Television has certainly been in a golden age, with every matter of show and network stepping up their game to present complicated characters, interesting situations and dazzling visual work. The Emmy nominations are set to be announced tomorrow and many of the same shows that we know and love will show up. But instead of doing predictions, I thought it would be more fun to envision what I would vote for if I had an Emmy ballot. This is based on shows/tv movies/miniseries that ran from June 1,2012-May 31st 2013 to comply with the Emmy calendar. Check out my sample ballot!
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Movie/Miniseries
Best Movie/Miniseries
American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind the Candelabra
Coma
The Hour
Political Animals
Actor
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra
Zachary Quinto, American Horror Story: Asylum
Ben Whishaw, The Hour
Dominic West, The Hour
Actress
Lauren Ambrose, Coma
Romola Garai, The Hour
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
Supporting Actor
James Cromwell, American Horror Story: Asylum
Rob Lowe, Behind the Candelabra
Evan Peters, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sebastian Stan, Political Animals
James Wolk, Political Animals
Supporting Actress
Ellen Burstyn, Political Animals
Anna Chancellor, The Hour
Oona Chaplin, The Hour
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum
Lily Rabe, American Horror Story: Asylum
Comedy
Best Comedy
Archer
Awkward
Happy Endings
The Mindy Project
New Girl
Suburgatory
Veep
Actor
Justin Bartha, The New Normal
Jake Johnson, New Girl
Chris Messina, The Mindy Project
Beau Mirchoff, Awkward
Andrew Rannels, The New Normal
Jeremy Sisto, Suburgatory
Actress
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project
Jane Levy, Suburgatory
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Ashley Rickards, Awkward
Supporting Actor
Adam Driver, Girls
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Alex Karpovsky, Girls
Adam Pally, Happy Endings
Reid Scott, Veep
Damon Wayans Jr., Happy Endings
Supporting Actress
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Eliza Coupe, Happy Endings
Zosia Mamet, Girls
Jillian Reed, Awkward
Molly Tarlov, Awkward
Casey Wilson, Happy Endings
Drama
Best Drama
The Americans
The Good Wife
Homeland
House of Cards
Scandal
Teen Wolf
Actor
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Hugh Dancy, Hannibal
Tony Goldwyn, Scandal
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Actress
Claire Danes, Homeland
Nina Dobrev, The Vampire Diaries
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Keri Russell, The Americans
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Supporting Actor
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones
Guillermo Diaz, Scandal
Jeff Perry, Scandal
Corey Stoll, House of Cards
Noah Emmerich, The Americans
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Supporting Actress
Morena Baccarin, Homeland
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Megan Hilty, Smash
Annet Mahendru, The Americans
Olivia Munn, The Newsroom
Bellamy Young, Scandal