Episode 80: Television Academy members have their Emmy ballot. The Water Cooler Podcast gang puts forth their own nominees in the major categories.
This week at the Water Cooler, Joey, Megan, and Clarence each pull out their Emmy ballot and cast their votes as to who they think should be nominated when the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Award nominations are announced July 14. How much overlap will their be? Was it difficult to fill the slots? Were any of your favorites included in their picks?
Before that, we’ll talk briefly about Sunday night’s Tony Awards ceremony, or the “Hamiltonies.” As always, we close with our TV Flash Forward.
On Friday, June 17, Amazon will unveil their latest crop of television pilots. As with last year, we’ll be covering the new crop of pilots on our June 27 podcast. Make sure you clear your calendar to join in the discussion as we slice and dice our way through them.
Until then, ENJOY!
05:32 – Tony Awards
11:25 – If We Had an Emmy Ballot
54:44 – Flash Forward
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Here would be my ballot! Loved the podcast.
Was sad no mentions of Horace and Pete – which made the long list on the Emmy Ballot.
Have any of you seen it? It’s FANTASTIC.
Every actor is deserving of nomination – I would say Louis CK (best actor drama) and Jessica Lange (best supporting actress drama) would be my favorites. Their work is Brilliant – as is the entire cast.
Below is my very non-traditional choices:
BEST COMEDY SERIES
Another Period
Ash Vs. The Evil Dead
Broad City
Getting On
Grace & Frankie
Schitt’s Creek
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Horace & Pete
House of Cards
The Leftovers
Orange is the New Black
Wayward Pines
The X Files
BEST LIMITED SERIES
11.22.63
Fargo
Flesh and Bone
The People VS Oj Simpson
Roots
Spoils Before Dying
BEST TV MOVIE
Confirmation
A Deadly Adoption
Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors
Manson’s Lost Girls
Special Correspondents
A Very Murray Christmas
BEST REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
Face Off
Ink Master
Master Chef Jr.
Project Runway
Rupaul’s Drag Race
Survivor
REALITY SHOW HOST
Rupaul Charles – Rupaul’s Drag Race
Julie Chen – Big Brother
Steve Harvey – Little Big Shots
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn – Project Runway
Jeff Probst – Survivor
Gordon Ramsay – Master Chef Jr.
BEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Fred Armisen – Portlandia
Bruce Campbell – Ash Vs. Evil Dead
Bill Hader – Documentary Now
Eugene Levy – Schitt’s Creek
William H. Macy – Shameless
Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Jane Fonda – Grace & Frankie
Illana Glazer – Broad City
Julia Louis Dreyfuss – Veep
Laurie Metcalf – Getting On
Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek
Lily Tomlin – Grace & Frankie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – COMEDY
Fred Armisen – Documentary Now
Titus Burgess – The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt
Adam Driver – Girls
Tony Hale – Veep
Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Sam Waterston – Grace & Frankie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – COMEDY
Alex Borsetin – Getting On
Brooklyn Decker – Grace & Frankie
Dana DeLorenzo – Ash Vs. Evil Dead
Carol Kane – The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Neicy Nash – Getting On
GUEST ACTOR – COMEDY
Sam Elliot – Grace & Frankie
Ernie Hudson – Grace & Frankie
Kyle McLaughlan – Portlandia
Richard Masur – Younger
Tracy Morgan – Saturday Night Live
Cory Stall – Girls
GUEST ACTRESS – COMEDY
Lisa Kudrow – Angie Tribeca
Lisa Kudrow – The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Melissa McCarthy – Saturday Night Live
Rhea Pearlman – Getting On
Sara Silverman – Lady Dynamite
June Squibb – Getting On
BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Steve Buschemi – Horace & Pete
Louis CK – Horace & Pete
Freddie Highmore – Bates Motel
Mads Mikkelsen – Hannibal
Kevin Spacey – House of Cards
Justin Theroux – The Leftovers
BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Gillian Anderson – The X Files
Carrie Coon – The Leftovers
Vera Farmiga – Bates Motel
Eva Green – Penny Dreadful
Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black
Robin Wright – House of Cards
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Alan Alda – Horace & Pete
Kevin Carroll – The Leftovers
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife
Christopher Ecelston – The Leftovers
Ben Mendelson – Bloodline
Stephen Wright – Horace & Pete
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
Amy Breneman – The Leftovers
Ann Dowd – The Leftovers
Edie Falco – Horace & Pete
Regina King – The Leftovers
Jessica Lange – Horace & Pete
Tarryn Manning – Orange is the New Black
GUEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Andrew Dice Clay – Vinyl
Ryan Hurst – Bates Motel
John Cameron Mitchell – Vinyl
Paul Ruebens – Gotham
Pablo Schreiber – Orange is the New Black
Tom Seizmore – Law and Order: SVU
GUEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Aidy Bryant – Horace & Pete
Juliette Lewis – Wayward Pines
Patti LuPone – Penny Dreadful
Natasha Lyonne – Orange is the New Black
Laurie Metcalf – Horace & Pete
Mary Steenbergen – Orange is the New Black
BEST ACTOR – LIMITED SERIES / MOVIE
Paul Dano – War & Peace
Colin Farrell – True Detective
James Franco – 11.22.63
Cuba Gooding Jr. – The People Vs. OJ Simpson
Courtney B Vance – The People Vs. OJ Simpson
Patrick Wilson – Fargo
BEST ACTRESS – LIMITED SERIES / MOVIE
Aidy Brant – Darby Forever
Kirsten Dunst – Fargo
Sarah Hay – Flesh and Bone
Rachel McAdams – True Detective
Sarah Paulson – The People Vs. OJ Simpson
Kristin Wiig – A Deadly Adoption
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – LIMITED SERIES / MOVIE
Ted Danson – Fargo
Jeffrey Donovan – Fargo
Johnathen Rhys Meyers – Roots
Dennis O’Hare – American Horror Story: Hotel
John Travolta – The People Vs. OJ Simpson
Forrest Whitaker – Roots
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – LIMITED SERIES / MOVIE
Connie Britton – The People VS. OJ Simpson
Cherry Jones – 11.22.63
Catherine Keeneer – Show Me a Hero
Regina King – American Crime
Jean Smart – Fargo
Emily Watson – The Dress
I honestly debated putting Another Period on my comedy ballot. Great pick! I need to watch Horace and Pete. Haven’t done so yet! Thanks for sharing your picks.
Great ballot! I need to watch Horace & Pete. I heard Alan Alda is fantastic on it.