Split between who I think is the favorite, my pick, and the dark horse pick that could ruin the other two from happening.
MY BALLOT
Outstanding Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire • HBO
X Breaking Bad • AMC Favorite
Downton Abbey • PBS Dark Horse
Game Of Thrones • HBO
Homeland • Showtime Dark Horse
Mad Men • AMC
Outstanding Comedy Series
The Big Bang Theory • CBS
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO
X Girls • HBO Dark Horse
Modern Family • ABC Favorite
30 Rock • NBC
Veep • HBO
Outstanding Reality-Competition
The Amazing Race • CBS Favorite
Dancing With The Stars • ABC
Project Runway • Lifetime
So You Think You Can Dance • FOX
X Top Chef • Bravo
The Voice • NBC Dark Horse
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson Boardwalk Empire
X Bryan Cranston as Walter White Breaking Bad Favorite
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan Dexter
Hugh Bonneville as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham • Downton Abbey
Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody Homeland
Jon Hamm as Don Draper Mad Men Dark Horse?? (They sort of owe him for not winning for Season 4)
Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series
Glenn Close as Patty Hewes Damages
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley Downton Abbey Dark Horse
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick The Good Wife Favorite
Kathy Bates as Harriet Korn Harry’s Law
X Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison Homeland
Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper The Big Bang Theory Favorite
Larry David as Himself Curb Your Enthusiasm
Don Cheadle as Marty Kaan House of Lies
X Louis C.K. as Louie Louie Dark Horse
Alec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy 30 Rock
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper Two And A Half Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath Girls Dark Horse
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn Mike & Molly Favorite
Zooey Deschanel as Jess Day New Girl
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton Nurse Jackie
X Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope Parks And Recreation
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer Veep Dark Horse
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman Breaking Bad
X Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo ‘Gus’ Fring Breaking Bad Favorite
Brendan Coyle as John Bates Downton Abbey
Jim Carter as Mr. Carson Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister Game of Thrones
Jared Harris as Lane Pryce Mad Men Dark Horse*
*-Never underestimate the death of a character raising their awards odds.
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Anna Gunn as Skyler White Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham • Downton Abbey Dark Horse
Joanne Froggatt as Anna Smith Downton Abbey
Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Sharma The Good Wife
Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart The Good Wife
X Christina Hendricks as Joan Holloway Harris Mad Men Favorite*
*Seriously, this better be her year or I will find the people who did not vote for her.
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Ed O’Neill as Jay Pritchett Modern Family Favorite
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell Pritchett Modern Family Favorite
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy Modern Family Favorite
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker Modern Family Favorite
X Max Greenfield as Schmidt New Girl Dark Horse
Bill Hader as various characters Saturday Night Live Dark Horse
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler The Big Bang Theory
Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey Desperate Housewives Dark Horse*
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy Modern Family Favorite
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett Modern Family Favorite
Merritt Wever as Zoey Barkow Nurse Jackie
X Kristen Wiig as various characters Saturday Night Live
*- Never underestimate the death of the actual actor raising their awards odds.
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Tim Van Patten Boardwalk Empire (To The Lost)
X Vince Gilligan Breaking Bad (Face Off)
Brian Percival Downton Abbey (Episode 7)
Michael Cuesta Homeland (Pilot) Dark Horse
Phil Abraham Mad Men (The Other Woman) Favorite
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Julian Fellowes Downton Abbey (Episode 7) Dark Horse
Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff Homeland (Pilot)
Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner Mad Men (The Other Woman)
André Jacquemetton and Maria Jacquemetton Mad Men (Commissions and Fees)
X Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner Mad Men (Far Away Places)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Robert B. Weide Curb Your Enthusiasm (Palestinian Chicken)
X Lena Dunham Girls (She Did)
Louis C.K. Louie (Duckling) Dark Horse
Jason Winer Modern Family (Virgin Territory)
Steven Levitan Modern Family (Baby On Board) Favorite
Jake Kasdan New Girl (Pilot)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedies
X Chris McKenna Community (Remedial Chaos Theory)
Lena Dunham Girls (Pilot) Dark Horse
Louis C.K. Louie (Pregnant) Favorite
Amy Poehler Parks And Recreation (The Debate)
Michael Schur Parks And Recreation (Win, Lose, Or Draw)
Outstanding Host for a Reality or a Reality-Competition Program
Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race
Ryan Seacrest American Idol
Betty White Betty White’s Off Their Rockers Favorite
Tom Bergeron Dancing With The Stars
X Cat Deeley So You Think You Can Dance Dark Horse
X The Colbert Report • Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart • Comedy Central Favorite
Jimmy Kimmel Live • ABC
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon •NBC Dark Horse
Real Time with Bill Maher • HBO
Saturday Night Live •NBC
Outstanding Mini-Series or Movie
COULDN’T GIVE A SHIT
