Here are my picks in the top 16 categories for this Sunday’s 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards:
Drama Series
SHOULD WIN: “This is Us”
WILL WIN: “Stranger Things”
Actor in a Drama Series
SHOULD WIN: Kevin Spacey (“House of Cards”)
WILL WIN: Sterling K. Brown (“This is Us”)
Actress in a Drama Series
SHOULD WIN: Viola Davis (“How to Get Away with Murder”)
WILL WIN: Claire Foy (“The Crown”)
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
SHOULD WIN: Ron Cephas Jones (“This is Us”)
WILL WIN: John Lithgow (“The Crown”)
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
SHOULD WIN: Chrissy Metz (“This is Us”)
WILL WIN: Chrissy Metz (“This is Us”)
Comedy Series
SHOULD WIN: “Black-ish”
WILL WIN: “Veep”
Actor in a Comedy Series
SHOULD WIN: Anthony Anderson (“Black-ish”)
WILL WIN: Donald Glover (“Atlanta”)
Actress in a Comedy Series
SHOULD WIN: Allison Janney (“Mom”)
WILL WIN: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (“Veep”)
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
SHOULD WIN: Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”)
WILL WIN: Alec Baldwin (“Saturday Night Live”)
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
SHOULD WIN: Kate McKinnon (“Saturday Night Live”)
WILL WIN: Anna Chlumsky (“Veep”)
Limited Series
SHOULD WIN: “Genius”
WILL WIN: “Big Little Lies”
TV Movie
SHOULD WIN: “The Wizard of Lies”
WILL WIN: “The Wizard of Lies”
Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
SHOULD WIN: Geoffrey Rush (“Genius”)
WILL WIN: Robert De Niro (“The Wizard of Lies”)
Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
SHOULD WIN: Susan Sarandon (“Feud: Bette and Joan”)
WILL WIN: Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”)
Variety Talk Series
SHOULD WIN: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
WILL WIN: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”
Reality Competition Program
SHOULD WIN: “Project Runway”
WILL WIN: “The Voice”