Hillary Chats With 'Trump' on The Tonight Show

Normally, I hate posting stuff from Fallon, but here's Hillary scoring some much needed personality points on The Tonight Show as she takes advice from Donald Trump over the phone. I admit, it's not too bad- and anything that helps the strongest Democrat who can actually WIN the election next year (sorry Bernie Sanders peeps, but he's not Obama and he's not happening) is okay by me. And after the circus sideshow that was the GOP debate last night? Yeah, we need to keep some sanity in the White House.

Emmy Predictions, Part 2: Acting in a Comedy Series

So I'm back today with more likely to be random Emmy predictions, but I guess that makes it even more fun. Today we're looking at the comedy acting races.

LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
  • Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
  • Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
  • Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
  • Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep

Believe it or not, without regard to submission tapes, I could really see any of these women winning. The tapes are still submitted and put online for optional viewing if any voter wants to watch all six, but let's face it, how many people do you think are going to do that? Based on popularity alone, I think it could easily be Julia Louis-Dreyfus again (for the fourth year in a row), Amy Schumer (hot off the buzz of Trainwreck and the zeitgeist), Lily Tomlin (because she's Lily Tomlin) or Amy Poehler (who's never won and this was the last season of Parks). It's gonna have to be a guess here.

  • Winner: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (since I'm gambling on Veep in Comedy series, she has to go along with it)
  • Alternate: Amy Schumer
  • Dark Horse: Lily Tomlin

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Anthony Anderson, black-ish
  • Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
  • Don Cheadle, House of Lies
  • Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
  • Louis C.K., Louie
  • William H. Macy, Shameless
  • Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

This is a little easier, because I can't imagine Jeffrey Tambor not winning this award. He's beloved from The Larry Sanders Show and Arrested Development, and he's never won an Emmy. This is his year- he should easily win a popularity contest. And the thing the Emmy voters did to ensure it was to not even nominate four time consecutive winner Jim Parsons (thank god for that).

  • Winner: Jeffrey Tambor
  • Alternate: William H. Macy (beloved veteran status helps him I think)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES

  • Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
  • Niecy Nash, Getting On
  • Julie Bowen, Modern Family
  • Allison Janney, Mom
  • Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
  • Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
  • Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Yeah, you read that right- there's an astounding eight nominees in this category, and I have no clue who's likely to win in a popular vote. Allison Janney won last year and she's beloved by the TV Academy, so I guess I'm just going to stick with her, although I really don't know if the new voting rules are likely to change her winning streak or not. I'd personally like to see Kate McKinnon win. Julie Bowen might just take it, since Modern Family is probably still popular with a broad group of voters. Oy, this one's tough.

  • Winner: Allison Janney
  • Alternate: Julie Bowen
  • Dark Horse: Kate McKinnon (it's wishful thinking, yes, but maybe there's hope in the new voting system)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN COMEDY SERIES

  • Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Adam Driver, Girls
  • Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
  • Ty Burrell, Modern Family
  • Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
  • Tony Hale, Veep

So my vote would go to Tituss Burgess here in a heartbeat, but with a broad group of people voting now, I'm wondering if it helps or hurts niche shows airing on Netflix. I have no evidence either way (not yet), but it could well help the most popular and watched show in a group of nominees, which would be, you got it, Modern Family of this bunch. Andre Braugher is a beloved veteran though, so you can't count him out.

  • Winner:Ty Burell- something tells me he's going to win his third Emmy for this role
  • Alternate: Andre Braugher

That's it, guys. I fully expect to be wrong here, but I'll be back tomorrow with the acting contenders for drama series. See you then!

Maggie Smith Looks to Get the Last Laugh in New 'Downton Abbey' Season 6 Trailer

That is, if they don't kill her off first. They probably won't, right? They haven't killed anyone of late on the show, and since it's the final season, I would think someone would have to go. Who more than the Dowager Countess, the representative of the old world in its entirety? Downton Abbey premieres its final season this Sunday in the UK.

Emmy Predictions, Part 1: Acting in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Well, it's my least favorite time of year everyone- Emmy predictions week. The Emmys are on this Sunday (already a conflict for me since it's airing live against my Seahawks game on NBC-argh!), and to make matters worse, this year the TV Academy has completely upended the voting system. That's right, if guessing the winners was a crapshoot before, now it's a total free for all. They used to vote based on submission tapes watched by panels of a dozen or so voters, now it's a straight popular vote from thousands of voters. No one has any idea how it's going to go down this year, which means there is no strategy or precedent for predictions at all. So why do it? I guess I'm just a masochist. I won't bother to give detailed analysis this year though- know that I'm guessing based on name recognition and what I think is popular with the voters due to the number of nominations a show got. That's all I got for this season, folks! We're starting with TV movie and miniseries actors.

LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE

  • Timothy Hutton, American Crime
  • Ricky Gervais, Derek
  • Adrien Brody, Houdini
  • David Oyelowo, Nightingale
  • Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
  • Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall

Ummm, I don't know. Possibly Richard Jenkins, since Olive Kitteridge has won a lot of precursor awards (I hated that show though). I really don't know who'd they go with otherwise, although it'd be cool if Mark Rylance won. He was pretty great in Wolf Hall.

  • Winner: Richard Jenkins
  • Alternate: Mark Rylance
  • Dark Horse: Ricky Gervais (a big name)

LEAD ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE

  • Felicity Huffman, American Crime
  • Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
  • Queen Latifah, Bessie
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
  • Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
  • Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd (Live from Lincoln Center)

Frances McDormand has won everything else for this role, so it'd be foolish to bet against her now.

  • Winner: Frances McDormand
  • Alternate: Queen Latifah (could benefit from a popular vote)
  • Dark Horse: Maggie Gyllenhaal (she won the Golden Globe)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE

  • Richard Cabral, American Crime
  • Denis O'Hare, American Horror Story
  • Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story
  • Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
  • Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
  • Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall

Yikes. This one stumps me completely. I tend to lean Bill Murray, yet he actually hasn't won anything for that role despite being nominated everywhere. I'm gonna have to take a wild stab in the dark here and go for Damian Lewis, previous Emmy winner for Homeland.

  • Winner: Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
  • Alternate: BIll Murray, Olive Kitteridge

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES/MOVIE

  • Regina King, American Crime
  • Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story
  • Angela Bassett, American Horror Story
  • Kathy Bates, American Horror Story
  • Monique, Bessie
  • Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge

Every year people say Sarah Paulson needs to win for AHS and it doesn't happen, so maybe this is the year it does? What hurts her is being up against bigger names from the same show though. Kathy Bates won last year, although I don't know if that means anything for her chances. Angela Bassett could take it. I do think it's between the three women of AHS.

  • Winner: Sarah Paulson- if two heads can't do it, nothing can.
  • Alternate: Angela Bassett
  • Dark Horse: Kathy Bates

That's it for today everybody. I'll be back tomorrow with the comedy acting races, but again, I'm pretty much doing this for fun, so I'm warning you not to take me as a sage predictor of anything for the wackier than usual Emmys this year.

The CW Debuts Hawkman and Hawkgirl

Even though diehard fans are delighted by the almost duplicated-from-the-comics version of the eternal duo's costumes for the upcoming Legends of Tomorrow show, I have to think this might be a case of what works in a comic book not quite translating to live action. I'm thinking mostly in terms of their headgear. You have to admit, it's probably gonna look kinda silly when this gets put on screen, don't you think?

New Trailer for 'The Flash' Season 2 Shows Off New Heroes

A bunch of characters show up in this longer promo for Season 2 of CW's The Flash, which gives us a whole bunch of action and special effects. I'm hoping this show avoids the sophomore slump of typical network shows, but after having such a strong debut year, I know that's possible. Still, with the first season being better than Arrow ever was, I'm excited for this to come back on Oct. 6th. One of my most anticipated fall shows, actually.

'Jessica Jones' Has a Premiere Date

Finally, Netflix has put out a teaser for Jessica Jones and announced a release date of November 20th, when all thirteen episodes of the first season will be out at 12:01 am, as per usual. This is the second in their Marvel superhero series, and after the big success of Daredevil, expectations are high for this, which will actually be the first female centered Marvel superhero adaptation of anything, and only the second overall, since Supergirl will premiere on CBS just a few weeks ahead of it. Looks like the girls finally made it to TV- Wonder Woman will be the first to make it to the big screen in 2017. Let's hope these are successful for that reason alone. Krysten Ritter plays the title character in this one, so I'm crossing my fingers for it.

Daisy Johnson Rises in Promo for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3

I never got around to reviewing the last season of this show, but I actually haven't dropped it, because it did improve quite a bit from its first year. It could still stand to be improved much further though, and the more it delves into the Marvel comics mythology with the inhumans stuff, the better (I think). I'm still onboard right now, but this idea that ABC thinks they can do a spinoff with the Lance Hunter and Mockingbird characters is totally dead on arrival. Adding Friday Night Lights' Adrianne Palicki last season did improve the series, but those two as a couple are about as interesting as watching paint dry. Don't do it, ABC.