As a strange lame gimmick
experiment for this site, I have written down my picks for this year’s Emmy
drama nominations before they were announced.
And I will go back and comment on my picks and see if the Emmy voters
agree with me. I skipped on the comedy
side because in the last few years those nominations have tended to suck making
them sort of irrelevant Modern Family fest in my view.
BEST DRAMA OF THE YEAR
1. Breaking Bad.: Maybe the best show on TV at the moment,
Breaking Bad had another awesome year as Walt and Jesse had one final showdown with loveable chicken/meth entrepreneur Gus Fring.
2. Mad Men:. The AMC hit has won best drama for the last
few years and with another good season it most likely will win again. This is
the kind of show the voters love; it is set in the past and is about urban
professionals.
3. Game of Thrones:. My favorite show was a little less even in
season two than in season 1 (mostly due to Dany being all WHERE ARE MY
DRAGONS????) but the Tyrion and Theon storylines alone should earn it a
nomination.
4. Boardwalk Empire: A pretty good sophomore season that led to the
somewhat shocking end of “mommys boy.” Jimmy Darmody earns a nomination for the
HBO show, even if the series itself has not turned into a pop-culture hit on
the level of fellow HBO show Game of
Thrones.
5.Treme. The Emmys overlooked David Simon’s previous
show for reasons unknown to normal human beings and will likely overlook this
show as well.
6. Downtown Abbey: This is the first
year that the popular British series will be in the drama category instead of
the mini-series category. The show became much more popular in its second
season but a lot of critics felt that it was a much weaker season (it was felt
that the melodramatic storylines were more out there than the melodramatic
storylines from the first season). However
the show still has its charms so it is my number six pick.
Me a few days later: Except for
me picking Treme instead of Homeland (I do not get Showtime so I have not
really seen the show so stop yelling at me) all of my other picks were
nominated.
BEST LEAD ACTOR
1.Bryan Cranston as Walter White
on AMC’s Breaking Bad. Simply the best
lead actor on the TV at the moment. Cranston has won best lead actor for the past
few years (except for last year when Breaking Bad was not in the running) and
has the best chance of winning again. Also he may or may not be the man who
knocks.
2.John Hamm from AMC's Mad Men. Poor John Hamm, in any other universe Hamm
would have won multi-Emmys by now but the voters seem to prefer Cranston.
Other people they I would like to
see nominated include Steve Bushemi on Boardwalk Empire, and Timothy Olyphant from Justified. I could not think of two
other people for this category so sorry internet world.
Me a few days later. Except for Olyphant all of my picks
made it.
I am less interested
in the best female award (since most of the female actors I like on TV tend to
submit themselves for the best female supporting category for some arcane
reason). Therefore I will skip to the supporting actor’s awards.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MALE
1.Peter Dinglage from HBO’s Game of Thrones. Dinglage won the
best supporting actor emmy last year and he may win again as he continues to
play one of the most fun roles on TV. It is true that it would make more sense
for him to summit himself in the lead actor category but he is more likely to
win in this category so in a way he is similar to the pragmatic Tyrion.
2.Aaron Paul from AMC’s Breaking Bad. Also
someone who should really be in a lead category, Paul is in a race with
Dinglage to win in my view
.
3.Alfie Allen as Theon Greyjoy from HBO’s Game of
Thrones. Likely will not be nominated
(God’s help you emmy voters now you are truly lost) but he maybe led Game of Throne’s
best story this season.
Also on my list are Giancario
Esposito as Gus Fring from AMC’s Breaking Bad, Jared Harris as
Lane Price on AMC’s Mad Men and John Slattery as Roger Sterling on AMC’s Mad Men.
Me a few days later: Most of my
picks were in line with the Emmys voters. However they did not recognize Alfie Allen
(knew that would happen) and John Slattery and instead picked two supporting
players from Downton Abbey.
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
1.Christina Hendricks : Mad Men. This could be the year that
Hendricks wins a Emmy.
2.Lena Headey, Game of Thrones. She
was awesome and brought some subtlety to the role of the villainous (but good
check-boned) Cerisi Lanester.
3. Massie Willhams :HBO’s Game of Thrones. A really big long
shot I know but she was entertaining as Arya who had kind of a summer camp
adventure from hell.
My other picks Anna Gun as Skyler
White from AMC’s Breaking Bad, Kelly MacDonald from Boardwalk Empire, Maggie
Smith as the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey
Me a few days later: This was the
one category where the nominations differed the most from my picks, with the
exception of Hendricks, Smith, and Gunn.
