Tonight Jimmy Fallon hosts the 62nd Primetime Emmys which for the first time in decades will be aired live for people on the west coast. It’s amazing that NBC is finally treating viewers out here as adults and not delaying the telecast that is filmed right here in our LA backyards. So who’s gonna win?
Outstanding drama series: “Breaking Bad,” “Mad Men” (AMC), “Lost” (ABC), “The Good Wife” (CBS), “Dexter,” (Showtime) and “True Blood” (HBO)
Prediction: “Breaking Bad”
My Pick: “Lost”
Outstanding comedy series: “The Office,” “30 Rock” (NBC), “Glee” (Fox), “Modern Family” (ABC), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) and “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime)
Prediction: “Modern Family”
My Pick: “Modern Family”
Lead actor in a drama series: Bryan Cranston ”Breaking Bad”; Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”; Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”; Kyle Chandler, “Friday Night Lights”; Hugh Laurie, “House”; and Matthew Fox, “Lost.”
Prediction: Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
My Pick: Matthew Fox, “Lost”
Outstanding lead actress in a drama series: Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU“; Julianna Margulies, “The Good Wife”; Connie Britton, “Friday Night Lights”; Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”; Glenn Close, “Damages”; and January Jones, “Mad Men.”
Prediction: Connie Britton “Friday Night Lights”
My Pick: N/A I only watch “Mad Men” but don’t think January Jones should win
Lead actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”; Steve Carell, “The Office”; Jim Parsons, “Big Bang Theory”; Matthew Morrison, “Glee”; Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”; and Larry David, “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Prediction: Jim Parsons, “Big Bang Theory”
My Pick: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Lead actress in a comedy series: Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation”; Tina Fey, “30 Rock”; Lea Michele, “Glee”; Julia-Louis Dreyfus,” The New Adventures of Old Christine“; Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie”; and Toni Collette, “United States of Tara”
Prediction: Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
My Pick: Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series: Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”; Martin Short, “Damages”; Terry O’Quinn, “Lost”; Michael Emerson, “Lost”; John Slattery, “Mad Men”; Andre Braugher, “Men Of A Certain Age”
Prediction: Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”
My Pick: Michael Emerson, “Lost”
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series: Sharon Gless, “Burn Notice”; Rose Byrne, “Damages”; Archie Panjabi, “The Good Wife”; Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife”; Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”; Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Prediction: Rose Byrne, “Damages”
My Pick: Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men”
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series: Chris Colfer, “Glee”; Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”; Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family”; Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family”; Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”; Jon Cryer, “Two And A Half Men”
Prediction: Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
My Pick: Ty Burrell, “Modern Family”
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, “Glee”; Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”; Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family”; Kristen Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”; Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock”; Holland Taylor, “Two And A Half Men”
Prediction: Jane Lynch, “Glee”
My Pick: Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family” because she’ll give a crazy acceptance speech
