AwardsWatch - Emmy Podcast #28: Winner predictions in the Comedy categories

Emmy Podcast #28: Winner predictions in the Comedy categories

After a spirited debate on the Drama categories for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, Amanda Spears and I return to tackle Comedy and it’s a much more open race across the board than their more serious counterparts.

Emmy Podcast #27: Winner predictions in the Drama categories

While Game of Thrones is the clear frontrunner and runaway winner in many categories over in Drama, the Comedy side is rich with major contenders and no clear shot at who’s going to end up on top. The return of Veep, for its final season, is surely a serious threat to take the crown back from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, who triumphed during Veep‘s hiatus and sits at a field-best 20 nominations, but we also have Barry, a big winner last year with double the noms this year, and the return of Fleabag, the cult hit that turned into a pop culture phenomenon this spring.

While it doesn’t seem to leave much room for the other nominees, there stands a chance for Schitt’s Creek stars Eugene Levy or Catherine O’Hara to surprise – especially O’Hara who, back in the tape-based era, could probably run away with this with her submission “The Crowening.” Veep‘s Julia Louis-Dreyfus stands in her way though, looking for her 9th career win, which would break her tie with Cloris Leachman as the female actor with the most Emmy wins. JLD has never lost here for Veep yet, a six-year streak.

Speaking of Schitt’s Creek, late in the podcast (just before we reveal out Comedy Series winner predictions), Amanda has a special announcement to share.

With music this podcast runs 1h 38m 25s.

Opening: Theme to Veep by Rupert Gregson-Williams

Closing: Ending theme to Schitt’s Creek (composer unknown)

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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.