Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Critics in College Predicts: THE 2016 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS


The Americans (FX)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
House of Cards (Netfix)
Mr. Robot (USA)
Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
(alt: Homeland; Billions; Horace and Pete)

Black-ish (ABC)
Master of None (Netflix)
Modern Family (ABC)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Transparent (Amazon)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Veep (HBO)
(alt: The Big Bang Theory; The Carmichael Show; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)

American Crime (ABC)
Fargo (FX)
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (FX)
Roots (History)
Show Me a Hero (HBO)
(alt: The Night Manager; American Horror Story: Hotel; 11.22.63)

Made-for-TV Movie
All the Way (HBO)
Confirmation (HBO)
The Dresser (Starz)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (BBC)
Luther (BBC)
(alt: A Very Murray Christmas; Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill)

Variety Talk Series
Full Frontal w/ Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Late Show w/ James Corden (CBS)
The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert (CBS)
The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
(alt: Real Time w/ Bill Maher; Late Night w/ Seth Meyers; The Nightly Show w/ Larry Wilmore)

Variety Sketch Series
Billy on the Street (TruTV)
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
(alt: W/ Bob and David; Drunk History; Documentary Now!)

Drama Lead Actor
Bobby Cannavale, Vinyl (HBO)
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline (Netflix)
Paul Giamatti, Billions (Showtime)
Rami Malek, Mr. Robot (USA)
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)
(alt: Damian Lewis, Billions; Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan; Aaron Paul, The Path)

Drama Lead Actress
Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime)
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder (ABC)
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Taraji P. Henson, Empire (Fox)
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)
(alt: Keri Russell, The Americans; Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black; Kerry Washington, Scandal)

Comedy Lead Actor
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish (ABC)
Aziz Ansari, Master of None (Netflix)
William H. Macy, Shameless (Showtime)
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley (HBO)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon)
(alt: Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth; Jerrod Carmichael, The Carmichael Show; Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in the Jungle)

Comedy Lead Actress
Rachel Bloom, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW)
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
Tracey Ellis Ross, Black-ish (ABC)
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie (Netflix)
(alt: Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin; Michaela Watkins, Casual; Melissa McCarthy, Mike & Molly)

Limited/Movie Lead Actor
Bryan Cranston, All the Way (HBO)
Idris Elba, Luther (BBC)
Cuba Gooding Jr., The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)
Oscar Isaac, Show Me a Hero (HBO)
Ian McKellen, The Dresser (Starz)
Courtney B. Vance, The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)
(alt: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride; Malachi Kirby, Roots; Bill Murray, A Very Murray Christmas)

Limited/Movie Lead Actress
Kirsten Dunst, Fargo (FX)
Felicity Huffman, American Crime (ABC)
Audra McDonald, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (HBO)
Sarah Paulson, The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)
Lili Taylor, American Crime (ABC)
Kerry Washington, Confirmation (HBO)
(alt: Angela Lansbury, Driving Miss Daisy; Lady Gaga, American Horror Story: Hotel; Rachel McAdams, True Detective)

Drama Supporting Actor
Alan Alda, Horace and Pete (LouisCK.net)
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC)
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Michael McKean, Better Call Saul (HBO)
Christian Slater, Mr. Robot (USA)
(alt: Alan Cumming, The Good Wife; Michael Kelly, House of Cards; Ray Romano, Vinyl)

Drama Supporting Actress
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife (CBS)
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Maggie Siff, Billions (Showtime)
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (PBS)
(alt: Margo Martindale, The Good Wife; Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones; Edie Falco/Jessica Lange, Horace and Pete)

Comedy Supporting Actor
Ty Burrell, Modern Family (ABC)
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)
Keegan Michael-Key, Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley (HBO)
(alt: Laurence Fishburne, Black-ish; David Alan Grier, The Carmichael Show; Hugh Laurie, Veep)

Comedy Supporting Actress
Julie Bowen, Modern Family (ABC)
Anna Chlumsky, Veep (HBO)
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent (Amazon)
Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)
Judith Light, Transparent (Amazon)
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
(alt: Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory; Niecy Nash, Getting On)

Limited/Movie Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown, The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)
Hugh Laurie, The Night Manager (AMC)
Anthony Mackie, All the Way (HBO)
Jesse Plemons, Fargo (FX)
John Travolta, The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX)
Forest Whitaker, Roots (History)
(alt: Bokeem Woodbine, Fargo; Wendell Pierce, Confirmation; Connor Jessup, American Crime)

Limited/Movie Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
Regina King, American Crime (ABC)
Melissa Leo, All the Way (HBO)
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
Anika Noni Rose, Roots (History)
Jean Smart, Fargo (FX)
(alt: Catherine Keener, Show Me a Hero; Olivia Colman, The Night Manager; Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Hotel)

Drama Writing
The Americans for “Persona Non Grata” (FX)
Better Call Saul for “Nailed” (AMC)
Downton Abbey for “Part Eight” (PBS)
Game of Thrones for “Battle of the Bastards” (HBO)
Mr. Robot for “Pilot” (USA)
(alt: The Good Wife for “End”; The Leftovers for “International Assassin”; Horace and Pete for “Episode 103”)

Drama Directing
Game of Thrones for “Battle of the Bastards” (HBO)
Game of Thrones for “Book of the Stranger” (HBO)
The Knick for “This Is All We Are” (Cinemax)
Mr. Robot for “Pilot” (USA)
Vinyl for “Pilot” (HBO)
(alt: Homeland for “The Tradition of Hospitality”; Better Call Saul for “Nailed”; Billions for “Pilot”)

Comedy Writing
Black-ish for “Hope” (ABC)
Master of None for “Parents” (Netflix)
Silicon Valley for “Daily Active Users” (HBO)
Transparent for “Kina Hora” (Amazon)
Veep for “Mother” (HBO)
(alt: Veep for “Doc”; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for “Kimmy Finds Her Mom!”; Transparent for “Man on the Land”)

Comedy Directing
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend for “Josh Just Happens to Live Here!” (The CW)
Silicon Valley for “Founder Friendly” (HBO)
Transparent for “The Book of Life” (Amazon)
Transparent for “Man on the Land” (Amazon)
Veep for “Doc” (HBO)
(alt: Master of None for “Parents”; Veep for “Mother”; Silicon Valley for “Daily Active Users”; Casual for “Pilot”)

Limited/Movie Writing
All the Way (HBO)
American Crime for “Episode 7” (ABC)
The Night Manager (AMC)
The People v. O.J. Simpson for “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” (FX)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (BBC)
Show Me a Hero for “Part Six” (HBO)
(alt: The People v. O.J. Simpson for “The Race Card”; Fargo for “Loplop”; Fargo for “Palindrome”)

Limited/Movie Directing
All the Way (HBO)
Confirmation (HBO)
Fargo for “Before the Law” (FX)
Fargo for “Loplop” (FX)
The People v. O.J. Simpson for “From the Ashes of Tragedy” (FX)
Show Me a Hero (HBO)
(alt: The People v. O.J. Simpson for “The Race Card”; The Night Manager; American Crime for “Episode 7”)

Variety Writing
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver (HBO)
Portlandia (IFC)
W/ Bob and David (Netflix)
(alt: Saturday Night Live; The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon; Jimmy Kimmel Live!)

Variety Directing
Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
Key & Peele (Comedy Central)
The Late Late Show w/ James Corden (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
(alt: W/ Bob and David; Portlandia; Full Frontal w/ Samantha Bee)