2018 Emmy Predictions: Comedy and Variety

LaKeith Stanfield, Donald Glover and Brian Tyree Henry in Atlanta
COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta (FX)
Barry (HBO)
Black-ish (ABC)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
GLOW (Netflix)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Silicon Valley (HBO)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Could win: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Should win: Barry
Will win: Atlanta
Should have been nominated: The Good Place (NBC)

Donald Glover as Teddy Perkins in Atlanta
COMEDY ACTOR
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Bill Hader, Barry
Donald Glover, Atlanta
William H. Macy, Shameless

Could win: Ted Danson
Should win: Bill Hader
Will win: Donald Glover
Should have been nominated: Pete Holmes, Crashing

Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
COMEDY ACTRESS
Pamela Adlon, Better Things
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Allison Janney, Mom
Issa Rae, Insecure
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie

Could win: Tracee Ellis Ross
Should win: Lily Tomlin
Will win: Rachel Brosnahan
Should have been nominated: Kristen Bell, The Good Place

Brian Tyree Henry in Atlanta
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTOR
Louie Anderson, Baskets
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Brian Tyree Henry, Atlanta
Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live
Henry Winkler, Barry

Could win: Alec Baldwin
Should win: Henry Winkler
Will win: Brian Tyree Henry
Should have been nominated: Marc Maron, GLOW

Kate McKinnon as Betsy DeVos on Saturday Night Live
COMEDY SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Zazie Beetz, Atlanta
Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Aidy Bryant, Saturday Night Live
Betty Gilpin, GLOW
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Laurie Metcalf, Roseanne
Megan Mullally, Will & Grace

Could win: Laurie Metcalf
Should win: Betty Gilpin
Will win: Kate McKinnon
Should have been nominated: Stephanie Beatriz, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Katt Williams in Atlanta
COMEDY WRITING
Atlanta (“Alligator Man”)
Atlanta (“Barbershop”)
Barry (“Chapter One: Make Your Mark”)
Barry (“Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going”)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Pilot episode)
Silicon Valley (“Fifty-One Percent”)

Could and should win: Barry (“Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast and Keep Going”)
Will win: Atlanta (“Alligator Man”)
Should have been nominated: The Good Place

LaKeith Stanfield in Atlanta
COMEDY DIRECTING
Atlanta (“FUBU”)
Atlanta (“Teddy Perkins”)
Barry (“Chapter One: Make Your Mark”)
The Big Bang Theory (“The Bow Tie Assymetry”)
GLOW (Pilot episode)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Pilot episode)
Silicon Valley (“Initial Coin Offering”)

Could win: Barry
Should and will win: Atlanta (“Teddy Perkins”)
Should have been nominated: The Good Place

Stephen Colbert on The Late Show
VARIETY TALK SERIES
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Comedy Central)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (CBS)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Could win: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Should win: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Will win: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Should have been nominated: Late Night with Seth Meyers (NBC)

Bill Hader as Anthony Scaramucci, Fred Armisen as Michael Wolff, Alex Moffat as Anderson Cooper and John Goodman as Rex Tillerson on Saturday Night Live
VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
At Home with Amy Sedaris (truTV)
Drunk History (Comedy Central)
I Love You, America (Hulu)
Portlandia (IFC)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Tracey Ullman’s Show (HBO)

Could win: Portlandia
Should win: At Home with Amy Sedaris
Will win: Saturday Night Live
Should have been nominated: N/A

Patton Oswalt in Annihilation
VARIETY SPECIAL WRITING
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee: The Great American* Puerto Rico (*It’s Complicated)
John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
Michelle Wolf: Nice Lady
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life

Could win: Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Should win: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
Will win: Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
Should have been nominated: Oh, Hello on Broadway

Guillermo del Toro at the Oscars
VARIETY SPECIAL DIRECTING
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity
Jerry Seinfeld: Jerry Before Seinfeld
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake
The Oscars

Could win: Super Bowl LII Halftime Show Starring Justin Timberlake
Should win: Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
Will win: The Oscars
Should have been nominated: John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City

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