2017 Emmys: Final Winner Predictions in Guest Actor/Actress, Reality Host

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From top left; Rupaul Charles, Gerald McRaney, Alexis Bledel and Melissa McCarthy are heavy favorites going into the Creative Arts Emmys this weekend

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The Creative Arts Emmy Awards are this weekend and that means we’ll have winners in the Guest Acting in a Drama and Comedy Series as well as a tight battle in the Reality Host category. Reigning queen RuPaul Charles (RuPaul’s Drag Race) will battle with Alec Baldwin (Match Game). At the moment, all Emmy Experts see Ru being crowned once again, save Jonathan. With Drag Race exploding this year with seven Emmy nominations it would seem he is the favorite. But never count out 18-time nominee and two-time winner Baldwin. Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg wouldn’t even be crazy and the two do make a great pair at awards shows.

In the Guest Acting categories there is universal agreement that Gerald McRaney (This Is Us) and Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale) will triumph on the Drama side (but don’t count out the two other previous Emmy winners in McRaney’s category – Mendelsohn and Azaria).

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series should be a slam dunk for Melissa McCarthy and her Sean Spicer impression on Saturday Night Live. For Guest Actor though, it’s a toss-up. Votes spread out to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dave Chappelle (both SNL) and Hugh Laurie (Veep) make this a tough one to call. Tom Hanks (SNL) could easily come in and win this with his scene-stealing and hilarious David S. Pumpkins, which became a viral sensation.

Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program will be on Saturday the 9th and the Guest Acting category winners will be revealed on the second night of the Creative Arts Emmys, Sunday the 10th.

Final winner predictions for the Primetime Emmy Awards (airing next Sunday the 17th) be be revealed next week but you can track them here.

2017 EMMYS ERIK ANDERSON FRED ARTICO CHRIS PEPPER NICOLE LATAYAN JONATHAN BOEHLE
Reality/Reality-Competition Host RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race Alec Baldwin, Match Game
Alec Baldwin, Match Game Alec Baldwin, Match Game Alec Baldwin, Match Game Alec Baldwin, Match Game RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race
W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Gordon Ramsey, Masterchef Junior Gordon Ramsey, Masterchef Junior
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Gordon Ramsey, Masterchef Junior Gordon Ramsey, Masterchef Junior W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell
Gordon Ramsey, Masterchef Junior W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell W. Kamau Bell, United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Guest Actor in a Drama Series Gerald McRaney, This Is Us Gerald McRaney, This Is Us Gerald McRaney, This Is Us Gerald McRaney, This Is Us Gerald McRaney, This is Us
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan
Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan Denis O’Hare, This Is Us BD Wong, Mr. Robot Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan Ben Mendelson, Bloodline
BD Wong, Mr. Robot BD Wong, Mr. Robot Denis O’Hare, This Is Us BD Wong, Mr. Robot Denis O’Hare, This is Us
Denis O’Hare, This Is Us Brian Tyree Henry, This Is Us Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan Denis O’Hare, This Is Us BD Wong, Mr. Robot
Brian Tyree Henry, This Is Us Hank Azaria, Ray Donovan Brian Tyree Henry, This Is Us Brian Tyree Henry, This Is Us Bryan Tyree Henry, This is Us
Guest Actress in a Drama Series Alexis Bledel, The Handsmaid’s Tale Alexis Bledel, The Handsmaid’s Tale Alexis Bledel, The Handsmaid’s Tale Alexis Bledel, The Handsmaid’s Tale Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Alison Wright, The Americans Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black Alison Wright, The Americans Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black Alison Wright, The Americans
Ann Dowd, The Leftovers Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder Ann Dowd, The Leftovers Shannon Purser, Stranger Things Shannon Purser, Stranger Things
Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black Ann Dowd, The Leftovers Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder Alison Wright, The Americans Ann Dowd, The Leftovers
Shannon Purser, Stranger Things Alison Wright, The Americans Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black Ann Dowd, The Leftovers Laverne Cox, Orange is the New Black
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder Shannon Purser, Stranger Things Shannon Purser, Stranger Things Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away with Murder

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live Hugh Laurie, Veep Hugh Laurie, Veep Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live
Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live Hugh Laurie, Veep
Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live Hugh Laurie, Veep Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live Lin-Manuel Miranda, Saturday Night Live Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live
Hugh Laurie, Veep Riz Ahmed, Girls Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live Riz Ahmed, Girls Matthew Rhys, Girls
Matthew Rhys, Girls Matthew Rhys, Girls Matthew Rhys, Girls Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live Dave Chappelle, Saturday Night Live
Riz Ahmed, Girls Tom Hanks, Saturday Night Live Riz Ahmed, Girls Matthew Rhys, Girls Riz Ahmed, Girls
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live Melissa McCarthy, Saturday Night Live
Becky Ann Baker, Girls Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe Becky Ann Baker, Girls Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe
Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe Angela Bassett, Master of None Angela Bassett, Master of None Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe Angela Bassett, Master of None
Angela Bassett, Master of None Wanda Sykes, black-ish Becky Ann Baker, Girls Angela Bassett, Master of None Becky Ann Baker, Girls
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live Becky Ann Baker, Girls Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Wanda Sykes, black-ish Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live Wanda Sykes, black-ish Wanda Sykes, black-ish Wanda Sykes, black-ish
Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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