Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Emmy Award Nominations - 2013

Bright and early tomorrow morning the Emmy Award nominations will be announced. Below are my picks for what I would nominate in each category. (Not what I predict will be nominated, but what I think were the best in each category.)



Best Comedy Series

30 Rock
Happy Endings
Girls
New Girl
New Normal
Veep

Honorable Mentions: Big Bang Theory, Modern Family

Best Drama Series

The Good Wife
House of Cards
Mad Men
The Newsroom
Shameless
True Blood

Honorable Mention: Parenthood

Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Andrew Rannells, New Normal
Jake Johnson, New Girl
Jason Bateman, Arrested Development
Jim Parsons, Big Bang Theory
Johnny Galecki, Big Bang Theory

Best Actress in a Comedy Series

Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lena Dunham, Girls
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl

Honorable Mention: Kat Dennings, 2 Broke Girls; Lea Michele, Glee

Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Peter Krause, Parenthood
Stephen Moyer, True Blood
William H. Macy, Shameless

Best Actress in a Drama Series

Connie Britton, Nashville
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Emmy Rossum, Shameless
Juliana Margulies, The Good Wife
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Adam Pally, Happy Endings
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Chris Colfer, Glee
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Will Arnett, Arrested Development

Honorable Mentions: David Cross, Arrested Development; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family; Ty Burrell, Modern Family; Nick Offerman, Parks & Recreation

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Busy Phillips, Cougar Town
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Jessica Walter, Arrested Development
Mayim Bialik, Big Bang Theory
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live

Honorable Mentions: Eliza Coupe, Happy Endings; Ellen Barkin, New Normal; Zosia Mamet, Girls

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Corey Stoll, House of Cards
Dev Patel, The Newsroom
John Gallagher, Jr., The Newsroom
John Slattery, Mad Men
Sam Waterston, The Newsroom

Honorable Mentions: Chris Noth, The Good Wife; Josh Charles, The Good Wife

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Alison Pill, The Newsroom
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Emily Mortimer, The Newsroom
January Jones, Mad Men
Maggie Smith, Downton Abby

Honorable Mention: Monica Potter, Parenthood