstairs Downstairs)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Tom Wilkinson (The Kennedys)
Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)
Brian F. O'Byrne (Mildred Pierce)
Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)
James Woods (Too Big to Fail)

VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)


REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
The Amazing Race (CBS)
American Idol (FOX)
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Project Runway (Lifetime)
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
Top Chef (Bravo)

DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
How I Met Your Mother, Pamela Fryman (CBS)
Modern Family, Michael Alan Spiller (ABC)
Modern Family, Gail Mancuso (ABC)
Modern Family, Steve Levitan (ABC)
30 Rock, Beth McCarthy-Miller (NBC)

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire, Martin Scorsese (HBO)
Boardwalk Empire, Jeremy Podeswa (HBO)
The Borgias, Neil Jordan (Showtime)
Game of Thrones, Tim Van Patten (HBO)
The Killing, Patti Jenkins (AMC)

DIRECTING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Carlos, Oliver Assayas (Sundance Channel)
Cinema Verite, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (HBO)
Masterpiece: Downton Abbey, Brian Percival (PBS)
Mildred Pierce, Todd Haynes (HBO)
Too Big to Fail, Curtis Hanson (HBO)

DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
American Idol, Gregg Gelfand (FOX)
The Colbert Report, James Hoskinson (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Chuck O'Neil (Comedy Central)
Late Show With David Letterman, Jerry Foley (CBS)
Saturday Night Live, Don Roy King (NBC)

WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, Episodes (Showtime)
Louis C.K., Louie (FX)
Steve Levitan and Jeffrey Richman, Modern Family (ABC)
Greg Daniels, The Office (NBC)
Matt Hubbard, 30 Rock (NBC)

WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Jason Katims, Friday Night Lights (DirecTV)
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Veena Sud, The Killing (AMC)
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men (AMC)
Andre Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton, Mad Men (AMC)

WRITING FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR DRAMATIC SPECIAL
Julian Fellowes, Masterpiece: Downton Abbey (PBS)
Todd Haynes and Jon Raymond, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Steven Moffat, Masterpiece: Sherlock: A Study in Pink (PBS)
Peter Gould, Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Heidi Thomas, Masterpiece: Upstairs Downstairs (PBS)

WRITING FOR A VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
Conan (TBS)
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)

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