Tom O’Neil’s fearless, 100% perfect Emmy nominations predictions
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Don’t bother setting your alarm to get up early Thursday morning to find out who’ll reap Emmy nominations. Below are my predictions, which, of course, are flawless ... as usual. (Ahem.)
DRAMA SERIES
‘Mad Men’
‘Boardwalk Empire’
‘Dexter’
‘Friday Night Lights’
‘Game of Thrones’
‘The Good Wife’
DRAMA ACTOR
Steve Buscemi, ‘Boardwalk Empire’
Michael C. Hall, ‘Dexter’
Jon Hamm, ‘Mad Men’
Hugh Laurie, ‘House’
William H. Macy, ‘Shameless’
Timothy Olyphant, ‘Justified’
DRAMA ACTRESS
Connie Britton, ‘Friday Night Lights’
Mariska Hargitay, ‘Law & Order: SVU’
Julianna Margulies, ‘The Good Wife’
Elisabeth Moss, ‘Mad Men’
Katey Sagal, ‘Sons of Anarchy’
Kyra Sedgwick, ‘The Closer’
SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTOR
Andre Braugher, ‘Men of a Certain Age’
Alan Cumming, ‘The Good Wife’
Peter Dinklage, ‘Game of Thrones’
Walton Goggins, ‘Justified’
Michael Shannon, ‘Boardwalk Empire’
John Slattery, ‘Mad Men’
SUPPORTING DRAMA ACTRESS
Sharon Gless, ‘Burn Notice’
Christina Hendricks, ‘Mad Men’
Kelly Macdonald, ‘Boardwalk Empire’
Margo Martindale, ‘Justified’
Archie Panjabi, ‘The Good Wife’
Debra Winger, ‘In Treatment’
COMEDY SERIES
‘The Big Bang Theory’
‘Glee’
‘The Office’
‘Modern Family’
‘Parks and Recreation’
‘30 Rock’
COMEDY ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, ’30 Rock’
Steve Carell, ‘The Office’
Louis CK, ‘Louie’
Rob Lowe, ‘Parks and Recreation’
Joel McHale, ‘Community’
Jim Parsons, ‘The Big Bang Theory’
COMEDY ACTRESS
Toni Collette, ‘United States of Tara’
Edie Falco, ‘Nurse Jackie’
Tina Fey, ’30 Rock’
Laura Linney, ‘The Big C’
Lea Michele, ‘Glee’
Amy Poehler, ‘Parks and Recreation’
SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR
Ty Burrell, ‘Modern Familiy’
Chris Colfer, ‘Glee’
Jon Cryer, ‘Two and a Half Men’
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, ‘Modern Family’
Neil Patrick Harris, ‘How I Met Your Mother’
Eric Stonestreet, ‘Modern Family’
SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTRESS
Julie Bowen, ‘Modern Family’
Jane Lynch, ‘Glee’
Wendie Malick, ‘Hot in Cleveland’
Sofia Vergara, ‘Modern Family’
Betty White, ‘Hot in Cleveland’
REALITY COMPETITION SHOW
‘The Amazing Race’
‘American Idol’
‘Dancing with the Stars’
‘Top Chef’
‘Project Runway’
‘Survivor’
REALITY TV HOST
Tom Bergeron, ‘Dancing with the Stars’
Phil Keoghan, ‘The Amazing Race’
Padma Lakshmi, ‘Top Chef’
Jeff Probst, ‘Survivor’
Ryan Seacrest, ‘American Idol’
VARIETY SERIES
‘The Daily Show’
‘The Colbert Report’
‘Conan’
‘Late Show with David Letterman’
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-- Tom O’Neil