Okay, so now we’re onto comedy. I’m 4 for 8 on the shows nominated in series, so that makes me perhaps a little more informed here, but you never know, really. With Veep out of the running this year, the two possible frontrunners happen to be the ones that I haven’t watched (of course), but I’ll try to handicap it the best I can.
COMEDY SERIES
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ will battle ‘Atlanta’ for the Emmy win
Atlanta
Barry
Black-ish
Curb Your Enthusiasm
GLOW
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Silicon Valley
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Okay, so like I said, Veep wasn’t on the air this year, so that takes it out of the running, leaving an opening for a new show to win, finally. Of the new ones, you know that my favorites are Barry and GLOW, but I think the honor for them is in being nominated for their first seasons, while old standbys Silicon Valley and Kimmy Schmidt are past their prime. Atlanta is nominated for the most awards, including two directing and writing nominations, while Mrs. Maisel is also in there for those and both shows won a couple of early awards at the Creative Arts Emmys this last weekend. I think it’s one of them, but I’m not sure which. The thing is is that Maisel is more overtly comedic while Atlanta is more of a drama a lot of the time and those don’t tend to win here. So I may give the Amy Sherman-Palladino show the edge for that reason.
Winner: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Alternate: Atlanta
Dark Horse: GLOW (just because)
COMEDY ACTOR
Donald Glover likely to repeat as Emmy winner for Comedy Actor
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry
William H. Macy, Shameless
Gonna go with Donald Glover to repeat on this one. It’d be cool to see legend Ted Danson get it, but I think with Atlanta having all those nominations, he has the advantage.
Winner: Donald Glover
Alternate: Ted Danson
COMEDY ACTRESS
Rachel Brosnahan will win her first Emmy for ‘Mrs. Maisel’
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace & Frankie
The frontrunner is definitely Maisel’s Rachel Brosnahan, who may have even won if Julia Louis-Dreyfus was eligible this year for Veep. She’ll pick this one up easily.
Winner: Rachel Brosnahan
Alternate: Tracee Ellis-Ross
Dark Horse: Issa Rae
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Crossing my fingers for Henry Winkler’s hilarious turn on ‘Barry’
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Titus Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Henry Winkler, Barry
I’d love to see Henry Winkler get this, but I just hope it’s not Alec Baldwin again. I’m starting to get annoyed with the SNL actors getting nominated in the supporting acting categories- they should really have their own category like they used to for “Individual Performance in a Variety Series.” It feels unfair to the other actors in this category. They might be over Baldwin this year though- he was on the show less and maybe it’s time to give this one to somebody else.
Winner: Henry Winkler
Alternate: Tony Shalhoub (he’s an old Emmy favorite, he might be being underestimated)
Dark Horse: Kenan Thompson
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Can Kate McKinnon three-peat for the Emmy?
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace
Speaking of SNL people hogging up the slots. I think Kate McKinnon has a strong chance to win again, despite being a two-time winner now. But Borstein could take it for Maisel also. I doubt anyone from Roseanne would win but it is funny that Metcalf (who won three times for that role in the past) is the one who skated through the controversy to a nomination anyway.
Winner: Kate McKinnon
Alternate: Alex Borstein
