With the Emmy Awards scheduled for Sunday night, here are my predictions for the awards for Comedy shows. I most likely have seen most of these shows, so, unlike my annual Oscar predictions, I will not mostly be going on gut feel and word of mouth, but will have a somewhat informed decision.
Outstanding Comedy
Louie
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
Modern Family won last year and would seem to be the obvious choice here, since the voters love it. But Veep is certainly my dark horse candidate, so I’ll go with that.
Outstanding Actress In A Comedy
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won this award the past two years, and I see no reason why she won’t repeat again this year.
Outstanding Actor In A Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis CK, Louie
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
William H. Macy, Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Jim Parsons brought home the award last year for his role as Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, but managed to not be nominated this year. My guess is that Jeffrey Tambor takes home the trophy for Amazon’s hit series.
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Gaby Hoffman, Transparent
Allison Janney, Mom
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Niecy Nash, Getting On
I don’t have much of a strong feeling one way or the other, so I’m going with Julie Bowen.
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Adam Driver, Girls
Tony Hale, Veep
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Having previously won an Emmy for his work on Homicide: Life On The Street, my bet is Andre Braugher adds another trophy to his collection.
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Gaby Hoffman, Girls
Sadly, I already know who won this award, so rather than pretend otherwise, I’ll go along with the Academy and give it to Joan Cusack.
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Louis CK, Saturday Night Live
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Again, this award was given out last weekend, so I already know that Bradley Whitford already took home the trophy.