The Official 2009 Emmy Predictions Thread

[FilmFan720]

If there is any justice, Breaking Bad will do a hell of a lot better than that.

[anonymous1980]

My predictions:

OUTSTANDING MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
Courageous Heart of Irena Sandler (CBS)
Grey Gardens (HBO)
Into the Storm (HBO)
Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)
Taking Chance (HBO)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Damages (F/X)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)
24 (Fox)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
30 Rock (NBC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Weeds (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING MINISERIES
Generation Kill (HBO)
House of Saddam (HBO)
Little Dorritt (PBS)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC or COMEDY SERIES
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC or COMEDY SPECIAL
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (HBO)
Hitman: David Foster and Friends
The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS)
Ricky Gervais: Out of England (HBO)
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome, America - A Final Night with George W. Bush (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE
Kevin Bacon, Taking Chance (HBO)
Kenneth Branagh, Wallander: One Step Behind (BBC America)
Brendan Gleeson, Into the Storm (HBO)
Kevin Kline, Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac (PBS)
Ian McKellen, King Lear (PBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE
Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens (HBO)
Jessica Lange, Grey Gardens (HBO)
Shirley MacLaine, Coco Chanel (Lifetime)
Anna Paquin, Courageous Heart of Irena Sandler (CBS)
Sigourney Weaver, Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment (HBO)
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael C. Hall, Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie, House (Fox)
Kiefer Sutherland, 24 (Fox)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, Damages (F/X)
Sally Field, Brothers and Sisters (ABC)
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace (TNT)
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (AMC)
Anna Paquin, True Blood (HBO)
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (TNT)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell, The Office (NBC)
David Duchovny, Californication (Showtime)
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub, Monk (USA)
Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? (ABC)
Toni Collette, The United States of Tara (Showtime)
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty (ABC)
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE
Len Cariou, Into the Storm (HBO)
Robert Carlyle, 24: Redemption (Fox)
Tom Courtenay, Little Dorritt (CBS)
Ken Howard, Grey Gardens (HBO)
Ryan Kelley, Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Saddam (HBO)
Marcia Gay Harden, Courageous Hart of Irena Sandler (CBS)
Janet McTeer, Into the Storm (HBO)
Jeanne Tripplehorn, Grey Gardens (HBO)
Cicely Tyson, Relative Stranger: A Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michael Emerson, Lost (ABC)
William Hurt, Damages (F/X)
John Mahoney, In Treatment (HBO)
John Noble, Fringe (Fox)
William Shatner, Boston Legal (ABC)
John Slattery, Mad Men (AMC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Candice Bergen, Boston Legal (ABC)
Rose Byrne, Damages (F/X)
Rachel Griffiths, Brothers and Sisters (ABC)
Marcia Gay Harden, Damages (F/X)
Katherine Heigl, Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Dianne Wiest, In Treatment (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Kevin Dillon, Entourage (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Tracy Morgan, 30 Rock (NBC)
Jeremy Piven, Entourage (HBO)
Rainn Wilson, The Office (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Judy Davis, The Starter Wife (USA)
Jenna Fischer, The Office (NBC)
Elizabeth Perkins, Weeds (Showtime)
Jean Smart, Samantha Who? (ABC)
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty (ABC)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE
John Kent Harrison, Courageous Hart of Irena Sandler (HBO)
Susanna White and Simon Cellon Jones, Generation Kill (HBO)
Michael Sucsy, Grey Gardens (HBO)
Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Into the Storm (HBO)
Ross Katz, Taking Chance (HBO)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A MINISERIES/MOVIE
David Simon, Ed Burns and Evan Wright, Generation Kill (HBO)
Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, Grey Gardens (HBO)
Hugh Whitemore, Into the Storm (HBO)
Andrew Davies, Little Dorritt (PBS)
Katie Ford, Prayers for Bobby (Lifetime)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A DRAMA SERIES
Michael Rymer, Battlestar Galactica: "Daybreak Part 2" (The Sci-Fi Channel)
Jack Bender, Lost: "The Incident" (ABC)
Andrew Bernstein, Mad Men: "Flight 1" (AMC)
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men: "Meditations in an Emergency" (AMC)
Jon Cassar, 24: "Day 7: 8 am - 9 am" (Fox)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A DRAMA SERIES
Ronald D. Moore, Battlestar Galactica: "Daybreak Part 2" (Sci-Fi Channel)
Glenn Kessler, Todd Kessler and Daniel Zelman, Damages: "I Lied, Too" (F/X)
Lisa Albert and Matthew Weiner, Mad Men: "Flight 1" (AMC)
Matthew Weiner and Kate Gordon, Mad Men: "Meditations of an Emergency" (AMC)
Shawn Ryan, The Shield: "Family Meeting" (F/X)

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julian Farino, Entourage: "Tree Trippers" (HBO)
Ken Kwapis, The Office: "Company Picnic" (NBC)
Beth McCarthy Miller, 30 Rock: "Reunion" (NBC)
John Riggi, 30 Rock: "Goodbye, My Friend" (NBC)
Craig Gillespie, The United States of Tara: "Pilot" (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES
Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, How I Met Your Mother: "Wooo!" (CBS)
Robert Carlock, 30 Rock: "Apollo, Apollo" (NBC)
Kay Cannon and Tina Fey, 30 Rock: "Christmas Special" (NBC)
Bill Lawrence, Scrubs: "My Finale" (NBC)
Diablo Cody, The United States of Tara: "Work" (Showtime)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Sterling Beaumon, Lost (ABC)
Ernest Borgnine, ER (NBC)
Ted Danson, Damages (F/X)
Jimmy Smits, Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Voight, 24 (Fox)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brenda Blethyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Carol Burnett, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Ellen Burstyn, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)
Bernadette Peters, Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Susan Sarandon, ER (NBC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alan Alda, 30 Rock (NBC)
Will Arnett, 30 Rock (NBC)
Albert Brooks, Weeds (Showtime)
Jon Hamm, 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Martin, 30 Rock (NBC)

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kathryn Joosten, Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Megan Mullally, 30 Rock (NBC)
Amy Ryan, The Office (NBC)
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock (NBC)
Betty White, My Name Is Earl (NBC)



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[dws1982]

I had posted them (someone transcribed them on another site), but it took up a lot of space and cluttered the page. Will link to them instead.

Here

It's busy and cluttered there too, of course.



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[anonymous1980]

How the hell is Tracey Ullman in 'Tracey Ullman's State of the Union' a Supporting Actress contender?

No can do, Reza - it's 198 pages.

They got rid of the Individual Performance in a Variety/Music Program category and a loophole in the rules allows sketch performers in comedy-variety shows to submit in the Supporting in a Comedy category (but not Lead)

Yes, it's ridiculous and insane.

[Reza]

No can do, Reza - it's 198 pages.

Oh ok...no problem!!

[paperboy]

How the hell is Tracey Ullman in 'Tracey Ullman's State of the Union' a Supporting Actress contender?

No can do, Reza - it's 198 pages.

[Reza]

Can someone please copy & paste the list of performers as this Adobe thingee is not working.

[anonymous1980]

Nominations are about a month away. Might as well create this thread.

I'll post my predictions later but in the meantime, the Academy has made available on-line the official ballots of some categories so you guys can check out the names of people eligible for nominations (you'll need Adobe Reader):

Writing
Directing
Performers
Casting
Editing