Final 2011 Emmy Predictions

Best Series, Drama
-Boardwalk Empire
-Dexter
-Friday Night Lights
-Game of Thrones
-The Good Wife
-Mad Men

Best Lead Actor, Drama
-Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
-Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
-Michael C. Hall, Dexter
-Jon Hamm, Mad Men
-Hugh Laurie, House
-William H. Macy, Shameless

Best Lead Actress, Drama
-Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
-Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
-Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
-Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
-Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
-Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Best Supporting Actor, Drama
-Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
-Josh Charles, The Good Wife
-Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
-Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
-Michael Pitt, Boardwalk Empire
-John Slattery, Mad Men

Best Supporting Actress, Drama
-Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
-Michelle Forbes, The Good Wife
-Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
-Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire
-Margo Martindale, Justified
-Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife

Best Directing, Drama
-Boardwalk Empire ("Pilot")
-Friday Night Lights ("Always")
-Game of Thrones ("Winter Is Coming")
-Mad Men ("The Suitcase")
-The Walking Dead ("Days Gone Bye")

Best Writing, Drama
-Friday Night Lights ("Always")
-The Good Wife ("VIP Treatment")
-Mad Men ("The Chrysanthemum & the Sword")
-Mad Men ("The Suitcase")
-The Walking Dead ("Days Gone Bye")

Best Guest Actor, Drama
-Bruce Dern, Big Love
-Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
-Jeremy Irons, Law & Order: SVU
-Robert Morse, Mad Men
-Bob Newhart, NCIS
-Peter Weller, Dexter

Best Guest Actress, Drama
-Shoreh Aghdashloo, Law & Order: SVU
-Candice Bergen, House
-Ellen Burstyn, Big Love
-Marcia Gay Harden, Law & Order: SVU
-Debra Messing, Law & Order: SVU
-Julia Stiles, Dexter

Best Series, Comedy
-30 Rock
-Glee
-Hot in Cleveland
-Modern Family
-The Office
-Parks and Recreation

Best Lead Actor, Comedy
-Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
-Louis C.K., Louie
-Steve Carell, The Office
-Joel McHale, Community
-Matthew Morrison, Glee
-Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Lead Actress, Comedy
-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

Best Supporting Actor, Comedy
-Ty Burrell, Modern Family
-Chris Colfer, Glee
-Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
-Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
-Ed O'Neil, Modern Family
-Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actress, Comedy
-Julie Bowen, Modern Family
-Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
-Jane Lynch, Glee
-Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
-Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
-Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live

Best Directing, Comedy
-30 Rock ("Live Show")
-The Big C ("Pilot")
-Glee ("The Substitute")
-Modern Family ("Halloween")
-The Office ("Goodbye Michael, Part 2")

Writing, Comedy
-30 Rock ("100")
-Glee ("Born This Way")
-Modern Family ("Caught in the Act")
-Modern Family ("Manny Get Your Gun")
-The Office ("Goodbye, Michael")

Best Guest Actor, Comedy
-Jim Carrey, Saturday Night Live
-John Lithgow, How I Met Your Mother
-Liam Neeson, The Big C
-Carl Reiner, Hot in Cleveland
-John Slattery, 30 Rock
-Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live

Best Guest Actress, Comedy
-Kristin Chenoweth, Glee
-Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live
-Cloris Leachman, Raising Hope
-Gwyneth Paltrow, Glee
-Sherri Shepherd, 30 Rock
-Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

Best Movie/Miniseries
-Carlos
-Cinema Verite
-Downton Abbey
-Mildred Pierce
-Too Big to Fail
-Upstairs, Downstairs

Best Actor, Movie/Miniseries
-Idris Elba, Luther
-William Hurt, Too Big to Fail
-Samuel L. Jackson, The Sunset Limited
-Tommy Lee Jones, The Sunset Limited
-Edgar Ramirez, Carlos

Best Actress, Movie/Miniseries
-Katie Holmes, The Kennedys
-Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
-Jean Marsh, Upstairs, Downstairs
-Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
-Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Best Supporting Actor, Movie/Miniseries
-James Gandolfini, Cinema Verite
-Paul Giamatti, Too Big To Fail
-Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
-Tim Robbins, Cinema Verite
-Tom Wilkinson, The Kennedys

Best Supporting Actress, Movie/Miniseries
-Eileen Atkins, Upstairs, Downstairs
-Melissa Leo, Mildred Pierce
-Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
-Betty White, The Lost Valentine
-Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce

Best Directing, Movie/Miniseries
-Carlos
-Downton Abbey
-The Sunset Limited
-Too Big To Fail
-Mildred Pierce

Best Writing, Movie/Miniseries
-Cinema Verite
-Downton Abbey
-Mildred Pierce
-The Sunset Limited
-Upstairs, Downstairs

Variety Series
-The Colbert Report
-Conan
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
-The Late Show With David Letterman
-Real Time With Bill Maher
-Saturday Night Live

Variety Special
-Colin Quinn: Long Story Short
-Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden
-Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2-The Stand-Up Special

Directing, Variety Series
-American Idol
-The Colbert Report
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
-Late Show With David Letterman
-Saturday Night Live

Directing, Variety Special
-The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
-64th Annual Tony Awards
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden
-Thurgood

Writing, Variety Series
-The Colbert Report
-Conan
-The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
-The Late Show With David Letterman
-Real Time With Bill Maher

Writing, Variety Special
-Colin Quinn: Long Story Short
-Dennis Miller: The Big Speech
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Louis C.K.: Hilarious
-Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2-The Stand-Up Special

Reality Competition Series
-The Amazing Race
-American Idol
-Dancing With the Stars
-Project Runway
-Survivor
-Top Chef

Reality Series
-Antiques Roadshow
-Dirty Jobs
-Intervention
-Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
-Mythbusters
-Undercover Boss

Reality Host
-Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
-Hedi Klum, Project Runway
-Padma Lakshmi, Top Chef
-Jeff Probst, Survivor
-Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

Outstanding Animated Program
-Archer
-Community: Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas
-The Ricky Gervais Show
-The Simpsons
-South Park

Outstanding Art Direction For a Multi-Camera Series
-The Big Bang Theory
-Hell’s Kitchen
-Hot in Cleveland
-How I Met Your Mother
-Mike & Molly

Outstanding Art Direction For a Single-Camera Series
-Boardwalk Empire
-The Borgias
-Game of Thrones
-Glee
-True Blood

Outstanding Art Direction For a Miniseries Or Movie
-Any Human Heart
-Cinema Verite
-Downton Abbey
-Mildred Pierce
-Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Art Direction For Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming
-The 83rd Annual Academy Awards
-American Idol
-Gettysburg
-Saturday Night Live
-Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show

Outstanding Casting For a Comedy Series
-30 Rock
-The Big C
-Glee
-Modern Family
-The Office
Outstanding Casting For a Drama Series
-Boardwalk Empire
-Friday Night Lights
-The Killing
-Mad Men
-True Blood

Outstanding Casting For a Miniseries, Movie Or Special
-Cinema Verite
-Downton Abbey
-Mildred Pierce
-Upstairs Downstairs
-Too Big To Fail

Outstanding Children’s Nonfiction, Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
-Masterclass
-Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics
Outstanding Children’s Program
-Good Luck Charlie
-Hannah Montana Forever
-iCarly
-Lemonade Mouth
-Wizards of Waverly Place

Outstanding Choreography
-Dancing With the Stars
-Dancing With the Stars
-So You Think You Can Dance
-So You Think You Can Dance
-So You Think You Can Dance

Outstanding Cinematography For a Miniseries Or Movie
-Carlos
-Cinema Verite
-Mildred Pierce
-Sherlock: A Study in Pink
-Too Big To Fail

Outstanding Cinematography For a Multi-Camera Series
-30 Rock
-The Big Bang Theory
-Hot in Cleveland
-How I Met Your Mother
-Rules of Engagement

Outstanding Cinematography For Nonfiction Programming
-Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
-Baseball: The Tenth Inning
-Gettysburg
-If God Is Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise
-Whale Wars

Outstanding Cinematography For Reality Programming
-The Amazing Race
-Dirty Jobs
-Out of the Wild: Venezuela
-Survivor
-Top Chef

Outstanding Cinematography For a Single-Camera Series
-Hung
-The Killing
-Mad Men
-Nurse Jackie
-The Walking Dead

Outstanding Commercial
-“Border”, Coca-Cola
-“Conan”, American Express
-“Italian Countryside”, Dox Equis
-“Opulence”, DirecTV
-“Questions”, Old Spice Body Wash

Outstanding Costumes For a Series
-Boardwalk Empire
-Game of Thrones
-Glee
-Mad Men
-True Blood

Outstanding Costumes For a Miniseries, Movie Or a Special
-Any Human Heart
-Downton Abbey
-Mildred Pierce
-Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming
-The Amazing Race
-American Experience
-Gasland
-If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise
-Top Chef

Outstanding Hairstyling For a Miniseries Or a Movie
-Downton Abbey
-The Kennedys
-Mildred Pierce
-Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Hairstyling For a Multi-Camera Series Or Special
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Dancing With the Stars
-Hot in Cleveland
-Saturday Night Live
-Two and a Half Men

Outstanding Hairstyling For a Single-Camera Series
-Boardwalk Empire
-Boardwalk Empire
-Glee
-Mad Men
-Mad Men

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For a Variety, Music, Or Comedy Series
-American Idol
-Dancing With the Stars
-Jimmy Kimmel Live
-Saturday Night Live
-So You Think You Can Dance

Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For a Variety, Music, Or Comedy Special
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden
-Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show

Outstanding Main Title Design
-Boardwalk Empire
-Game of Thrones
-Mildred Pierce
-Too Big To Fail
-The Walking Dead

Outstanding Makeup For a Miniseries Or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
-The Kennedys
-Mildred Pierce
-The Pillars of the Earth
-Upstairs Downstairs

Outstanding Makeup For a Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic)
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Dancing With the Stars
-Hot in Cleveland
-Hot in Cleveland
-Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Makeup For a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)
-Boardwalk Empire
-Glee
-Grey’s Anatomy
-Mad Men
-The Walking Dead

Outstanding Music Composition For a Miniseries, Movie Or a Special
-Any Human Heart
-Downton Abbey
-The Kennedys
-The Lost Valentine
-Mildred Pierce

Outstanding Music Composition For a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
-Castle
-Fringe
-Game of Thrones
-Psych
-Rubicon

Outstanding Music Direction
-53rd Annual Grammy Awards
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Dancing With the Stars
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Super Bowl Halftime Show

Outstanding Nonfiction Series
-30 For 30
-American Experience
-American Masters
-Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
-Biography

Outstanding Nonfiction Special
-Baseball: The Tenth Inning
-Gettysburg
-His Way
-If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise
-Waste Land

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
-Game of Thrones
-Haven
-Mildred Pierce
-Rubicon
-Sherlock

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Glee
-Glee
-Saturday Night Live
-Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Picture Editing For a Comedy Series (Single Or Multi-Camera)
-Hot in Cleveland
-How I Met Your Mother
-Modern Family
-Modern Family
-The Office

Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming
-30 For 30
-Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
-Gasland
-If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise
-Whale Wars

Outstanding Picture Editing For Reality Programming
-The Amazing Race
-The Celebrity Apprentice
-Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
-Intervention
-Top Chef

Outstanding Picture Editing For a Special (Single Or Multi-Camera)
-Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Louis C.K.: Hilarious
-Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2-The Stand-Up Special
-Thurgood

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For a Series, Miniseries, Movie Or a Special
-Boardwalk Empire
-Game of Thrones
-True Blood
-The Walking Dead
-The Walking Dead

Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program
-30 Rock Presents Jack Donaghy, Executive Suerpher
-Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1
-Disney Prep & Landing: Secret Santa
-The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
-Robot Chicken

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For a Drama Series
-Boardwalk Empire
-The Good Wife
-The Killing
-Mad Men
-The Walking Dead

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For a Miniseries Or Movie
-Cinema Verite
-Mildred Pierce
-Mildred Pierce
-Sherlock: A Study in Pink
-Too Big To Fail

Outstanding Sound Editing For a Miniseries, Movie Or a Special
-Any Human Heart
-The Kennedys
-The Lost Valentine
-Mildred Pierce

Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Single Or Multi-Camera)
-The Amazing Race
-American Masters
-Baseball: The Tenth Inning
-Gettysburg
-If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise

Outstanding Sound Editing For a Series
-Boardwalk Empire
-CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
-Fringe
-Game of Thrones
-Smallville

Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation
-Community
-Entourage
-Modern Family
-The Office
-Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Comedy Or Drama Series (One Hour)
-Boardwalk Empire
-Game of Thrones
-Glee
-House
-The Walking Dead

Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Miniseries Or a Movie
-Cinema Verite
-Downton Abbey
-Mildred Pierce
-Too Big To Fail

Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming
-The Amazing Race
-American Idol
-If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise
-Survivor
-Top Chef

Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Variety Or Music Series Or Special
-The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
-American Idol
-American Idol
-Dancing With the Stars
-The Voice

Outstanding Special Class Programs
-The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-Eddie Izzard: Live at Madison Square Garden
-Louis C.K.: Hilarious
-Thurgood

Outstanding Special Class-Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Programs
-Childrens Hospital
-The Daily Show Correspondents Explain
-The Office: The Girl Next Door Webseries
-Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show
-30 Rock: The Webisodes

Outstanding Special Class-Short-Format Nonfiction Programs
-The Closer: Episode 603 Script to Screen
-Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Life With Confidence
-In Character With
-Jay Leno’s Garage
-Writer’s Draft

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For a Miniseries, Movie Or a Special
-Any Human Heart
-Firebreather
-The Pillars of the Earth
-The Pillars of the Earth

Outstanding Special Visual Effects For a Series
-Boardwalk Empire
-CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
-Game of Thrones
-SGU Stargate Universe
-The Walking Dead

Outstanding Stunt Coordination
-Chuck
-Game of Thrones
-Hawaii Five-0
-Justified
-Lights Out

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For a Miniseries, Movie Or a Special
-The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
-83rd Annual Academy Awards
-The Kennedy Center Honors
-Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden
-The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway

Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For a Series
-30 Rock
-The Big Bang Theory
-Dancing With the Stars
-Hot in Cleveland
-Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
-Archer
-Robot Chicken
-The Ricky Gervais Show
-The Simpsons
-The Simpsons

Outstanding Writing For Nonfiction Programming
-30 For 30
-Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
-Baseball: The Tenth Inning
-Gasland
-Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

THEORETICAL NOMINATION LEADERS

DRAMA
17-Boardwalk Empire
16-Mad Men
13-Game of Thrones
10-The Good Wife
10-The Walking Dead
6-Friday Night Lights
5-Law & Order: SVU
4-Dexter
4-True Blood
3-House
3-The Killing
2-Big Love
2-The Closer
2-CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2-Fringe
2-Justified
2-Rubicon

COMEDY
17-Glee
14-30 Rock
14-Modern Family
10-Hot in Cleveland
8-The Office
5-How I Met Your Mother
4-The Big Bang Theory
4-The Big C
3-Community
3-Parks and Recreation
2-Archer
2-Nurse Jackie

MINISERIES/MOVIE
20-Mildred Pierce
11-Downton Abbey
10-Cinema Verite
9-Too Big to Fail
9-Upstairs, Downstairs
6-The Kennedys
5-Any Human Heart
4-Carlos
4-The Sunset Limited
3-The Lost Valentine
3-The Pillars of the Earth
3-Sherlock: A Study in Pink
3-The Simpsons
2-The Ricky Gervais Show
2-Robot Chicken

OTHER
13-Saturday Night Live
10-Dancing With the Stars
9-83rd Annual Academy Awards
8-American Idol
6-The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
6-The Amazing Race
6-If God Is Willing And The Creek Don’t Rise
6-The Kennedy Center Honors
6-Top Chef
4-Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
4-Baseball: The Tenth Inning
4-The Daily Show
4-Gettysburg
4-Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden
4-So You Think You Can Dance
4-Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show
4-Survivor
3-30 For 30
3-The Colbert Report
3-Conan
3-Gasland
3-The Late Show With David Letterman
3-Louis C.K.: Hilarious
3-Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2-The Stand-Up Special
3-Thurgood
2-American Experience
2-American Masters
2-Colin Quinn: Long Story Short
2-Dirty Jobs
2-Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
2-Intervention
2-Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant
2-Project Runway
2-Real Time With Bill Maher
2-Whale Wars