How Well Did I Do On My 2014 Emmy Predictions?

DRAMA

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

MY PREDICTIONS:

* Breaking Bad (AMC)

* Downton Abbey (PBS)

* Game of Thrones (HBO)

* House of Cards (Netflix)

* Mad Men (AMC)

* True Detective (HBO)

HOW WELL DID I DO: 6 out of 6

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE: Stayed the course and just be the awesome. 

SURPRISE NOMINATION: Not for me!

OBVIOUS SNUB: The Good Wife (CBS)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR

MY PREDICTIONS:

* Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

* Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)

* Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom)

* Jon Hamm (Mad Men)

* Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)

* Matthew McConaughey (True Detective)

HOW WELL DID I DO: 5 out of 6

WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE: Predicted Woody Harrelson (True Detective) over Bonneville

SURPRISE NOMINATION: Not really

OBVIOUS SNUB: Martin Sheen (Masters of Sex)

Final Predictions for the 2014 Emmy Nominations

COMEDY

OUTSTANDING WRITING:

* "Beach House" (Girls)

* "Can't Fix Crazy" (Orange Is The New Black)

* "I Wasn't Ready" (Orange Is The New Black)

* "London" (Parks and Recreation)

* "Pamela 3" (Louie)

CONFIDENCE LEVEL: Poor

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION:

* Beth McCarthy-Miller (Modern Family)

* Gail Mancuso (Modern Family)

* Lena Dunham (Girls)

* Louis C.K. (Louie)

* Michael Trim (Orange Is The New Black)

CONFIDENCE LEVEL: Medium

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

* Allison Janney (Mom)

* Anna Chlumsky (Veep)

* Julie Bowen (Modern Family)

* Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is The New Black)

* Merritt Weaver (Nurse Jackie)

* Sophia Vergara (Modern Family)

CONFIDENCE LEVEL: High, even though no Mayim Bialik scares me

4 Emmy Nomination Battles We're Looking Forward To Watching

1) Outstanding Drama Series (3 nominations up in the air)

LOCKS:

* Breaking Bad (AMC)
* Game of Thrones (HBO)
* True Detective (HBO)

THE LEGITIMATE CONTENDERS:

* Downton Abbey (PBS)
* House of Cards (Netflix)
* Mad Men (AMC)
* Masters of Sex (Showtime)
* The Good Wife (CBS)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Hot damn, do we live in a great age for television. Ever since a new(er) network that called themselves HBO first decided to air Oz and The Sopranos, more and more networks have tried to get in on the action. Showtime got fans sucked in with Dexter and they stayed for Homeland and middle aged women with problem, FX started with The Shield which led them to air Justified and Fargo. AMC tries their best to be HBO. They first aired Mad Men which then led them to air Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. Now networks that don't even air on television like Netflix (House of Cards and Orange Is The New Black), Amazon (Alpha House), Hulu (Deadbeat), and Yahoo (Community) are getting in on the action. The point is, there is just so much damn good television to watch thanks to the broadening of networks, that there's very little margin for error to earn an Outstanding Drama Series nomination in 2014. Last year, there were 7 shows realistically competing for 6 spots, so HBO's 2-time Outstanding Drama Series nominee Boardwalk Empire was left high and dry. Now there's 8 shows realistically competing for 6 spots with Boardwalk Empire and Showtime's Homeland loitering around.

Either Breaking Bad or True Detective is going to win the whole she-bang, so both of those shows are safe, and Game of Thrones is adored by both critics and fans and is coming off of its greatest season yet, so the HBO epic is also safe. But outside of that? Your guess is as good as any.

Click here to see my full reasoning behind how I picked these Winners and Losers

THE WINNERS:

* Downton Abbey (PBS)
* House of Cards (Netflix)
* Mad Men (AMC)

THE LOSERS:

* Masters of Sex (Showtime)
* The Good Wife (CBS)

2014 Emmy Predictions and Hopefuls: Outstanding Drama Series

Recently, the Emmy's released every person and show eligible in all of their categories for the 2014 Primetime Emmy's for their nomination ballot. This post is dedicated to everything related to Outstanding Drama Series category. It will be both who I think will actually earn a nomination as well as who I think deserves to earn a nomination. However, there is one main ground rule- I have to go off of the actual Emmy nomination ballot. Which means that if the series isn't actually eligible to earn a nomination in real life, then it's not eligible to be mentioned in this post. Makes sense, doesn't it? Let's begin!

DRAMA

WHO I THINK WILL GET A NOMINATION:

- Breaking Bad (AMC)
- Downton Abbey (PBS)
- Game of Thrones (HBO)
- House of Cards (Netflix)
- Mad Men (AMC)
- True Detective (HBO)