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
Black-ish
Master of None
Modern Family
Silicon Valley
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep
Veep won last year and would seem to be a good choice to repeat, so I’ll go with that.
Outstanding Actress In A Comedy
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Laurie Metcalf, Getting On
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won this award the past three years, and I see no reason why she won’t repeat again this year.
Outstanding Actor In A Comedy
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Aziz Ansari, Master of None
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
William H. Macy, Shameless
Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Jeffrey Tambor brought home the award last year for his gender-bending role on Amazon’s hit series. My guess is that Aziz Ansari rides the same wave of good feelings to take home the trophy for his Netflix series.
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Gaby Hoffman, Transparent
Allison Janney, Mom
Judith Light, Transparent
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 Kate McKinnon, whose star seems to be on the rise.
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Matt Walsh, Veep
This is a tough one. The 2 Veep stars are likely to cancel each other out, meaning Tony Hale won’t repeat. While I’d love for Tituss Burgess to win, I don’t see that happening. I’m going to go with Andre Braugher, who has won before for previous roles.
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live
Melora Hardin, Transparent
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, The Big Bang Theory
Amy Schumer, Saturday Night Live
Sadly, I already know who won this award, so rather than pretend otherwise, I’ll go along with the Academy and give it to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for their co-hosting gig on SNL.
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy
Larry David, Saturday Night Live
Tracy Morgan, Saturday Night Live
Martin Mull, Veep
Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
Peter Scolari, Girls
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Again, this award was given out last weekend, so I already know that Peter Scolari already took home the trophy.