FINAL Emmy Predictions: Comedy categories

Erik Anderson September 10, 2020

It’s going to be a Schitt-y night at the Emmys for Schitt’s Creek but can they sweep?

We think it’s going to be close to a sweep with Kevin, Amanda and myself all predicting the final season of the cult hit to win Comedy Series, Directing, Lead Actress for Catherine O’Hara and Casting. Kevin and Amanda are all in for Eugene Levy for Lead Actor and Dan Levy for Supporting Actor but I’m thinking the Emmys aren’t going to go that deep into Schitt and that there are other possibilities afoot in those categories.

Kevin and Amanda are in agreement that Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) will three-peat in Supporting Actress, which would tie her with Valerie Harper (The Mary Tyler Moore Show), Rhea Perlman (Cheers), Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne) and Doris Roberts (Everybody Love Raymond) as the only actresses to do so. Roberts was the last, winning from 2001-2003. I’ve made a last-minute switch to Yvonne Orji (Insecure) securing the bag on her first nomination.

Here’s our complete list of predictions in the Comedy categories. Those highlighted in green denote correct predictions, those in red are incorrect.

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Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek

Comedy Directing

Schitt’s Creek (“Happy Ending”)

Comedy Writing

Schitt’s Creek (“Happy Ending”)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Ted Danson (The Good Place)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Mahershala Ali (Ramy)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Yvonne Orji (Insecure)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Maya Rudolph (The Good Place)

Casting for a Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek

Kevin Jacobsen

Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek

Comedy Directing

Schitt’s Creek (“Happy Ending”)

Comedy Writing

Schitt’s Creek (“Happy Ending”)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live)

Casting for a Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek

Amanda Spears

Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek

Comedy Directing

Schitt’s Creek (“Happy Ending”)

Comedy Writing

The Good Place (“Whenever You’re Ready”)

Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Eugene Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek)

Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Alex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Eddie Murphy (Saturday Night Live)

Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Wanda Sykes (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Casting for a Comedy Series

Schitt’s Creek

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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.