2013 Primetime Emmy Predictions

Okay, here they are! My predictions for this year's Emmys. I have a rocky history with predicting tv award shows so take this all with a grain of salt. It's a mix of who I think will win and who I want to win. Oh and if Tatiana Maslany was nominated, she would win all the categories. Just saying.

Update #1: I updated the predictions with the wins from the Creative Arts Emmys. Some of the categories were listed here because I could not remember which categories were presented at which awards show. So I went 2/5, which is on par with my television track record. Yay Carrie Preston for winning best guest actress in a drama! I absolutely love her performances on The Good Wife and True Blood.

Update #2: Well, I told you I wasn't good at tv award shows. Correctly picked 11 out of 30. From the show, I thoroughly enjoyed Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. They stole the show from the very beginning and it was just another reminder that they need to host more award shows. Not that NPH wasn't good. He always delivers, especially with the song and dance numbers. I really liked that they announced the choreography award live.

Outstanding Drama

Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

Outstanding Actress in a Drama

Connie Britton, Nashville
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards

Outstanding Actor in a Drama

Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama

Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Morena Baccarin, Homeland
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama

Bobby Cannavale, Boardwalk Empire
Jonathan Banks, Breaking Bad
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland

Outstanding Writing for a Drama

George Mastras - "Dead Freight", Breaking Bad
Thomas Schnauz - "Say My Name", Breaking Bad
Julian Fellowes - "Episode 4", Downton Abbey
D.B. Weiss and David Benioff - "The Rains of Castamere", Game of Thrones
Henry Bromell - "Q&A", Homeland

Outstanding Directing for a Drama

Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire
Michelle MacLaren, Breaking Bad
Jeremy Webb, Downton Abbey
Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland
David Fincher, House of Cards

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama

Margo Martindale, The American
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Carrie Preston, The Good Wife
Linda Cardellini, Mad Men
Jane Fonda, The Newsroom
Joan Cusack, Shameless

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama

Nathan Lane, The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Rupert Friend, Homeland
Robert Morse, Mad Men
Harry Hamlin, Mad Men
Dan Bucatinsky, Scandal

Outstanding Comedy

30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Veep

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy

Laura Dern, Enlighted
Lena Dunham, Girls
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy

Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jason Batemen, Arrested Development
Louis CK, Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Jane Lynch, Glee
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy

Adam Driver, Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Tony Hale, Veep

Outstanding Writing for a Comedy

David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik - "Episode 9", Episodes
Louis CK and Pamela Adlon - "Daddy's Girlfriend Part 1", Louie
Greg Daniels - "Finale", The Office
Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock - "Hogcock", 30 Rock
Tina Fey and Tracey Wigfield - "Last Lunch", 30 Rock

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy

Lena Dunham, Girls
Paris Barclay, Glee
Louis CK, Louie
Gail Mancuso, Modern Family
Beth McCarthy-Miller, 30 Rock

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy

Molly Shannon, Enlightened
Dot-Marie Jones, Glee
Melissa Leo, Louie
Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Elaine Stritch, 30 Rock

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy

Bob Newhart, The Big Bang Theory
Nathan Lane, Modern Family
Bobby Cannavale, Nurse Jackie
Louis CK, Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live
Will Forte, 30 Rock

Outstanding Reality Show Host

Ryan Seacrest, American Idol
Betty White, Betty White's Off their Rockers
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste

Outstanding Reality Show Competition

The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance
Top Chef
The Voice

Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Portlandia
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Show with David Letterman
Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

Outstanding TV Miniseries or Movie

American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind the Candelabra
The Bible
Phil Spector
Political Animals
Top of the Lake

Lead Actress in a TV Miniseries or Movie

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney, The Big C: hereafter
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake

Lead Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie

Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Toby Jones, The Girl
Benedict Cumberbatch, Parade's End
Al Pacino, Phil Spector

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a TV Miniseries or Movie

Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story:Asylum
Imelda Staunton, The Girl
Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals
Charlotte Rampling, Restless
Alfre Woodward, Steel Magnolias

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a TV Miniseries or Movie

James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum
Zachary Quinto, American Horror Story: Asylum
Scott Bakula, Behind the Candelabra
John Benjamin Hickey, The Big C: hereafter
Peter Mullan, Top of the Lake

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special

Richard LaGravenese, Behind the Candelabra
Abi Morgan, The Hour
Tom Stoppard, The Parade's End
David Mamet, Phil Spector
Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, Top of the Lake

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Steven Soderbergh, Behind the Candelabra
Julian Jarrold, The Girl
David Mamet, Phil Spector
Allison Anders, Ring of Fire
Jane Campion and Garth Davis, Top of the Lake