65th Annual Primetime Emmy Award Nomination Predictions

This Thursday Kate Mara (House of Cards) and two time Emmy winner Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) will be announcing the Emmy nominees.  This process of predicting has seemed to last forever this year, with new shows and contenders being added to the mix even at the last hour.  Will Modern Family dominate in comedy still?  Has Mad Men fallen from the top of the building, and out their good graces?  Are we going to see major nominations for Netflix, the Sundance Channel?  

The Emmy Awards usually pull out some surprises, I hope this trend continues, but in a good direction.  Of the shows or things I have not predicted down below, watch out for The Americans or The Newsroom as  major spoilers on the drama side.  Meanwhile Veep, and New Girl, are the new shows that could make a huge splash.  There is one old show to watch out for, and that's The Office, the last season had a lot of attention, and NBC made a big push for nominations.  

65th Annual Primetime Emmy Award Nomination Predictions 

Outstanding Comedy SeriesArrested Development (Netflix)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Girls (HBO)
Louis (FX) 
Modern Family (ABC)
30 Rock (NBC)

Outstanding Drama SeriesBreaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)

Outstanding Miniseries or MovieAmerican Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
The Bible (History)
Parade's End (HBO)
Phil Spector (HBO)
Top of the Lake (Sundance)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesAlec Baldwin as Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock (NBC)
Jason Bateman as Michael Bluth, Arrested Development (Netflix)
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Louis C.K. as Louie, Louie (FX)
Jake Johnson as Nick Miller, New Girl (FOX)
Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy SeriesZooey Deschanel as Jessica Day, New Girl (FOX)
Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath, Girls (HBO)
Tina Fey as Liz Lemon, 30 Rock (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer, Veep (HBO)
Melissa McCarthy as Molly Flynn-Biggs, Mike & Molly (CBS)
Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesHugh Bonneville as Lord Robert Crawley, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Bryan Cranston as Walter White, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy, The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm as Don Draper, Mad Men (AMC)
Damian Lewis as Nicolas Brody, Homeland (Showtime)
Kevin Spacey as Rep. Francis Underwood, House of Cards (Netflix)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesClaire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Homeland (Showtime) 
Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Crawley, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, The Good Wife (CBS)
Elizabeth Moss as Peggy Olson, Mad Men (AMC)
Kerri Russell as Elizabeth Jennings, The Americans (FX)
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope, Scandal (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or MovieBenedict Cumberbatch,  Parade's End (HBO)
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Michael Douglas. Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Toby Jones ,The Girl (HBO)
Al Pacino, Phil Spector (HBO)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or MovieJessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Sienna Miller, The Girl (HBO)
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector (HBO)
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake (Sundance)
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals (USA)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy SeriesWill Arnett as George Oscar Bluth II, Arrested Development (Netflix)
Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Modern Family (ABC)
Nick Greenfield as Schmidt, New Girl (FOX)
Bill Hader as Various Characters Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Eric Stonestreet as Cameron Tucker, Modern Family (ABC)
Jeffrey Tambor as George Bluth Sr., Arrested Development (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesMayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah-Fowler, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy, Modern Family (ABC)
Kaley Cuoco as Penny, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Zosia Mamet as Shoshanna Shapiro, Girls (HBO)
Sofia Vergara as Gloria Pritchett, Modern Family (ABC)
Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth, Arrested Development (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesJonathan Banks as Mike Ehmantraut, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, Homeland (Showtime)
Corey Stoll as Rep. Peter Russo, House of Cards (Netflix)
Sam Waterston as Charlie Skinner, The Newsroom (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama SeriesChristine Baranski as Diane Lockhart, The Good Wife (CBS)
Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Christina Hendricks as Joan, Mad Men (AMC)
Elizabeth McGovern as Countess Cora Crawley, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Monica Potter as Kristina Braverman, Parenthood (NBC)
Dame Maggie Smith as Lady Violet Crawley, Downton Abbey (PBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or MovieRob Lowe as Dr. Jack Startz, Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Peter Mullan as Matt Mitchum, Top of the Lake (Sundance) 
Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Thredson, American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Sebastian Stan as Thomas Hammond, Political Animals (USA)
Jeffrey Tambor as Bruce Cutler, Phil Spector (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or MovieEllen Burstyn as Margaret Barrish Worthington, Political Animals (USA)
Holly Hunter as GJ, Top of the Lake (Sundance)
Sarah Paulson as Lana Winters, American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Lily Rabe as Sister Mary Eunice McKee, American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Alfre Woodard as Ousier, Steel Magnolias (Lifetime)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesWill Arnett as Devon Banks, 30 Rock (NBC)
Matthew Broderick as Dave, Modern Family (ABC)
Nathan Lane as Pepper Saltzman, Modern Family (ABC) 
Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Martin Short as Host/Various characters, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Justin Timberlake as Host/various characters, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy SeriesElizabeth Banks as Sal, Modern Family (ABC)
Melissa McCarthy as Host/Various characters, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Liza Minnelli as Lucille Austero, Arrested Development (Netflix)
Octavia Spencer as Herself, 30 Rock (NBC)
Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy, 30 Rock (NBC)
Kristen Wiig as Host/Various characters, Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesDylan Baker as Colin Sweeney, The Good Wife (CBS)
Jim Beaver as Sheriff Shelby Parlow, Justified (FX)
Michael J. Fox as Louis Canning, The Good Wife (CBS)
Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn, Homeland (Showtime)
Nathan Lane as Clarke Hayden, The Good Wife (CBS)
Jason Ritter as Mark Cyr, Parenthood (NBC)

Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama SeriesStockard Channing as Veronica Loy, The Good Wife (CBS)
Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing, The Newsroom (HBO)
Marin Ireland as Aileen Morgan, Homeland (Showtime) 
Shirley MacLaine as Martha Levinson, Downton Abbey (PBS)  
Martha Plimpton as Patty Nyholm, The Good Wife (CBS)
Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, The Good Wife (CBS)