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.