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.
