65th Primetime Emmy Award nominations

Well, here they are. And I got to say a lot of them are pretty good. Some pretty big shocks here and there, and some pretty big snubs. See my thoughts below each category to see what I thought about them.

Best Drama Series

Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

(One of only two categories I got 100% right. House of Cards proved that Emmy voters are watching on Netflix, now I'm convinced.)

Best Comedy Series

30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family
Veep

(But they weren't watching Arrested Development, or thought it wasn't the bee's knees, as it got kicked off the list in favor for Veep. Am I underestimating the Emmys love for Veep? I think so.)

Best T.V. Movie/Miniseries

American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind the Candelabra
The Bible
Phil Spector
Political Animals
Top of the Lake

(I thought that me predicting Phil Spector would only end in disaster, but it turns out that Parade's End was the one that was going to get kicked off. I guess you never can tell.)

Best Reality-Competition Show

The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance?
Top Chef
The Voice

(The second category I got exactly right. Good to not see American Idol this year, after a horrendous twelfth season)

Best Animated Program

Bob's Burgers "O.T.: The Outside Toilet"
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness "Enter the Dragon"
Regular Show "The Christmas Special"
The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
South Park "Raising the Bar"

(Little surprised Family Guy or Futurama didn't make it in, especially since FG submitted their best episode this year, but you never can tell with the animated branch. Good for Kung Fu Panda and Regular Show, and of course The Simpsons for their, I believe, 18th consecutive nomination in this category.)

Best Actor - Drama

Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Damian Lewis - Homeland
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

(Steve Buscemi got kicked out of the way in favor of Hugh Bonneville. The Emmys must really like Hugh's character as he has been nominated for three years in a row now. As great to see Jon Hamm still on the list)

Best Actor - Comedy

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
Don Cheadle - House of Lies
Louis C.K. - Louie
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

(No Jon Cryer!! Oh yes! No huge shockeroo this year, well hopefully. Even though I like Jake Johnson in New Girl better than Don Cheadle in House of Lies, I like Don's other works, so good to see him in)

Best Actor - T.V. Movie/Miniseries

Benedict Cumberbatch - Parade's End
Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra
Toby Jones - The Girl
Al Pacino - Phil Spector

(Another category I got exactly right. Man, I'm on a roll.)

Best Actress - Drama

Connie Britton - Nashville
Claire Danes - Homeland
Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
Vera Farmiga - Bates Motel
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Kerry Washington - Scandal
Robin Wright Penn - House of Cards

(No Julianna Margulies??!! Wow! That's a huge shock. But Vera Farmiga et. al. are great picks. I guess I shouldn't've underestimated Scandal, even though I am not a fan of the show)

Best Actress - Comedy

Laura Dern - Enlightened
Lena Dunham - Girls
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

(If anyone else kicked Zooey Deschanel out, I would be mad. But seeing that it's Laura Dern on her final season of Enlightened, I am happy, seeing as I'm a sucker for those last chance nominations.)

Best Actress - T.V. Movie/Miniseries

Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney - The Big C: Hereafter
Helen Mirren - Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake
Sigourney Weaver - Political Animals

(The fourth category I got right. Go Jessica Lange!)

Best Sup. Actor - Drama

Jonathan Banks - Breaking Bad
Bobby Cannavale - Boardwalk Empire
Jim Carter - Downton Abbey
Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad

(Corey Stoll and Sam Waterston are out, Bobby Cannavale and Jim Carter are in. Wasn't a fan of Stoll, but liked Waterston, but now we see that the Emmys still really like Downton Abbey because of Jim Carter's nomination.)

Best Sup. Actor - Comedy

Ty Burrell - Modern Family
Adam Driver - Girls
Jesse Tyler Ferguson - Modern Family
Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live
Tony Hale - Veep
Ed O'Neill - Modern Family

(Wow! No Eric Stonestreet. The other three Modern Family men are in, but nice to see the Emmys make more room from variety after all four were in last year [they called me crazy for guessing O'Neill to make it in]. Also great job for Bill Hader making it in on his last go-'round on SNL.)

Best Sup. Actor - T.V. Movie/Miniseries

Scott Bakula - Behind the Candelabra
James Cromwell - American Horror Story: Asylum
John Benjamin Hickey - The Big C: Hereafter
Peter Mullan - Top of the Lake
Zachary Quinto - American Horror Story: Asylum

(The only really huge shock here is Scott Bakula, but good job for the other guys. Crossing my fingers for Zach Quinto)

Best Sup. Actress - Drama

Morena Baccarin - Homeland
Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
Emilia Clarke - Game of Thrones
Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey

(No Archie Panjabi, but the usual suspects are still in, including a first nomination for Emilia Clarke)

Best Sup. Actress - Comedy

Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky - Veep
Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock
Jane Lynch - Glee
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family
Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie

(No Kaley or Jessica Walter. But huge shock for Anna Chlumsky. The Emmys really liked Veep! Also nice to see Jane Lynch in, the only good thing about Glee. Did that nomination come from sympathy to Monteith's recent death? Who knows? But it's well deserved.)

Best Sup. Actress - T.V. Movie/Miniseries

Ellen Burstyn - Political Animals
Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Asylum
Charlotte Rampling - Restless
Imelda Staunton - The Girl
Alfre Woodard - Steel Magnolias

(I don't really have an opinion on this, but nice job for the five ladies)

Best Guest Actor - Drama

Dan Bucatinsky - Scandal
Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife
Rupert Friend - Homeland
Harry Hamlin - Mad Men
Nathan Lane - The Good Wife
Robert Morse - Mad Men

(More Scandal love. No Ray Romano or Jimmy Smits, but Michael J. Fox and Robert Morse! Hell yes!)

Best Guest Actor - Comedy

Bobby Cannavale - Nurse Jackie
Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live
Will Forte - 30 Rock
Nathan Lane - Modern Family
Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory
Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live

(I guess Will Arnett will never win an Emmy for his role of Devon Banks on 30 Rock, leading room for Bob Newhart to finally win [hopefully]. Nathan Lane's second nomination in a row this year, well deserved)

Best Guest Actress - Drama

Linda Cardellini - Mad Men
Joan Cusack - Shameless
Jane Fonda - The Newsroom
Margo Martindale - The Americans
Carrie Preston - The Good Wife
Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones

(Shirley MacLaine's exclusion is a little shocking, but Margo, Joan, and Jane are all great. I was smart to put Diana Rigg in my nominations, and good job for Carrie Preston)

Best Guest Actress - Comedy

Dot-Marie Jones - Glee
Melissa Leo - Louie
Melissa McCarthy - Saturday Night Live
Molly Shannon - Enlightened
Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock
Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live

(Here's hoping Kristen Wiig will win this.)

Best Variety Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

(The fifth category I got completely right. Let's see if Jon Stewart will win for the bazillionth time in a row!)

Best Host - Reality

Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
Anthony Bourdain - The Taste
Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?
Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn - Project Runway
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers

(No Jeff Probst again, but Anthony Bourdain is a good surprise. Don't mess with Betty White, bitches!)

Best Voice Acting

Bob Bergen - The Looney Tunes Show for playing Porky Pig ("We're in Big Truffle")
Alex Borstein - Family Guy for playing Lois Griffin ("Lois Comes Out of Her Shell")
Sam Elliott - Robot Chiken for playing The Narrator ("Hurtled From a Helicopter Into a Speeding Train")
Seth Green - Robot Chicken for various characters ("Robot Chicken DC Comics Special")
Seth MacFarlane - Family Guy for playing Brian Griffin ("Brian's Play")
Lily Tomlin - An Apology for Elephants for playing The Narrator

(No Simpsons voice actor is in, instead in favor for Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein in Family Guy, always though Alex was really annoying on the show, but the episode was fun, so I can't complain. But I can complain over the exclusion of Kristen Wiig in The Looney Tunes Show. Can the Emmys not see that Lola is freakin' hilarious on the show?)

Final Primetime Emmy Awards Predictions

The Emmy nominations are right around the corner, and here are my predictions of which shows/performers will get nominated in a number of categories followed by three alternates that could make it in. I hope you enjoy reading and I'll make another post on Thursday showing my opinions on the Emmy nominations and to see how many I got right/wrong.

Drama Series

Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
Homeland
House of Cards
Mad Men

alt: Boardwalk Empire, The Americans, The Newsroom

Comedy Series

30 Rock
Arrested Development
The Big Bang Theory
Girls
Louie
Modern Family

alt: Parks and Recreation, Glee, New Girl

Miniseries/TV Movie

American Horror Story: Asylum
Behind the Candelabra
Parade's End
Phil Spector
Political Animals
Top of the Lake

alt: The Bible, The Girl, The Big C: Hereafter

Actor - Drama Series

Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels - The Newsroom
Jon Hamm - Mad Men
Damian Lewis - Homeland
Kevin Spacey - House of Cards

alt: Matthew Rhys - The Americans, Hugh Bonneville - Downton Abbey, Timothy Olyphant - Justified

Actor - Comedy Series

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock
Jason Bateman - Arrested Development
Louis C.K. - Louie
Jake Johnson - New Girl
Matt LeBlanc - Episodes
Jim Parsons - The Big Bang Theory

alt: Don Cheadle - House of Lies, Jon Cryer - Two and a Half Men, Johnny Galecki - The Big Bang Theory

Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

Kenneth Branagh - Wallander
Benedict Cumberbatch - Parade's End
Matt Damon - Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelabra
Al Pacino - Phil Spector

alt: Toby Jones - The Girl, Diogo Morgado - The Bible, Dominic West - The Hour

Actress - Drama Series

Claire Danes - Homeland
Michelle Dockery - Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies - The Good Wife
Elisabeth Moss - Mad Men
Keri Russell - The Americans
Robin Wright Penn - House of Cards

alt: Kerry Washington - Scandal, Tatiana Maslany - Orphan Black, Glenn Close - Damages

Actress - Comedy Series

Zooey Deschanel - New Girl
Lena Dunham - Girls
Edie Falco - Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey - 30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
Amy Poehler - Parks and Recreation

alt: Melissa McCarthy - Mike & Molly, Mindy Kaling - The Mindy Project, Portia de Rossi - Arrested Development

Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

Jessica Lange - American Horror Story: Asylum
Laura Linney - The Big C: Hereafter
Helen Mirren - Phil Spector
Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake
Sigourney Weaver - Political Animals

alt: Rebecca Hall - Parade's End, Hayley Atwell - Restless, Romola Garai - The Hour

Sup. Actor - Drama Series

Jonathan Banks - Breaking Bad
Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones
Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
Aaron Paul - Breaking Bad
Corey Stoll - House of Cards
Sam Waterston - The Newsroom

alt: Noah Emmerich - The Americans, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - Game of Thrones, Alan Cumming - The Good Wife

Sup. Actor - Comedy Series

Will Arnett - Arrested Development
Ty Burrell - Modern Family
Max Greenfield - New Girl
Ed O'Neill - Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet - Modern Family
Jeffrey Tambor - Arrested Development

alt: Jesse Tyler Ferguson - Modern Family, Simon Helberg - The Big Bang Theory, Bill Hader - Saturday Night Live

Sup. Actor - Miniseries/TV Movie

James Cromwell - American Horror Story: Asylum
Rob Lowe - Behind the Candelabra
Peter Mullan - Top of the Lake
Zachary Quinto - American Horror Story: Asylum
Jeffrey Tambor - Phil Spector

alt: James Woods - Mary and Martha, Dan Aykroyd - Behind the Candelabra, Evan Peters - American Horror Story: Asylum

Sup. Actress - Drama Series

Christine Baranski - The Good Wife
Anna Gunn - Breaking Bad
Christina Hendricks - Mad Men
Archie Panjabi - The Good Wife
Monica Potter - Parenthood
Maggie Smith - Downton Abbey

alt: Morena Baccarin - Homeland, Elizabeth McGovern - Downton Abbey, Joanne Froggatt - Downton Abbey

Sup. Actress - Comedy Series

Mayim Bialik - The Big Bang Theory
Julie Bowen - Modern Family
Kaley Cuoco - The Big Bang Theory
Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara - Modern Family
Jessica Walter - Arrested Development

alt: Allison Williams - Girls, Betty White - Hot in Cleveland, Merritt Wever - Nurse Jackie

Sup. Actress - Miniseries/TV Movie

Ellen Burstyn - Political Animals
Holly Hunter - Top of the Lake
Sarah Paulson - American Horror Story: Asylum
Lily Rabe - American Horror Story: Asylum
Alfre Woodard - Steel Magnolias

alt: Imelda Staunton - The Girl, Gabourey Sidibe - The Big C: Hereafter, Charlotte Rampling - Restless

Guest Actor - Drama Series

Dylan Baker - The Good Wife
Michael J. Fox - The Good Wife
Nathan Lane - The Good Wife
Matthew Perry - The Good Wife
Ray Romano - Parenthood
Jimmy Smits - Sons of Anarchy

alt: Robert Morse - Mad Men, Jim Beaver - Justified, Rupert Friend - Homeland

Guest Actor - Comedy Series

Will Arnett - 30 Rock
Matthew Broderick - Modern Family
Louis C.K. - Saturday Night Live
Bob Newhart - The Big Bang Theory
Martin Short - Saturday Night Live
Justin Timberlake - Saturday Night Live

alt: Patrick Wilson - Girls, Matt Damon - House of Lies, Bobby Cannavale - Nurse Jackie

Guest Actress - Drama Series

Stockhard Channing - The Good Wife
Joan Cusack - Shameless
Jane Fonda - The Newsroom
Shirley MacLaine - Downton Abbey
Margo Martindale - The Americans
Diana Rigg - Game of Thrones

alt: Carrie Preston, The Good Wife, Martha Plimpton - The Good Wife, Linda Cardellini - Mad Men

Guest Actress - Comedy Series

Elizabeth Banks - Modern Family
Melissa Leo - Louie
Melissa McCarthy - Saturday Night Live
Parker Posey - Louie
Elaine Stritch - 30 Rock
Kristen Wiig - Saturday Night Live

alt: Sarah Jessica Parker - Glee, Liza Minnelli - Arrested Development, Catherine O'Hara - 30 Rock

Animated Program

American Dad! "Blood Crieth Unto Heaven"
Family Guy "Yug Ylimaf"
Futurama "Fun on a Bun"
The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
South Park "Raising the Bar"

alt: Bob's Burgers "O.T.: The Outside Toilet", Robot Chicken "Robot Chicken DC Comics Special", The Looney Tunes Show "The Stud, The Nerd, The Average Joe and the Saint"

Reality-Competition Show

The Amazing Race
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
So You Think You Can Dance?
Top Chef
The Voice

alt: American Idol, America's Got Talent, Survivor

Host - Reality Series

Tom Bergeron - Dancing with the Stars
Phil Keoghan - The Amazing Race
Jeff Probst - Survivor
Ryan Seacrest - American Idol
Betty White - Betty White's Off Their Rockers

alt: Carson Daly - The Voice, Nick Cannon - America's Got Talent, Cat Deeley - So You Think You Can Dance?

Variety Series

The Colbert Report
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live

alt: Portlandia, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Conan

Tyler's Choice Halfway Awards 2013 Winners!!!

Here are a list of winners in their respective categories and runners-up.

Best Picture

1st: Star Trek into Darkness
2nd: Before Midnight

Best Director

1st: Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
2nd: J.J. Abrams - Star Trek into Darkness

Best Actor

1st: Ryan Gosling - The Place Beyond the Pines
2nd: Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight

Best Actress

1st: Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
2nd: Greta Gerwig - Frances Ha

Best Sup. Actor

1st: Benedict Cumberbatch - Star Trek into Darkness
2nd: Jude Law - Side Effects

Best Sup. Actress

1st: Rachel Weisz - Oz: The Great and Powerful
2nd: Amy Adams: Man of Steel

Best Screenplay

1st: Before Midnight
2nd: Star Trek into Darkness

Best Editing

1st: Star Trek into Darkness
2nd: This is the End

Best Sound

1st: Star Trek into Darkness
2nd: Man of Steel

Best Cinematography

1st: The Great Gatsby
2nd: Star Trek into Darkness

Best Animated Feature

1st: Monsters University
2nd: The Croods

Best Visual Effects

1st: Man of Steel
2nd: Iron Man 3

Best Cast Ensemble

1st: Star Trek into Darkness
2nd: This is the End

Best Voice-Over Performance

1st: Aziz Ansari - Epic
2nd: Charlie Day - Monsters University

Also, just a quick little in memoriam for Cory Monteith. The young man was tragically found dead yesterday in his Vancouver hotel room. Though I never was a fan of Glee, I knew a lot of people who were big "gleeks," so needless to say it was quite shocking when I received the news that the young man's life was taken away so early. He was 31 years old when he died. My thoughts and prayers go out to Monteith's family and friends, as well as the cast and crew of Glee.

Tyler's Choice Halfway Awards 2013

This is a first. The Halfway Awards, inspired by reading The Awards Psychic's blog for a while. Let's give it a shot! Here's the best in film from January 1st - June 30th, 2013.

Best Picture

Before Midnight
Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
Mud
Star Trek into Darkness

Best Director

J.J. Abrams - Star Trek into Darkness
Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
Jeff Nichols - Mud
Sam Raimi - Oz: The Great and Powerful
Steven Soderbergh - Side Effects

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Great Gatsby
James Franco - Oz: The Great and Powerful
Ryan Gosling - The Place Beyond the Pines
Ethan Hawke - Before Midnight
Nicholas Hoult - Warm Bodies

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock - The Heat
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Greta Gerwig - Frances Ha
Mila Kunis - Oz: The Great and Powerful
Rooney Mara - Side Effects

Best Sup. Actor

Russell Crowe - Man of Steel
Benedict Cumberbatch - Star Trek into Darkness
Ben Kingsley - Iron Man 3
Jude Law - Side Effects
Zachary Quinto - Star Trek into Darkness

Best Sup. Actress

Amy Adams - Man of Steel
Selena Gomez - Spring Breakers
Melissa McCarthy - The Heat
Gwyneth Paltrow - Iron Man 3
Rachel Weisz - Oz: The Great and Powerful

Best Screenplay

Before Midnight
Mud
Side Effects
Star Trek into Darkness
This is the End

Best Editing

Before Midnight
Iron Man 3
Side Effects
Star Trek into Darkness
This is the End

Best Sound

Man of Steel
Monsters University
Oblivion
Oz: The Great and Powerful
Star Trek into Darkness

Best Cinematography

The Great Gatsby
Man of Steel
Oz: The Great and Powerful
Star Trek into Darkness
To the Wonder

Best Visual Effects

Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
Oblivion
Oz: The Great and Powerful
Star Trek into Darkness

Best Animated Feature

The Croods
Epic
Monsters University

Best Cast Ensemble

Iron Man 3
Monsters University
Oz: The Great and Powerful
Star Trek into Darkness
This is the End 

Best Voice-Over Performance

Aziz Ansari - Epic
Billy Crystal - Monsters University
Charlie Day - Monsters University
Helen Mirren - Monsters University
Emma Stone - The Croods