Over the past month, I've been posting my personal picks for all major Emmy categories in drama and comedy, with brief analysis.
Below are the shows, actors, writers and directors I'd vote to see recognized for the recently-passed TV season. Click the category names for explanations as to why, and also keep in mind that winners have only been selected for writing/directing categories in which episodes have already been submitted.
BROAD CITY (Comedy Central)
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (FXX)
GETTING ON (HBO)
PLEASE LIKE ME (Pivot)
SILICON VALLEY (HBO)
TRANSPARENT (Amazon)
VEEP (HBO)
LOUIS C.K. for Louie
ANDY DALY for Review
CHRIS GEERE for You're the Worst
WILLIAM H. MACY for Shameless
THOMAS MIDDLEDITCH for Silicon Valley
JEFFREY TAMBOR for Transparent
ELLIE KEMPER for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
LISA KUDROW for The Comeback
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS for Veep
LAURIE METCALF for Getting On
GINA RODRIGUEZ for Jane the Virgin
EMMY ROSSUM for Shameless
TITUSS BURGESS for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
CHARLIE DAY for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
KEVIN DUNN for Veep
TONY HALE for Veep
T.J. MILLER for Silicon Valley
MEL RODRIGUEZ for Getting On
KATHRYN HAHN for HAPPYish
JANE KRAKOWSKI for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
AMY LANDECKER for Transparent
MELANIE LYNSKEY for Togetherness
NIECY NASH for Getting On
LAUREN WEEDMAN for Looking
JILL SOLOWAY for Transparent (“Best New Girl”)
ARMANDO IANNUCCI for Veep (“Testimony”)
MICHAEL PATRICK KING for The Comeback (“Valerie Gets Down on Her Knees”)
PHIL LORD & CHRISTOPHER MILLER for The Last Man on Earth (“Alive in Tucson”)
MATT SHAKMAN for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (“Charlie Work”)
JOSH THOMAS for Please Like Me (“Scroggin”)
LOUIS C.K. for Louie (“Cop Story”)
CARRIE KEMPER for Silicon Valley (“Homicide”)
ANDREW HAIGH for Looking (“Looking for Home”)
MARK V OLSEN & WILL SCHEFFER for Getting On (Turnips... North Day... Yes, Yes)
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
THE AMERICANS (FX)
BETTER CALL SAUL (AMC)
BLOODLINE (Netflix)
JUSTIFIED (FX)
MAD MEN (AMC)
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (Netflix)
RECTIFY (Sundance)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
KYLE CHANDLER for Bloodline
JON HAMM for Mad Men
BOB ODENKIRK for Better Call Saul
MATTHEW RHYS for The Americans
MICHAEL SHEEN for Masters of Sex
ADEN YOUNG for Rectify
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
LIZZY CAPLAN for Masters of Sex
TARAJI P. HENSON for Empire
ELISABETH MOSS for Mad Men
KERI RUSSELL for The Americans
ABIGAIL SPENCER for Rectify
RUTH WILSON for The Affair
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
JONATHAN BANKS for Better Call Saul
JERE BURNS for Justified
CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON for The Leftovers
WALTON GOGGINS for Justified
ANDRE HOLLAND for The Knick
BEN MENDELSOHN for Bloodline
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
ADELAIDE CLEMENS for Rectify
CARRIE COON for The Leftovers
ANN DOWD for The Leftovers
LENA HEADEY for Game of Thrones
LORRAINE TOUSSAINT for Orange Is the New Black
ALISON WRIGHT for The Americans
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
STEVEN SODERBERGH for The Knick (“Get the Rope”)
CARL FRANKLIN for Bloodline (“Part 12”)
VINCE GILLIGAN for Better Call Saul (“Uno”)
SANAA HAMRI for Rectify (“Weird As You”)
THOMAS SCHLAMME for Manhattan (“You Always Hurt the One You Love”)
OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
MATTHEW WEINER for Mad Men (“Person to Person”)
DAMON LINDELOF & JACQUELINE HOYT for The Leftovers (“Two Boats and a Helicopter”)
AMY LIPPMAN for Masters of Sex (“Fight”)
CHRIS PROVENZANO & INGRID ESCAJEDA for Justified (“The Trash and the Snake”)
STEPHEN SCHIFF for The Americans (“Salang Pass”)